Title: Holidays
Author: Kitty
Summary: The crew go on holiday and the results are heated.
Chapter One: HarperHarper was woken at 11 the next morning (an early hour for him) by a loud bleeping noise from the desk beside his bed. Slightly unsure of his surroundings Harper opened his eyes and for a second did not know where he was.
The previous afternoon the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant minus Rommie had begun their holiday on the surface. The suite of rooms supplied to them was beautiful. The floors were all made from rare marble (marble was extremely difficult to acquire nowadays) and the main sitting area was awash with delicate chiffons, satins, and velvets. Every crewmember had their own room, complete with bed, desk, view screen, bathroom with shower and wardrobe.
The bleeping seemed to be emanating from the direction oft the door. Harper all at once recalled the existence of the doorbell system and called that the person could come in. "Good morning!" a far too cheerful for this time of the day voice, assaulted Harpers ears. "Just woke up?"
"Trance!!" Harper yelled once his eyes had focused on the purple image before him, suddenly aware that he was entirely naked apart from the thin sheets. What he didn't realise was that the light streaming in from the window had turned the sheets totally transparent and trance could see everything. Harper felt very self-conscious. "What…I'm not even wearing anything!", Harper's slight stammer occurring because of Trance's slow movement in the general direction of his bed, her long purple tail swaying almost seductively behind her.
"I noticed" It was at times like this that Harper sometimes wondered if his purple princess returned the feelings he had for her. She sat down at the end of his bed and tilted her head a fraction to give herself a better view of what lay beneath the sheets. "So, what are you doing today?" Her voice was bright and hopeful. Harper pulled the sheets up to cover his chest.
"Beka and me are gonna explore" Harper informed her. Trance looked disappointed. "Why?", "Whatcha doing?" Harper failed to notice the sudden droop in Trance's tail.
"Oh…I'm going to have a look at the garden," Trance said all at once, so much for quick thinking.
"You and the plants" Harper's trademark grin appeared on his face. "I guess I'd better get up then" Trance nodded but didn't move from the end of the bed. "Trance!" she looked up from the interesting spot on the floor. "As I'm not wearing anything and need to get to the bathroom and you're still here,"
"Sorry, you want me to leave," Trance got up and started towards the door.
"No" Harper said with considerable sarcasm, (and a grin) "I wondered if you'd join me in the shower." Trance's head turned as she slipped from the room closing the door behind her and the last Harper saw was her grin.
Both of them wished that he hadn't been joking.
TBC…