Luna Landscape by Lesley Whyte

"I have a surprise for you," Will said the moment he walked through the door.

"That sounds ominous," Beth replied. "What is it?"

"I booked us a holiday. You deserve a break."

"Definitely ominous," she said, frowning. She hated to look a gift horse in the mouth, but he wasn't usually that thoughtful. "Where are we going? And if you say skiing-"

"No! Not skiing."

"Then where?"

"Just...just promise you'll keep an open mind, okay?" Will said, coming over to the sofa. He 
perched beside her and handed her a brochure. "Page seventeen."

Beth riffled through the pages until it fell open on a double-page photograph of a stunning, 
futuristic city. All glass and chrome and fluorescent blue bits. All sitting on a pockmarked, silvery surface. "The moon? We're going to the moon?"

"Open mind, Beth. Open mind."

"Fine. My mind's wide open."

"Just look," he said, taking the brochure and turning the page. On this side was another picture, very similar to the first, but with buzzwords sprinkled over it in a white font. "See? It's fully 
inclusive, flights and everything. Our own luxury suite with Jacuzzi bath and a hot-tub on the balcony."

"The bath's on the balcony?"

"No, just the hot-tub. And look, they're the only company that guarantee full access to the luna 
landscape."

"Wait..." Beth said as Will started to turn the page.

"What?" he asked, a hopeful grin on his face.

"It's spelt wrong."

"Sorry?"

"Luna. It should have an R on the end. L-U-N-A-R."

"Oh, come on. You really think that matters?"

"Am I going to travel to the moon with a company that can't even spell the word lunar? No, 
absolutely not," Beth said. "I mean, are you kidding me? This is you getting your tattoo lasered away by someone that couldn't spell the word tattoo again. And you remember what happened then?"

"I got a third-degree burn."

"Second-degree, actually."

"But this is completely different. It's-"

"It's non-refundable, isn't it?" Beth asked heavily. He nodded. "Well," she said, a slight grin 
stretching across her lips. "Get me the small print. If they've misspelled the word 'refundable' as well then I'm sure that'll count as a loophole."