*He can be an ass and we know it!*
"Beka?"
"Go away Rommie," she said as she stormed past me.
"We need to talk," I said.
"Don't you have an off switch?" she asked as she stopped in front of me.
"You can't leave."
"Why not?"
"I need you, well, Harper, but you know what I mean. We all need each other. Dylan didn't mean what he said. He's angry and wants to make you feel bad for things and it's just backfired, like he knew it would, but
he's just too stubborn and angry to back down," I pleaded with her as I followed her around her quarters on the Andromeda.
"Well, when he comes to his senses, I'm pretty sure he'll be able to find us." She continued to storm around and pack things. I sighed and decided to try one more thing.
"He can be an ass and we know it! He's a guy, it's what they're good at." I noticed that a small smile crept onto her face at that remark. "But, right now, you're being just as bad as he is. The two of you are stubborn and determinded to make the other break first, which is something that makes you both great captains, but it does dick all . . ."
"Dick all? Have you been letting Harper play with your vocabulary matrix again?" I ignored her.
"But it does dick all for a relationship between the two of you. You both need to learn when to give and when to hold ground and right now, one of you needs to give and maybe it should be you."
"ME?!?!?! Why me?" She yelled as she cornered me against a wall.
"I think he's testing you. I think. He wants to see if you'll stick by him. If you cave on this, he'll find a way to get her back. He's been discussing plans with Tyr to get her and get the planet and some of them seem like they might work. The kidnappers haven't said what they'll do to prevent us from signing the planet after we get her back." She backed off a little when she heard this.
"No deal. Get out." I hesitated. "Now Rommie!" she yelled as she stalked into the other room.
"Beka, I just thought that you should know two things. He actually told me that he was wrong for even thinking of not saying yes right away to getting Cassidie back and that . . ." I trailed off.
"And what?" she asked from the other room.
"He thinks he loves you."
"Thinks? Doesn't know for sure?" she asked, a hint of fear in her voice.
"I asked him about that. And I quote: 'Nobody understands love. Some times you think you've found it and you couldn't be more wrong. Other times, it's staring you in the face and you don't see it. I don't really know what side I'm on any more.' I've heard it said a little more poetically, but he's just not poetic." I finished. I watched Beka sit down on the bed and just kind of sit there for a moment or two.
"Good bye Beka. I hope you stay, but if you don't, good luck to you in all you do." I looked at her one last time before I snuck out of her room.
*I barely understood them when we were from the same century.*
I never thought she'd really leave. I figured it was an empty threat and the next morning we'd all be arguing again. Why can't anything ever work the way I plan it too? I mean, it doesn't have to work all the
time, but some times would be nice. I also can't believe that Trance, Harper and Rev went. The other times she tried to leave and take them with her, they said no and stayed. Maybe they have an ulterior reason for going with her, then again, maybe they just left, to leave. Rommie and I had a long conversation about things, well, she did most of the talking, but that's okay. I finally got a hold of Odan and told him I wouldn't sign the planet. Even if Beka and the others don't come back, I want her to at least maybe start talking to me again. Odan just smiled and wanted to arrange a time to get her. I sent him to talk to Beka.
"You're here again," Tyr said as he found me staring at the empty docking bay again.
"So, is this the part where you shoot me?" I asked, remembering our earlier conversations about if I screwed up again with her, he'd kill me.
"No. I believe the pain of your loss will teach you to be more careful next time."
"Next time? I don't think they're coming back Tyr."
"Maybe not, but there will be other women."
"I don't think so. I barely understood them when we were from the same century, now, they're are even more complicated," I said as I glanced at him, then turned at left for command.
"Beka?"
"Go away Rommie," she said as she stormed past me.
"We need to talk," I said.
"Don't you have an off switch?" she asked as she stopped in front of me.
"You can't leave."
"Why not?"
"I need you, well, Harper, but you know what I mean. We all need each other. Dylan didn't mean what he said. He's angry and wants to make you feel bad for things and it's just backfired, like he knew it would, but
he's just too stubborn and angry to back down," I pleaded with her as I followed her around her quarters on the Andromeda.
"Well, when he comes to his senses, I'm pretty sure he'll be able to find us." She continued to storm around and pack things. I sighed and decided to try one more thing.
"He can be an ass and we know it! He's a guy, it's what they're good at." I noticed that a small smile crept onto her face at that remark. "But, right now, you're being just as bad as he is. The two of you are stubborn and determinded to make the other break first, which is something that makes you both great captains, but it does dick all . . ."
"Dick all? Have you been letting Harper play with your vocabulary matrix again?" I ignored her.
"But it does dick all for a relationship between the two of you. You both need to learn when to give and when to hold ground and right now, one of you needs to give and maybe it should be you."
"ME?!?!?! Why me?" She yelled as she cornered me against a wall.
"I think he's testing you. I think. He wants to see if you'll stick by him. If you cave on this, he'll find a way to get her back. He's been discussing plans with Tyr to get her and get the planet and some of them seem like they might work. The kidnappers haven't said what they'll do to prevent us from signing the planet after we get her back." She backed off a little when she heard this.
"No deal. Get out." I hesitated. "Now Rommie!" she yelled as she stalked into the other room.
"Beka, I just thought that you should know two things. He actually told me that he was wrong for even thinking of not saying yes right away to getting Cassidie back and that . . ." I trailed off.
"And what?" she asked from the other room.
"He thinks he loves you."
"Thinks? Doesn't know for sure?" she asked, a hint of fear in her voice.
"I asked him about that. And I quote: 'Nobody understands love. Some times you think you've found it and you couldn't be more wrong. Other times, it's staring you in the face and you don't see it. I don't really know what side I'm on any more.' I've heard it said a little more poetically, but he's just not poetic." I finished. I watched Beka sit down on the bed and just kind of sit there for a moment or two.
"Good bye Beka. I hope you stay, but if you don't, good luck to you in all you do." I looked at her one last time before I snuck out of her room.
*I barely understood them when we were from the same century.*
I never thought she'd really leave. I figured it was an empty threat and the next morning we'd all be arguing again. Why can't anything ever work the way I plan it too? I mean, it doesn't have to work all the
time, but some times would be nice. I also can't believe that Trance, Harper and Rev went. The other times she tried to leave and take them with her, they said no and stayed. Maybe they have an ulterior reason for going with her, then again, maybe they just left, to leave. Rommie and I had a long conversation about things, well, she did most of the talking, but that's okay. I finally got a hold of Odan and told him I wouldn't sign the planet. Even if Beka and the others don't come back, I want her to at least maybe start talking to me again. Odan just smiled and wanted to arrange a time to get her. I sent him to talk to Beka.
"You're here again," Tyr said as he found me staring at the empty docking bay again.
"So, is this the part where you shoot me?" I asked, remembering our earlier conversations about if I screwed up again with her, he'd kill me.
"No. I believe the pain of your loss will teach you to be more careful next time."
"Next time? I don't think they're coming back Tyr."
"Maybe not, but there will be other women."
"I don't think so. I barely understood them when we were from the same century, now, they're are even more complicated," I said as I glanced at him, then turned at left for command.
