Since Middle school, your boyfriend Craig Tucker had interest in three things besides you: Red Racer, his pet hamster Stripes, and anything to do with space.

When the two of you graduated, he signed up for a special program at NASA to be able to explore The Moon and other planets. He was a very “deadpan” monotone sort of person, but you could tell how happy he was to be able to go.

You had been there to see him off- before the launch time, to wish him goodbye. And of course, to promise to take care of his pet hamster, Stripes.

1 year later

It had been one year since the spaceship that took Craig and some other astronauts had departed from Earth. The predicated day that Craig was to come back was yesterday.

You were waiting for any news from Jimmy, Clyde, and Tolkien. Since they went to check in to see if the rocket had landed so they could pick Craig up.