I wanted to do a feelgood story about Kaylee and the crew. Comments, good or bad, are always welcome.

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Kaylee sat on the edge of her bed thinking how much she was going to miss Bester when he left. She heard the door creak open and smiled as her sister walked in to the room.

‘Hey Kaylee, what you doin’? Thinking ‘bout Bester?’

Kaylee grinned, ‘Yeah, he promised to show me round the ship today, it’s soooo exciting.’

‘Kaylee you got weird taste, what’s exciting ‘bout a ship,’ her sister sighed. ‘You wanna come to the bookstore with me? There’s a famous author gonna be there signing copies of his new book.’

‘Sis, you’re moonbrained,’ Kaylee replied pulling on her boots. ‘Ain’t no sense in that. Why don’t ya download what you wanna read like other folk?’

‘I like real books,’ she insisted. ‘You gonna come with me?’

What’s the book?’ Kaylee asked.

‘The new one by John Sweden, Tranquility.’

‘Don’t sound like much,’ Kaylee said, ‘what’s it about?’

‘It’s the story of a bunch of people and they uncover a government conspiracy.’

‘Not my kinda thing,’ Kaylee said wrinkling her nose. ‘Anyway I promised to meet Bester.’

‘You’ll regret it,’ her sister said.

‘See you later,’ Kaylee laughed.

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Next day Kaylee walked in to the cargo bay and looked round, feeling the excitement grow as she realised her life was finally starting. She hoped the Captain wouldn’t be the first person she met and her face flushed with embarrassment as she remembered the Captain’s angry voice when he’d found her and Bester together. She found her way up to the room she’d been allocated and put down her bags. ‘Important things first,’ she thought, pulling a long string of lights out of a bag and starting to fix them round the door.

‘You want some help with that?’ Zoe asked as she stepped down from the bridge.

‘Yeah – shiny, thanks,’ Kaylee smiled.

Zoe kept the lights untangled while Kaylee fixed them round the door.

‘We’ve been on this rock longe