Serene had been raised by the brightest minds that her parents could afford, her parents hadn't raised her personally but every scientist on the station made sure that she was a bright child. It didn't come as a surprise when Serene had become a child prodigy in science but she was taken out of normal studies and placed with a group of scientists who taught her by themselves. She had been deprived of interaction with other children and continued being separated from her age group so it kept her from seeking out any kind of relationship either friendly or personal. Now, at age 20, she landed a job on a science vessel studying organisms from different planets,

"You will be gone for a year or two. Are you prepared?" Serene shifted her hazel eyes over to her father's face then back to the docking station where the large vessel she would be working on was located.

"It is nothing. I am ready for this."

"Remember, you have one ahead of you in rank so remember to send a mail through the net to their higher if you ever out-do them in anything." She nodded silently.

"I've diddled long enough. I expect a report on your journey when you return." He didn't even wait for a nod or a yes before he turned and left.

Serene continued on the docking path and was met at the door by a lovely blonde woman with icy blue eyes.

"Your dad seems like an asshole." The woman was trying to make small talk, Serene knew this but she was in no mood to talk unless it dealt with her job at hand.

"I would be pissed if he was my dad. Come on kiddo, let's go meet the crew."

"No thank you." The woman smiled,

"Funn-ee kiddo. Let's go or I'm dragging you to meet the crew." A glare formed on Serene's face but she followed the woman into the vessel and down into what she called ' the meeting room'.

"I'm Glacia, by the way."

"I am Serene, second head scientist for this job."

"Oooooh. Fancy." Serene rolled her eyes then watched as Glacia called for a small meeting.

Serene watched as a small crew shuffled into the meeting room and her eyes followed every single one of them as they filed into the room.

There was an older man, late forties who looked like a mercenary out of films, with his graying blonde hair smoothed back and a wicked looking knife at his hip.

"That is Johnny."

Her eyes then slowly moved over another woman who looked almost like Glacia but with chocolate brown hair and green eyes.

"My sister Lee."

Two men stood together, they had roguish good looks, one light brown haired young man had a scar on the edge of the left side of his mouth. The one standing next to him was signing to him, they looked close enough to be brothers but they had some physical differences.

"Brant and Squeak over there. Squeak lost his tongue in an xenomorph attack a few years back. Both of them are here to ensure that we do not have an xenomorph attack on the ship." Serene nodded, she had read about the dangers of aliens.

She had seen pictures of them, long banana shaped heads with no eyes, their bodies close to what a skeleton would look like but jet black with a small inner mouth that was used to kill. Xenomorph blood was like acid, it burned straight through anything except for it's own hide and the tail was long with a arrow like tip which was also used for killing. They did not reason with anything other than their own kind, many scientists had tried to control them but they just play the part and when they find a way out...kill. Serene shivered at the thought of being torn apart by an xenomorph but the vessel had bee thoroughly checked several times and sanitized more times than she cared to know. All she knew was that she was safe.

"Everybody, this is Serene. She's second head scientist around here and she's a kid so be nice." Glacia laughed but Serene did not find it funny at all.

Her eyes slowly went over to 'Squeak' as Glacia had called him, he was signing to Brant slowly and she could make out the conversation clearly this time. Squeak was talking about checking the ship once more as a 'just-in-caser' but Brant was not for it. Serene gasped and averted her eyes when Squeak looked directly at her, he was handsome indeed but she was there for science! Not for some young man who probably had impure thoughts of her running through his head already.

"Alright. We are leaving the dock so everyone can get back to what they were doing while I show our young companion to her quarters." Glacia said and grabbed Serene before jerking her out of the room.

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"I'm telling you, there is no reason to check the ship." Serene watched Brant, he was talking to Squeak who was signing that he wanted to check, that it was better safe than sorry.

Everyone ate meals together and after a few days of the talking and interaction, Serene was ready to shut herself in her room and eat. Squeak was an intelligent person, as she had found out, but she stammered every time she tried to talk to him. Glacia said it was just a school girl crush and her upbringing but Serene did not enjoy this new feeling she had when she looked at Squeak. She was not going to enjoy this trip if she had to deal with the feelings but she was one to face her problems head on and not back down.

"Staff for dinner."

Serene was used to the voice for her to come to dinner but she dreaded it. She made her way to the eating area and was met by Squeak. He smiled at her, and signed that he wanted to sit by her today and she agreed because he looked like he wanted to very badly. So, after they had gotten their dinner from the serving area and sat, by themselves, at a table. He asked her questions about her childhood throughout the meal and she answered them honestly as best as she could but she felt as if his questions were a slight intrusion upon her life. Serene had to admit that she was smitten with him but she was not well versed in the acts of a personal relationship so she did not push forward with her emotions as he did. Squeak told her that he found her intelligence refreshing and that he wated to pursue a relationship with her despite his obvious lack of vocal communication to which she politely declined and wished only to be right below a boyfriend/girlfriend stage. But, that would not stop him from trying to win her affections at all and she knew it.

"I am going to head to bed now Squeak. Good night." Serene had finished her meal and left the eating area.

"Squeak, man! Go for it! She definitely wants you man!" Brant encouraged and Squeak smiled then nodded.

He finished hiss meal quickly then ran after Serene and caught up with her right outside her quarters.

"Oh, hello. Is there something you wanted Squeak?" He signed that he wanted to talk to her more but she frowned.

"I really want to go to bed Squeak. I have to-" She was cut off by his lips gently pressing themselves upon hers.

It caught her off guard but it was pleasant and she wanted it to happen again. His lips left hers and he went to apologize but she let her lips crush onto his and her arms went around his neck. They kissed each other several more times before she slowly moved back from him,

"maybe, maybe we can try this boyfriend/girlfriend thing?" She asked innocently and he smiled.

Okay, so I decided that I wanted to redo this story. Maybe because I've spent some time studying others writing styles or maybe because I felt this story deserved more. I might be redoing the other stories as well because I think I could have added a bit more detail to them. I know for a fact that I am redoing this story and Dad! There's an Alien in my Room! So, whoever reads this story, a little feedback would be greatly appreciated. :)