Act One, Scene Two

[Kiera]

Oh great oh great oh great! I'm going to be kicked down to crewman for sure! He's yelling at me!

I continue to stutter "I'm sorry" at the captain, my face as red as his uniform was before I spilled coffee all over it.

I manage to get out, meekly and very quickly, "Iwantedtogetyoucoffeesir."

Great, now he thinks I have a speech problem. How much worse can this get???

I look around the corridor and luckily I don't see anyone until it curves around in either direction. I don't need any rumors flying around about how much of a klutz I am, especially since I'm supposed to be the chief engineer of a highly sophisticated, sensitive, and explosive, reactor.