From Outer Space

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

''Alright, now go back to the first handle and press the red button.'' Brody says through the intercom, and watches Camila float back slowly and carefully to one of the bars to hold herself in place.

''Red 2 or red 3?''

''Uh,'' he looks at Lauren on his screen who furrows her brows. Then she puts up three fingers and her best friend nods. ''red 3.'' He answers Camila.

''Alright, done.'' Camila says when she pushed the button and puts the lid back over the photography-system buttons.

''Great. Can you check if it works again, Lauren?'' Brody asks her, watching Camila hold onto the handles tightly to make sure she doesn't float away from the space station.

''Yep, I'm trying to connect with it now... Done. I've got a visual on earth right now. Zooming in 150 times... yes it's working again. Great job guys!'' Lauren answers after doing a few short tests to see if the camera works again.

''Alright. Camila, you can come back in, we're done.'' Brody says into the intercom, and watches Camila put her thumb up before making her way back to the opening hatch.

''Thanks, Lauren.'' Brody directs at his best friend, opening the hatch for his co-worker to get back inside the space station.

''No problem. But I've got to go, Kyano's school is almost over. Rory will take over and I'll see you two the day after tomorrow.'' She answers, quickly throwing her stuff into her bag to be able to rush out of the NASA headquarters as soon as possible.

''Alright. Give him a cuddle from me, will ya?'' Brody asks her while closing the latch as soon as Camila floats back into the station.

''I will. Don't kill each other while I'm gone.'' She says, giving Brody a quick pointed look and the boy just laughs.

''No promises, Laur.'' He says with a wink, starting the detox procedure and turning on the oxygen in the small room Camila is in.

''Behave.'' She says, before pressing the button to her ex-girlfriend's intercom. ''Bye Camila.''

Camila looks up to the small window while she pulls down the bottom part of her space-suit and puts her thumb up for Brody to open the door to the center of the station. ''Bye Laur. Tell Kyano I love him, alright?''

''I will.'' Lauren answers with a smile.

''And tell my ex-girlfriend that I love her too.'' She adds just when Brody opens the door and she floats back inside.

Lauren chuckles and shakes her head while her stomach does a happy flip. She cannot understand how she ever forgot how flirty and sweet Camila could be. It's one of the reasons she fell in love with her in the first place.

''Right. Bye Camz.'' She answers and turns off her communicating system and closes her laptop. She looks over at the big screen in the communication room and sees Camila smiling at herself through one of the webcams.

Then she grabs her bag and turns around to pick up their son from school, relieved to know that she'll be able to spend the whole next day with him together. She has been working a lot these last couple of weeks, so she feels her and Kyano could use some quality time together.

Brody shakes his head at Camila when she pulls out her ear piece and microphone she used to talk to Lauren and Brody, and watches her put it back in the cabinet.

''What you lookin' at, Caveneigh?'' Camila asks once the items are back in their place and turns around to face him while her body starts floating in a slow circle.