As Lexa entered her room, still blushing from the little incident and her head whizzing from the butterflies in her head, she threw herself on the bed, closing her eyes, remembering the look on Harper's face. She turned to a side, trying to relax enough to sleep. At least she understands why she remembered Seamus in this specific moment. After all these years she finally opened her heart and accepted her gifts as well as her curses. It's not really pleasant to feel what everybody else around her felt, not being able to distinguish her own emotions. But she felt his love for her and that's what set her free. Even the ship felt. Andromeda thought she was an intruder, and maybe she was one. She could also feel something very special about this ship. Maybe it was luck, maybe it was destiny, but she had found two of her dear friends after such a long separation that she thought she would never see them again. Seamus and sweet Trance, the innocent looking purple girl with so much potential. At least Trance understands what was like to be unique, the only specimen in the entire Universe and Multiverse. Just as she pondered over how special Trance and Seamus were to her, she heard someone at the door.

"Come in!" Lexa said as the door opened.

"Hey, Lexa!" Trance said eagerly, smiling widely. "I wondered if you'd like to join me for a cup of tea. And this way maybe we could catch up on what happened to each of us after we got separated." she suggested, raising her purple eyebrows in expectation.

"Sure thing, Trance, I'd love to!" Lexa said getting up from her bed, stretching.

As Trance led her through Andromeda's corridors, even though it's been almost 6 years since the last time they saw each other, Lexa still felt safe around her, like nothing had changed during all that time. If it wasn't for Trance, Lexa probably would have ended destroying herself and her brother. If Trance wouldn't have showed up and taught her how to control her special skills, how to use her powers and how to relax even in the most desperate situations… She felt like she owed her everything.

"You still with me?" Trance brought her back from her daydreaming.

"Huh? Sorry… I didn't catch that last part…" Lexa told Trance slightly ashamed.

"I said we're here."

"Here where?" Lexa asked confused.

"My garden. Well, Andromeda's garden , but I'm the only one besides the androids who comes here and takes care of the flowers." Trance admitted sheepishly. "Just like old times back on Floris." she smiled, remembering the few months of heaven.

"Thank you." Lexa blushed.

"Remember those sunsets? That unforgettable beauty…" Trance sighed in remembrance.

"Well you always thought Floris' sunsets were the most beautiful in the whole Universe. Actually the Multiverse." they started laughing.

Maybe it was the tea, but when Lexa was with Trance, everything else just disappeared. Her thoughts, her worries… Or maybe Trance was all she needed to get a little tranced. She felt good having both Seamus and Trance back after a long time of loneliness.

"Uhm… I wanna ask you something…" Lexa said after a moment of silence. Trance looked at her with curiosity as she began. "How did you meet Seamus? I can see you two get along just nicely…" Lexa hinted with a naughty smile.

"Hmm… well, after I left you and Luke, the next year was really difficult. I was fired from that hospital after a couple of months, when the big boss died…" Trance recalled with sadness in her voice. "I got on a ship and headed to Diverta. Not a good idea, I tell you!" she pointed out with her index finger. So one day I was trying to leave the planet when a guy came on to me… But Beka appeared and kicked that guy's ass. She said she would give me a lift to wherever I wanted to go, but she asked me to help her look for Harper. We found him… He was really drunk, though." Lexa listened intently as Trance revealed some of her past. "We brought him to the ship… barely… Beka needed him sober, so I gave him a Varoxinal shot just perfect for his body weight and she was totally impressed about my vast medicine knowledge, so she offered me a home. And I've been with them ever since." Trance finished with a big smile, her eyes bright.

"Well… I can say only one thing." Lexa thought for a while. "You haven't changed a bit!" She told Trance as they started to laugh. "Here's to a better life for everyone. Cheers!" They touched each other's cup.

"You know… Harper never talked about you…" Trance said with concern. "Whenever I ask him about his life on Earth, he just changes the subject with a bad joke…"

"Well I can't blame him… We kept each other in one piece back on Earth. We were completing each other in a way, You know what I mean?" Lexa slurped from her tea thoughtful.

"Hmm… Maybe you guys are meant to be together. I never doubt destiny's strange ways. I mean, how much of our lives is a coincidence?" Trance nudged her gently with her shoulder, making Lexa blush. "You and Harper grew up together, then you left Earth, you met me, we parted ways and I just happened to come across Harper and Beka? And, now, after all this time… Harper and I came into your life again…" she said thoughtful. After another long moment of silence, Trance abruptly put her cup down.

"Hey, can we do our special hello?" she asked, her eyes bright with excitement. Lexa giggled as she answered her.

"Hahaha! Sure, why not? But where can we go in private? I don't want them to know just yet…" Lexa hinted, nudging her head in the direction of the door.

"We can stay right here! Andromeda, please engage privacy mode! And don't let anyone come in!" Trance addressed the ship as a voice came from above.

"Privacy mode engaged, authorization: Trance Gemini, environmental controller. Tell me when you two are finished."

"Sure. Thanks, Andromeda! Well, we're good now." Trance told Lexa waving her pointy tail. Lexa revealed her wings as Trance stood and they started to dance like crazy. Just like old times. They kept telling stories and laughed, but something was missing. Luke's curfews. They remembered the time they spent together, all three of them. They say the past is gone, the future is yet to come, so that leaves the present, the only moment you can live it to its fullest. As they started to yawn, Lexa hid her wings while they exited the garden.

"OK, now I should really get some sleep. I dunno about you, but I'm bushed!" she stretched herself, making a few joints pop. I bet we're the only nuts here who are telling bed time stories instead of sleeping." Lexa guessed, laughing slightly.

"Yeah, you're probably right…" Trance yawned heavily. "Well, thanks, Lexa, for this wonderful night. See you in the morning!" She waved, walking down the corridor.

"Yeah, good night!" Lexa smiled as she watched Trance go. She felt too tired to sleep, so she decided to go check on Harper. Entering the Med Deck, she was surprised to see the bed empty. "Andromeda." She called on the ship.

"Yes, Lexa?" Andromeda appeared in a cloud of pixels in front of her.

"Where's Seamus?" Lexa asked concerned.

"You can find him in Machine Shop 7. He's trying to fix my avatar." Andromeda answered as Lexa looked with disbelief at the hologram. He cares so much about her… Lexa thought with sadness, following Andromeda's pixel signs toward the Machine Shop. She reached the Shop, stopping abruptly, watching Harper concentrating hard, cussing then and now when his ideas weren't working. She was feeling so peaceful observing him. She now remembered everything, even the day she got her powers when Seamus came to save her. He and Luke, her now lost brother. And their last day on Earth, how that day began with so much happiness and ended with so much pain… She caught his eyes for a brief moment, reading the sorrow in them. His eyes have never been like that since his parents died.

"Hey! Whacha doing sittin'there all by yourself? Come in! Maybe you can help me fix Rom-doll. I just can't see what… the problem is…" Harper said as he pushed violently the buttons of a scanner.

"I absorbed all her juice when she tried to stop me… Sorry about that…" Lexa admitted, sitting next to the table, touching Rommie with her hand, a bright blue orb entering from Lexa's hand into Rommie. Rommie grabbed Harper's hand suddenly opening her eyes as he tried to tune up some of her systems.

"What just happened?" she asked confused.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow…" Harper complained, feeling his fingers tingling.

"Oh, Seamus was trying to fix you. You had a malfunction after you fell…" Lexa said with innocence. Rommie looked suspiciously between Lexa and Harper, finally letting go of Harper's hand and trying to get off the table. She realized her legs weren't working, giving up the whole escape plan.

"Ok… Looks I'm gonna be stuck here for a while… I'm not giving you the satisfaction to shut me down! I'll be watching you!" Rommie jabbed a finger under Harper's nose. Harper raised his arms in defense, surrending.

"OK, OK, I'll behave!" Harper told Rommie with a tinge of fear in his voice. By saying that, he took the scanner and started to check on Rommie's circuits, trying to fix her legs. Lexa looked with warm eyes at Harper, watching him carefully as he fidgeted and tried to reroute the energy to her legs, when all Rommie needed was a little more energy from Lexa. But he didn't have to know just yet. She just wanted to watch Harper trying his best to fix Rommie.

On the main deck, the rest of the crew gathered to talk about the 'newbie'.

"She's obviously terrified of my appearance. Dylan, do you think I should keep away until she's ready to accept me?" Rev Bem suggested, thinking of a way to make Lexa more comfortable.

"I don't know…" Dylan said thoughtful. "Maybe we should ask her, see how she feels about your idea…" Dylan thought out loud. He saw Beka pretty wired, glaring at him. "And before you say anything…"

"I don't trust her." Beka interrupted the captain.

"Never mind…" Dylan rolled his eyes.

"I say you should monitor her for a while, just to see what she's up to."

"I'm way ahead of you, Beka. Even though she is a guest, she's not allowed to run around. Andromeda is watching her closely. By the way, where's Rommie?" he asked, suddenly remembering one crew member was missing.

"My avatar is currently in Machine Shop 7." Screen-Andromeda blinked in front of the group. "Harper is fixing her. Lexa is there, too."

"Thank you, Andromeda." Dylan thanked the AI before she disappeared from the screen, when Tyr grumbled, standing with his hands folded.

"Something on your mind, Tyr?" Dylan asked, turning his head in Tyr's direction.

"She smells funny." Tyr wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"Maybe she didn't have a chance to shower…" the captain joked.

"Not like that." Tyr explained. "When she looked at me I could feel my hair raise." He confessed, looking intently at Dylan.

"What are you saying? That you were scared?" Beka smiled, her eyes wide with shock.

"No, woman." Tyr rolled his eyes. "Her look is strange. It made my skin crawl…" he explained thoughtfully.

"Well I think she just needs some time to get used to us. Let's give her some space, maybe she'll open up a bit. And once she gets to know us, maybe she won't be scared anymore." Dylan hoped, looking intently at the screen, where Harper was emphasizing with his hands something and Lexa giggled, while Rommie was looking back and forth the two.

"I still don't trust her! Rommie told me. When they got into that shop, it was empty, yet she…" Beka pointed toward Lexa on the screen. "…popped out of nowhere."

"Hmm, I'll tell Harper to upgrade her sensors." Dylan thought for a while.

"Gimme a break, Dylan. That's exactly what Harper said. How can you explain the fact the she warned them about the attack BEFORE it happened?" Beka pointed out. "Rommie said that, if Lexa wouldn't have said anything, she would have been destroyed. Not to mention the blast would've killed Harper. Rommie was pretty puzzled about that."

"Let her spend some time with Harper and see what happens next. We shouldn't force her to open up." Dylan's words were final on the subject.

Lexa obviously loved watching Harper working but, after a moment of thought, she decided to let him think he had all the glory. He did suffer a massive injury earlier today, he could use some rest. So she energized Rommie and enjoyed herself as Harper obviously thought he was a genius.

"OK, how about now?" Harper asked Rommie, just as he finished testing another idea.

"I don't know what you did, but it's perfect!" Rommie smiled as she moved her legs. "Thanks, Harper!"

"Now can I shut you down?" Harper joked.

"No!" Rommie glared at Harper just before lifting her gaze, concentrating. "Besides, Dylan needs me." She told them, jumping off the table and heading toward the door.

"Oh… OK…" Harper said disappointed. For a moment Lexa and Harper just look at each other, not knowing what to say.

"So… Now what?" Harper asked, breaking the awkward silence.

"Well.. you did wanna know about what happened to me and Luke after we left Earth…" Lexa suggested, shrugging. "You should probably sit down, though, it's a long story." And to her surprise, Harper actually listened. He came to sit next to her on the table, Lexa feeling her cheeks burning from the sudden closure. "Where can we talk in private?" Lexa asked sheepishly.

"Just a moment. Andromeda, all might goddess of the large and tiny chips…" Harper addressed the ship. "Please engage privacy mode Harper 5.1."

"I hope this upgrade won't erase my files again!" Andromeda threatened.

"It's all fixed. And, remember, I recovered all of you files, your AI royalty." Harper smiled crookedly.

"OK…" Andromeda's voice could be heard after a moment of silence. "Privacy mode engaged."

"OK, now we can talk." Harper turned to Lexa, smiling. "Oh, yeah, by the way… Thanks for healing me earlier… I hate being in the Med Deck…" he thanked her, making her blush.

"Anytime!" Lexa smiled.

"You know, I kinda missed your talents."

"Yeah, too bad I can't show them to anyone… I've been meaning to ask you…" Lexa remembered as Harper looked at her with attention. "How did you recognize me, Seamus? We haven't seen each other in, like, 10 years!" she wondered, making Harper take a deep breath.

"Ah… Well, how could I forget my dark angel?" he said softly. "I don't think there's anyone in this Universe that has wings. Although I'm thanking the Nietzscheans for their experiments, I'll never forgive them!" Harper had his hands balled into fists, shaking slightly.

"You can relax." Lexa took his hands, unclenching them with ease. Harper relaxed slightly, watching their hands, twining them with Lexa's fingers.

"You have no idea how much I've missed this…" Harper sighed heavily, pain clouding his sapphire eyes. Lexa just looked at him, a nod forming in her throat, making it impossible for her to say anything, so they sat there in silence, just like when they were kids. After a while he decided to lie down, putting his head on her lap and wrapping a hand around her waist. Lexa felt the butterflies fly erratically in her head, making it impossible for her to think straight. She allowed herself to live the moment, placing a hand on top of his head and stroking gently his blonde spikes. His breath became even as he drifted into unconsciousness, Lexa keeping the nightmares away just by touching him. He started mumbling her name after a couple of minutes of silence, making her curious about his dream. As she placed a hand on his forehead, she entered his dream. He was remembering their last moments on Earth.

TBC

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