"Ouch! Tyr, you hit me!" Sammie cried and rubber her shoulder.
"Is that not permitted?" He asked, giving her a sardonic look.
"Well, I didn't think you would hit so hard." She went over to him and nuzzled against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head.
"Tyr, are you cheating on me!?!" Chelsey gasped from the doorway.
"Get out." Sammie seethed.
"Make me." Chelsey folded her arms and leaned against the doorframe. Sammie promptly dashed out the door and chased Chelsey down the hall. She caught Chelsey by the back of the uniform and slammed her into the wall. "Sammie, wait." Chelsey pleaded, "I can explain."
"Be quick." Sammie snapped.
"This is all a joke Lauren and I are playing on Tyr and we could use your help if you're willing." Chelsey explained quickly. Sammie released Chelsey and spun her around.
"And why should I help you?" Sammie snapped, her face only inches from Chelsey's.
"Because when we break him, he'll come crawling back to you." Chelsey explained. Sammie looked thoughtful from a moment.
"Okay." Sammie consented, her grip on Chelsey vanishing. "What do I do?"
"I think we should go talk to Lauren." Chelsey suggested.
"You go. I'm sparring." Sammie said quickly.
"Right." Chelsey said with a sly smile before going towards medical.
"Are we almost there yet?" Lauren let Harper carry even more of her weight.
"Almost. Do your legs hurt?" He asked, accepting the weight she offered him.
"Yeah." She could never lie to him.
"I'll gladly carry you the rest of the way. I really don't want you to strain yourself."
"Are you really that adamant about carrying me?" She stopped and looked at him.
"Yes." He replied simply. He gave her the best puppy dog look he could manage and watched as she slowly caved into him.
"Okay." She sighed and kissed him.
"Baby, if you really want to walk you can. I just thought that you were having sort of a hard time, and you said your legs hurt, and.................."
"Seamus," She softly cut him off, "Look at me. I'm a mess. I can barely walk, my legs hurt so bad that I'm about to cry, everything in my life is going wrong, except for you, and at the moment, I just really want to be shot."
"Please don't say that." He whispered.
"I'm sorry, but I just feel so useless right now." She rested her forehead on his shoulder.
"Your not useless," He wrapped his arms around her, "Your practically the only thing keeping me from flipping' out. I just..................I love you and since Rommie's got a whole crap load of engineers I'm not really needed anymore. Now your hurt and you need me to take care of you, I guess that I kind of feel like you won't need me around anymore after you get better. Like you won't love me anymore."
"Seamus," She picked her head up and looked deep into his eyes. "I will always need you and how could you ever think that I won't love you. I've loved you from the first time I saw you."
"I'm sorry. I know that you'll always love me and I'll always love you too, but you won't always need me."
Lauren gave a sarcastic laugh before responding, "Honey, I told you I'm suicidal, right?"
"Yeah?"
"Why do you think I'm still here? You are the only reason I'm still alive and you are the only reason I will continue to live. My life means nothing to me and if you weren't here or if anything ever happened to you where you didn't come back, I would be lost and have no reason to keep on living." She stressed lightly.
"But what about Chelsey, Melly, and Jess?" He asked.
"Well, if you ever get broken, they'll be helping me super glue you back together. Okay?"
"What I meant was, you'd leave all them because of me?" He reworded, genuinely curious.
"Yes." She replied without hesitation.
"But you were fine before you met me.................."
"No." She cut him off, sounding a bit hurt.
"No?"
"No, I was not fine before I met you. There was no fine. Fine didn't exist."
"But.................."
"No 'but'." She pounded her fist on his chest. Not hard enough to hurt him, but enough to get his attention. "Okay, I have to get some more medication, then we're going to my quarters. I have to show you something. Okay?"
"Okay. You still want to walk?"
"Well, considering if I take another step I'll collapse. I think you should carry me."
"Okay." He kissed her softly then picked her up and carried her the rest of the way to medical.
"Isa, what are you doing?" Holo—Rommie asked as she materialized beside Isa.
"I'm staring up at the ceiling. What does it look like?" Isa asked lightly from where she lay on her bed.
"Why?"
"I'm bored." Isa replied, sitting up on the edge of the bed.
"I think you're depressed about Harper's decision to be with Lauren."
"Maybe a little." She agreed, looking at the floor.
"I, honestly, think that Harper made the wrong decision."
"What?" Isa was completely shocked.
"Harper deserves so much better.........I don't know what he sees in her."
"Did you need something?" She asked, really not wanting to get into the Harper/Lauren subject.
"You're needed in command." Andromeda replied.
"Okay, just point me in the right direction" She got off the bed and followed Andromeda's directions to command.
"Miss Julson, I'm glad you could make it." Dylan said when Isa entered Command. She stole a quick glance around the room and noticed that Sarah, Kristen, and Sammie were also in the room. Sammie looked less than happy to be there.
"What's up?" Isa asked skeptically.
"We're being haled by a ship." Dylan replied.
"What does that have to do with me?" She was still skeptical.
"They asked specifically for you." Rommie replied (in avatar form).
"Oh. Kay." Isa walked to the front of command and stood in front of the view screen.
"On screen, Rommie." Dylan commanded from his station.
"Aye." Rommie confirmed. The screen soon changed to show the face of an incredibly attractive young man. (/A.N./ if you want a visual, just think Orlando Bloom).
"Your majesty." He greeted with a smile and a slight bow.
"Marcus?" Isa asked astonished.
"Oh yeah, acknowledge her, not me." Kristen mumbled, folding her arms across her chest.
"What are you doing here?" Isa asked, not believing her eyes.
"I need to speak with you. In private." He answered. "Captain Hunt, may I request permission to come aboard?"
"Of course. Rommie?" Dylan turned to face the android.
"Precede to hanger bay four." Rommie told Marcus before cutting the transmission.
"Lauren, you look exhausted." Chelsey observed, looking her friend over. Lauren sat on a medical bed half asleep, leaning on Harper's chest as he sat beside her.
"I've been busy." She mumbled.
"Doing what?" Chelsey saw Lauren smile and hug Harper around the waist.
"Or who?" Rommie said, shimmering into view.
"WHAT!?!" Chelsey exclaimed, looking between the hologram and Lauren, who rolled her eyes. "You're dating Isa!" She yelled at Harper.
"No he's not." Lauren said, picking her head up and looking at Chelsey.
"Huh?" Chelsey was confused.
"Chelsey, meet my man. See, look, don't touch!" Lauren was clearly excited as she spoke a million miles a minute. "He's all mine." She smiled and kissed him before gently nestling her head in the crook of his neck. He, in turn, hugged her tightly and kissed her head. Chelsey stared at he young couple for a few moments before she grabbed at pillow and began to mercilessly beat them with it.
"Why didn't you tell me!?!" She beat Lauren in the head.
"Stop it, I'm injured!" Lauren laughed.
"Not nearly enough!" Chelsey retorted. Then she began beating Harper, "You annoying little imp! How could you let me think that you were cheating on Isa!? And how could you........."
"Chelsey!" Trance yelled from the doorway. Chelsey stopped her abuse and tied to look innocent.
"Trance, Chelsey hit me." Lauren snitched and stuck her tongue out at Chelsey when the smaller Neitzchean glared at her.
"I saw. Chelsey? Care to explain yourself?" Trance asked as she walked into the room.
"Lauren and Harper are dating and they didn't tell me." Chelsey explained quickly.
"I knew it!" Trance exclaimed.
"Yes, Lauren and I are dating. Can someone just give her, her medicine so we can go." Harper said in exasperation.
"We? Harper, Lauren hasn't been released from medical yet." Trance explained, injecting Lauren with her medication.
"But she doesn't have to stay here if she doesn't want to." He countered, jumping down off the bed, "Ready to go, babe?"
"Yep." She jumped down off of the bed but swayed on her feet for a moment. Harper gently took a hold of her arms to steady her.
"You okay?" He asked, clearly concerned.
"Just a bit of a rush. I'm okay." She said regaining her balance. "It was kina fun actually. Can I do it again?"
"No." He said flatly.
"Please?" She pleaded, laughter in her voice.
"No." He smiled and took her hand as they began walking towards the door.
"You're walking!" Trance yelled, shocked. Lauren was about out the door when a foot suddenly appeared, but she didn't notice it in time and tripped over it.
"Well, I was." She replied while glaring at the owner of the foot.
"Lauren?" Harper asked, helping her up.
"I'm fine. No thanks to you." She snapped at the person who tripped her. Leslie walked briskly past her and into the room.
"I am God. You should bow at my feet." She explained, looking smugly at Lauren.
"Leslie, have you been taking your medication?" Chelsey asked.
"I am God! I need no pathetic medication." Leslie boomed.
"Then why are you here?" Trance asked.
"I ran out of my medication." Leslie said casually as she hopped up onto a bed.
"Wow, we are so leaving." Lauren said as she and Harper left.
"What's wrong with her?" Harper asked Lauren as they walked through the corridor.
"Lots." Lauren replied simply.
"Yah know.........if she's crazy why do we keep her around." He wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Because it's funny." She giggled and wrapped her arm around his waist.
"I'm serious.........but your right, it is funny." He agreed.
"Why do we keep her around? That's a good question. Rommie, could yah help me out with this one?"
"Well," Rommie appeared on the view screen next to them. "She knows unmapped space almost as well as I know mapped space and .........she's funny."
"Well, their yah go." Lauren said, gesturing to Rommie.
"Thanks Rommie." Harper said with a smile before he and Lauren began walking again.
"Is that not permitted?" He asked, giving her a sardonic look.
"Well, I didn't think you would hit so hard." She went over to him and nuzzled against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head.
"Tyr, are you cheating on me!?!" Chelsey gasped from the doorway.
"Get out." Sammie seethed.
"Make me." Chelsey folded her arms and leaned against the doorframe. Sammie promptly dashed out the door and chased Chelsey down the hall. She caught Chelsey by the back of the uniform and slammed her into the wall. "Sammie, wait." Chelsey pleaded, "I can explain."
"Be quick." Sammie snapped.
"This is all a joke Lauren and I are playing on Tyr and we could use your help if you're willing." Chelsey explained quickly. Sammie released Chelsey and spun her around.
"And why should I help you?" Sammie snapped, her face only inches from Chelsey's.
"Because when we break him, he'll come crawling back to you." Chelsey explained. Sammie looked thoughtful from a moment.
"Okay." Sammie consented, her grip on Chelsey vanishing. "What do I do?"
"I think we should go talk to Lauren." Chelsey suggested.
"You go. I'm sparring." Sammie said quickly.
"Right." Chelsey said with a sly smile before going towards medical.
"Are we almost there yet?" Lauren let Harper carry even more of her weight.
"Almost. Do your legs hurt?" He asked, accepting the weight she offered him.
"Yeah." She could never lie to him.
"I'll gladly carry you the rest of the way. I really don't want you to strain yourself."
"Are you really that adamant about carrying me?" She stopped and looked at him.
"Yes." He replied simply. He gave her the best puppy dog look he could manage and watched as she slowly caved into him.
"Okay." She sighed and kissed him.
"Baby, if you really want to walk you can. I just thought that you were having sort of a hard time, and you said your legs hurt, and.................."
"Seamus," She softly cut him off, "Look at me. I'm a mess. I can barely walk, my legs hurt so bad that I'm about to cry, everything in my life is going wrong, except for you, and at the moment, I just really want to be shot."
"Please don't say that." He whispered.
"I'm sorry, but I just feel so useless right now." She rested her forehead on his shoulder.
"Your not useless," He wrapped his arms around her, "Your practically the only thing keeping me from flipping' out. I just..................I love you and since Rommie's got a whole crap load of engineers I'm not really needed anymore. Now your hurt and you need me to take care of you, I guess that I kind of feel like you won't need me around anymore after you get better. Like you won't love me anymore."
"Seamus," She picked her head up and looked deep into his eyes. "I will always need you and how could you ever think that I won't love you. I've loved you from the first time I saw you."
"I'm sorry. I know that you'll always love me and I'll always love you too, but you won't always need me."
Lauren gave a sarcastic laugh before responding, "Honey, I told you I'm suicidal, right?"
"Yeah?"
"Why do you think I'm still here? You are the only reason I'm still alive and you are the only reason I will continue to live. My life means nothing to me and if you weren't here or if anything ever happened to you where you didn't come back, I would be lost and have no reason to keep on living." She stressed lightly.
"But what about Chelsey, Melly, and Jess?" He asked.
"Well, if you ever get broken, they'll be helping me super glue you back together. Okay?"
"What I meant was, you'd leave all them because of me?" He reworded, genuinely curious.
"Yes." She replied without hesitation.
"But you were fine before you met me.................."
"No." She cut him off, sounding a bit hurt.
"No?"
"No, I was not fine before I met you. There was no fine. Fine didn't exist."
"But.................."
"No 'but'." She pounded her fist on his chest. Not hard enough to hurt him, but enough to get his attention. "Okay, I have to get some more medication, then we're going to my quarters. I have to show you something. Okay?"
"Okay. You still want to walk?"
"Well, considering if I take another step I'll collapse. I think you should carry me."
"Okay." He kissed her softly then picked her up and carried her the rest of the way to medical.
"Isa, what are you doing?" Holo—Rommie asked as she materialized beside Isa.
"I'm staring up at the ceiling. What does it look like?" Isa asked lightly from where she lay on her bed.
"Why?"
"I'm bored." Isa replied, sitting up on the edge of the bed.
"I think you're depressed about Harper's decision to be with Lauren."
"Maybe a little." She agreed, looking at the floor.
"I, honestly, think that Harper made the wrong decision."
"What?" Isa was completely shocked.
"Harper deserves so much better.........I don't know what he sees in her."
"Did you need something?" She asked, really not wanting to get into the Harper/Lauren subject.
"You're needed in command." Andromeda replied.
"Okay, just point me in the right direction" She got off the bed and followed Andromeda's directions to command.
"Miss Julson, I'm glad you could make it." Dylan said when Isa entered Command. She stole a quick glance around the room and noticed that Sarah, Kristen, and Sammie were also in the room. Sammie looked less than happy to be there.
"What's up?" Isa asked skeptically.
"We're being haled by a ship." Dylan replied.
"What does that have to do with me?" She was still skeptical.
"They asked specifically for you." Rommie replied (in avatar form).
"Oh. Kay." Isa walked to the front of command and stood in front of the view screen.
"On screen, Rommie." Dylan commanded from his station.
"Aye." Rommie confirmed. The screen soon changed to show the face of an incredibly attractive young man. (/A.N./ if you want a visual, just think Orlando Bloom).
"Your majesty." He greeted with a smile and a slight bow.
"Marcus?" Isa asked astonished.
"Oh yeah, acknowledge her, not me." Kristen mumbled, folding her arms across her chest.
"What are you doing here?" Isa asked, not believing her eyes.
"I need to speak with you. In private." He answered. "Captain Hunt, may I request permission to come aboard?"
"Of course. Rommie?" Dylan turned to face the android.
"Precede to hanger bay four." Rommie told Marcus before cutting the transmission.
"Lauren, you look exhausted." Chelsey observed, looking her friend over. Lauren sat on a medical bed half asleep, leaning on Harper's chest as he sat beside her.
"I've been busy." She mumbled.
"Doing what?" Chelsey saw Lauren smile and hug Harper around the waist.
"Or who?" Rommie said, shimmering into view.
"WHAT!?!" Chelsey exclaimed, looking between the hologram and Lauren, who rolled her eyes. "You're dating Isa!" She yelled at Harper.
"No he's not." Lauren said, picking her head up and looking at Chelsey.
"Huh?" Chelsey was confused.
"Chelsey, meet my man. See, look, don't touch!" Lauren was clearly excited as she spoke a million miles a minute. "He's all mine." She smiled and kissed him before gently nestling her head in the crook of his neck. He, in turn, hugged her tightly and kissed her head. Chelsey stared at he young couple for a few moments before she grabbed at pillow and began to mercilessly beat them with it.
"Why didn't you tell me!?!" She beat Lauren in the head.
"Stop it, I'm injured!" Lauren laughed.
"Not nearly enough!" Chelsey retorted. Then she began beating Harper, "You annoying little imp! How could you let me think that you were cheating on Isa!? And how could you........."
"Chelsey!" Trance yelled from the doorway. Chelsey stopped her abuse and tied to look innocent.
"Trance, Chelsey hit me." Lauren snitched and stuck her tongue out at Chelsey when the smaller Neitzchean glared at her.
"I saw. Chelsey? Care to explain yourself?" Trance asked as she walked into the room.
"Lauren and Harper are dating and they didn't tell me." Chelsey explained quickly.
"I knew it!" Trance exclaimed.
"Yes, Lauren and I are dating. Can someone just give her, her medicine so we can go." Harper said in exasperation.
"We? Harper, Lauren hasn't been released from medical yet." Trance explained, injecting Lauren with her medication.
"But she doesn't have to stay here if she doesn't want to." He countered, jumping down off the bed, "Ready to go, babe?"
"Yep." She jumped down off of the bed but swayed on her feet for a moment. Harper gently took a hold of her arms to steady her.
"You okay?" He asked, clearly concerned.
"Just a bit of a rush. I'm okay." She said regaining her balance. "It was kina fun actually. Can I do it again?"
"No." He said flatly.
"Please?" She pleaded, laughter in her voice.
"No." He smiled and took her hand as they began walking towards the door.
"You're walking!" Trance yelled, shocked. Lauren was about out the door when a foot suddenly appeared, but she didn't notice it in time and tripped over it.
"Well, I was." She replied while glaring at the owner of the foot.
"Lauren?" Harper asked, helping her up.
"I'm fine. No thanks to you." She snapped at the person who tripped her. Leslie walked briskly past her and into the room.
"I am God. You should bow at my feet." She explained, looking smugly at Lauren.
"Leslie, have you been taking your medication?" Chelsey asked.
"I am God! I need no pathetic medication." Leslie boomed.
"Then why are you here?" Trance asked.
"I ran out of my medication." Leslie said casually as she hopped up onto a bed.
"Wow, we are so leaving." Lauren said as she and Harper left.
"What's wrong with her?" Harper asked Lauren as they walked through the corridor.
"Lots." Lauren replied simply.
"Yah know.........if she's crazy why do we keep her around." He wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Because it's funny." She giggled and wrapped her arm around his waist.
"I'm serious.........but your right, it is funny." He agreed.
"Why do we keep her around? That's a good question. Rommie, could yah help me out with this one?"
"Well," Rommie appeared on the view screen next to them. "She knows unmapped space almost as well as I know mapped space and .........she's funny."
"Well, their yah go." Lauren said, gesturing to Rommie.
"Thanks Rommie." Harper said with a smile before he and Lauren began walking again.