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*Mwaha! The first officer takes over! Mwahaha!*
"Stupid, stupid me! 'You can have me for the night.' What the hell was I thinking?!?!? Well, Obviously I wasn't but, that's beyond the point!" I was talking to myself as I made my way back to my quarters. I can't believe I said that! What happens if he thinks I meant I'll sleep with him?? I mean, it's not like that thought hasn't ever been entertained . . . . but not now, I' ve got too much to figure out and, as much as I hate to admit it, he is my Captain, at least while I'm on the Andromeda.
"Beka? Are you alright?" I jumped back as the holographic version of Rommie apeared infront of me.
"Shit Rommie, don't do that!" I said as I kept walking. Soon after, her avatar showed up.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. You are aware that you were talking to your self right?" she asked as she looked at me.
"Out loud?" I asked.
"Yes, something about 'you can have me for the night'." I groaned and stopped outside of the docking bay.
"You didn't hear that phrase. And if you decided to talk to ANYONE about it, I will personally dismantle you. Got it?"
Yes," was all she said. I sighed and looked at the poor avitar.
"I'll explain later. I promise Rommie," was all I said as I walked to and entered the Maru. I went straight to my quarters and turned the shower on. I know he had said not to rush, but I kinda felt obligated not to stay here too long. After the shower, I threw on a tank top and a pair of pants, attached my gun belt and headed back to his quarters. Luckily on the way back, Rommie didn't seek me out, so I got out of explaining this little fiasco to her. I took a moment outside his quarters to collect myself. I mean, it's not like I make a complete ass out of myself in front of a guy every day. . . just every second.
I rang for entrance and he didn't answer, so, taking the liberty that I have as a salvage captain, I hacked my way in and found him alseep in a chair and Cassie still asleep in his bed. "Hmmmm . . . and I do what now?" I asked myself. I went and pulled the covers up over Cassie and she uncurled a little from the ball
she had turned herself into and brought a blanket out with me, threw it over Dylan and took the flexi from his hand and turned it on. The same old junk was on and I finally settled on a cheap cartoon show that Harper had gotten me addicted to.
I was about half way through the show when a sleepy little Cassie wandered out into the main room.
"Beka?" she asked as she stood in the middle of the room. "Over here kiddo," I called as I put the flexie down. She came over and crawled into my lap. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah." she looked around for a minute. "Where are we?"
"In Dylan's quarters."
"Oh. What were you an' him talkin' 'bout last night?" she asked as she took hold of one of my hands. I paused for a moment.
"Nothing important. Boring things." I looked down at her with a small smile. "Do you want to get dressed?"
"Yeah," she said, but didn't move.
"Okay, lets go," I said as I picked her up and took her into the bed room.
"Beka?" she asked as she took her top off.
"Yeah?" I put her shirt on.
"Why are there three Rommies?" I laughed.
"Because they each do different jobs on the ship. There's one that stays in the computers, there's a hologram that can appear in different parts of the ship to look at things or to tell some one something and then there's the avatar. We call her Rommie and she can go on missions with us, or help us fix things or
keep people out of trouble," I said as she finished dressing. I gave her a little tickle and she pulled away. I gave her a sad smile. "It's okay, that was a tickle."
"A tickle?"
"Yes. They're supposed to make you laugh."
"Ooh. Can I have another one?"
"You can have as many as you want," I said as I tickled her again. She let out the first real laugh I had ever heard from her and it was like music to my ears. I stopped when she was out of breath and she wrapped her arms around my neck.
"That was fun! I liked that!" she said.
"I'm glad," I said with a smile and I looked at her. "What do you say you go and wake up Dylan with a tickle."
"Yeah!" she said as she walked out there. "I can't reach!" she said mournfully.
"Climb up on him."
"It's too slippery."
"Okay, I'm coming," I said as I placed her on him. She paused for a moment and then looked to me for reasurance. I smiled at her and she went for it.
"Oh no, it's the Tickle Monster!" he said as he woke up and went with the flow. He tickled her back and soon the two of them were laughing and out of breath.
"Give me 20 minutes," he said as he put her on the floor.
"Take your time, punctuality is highly over rated," I said as she came back over to me and I turned the Flexie back onto the cartoons.
25 minutes later we were on our way to the mess, Cassie happily skipping down the hallways and me and Dylan lagging behind.
"She seems happy," he said.
"Well, she probably had the first, what 8 hours? of reletively uninterrupted sleep in who knows how long. Wouldn't you be happy too?"
"I think I'm still happy about you agreeing to dinner without killing me," he said with a crocked smile. Cassie suddenly stopped and came running back over to them and kinda hid behind my legs. I looked up and Tyr was there. We still hadn't worked things out.
"Go with Dylan, I'll catch up later." Cassie instantly reached up to Dylan and he picked her up and they continued to the mess hall. "Hey," was all I said.
"Hello." He paused. "I'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't have forced you to talk when you didn't want to." Well, Tyr apologizing, that was definitely something new.
"It's okay. I'm sorry for freaking out about Cassie. I was over reacting and . . . well, being my normal impulsive self."
"I accept your apology, though judging by Cassidie's reaction, I do not think that she will accept an apology from me."
"She will. Let her eat and then try."
"She seems rather taken with Dylan," he said as we started to walk.
"I know. I didn't really mean for that to happen," I said as I ran a hand through my hair.
"Were you serious about giving her up?"
"I thought I was," I said right away.
"Thought?"
"Dylan and I had a talk last night and, well, it kinda forced me to re- evaluate why I was giving her up. I mean, I actually found myself wanting her to wake up, just so that I could do something with her, show her something she's never seen or done before and I don't know why." I sighed again. "It's kinda scary."
"Parent hood is scary," was all he said as we entered the mess hall. I smiled and looked at him.
"You know Tyr, you never cease to surprise me." He flashed one of those rare Tyr smiles at me and sat down beside Rev. I walked over and sat across from Dylan who was busy telling Cass a story. She was really into it and when he got to the climax of it, she actually jumped and he laughed and finished the story with a smile and she just laughed.
'He'd be a good father,' I found my self thinking. 'Woah!! Code red!' my brain shouted at me as I quickly cleared the thought from my head. Trance and Harper then thankfully came out of the kitchen.
"Breakfast, is served," Harper said with a flourish. I looked at what they had brought out. "Don't worry, all I did was what Trance told me. I never touched the stove."
"Thank the Divine for small miracles," I mumbled to myself.
"I heard that Beka. I think I'll ignore it . . . this time . . ." he said as he passed out plates. Cass came over to sit in the empty seat by me and was just about to climb up when Harper placed a couple of large books on the chair. "Now you can actually see over the table," he said to her. He ended up helping her
up onto them too. She was among the first finished at this meal and was soon talking to just about everyone, well, asking them all questions at least and as I watched her and the way everyone, even Tyr responded to her, I was beginning to seriously doubt my choice of giving her up.
(Thanks to Ash for the idea!!)
*The ever faithful, 'later that night' bit . . . Luv Beka!)
"Beka!" I heard Dylan call as Cassie and I were on our way back to the Maru. I stopped and she came bounding back a few seconds later. "I got it."
"Got what?" I asked him.
"A baby sitter, well, 2 of them," he said with a smile.
"Let me guess, Rev and Tyr," I said with a smile.
"Nope, Trance and Harper." I laughed at him.
"Oh, even better." I started walking again. He caught up.
"What, all you said was that I had to find a sitter, you didn't say how many or who. So, is eight good for you?" he asked hopefully.
"I guess it is now," I said. I still don't really know why I agreed to this. Oh well, I never did do too many wise things in my life.
"Oh good. Meet me in my quarters at 8 then," he said. He reminded me of a gidy school boy as he practically floated down the hallway. I shook my head.
"What?" asked Cassie, she sounded a little worried that she had done something.
"Nothing, Dylan is being a little bit strange," I said as I took her hand. "Guess what?"
"Ummmm . . . . chicken butt?" she asked with a smile.
"And I'm gonna let you spend the night with him," I mumbled to myself. "No, not chicken butt, you're gonna spend the night with Trance and Harper tonight," I said with a smile. She just got this horrified look on her face.
"Why!?!?! Was I bad??"
"No. Nononononononono. I'm going to have dinner with Dylan and you get to play with Harper and Trance. I'll be there when you wake up in the morning," I said as I got down at her eye level.
"I don't want to stay with them," she said quietly.
"Well who do you want to stay with?"
"You!"
"Not tonight Cassie. You'll be fine," I said as I picked her up and kept walking. "You can have a bath and then we'll read a story and then you can maybe play with Trance and Harper and he'll most likely teach you a new game and I know Trance makes up good stories and before you know it, it'll be morning. It'll be fine kiddo."
"I still don't want you to go," she said quietly as she wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her head against my neck. I sighed.
"I know. But I'll only be gone for tonight. I promise," I regreted the 'I promise' as soon as it had left my mouth. Stupid, stupid me!! I have pretty much just roped myself into keeping her simply because I don't know if I can stand to break a promise to her. She played in the tub for a good hour before I
noticed that she was starting to get tired. She reluctantly came out when I promised a story and explained a cuddle. It broke my heart to see this little girl who had no concept of the simplest things in life. Didn't know what a cuddle was, or a tickle. She was practically asleep by the time Trance got
there. "Where's Harper?" I asked quietly as I shifted her to my shoulder.
"He chickened out. He told me to tell you that he'd owe you and me if he could get out of this," she said with a smile, her tail twitching in the air.
"What?" I asked after seeing her goofy smile.
"I never thought I'd see the day when you would be a mother," she said as she sat down.
"Correction, you have YET to see the day. I'm just her temporary gaurdian," I corrected her as I disappeared into the bed room to put Cassidie to bed and to change. Hmmmm . . . walking heart attack or walking heart attack with a side of stroke? I think I'll take a side of stroke tonight.
"Wow," was all she said when I came out. Yep, this salvage captain cleaned up nice with a little make up and even less black-clings-in-all-the-right- places dress. Mwahahahaha! Catch me off gaurd will he?? Me thinks not!
"I take it that's a good wow?"
"Yes!!" Trance said as her eyes lit up.
"Oh good. Ummmm . .. she should sleep for a while. If she wakes up, just kinda let her dictate what happens next. Call me if things get really bad. Bye, don't wait up," I said as I left. Hmmmmm . . . given Trance's reaction, this night could be interesting!
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"Stupid, stupid me! 'You can have me for the night.' What the hell was I thinking?!?!? Well, Obviously I wasn't but, that's beyond the point!" I was talking to myself as I made my way back to my quarters. I can't believe I said that! What happens if he thinks I meant I'll sleep with him?? I mean, it's not like that thought hasn't ever been entertained . . . . but not now, I' ve got too much to figure out and, as much as I hate to admit it, he is my Captain, at least while I'm on the Andromeda.
"Beka? Are you alright?" I jumped back as the holographic version of Rommie apeared infront of me.
"Shit Rommie, don't do that!" I said as I kept walking. Soon after, her avatar showed up.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. You are aware that you were talking to your self right?" she asked as she looked at me.
"Out loud?" I asked.
"Yes, something about 'you can have me for the night'." I groaned and stopped outside of the docking bay.
"You didn't hear that phrase. And if you decided to talk to ANYONE about it, I will personally dismantle you. Got it?"
Yes," was all she said. I sighed and looked at the poor avitar.
"I'll explain later. I promise Rommie," was all I said as I walked to and entered the Maru. I went straight to my quarters and turned the shower on. I know he had said not to rush, but I kinda felt obligated not to stay here too long. After the shower, I threw on a tank top and a pair of pants, attached my gun belt and headed back to his quarters. Luckily on the way back, Rommie didn't seek me out, so I got out of explaining this little fiasco to her. I took a moment outside his quarters to collect myself. I mean, it's not like I make a complete ass out of myself in front of a guy every day. . . just every second.
I rang for entrance and he didn't answer, so, taking the liberty that I have as a salvage captain, I hacked my way in and found him alseep in a chair and Cassie still asleep in his bed. "Hmmmm . . . and I do what now?" I asked myself. I went and pulled the covers up over Cassie and she uncurled a little from the ball
she had turned herself into and brought a blanket out with me, threw it over Dylan and took the flexi from his hand and turned it on. The same old junk was on and I finally settled on a cheap cartoon show that Harper had gotten me addicted to.
I was about half way through the show when a sleepy little Cassie wandered out into the main room.
"Beka?" she asked as she stood in the middle of the room. "Over here kiddo," I called as I put the flexie down. She came over and crawled into my lap. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah." she looked around for a minute. "Where are we?"
"In Dylan's quarters."
"Oh. What were you an' him talkin' 'bout last night?" she asked as she took hold of one of my hands. I paused for a moment.
"Nothing important. Boring things." I looked down at her with a small smile. "Do you want to get dressed?"
"Yeah," she said, but didn't move.
"Okay, lets go," I said as I picked her up and took her into the bed room.
"Beka?" she asked as she took her top off.
"Yeah?" I put her shirt on.
"Why are there three Rommies?" I laughed.
"Because they each do different jobs on the ship. There's one that stays in the computers, there's a hologram that can appear in different parts of the ship to look at things or to tell some one something and then there's the avatar. We call her Rommie and she can go on missions with us, or help us fix things or
keep people out of trouble," I said as she finished dressing. I gave her a little tickle and she pulled away. I gave her a sad smile. "It's okay, that was a tickle."
"A tickle?"
"Yes. They're supposed to make you laugh."
"Ooh. Can I have another one?"
"You can have as many as you want," I said as I tickled her again. She let out the first real laugh I had ever heard from her and it was like music to my ears. I stopped when she was out of breath and she wrapped her arms around my neck.
"That was fun! I liked that!" she said.
"I'm glad," I said with a smile and I looked at her. "What do you say you go and wake up Dylan with a tickle."
"Yeah!" she said as she walked out there. "I can't reach!" she said mournfully.
"Climb up on him."
"It's too slippery."
"Okay, I'm coming," I said as I placed her on him. She paused for a moment and then looked to me for reasurance. I smiled at her and she went for it.
"Oh no, it's the Tickle Monster!" he said as he woke up and went with the flow. He tickled her back and soon the two of them were laughing and out of breath.
"Give me 20 minutes," he said as he put her on the floor.
"Take your time, punctuality is highly over rated," I said as she came back over to me and I turned the Flexie back onto the cartoons.
25 minutes later we were on our way to the mess, Cassie happily skipping down the hallways and me and Dylan lagging behind.
"She seems happy," he said.
"Well, she probably had the first, what 8 hours? of reletively uninterrupted sleep in who knows how long. Wouldn't you be happy too?"
"I think I'm still happy about you agreeing to dinner without killing me," he said with a crocked smile. Cassie suddenly stopped and came running back over to them and kinda hid behind my legs. I looked up and Tyr was there. We still hadn't worked things out.
"Go with Dylan, I'll catch up later." Cassie instantly reached up to Dylan and he picked her up and they continued to the mess hall. "Hey," was all I said.
"Hello." He paused. "I'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't have forced you to talk when you didn't want to." Well, Tyr apologizing, that was definitely something new.
"It's okay. I'm sorry for freaking out about Cassie. I was over reacting and . . . well, being my normal impulsive self."
"I accept your apology, though judging by Cassidie's reaction, I do not think that she will accept an apology from me."
"She will. Let her eat and then try."
"She seems rather taken with Dylan," he said as we started to walk.
"I know. I didn't really mean for that to happen," I said as I ran a hand through my hair.
"Were you serious about giving her up?"
"I thought I was," I said right away.
"Thought?"
"Dylan and I had a talk last night and, well, it kinda forced me to re- evaluate why I was giving her up. I mean, I actually found myself wanting her to wake up, just so that I could do something with her, show her something she's never seen or done before and I don't know why." I sighed again. "It's kinda scary."
"Parent hood is scary," was all he said as we entered the mess hall. I smiled and looked at him.
"You know Tyr, you never cease to surprise me." He flashed one of those rare Tyr smiles at me and sat down beside Rev. I walked over and sat across from Dylan who was busy telling Cass a story. She was really into it and when he got to the climax of it, she actually jumped and he laughed and finished the story with a smile and she just laughed.
'He'd be a good father,' I found my self thinking. 'Woah!! Code red!' my brain shouted at me as I quickly cleared the thought from my head. Trance and Harper then thankfully came out of the kitchen.
"Breakfast, is served," Harper said with a flourish. I looked at what they had brought out. "Don't worry, all I did was what Trance told me. I never touched the stove."
"Thank the Divine for small miracles," I mumbled to myself.
"I heard that Beka. I think I'll ignore it . . . this time . . ." he said as he passed out plates. Cass came over to sit in the empty seat by me and was just about to climb up when Harper placed a couple of large books on the chair. "Now you can actually see over the table," he said to her. He ended up helping her
up onto them too. She was among the first finished at this meal and was soon talking to just about everyone, well, asking them all questions at least and as I watched her and the way everyone, even Tyr responded to her, I was beginning to seriously doubt my choice of giving her up.
(Thanks to Ash for the idea!!)
*The ever faithful, 'later that night' bit . . . Luv Beka!)
"Beka!" I heard Dylan call as Cassie and I were on our way back to the Maru. I stopped and she came bounding back a few seconds later. "I got it."
"Got what?" I asked him.
"A baby sitter, well, 2 of them," he said with a smile.
"Let me guess, Rev and Tyr," I said with a smile.
"Nope, Trance and Harper." I laughed at him.
"Oh, even better." I started walking again. He caught up.
"What, all you said was that I had to find a sitter, you didn't say how many or who. So, is eight good for you?" he asked hopefully.
"I guess it is now," I said. I still don't really know why I agreed to this. Oh well, I never did do too many wise things in my life.
"Oh good. Meet me in my quarters at 8 then," he said. He reminded me of a gidy school boy as he practically floated down the hallway. I shook my head.
"What?" asked Cassie, she sounded a little worried that she had done something.
"Nothing, Dylan is being a little bit strange," I said as I took her hand. "Guess what?"
"Ummmm . . . . chicken butt?" she asked with a smile.
"And I'm gonna let you spend the night with him," I mumbled to myself. "No, not chicken butt, you're gonna spend the night with Trance and Harper tonight," I said with a smile. She just got this horrified look on her face.
"Why!?!?! Was I bad??"
"No. Nononononononono. I'm going to have dinner with Dylan and you get to play with Harper and Trance. I'll be there when you wake up in the morning," I said as I got down at her eye level.
"I don't want to stay with them," she said quietly.
"Well who do you want to stay with?"
"You!"
"Not tonight Cassie. You'll be fine," I said as I picked her up and kept walking. "You can have a bath and then we'll read a story and then you can maybe play with Trance and Harper and he'll most likely teach you a new game and I know Trance makes up good stories and before you know it, it'll be morning. It'll be fine kiddo."
"I still don't want you to go," she said quietly as she wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her head against my neck. I sighed.
"I know. But I'll only be gone for tonight. I promise," I regreted the 'I promise' as soon as it had left my mouth. Stupid, stupid me!! I have pretty much just roped myself into keeping her simply because I don't know if I can stand to break a promise to her. She played in the tub for a good hour before I
noticed that she was starting to get tired. She reluctantly came out when I promised a story and explained a cuddle. It broke my heart to see this little girl who had no concept of the simplest things in life. Didn't know what a cuddle was, or a tickle. She was practically asleep by the time Trance got
there. "Where's Harper?" I asked quietly as I shifted her to my shoulder.
"He chickened out. He told me to tell you that he'd owe you and me if he could get out of this," she said with a smile, her tail twitching in the air.
"What?" I asked after seeing her goofy smile.
"I never thought I'd see the day when you would be a mother," she said as she sat down.
"Correction, you have YET to see the day. I'm just her temporary gaurdian," I corrected her as I disappeared into the bed room to put Cassidie to bed and to change. Hmmmm . . . walking heart attack or walking heart attack with a side of stroke? I think I'll take a side of stroke tonight.
"Wow," was all she said when I came out. Yep, this salvage captain cleaned up nice with a little make up and even less black-clings-in-all-the-right- places dress. Mwahahahaha! Catch me off gaurd will he?? Me thinks not!
"I take it that's a good wow?"
"Yes!!" Trance said as her eyes lit up.
"Oh good. Ummmm . .. she should sleep for a while. If she wakes up, just kinda let her dictate what happens next. Call me if things get really bad. Bye, don't wait up," I said as I left. Hmmmmm . . . given Trance's reaction, this night could be interesting!
