Assiti Shards 01 1632 (second edition) by Eric Flint
Author:Eric Flint [Flint, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 33
âIâm so nervous,â whispered Rebecca.
She leaned her head on Mikeâs shoulder. He put his arm around her waist and gave her a quick reassuring squeeze. Then, nuzzling her ear, whispered in return: âRelax. Youâll do just fine.â His hand slid down, patting her upper fanny. Rebecca smiled and returned the pat with one of her own.
Janice Ambler, the schoolâs television instructor, started hopping up and down with agitation, fluttering her hands frantically.
At the back of the high schoolâs TV studio, Ed Piazza frowned. âGreat,â he grumbled. âWe finally get this TV station back on the air and whatâs the first thing the audience sees? âGrab-ass at North Central High.â â
Next to him, Melissa grinned. âYou might remember, in the future, to warn her when sheâs going on the air.â
âWhy?â demanded Greg Ferrara. âIf you ask me, it beats the old days. Thereâs something nice about a National Security Adviser who lets her hair down in public now and then. In a manner of speaking.â
âGood point,â murmured Melissa.
Piazza was not mollified. âYou people are sick, sick.â He cleared his throat loudly. âUh, Becky, youâre live.â
Startled, Rebecca raised her head and stared at the camera. The small audience in the room had to fight down a wave of laughter. She looked like a squirrel startled in the act of stealing food.
A moment later, Rebecca was scuttling into her chair. Mike ambled lazily out of camera range, smiling all the while. And a very smug-looking smile it was, too.
âGreat,â repeated Piazza. âYou watch. Every kid and his girlfriend is going to be sneaking in from now on, trying to cop a feel on the air.â
Ferrara started to make some jocular response, but fell silent. Rebecca was speaking.
âGood evening. Guten Abend. Welcome to our new television station. Thanks to the hard work of the schoolâs teachers and students, we have been able to come back on the air for the first time since the Ring of Fire. Tonight, we will only broadcast for a few hours. But we hope, within a week, to be on the air for at least twelve hours every day.â
She began translating into German. By the time she was halfway into the translation, all traces of nervousness had disappeared and Rebecca was her usual self.
âSmile,â muttered Piazza. âCâmon, Becky, smile now and then.â
âNaw,â countered Ferrara. âI like it just fine the way she is. Itâs such a relief to see a news announcer who doesnât crack jokes every other line, like they were a stand-up comic or something. Just tell it like it is, Becky.â
âAmen,â agreed Melissa.
Rebecca resumed in English:
âMost of tonightâs program will be entertainment. We felt everyone deserved an enjoyable evening, after all the hard work we have been doing. There is good news in that regard, by the way. I spoke to Willie Ray Hudson just an hour ago, and he told me that he is now quite certain we will have enough food for the winter. Rationing will be tight, but no one will go hungry.
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