Dreams do come true

Chapter 31

165 days to Earth

Before leaving the red planet, Alex and Sam had decided to stop having sex in space. They had gotten to enjoy it, but it was exhausting really.
Sex on Mars was great, though.

However, Sam couldn't get enough of Alex. So of course she had sneaked into her pod the night before, just so they could both sleep in the same sleeping bag, in each other's arms. Actually sleeping with someone in space was way more comfortable than on Earth.

Because of that, Sam woke up well-rested and content. Then, she saw the new email Ruby had sent her.

It only read: 'Everyone knows! I love you mom'
Attached was a short clip of a video Maggie and Nia had done and updated to their mission's YouTube channel a couple of days ago.

In the blurry background you could see something that seemed to be two people floating quickly from one side to the other of the frame. Since they didn't have any point of reference for which way was up, it only looked like one of them was laying on her back and the other was completely on top of her, and they were kissing.

It was a blink-and-you-missed-it moment and Sam only knew exactly what was going on because she was one of the two people involved.

But there were also a few screenshots of it, people had taken the time to enlarge and enhance that part so they could better see what was happening. And it was clear as day. No one could really tell it was them but their hair didn't leave room for discussions. Maggie and Nia were in front of the camera, Kara was blonde, and Lena's black, straight, long hair was nothing like Sam's or Alex's.

They had been outed to the whole world and they had no one to blame but themselves. They knew the other girls were recording that day, they just didn't know they were going to be in the shot, or they were too distracted to care. None of them had seen what was happening in the background before uploading it.

Alex was embarrassed but still laughed for five minutes when Sam broke the news and showed her the memes Ruby had also included — the kid was having too much fun with this.

Lena advised them to just make a video themselves coming clean about their relationship, taking control of the narrative. Kara asked Ruby to send her every meme and funny post she could use against her sister. And Maggie and Nia started to create their own memes to mess with both couples on the ship, without posting them online, of course.

They listened to Lena. It was a short clip.

"Hello, fellow humans! It has come to our attention that you figured some things out so we wanted you to hear it from us that yes, Sam's no longer available."

Sam slapped her arm playfully. "What Alex means is that we've been best friends for a long time and we're happy in a loving relationship now. Thank you for all your positive messages about it."

Alex pointed at her, "Yeah, that."

Sam rolled her eyes and Alex quickly kissed away whatever she was going to say before ending the video.

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Chapter 31!! It feels like i started posting this yesterday and look how long we've come. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
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