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******Wednesday, March 28, 2068, 9 a.m.; aboard Thunderbird Five******

Callie was unable to sleep most of the night after what Jeff had discussed in the debriefing the night before. I've got to come up with a code name for myself, but I don't know what I can use.

After a good breakfast, she went into the lounge area and started writing down possible ideas. "CL? Seal? No way, that's definitely not going to work. I could try 'Crimson Tide'--or even better, 'Bear' for one of the most famous coaches of all time, Paul 'Bear' Bryant!"

She was excited about the idea and was about to contact Jeff when she suddenly stopped herself. "Wait a minute, I can't use that. I don't think everybody knows who Bear Bryant was, since he was the coach over a century ago. Guess that's out, too."

For the next couple of hours, she struggled to come up with a good codename. She wrote down at least 50 different names, including "Astro," "Comet," and "Sporty." Unfortunately, none of them worked, seeing as the majority of them sounded more like dog names. "Ugh, this is hopeless! How am I going to come up with an effective code name by Friday?"

Upstairs, John heard the commotion and took the elevator down to the lounge. "Callie, is everything okay?"

"No, John, it isn't, right now," she answered in what she felt was defeat. "I'm trying to come up with a code name for myself, but nothing's coming to me."

John frowned. He looked at the crumpled list she had thrown away. "Milky Way? Galaxian? Nebula?"

"It's all useless so far. I don't know how many more crazy ideas I can come up with. I even tried 'Telescope.'"

He shook his head. "Callie, you're trying too hard. This isn't if you'll pardon the expression rocket science. Nor is it something to get all anxious about." He took a good look at her, noticing the reddened, shadowed eyes. "You lost sleep over this, didn't you?"

She had the good grace to look sheepish. "Yeah. I did. I thought it was really important."

"It is important, yeah, but not that important." He gave a moment's thought about her problem and simply asked, "Callie, let me ask you something. Do you have a favorite constellation?"

"Yeah, Ursa Major, the Big Dipper. Why?" She gasped. "Of course, Dipper--no, Ursa. That's it! I could be Ursa! Why didn't that come to me beforehand?"

John smiled. "Like I said, you were trying too hard. Sometimes you have to go easy on yourself."

"Thanks, John. Now I can contact Mr. Tracy with my decision. Say, want me to give him yours, too?"

"Oh, um..." He started fiddling his fingers in nervousness. "I, uh...I haven't come up with one for myself."

"I don't know if the list is gonna be of any help, but feel free to look at it."

John looked at all the names and shook his head. "Sorry, but none of these names will work for me."

She looked at him and smiled. "John, you discovered the Tracy Quasar, right?"

"Yes, but--" He realized she had just helped him. "Callie, you're a genius! I could go by the code name Quasar."

"Then it's finally settled. We'll be Quasar and Ursa. I'll let your father know."

******11:15 a.m. in the Tracy Villa Lounge on Tracy Island******

Jeff sat quietly in the lounge. He was drinking a cup of coffee when he noticed the eyes in John's portrait flashing. "Go ahead, John." He saw Callie's face instead. "Oh, Callie. My apologies. What can I do for you?"

"Good news, sir. John and I finally came up with code names for ourselves. His will be Quasar, and mine will be Ursa."

"How fitting for the two up in space," Jeff said with a smile. "Very well. I'll place your code names into the PDA so I won't forget. Is there anything else?"

"No, sir, that's all. I'll be looking forward to coming back to the island next week."

"That's great because you'll be just in time for Scott's birthday on the 4th."

"We'll be looking forward to it, sir. Thunderbird Five out."

Post by TracyFan4Ever on 16/10/2004

Jeff heartbeat Dianne plain My IR:TNP OTP!

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