"Gotta make a gift," Harper said to himself as he entered the engineering bay only to freeze when he saw Trance looking at something on his work bench. "Trance, what are you doing here?"
"I was looking for you, Harper," Trance said, as she turned to face her friend. "Will you come to my party?"
"You're having a party?" Harper asked, as he came up to her side. "What kind of party?"
"A fun party. I decorated one of the empty conference rooms. Please say you'll come."
"Of course, Trance. When is it?"
"Tomorrow."
"Cool. You gonna try to get any of the others to come." Trance sat up on the bench and looked at Harper. "Is something troubling you, Harper? You seem distance even for you."
"It's nothing, Trance. It's just Dylan has me working on something very important to him and the others are kinda jumpy."
"My party will help them calm down."
"I'm sure that it will." The door then opened and Rommie walked in. "Rommie, guess what? We're having a party."
"I already knew that, Harper," Rommie said, as she came up to them.
"Of course, being the ship and all knowing. Trance is throwing us a party tomorrow."
"Of course." Rommie then turned to face Trance. "Do you need any help setting up?"
"No, I'm good," Trance said to her, as she shot her a smile while she started to leave. "Don't worry about me." Then she was gone,
"That was close," Harper said to Rommie, as soon as the doors shut. "You know better. The party tonight is a secret."
"I thought she was talking about the party tonight, Harper," Rommie stated, as she looked around. "Where's our quest?"
"Sleeping." Harper then began to work on his gift for Trance. "She's going to be so happy." He continued to work on his gift while Rommie went on to make sure that everything else was ready for the party.
TBC
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