hi! just to set things straight, this one is NOT connected to my other Voy-stories... just in case you wondered.
I wrote it quite some time ago, just made some minor changes.
uhm... thanks to Lt. Torres for asking me to update and post new stuff :)
Disclaimer: all characters u recognise from the StarTrek-verse belong to the StarTrek guys. characters like Cameron are mine ;)

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Sparkling

There was a loud peeping-noise. Automatically the auburn-haired girl slammed her hand on the bedside table, sending
the chronometer flying on the floor. She groaned.

Her father had given it to her on her 10th birthday. It was a replica of a 20th century alarm-clock, only that it didn't
require "batteries". She didn't know why she had brought it along to the academy –probably sentimentality.

She got up slowly and stumbled over to the bathroom. After the sonic shower –she was now to some degree awake-
she got dressed and picked up the chronometer.

She had just finished her bowl of fruit salad when the door swished open and a tall girl in hotpants and sweater entered.
"Good Morning" the girl greeted her cheerfully. "Owww... Cameron! Please... not so loud!" she yawned. "How can you
be so ... awake at this time of the night?!" The blonde frowned. "Miral... it's 8 am." Miral nodded feverently. "See, nearly
night. And you are all... bright and shiny. That's not normal!" she yawned again. "Well, I wasn't out of bed half the night!"
The older girl chided her. "So what?" Miral glared at her friend. "I did my homework, went to a party and had some fun!"
Cameron sighed.
"Miral... It's alright to have fun and everything, but all you do is party! You do as little as possible for your classes. Your
grades are a catastrophe." Miral stood up abrubtly. " In Q's name! Don't chicken. She looked at her friend annoyedly.
"Well, then what do your parents think about this?" Cameron asked defensively.

But Miral had already gathered up her pads and was at the door. "I am sooo sorry Cam, but I have to go now if I don't
want to be late for 'Theory on Warp Technologie'." she smiled sweetly and was gone.

Cameron sighed and shook her head. She really liked her quarter-klingon roommate, but sometimes the 17-years old was
driving her nuts. Miral was probably the most intelligent person in her age-class, yet most of her fellow cadetts and
teachers were convinced she was sort of stupid, simply because she was such good an actress.

The girl skipped more classes than she attended; within the last 10 month she had been nearly thrown out of the academy
not less than four times. The only reason she hadn't been expelled, were her grades in the four examinations which had
followed the warnings. In each of the tests she had received top marks, even though she hadn't learned for them at all.

Cameron wondered oftentimes why her friend behaved like she did, but she hadn't found it out – yet.

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hope you liked it... I'll update ASAP. ~lys