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DECISIONS

Bekah sat in Captain Picard's ready room and handed him the PADD that contained the papers she was filing to end her marriage to Wesley. She hadn't mentioned it to anyone except Will, so she knew it was a surprise to Captain Picard.

"Divorce? I would never have thought this of you both. I'm shocked. Would you like to elaborate for me," he asked, sitting down behind his desk.
Bekah took a deep breath. "We've grown apart. I mean, seriously apart. I don't want to fight with my husband and that's all we've done. I'm worried it will get worse when he goes back to the Academy. We've agreed this is the best thing for the two of us. We haven't really had a marriage in a while. We've been two people married that had little trysts," she said.
"Well, if you and Wesley are sure about this, I'll grant this and file it with Starfleet," the Captain said, though she could tell he was saddened by the news.

"Thank you, sir. I just can't help but feel like I've let everyone down," she said.
"You both tried your best against tremendous odds. I just hope you both can be friends. You were good friends before you started dating," he said.
"We're going to try. He'll be coming by to see his mom fairly often, so I'm sure I'll see him. Unless I can figure out a way to get off the ship," she said, smiling at the Captain.
"I'm not transferring you anywhere. I need your help with your brother," he said, smiling back.
"Thank you, sir. When will I hear back from Starfleet," she asked.
"Two weeks. Provided Wesley files and doesn't have any objections to your filing. Fairly simple," he said.
"Thanks, again, sir," she said, getting out of the chair and walking toward the door.
"Commander, will you go back to being a Riker," he asked.
Bekah turned around. "I hadn't given it much thought. It's probably for the best if I do go back to Riker," she said.
"I'll make the change," he said. Bekah nodded and headed out the door. As she heard the whoosh behind her, the finality of it sank in. In two weeks she would officially be Rebekah Riker again. She was a mixture of emotions.

The next two weeks flew by for Bekah. She had been in the Transporter Room when Wesley went off to the Academy. She had hugged him and told him good bye.

That was the last contact she'd had with him. She received a communique from Starfleet that said her divorce was approved and she was officially a single woman again. She was getting used to be addressed as Commander Riker and it was causing confusion among the crew because of her and her brother holding the same rank.

She entered the bridge the day after the divorce was final and swore everyone was staring at her. She knew Geordi and Will were dying to ask her how she felt, but she also knew them well enough to know they wouldn't bother her if she wasn't ready.
She was even prepared for the professional queries of Deanna. But they didn't come.

For the next six months, Bekah worked with Geordi and Data on various experiments. Life hadn't changed for Bekah because she was divorced, but hearing Wesley was making his first visit to the ship following their divorce, had Bekah nervous. She didn't know how she was supposed to react to him and she didn't want to be on the ship at all.

"Captain Picard to Rebekah Riker."

"Go ahead, sir."
"Can you report to my ready room."
"On my way. Riker out."

Bekah left her station in engineering, turning it over to another officer.

She rode the turbo life to the bridge and exited. She noticed Data was sitting in command, a position that should have held her brother. She was highly suspicious that the Captain and her brother were up to something.

She nodded at Data and went to the doors of the Ready Room. She heard the Captain's 'come,' and entered the room.

She wasn't surprised to find her brother sitting with the Captain. She was, however, surprised to find Deanna sitting with him along with Beverly.

"What's going on? I feel like I'm headed to the firing squad," she said.
"I have received an offer from Starfleet Command that I want to discuss with you," Captain Picard said.
"What's that," she said, taking the tea he offered and sitting on the couch.

"One of your former crew mates from the Mandrake is now in command of Deep Space 9," Will said.
"The station that belonged to the Cardassians during the occupation of Bajor," she asked.
"The former Tarok Nor. You understand that Chief O'Brien was transferred there," the Captain said.

"Yeah. I just got a letter from Keiko the other day," she said, sipping the tea.

"Well, he's having some trouble getting the computer system there to work and he went to his commanding officer and asked if he would request to 'borrow' you for a little bit to help him get the system working," the Captain said.
Bekah looked at the faces in the room. "You're transferring me," she asked.
"No. It's a temporary reassignment. You go to DS9 and help Miles with his computer problems and then you come back here," Will said.

"It would be good for you to get off the Enterprise," Deanna said.
"The timing of this is a bit suspect. Wesley's coming aboard in a few days, right," she said.
"Yeah, we're actually picking him up on the way back from dropping you off at DS9," Beverly said.
"So you've already decided that I'm going," she said, sitting back on the couch.

"Do you want to help Miles," Will asked.
"You know I'll help my friends, but why send me? Why not Data," she asked.
"We need Data here. We're going on a survey mission while Wesley's on board and Geordi needs Data to help with the sensor recalibration," Captain Picard said.
"When do I leave," she asked. It was pointless to argue, she knew that.

"We arrive in a little over 24 hours," Will said.
Bekah got up and set her tea on the desk. "Well, I should probably pack and read up on DS9," she said. She exited the ready room. She stood just outside the closed doors and looked at the bridge. She headed up the ramp to the turbo lift. As she turned around, she caught one last glimpse of the bridge before the doors closed. Bekah couldn't place her finger on it, but she knew something was going to happen on this mission. She just wasn't sure what.