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Space junk, and intergalactic romantic comedy Part 7

Sarah and Coop met as agreed upon at 6 PM in the canteen.
He raised his hand show me where he was sitting. I approached and he said “hey!”
“Hey back.” Sarah said I took a breath “coop I need to tell you something.”
“Is it about me finding Todd?” He inquired
“well that. I saw his body earlier. What a shock! Did I happen to mention him to you that night?”
Coop nodded “yes you did and that he was a cheating scum bag never to be trusted again!”
Sarah nodded “okay I wasn’t sure if I did or not. I was so plastered!” She chuckled
coop cleared his throat “the captain said the police will want to question me about finding the body.” He explained
“yes looks like I’m going to get grilled as well!” Sarah sighed
“do they think you did it?” Coop inquired
“not sure. I was with you after discovering him and the stripper. You and I were in the bar at Al for station for several hours and then in my cabin for the remainder of the night.” I shrugged
Coop nodded “yeah we were both pretty hung over the next morning but I was. To my scalp after that.” He offered
“yes and I went directly back to the ship and then we departed from the space station.” Sarah responded
“so, you never saw Todd again?”
“No and I didn’t want to. He had made his choice I don’t condone infidelity.” She stated
Coop looked around and whispered “Sarah, be careful!”
“Why?” Sarah looked him in the eye.
“That statement could be construed as a motive.” Coop admonished
“yes, yes it could but I have an alibi for the last two months. I can account for time on the Romulus and any other space station we docked at since. Todd could’ve been killed at any time since then.”
“I’m glad you have me as an alibi. I’ll back you up if needed. I never met the guy so I have no reason to kill him even though I was plenty mad that he hurt you. The worst I would’ve done his punched his lights out!” Coop said vehemently
“shush that also could be seen as a motive. We have to watch what we say from here on in!”
They dropped that subject and Sarah took a deep breath “Coop. I need to tell you something else.”
He shrugged “okay, what?”
“Well, I’ve been feeling kind of punk lately so I got checked out at the infirmary.” I explained
coop seemed to turn both grey and green at the same time. “So… You’re…?”
“Pregnant.” I replied matter-of-factly
“right, that’s what I suspected you’d say.” Coop sighed
“sorry for the shop and that I got us in this predicament.” I honestly felt bad for Coop
“Sarah, do you think it’s mine?”
“Coop I’m 99% sure that it is. Once again I’m really sorry. She  apologized
“so there’s no chance it could be Todd’s?”
Sarah shook her head “no Todd and I hadn’t seen each other in four months. That’s why we arranged to meet at alpha station!”
“Wow, some reunion.” Coop replied.

“yeah,” I said “didn’t quite go as planned. I had stopped taking my pills so he and I could have a baby but as you know that never happened.”
“Yeah, but we did!” Coop stated
“boy, did we ever!” Was Sarah’s response
he reached over and took my hand “Sarah, are you okay with this?”
“Being pregnant? Sure, I wanted a baby.”
“You wanted a baby with Todd intergalactic rate not a sanitary engineer.” Coop snorted
“hey Coop. It happened. I’m okay with it! Sarah reassured him
“phew, so, are you going to keep it? It’s not exactly the love child you envisioned. Coop offered
“Coop, don’t worry. I’m not going to abort. I was sure it was yours.
“Were you planning to tell me?”
I shook my head “to be honest. I wasn’t sure. Please don’t be mad okay.” He tried to explain “I’m listing.” Coop sat there waiting for me to say something more.
“Look at the situation. I’m pushing 30. You’re only 22 with wife ahead of you. We only know each other and the biblical sense. It was only one night. I wasn’t even sure I’d ever see you again.” She pleaded
Coop held his hands up “right, no basis for a relationship whatsoever. I get it.” He didn’t look happy but resigned
“Coop, if you want to be involved you can. I just wasn’t sure you’d want to be.”
Coop smiled for the first time in a while “I’d like to be. I know I’m young but I think I’m mature enough to handle fatherhood.”
I smiled back “well then, let’s get to know each other better. Sarah replied
“outside the bedroom?” Coop chuckled
“yes, outside the bedroom.” Sarah responded, laughing.

SPACE JUNK: AN INTERGALACTIC ROMANTIC COMEDY PART 6

Since the finding of the body on Coop’s ship was not of Sarah’s concern, she would just go back to her station and busy herself with work.
She was in the middle of a project when the Capt. approached. “Sarah?”
She turned to look at the captain “yes, what’s up captain?”
He looked at her sternly “please, come with me.”
“Where are we going?”
“Sick day. The body is there.”
“I thought that was none of my concern.” Sarah stated
“it is now.”
Shit, this was not what Sarah needed to hear. Her life was complicated enough.
In a room at the infirmary that was used for isolation patience, the body was on the bed. The suit had been removed and the corpse was under a sheet.
Sarah turned to him “okay captain and to tell me what this has to do with me!” She demanded
the captain said nothing but motioned to Dr. Stevens to lift the sheet.
Sarah was looking straight at her ex Ensign Todd then she fainted.
Sarah came to on a gurney. She looked around “what the hell? How did I get here?”
The captain, who was sitting beside her bed stated “you passed out after seeing Todd.” He said matter-of-factly
“Oh right. My God what happened to him?” She wanted to know
“He was shot Sarah. Someone killed Todd and put him in that suit that jettisoned him into deep space.” The captain explained
“damn! The poor guy. Can you tell when this happened?”
“No, the intergalactic police will look into it. They are going to be asking you questions.” Her boss explained “why?”
“Quite simple Sarah. You were his girlfriend you also caught him cheating.”
“Yeah so?” Sarah was confused
“that could be motive to kill him.”
“But I didn’t. Sure, I yelled at him and I told him he was scum pagan and left then went to get really drunk in the bar. I swear that was the last time I saw him
“Were you with Coop?”
“Um yeah I was with Coop. Why?
“Think about this Sarah you were seen at the station yelling at your cheating scum boyfriend then went and had drinks with another man right after. The same man happened to be the person who found Todd’s body floating in space. How is that going to look?”
“Like we cooked it up over drinks and he did the deed?”
“That’s exactly how it’s going to look so I recommend that you be as honest as possible with the police. I can provide an alibi for you that is ironclad. You’ve been on this ship doing your job for the last eight weeks with small side trips to various space stations under supervision the whole time. You have to log on and off every time you leave the ship and enter a station and the reverse. Your time is well documented. I however cannot vouch for your drinking partner.”
Thanks, I think.” Sarah suddenly had a splitting headache
“one more question. Did you tell coop who Todd is?”
“Not that I know of but hey I wish it faced. This was a weeks ago right after that we shipped out and I never saw Todd or his bimbo again until this morning.”
“Well, coop and his partner Al are going to be questioned as well.” The captain explained
“about the find?”
“Yes that and where he’s been for the last two months.”
“Damn “poor Coop”
the captain looked at Sarah earnestly “can I ask you something?”
“Sure captain, what?” She answered
“is it possible that coop might be the baby daddy?”
Sarah was silent for a minute and then nodded and said “almost 99% sure.”
“Does he know?”
Sarah shook her head “no he doesn’t.”
“You really need to tell him Sarah. In light of what happened.” Her boss explained
“yeah, I guess I should.” Sarah sighed
“you should tell them tonight. Tomorrow we dock at the intergalactic police headquarters. You may not get a chance to talk again.”
“Okay, this is not at all what I planned.”
“What do you mean?”
Who was in one night or. A night of drunken last I was upset I just went for the first honk I saw in the bar and wanted revenge sex. I never expected to see him again. I hadn’t seen Todd in four months. We had been talking about starting a family and maybe getting married so I stopped taking my birth control. We were supposed to have a romantic reunion that night but it never happened.”
“Damn! The bastard!” The Captain uttered vehemently.
“No shit!” Sarah snorted
“so, seeing him on the ship was a shock to you today.” The captain continued
“indeed, we talk to the canteen earlier and hashed everything out.” Sarah explained
“except of course your delicate condition.” The captain was smiling
“right “Sarah smiled back sheepishly
“you owe it to him to be honest Sarah “
“you’re right. I do. Thanks Capt.
“for what?”
“For not judging me!”
“You’re human Sarah. Shit happens.” He answered
Sarah just nodded and got off the gurney managing to walk away.