The Basic Disaster

Pt7

Oh hell. If it had been tough for Kathryn to sleep in her own smelly quarters, this was a form of torture. The last time that she was so transfixed on her thoughts, her father and fiancé died on the same day. That day reminded her of how strong she was going to have to become. And until know she had been a tower of strength. But this, this was too much. Laying here, his scent protruding from the sheets into her face, this was like a horrible nightmare!

Just as her thoughts began to settle down, and her eyes finally shut, the alarm went off.

"Damn!"

She threw a pillow from the other side of the bed toward it. The alarm kept ringing, ignoring the pillow that was now lying on top of it.

Kathryn sat up in bed. She stared at the covered alarm clock. "Apparently you didn't get the memo, I'm the captain and if the captain wants 5 more minutes she gets them!"

The alarm clock kept ringing, undeterred by her spoken words.

"Fine, you win!" She crawled off the bed and reset the alarm. She was about to kick it when she realized that it wasn't hers to kick. She gathered her Combadge from the nightstand and headed out of the bedroom.

She was going to say thank you to him but he wasn't in his quarters. Instead a small beeping pad lay on the coffee table. It was addressed to her. She noticed the hot coffee setting next to it. She grabbed the coffee in one hand and the padd in the other.

She sat comfortably on the couch took a sip of coffee and began to read.

Kathryn,

The other night something came to my mind.

And I had to write it down for you.

Something that I failed to notice before,

Something so simple.

I know your position is difficult. Being the captain isn't easy. But I just wanted to say that,

The rest was blank. What was he going to say? She would have to wait till later to ask him. TBC