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3 Chapter Two
While Susan and Marcus were talking—and kissing—the others ate dinner in Earharts. Lyta, G'Kar, Delenn, and Lennier were there too, even though they weren't officers. They were eating together in honor of Marcus's return, and it struck them all as strange that the guest of honor wasn't there. They had originally planned on inviting Marcus and Ivanova, but they seemed to be preoccupied.
"I'm just glad they're finally spending sometime alone together. They way Susan kept it all locked up wasn't healthy. She could have developed severe stress-related—" Franklin was cut off by Zack's and Sheridan's nudges.
"Speaking of the two of them," Garibaldi began, "what do you think they're doing in there? Do you think she's killed him yet?"
"Michael," Sheridan said teasingly, "do you honestly think we'd sit here and talk about their love lives?" Everyone laughed. "I'm shocked."
"I'm in." Lyta thought that the two might need a little encouragement.
"Sounds like fun to me," Franklin agreed and the others nodded.
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An hour later Marcus and Susan were still in medlab, sitting on the bed. Susan leaned against Marcus as they talked.
"Don't you ever die on me again? I don't want to spend the rest of my life mourning you. I'd kill myself if you ever died on me again."
"Well, we wouldn't want that to happen, would we?" Marcus inquired and kissed her. She kissed him back, savoring every moment. She had been dreaming about this for so long, but she'd told that part of her to shut the hell up.
They didn't notice when Franklin and his fellow eating companions walked in. While the others would have stood there staring, Delenn had enough courtesy to cough. Susan and Marcus noticed them then and broke of the kiss, both of them turning red. Susan turned to glare at the others. She was very annoyed with them for interrupting.
"Sorry," her CO said without meaning it, "we just wanted to check up on you."
"Ever heard of a com link?"
"A nice thing about being the head of security is that you have access to all of the security cameras." Susan whirled to face Zack.
"Excuse me? You were spying on us?"
"No," Garibaldi said regretfully, "Lyta and Delenn were against the idea."
"Well? We're alive, you can go now."
"We really did want to talk to the two of you—and see who won the bet." Garibaldi was enjoying this.
"Bet? On what?" Marcus was beginning to get as irritated as Susan.
"On how long it would take the two of you to kiss." Lennier didn't seem to realize how much Susan and Marcus could hurt them.
"I won," G'Kar announced. "Thirty credits, everyone." Susan realized the humor in the situation and started laughing. Between laughs she ordered them out of the room. Franklin shook his head.
"I have to run some tests on you and Marcus to make sure there aren't any side effects.
"Susan was affected," Sheridan said.
"Really, how?" Franklin replied out of instinct as he began running tests on Marcus.
"She didn't bite Marcus's head off when he kissed her.'
"You still haven't forgiven me for interrupting you and Delenn, have you?" Susan's bad mood was back. Sheridan laughed.
"Never have, never will."
"Let me remind you what you've done to me, Mr. Susan's-mean-to-me. You made me have sex with an alien, stopped me from doing a perfectly logical thing to Bester, forced me to submit to a scan, and, most recently, you woke me up in the middle of the night, didn't even notice that I wasn't in uniform, and made me walk with you to the war room of all places." By now everyone in the room but Marcus and Susan was laughing. Marcus actually seemed mad at Sheridan.
"You have a lover, you can bloody well stay away from mine," he said defensively.
"Sorry, Marcus. Already happened." Franklin had finished his scans and was eager to participate in teasing Marcus.
"What?" Marcus was not happy about this. Susan didn't look much better.
"What our dear, dear friend the doctor is referring to is the fact that John and I served together on Io," she said tersely.
"They did a little more that serve together." Garibaldi was enjoying this as much as Franklin.
"That's it," Susan declared, reaching for her non-existent PPG. "Alright, which one of you took my PPG? What the hell—Marcus, where's your denn'bok?" He tossed it to her. "If any of you are still in this room after five seconds, we are going to murder you—slowly." Laughing, the others departed.
"You know, we don't have to stay in Medlab."
"Really?" Marcus asked. "Where to?'
"My quarters," she answered and led him out the door.
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3 Chapter Two
While Susan and Marcus were talking—and kissing—the others ate dinner in Earharts. Lyta, G'Kar, Delenn, and Lennier were there too, even though they weren't officers. They were eating together in honor of Marcus's return, and it struck them all as strange that the guest of honor wasn't there. They had originally planned on inviting Marcus and Ivanova, but they seemed to be preoccupied.
"I'm just glad they're finally spending sometime alone together. They way Susan kept it all locked up wasn't healthy. She could have developed severe stress-related—" Franklin was cut off by Zack's and Sheridan's nudges.
"Speaking of the two of them," Garibaldi began, "what do you think they're doing in there? Do you think she's killed him yet?"
"Michael," Sheridan said teasingly, "do you honestly think we'd sit here and talk about their love lives?" Everyone laughed. "I'm shocked."
"I'm in." Lyta thought that the two might need a little encouragement.
"Sounds like fun to me," Franklin agreed and the others nodded.
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An hour later Marcus and Susan were still in medlab, sitting on the bed. Susan leaned against Marcus as they talked.
"Don't you ever die on me again? I don't want to spend the rest of my life mourning you. I'd kill myself if you ever died on me again."
"Well, we wouldn't want that to happen, would we?" Marcus inquired and kissed her. She kissed him back, savoring every moment. She had been dreaming about this for so long, but she'd told that part of her to shut the hell up.
They didn't notice when Franklin and his fellow eating companions walked in. While the others would have stood there staring, Delenn had enough courtesy to cough. Susan and Marcus noticed them then and broke of the kiss, both of them turning red. Susan turned to glare at the others. She was very annoyed with them for interrupting.
"Sorry," her CO said without meaning it, "we just wanted to check up on you."
"Ever heard of a com link?"
"A nice thing about being the head of security is that you have access to all of the security cameras." Susan whirled to face Zack.
"Excuse me? You were spying on us?"
"No," Garibaldi said regretfully, "Lyta and Delenn were against the idea."
"Well? We're alive, you can go now."
"We really did want to talk to the two of you—and see who won the bet." Garibaldi was enjoying this.
"Bet? On what?" Marcus was beginning to get as irritated as Susan.
"On how long it would take the two of you to kiss." Lennier didn't seem to realize how much Susan and Marcus could hurt them.
"I won," G'Kar announced. "Thirty credits, everyone." Susan realized the humor in the situation and started laughing. Between laughs she ordered them out of the room. Franklin shook his head.
"I have to run some tests on you and Marcus to make sure there aren't any side effects.
"Susan was affected," Sheridan said.
"Really, how?" Franklin replied out of instinct as he began running tests on Marcus.
"She didn't bite Marcus's head off when he kissed her.'
"You still haven't forgiven me for interrupting you and Delenn, have you?" Susan's bad mood was back. Sheridan laughed.
"Never have, never will."
"Let me remind you what you've done to me, Mr. Susan's-mean-to-me. You made me have sex with an alien, stopped me from doing a perfectly logical thing to Bester, forced me to submit to a scan, and, most recently, you woke me up in the middle of the night, didn't even notice that I wasn't in uniform, and made me walk with you to the war room of all places." By now everyone in the room but Marcus and Susan was laughing. Marcus actually seemed mad at Sheridan.
"You have a lover, you can bloody well stay away from mine," he said defensively.
"Sorry, Marcus. Already happened." Franklin had finished his scans and was eager to participate in teasing Marcus.
"What?" Marcus was not happy about this. Susan didn't look much better.
"What our dear, dear friend the doctor is referring to is the fact that John and I served together on Io," she said tersely.
"They did a little more that serve together." Garibaldi was enjoying this as much as Franklin.
"That's it," Susan declared, reaching for her non-existent PPG. "Alright, which one of you took my PPG? What the hell—Marcus, where's your denn'bok?" He tossed it to her. "If any of you are still in this room after five seconds, we are going to murder you—slowly." Laughing, the others departed.
"You know, we don't have to stay in Medlab."
"Really?" Marcus asked. "Where to?'
"My quarters," she answered and led him out the door.