Holly and Simon Smith hadn't been expecting to make it into the Galaxy Garrison. At least, not together. The siblings had always dreamed of it, but thats all it had ever been. A dream. The Garrison didn't recruit anyone. You had to be smart and naturally talented. Having two people from the same family, who were twins no less, was not at all common. So Holly and Simon were estatic when they found out. Until they found out they had to be seperated.
"What do you mean I didn't make fighter class? Or flying class at all?" Holly demanded when their parents told her.
"Yeah, Holly was always so much better than me. How did she end up a communication specialist?" Simon questioned. Both their parents looked at each other, trying to figure out how to explain the situation. Holly and Simon both stared at their parents, waiting for an answer.
"Well, honey, we don't know why. We were just told small details, nothing to big." Thier mother told them. No one spoke what they were sure the truth was. Holly was a female blake woman who also happened to be into other women. Though the Garrison claimed to have equal rights for everyone, it wasn't always true. Simon didn't find it fair at all. He hadn't even wanted to be a pilate in the first place. But maybe this was just how destiny works her magic. Simon didn't know. Holly, on the other hand, refused to accept her fate. She was looking through the list of pilates, communication specialists, and mechanics. She groaned out loud, obviously not happy.
"Freaking Bianca Anderson even made fighter class. At the top of our class too!" Holly complained. They had been rivals for years now, and was one of the reasons Holly decided to go to the Garrison. She couldn't let some privilaged white girl beat her. Simon had already tried to give up on telling Holly that she shouldn't be taking their rivalry so seriously. She didn't listen to him anyways, so why should he even try anymore?
"It'll be okay, sweetie. Let's just have some ice cream cake and celebrate the fact that both of you got into the Garrison at all," their mom insited. Not wanting to upset her mom, Holly did just that. She kept all cursing and hatred inside of her for now. But when school started at the Garrison, she was going to make them all regret demoting her to communication specialist. And she would stop at nothing to get ranked as a pilate.
Bianca Anderson stared at her best friend, Sebastian McClain, the whole time they were told the news. They had made it! Together! She beamed from ear to ear, which was quite the unusual sight. Sebastian couldn't help himself from making a dumb ass comment about it.
"Hey, Madre, look at little Bianca! She's finally showing off those fine pearly whites of hers, isn't she?" Seb joked. Bianca punched him in the shoulder, which caused his to let out an indignent yell. She crossed her arms as she continued to grin, and laughed.
"Come on, cabrón! We got in the Galaxy Garrison together! You're my comm specialist! I have a right to be excited," Bianca huffed. He was basically her brother after all, seeing as she lived with his family. She should be happy for both of them. They had both worked so hard to get into this school together, even though everyone told them that Sebastian would never make it in. His abuela had always told him that he was to much like his great uncle Lance, who had also gotten into the Garrison but had gone missing over thirty years ago while at the Garrison. So Sebastian had decided that he, Sebastian Lance McClain would restore his missing uncles name and make his family proud. Bianca knew it was Seb's dream, so she had helped him through school. He couldn't count how many times she had saved his ass from failing with late night studying and helping his read his text books. Sebastian grinned as he pulled his friend into a tight hug.
"I'm going to ignore the insult and just give you a huge because, yes, I'm so happy right now I can barely contain it!" Seb announced. He grinned as Bianca laughed. She didn't laugh often, but when she did you knew it was something to celebrate. Sebastian's mom pulled them both into a hug, which quickly turned into a whole family hug. Bianca didn't like to be touched, but for now she'd made an acceptian. It wasn't like she could stop them or anything. As they all pulled away from the group hug, many of the family let out whoops and hollars.
"Let's get this party started!" Sebastian's padre yelled. Everyone laughed as they turned to the cake sitting in the middle of the counter. Bianca smirked at Seb as he glanced over at her.
"Are we sure the Garrison is ready for Sebastian Lance McClain and Bianca Zen Anderson?" she questioned Seb's mom passed around cake. Sebastian winked at Bianca as his madre gave him a piece.
"More like are the ladies ready for Sebastian McClain. I am going to rock all of their worlds," he announced, finger gunning at Bianca.
"Uh huh," she responded. Bianca raised an eyebrow at him. "Did any of the girls who rejecated you last year make you think that, just maybe, the ladies don't really like Sebastian McClain?" she asked. He blushed as the memories of last year flooded back, but he tried to ignore them. He had been a pimply faced nerd last year. This year, he was going to knock them dead. When he voiced these thoughts to Bianca, she laughed. But she did also encourage him to try his best. Sebastian guessed that counted for something. They both smiled as they ate their cake with their family, who acted like they had already made it through the Garrison. Which, to Bianca at the time, seemed so far away.