TITLE: The Dog House
AUTHOR: MikeJaffa/Mikejoe
SYNPOSIS: Dylan puts his foot in his mouth
DISCLAIMER: I won nothing.
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"Dylan?" Beka said as she and Harper crept into the *Maru.* "You wanted to see us?"
Dylan Hunt's head peeked over the edge of one of the bunks. "Yeah, Beka." He dropped to the deck and came over to them. He seemed very uncomfortable. "Uhh, yeah, Beka, I was wondering if you could talk to Rommie for me and convince her to ... uh ... well ..."
"Yeah, 'uh,' what?" Beka prompted.
"Let me back aboard," Dylan said quickly.
"She kicked you out?" Harper yelped.
"Well, I wouldn't say exactly - yeah."
"Why?" Beka and Harper chorused.
"Well..." Dylan said. "You remember that at the conclusion of the formal reception last night - and strictly keeping with local tradition, mind you - I kissed Rommie."
"Don't rub it in," Harper groaned, who'd been left with no one (as usual).
"Yeah, well," Dylan went on, "we got on the subject of kissing a couple of hours ago."
"Oh, really," Beka and Harper said (with different connotations).
"Yes," Dylan said, even more embarrassed, "and she asked me how she'd done, and I told her, that in all honesty ... uhhhhrrrgggghhhhh..."
Beka and Harper prompted Dylan with arched eyebrows.
"I told her that in my opinion, the *Pax Magellanic* avatar was a **SLIGHTLY** better kisser!" Dylan finished quickly.
"You-" Beka tried to wince and laugh at the same time. "You told her her sister was better? DYLLLAANNNNNN!"
"And she chased me down here, and the internal defenses have fired warning shots every time I tired to leave," Dylan went on. "Now, if you could pour some oil over troubled waters ..." Dylan trailed off and put his hands on his waist. He supposed it would be a long wait before his XO and engineer would stop laughing and pick themselves off the floor.
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