(Ok, this story takes place during what would be series two, but as I've not seen series two yet, it's based on what I've read at the official Andromeda website. Trance is the new-and-improved version, but I've no real idea how she'd act, so I might get her wrong from time to time.)

Unexpected News, part 4

Rommie's eyes filled with tears, and she smiled, "Yes!"

Dylan lifted her up and whirled her around, "Thank you! You have no idea how happy that makes me." Rommie leaned down so she could kiss him, "And you have no idea how happy it makes me."

Trance walked trough the door, "Hay, what's going on?" Rommie smiled, "We're getting married!" Trance was shaken, "Wow, that's different!" Dylan put Rommie down and looked at Trance, "What do you mean, 'different'?" Trance suddenly became all defensive, "Nothing." Rommie glared at her, "Trance, tell us what you meant!" sighing, Trance relented, "In the future I come from, the two of you never even got together, let alone got married and started a family. I no-longer know how things may turn out." Dylan was confused, "Well, isn't that a good thing?" Trance shrugged, "It might be, it might not be, I don't know. I depends how it all works out."

Dylan gave up, unable to comprehend what Trance had just said. He turned to Andromeda, "Can you ask the others to assemble in the mess please." The hologram nodded and blinked out. Dylan turned to Rommie, "We have to tell them, may as well do it now." Rommie nodded, "You'll get no argument from me."

Beka, Tyr and Harper assembled in the mess, wondering why Dylan had called the meeting. Trance walked in, a confused look on her face, and shrugged- off all questions. Dylan and Rommie walked in, hand in hand, and stood before the others, grinning. Dylan cleared his throat, "Ere, we have an announcement to make: We're getting married." The others looked at them dumbfounded.

Beka blinked a few times, then found her voice, "What took you so long? You've been all but inseparable since New Salem." Tyr shrugged, "It's only right that you should be married if you are to reproduce." Harper put his hand up, "Can the two of you even get married? Don't you have to be organic for that?" Dylan smiled, "If Rommie was still an android; then no, we couldn't get married. But, now she has organic organs, she's technically a cyborg, and different rules apply." Rommie giggled, "That's a very romantic way to put it Dylan. Thank you."

Dylan hugged her tightly, "All this from someone who's set to marry a High Guard captain? Not very polite." Rommie giggled again, "And I suppose that High Guard captains always wait until they've gotten their partner pregnant before they propose marriage?" Dylan had to laugh at that, "No, not normal. But then, we don't exactly have a normal relationship, do we?"

Andromeda's holographic for appeared, smiling, "How do you think I feel: I'm going to be a grandmother!"