The First Time We Met. . . A Star Trek: The Next Generation Fic

Pairings - Jean-Luc/Guinan

A/N Yes, I'm out of my Everlovin' mind. But have you ever watched them together? There is a certain familiarity in their interactions that can be explained as intimate. This was inspired by the line in Time's Arrow when Guinan asked Jean-Luc when they'd met and he gets a little smile.

Guinan asked me if I remembered the first time we met. How could I not? I had just gotten back from 15 years of deep space aboard the Stargazer. Jack Crusher had recently died and I needed to forget - to decompress - for a while.

As I wandered the streets of San Francisco looking at the old sites, I came across a small bar. It was very reminiscent of ancient San Francisco. It was elegant with silks and simulated gas lights. Plush seating, poker tables. There was an authentic thirty foot bar made of teak wood with silvered glass behind it. And Guinan. She looked up at some unknown signal and gave me a look of recognition. I was intrigued.

We talked through the night as she made her exotic cocktails for her customers. If there was a cocktail that she didn't know how to prepare, it was unheard of by Jean-Luc. We talked of music, archaeological digs throughout the sector, literature, philosophies of a dozen races as compared to humans.

I came in the next night. And again we talked. And the next night and the next. It seemed I couldn't stay away.

It wasn't long before Guinan invited me home. And in going there I'd found where my heart's home was.

She asked me if I remembered the first time we met. I answered, how could I forget.

A/N 2 Pretty please review!! By the way, if anybody knows of a place to find transcripts of Star Trek episodes, please let me know. I've looked all afternoon. Remember, reviews are as good as ice cream sundaes for me.