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Rommie and Tyr had talked about a few other things while they were in command together. She looked at the screen beside her as the main AI came up.
"What?"
"She's pushing." Rommie smiled.
"You're getting into this aren't you?"
"I'm doing this purely for your benifit since you seem rather wrapped up in it." the AI replied before disapearing. Rommie smiled to herself. All of herselfs were excited about this.
"What was that about?" Tyr asked as he streched.
"Just a little update." she said as she turned to leave.
"What about?" he asked, pretending not to be too interested.
"She's pushing." she replied as she left to check on Harper and Cassie and to make sure her quarters were still in one piece.
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"Well isn't this a quaint little sight!" she said to herself as she walked in to find Harper and Cassie asleep on her couch. Harper was streched out on his back and Cass was streched out on him. She watched them for a moment before taking the book from Harper's hand and got a blanket to put over them. Harper woke up just as Rommie was about to turn the lights down.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"Late." she replied. "She convinced you she was going to stay up didn't she?"
"Well, kinda. We both kinda fell asleep near the end of the book." he said as he skilfully slid Cass off of him and onto the couch as he stood up. He yawned and streched. "So all's quiet on the western front?" he asked.
"Well, as long as you don't go by the med deck." she said with a smile. "Do you think we should put her to bed?"
"I dunno. Do you think one of them is gonna make it to bed tonight?" Rommie went vacant as she tapped into the internal sensors in the med bay.
"No." she said as she came back. "They're both pretty involved at this point."
"I would have thought they were involved from the moment of conception." Harper mumbled. Rommie smiled.
"She's pushing and has threatened Dylan with physical harm, several times already."
"That's my Beka. Give'm hell!" he said with a laugh. They both quieted down as Cass stired on the couch.
"What's going on?" she asked sleepily. Harper scooped her up quickly and started for the bed room that Rommie didn't use.
"Nothing." he said quietly. "It's late." he said as he tucked her in.
"Ya know what?"
"What?"
"Dylan tells better stories." she said. He smiled.
"That's because he's a dad. His stories are supposed to be better.
I'm still practicing."
"Yours was good though."
"Oh good." he said as he turned to leave.
"Harper?"
"Yeah Squirt?"
"You'll be a good dad."
"How do you know?"
"You're stories are really good, even if you're still practicin'." he smiled.
"Thanks Squirt. Good night."
"Night." she got out before she drifted off.
"She's got a lot of insight for a 5 year old." Rommie said as he came out.
"Whadda ya mean?" he asked as they sat down on the couch.
"Well, you change when you're with her. You're not sarcastic, you're calmer, slower to pick a fight with some one . . you act your age when you're with her."
"Scary thought hun? Seamus Zelazny Harper with kids." he said as he actually thought about it.
"Not really, now that I've seen you with her." she said as she put her head on his shoulder. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"It's nice to know you have a little faith in me." he said as he relaxed.
"I have more then a little." she whispered.
Rommie and Tyr had talked about a few other things while they were in command together. She looked at the screen beside her as the main AI came up.
"What?"
"She's pushing." Rommie smiled.
"You're getting into this aren't you?"
"I'm doing this purely for your benifit since you seem rather wrapped up in it." the AI replied before disapearing. Rommie smiled to herself. All of herselfs were excited about this.
"What was that about?" Tyr asked as he streched.
"Just a little update." she said as she turned to leave.
"What about?" he asked, pretending not to be too interested.
"She's pushing." she replied as she left to check on Harper and Cassie and to make sure her quarters were still in one piece.
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"Well isn't this a quaint little sight!" she said to herself as she walked in to find Harper and Cassie asleep on her couch. Harper was streched out on his back and Cass was streched out on him. She watched them for a moment before taking the book from Harper's hand and got a blanket to put over them. Harper woke up just as Rommie was about to turn the lights down.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"Late." she replied. "She convinced you she was going to stay up didn't she?"
"Well, kinda. We both kinda fell asleep near the end of the book." he said as he skilfully slid Cass off of him and onto the couch as he stood up. He yawned and streched. "So all's quiet on the western front?" he asked.
"Well, as long as you don't go by the med deck." she said with a smile. "Do you think we should put her to bed?"
"I dunno. Do you think one of them is gonna make it to bed tonight?" Rommie went vacant as she tapped into the internal sensors in the med bay.
"No." she said as she came back. "They're both pretty involved at this point."
"I would have thought they were involved from the moment of conception." Harper mumbled. Rommie smiled.
"She's pushing and has threatened Dylan with physical harm, several times already."
"That's my Beka. Give'm hell!" he said with a laugh. They both quieted down as Cass stired on the couch.
"What's going on?" she asked sleepily. Harper scooped her up quickly and started for the bed room that Rommie didn't use.
"Nothing." he said quietly. "It's late." he said as he tucked her in.
"Ya know what?"
"What?"
"Dylan tells better stories." she said. He smiled.
"That's because he's a dad. His stories are supposed to be better.
I'm still practicing."
"Yours was good though."
"Oh good." he said as he turned to leave.
"Harper?"
"Yeah Squirt?"
"You'll be a good dad."
"How do you know?"
"You're stories are really good, even if you're still practicin'." he smiled.
"Thanks Squirt. Good night."
"Night." she got out before she drifted off.
"She's got a lot of insight for a 5 year old." Rommie said as he came out.
"Whadda ya mean?" he asked as they sat down on the couch.
"Well, you change when you're with her. You're not sarcastic, you're calmer, slower to pick a fight with some one . . you act your age when you're with her."
"Scary thought hun? Seamus Zelazny Harper with kids." he said as he actually thought about it.
"Not really, now that I've seen you with her." she said as she put her head on his shoulder. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"It's nice to know you have a little faith in me." he said as he relaxed.
"I have more then a little." she whispered.