It took forever for me to fall asleep. I couldn't believe that I had not only made out with Tori Vega, who is without a doubt one of the most annoyingly nice people out there, but I had seriously liked it! My mind was like a ping-pong ball being smacked around for over an hour. Vega, damn her for falling asleep almost instantly.
I guess some of us aren't having a crisis about our sexual orientation. In fact, Vega had initiated the second kiss and was enthusiastic about both of them. Never would have guessed that Vega was into chicks.
I groaned and smacked my face. Vega grumbled and rolled over and faced me. I could still tell that she was fast asleep, and I kept myself quiet, so I didn't wake her up. I don't care about her sleeping; I just didn't want to deal with her while I figure out this thing that isn't a freaking issue at all.
My brilliant plan had backfired on me completely. I don't know where the hell the idea for me to kiss her came from, but a very large part of me was glad. I ran my tongue over my lips and I felt a similar ache between my legs. I rubbed my legs together and groaned.
Was I betraying Beck? I mean, he's been dead for over five hundred years. At this point I think that I'm allowed to move on...right? I knew he wouldn't be upset about this at all. In fact he would be practically demanding that I either invite him or record it for him. Both options were incredibly tempting.
Thinking it over, I figured that it was pretty good odds that I was into chicks. Or at the least this one that won't stop being a friggin nice sugar-cube shit. I tossed the blanket is aside and sighed. I knew what I had to do. Damn but I didn't want to do it at all.
I climbed out of bed, only stopping long enough to kiss Vega on the forehead. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but it felt like the right thing to do. I climbed out of my room and I heard the music playing and followed it.
Sitting in the galley, Andre strummed the guitar and paused occasionally to write something down. "Yo, jackass." I barked and Andre jumped. "Jesus Jade. What's up?" I inhaled and finally said "I need your help."
Andre looked up at me in surprise and put the guitar aside. "What's wrong?" I sat down in the chair across from him and rubbed my forehead. "It's been five-hundred years since Beck died." I said and then held my hand up before Andre could say anything. "I know it's been five hundred years but to me it's only been six months. Isn't that too soon to move on? I'm being a bigger bitch then usual by doing that, aren't I?" I waited for his confirmation about how shitty a person I was.
"Ehh not really."
What.
"It sucks that you don't have Beck anymore, but it's been five hundred years. Even if you've only been awake for six months. You move on at your own pace. I can't tell you when it's been long enough. Or anyone else really."
"How would you know?" I snapped.
Andre shrugged. "I don't. Not for any certainty. Just that if I was with someone and I died before them, I would want them to move on eventually."
"Are you sure that you're sixteen?"
Andre frowned. "I'm nineteen."
I shrugged. "Right. All of you babies look the same."
Andre rolled his eyes. "That works on Cat. Not me. Feeling better?"
I shrugged again. "I guess. I don't think I'll ever forget Beck. I was going to marry him. Was even going to talk about having kids."
Andre smiled. "You shouldn't forget about your first love. I'll never forget about Maria."
"What happened to her?"
Andre gave a wistful smile and looked away. "We dated in high school and then broke up. Different paths. Her parents wanted her with a rich guy in Seattle and not some constantly broke musician."
I didn't know what to say to that, so I waited for him to gather himself. "Anyways, you can move on when you want, and no one has a right to say anything to you."
I nodded. "Alright. I'm going back to bed. Night."
"Night Jade. I hope things go well for you."
"Yea." I stopped at the door. "What was Maria's last name?" I asked, keeping my voice as even as I could. "Maria DeJesus." Andre answered instantly. "Why?"
"Looking for something else to make fun of you with." I answered quickly.
Andre groaned. "Seriously?!"
"Maybe. Night!" I walked out of the galley, leaving a shouting Andre behind me. I climbed down into my room and climbed into bed. Vega was still there, fast asleep without a care in the world. I ran my fingers over her face just once, and then closed my eyes. This time, I fell asleep almost instantly.
I woke up to an alarm going off above my head. I glared at it and Vega who finally moved an arm and smacked the alarm. "I hate mornings." Vega muttered. I didn't say anything, more concerned with the fact that my arms were around her and my legs tangled up with hers. I could feel her bare legs with mine and her chest against mine. My brain short-circuited and I had to fight to keep my face straight.
Vega sat up and groaned as she stretched. I nearly swallowed my tongue at the sight of her breasts pressed up against the thin shirt. I knew she wasn't doing it on purpose because she immediately directed her attention to trying to tame her unruly hair.
She brightened when she saw me, and I stared passively back at her. "Morning sunshine."
"Who the hell are you calling sunshine?" I demanded. "You." She leaned over and my eyes widened. Oh. This was happening. This was happening! I closed my eyes and waited and then I opened them up again when I heard her gasp. "Oh my god I am so sorry!" I raised an eyebrow and tried to figure out what the hell she was apologizing for.
"I was just about to kiss you and I didn't ask and I just assumed I'm sorry but you looked so cute and I really wanted to kiss you and I didn't ask what you thought or wanted" Groaning in annoyance, I grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back onto the bed. "Vega? Please shut up."
"Excuse me?! I'm trying to be polite and hrmm" I cut her off with a kiss. It was supposed to be a light kiss, just to shut her up but her legs opened and wrapped around themselves around my waist and I moaned into her mouth. A swipe of my tongue and her mouth opened. Her tongue met mine and we both moaned.
She had the softest lips that I had ever felt. It was only when we both ran of air that we stopped. Lips parted by an inch or so as we panted. I pushed myself against her and Vega responded by slipping her hands down from my shoulders to my ass and gripping it tightly. I gasped as I was pressed closer to her. My nipples hardened and I could feel them pressing against her equally hard nipples. As good as it felt, I really wanted to see how it felt when we didn't have clothes in the way.
I swiped her lips with my tongue and we eagerly started making out again. We kept at until the second alarm went off and Vega and I groaned. Sighing, I moved off of Vega and she climbed out of my bed and I smirked to watch as she rubbed her legs together for a second before moving towards the ladder. "If you still haven't figured anything out, after we do this job, I'll be happy to talk."
I rolled my eyes. "Yea I think I know what kind of talking that you want to do."
Vega burned red and spluttered. "Good morning Jade." With that she quickly climbed out and the door slammed shut behind her. I chuckled. I think I got my revenge for last night. I sighed and stripped out of my clothes. Not only did I have to get ready for work, there was a serious burning need that had to be addressed.
I stood under the hot shower. My hands ghosted over myself until one hand slipped between my legs and another went to my chest. I bit my lip as I took a still hard pink nipple between my fingers. A finger slipped inside me and with a load moan my head fell back and my eyes closed….
That was without a doubt one of the best showers that I had in a long assed time. I got dressed and climbed out of my room and made my way to the galley. Vega arrived a minute after me, still drying her hair with a towel.
"While we eat, Jade can you show us were you put as out of bounds?" Vega asked. I nodded and had to finish swallowing a mouthful of cereal before I could speak. I grabbed a holo-pad and pulled up a schematic of Nostromo. I highlighted the parts in red that we would want to keep them out of. "Here., I think we would want to keep them out of the engine room, the bridge, armory and med-bay." I said and waited for their response.
"Sounds good to me." Andre said. Cat chimed in with an agreement and Vega nodded. "All right lets go pick them up after breakfast and then I think we should look for a job that takes us out of Sol." Vega said and looked at each of us.
"You really think that we're ready for that?" Andre asked with a small amount of doubt. "Yay! Adventure!" Cat sang out. I didn't say anything, just glared at them while I waited to see what the hell they were talking about.
"She's talking about leaving this system. Where Earth is." Andre said quietly. "Why?" I asked Vega.
"We can keep doing these milk runs that barely cover costs, or we can head out and try to do better out in the expanse." Vega answered. When no one said anything, Vega smiled and said "It's something to think about after our trip Ganymede." She clapped her hands. "Okay everyone places!" We quickly finished our breakfasts and scattered. I felt Nostromo lift off and I worked with Cat to put passwords on the doors to the engine room and bridge. We decided to leave the med-bay alone because we didn't want to have to put in a password during an emergency. We took down an inventory of everything in there and would compare it after the job was done. If anything was missing we were going to charge our employer for it.
The armory was double locked. No one was getting in there without one of us to do it.
Vega entered the cargo-bay and gave me a bright smile. By some unspoken agreement we were keeping our distance from each other. Maybe it was so Cat and Andre wouldn't get any ideas. Maybe she was being nice enough to give me space to figure things out. As she walked past me, her fingers brushed the back of my hand this time her smile was much warmer.
I gave a small smile back before turning back to the ramp as it started to lower. It had barely touched the ground when several boxes scooting in on some kind of hover things. Followed shortly by three people. The first one stood tall, in a rather expensive set of clothes, with graying hair and a whip thin body. His somewhat tanned and leather like skin spoke of someone who had spent a lot of time outside when he was younger.
He was clearly in charge, and one of the guys behind him was almost as tall but had a slightly darker skin color. I couldn't tell if he was biracial or something else. He did have more hair then the main guy though and a lot more muscle.
The third guy was the most unassuming. He wore simple robes with a small cloth wrapped around his head. A small goatee sprinkled with grey was braided and had several beads in it. Guy in charge spoke up, his voice posh and whispery. "My name is Gregory Dire, and this is my student and assistant, Kyle Rhodes. This one here is my personal friend Imam. Don't ask for any other name because he refuses to give one."
"Welcome aboard Mr. Dire. My name is Tori Vega and I'm the captain of Nostromo. These are my friends Cat Valentine and Jade West. Andre is up on the bridge, and we will be taking off as soon as you're ready to go."
"We're ready." Dire said. "Okay sounds good. Jade, could you show them were they're staying? Cat, engine room please."
"Kay Kay!" Cat skipped off and I smirked as Kyle's eyes followed her bouncing rear out of the bay. I couldn't blame him; Cat had a nice ass.
Huh.
Guess I'm really not as straight as I thought. I'll have to ponder that later.
I wondered if Vega would be upset to learn that she wasn't my exception to heterosexuality. A part of me even wondered if she would care at all. Probably wouldn't. Anyways, back to reality. "Follow me boys." I said and walked away. They followed and I lead them to the guest rooms just past the cargo-bay. "Slide these doors open and you'll be in your own personal rooms. Bathrooms are in the rooms themselves. Galley is up those stairs and directly above us. Stay out of the engine room, med-bay and bridge. Observation deck is at the very top. Just follow the signs. Any questions?"
None of them said anything. "Great. We'll be at Ganymede shortly."
"Your customer service skills could use some work." Dire quipped and I rolled my eyes. "I didn't insult any of you so I think I did just fine."
All three of them laughed. "She just might have a point there." Imam said. Dire protested and Imam just laughed louder. I left them to it and hit the intercom. "They're tucked in." I said. "Great. Taking off and leaving atmo now."
I left them to settle in and made my way to the top turret. Putting my feet up, I leaned back in the chair and watched as we flew through the air. After about twenty or so minutes, the atmo faded away and space was revealed. I flicked the intercom and listened in on the bridge and got to hear Vega and Andre start cursing up a storm when a ship came too close to us.
After they calmed down, (and traffic control also tore that other ship's captain a new one) Vega got the clearance for us to jump away to Ganymede. As with anything, we couldn't jump right over Ganymede, but we could get close enough that the last part of the journey would only take a few hours.
I thought about Vega's idea of leaving this system. It was true that we were barely making enough to cover expenses, and everything was really boring! I didn't have anything to keep me here. Everyone that I knew and love has been dead for centuries. Wherever this ship and its crew went, I was going with. For now at least. I didn't know about the others, but my vote was for leaving this system. Time we had some kind of an adventure.
My thoughts then turned to Vega. Her sunny disposition, the fact that no matter how prickly I was she was still there. Her cute ass, the fact that I got off in the shower thinking about her. There was a lot going through my mind.
I sighed and banged my head against the head rest. Why couldn't things ever be simple and easy to understand? Would I have found out that I was almost certainly bisexual in the twenty-first century?
I shook my head. No point in going down that particular path. Twenty-first century was five hundred years ago. I groaned and rubbed my forehead. Fuck it. I'm apparently into chicks and dudes. I can work with that. The real question was why the hell was Tori Vega of all people my closet key? Maybe I could ask her. I knew for a fact that no matter what, she'd be there. Annoying me and fighting back.
A light blue haze seemed to settle around the ship, and Nostromo, its crew and passengers all disappeared into a non-reality.
Hope you all enjoyed.
-C.H.
