ORBIT (5-minute Freewrite)

a 5-minute Freewrite by A.E. Jackson

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She hadn't noticed him in the academy, why would she take an interest now that they were on the same ship?

The Horatio Frances entered the atmosphere of the small moon. One of nine moons to be exact. In a system hosting twelve planets. The sun was not strong enough to support life on a single rock. But the methane they could harvest was worth the stop.

"I didn't say that," said Elizabeth Garland. She was paces ahead of her friend in the passageway. Violet James had to maintain a small jog to keep up with the long legged Liz. "All I intended to do was flirt with him. Oh, why must he be so serious?"

The girls breezed past Thomas Angier's door, and out of his orbit again.

T H E E N D

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