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Zenon entered her room a few minutes later to find Nebula sitting on her bed.

"Wow, no pics of Greg left. Just thumbtack holes. It's really over, isn't it?" Nebula asked, surveying Zenon's now Gregless walls.

"It sure is." Zenon sighed.

"Do you want to grab a snack from Gema?" Nebula suggested.

"Sure. She always has good comfort food." Zenon grabbed her zap pad and followed Nebula out the front door.

Soon they arrived at the Mess Module's kitchen door, and Zenon tapped out a Microbe tune.

Gema opened the door and smiled, "Hi, girls. What do you want to eat?"

"How'd you know it was us?" Nebula questioned.

"That tap that Zenon did on the door is her code to let me know she's here." Gema replied.

Nebula nodded and glanced at Zenon.

"I'll take one comfort food special." Zenon sighed.

"Oh. What's wrong, pet?" Gema asked, her expression showing concern.

"Greg broke up with me."

"Oh, I'm sorry. One hot fudge sunday coming up. And for you, Nebula?" Gema asked.

"I'll have the same."

"Okay. I'll be back in a minute."

Nebula gave Zenon a hug, "I'm sorry, Z. I really am."

"It's okay. It's no big deal." Zenon reassured her friend.

Gema returned a moment later, carrying their ice cream, "Here you go."

"Thanks, Gema." Zenon smiled.

Nebula nodded her thanks, because her mouth was to full of ice cream to reply.

"Hey, Zenon, you let me know if that code changes." Gema raised her eyebrows.

"K." Zenon called over her shoulder as they walked away.

"You want to go order stuff from the virtual mall?" Nebula asked.

"Nah. Maybe later. Let's go check out the AP Lab."

"But, that's a restricted zone." Nebula shook her head.

"I know. Plank already reminded me. But I was thinking that we could go see if we could get him to change his mind." Zenon shrugged.

"You mean go bug him?" Nebula said.

"Tomato, tomata." Zenon replied, leading the way to Plank's office.

Nebula smiled and followed Zenon.

Zenon strolled into Plank's office and grinned at the leery commander.

"Hi, Commander Plank." Zenon smiled sweetly.

"What do you want, Zenon?" he asked.

"Please, please, please can I have my pass back?" Zenon blurted.

"Absolutely not!" he exclaimed.

"But, what if I prove that I'm responsible enough?"

"You've already proven that you're not!"

"Please, just give me a chance! You can even come with me! I want to go to the AP Lab!" Zenon persisted.

"I don't think I want to know why. But, I have some time, so I guess if you and Nebula behave yourselves, then I can take you for a short tour." Commander Plank sighed.

"Yes!" Zenon cried.

She had finally found a way to talk to Orion!

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