Kristine sleepily rolled over and stared at the clock. She read that it was 10 o'clock straight away but it didn't sink in for a few seconds that this meant she was late, when she finally realised she went into a panic
"HOLY SMEG" she yelled "I'm late"
"Morning Kriss" Yvonne sighed sweetly "sleep well?"
"You're up?" Kristine asked, "How long have you been awake?"
"Since you're alarm woke me" Yvonne answered in a playful fighting kind of way "I can't believe you slept through it, it's so loud"
"I slept through it?" Kristine asked, "Why did you let me sleep through it?"
"I didn't want to wake you, you were sleeping so sweetly"
"Yvonne, i…" Kristine paused "I haven't got time for this, I've got to get to work"
Kristine got dressed as quickly as she could and ran down to the console
"You're late" Hollister demanded "Why?"
"I'm sorry" Kristine apologised "I slept through my alarm"
"It's not good enough Kochanski" Hollister shouted, "You should be here on time"
"I know sir" Kristine answered, "I'm sorry"
"I'm going to have to give you a written warning"
"Sir no" Kristine pleaded, "This is my first time"
"Kochanski, I'm sorry, I don't want to but…"
"Then don't" Kristine pleaded "please, give me one more chance, I wont let you down again, captain I promise"
"Okay" Hollister agreed "but once more and there'll be no more second chances"
"Thank you" Kristine answered, "I promise, captain, I will never ever let you down again"
"Okay" Captain Hollister smiled "what have I missed"
Three hours later after a long tedious talk Kristine Kochanski emerged from the teaching room, her jaw was so wide open a whole salami could have fit down there.
"Wow" Kristine gasped as she walked into her quarters "that's amazing"
"What" Yvonne asked hopefully "what is it?" So many possibilities were flooding into Yvonne's mind, was Kristine pregnant, had she discovered she was gay, had Dave eaten something other than a Vindaloo?
"We're going home" Kristine responded "after all these years we're finally going back to earth"
Yvonne's face dropped from hope to dread, this was not good. First of all this meant that Kristine and Dave had more freedom to move in together, but more importantly Yvonne McGruder may never see Kristine Kochanski again. Kristine wouldn't be there when Yvonne woke up, she wouldn't be there when Yvonne woke up, she wouldn't be there when Yvonne woke up, she wouldn't be a caring pair of ears to be listened to, she wouldn't be a sympathetic shoulder to cry on.
"When?" Yvonne gasped, "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to see Dave" Kristine answered "I'll see you later"
Yvonne waited until Kristine had left the room before sitting down on Kristine's bed. Yvonne picked up the covers and buried her head in them. Kristine's smell flooded Yvonne's nostrils and teardrops fell into the material. Yvonne McGruder had finally found at most a potential partner and at least the bestest friend she could ever have, and now, less than two months later Kristine Kochanski was being taken away from Yvonne McGruder by the works of fate. Smegging typical.
