 Why didn't Laura say yes?
How can I tell you what it's like to be young and a man and to dream of reaching the stars? For it was June in this year of 1995, and we were the graduating class of the U. S. Academy of Interplanetary Flight. The first graduating class, Laura. My parents had died in a strato-jet crash when I was four, so I hadn't needed many of those "You are cordially invited" cards. And you, Laura, were with him. That's what most of you want, isn't it? You kept looking at me until I had to ask: "What are you thinking, Laura?"
 she knows he wants to go to space
 she isn't interested in marrying Ben  Mickey wouldn't want that  she was jealous of Ben's future plans  she knows he wants to go to space