The Sister City- A story in many parts.
Disclaimer: No I don't own them, no I don't claim them, except for Lilah and Bri, and a couple of other characters I can't mention yet because they haven't appeared and to mention them would be to spoil it all. Now on to the story.
PART 1
The Beginning.
ABOARD THE DEADALUS
"Will you stop yelling at me?" he yelled.
"Why." She snapped, turning to face him she threw her arms out to the sides as she did. "What can you possibly say that would make any difference right now?"
"Why don't I start with 'I'm sorry' and go from there." He rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"No. You know what? 'I'm sorry' is just not going to cut it this time. I've given you a second chance. I've given you a third chance. Hell I even gave you a fourth chance to prove yourself; but obviously you can't. That's it okay? Thank god I'm not going to have to work with you again, and don't even think about coming crying to me to fix your idiotic mistakes Andy. You got that?" Without waiting for an answer the slender, petit redhead strode out of the room.
She stormed down the hall of the Deadalus, brushing past scientists and Marines alike without a second glance.
She stopped at a door just like any other in the hall. She knocked twice, then waited until a soft 'come in' was heard.
She opened the door, and stepped into the crew quarters, fighting to maintain her iron control over her emotions. She threw herself across the bed, and incidentally across the tall brunette dressed only in a sports-bra and exercise shorts already seated there.
"Bri, what's wrong?" the brunette asked, setting her book aside to rest her hands in the long red hair.
"Nothing Lil" the fair skinned beauty answered, burying her face in the tan girls exposed stomach.
"Brianna, don't give me that 'nothing' crap. I know there's something seriously wrong and so do you. You know as well as I do that you wouldn't be here if there wasn't. Not here in this bloody military space ship."
Hazel eyes bored into the pale skin on the back of her neck, and Bri shifted uncomfortably, wrapping her arms around her lover's waist.
"Andy" she murmured after a while. Lifting her green eyes to meet the glowing hazel eyes of her partner. "He fucked up again. I can't in good conscience even let him step onto the city if he can't even do something as simple as this." She buried her face again, this time twining her legs into the other girls.
"Well what did you ask him to do?" The brunette asked softly, rubbing the red hair spread across her stomach and thighs. "Are you giving him things to do that he is even capable of?"
"I asked him to re-run the ZPM proof Lilah. With the basis I gave him you or I or god even Caldwell could run it in our sleep. Okay so maybe Caldwell would need to be awake but the point is he could do it and even if he weren't right he'd still be closer than that IDIOT with a supposed degree in physics. If he's got a physics degree I've got an English degree!"
"You do have an English degree dear." Lilah murmured. She'd already figured out that her friend and lover just needed some time to rant. She was just glad that Bri wasn't going to Atlantis as a scientist, or even as a military leader. Hopefully as a physician and physical therapist there would be fewer of these explosions.
"Not a PhD." Brianna countered, already beginning to doze off as she lost the momentum from her rant.
Lilah grinned. There was no way she could get Bri back to her quarters, but after that explosion that had echoed throughout the ship, well, anyone who needed to find Bri would know to find her seeking comfort and a listening ear from Lilah.
She made her decision, and nudged the redhead in the side. Slivers of emerald green peaked out from under eye-lids, and the sleepy girl murmured "Go 'way, sleepin'."
Lilah chuckled "I'm not making you leave, but you need to budge up a bit so I can lie down." With a groan the sleepy girl rolled herself onto her side. Lilah turned out the light, and slid down. Bri flopped back over, wrapping herself tightly around her taller lover. Lilah sighed, then her arms rose to wrap around Bri's back. The two drifted off to sleep, smiles on their faces.
Author's Note: This entire story is being run without a beta, if you notice anything amiss please let me know and I will do my best to fix it. Reviews are welcome, but if you have nothing to say or are too chicken to say anything that is fine as well. Enjoy the story.