Another short one gang sorry… thanks to all those who reviewed!!! You guys
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After all the years of thinking about it and the days leading up to his final decision he was speechless.
He always assumed it would go badly but in every scenario that he ran through his head he was always the one that had initiated the conversation.
"Beka I… I don't know what to say."
"Why don't you start with the truth. Did you have anything to do with the massacre?"
"Yes, but it's not as simple as that." Beka's eyes looked sad and he turned away from her and looked at the wall. "It was a long time ago, so much has changed since then. I didn't know that it would go the way that it did, but it's no excuse I knew there was a chance that that people would get hurt and that I was being lied to I just… I didn't have many options back then. I had no reason not to do what I did."
Beka stepped up behind him placing her hand on his shoulder. He flinched slightly at her touch but did not pull away. She wrapped her arms around him from behind. "You have changed you know that. I believe you when you say you didn't know I'm just hurt you never told me, that you've been carrying all this around for so long. Why after all we've been through couldn't you trust me?" She pulled back slightly and turned him to face her.
He turned towards her but still couldn't meet her eyes. "I do trust you Beka, I don't always believe the things you say." He smiled slightly as a small bit of normal Harper shown through. "But, I do trust you, you know you're probably the only person in the whole freakin' universe."
"Then why?" She asked again.
He sighed heavy and walked towards her couch and flopped in it heavily. Beka sat in the chair beside him.
"Mostly, I didn't trust my self. Do you remember what happened when we went to look for Tarn Vedra?"
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Harper slid down the ladder in the Maru's engineering bay and sprinted down the hallway towards the command area. He grabbed a pipe and swung on it to get around a corner quicker as he literally leapt into the cockpit area.
"Mr. Harper the shoulder!" Chastised Vex without looking over his shoulder. "It will never heal if you continue to swing on it like on over grown TreeWee!."
Harper had no idea what a TreeWee was so he ignored the comment. His shoulder was sore but the nanobots had done their job and it was almost completely healed thanks to Vex. Besides he was to excited to care about a little discomfort. "Beka are we there?" he was jumping unconsciously on the spot. VexPax was standing at the weapons station and Rev Bem was standing at navigation. Beka wiped her brow as she relaxed a little, the last slipstream had been tough. She turned back to smile at Harper.
"Yeah, we're close but I think we'll leave the final three jumps till tomorrow."
Harper's face fell and he quit bouncing.
Beka chuckled. "Don't worry sport, we've been on this treasure hunt for six months one more night won't kill you."
VexPax laughed a little to. "Yes, but if he keeps me awake one more night studying that map I might kill him."
"Yeah well Vex." Chimed in Harper. "I might have kept you up once in a while but you're snoring has kept me awake for months!"
Vex took a playful swing at Harper who ducked under it and headed back to engineering. Harper smiled to himself. Tomorrow would change his life… everything would be different and he couldn't wait!
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Sorry it's late I got to go… TBC
The ending is in site!!!
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After all the years of thinking about it and the days leading up to his final decision he was speechless.
He always assumed it would go badly but in every scenario that he ran through his head he was always the one that had initiated the conversation.
"Beka I… I don't know what to say."
"Why don't you start with the truth. Did you have anything to do with the massacre?"
"Yes, but it's not as simple as that." Beka's eyes looked sad and he turned away from her and looked at the wall. "It was a long time ago, so much has changed since then. I didn't know that it would go the way that it did, but it's no excuse I knew there was a chance that that people would get hurt and that I was being lied to I just… I didn't have many options back then. I had no reason not to do what I did."
Beka stepped up behind him placing her hand on his shoulder. He flinched slightly at her touch but did not pull away. She wrapped her arms around him from behind. "You have changed you know that. I believe you when you say you didn't know I'm just hurt you never told me, that you've been carrying all this around for so long. Why after all we've been through couldn't you trust me?" She pulled back slightly and turned him to face her.
He turned towards her but still couldn't meet her eyes. "I do trust you Beka, I don't always believe the things you say." He smiled slightly as a small bit of normal Harper shown through. "But, I do trust you, you know you're probably the only person in the whole freakin' universe."
"Then why?" She asked again.
He sighed heavy and walked towards her couch and flopped in it heavily. Beka sat in the chair beside him.
"Mostly, I didn't trust my self. Do you remember what happened when we went to look for Tarn Vedra?"
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Harper slid down the ladder in the Maru's engineering bay and sprinted down the hallway towards the command area. He grabbed a pipe and swung on it to get around a corner quicker as he literally leapt into the cockpit area.
"Mr. Harper the shoulder!" Chastised Vex without looking over his shoulder. "It will never heal if you continue to swing on it like on over grown TreeWee!."
Harper had no idea what a TreeWee was so he ignored the comment. His shoulder was sore but the nanobots had done their job and it was almost completely healed thanks to Vex. Besides he was to excited to care about a little discomfort. "Beka are we there?" he was jumping unconsciously on the spot. VexPax was standing at the weapons station and Rev Bem was standing at navigation. Beka wiped her brow as she relaxed a little, the last slipstream had been tough. She turned back to smile at Harper.
"Yeah, we're close but I think we'll leave the final three jumps till tomorrow."
Harper's face fell and he quit bouncing.
Beka chuckled. "Don't worry sport, we've been on this treasure hunt for six months one more night won't kill you."
VexPax laughed a little to. "Yes, but if he keeps me awake one more night studying that map I might kill him."
"Yeah well Vex." Chimed in Harper. "I might have kept you up once in a while but you're snoring has kept me awake for months!"
Vex took a playful swing at Harper who ducked under it and headed back to engineering. Harper smiled to himself. Tomorrow would change his life… everything would be different and he couldn't wait!
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Sorry it's late I got to go… TBC
The ending is in site!!!
