Thanks a million every one who has read this silly story of mine…and hugs
to all that reviewed we really are nearing the end now….
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Harper blinked once then twice and looked towards his hand. His eyes followed the hand up the arm to Beka's face. She stared back at him expectantly.
He opened his mouth but he could think of absolutely nothing to say… what could he say?
"Morning Sport." She whispered not unkindly.
"Beka…"
"It's okay." She cut him off. "I won't leave you."
Pain and a torrent of pain crossed his face. "Why?" He choked on the words.
"I made a promise."
"I absolve you of it. I no longer hold you accountable."
"What the Hell are you talking about." Beka voice rose with anger and Harper shrank back in his bed. Seeing his fear and worried that he might turn himself off again. She tried again. "Harper, that's not the only reason."
"But it's the main one right." Snarled Harper more then a little bitter.
Beka's anger threatened to bubble over once again. "Seamus Harper for the genius you proclaim your self to be you sure are an idiot!"
"Get out!" shouted Harper. "Just leave already! I want you to!"
She looked at him shocked and studied him for a moment... Maybe he didn't know. She had never actually said it, her family never had. When she took Harper on and well practically adopted him, she just assumed he knew. In her own way she had kept a secret from him. One that she didn't even know she had.
"Harper I don't leave because we are family and I love you."
Harper, who had sat up in his bed when the argument had first started, looked back in shock. "You don't mean it."
She stepped forward and grabbed her engineer by the shoulders, looked him directly in the eye then pulled him forward into her arms. "Of course I mean it you idiot! It doesn't matter what happened we both have made a lot of mistakes. All that matters is that we do the best we can now."
It's then that Harper started to hug back.
"Family, huh?" Harper finally asked after they had separated. He had a sly look on his face.
Beka smiled back at him. "Through thick and thin."
Slowly it dawned on him that maybe he wasn't alone. Maybe his pipedream had really come true. Harper's head felt a little light and for a moment he felt dizzy as all the baggage he had carried fell away. Then one more thought concerned him. "We'll have to tell Dylan."
Beka nodded. "Okay but we'll do it together."
"Plus I have a couple of questions about what happened."
"Me to, but we'll sort it all out."
Harper cast his eyes to the floor. "Beka?"
"What?"
"I'm sorry I left you and I'm sorry I didn't tell you."
Beka reached for his chin forcing him to look up. A small tear trickled down his cheek. Beka's own eyes flooded the moment she saw his. Once again she pulled him in to her embrace. "You are an idiot but I love you any way."
Harper laughed against her shoulder. "I love ya to boss."
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To Be Concluded
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Harper blinked once then twice and looked towards his hand. His eyes followed the hand up the arm to Beka's face. She stared back at him expectantly.
He opened his mouth but he could think of absolutely nothing to say… what could he say?
"Morning Sport." She whispered not unkindly.
"Beka…"
"It's okay." She cut him off. "I won't leave you."
Pain and a torrent of pain crossed his face. "Why?" He choked on the words.
"I made a promise."
"I absolve you of it. I no longer hold you accountable."
"What the Hell are you talking about." Beka voice rose with anger and Harper shrank back in his bed. Seeing his fear and worried that he might turn himself off again. She tried again. "Harper, that's not the only reason."
"But it's the main one right." Snarled Harper more then a little bitter.
Beka's anger threatened to bubble over once again. "Seamus Harper for the genius you proclaim your self to be you sure are an idiot!"
"Get out!" shouted Harper. "Just leave already! I want you to!"
She looked at him shocked and studied him for a moment... Maybe he didn't know. She had never actually said it, her family never had. When she took Harper on and well practically adopted him, she just assumed he knew. In her own way she had kept a secret from him. One that she didn't even know she had.
"Harper I don't leave because we are family and I love you."
Harper, who had sat up in his bed when the argument had first started, looked back in shock. "You don't mean it."
She stepped forward and grabbed her engineer by the shoulders, looked him directly in the eye then pulled him forward into her arms. "Of course I mean it you idiot! It doesn't matter what happened we both have made a lot of mistakes. All that matters is that we do the best we can now."
It's then that Harper started to hug back.
"Family, huh?" Harper finally asked after they had separated. He had a sly look on his face.
Beka smiled back at him. "Through thick and thin."
Slowly it dawned on him that maybe he wasn't alone. Maybe his pipedream had really come true. Harper's head felt a little light and for a moment he felt dizzy as all the baggage he had carried fell away. Then one more thought concerned him. "We'll have to tell Dylan."
Beka nodded. "Okay but we'll do it together."
"Plus I have a couple of questions about what happened."
"Me to, but we'll sort it all out."
Harper cast his eyes to the floor. "Beka?"
"What?"
"I'm sorry I left you and I'm sorry I didn't tell you."
Beka reached for his chin forcing him to look up. A small tear trickled down his cheek. Beka's own eyes flooded the moment she saw his. Once again she pulled him in to her embrace. "You are an idiot but I love you any way."
Harper laughed against her shoulder. "I love ya to boss."
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To Be Concluded
