TITLE: Recalling Totally

AUTHOR: MikeJoe/Michael J. Gallagher

SUBJECT: Beka puts Dylan in God's Little Acre.

SPOILERD FOR: Totaled Recall

ANSWER TO: Challenge on Andromeda Uncovered List.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own ANDROMEDA nor its characters; I am just having fun.

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After Doyle had left his cabin, Dylan pulled the photo of him an Sara from under the cushion on his couch and took another long look at it. If his life had been turned upside down by being frozen in time in the first place, arriving in Seefra, skipping though months or years of his friends' lives, and learning he was a Paradine (aka God) had sent it through hoops. And then the alternate reality he had glimpsed where Sara had been the spitting image of Doyle, and the feelings for Doyle that he had to wonder about. But were they feelings for Doyle? For Andromeda, for whom Doyle was an impromptu avatar? And what if Harper ever got Andromeda's original avatar, Rommie, up and running again?

And never mind the trivial matter of Trance's sun gobbling up the Seefra system.

"Why did I have to get up that morning?" Dylan murmured.

"Dylan?"

Dylan re-hid the photo at the voice from his cabin door. "Yeah, Beka?"

Beka Valentine came in, smiling, and sat on a nearby chair. "Hey. How ya doin'?"

"Better. Thanks."

"Word around is you had some interesting dreams."

"Word can not always be believed."

"She's never been wrong before."

"'She'?" Dylan rolled his eyes towards the ceiling. "Sheesh. Don't tell me you have those hammocks back up and running."

"Actually, they vanished when we came to Seefra. No clue as to where they are."

"I feel your pain."

"Forget my pain. I'm wonderin'-what did you dream about? Come on! I don't always remember mine."

"Well, some of them were messed up. Like finding myself alone with Doyle and learning maybe a hundred years had passed."

Beka leaned forward. "And?"

"'And' what?"

"You know. You were along with Doyle AND?"

"Sheesh, Beka! When did you get such a filthy mind?"

"What do you mean when, Dylan? I've always had my mind in the gutter."

"Oh, really?"

"Yep."

"Never came up before."

"You'd be surprised."

"Oh, yeah? Name one incident. One. Come on."

"Ok. Remember when we rescued you from the black hole, and after all that running around Gerentix stole the *Maru?*"

So much had happened in the past five years, Dylan had to think about it. "Uh …. Yeah. Ok. I'm tracking."

"And you said you would help me get her back in exchange for a favor but you wouldn't tell me what it was?"

"Yeah. I'd been thinking of recruiting you, and I saw the opportunity, but I didn't want to scare you off."

"Yeah, well…." Beka cleared her throat. "….I thought you, uhm, wanted to, uh, you know, uh….."

"You mean….uh…."

"Yeah."

They both laughed.

"Damn, Beka," Dylan said as he calmed down. "I wouldn't have done that to you."

"Really?"

"Of course. I don't see you that way."

"Really," Beka said, suddenly serious.

"Really," Dylan said. "You're a fellow starship captain and my peer. We may not have always seen eye to eye on everything, but I respect your judgment. Rest assured I had never intended for our relationship to be anything but strictly professional."

"So not interested in me at all."

"Nope."

"And when were you going to tell me you didn't find me attractive?"

"WHAT!? No, Beka, that's not what I mean!"

"Then what did you mean, Dylan?" Beka's gaze bore into his.

"I mean, uh, what I mean, uh, that is, uh …. You know, I think I have to help Harper with the Slipstream drive system's check. Damn, I almost forgot that. Sorry, Beka, gotta run. We'll talk later!" He left his cabin as fast as he could without running.

Beka leaned back in her chair, hugged her knees, and laughed.

"Beka?" Andromeda's voice said. "I thought you'd like to know: my sensors have confirmed that you're evil."

Beka didn't hide her smile. "I know, Andromeda, but someone has to keep the big lug on his toes."

THE END