A/N: Okay so I know I haven't posted NE thing Andromeda for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG time now but in my defence they have taken it off Sky One and my friend Sarah stole ALL my videos. I think she was planing to hold them hostage. Anyway here is a new story for this series I'm writing. I still intend to write The Cult but I have writers block and don't know where to go on that story for the moment so I will look through it soon and plan how to continue.
Anyway. Thank you to all that reviewed Small Light, thats Lila and Harpers pixie. Sorry if I've missed anyone. So if I have then thanks you as well. I'll let you read the story now!
Harper grinned to himself as he watched the bleary eyed captain Valentine still dressed in her pyjamas stumbled into the small kitchen and sat down heavily in the chair beside him.
"Buy ya a drink beautiful?" he drawled with a grin.
The blond captain looked up and returned her engineers smile, "You're a little short for me, but I can't pass up a free drink"
Harper got to him feet and moved over to the small fridge and pulled out two cans of Sparky Cola.
"So…good night last night?" Beka asked
The Maru had landed on a small drift for 24 hours, initially to pick up small spare parts but both friends had agreed they needed some R n R, especially after their last salvage run.
"You bet ya" Harper said eagerly as he passed her a can and answered her question. He paused at Beka's raised eyebrow and said, "Well it was okay, I mean I met this chick with three…"
"Down boy"
Harper laughed and took a mouthful of his drink, "What about your night out boss?"
Beka smiled, "Let me put it this way. There were about five remotely cute guys in the whole bar. Two of which were into each other. One that was on flash and out of the final two, one brought me a drink and turned out to be a sexist pig."
Harper couldn't help but smile at his friend's exasperation as she took a large drink of Sparky and scowled at the taste.
"Remind me again why I hate being single?" Beka asked
"Don't look at me boss. Though my charm and good looks are always on demand it's hard to find that special someone."
Beka laughed lightly at Harpers lop sided grin. It wasn't very often the young Earth refugee gave a smile that truly reached his eyes.
"I guess we're gonna end up old and alone." Beka said with a sad smile finishing the last of her can of cola.
Also finishing his cola Harper regarded the can thoughtfully, a memory of his life on Earth came back to him with one of his best friends.
"Ya know there's something you can do with cans like this to see who you'll marry."
Beka raised an eyebrow. "Really, what?"
"Well you pull the ring pull backwards and forwards while saying the letters of the old English alphabet. The letter the pull breaks at is the first name of who you're going to marry."
"Really? I've never heard of that."
"Wanna give it a try?"
Beka shrugged, "Why not."
She gently took the ring pull in her hand and bent it back and forward, saying the old Earth alphabet as she did so.
"A…B…C…D…E…F…G…H…I…J…K…L…M…N…O…P…Q…R….S"
At the same time Harper did the same thing saying slowly
"A…B…C…D…E…F…G…H…I…J…K…L…M…N…O…P…Q…R"
The two friends looks at each other and Beka raised an eyebrow.
"Seamus?"
Harper grinned "Rebecca? Well I never considered that before."
Beka laughed, "No way half pint. I mean what would we tell the kids? We got married because the sparky can told us to."
She punched her engineer lightly on the arm at the look he gave her when she said the word 'kids'. Harper mock scowled and retaliated to the punch by tickling Beka lightly on the ribs knowing how much she hated that. The action gave him the reaction she wanted as the normally calm star ship captain shrieked and tickled Harper back. Harper tried to run back Beka held on tight and forced him to the floor still tickling as she went. Laughter filled the small ship as they finally stopped and sat on the floor leaning against the cabinets.
Harper smiled as he looked fondly over at his friend, her blond hair sticking up in various directions, still dressed in her pyjamas. He knew he didn't look much better and he glanced over at the clock, which read 0613.
"I think we already act like a old married couple Bek" he said with a smile.
Smiling back Beka replied, "Are not!"
Anyway. Thank you to all that reviewed Small Light, thats Lila and Harpers pixie. Sorry if I've missed anyone. So if I have then thanks you as well. I'll let you read the story now!
Harper grinned to himself as he watched the bleary eyed captain Valentine still dressed in her pyjamas stumbled into the small kitchen and sat down heavily in the chair beside him.
"Buy ya a drink beautiful?" he drawled with a grin.
The blond captain looked up and returned her engineers smile, "You're a little short for me, but I can't pass up a free drink"
Harper got to him feet and moved over to the small fridge and pulled out two cans of Sparky Cola.
"So…good night last night?" Beka asked
The Maru had landed on a small drift for 24 hours, initially to pick up small spare parts but both friends had agreed they needed some R n R, especially after their last salvage run.
"You bet ya" Harper said eagerly as he passed her a can and answered her question. He paused at Beka's raised eyebrow and said, "Well it was okay, I mean I met this chick with three…"
"Down boy"
Harper laughed and took a mouthful of his drink, "What about your night out boss?"
Beka smiled, "Let me put it this way. There were about five remotely cute guys in the whole bar. Two of which were into each other. One that was on flash and out of the final two, one brought me a drink and turned out to be a sexist pig."
Harper couldn't help but smile at his friend's exasperation as she took a large drink of Sparky and scowled at the taste.
"Remind me again why I hate being single?" Beka asked
"Don't look at me boss. Though my charm and good looks are always on demand it's hard to find that special someone."
Beka laughed lightly at Harpers lop sided grin. It wasn't very often the young Earth refugee gave a smile that truly reached his eyes.
"I guess we're gonna end up old and alone." Beka said with a sad smile finishing the last of her can of cola.
Also finishing his cola Harper regarded the can thoughtfully, a memory of his life on Earth came back to him with one of his best friends.
"Ya know there's something you can do with cans like this to see who you'll marry."
Beka raised an eyebrow. "Really, what?"
"Well you pull the ring pull backwards and forwards while saying the letters of the old English alphabet. The letter the pull breaks at is the first name of who you're going to marry."
"Really? I've never heard of that."
"Wanna give it a try?"
Beka shrugged, "Why not."
She gently took the ring pull in her hand and bent it back and forward, saying the old Earth alphabet as she did so.
"A…B…C…D…E…F…G…H…I…J…K…L…M…N…O…P…Q…R….S"
At the same time Harper did the same thing saying slowly
"A…B…C…D…E…F…G…H…I…J…K…L…M…N…O…P…Q…R"
The two friends looks at each other and Beka raised an eyebrow.
"Seamus?"
Harper grinned "Rebecca? Well I never considered that before."
Beka laughed, "No way half pint. I mean what would we tell the kids? We got married because the sparky can told us to."
She punched her engineer lightly on the arm at the look he gave her when she said the word 'kids'. Harper mock scowled and retaliated to the punch by tickling Beka lightly on the ribs knowing how much she hated that. The action gave him the reaction she wanted as the normally calm star ship captain shrieked and tickled Harper back. Harper tried to run back Beka held on tight and forced him to the floor still tickling as she went. Laughter filled the small ship as they finally stopped and sat on the floor leaning against the cabinets.
Harper smiled as he looked fondly over at his friend, her blond hair sticking up in various directions, still dressed in her pyjamas. He knew he didn't look much better and he glanced over at the clock, which read 0613.
"I think we already act like a old married couple Bek" he said with a smile.
Smiling back Beka replied, "Are not!"