Girls just wanna have fun..

OOC: A JP between myself <Melissa> and the wonderful Becca <Tara>.
Enjoy :)
Who: Melissa, Tara
Where: Mars
When: Early Evening
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Tara and Melissa had snuck out of the Medi-bay, whilst Keto was in
his office and had taken one of the Shuttle runs down to Mars. They
wanted a break, especially Tara, who had been studying none stop for
the last few days.
Melissa smiled as they got out of the shuttle, once it was safely
far away from Keto in the Martian atmosphere for her liking. From
the moment they stepped foot onto the planet there was a wide
variety of shops, bars and restaurant with owners standing outside,
waiting to draw them inside and encourage them to spend their hard
earned money on things they didn't need, like everybody does on
holiday.
Tara breathed a deep breath of the Martian terraformed air. The
distinctive red tint was everywhere, in the paint on the buildings,
the tarmac, everywhere.
Not to say they weren't enjoying every second of it while they
could. They walked keenly into the first bar they saw, sat down and
ordered drinks.
"It's good to be out of that place. Xav... Keto is getting right on
my nerves. He thinks so highly of himself but all he is is a pompous
windbag!" Tara said, sipping a Martian specialty cocktail.
"Too true" said Melissa with a wide grin. "Ah well, let's not talk
about him while we actually have some freedom!" she added with a
little giggle as she took a large swig from a bottle of Budweiser.
Tara was dressed for the occasion, Amber would more than likely have
been horrified and Rufus would have turned scarlet with
embarrassment.
"Lets go to the beach! They say its perpetual daylight down there,
the artificial lighting is the best in the solar system!" Tara said,
downing her drink and standing up, with a bit of a wobble.
"Why not" said Melissa happily as she too stood up with less of a
wobble, although having finished her drink shortly before Tara. She
too was dressed for the occasion, having wanted to visit the beach
as soon as she had left the medi-bay, although had chosen to wear
something less revealing over her bikini.
Tara plonked herself down in the soft red sand and lay back, looking
up at the polygon like dome above. She sighed, and wished Phil was
there.
Melissa followed suit, laying a large towel that she had purchased
before they relocated to the beach to save her getting herself
covered in sand. She threw herself onto the towel and closed her
eyes.
Several average looking beach going ladies were queuing up at a tent
with a large sign over it saying: 'Miss Mars 2106 Competition'. Tara
soaked up the sun, unaware of this fact.
Melissa however had noticed it and excitedly pointed it out to
Tara, "Tara look!" she exclaimed, her finger pointing idly in the
direction of the tent. She smirked as Tara looked towards her.
"What?" Tara said, following the direction of the finger
pointing. "You wanna sign up or something? I'm a mother for gods
sake! The Twins would be mortified.... Well, Rufus would be, amber
would want to join in if she wasn't Skiing on the polar ice caps."
"Are they here for you to mortify them?" said Melissa
chirpily. "Come on, it'll be a laugh. By the looks of it one of us
has got to win!"
Melissa was up and grabbing onto Tara's arm, pulling her along by
now.
"Gah! Fine." Tara said, with a scowl that would make Keto
proud. "I'll go along with it. But I swear the Twins wont be happy,
neither will Phil...."
"They needn't ever know" said Melissa with the grin of a three year
old that had just been given a large bar of chocolate, as she
dragged Tara along by the arm into the tent.
"Fine! But I'm using my maiden name so no one knows it's me" Tara
said grudgingly as they approached the tent and picked up the papers
to sign up.
Melissa quickly filled in her details on the entry form and handed
it to a man behind a table in the centre of the tent. She waited
while Tara contemplated whether to write a real address, forgetting
that they lived on a ship and any third party car insurance offers
were unlikely to reach her.
Tara handed in her form and the entry man gave her a funny look.
"Nice name love. You a porn star or something?" Tara slapped him
across the tent.
"No. I'm a nurse and a member of the JMC." She said, turning and
walking towards the backstage area. "I've lost count the number of
people who assumed that about me," She said to Melissa, who was
giggling.
TBC/Tag whoever