Title: The Journey Home
Chapter 7: Day in the Life
Rated: R
***
"Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Chiana asked impatiently.
"Nothing's wrong. Why do you think something is wrong?" Cassandra asked throwing a small
bouncy ball against the wall and catching it.
"You've been playing with that frelling 'bouncy ball' for over an arn without speaking."
Cassandra caught the ball again and stared at Chiana. "That means something is wrong?"
Chiana glared at her. "You know what I meant."
Cassandra threw the ball again still looking at Chiana. She caught it and glanced down at
it. "Bialar -- *Crais* and I... we..."
"I know, you frelled him. So what's the problem?"
Cassandra stared at her confused. "How did you know?"
Chiana laughed, "I guess you were too *busy* to notice, but when you frelled, Talyn started
firing his main cannon. Everyone was freaking out until Pilot said that he was firing
because he was happy. Then something Zhaan said made us all realize what Talyn was so happy about."
"At least Talyn is happy..."
"What do you mean?" Chiana asked concerned.
Cassandra blushed. "Afterwards, we fell asleep, or at least I did, but when I woke up he
was gone. He went back to Talyn... he... we didn't talk... afterwards, so I don't... I don't know..."
Chiana suddenly realized what her friend was attempting to say. "Oh. You wanted to know if
he enjoyed himself."
Cassandra blushed again. "Yeah..."
"Well did you?"
Cassandra's blush deepened. "Yeah..."
"Then he probably did too."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well it's my experience that if the woman had a good time, the man had a *real* good time,"
Chiana said wagging her brows. Cassandra smiled and blushed again. "Are all Humans as easily
embarrassed about this as you?" Chiana asked curiously.
"No, but someone in my situation would be." Cassandra noticed the perplexed look on her
friend's face and began to explain. "See, my Mom raised me to be someone who waited until they
were married before having sex. So, I was a virgin when I got blasted to the Uncharted
Territories. I didn't have any experience... and I don't count my stay on the K'lar'in ship
as experience, so technically, Bialar was my first."
Chiana grinned in understanding. She was also pleased that Cassandra had been able to speak of
the K'lar'in without flinching. "Are you going to sneak over to Talyn tonight?" Cassandra
slowly began to smile, and the two conspirators began to plan her midnight flight.
***
"ONE... TWO... THREE..."
"No peeking!"
"FOUR... FIVE..."
Soft girlish giggles filled the room. "Xhalax! Hide over there!"
"SIX... no helping... SEVEN..."
There was a rustling of covers and the sound of laughter and giggles.
"EIGHT... NINE... TEN! Ready or not, here I come!" John uncovered his eyes and looked around
the room. Aeryn sat on the bed grinning at him; she held Jack in her arms. "Hey, baby, you
seen any monkeys around here?"
"No, I haven't seen any monkeys," she replied and the mound under the covers beside her moved.
John grinned. "I wonder where she could be..." he said loudly. He peered under the table.
"Not under the table..." He looked at the mound under the covers. "You don't think she went out
into the hall do you?"
Aeryn laughed. "I'm fairly certain she's still in here." The mound giggled.
"Come out, come out wherever you are," John called in a singsong voice. The sound of muffled giggles
reached his ears. John walked over to one of the cabinets. "Not in here... Where can she be?"
John walked over to the bed. "I know she's not hiding in the bed."
He got on the bed and covered the mound with his body, trapping her under the covers as she
squealed. He laughed and tickled her through the covers. She thrashed underneath the covers
giggling. He stopped and pulled the covers off her. She grinned up at him. "Hi, Dad."
"What are you doing in *my* bed?"
She wiggled out from the rest of the covers and sat next to Aeryn. "I came to see Mommy." She
turned to Aeryn and gave her best innocent smile. "Hi, Mom."
Aeryn laughed. "Hi, Xhalax." She looked up at John. "I think she gets this from you."
"What?" John asked.
"This need to constantly say hello to everyone," Aeryn said smiling.
John laughed. "Yeah, Cassandra use to do that all the time. Drove Laurie crazy. I thought it was
funny and started doing it... until Mom told me Laurie would kill me if I didn't stop, and she'd help her."
"Okay! My turn!" Xhalax said and bounded off the bed. She stood in the center of the room,
covered her eyes, and began counting.
John got off the bed and hid under the table. Aeryn laughed at him. "She'll find you there."
"Shhh!"
"FOUR... don't help him, Mom!"
***
"You are the people chosen to discover if John and Cassandra Crichton are truly the ones
orbiting the Earth right now. Come up with questions that only they and you know the
answers to." The man paused a moment, then nodded. "I'll leave you to it." He left the room.
DK glanced around the table. Colonel Jack Crichton sat at the head of the table, on his right
was Laura Crichton; DK sat to his left. Dr. Umi Kanzaki sat beside him, and Alex sat across
from her beside Laura. It was up to the five of them to prove that it really was John and Cassandra.
"We'll make a list for each of them," DK began. "It doesn't matter if the questions are
personal, just make sure that only you and John, or you and Cass, know the answers."
"I'll write them down," Umi said and reached for a pen and paper.
"Who wants to start?" Jack asked.
"Ask them who really set the backyard on fire," Laurie said and grinned evilly.
DK grimaced and glanced at Jack. "Can't you just accept blame and move on?"
Umi snickered and wrote the question. She looked up, "Who's list should that be on?"
"Both," Laurie replied.
"I've got one," Umi said. "Name of the first guy Cassandra slept with."
"My God, I don't want to be there when you ask that question," Jack said and covered his face
with his hands, grinning.
"I wouldn't mind knowing," Laurie said primly.
DK rolled his eyes. "Ask John where we went the night of high school graduation."
"Hold your horses... high school graduation, okay, next question."
"Ask Cassandra what the first star I ever pointed out to her was," Jack said.
{2 hours later}
The group only had about seven questions for each of the astronauts because they ended up
reminiscing after every question. Alex still hadn't added a question and was completely not in
the spirit of things. Laurie continued to make biting remarks, but that was normal and therefore
expected. DK, Jack, and Umi kept up a steady stream of memories that had the three laughing so
hard they were crying.
"Will you *please* get a hold of yourselves!" Laurie hissed after another bout of laughter.
"Sorry," Umi said still laughing slightly. "Hmm... next question..." she said and started laughing
again. This set DK and Jack of again.
"Imbeciles!" Laurie groaned.
"I have one," Alex said quietly.
The laughter calmed down to three grins, and DK said, "Shoot."
"Ask John what the last thing I ever said to him was."
"No offense, but do you think he will remember that?" Umi asked.
Alex was quiet a moment. "I've spent the last nine years regretting it. I just need to know..."
"Alright," Umi said and wrote down the question.
***
TBC
WELL... what do ya think? Please review or send me an e-mail!
i wasn't sure about how long Alex and John were split when Farscape slid down the wormhole so i
made it a year, hence the nine year statement. what did u think of hide and seek, i thought it
was CUTE!!
~Artemis Luna Diana~
Chapter 7: Day in the Life
Rated: R
***
"Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Chiana asked impatiently.
"Nothing's wrong. Why do you think something is wrong?" Cassandra asked throwing a small
bouncy ball against the wall and catching it.
"You've been playing with that frelling 'bouncy ball' for over an arn without speaking."
Cassandra caught the ball again and stared at Chiana. "That means something is wrong?"
Chiana glared at her. "You know what I meant."
Cassandra threw the ball again still looking at Chiana. She caught it and glanced down at
it. "Bialar -- *Crais* and I... we..."
"I know, you frelled him. So what's the problem?"
Cassandra stared at her confused. "How did you know?"
Chiana laughed, "I guess you were too *busy* to notice, but when you frelled, Talyn started
firing his main cannon. Everyone was freaking out until Pilot said that he was firing
because he was happy. Then something Zhaan said made us all realize what Talyn was so happy about."
"At least Talyn is happy..."
"What do you mean?" Chiana asked concerned.
Cassandra blushed. "Afterwards, we fell asleep, or at least I did, but when I woke up he
was gone. He went back to Talyn... he... we didn't talk... afterwards, so I don't... I don't know..."
Chiana suddenly realized what her friend was attempting to say. "Oh. You wanted to know if
he enjoyed himself."
Cassandra blushed again. "Yeah..."
"Well did you?"
Cassandra's blush deepened. "Yeah..."
"Then he probably did too."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well it's my experience that if the woman had a good time, the man had a *real* good time,"
Chiana said wagging her brows. Cassandra smiled and blushed again. "Are all Humans as easily
embarrassed about this as you?" Chiana asked curiously.
"No, but someone in my situation would be." Cassandra noticed the perplexed look on her
friend's face and began to explain. "See, my Mom raised me to be someone who waited until they
were married before having sex. So, I was a virgin when I got blasted to the Uncharted
Territories. I didn't have any experience... and I don't count my stay on the K'lar'in ship
as experience, so technically, Bialar was my first."
Chiana grinned in understanding. She was also pleased that Cassandra had been able to speak of
the K'lar'in without flinching. "Are you going to sneak over to Talyn tonight?" Cassandra
slowly began to smile, and the two conspirators began to plan her midnight flight.
***
"ONE... TWO... THREE..."
"No peeking!"
"FOUR... FIVE..."
Soft girlish giggles filled the room. "Xhalax! Hide over there!"
"SIX... no helping... SEVEN..."
There was a rustling of covers and the sound of laughter and giggles.
"EIGHT... NINE... TEN! Ready or not, here I come!" John uncovered his eyes and looked around
the room. Aeryn sat on the bed grinning at him; she held Jack in her arms. "Hey, baby, you
seen any monkeys around here?"
"No, I haven't seen any monkeys," she replied and the mound under the covers beside her moved.
John grinned. "I wonder where she could be..." he said loudly. He peered under the table.
"Not under the table..." He looked at the mound under the covers. "You don't think she went out
into the hall do you?"
Aeryn laughed. "I'm fairly certain she's still in here." The mound giggled.
"Come out, come out wherever you are," John called in a singsong voice. The sound of muffled giggles
reached his ears. John walked over to one of the cabinets. "Not in here... Where can she be?"
John walked over to the bed. "I know she's not hiding in the bed."
He got on the bed and covered the mound with his body, trapping her under the covers as she
squealed. He laughed and tickled her through the covers. She thrashed underneath the covers
giggling. He stopped and pulled the covers off her. She grinned up at him. "Hi, Dad."
"What are you doing in *my* bed?"
She wiggled out from the rest of the covers and sat next to Aeryn. "I came to see Mommy." She
turned to Aeryn and gave her best innocent smile. "Hi, Mom."
Aeryn laughed. "Hi, Xhalax." She looked up at John. "I think she gets this from you."
"What?" John asked.
"This need to constantly say hello to everyone," Aeryn said smiling.
John laughed. "Yeah, Cassandra use to do that all the time. Drove Laurie crazy. I thought it was
funny and started doing it... until Mom told me Laurie would kill me if I didn't stop, and she'd help her."
"Okay! My turn!" Xhalax said and bounded off the bed. She stood in the center of the room,
covered her eyes, and began counting.
John got off the bed and hid under the table. Aeryn laughed at him. "She'll find you there."
"Shhh!"
"FOUR... don't help him, Mom!"
***
"You are the people chosen to discover if John and Cassandra Crichton are truly the ones
orbiting the Earth right now. Come up with questions that only they and you know the
answers to." The man paused a moment, then nodded. "I'll leave you to it." He left the room.
DK glanced around the table. Colonel Jack Crichton sat at the head of the table, on his right
was Laura Crichton; DK sat to his left. Dr. Umi Kanzaki sat beside him, and Alex sat across
from her beside Laura. It was up to the five of them to prove that it really was John and Cassandra.
"We'll make a list for each of them," DK began. "It doesn't matter if the questions are
personal, just make sure that only you and John, or you and Cass, know the answers."
"I'll write them down," Umi said and reached for a pen and paper.
"Who wants to start?" Jack asked.
"Ask them who really set the backyard on fire," Laurie said and grinned evilly.
DK grimaced and glanced at Jack. "Can't you just accept blame and move on?"
Umi snickered and wrote the question. She looked up, "Who's list should that be on?"
"Both," Laurie replied.
"I've got one," Umi said. "Name of the first guy Cassandra slept with."
"My God, I don't want to be there when you ask that question," Jack said and covered his face
with his hands, grinning.
"I wouldn't mind knowing," Laurie said primly.
DK rolled his eyes. "Ask John where we went the night of high school graduation."
"Hold your horses... high school graduation, okay, next question."
"Ask Cassandra what the first star I ever pointed out to her was," Jack said.
{2 hours later}
The group only had about seven questions for each of the astronauts because they ended up
reminiscing after every question. Alex still hadn't added a question and was completely not in
the spirit of things. Laurie continued to make biting remarks, but that was normal and therefore
expected. DK, Jack, and Umi kept up a steady stream of memories that had the three laughing so
hard they were crying.
"Will you *please* get a hold of yourselves!" Laurie hissed after another bout of laughter.
"Sorry," Umi said still laughing slightly. "Hmm... next question..." she said and started laughing
again. This set DK and Jack of again.
"Imbeciles!" Laurie groaned.
"I have one," Alex said quietly.
The laughter calmed down to three grins, and DK said, "Shoot."
"Ask John what the last thing I ever said to him was."
"No offense, but do you think he will remember that?" Umi asked.
Alex was quiet a moment. "I've spent the last nine years regretting it. I just need to know..."
"Alright," Umi said and wrote down the question.
***
TBC
WELL... what do ya think? Please review or send me an e-mail!
i wasn't sure about how long Alex and John were split when Farscape slid down the wormhole so i
made it a year, hence the nine year statement. what did u think of hide and seek, i thought it
was CUTE!!
~Artemis Luna Diana~
