Chapter 24

My Brother Will,

Holy came by? I can tell you are tired and overworked. I doubt even the most sadistic of parents would name their daughter Holy.

As for the kiss. I promised I would never tell who it was. Erica knows, but it wasn't her. And it wasn't part of the musical. The characters I played in all four musicals I was part of didn't kiss. I did get the opportunity because of a surprise surrounding the performances we did of Pirates of Penzance, but that was all.

And don't worry, it wasn't Oliver. Yuck. He's a worm. I'd rather kiss Grandpa Pickering, and he is a complete tool. To be honest I really only spend time with family. Marilyn, Erica and my classes seems to be all I have time for right now. I do get extremely good grades now. Even with my dance classes, tai chi, deportment with Erica's Great-Aunt, and even my tank driving, I am tops in my classes. Well, Erica matches me. We study together so we tend to get the same answers on everything.

Interesting to hear how things work in your pod and on the ship. That definitely doesn't match the stories being passed around at school. The boys like to make it sound like if you are lucky and are the one allowed to volunteers, its all sex all the time, and if you are a concubine you just sit around waiting to be ordered to have sex.

I don't remember if I told you, but Marilyn took her CAP test. She got a six point six. Marilyn is beside herself with both pride and fear. Her medic's training has increased in intensity. She's admitted that she's already thinking about test driving a few guys, just to get an idea of what it will be like. It was so funny when she showed up at school the day after she tested. She had a huge smile on her face. Of course, she's one of the oldest kids in eighth grade and for ninth we'd move to the high school, so right now she doesn't have much of a selection for her entourage. Still the comments she makes while sitting with Erica and me during lunch are just too funny. She's playfully musing about how good of a lover each of the boys might be. Honestly, I don't expect her to try any of them though. So far the three boys who are fourteen and in our class are all losers.