Rommie left the machine shop with a sigh of satisfaction. Harper had done a wonderful job of repairing the problems caused by the Love Bug's venom. He had also cleaned all her surrounding circuitry to be sure no more venom remained within her systems. She felt wonderfully relaxed, as though she had just soaked in a luxurious tub of hot bubbles.

'Not that I would indulge in such behavior.' She thought to herself as she continued on toward command. 'Although,' she silently reflected, 'it might be worth trying if it can make me feel this way. I will have to speak to Beka; I know she has several different types of bubbles that she uses. Or perhaps I could ask Tyr to borrow some of his.' She shook her head vigorously at this thought. She had no desire to ask Tyr anything while he was still affected by the Love Bug, especially not anything as personal as something to do with bathing.

Holo-Rommie appeared before her, thankfully interrupted her train of thought.

"I take it from Harper's report that you are now back to full working capacity?" the hologram inquired.

"Yes, I am back to one hundred percent effiencency.  I am happy to say that there are no lingering effects from the venom." Rommie replied stiffly. She was still slightly miffed that her two 'sister' personalities chose to gang up on her while she was inflicted with the venom.

"That is good to hear. We were becoming increasingly concerned with your attraction to our weapon's officer. He is not what we would consider suitable relationship material."

"Why the hell not?" Rommie demanded without thinking. She realized what she had said and was aghast.

"No lingering affects? Are you certain of that?" Holo-Rommie asked, raising her eyebrow inquisitively. "Perhaps you should allow Harper to do another scan of your systems."

"There is nothing wrong with my systems. I simply do not think that you are in any position to judge who is or isn't suitable." Rommie said huffily before walking through the hologram of herself and continuing on her way to command.

She arrived on the command deck a short time later. The bridge was empty except for Beka who was leaning against her station console, twirling the stem of a half dead flower between her fingers. She was lost in thought and did not seem to hear Rommie enter.

"Good morning Beka." Rommie said.

Beka jumped about two feet into the air and turned to look at Rommie while holding her hand over her heart.

"Geeze, what is it with people trying to freak me out lately?" she asked.

"Sorry, I did not realize that saying good morning would 'freak you out'." Rommie said with a slight grin.

"I am sorry Rommie. It's just that EVERYTHING that has happened in the last day and half has been freaky."

"Oh, I agree with you there."

"So how are you feeling? Everything back to normal?"

"Yes." Rommie replied. The avatar hesitated a moment as if considering the matter. "Or at least as normal as I have come to consider the things that happen around here. Not that I am sure things around here are all that normal." She added.

Beka could not help but laugh. "You ain't just whistling Dixie there." She said, repeating an ancient phrase her dad was fond of. The look of confusion on Rommie's face only caused her to laugh harder.