Christmas had come and gone and so had New Year's and Beka was reaching the
point where she and Dylan were going to have to start telling everyone
about the new arrival. Deciding that it would be a good plan to start with
Cass, that's what they did.
"Wow," Cassie said after they had finished. "Neat. Can I go play now?"
"Uhhh . . okay." Dylan said. Cassie smiled at them as she hopped off the couch and ran to her room.
"Well, that went well." Beka said with a smile as she leaned back against the couch.
"I don't think she gets it." Dylan said as he looked at her.
"Really? I think she completely understood." she said with a smile. "I mean, what's not to understand about the fact that in nearly a year there's gonna be another kid on the ship?" she asked rhetorically.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact," he smiled at her and started to make fun of her explanation of how it got there, "that it's in your tummy, but not really."
"Shut up." she said as she smacked him in the arm. "I'd like to see you do better."
"Come on, there's always the stork, or the FTA delivering it, or Trance found it for us . . . . Pick a good one!"
"The FTA?" she laughed at him. "That's good. I really like that one. Oh well, maybe it will click with time when it becomes a little more evident." she said as she stood and absent mindedly placed a hand on her 'baby bump' as Dylan called it.
"I'm still waiting for it to click!" he exclaimed from the couch. "I mean, one would think that all the time spent on the bathroom floor with you in the mornings would do it," she shot him a look for that, "but it just seems so surreal."
"Trust me, it won't be so surreal at 3 in the morning." she said with a smile that quickly faded.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he walked up behind her.
"I kinda feel like I should try and find Rafe, to tell him, but I don't want the trouble that's going to follow him here. I mean, he's my brother and I love him, but, I don't want to have to deal with him anymore. I don't want to try and trust him, only to be hurt again." she turned around as he wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on the top of her head.
"Well, how about we try and find him, tell him and give him explicit instructions NOT to come and look for you?" she sighed.
"He'll come anyways. It's Rafe. It's what he does. Maybe it would be better if we didn't make an effort to tell him, but if we happen to run into him, he can find out."
"Works for me." he said.
"Beka?" Cassie called from her room.
"Yes Kiddo?" she called back.
"I'm getting hungry." she said as she came out of her room and ran over to the two of them, wrapping her arms around their legs to get in on the moment too. Dylan reached down and picked her up.
"Okay, let's go see whats for dinner." he said as he held a hand out to Beka which she took and they left for the mess.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So, what's the news?" Harper asked as she looked at the two of them. Trance already knew and she doing something in the kitchen with Cassie.
"Well . . ." she stumbled. "Harper, rememeber how you told me you'd grow up if I settled down?"
"Yeah." he answered hesitantly.
"Well, start growing up." she said with a smile.
"What, are you guys getting married?" he asked.
"We kinda decided to skip a step." Dylan said. Tyr came and gave Dylan his congratulations and a little speach about how highly valued fatherhood is to Nietszcheans and Rev offered his blessing. Harper was still putting the pieces together until Rommie came over and helped him out.
"Oh! I get it! Congratulations guys!" he said as every one kinda laughed at him.
"For a 'freakin' genius', you sure are slow Seamus." Beka said as she walked over to him and ruffled his hair.
"Ah, I just have moments." he said with a smile. "So, Beka Valentine is being domesticated. I never thought I'd see the day. Then again, I never thought I'd see the day when you replaced 'wanton sex goddess' with 'mom' . . ." she punched him in the shoulder which made him laugh even harder. Cass and Trance came back from the kitchen just in time to hear the "mom" comment. Trance just smiled but Cassidie stopped for a moment and made sure to remember the "mom" word. She'd have to ask what that was later.
"Wow," Cassie said after they had finished. "Neat. Can I go play now?"
"Uhhh . . okay." Dylan said. Cassie smiled at them as she hopped off the couch and ran to her room.
"Well, that went well." Beka said with a smile as she leaned back against the couch.
"I don't think she gets it." Dylan said as he looked at her.
"Really? I think she completely understood." she said with a smile. "I mean, what's not to understand about the fact that in nearly a year there's gonna be another kid on the ship?" she asked rhetorically.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact," he smiled at her and started to make fun of her explanation of how it got there, "that it's in your tummy, but not really."
"Shut up." she said as she smacked him in the arm. "I'd like to see you do better."
"Come on, there's always the stork, or the FTA delivering it, or Trance found it for us . . . . Pick a good one!"
"The FTA?" she laughed at him. "That's good. I really like that one. Oh well, maybe it will click with time when it becomes a little more evident." she said as she stood and absent mindedly placed a hand on her 'baby bump' as Dylan called it.
"I'm still waiting for it to click!" he exclaimed from the couch. "I mean, one would think that all the time spent on the bathroom floor with you in the mornings would do it," she shot him a look for that, "but it just seems so surreal."
"Trust me, it won't be so surreal at 3 in the morning." she said with a smile that quickly faded.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he walked up behind her.
"I kinda feel like I should try and find Rafe, to tell him, but I don't want the trouble that's going to follow him here. I mean, he's my brother and I love him, but, I don't want to have to deal with him anymore. I don't want to try and trust him, only to be hurt again." she turned around as he wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on the top of her head.
"Well, how about we try and find him, tell him and give him explicit instructions NOT to come and look for you?" she sighed.
"He'll come anyways. It's Rafe. It's what he does. Maybe it would be better if we didn't make an effort to tell him, but if we happen to run into him, he can find out."
"Works for me." he said.
"Beka?" Cassie called from her room.
"Yes Kiddo?" she called back.
"I'm getting hungry." she said as she came out of her room and ran over to the two of them, wrapping her arms around their legs to get in on the moment too. Dylan reached down and picked her up.
"Okay, let's go see whats for dinner." he said as he held a hand out to Beka which she took and they left for the mess.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So, what's the news?" Harper asked as she looked at the two of them. Trance already knew and she doing something in the kitchen with Cassie.
"Well . . ." she stumbled. "Harper, rememeber how you told me you'd grow up if I settled down?"
"Yeah." he answered hesitantly.
"Well, start growing up." she said with a smile.
"What, are you guys getting married?" he asked.
"We kinda decided to skip a step." Dylan said. Tyr came and gave Dylan his congratulations and a little speach about how highly valued fatherhood is to Nietszcheans and Rev offered his blessing. Harper was still putting the pieces together until Rommie came over and helped him out.
"Oh! I get it! Congratulations guys!" he said as every one kinda laughed at him.
"For a 'freakin' genius', you sure are slow Seamus." Beka said as she walked over to him and ruffled his hair.
"Ah, I just have moments." he said with a smile. "So, Beka Valentine is being domesticated. I never thought I'd see the day. Then again, I never thought I'd see the day when you replaced 'wanton sex goddess' with 'mom' . . ." she punched him in the shoulder which made him laugh even harder. Cass and Trance came back from the kitchen just in time to hear the "mom" comment. Trance just smiled but Cassidie stopped for a moment and made sure to remember the "mom" word. She'd have to ask what that was later.