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Kat went into the small kitchen of her apartment and made herself a snack. She had finished her meal and had returned to the balcony with a fresh glass of orange juice, for a last glimpse of the sea, now under a darkening sky when suddenly the door chimed. Kat rose from her seat, hoping it would be John. On opening the door, she was delighted to see John standing there.

"Hi, nice to see you," she said. "Won't you come in, and have a drink? I can offer you fruit juice or I do have some lemonade."

"Orange juice, please," said John, as he stepped inside the apartment.

Kat filled a glass and handed it to John. Taking their glasses, they went onto the balcony.

"How did your game of pinball go?" she asked, smiling at him.

"Oh, I lost. Guess he has been practicing hard, and I'm kind of out of practice."

"You'll have to have a pinball table set up in Thunderbird Five." Kat laughed. "Though I imagine it would be hard playing without opponents."

They both laughed at this. "Yes, I guess. I mean, playing pinball alone means you have to play against yourself. I'd rather have someone else as an opponent. More fun that way."

"If you like, I will play a few games with you, just to give you the practice. I can't play to save my life."

"I might just take you up on that," John answered. "Now, haven't we something planned for tonight?"

Kat smiled and nodded "I was just relaxing, enjoying the sunset. It made the sea look like molten gold. And now look at all those stars."

"Right, then it's time to show you the stars through my telescope."

"But shouldn't you be resting? You have had a busy day, so far. We can look at the stars tomorrow night," Kat asked

"No; on the way back, Scott shared piloting Thunderbird 3, so I was able to rest a bit on the way home. The only exhausting time was trying to beat Tyler." They both laughed and continued chatting for a while, enjoying their drinks.

When they had finished their drinks John said "Come on, let's head for the roof."

They left the apartment and returned to the villa and the lounge. Virgil was in the lounge, playing the piano. He grinned as they wandered through and out towards John's bedroom.

"Where are you two going?" he asked.

"I'm showing Kat the stars," John replied, as he and Kat headed for the roof.

Once on the roof, John proudly showed Kat his telescope. It was a 5 in-aperture reflective telescope on an equatorial mount. The eyepiece was mounted on the side of the telescope.

"Look to the south. Can you see that cluster of four bright stars?"

"Oh, yes," said Kat standing on tiptoe trying to reach the eyepiece.

John laughed. "Come on, Tiny, let's find you a box to stand on. There, is that better?"

"Much better, thanks," Kat replied, now looking comfortably into the eyepiece.

"Those are known as the Southern Cross."

John continued to point out the constellations of Sagittarius, Scorpius, and others that Kat had never heard of. Turning to face the North, he pointed out Ursa Major, Virgo, Leo and Drago

"Which one is Gemini?" Kat asked. "That's my star sign."

"See those two bright stars, which appear to be one above the other? They are Pollux and Castor, the heavenly twins."

"When is your birthday, John?" Kat asked.

"October 8th," he replied.

"Then you are Libra. When is that visible?"

"Libra is not very clear until spring," John replied. "Do you know all the star signs?"

"Oh, yes, I like to study what the stars have to tell me about my life. It is probably utter nonsense, but also quite harmless," she replied enthusiastically. "There was an old Gypsy living in my village where I was brought up. She claimed she could tell a person's fortune in the tea leaves. She was always telling me that I could probably do the same, born under Gemini." She chuckled. "My mother was very sceptical; she forbade me to see the old fortuneteller. I often wondered what happened to her. I think she was probably harmless, just an old country woman, although some of her predictions did come true," Kat added. "She told me that I would work with vehicles for a well known firm and that I would marry...." Here she stopped and blushed. She looked at her watch in horror. "Look at the time! I shall have to go; I am supposed to be starting early tomorrow. Brains wants to continue showing me how to maintain the auxiliary vehicles."

John smiled. "It was really very nice having this chat with you and showing you the stars. We must do it again sometime."

"Yes," Kat agreed. "It's almost spring, so I won't have to wait long to see Libra."

John laughed and said, "Kat, this is our autumn. But I'm sure that we will be on the roof again long before spring."

Kat felt mortified. She was thankful that it was a dark night and he couldn't see her face. She glanced at him and smiled shyly. "Whatever must you think of me? I was trying to sound so knowledgeable. I must seem so foolish."

"No you're not foolish. It's a common mistake. You're not the first to think like that, and you certainly won't be the last," John continued. They returned to the monorail and John bade her goodnight before Kat made her way back to her apartment. Once inside, Kat realised that she wanted to be more than a good friend to John. She hoped he felt the same.

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