Title: What I say, and what I mean

Author: Tha1n0nlYVoyGirl

Date: 24/3 2002 @ 20:26

Code: P,T

AN: B = B'Elanna , T = Tom , ¤ = Tom's thoughts , * = B'Elanna's thoughts

Summary: Tom and B'Elanna talks to each other, but does they really mean what they are saying?

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"WHAT I SAY AND WHAT I MEAN"



Messhall, 1343 hours

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B: "Hi."

B: * Don't be such a coward, Lanna. it down! *

T: "Hey."

T: ¤ Oh man, she's gonna sit here! ¤

B: * Find out something clever to say. *

T: "Nice weather, don't you think?"

T: ¤ No! What did I just say? Weather?! In space? I'm such a stupid fool! Weather?! ¤

B: * Weather? Weather? *

B: "Yeah... I guess."

T: ¤ How could I say weather? ¤

B: * Come on! Say something smart! *

T: "How's things going in Engineering?"

B: * He beats you to it every time! You have to be faster! *

B: "Good."

T: "Much to do?"

B: "No."

B: * Yes, it's much to do there! A console exploded without reason this morning! Why didn't you tell him about all that happened? Why?! Then you'd have *something* to talk about.*

B: "So, anything to fly around?"

B: * Did that sound stupid or what? *

T: "No, not much."

T: ¤ I almost flew into an M-class planet, but that's 'not much'! ¤

B: "What are you eating?"

T: "Tomato soup."

T: ¤ Wait! Did I really have soup today?

I didn't have time to taste it before she came... and then I forgot!

Please don't tell me I decided to take bacon for once! If I did she'll thing I'm nuts.

Not that she does already! Gotta take my eyes off her for a sec and check...

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Wow! I'm lucky! Seems like I had tomato soup after all. At least *one* thing I got right. ¤

T: "And you?"

B: "I'm sorry?"

T: " What are *you* having for lunch?"

B: *Of course! He asked what I was having. What did I think I heard? 'I love you! And you?'*

B: "Salad."

T: "Oh, really? I couldn't see that."

T: ¤ Oh, that was *such* a funny thing to say! Hope she wasn't insulted or something?

Maybe she thinks that I can't separate her replicated food from something edible? ¤

B: * What is he meaning with that? Doesn't my food look good? *

T: "Never mind. What kind of salad?"

T: ¤ I'm so smooth. ¤

B: "Lettuce."

B: * No! It's not lettuce! Am I stupid? And 'lettuce' that was a part of Max'' nickname for me! I have to forget about Max for now. He means nothing to me anymore and-*

T: "What are you thinking about?"

T: ¤ Probably the best way to get away from *you*, Tom. ¤

B: "Nothing."

B: * That's a very nice answer. Very. *

T: "Oh."

T: ¤ Come on! Ask her again. No, I can't! But I have to do it!¤

T: "Would you like to go out with me tonight?"

T: ¤ Say yes, say yes, say yes! Please, say yes. ¤

B: * Yes, yes, yes! I want to! I really want to..! But I can't... I can't! *

B: "I've made other plans."

B: * Did that sound as harsh as I think it did? *

T: "I see."

T: ¤ I want to disappear. ¤

B: * I've done it again! I need to get out of here! *

B: "Gotta go."

T: "Bye."

T: ¤ There she goes, and with her my evening, my chance, my heart. ¤

B: * I hope someday he'll ask and I'll be able to say yes. *



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