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Bad Cop lay on his back and panted, reaching up to wipe sweat from his brow. He looked over at Benny, frowning at him. "Are we done?" he asked.
Benny nodded, smiling at him and laughing. "Yeah, for today. You know, you actually went a little… Overboard."
He scowled and sat up. "Well, why didn't you stop me?" he demanded, furrowing his brow at the spaceman.
Shrugging, Benny held out his hand to pull Bad Cop to his feet. "It was funny seeing you try to do so many sit-ups, and you weren't going to hurt yourself doing them so I didn't bother." He handed Bad Cop a towel and grinned. "Shower's through there. You're really sweaty."
"Whose fault is that?" Bad Cop mumbled. "Is this really an astronaut training regime?"
"Heck no!" Benny laughed. "We're totally skipping the science part of that since you're not part of the actual space program. I'm just winging it for what I think you should do to make sure you don't get sick in space, dude."
Bad Cop groaned. "Fine. I'll be right out." He grabbed his bag and went to the shower, glancing around at his environment before setting his sunglasses on the counter.
Good Cop followed suit with his glasses and hummed. "I think it's going well," he laughed as he started the water.
"Then you do it next time," Bad Cop mumbled as he stepped under the freezing stream.
"But you were having so much fun, like Benny said," Good Cop teased. "We'll be in space in no time."
"Yeah, yeah…" Bad Cop hurried to clean and dry himself and get in fresh clothes. He then wandered out through Benny's home in search for the astronaut. He frowned when he couldn't find Benny in any of his usual places. "Benny?" Good Cop called out.
At that moment, Benny burst through the airlock and held an envelope over his head. "I got a LETTER!" he exclaimed, eyes bright in excitement.
"A letter?" Good Cop asked.
"A LETTER," Benny answered. "I don't get letters anymore, this is awesome. And it looks like it's from Penny, too- Aw man, I haven't heard from her in years."
"What's it say?" Bad Cop asked.
"Uh…" Benny set the letter aside and hurried out of his suit before he picked up the envelope again to open it. "Let's see… Oh! Cool! They're having a reunion for the 1980s something astronauts out at a lodge somewhere and I'm invited. Think I should go?"
"Why not?" Good Cop asked, shrugging.
"Well the last reunion I went to got a little…" Benny trailed off, pulling a face, and then shrugged as well. "Aw, what the heck, I'll go. She wants me to RSVP, though. Just a moment…" Benny offered the letter for Good Cop to look over while he dug through the pocket on the outside of his spacesuit for his cell phone.
Good Cop hummed as he read the invitation and the details of the lodge, but he then suddenly frowned and gazed up at Benny and motioned to the paper. "Benny, this lodge is 50 miles away."
Benny shrugged nonchalantly, reaching out for the letter. "It's fine, I'll just take a spaceship-."
Bad Cop held the invitation out of reach. "You are not taking a spaceship there," he ordered. "It's in the middle of a forest."
"Oh…" Benny tapped his fingers on the outside of his phone, wrinkling his nose as he thought about it. "How am I supposed to get there, then…?"
"I could take you!" Good Cop offered. Bad Cop frowned. "I'll drop you off and pick you up after." Good Cop smiled nervously. "Unless you think I could come as a guest…" Bad Cop shook his head. "No, I'll just drop you off." Good Cop frowned. "But I…" Bad Cop scowled. "No."
"You done?" Benny asked. Bad Cop nodded and handed Benny the letter again. Benny found the RSVP number and dialed his phone. After a moment, he smiled. "Penny! It's Benny! ...Haha, yeah, I know, I actually got a cell phone now. A buddy of mine gave it to me. ...Yes. ...No. ...NO. Penny! ...Yeah, that's what I'm calling about. I'll be there, but, uh… Can I bring a guest?"
Bad Cop frowned and ignored the soft cheering in the back of his mind. "Benny…"
"Yeah, I want to bring him in space with me some time, so I thought it'd be good for him to meet some astronauts besides me first," Benny laughed. "Great! See you then!" Benny flipped the phone shut and beamed at Bad Cop.
"Benny…" Bad Cop repeated, scowling.
Benny's smile slowly disappeared and he cleared his throat. "Well, I dunno, the other guy seemed really into the idea. It's just for a few days next month, c'mon…"
"We'll be happy to go," Good Cop assured him. "Both of us. Bad Cop will get over it, don't worry."
"Well, that's good then…" Benny rocked on his heels and then grinned. "Want to get some food? I have some not space stuff for you since you'll be coming over more often for space training."
"Fine…" Bad Cop sighed, following Benny into the kitchen.