Hi Lara. How are you? Come in, its been a while. I motioned her to follow me and take a seat on the couch.

Im good and you she said kicking of her shoes and tucking her legs under her. In fact I have great new to tell you. Now she had all my attention not that I generally didnt pay attention to her. It was just rare for Lara to make a big deal out of little things.

Theyre looking for a Chef and a Sous-Chef for the new space mission. When I heard that I think my eyes were about to bug out of my head and thought that this might be the way to sneak into that mission. Im going to apply on both places and if they choose me it will take a long time before we see each other again. Lara finish a sad look crossing her face.

No way, that Im gonna let you go alone. Im going to apply too so we can still hang out.

Ok. I have to admit that my friend laughed at me when I told her about my idea. She told me laughing, Alice your cooking skills are the worst Ive ever seen. A 5 year old is better than you. Youre never gonna get hired.

I naturally acted all indignant, but had to admit she had a point. Somewhere in there. Very deep down in there. I told her I was going to apply, but naturally left out my ulterior motives. Believe me her face was priceless two days later when I told her You have in front of you the new Chef for the space mission which makes me your new boss proud of myself.

How did you do THAT? she asked me in disbelief.

And I told her what had happened during the interview for the job. But before I tell you I have to admit that I had prepared myself very well. Fake certificates from the most impressive cooking school. Very well made up recommendation letters from very important restaurants in L.A. and I have to say that Im a very good liar on a good day. *****, even on my worst day I can lie with the best of them. So I entered Jennifer Hardings office and extended my hand to introduce myself.