She knew Kathy, so at least she wasn’t worried about finding them entwined on the bed. Instead they were sitting at the table, Mike with his head propped morosely on his hands and Kathy resting hers on crossed arms. "Um, try to stop having so much fun, guys," she quipped. "You're making me jealous." "We blew it, Colleen," Mike said, not lifting his face from his hands. "Blew what?" Kathy rolled her head over to face her roommate without lifting it off her hands. "Jakarta tried to contact you on the computer, and we scared him off." "You have got to be kidding me!" Mike lifted his chin off his hands and shook his head. "Nope. It's all too true, I'm afraid." Colleen flopped down onto the double bed, arms thrown wide, and expelled a gigantic sigh. "The most incredible hacker in the world calls, and who gets to talk to him? My computer-illiterate roommate! I can't even believe this!" "He thought we were with the government," Kathy said. "Yeah, I can see that happening," Colleen muttered.
