Zee did the equivalent of a groan, and hacked into the channel again to say one sentence;
"I guess only Helen will have her pick of equipment, then." Zee giggles, and turns off the COM. She then contacts Helen, and tells her to make a list on her database of equipment she wanted.

Sarah sat in her bed, thinking hard about something. She was starting to develop something more than thinking of James as a friend. All of the giggling, the more frequent jokes she was making, it made sense to her now. 
She was developing a crush on him.