Disclaimer: Today, I go forth to capture the elusive Benedict Cumberbatch. I either return victoriously, or not at all.
Ch. 7:
Pain.
God, the pain. The monster was gone, leaving her to die, alone, on the ground.
Everything in her rebelled against that, so she fought against the pain, summoning everything in her as she reached across the ground to where her communicator was.
After an eternity, it was in her hand. She painfully flipped it over and pressed the first contact.
"Hey, where'd you go?"
"Jim." She called. "Please…Jim. Help…"
"Lydia, where are you?" Kirk demanded.
She could hear the fear in his voice and it made her cry.
"What's happened?" he demanded.
"Jim…" she called, crying. "Jim…"
"I'm coming, Lyds." He told her. "Stay with me. Tell me where you are."
She couldn't think straight.
"Jim…" she said weakly.
"Commander Jones, report!" Kirk barked at her. "Give me your position."
Lydia tried to take a deep breath and focus.
"Alley…" she managed.
"Keep talking." Kirk ordered.
She heard his voice echo and thought it was odd.
"Lydia!"
She heard someone land next to her and she couldn't even summon the strength to scream in pain as they turned her over.
"Oh, god."
She realized through the fog that it was Bones and Kirk.
"Give me your shirt." She heard McCoy ordered. "Try to staunch the head wound. Lydia, can you hear me?"
"Bones." She managed to force out.
"That's right, baby girl." He told her. "Keep talking."
She faded out and came back to Kirk talking to her.
"..can you hear me?"
"Jim." She whispered.
"That's right." He told her. "I'm here. Just hang on. Bones'll fix you up."
"Jim…" she pressed. "I'm so sorry."
She saw the pain in his eyes and wanted to touch him, but she couldn't feel her arms.
"It's okay." He told her. "Just stay with me."
"I'm cold…" she said, fading.
"Hey!" he yelled at her, but she couldn't fight her way back. "You are not going to leave me. That's an order, Commander!"
She felt him pull her into her arms, but it didn't matter.
She let go and the world faded away.
She came back to the realization that she wasn't in the alley any more. The pain was there still, but it was less.
Also, there was something holding her arm down.
She opened her eyes to find she was in a hospital room and the thing holding her arm down was the blonde head of her Captain. She struggled, but managed to move her other arm to rest on his head, softly running her fingers through his hair.
He slowly came awake and looked up at her with blinking eyes.
"Hi." She said, her voice cracking.
"Lyds!" he said, sitting up quickly, squeezing her hand between his. "You're awake!"
"Water." She told him.
"Right." He said, getting up and getting her a glass and bringing it to her.
He helped her sit up and held the glass to her lips, helping her sip it slowly. When she was finished, he set it aside and took her hand again.
"You scared the shit out of me, Lyds." He told her softly.
"That wasn't my intention." She told him. "How long was I out?"
"A day." He told her. "Bones said it was touch and go for awhile, but he got you stable. He repaired some of the damage, but he needed to give your body a chance to rest, so you're stuck in the hospital for now."
"You should replace me with O'Neill." She told him.
"What?" he asked.
"I obviously won't be able to ship out in two days." She told him. "You need a security chief. Use O'Neill."
"I'm not talking about this." He told her angrily.
"You need to replace me." She told him calmly.
"God, Lydia!" he shouted, standing up. "You were attacked! You almost died in my arms! Can you stop worrying about everyone else for five seconds and admit something happened?"
They were both quiet for a second, and then Kirk sat down.
"I'm sorry." He told her. "I was just so damn scared."
"I was too." She told him, her voice tight. "I thought I was dying and I…"
She broke off and wiped away tears. She tried to sit up and gasped at the pain that shot through her abdomen.
"Just…just take it slowly." He told her.
"I'm sorry, Jim." She cried softly.
He gently sat on the bed next to her and gently pulled her into his arms, holding her as she wept.
"It's okay." He told her softly, running his fingers through her hair, trying to calm her. "We'll get through this. None of this is your fault."
"It was Johnson." She cried. "I recognized his voice. God, I'm the one who told them to kick him out but not send him to prison. I let him stay out. And now he's out there. What if he decides to go after someone else? Oh god, we need to warn Rabb."
"We will." Kirk told her. "And we'll catch him before he hurts anyone else."
She pushed back slightly and took a deep breath.
"Please tell me you'll make O'Neill your Chief." She told him. "I need to know you're okay."
"I'll make him interim Chief until you're on your feet." He told her.
"I won't be able to join you on this mission." She told him. "Starfleet's not going to ship me out after the fact."
"That's true." He agreed. "That's why we're bringing you with us."
"What?" she asked, surprised.
"Bones is your doctor, and he's refusing to let anyone treat you other than him." Kirk told her. "He thinks you'll be stable enough to transfer to the Enterprise before we ship out. He'll finish your treatments and when you're well again, you'll resume your duties. We don't leave our family alone, Lyds."
Lydia was still for a moment before grabbing the front of his shirt and pressing her lips to his. Kirk hesitated for a moment before kissing her back fully.
After a moment, Lydia pulled back.
"I'm sorry." She told him. "I shouldn't have done that. It was seriously innapro-"
He cut her off by kissing her again. He pulled back a second later.
"Just shut up, Lyds." He told her. "I almost lost you just a day ago, and the only thing I could think about was that we had been dancing around this for three months, and I almost lost my chance."
"Jim, we can't." she told him softly.
"Yes, we can." He replied.
"I won't be one of your girls." Lydia told him. "I know your history. I can't be there when you want me and walk away when you don't."
"That's not what I'm asking for." Kirk replied. "I'm asking that you give me a chance. I don't know where this is going, but I do know that I would rather try this and fail, then lose you knowing we never even gave it a shot."
Lydia stared at him.
"Just how many girls have you talked into bed?" she asked.
"Lydia." Kirk sighed.
"No, cause that was smooth." She told him, smiling. "I'm pretty sure Spock would fall for you if you gave that same speech."
"Oh, I give up." He said, getting up, but she stopped him.
"I'm sorry." She told him. "You know how I deal with things like this. If I agree to this insanity, you know what you're getting yourself into. I'm seriously screwed up."
"Don't I know it." Kirk muttered.
"Hey, my turn." Lydia told him. "This will in no way be easy. You're just as screwed up as me, you just hide it better by not shooting things. IF we try this, we take it slow. Like glacially slow."
"Agreed." He told her.
"And we don't let anyone know beyond our friends." She continued. "I don't want the crew at large to know."
"Okay." He agreed.
"And I get a promotion next month." She added.
"Lydia." Kirk sighed again.
"Just checking." She said, grinning.
She threaded her fingers through his and they sat there for a minute in silence.
"You know we're insane for even considering this." She told him. "If we start something, and I lose you..I won't survive another break down."
"You think I could stand losing you?" he asked softly. "It almost happened and I thought I was going to lose my mind. All we can do is watch each other's back."
She nodded.
"Now, I was supposed to get Bones the moment you woke up." He told her.
"Well, you failed at that." She told him.
"Hush." He ordered.
"Yes, sir." She shot back.
He leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to her lips.
"I like it better when you call me Jim." He whispered.
He pulled away and went in search of Bones and Lydia closed her eyes, leaning back.
A second later, she was being awoken by McCoy.
"Well, you gave us all a good scare, baby girl." He told her, checking her vitals.
"Sorry." she replied.
"Yeah, yeah." He said. "I need to check your wounds."
"Not till he turns around." Lydia said, pointing to Kirk.
"Hey!" he exclaimed.
"Jim, turn around." McCoy ordered.
"This is ridiculous." Kirk complained, turning around. "I'm a perfect gentleman."
"And monkey's can fly." McCoy muttered.
He pulled up Lydia's gown, and she got her first look at her injuries. There was an angry red wound, barely held together, across her entire abdomen. She also noticed that the wounds to her arms were still there, angry and fresh.
"He gutted me." She whispered.
She started to shake and Kirk ignored his orders and went to her, taking her hand in his and holding it tightly.
"He won't touch you again." He told her, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. "I promise."
Lydia nodded and took a deep breath.
"We had to deal with the head wound first." McCoy told her, choosing to ignore the interaction between his two friends for the moment. "Your brain was bleeding, and then we had to deal with the internal damage done by the knife. By the time we had reversed the damage, I didn't feel safe continuing until you were rested. Despite all our advances, there's still a limit to what the human body can take, and you reached it."
"Will it leave a scar?" she asked softly.
"I'll heal the cosmetic damage when we heal the wound." He told her. "I promise I'll get it all. And it'll be me, not some resident idiot on his first surgery. I'm taking you on the Enterprise with us, so you'll be well taken care of."
"I know." Lydia said. "The Captain told him."
"He did, huh?" McCoy said, glaring at Kirk. "Just how long did you wait to get me?"
"Ooo, we weren't going to tell him that." Kirk told her.
"Sorry." She told him, wincing.
"Just what the hell is going on between you two?" McCoy demanded. "You're acting weird, and there hasn't been one 'sir' in sight since Lydia woke up! Seriously, how long did you wait to get me? I told you, the minute she woke up!"
"Calm down, Bones." Kirk told him.
"I will not calm down!" McCoy told him.
"We came to an understanding." Lydia told him. "We'd rather not poke at it too much for right now."
McCoy took a deep breath and nodded.
"Oh, for her you'll calm down." Kirk said.
McCoy pointed a finger at him.
"If you hurt her, I will find the worst disease out there and make sure you become a study specimen." He told his friend. "I don't care if you are my best friend."
"So much for the brotherhood." Kirk replied.
"I like her better than you." McCoy shot back.
Kirk just shook his head as McCoy pulled Lydia's gown back down and situated the blankets around her.
"Are you sure about this, Lydia?" he asked. "You just had massive brain trauma. Why don't you take a couple days to think about it."
"Bones!" Kirk exclaimed as Lydia giggled.
"I think I'll take my chances." She told him.
"Hmph." Bones scoffed. "Well, I want you to rest for the next couple of days. I'm not going to do anything else until we get to the Enterprise, so just take it easy."
"Bones is going to stay with you for now." Kirk told her. "I've got Security Personnel from the Enterprise stationed outside the room. I figured our people can guard you better than anyone else. Also, Liam said he'd be by later. I sent him home to get some sleep."
"Where are you going?" Lydia asked.
"To check on the others." He replied. "Spock and Uhura went to Starfleet to report what happened. I'll let them know you identified Johnson and warn Lt. Commander Rabb. I promised I'd update Pike as well. Also, I left Chekov in charge of corralling Sulu and Scotty. They both wanted to start a manhunt, never mind that we didn't even know who we were looking for. I figure he's probably at his wits end by now."
"Poor Chekov." Lydia said, yawning.
"Go back to sleep, Lydia." Bones told her.
She nodded and closed her eyes. She felt Kirk press a kiss to her forehead and he was gone.
"Bones." She called, not opening her eyes.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Don't leave me alone." She said softly.
She felt him take her hand and squeeze.
"We won't." he assured her.
She nodded and let herself fall asleep.
When she woke up again, it was morning and Uhura was sitting by her bed, reading something on a tablet.
"Hey." Lydia called softly.
Uhura looked up and quickly set aside the tablet.
"Hey." She said, taking her friend's hand. "How are you feeling?"
"Sore." Lydia replied. "But alive."
Uhura nodded and Lydia realized she had tears in her eyes.
"Hey." She said, squeezing the other woman's hand. "I'm okay."
"It was horrible, Lydia." Uhura told her. "We met Kirk and Bones here. We saw them wheel you out of the ambulance. McCoy wouldn't let them transport you because you weren't stable. When they brought you in, you were in cardiac arrest. Leonard was yelling, trying to keep you going with CPR. Kirk just looked lost. I've never seen him look like that."
"I'm sorry." Lydia said softly.
"It's not your fault." Uhura told her angrily. "It's that bastard's."
"I'm still sorry." Lydia replied. "I also feel like I should apologize to any of the medical staff Bones frightened."
Uhura chuckled with sniffle.
"I'm pretty sure he made one of the EMTs cry." She reported.
Lydia laughed then hissed.
"Don't make me laugh." She told her friend, with a rueful smile.
There was a commotion at the door as Sulu and Chekov both tried to enter the doorway at the same time, and Scotty pushed them out of his way.
"Lass, you gave us a fright." Scotty said, setting down the orchid he was carrying.
"I know." She said. "Thank you. It's beautiful."
"Well, Jim said they're your favorite." He replied.
"How are you feeling, Commander?" Chekov asked.
"Better." She replied. "Bones is waiting to finish my treatments until we get to the Enterprise, so I feel about as well as can be expected."
"Will there be any permanent damage?" Sulu asked.
Lydia shook her head.
"Bones assures me he can heal it all." She said.
"That's because I'm just that good." The man himself said as he entered. "And how is our patient? I can throw these rabble-rousers out if you like."
"They're fine and I'm fine." Lydia told him as he started checking her vitals. "Although I would like to know if anyone has talked to Commander Rabb."
"Kirk did late last night." Uhura confirmed. "She's been assigned her own security detail and she wants to talk to you as soon as you're up to it."
"Can you let her know I'll see her whenever she's got time?" Lydia asked.
"Sure." Uhura replied, moving off to send the message.
"We have briefings." Sulu told her, motioning to himself and Chekov. "We just wanted to check in."
"Go." Lydia ordered. "Have fun."
They said their goodbyes and Scotty took Uhura's place.
"I need to talk to O'Neill." She told him. "I have to get him caught up before we ship out."
"I'll let the Captain know." He replied.
"You need to rest, Lydia." McCoy told her.
"If I don't keep doing whatever I can of my job, he wins." Lydia told them. "Johnson attacked me because he didn't feel I was fit to do this job due to my gender. If I let him win, he's right."
McCoy hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
"I'll let Jim know." He told her.
"Where are the Captain and Spock?" she asked.
"The Captain?" McCoy asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Answer the question." She growled to Scotty's confusion.
"They're in final briefings for the mission." McCoy said, chuckling. "They're supposed to be here after they get out."
Lydia nodded and leaned back, closing her eyes.
"I'll leave you in Scotty's hands." He told her, patting her hand. "I've got to go brief the new medical staff, but you can page me if you need anything."
Lydia nodded and McCoy left, leaving the engineer alone with the security officer.
"How are you really?" he asked her.
Lydia looked at him and he took a deep breath, seeing the fear in her eyes.
"I'm so scared, Scotty." She whispered.
He moved so he was sitting on the bed and he took both her hands in his.
"You're safe here, lassie." He told her.
"I know." She replied. "But I can't stop myself from thinking that I should've been able to do something. I should've been able to stop him. I let him almost kill me. What good is all my training if I can't protect myself?"
She was crying and Scotty pulled her to him, holding her as she sobbed.
"It wasn't your fault, Lydia." He told her. "He got the drop on you. There was nothing you coulda done."
"I should've done something." She insisted angrily. "I should've…"
"You listen to me, lass." Scotty told her strictly. "There was nothing you could have done to stop this. This man targeted you and came at you while you were distracted. He is lower than low, and he knew the only way he could take you would be when your back was turned. You have nothing to be ashamed of, Lydia."
"Then why do I feel so disgusted?" she asked.
"Because you were violated." He replied. "But it's going to get better, because you know we're never going to let anything like this happen to you again. We're going to find the son of a bitch and put him away."
Lydia nodded.
"Am I interrupting?"
The two officers looked up to find Kirk standing in the doorway with Lt. Commander Rabb.
"Of course not, sir." Scotty said, getting off the bed as he squeezed Lydia's hand. "We were just discussing an exchange training program when we get back on board the Enterprise."
"Uh huh." Kirk said, moving to the bed.
Lydia reached out and touched the back of his hand. He turned his hand over and linked his fingers with hers briefly before letting go.
"Commander." Rabb said, moving to the other side of the bed. "Are you alright?"
"As well as can be expected." Lydia replied. "Are you okay?"
"Besides suddenly finding myself surrounded by burly security officers?" she replied dryly. "Just fine. What makes you think he's going to come after me, ma'am?"
"Just a feeling." Lydia said. "He obviously has a problem with women and we're the ones who destroyed his career."
"Yeah, that was the reasoning I came up with too, ma'am." Rabb agreed. "We will catch him, Commander."
"I'd prefer if we did it before he hurts you." Lydia told her.
"Me too." She agreed. "You'll be on the Enterprise, right?"
"Yeah." Lydia replied. "I'll be out of his reach, but you're not, so take care of yourself."
"I will." Rabb agreed. "I'll also keep you apprised of the situation."
"Thank you, Commander." She said. "Do you have someone you can stay with? I don't really think you should be on your own until we get him."
"My partner, Lt. Commander Roberts." Rabb told her. "His family and mine have been friends for as long as anyone can remember. We practically grew up together."
"Good." Kirk said. "This guy likes to attack when your back is turned."
"Well, between Harm and my security team, I'm sure I'll be fine." Rabb said. "You take care of yourself, Commander."
"I'm in good hands." Lydia looking at her crewmembers in the room. "They won't let anything else happened to me."
Rabb nodded.
"I'll be in touch, ma'am, sir." She said.
Lydia nodded and Kirk showed her out before returning to Lydia and sitting down on the bed facing her.
"You've been crying." He said.
"Scotty talked me down." She told him. "I had a moment."
"You wanna talk about it?" he asked softly.
"Not now." She replied. "I need to talk to O'Neill. I've been receiving the security briefings, so I need to get him up to speed."
"Right now, you need to take a nap." Kirk told her. "You look worn out."
"That's what every girl wants to hear." She said, leaning back none the less.
"Go to sleep." Kirk said, kissing her forehead.
She nodded and closed her eyes. He motioned to Scotty and the two men left.
"So you finally convinced her to give you a chance, huh?" Scotty asked.
"You noticed she stopped calling me 'sir'?" Kirk asked.
"That and the hand holding and the kiss." Scotty replied. "You two aren't particularly subtle."
"She wants to take it slow and keep it low key." Kirk told him.
"Understood, Captain." Scotty said nodding.
"Good." Kirk replied. "Get a hold of O'Neill; get him here so Lydia can talk to him."
"Will do, Captain." Scotty agreed.
"I'll see you later." Kirk said.
"Aye, aye, Captain." Scotty said, striding down the hall.
Kirk went back to the room, nodding to the guards on the door. Inside, Lydia was asleep. He sat down next to the bed and laced his fingers through hers. He put his head down and was asleep within a minute.
Kirk came awake with a start, trying to figure out what had awoken him. Finally he realized there was a commotion coming from outside the door.
"Jim?"
He looked up at Lydia, who was blinking tiredly.
"Go back to sleep, Lyds." He told her. "I'll take care of it."
She nodded and closed her eyes as he got up and went to the door. Outside, an older gentleman was arguing with the guards on the door, while a woman stood behind him, wringing her hands.
"Can I help you, sir?" Kirk asked.
"I doubt it." He told him. "I'm looking for my daughter, and we were told she was in this room, but these…goons!...won't let us through!"
"You're Commander Jones' parents?" Kirk asked, surprised.
"Yes." The man replied brusquely.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." Kirk said, holding out his hand. "I'm Captain James T. Kirk, your daughter's commanding officer."
"And you have nothing better to do than hang around my daughter's room?" her father replied.
"Vincent." Her mother rebuked. "It's nice to meet you, Captain."
"You, too, ma'am." Kirk told her, shaking her hand. "And your daughter is in danger, sir, so there is always one of us, either myself or one of my officers, with her. And there will be until we either catch this maniac or until she is safely aboard the Enterprise."
"Hmph." Mr. Jones scoffed. "Can we see our daughter now?"
"Of course." Kirk replied.
He opened the door and ushered them inside. He went to the bed and gently touched Lydia's hand.
"Jones." He said softly. "There's someone here to see you."
Lydia opened her eyes and looked at him before looking over to her parents. She looked confused for a second before sitting up quickly and hissing in pain.
"Hey." Kirk said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "You know Bones told you take it slowly."
"He may have been right about that." She said, pressing a hand to her abdomen.
"Do you want me to go get him?" Kirk asked, worriedly.
"You might want to page him." She admitted. "But it's not necessary for him to be here right away. He's got to finish his pre-mission briefings."
Kirk shook his head as she refocused on her parents.
"Mom, Dad." She said. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We had some business in the city, so we thought we'd stop in." her father told her. "See how much trouble you'd gotten yourself in this time."
Lydia flushed and Kirk saw her clench her fists.
"I didn't get myself in trouble, dad." She told him. "I was attacked."
"You spent all that time, wasting time learning how to fight, and one guy takes you down." Her father said. "You should've stuck to what you were good at."
"If I may, sir." Kirk said before Lydia could stop him. "Your daughter is one of the best Security Officers in the fleet. She's risen to the rank of Commander, and holds the position of Security Chief on the Flagship of the Federation. What happened was not her fault. This man snuck up on her when her guard was dropped, when she had no reason to think she was in danger. If she had had any idea, this never would have happened. No offense intended, but this is what she's good at."
"I know you have to say that, Captain." Mr. Jones said dismissively. "But the fact remains that her brother was the Security officer. She should have stayed where she belonged, that way this never would have happened."
"Dad!" Lydia exclaimed.
"It's the truth, Lydia." Mr. Jones told her.
"Get out." She ordered angrily. "Get out now. You did your duty, now you can leave with a clear conscience."
"Fine." He said, just as angrily. "Just don't expect us to come to your funeral when you get yourself killed."
"Get out!" Lydia yelled.
"I think it's time for you to leave, Mr. Jones." Kirk said, standing and moving between father and daughter.
"I'm going." He said, striding to the door. "Come on, Janet."
He walked out the door without looking back, while Mrs. Jones hesitated.
"I'm sorry." She told her daughter sadly. "Please be safe."
Lydia closed her eyes and nodded.
"Bye, mom." She whispered.
Mrs. Jones moved away, but stopped to look back at Kirk.
"Please take care of my daughter." She told him.
"We will, ma'am." He replied.
She nodded and followed her husband out the door. Lydia was still for a moment before grabbing the pillow behind her throwing it with all her might at the door.
"You might want to call Bones now." She said, leaning back. "Ow."
"On it." Kirk replied, grabbing his communicator.
A few minutes later, the doctor came in, picking up the pillow and bringing it to the bed.
"What the hell happened in here?" he demanded.
He pulled back the blanket and swore.
"You're bleeding." He told her, calling for a nurse. "I think you ripped some of the bindings on your wound. Did you lose your mind and decide to go dancing?"
"I wish." Lydia replied as the nurse came in and McCoy started to repair the damage she had caused. "My parents made a surprise visit. Visits between my father and I don't usually go well. You should've been there for the visit after I left the conservatory. It was epic."
"No, I don't think I would've wanted to be." McCoy replied.
"Smart choice."
They looked and saw Liam leaning in the doorway.
"I saw your dad from a distance on my way in." he told her, coming in. "I bravely took the longer way. I see he has once again left his mark. At least you didn't break anything this time."
"No, she just ripped open her wound." McCoy complained.
"When they argued after she left the conservatory, they broke two windows, a table, and three chairs." Liam said. "And they didn't speak to each other until she finished the academy, and then only because David forced them to."
"Yeah, well he's not here to keep the peace anymore, is he?" Lydia said. "I can't wait to get off planet. The galaxy isn't a big enough distance between us."
"I have your transfer to the Enterprise scheduled for later today if you haven't done too much damage." McCoy told her.
"Well, I better let you get to fixing her back up." Liam said. "I just wanted to come by and say goodbye before you shipped out."
He leaned over and hugged her gently.
"Stay in touch." He whispered.
"I will." She promised.
He smiled at her and let go.
"I expect to see you all at the club again when you make port after your mission." He told the others.
"Free booze?" McCoy said. "You'll never get Jim and Scotty out of there."
"That makes me a little nervous, not gonna lie." Liam said.
Lydia laughed.
"I'll see you when you're Earth side." He told called as he walked out the door. "That should give me time to stock up on alcohol."
McCoy went back to fixing Lydia up.
"As your doctor, I recommend against spending time with your father when you are injured." He told her.
"I don't disagree." She replied.
After a little bit longer, McCoy called a nurse to help Lydia change her gown and get her settled back into bed.
"We're going to transfer you in about 45 minutes." He told her. "Uhura got your list of things from your apartment and they're waiting for you on the ship. Is there anything you need to do before we move you?"
"Nope." She replied.
"Good." He said. "I'll come get you when we're ready."
He left, leaving Lydia alone with Kirk.
"I really don't like your dad." He told her.
"You're in good company." She replied. "I'm sorry about that."
"It wasn't your fault." He replied. "I have to go. I've got final briefings."
"I'll see you on the ship." She said, smiling softly.
He leaned over and kissed her.
"See you." He replied.
He walked out and Lydia leaned back with a smile. She was going home.
A/N: Jesus this was long! I'm also not that sure about it. Let me know.
Also, I messed up on the last chapter. The club's name is supposed to be 'As Time Goes By', and Lydia's supposed to sing 'And So It Goes'.
Thanks scgirl-317 for pointing it out so I could fix it!
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