All of her life was spent in study. She just graduated from high school a month ago, and now she began to take sock of her life. She would be going of to the Academy in 3 months, and now she began to have feelings of doubt. Senita had always done what was expected of her. Aside from the customary bubble gum in class or passing of notes, she had been a model student, and if it hadn't been for Nyguen Chau she would have been the valedictorian of her class. But now she began to have regrets.
She thought about the night that Matthew Haines and Vicky Hamilton wanted to steal Mr. Haines' shuttlecraft and venture out to a club on Io. She relived how they had begged her to sneak out of her parents and go with them. They even offered to pay her way, but she kept coming excuses and valid reason for why they shouldn't; all the patrol ships, space traffic, and if the Borg didn't get them their parents would surely kill them. So she didn't go, and when Matt and Vicky returned with stories of dancing, drinking, aliens, and adventure, Senita's heart sank. Not only did they get away with it, they seemed to have the time of their young lives. That was 2 weeks ago and they were still talking about it and planning to do it again. Senita vowed to herself that she would at least once do something wild and daring before she went of to the Academy, and that's when her plan began to take shape.
It took 2 weeks to hatch up her plan for adventure and excitement, and she had ironed out the last few glitches to her scheme. She had saved up enough credits to last her at least two weeks, and since she had already planned to go camping with some friends and take a trip to a resort on the European continent she felt that she had an ample alibi with her folks to be gone for so long. Senita smiled to herself holding the last piece of her plan in her hand. She had booked passage on a shuttle to Jupiter station she would stay there overnight and then move to a space cruiser for the remainder of her journey. She would be visiting space stations, making her first contact with alien cultures, dancing it up on resort colonies, and having one amazing adventure of her on. Who knows maybe she would be some dark stranger to sweep her off of her feet. But at any rate, she was going. Her plan was set and ready to go.