Ages: Scott Carpenter-28, John Glenn-26, Virgil Grissom24, Gordon Cooper-22, Alan Shepard-17, Ada Lexis Kirk-23

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Ch1---- Beginning, (sort of )

John Tracy looked as Ada walked into the bathroom for the beginning of her morning routine. He had met her four years before while he had been in New York in Tracy Industries business. Wanting to escape the light pollution of the Big Apple, he had driven into New Jersey only crash into a silver Mercedes with its driver still inside. He had been frantic as he stepped out of his car to inspect the damage; more afraid of what his youngest brother Virgil will say when he found out John had crashed his baby than the other driver's injuries.

The damage to the other car was minimal seeing as John had crushed onto the rear on the passenger side and although the other driver hadn't gotten out yet, he couldn't have been horribly injured.

"Do you even have a driver's license?" a non-manly voiced asked with a tint of anger.

John looked up to see a young girl, no, woman, standing next to the Mercedes. She couldn't have been more than 20 years old, yet she carried herself with the grace and maturity of some one much older.

"I will pay for all the damage," John told the feisty brunet who had stepped out of the Mercedes, "Are you hurt?"

Having Scott as a brother on top of being a Thunderbird had John not be intimidated easily, but the other driver made him want to coward. Power and command radiated off her. With dark chestnut hair, high cheek bones and calculative amber eyes, the young girl could probably give Scott a run for his money.

"I'm fine, but seriously, how did you not see I was parked right there?" The girl asked infuriated. Glaring at him she pulled out a notebook and pen from her purse and furiously scribbled. "That's my contact info; let me know if you have any trouble with the insurance."

John nodded and stared at the piece of paper knowing he was going to have to cover the costs himself. "Fairy," He whispered.

"What?"

"Your name, Ada, means fairy in Spanish."

Anger and frustration seemed to evaporate off Ada's shoulders, "You speak Spanish?"

"For the most part," John said extending his hand and introducing him self, "I'm John by the way."

"Al, for Ada Lexis," she informed him, "Sorry about earlier, didn't mean to bitch at you, but…it's not my car you crashed into and well…my stepmom is going to have my head when she finds out."

John laughed, seemed like Ada and him had more in common then they thought. "I can understand, this is my brother's car I'm driving," he said motioning to the red Ferrari.

Ada nodded in understanding and bit her lip to stop herself from making a comment.

Not wanting to waste any more time, John too, had given Ada his contact information before they parted their separated ways. After that they kept in contact; first with the cars as an excuse, and then because they just had fun conversing with one another.

Now four years later they had been dating for over a year and John was trying to find the right moment to drop the question. There was no doubt in his mind he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Ada. She was caring, loving and above all understanding. Not once did she question him being away for so long with little if any contact at all. John knew it bothered her, but she seemed to understand that dating a Tracy meant more sacrifices than anything, especially when the rest of the family didn't know about her.

John wanted Ada to meet his family but he knew his father wouldn't be too keen of the idea of him having a girlfriend. Not only was John considered one of the most desirable bachelors in the world because of his last name but he was also famous for his various astronomy books. Than there was the fact that he was one of the infamous Thunderbirds.

"I thought you weren't going to wake up 'till later," Ada said as she entered the room again in a bath robe and her hair up with a towel wrapped around it.

"No, since you don't want to call in sick today and spend the whole day with me, I think I'll go down to the office and do some work," he told her, as she pulled out her work uniform.

"I'm sorry John," Ada said from behind the screen where she was getting dressed, "But midterms are coming up and I really want my student to do well."

Jon nodded in understanding. Midterms might be months away but Ada was a perfectionist. "Do you think we can get together for lunch?"

"Nuh huh, lunch detention duty, sorry," Seeing Johns disappointed look, Ada walked up the bed and gave him a passionate kissed, "I promise to come home right after school. We can have a nice quite evening…or maybe not so quiet."

"I really hate it when you do that," John informed her. Ada smiled before walking in front of the mirror to finish getting ready, "I have no idea what you are talking about."

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Ada drove into her parking slot with a smile on her face. She loved it when John visited. Everything seemed to fall into place when she was with him. His charisma and love for the night sky pulled her off her feet and the fact that he was incredibly handsome only helped his case. John was unmistakably the perfect man for her.

She had been pretty angry the day she had met him. Her father had invited her to spend thanksgiving break with him and his wife in their house in New Jersey. The first few days had gone great, but then her dad had left for work, leaving Ada alone with a stepmother she didn't know. Generally, Ada would have kept herself busy and have as little contact with the woman as possible, but it seemed her stepmom didn't take the hint and had tried her best to have quality time with her stepdaughter. Needless to say, the obnoxious woman had annoyed Ada to the point she had no option but take her stepmom's new Mercedes and get as far from the house as possible.

Now that she thought back, that day hadn't been as bad as it had seemed then. Ada might have gotten the lecture of her life for wrecking the expensive car but she had found the love of her life along the way. She might not see John as often as she would like, but in a way, the distance made their relationship better, stronger. The one thing that seemed to keep them from moving forward was the fact that John's family didn't know about her and their relationship.

Ada tried not to complain, but it hurt her every time John lied about his whereabouts to his family, especially to his father. So Ada didn't come from the one of the riches families in the world, and she understood that perhaps Jeff Tracy wouldn't think her good enough for his son, but she could at least be given a chance.

Pushing her thoughts aside, Ada got out of her car and headed towards her classroom to begin her day as an English literature teacher.

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Ada's day was like any other with the exceptions being a small fight during lunch detention and a crazy letter written by one of her students who seemed to have a crush on her.

"I don't know if I should be repulsed by it, or feel honored," Ada told John after showing him the letter, "It's cute how he took the time to write such a lovely poem, but I'm his teacher, years older than him, it just freaks me out."

"Are you telling me you never had a crush on one of your teachers?" John teased her, forgetting for a minute the surprise he had prepared for her.

When Ada couldn't meet his eyes, John asked intrigued, "Who was he?"

Ada blushed, "My sophomore year history teacher." They stayed quiet for a few minutes before Ada asked, "How about you?"

"Me? I had a crush of my math teacher freshmen year."

Both stayed quiet, locked in their memories of simpler times. A time when all Ada had to worry about was her AP courses and mandatory visits her father was entitled to, times where John's greatest worry was keeping his brothers safe.

Coming back to his senses, John ushered Ada upstairs to take a shower before meeting him again for a special dinner.

"Dress comfortably," he called after her.

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"Ok," Ada whispered as they arrived at their desire location, "You've brought me to have a picnic in a park, next to lake. For dinner you have Chinese noodles and chopped fruit sprayed with lemon juice and pepper, so either you want something or you did something."

"I can't just do something because I want to?"

"John, you are as sweet as the next guy, but I know you. You brought me out here for a reason. So what is it? Have you been drinking today or is there going to be some amazing astronomical activity going on tonight?"

"There is something I wanted to show you," John admitted. He took deep breath and said, "Let's go for a walk."

"See over there," John pointed to the sky when they were standing in the pier, "That's the international space station, and that over there is Venus."

"Nice, what about that over there?" Ada asked before turning to look a John and getting the surprise of her life.

John was down in one knee holding simple silver band with plain cut diamond crowned by a series of small blue rocks. "Will you Ada Lexis Kirk make me the happiest man in the universe and marry me?"

Tears of happiness formed on Ada's eyes as she got down on her knees and kissed John with her soul and heart. "Yes! Yes of course. God John, I love you."

The was John proposes is the way one of my friends proposed, sort of

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