Ok, I never intended this to be a multi-part story, but it's been playing on my mind recently, so I decided a second part was in order to tie up a few loose ends.

Surprise, part 2

Dylan walked slowly along the corridors towards is quarters. His new quarters that was: the events of the past week had changed a lot of thing, the sleeping arrangements of three of the crew being the lest of them. He was still a little confused as to how Rommie and Beka had talked him into it: the revelation that his first officer and the ships Avatar had been sleeping together for two months had shocked him, but not as much as their offer to include him in the relationship on a permanent basses.

Logic had nothing to do with his acceptance of the offer: he hadn't been using his brain that much at the time.

Things had moved fast after that: at breakfast the next morning, Beka had simply told the others what was happening, and how things where going to change. Harper had been without a doubt more jealous than anything: the look on his face had been worth the embarrassment Dylan felt. Trance had been, well, Trance had been Trance: she just smiled and went back to her meal. Tyr had looked at them, shook his head, and then locked himself in the gym for two hours.

Dylan reminded himself to pick up a new punch bag at the net drift they stopped at.

It had been Rommie who had suggested that the three of them move in together: nether Dylan or herself had even been to their own quarters since this had all begun, and she had suggested that they use one of the empty VIP suites. It had more space than any other quarters on the ship, and the beds where a lot bigger than those in the officers quarters.

The door opened, and Dylan was greeted with the sight of Rommie curled up in a chair, reading a real book, one of the better legacies of her brief relationship with Gabriel. He noticed the glass of wine on the table next to her, something she had picked up from Beka. Dylan smiled to himself: Rommie had picked up a LOT of things from Beka. She turned and saw him smiling, "And what's gotten you so happy? Most of the time when it's just you and me you seem a little withdrawn."

Dylan nodded, "Well, it dose feel a bit wired, you being the ship's Avatar and all." Rommie carefully put the bookmark in place before placing the book on the table and standing up, "Well, maybe it would make you feel better if I told you that Beka and I only ended up together because we both had feelings for you, and you ever seemed to notice us. A few glasses of wine one night spent complain about you and, well, one thing led to another, and that led to here."

Rommie took a few steppes forward, "If you're worried about me ending up like Pax, don't be: she re-programmed herself for Warrick, but I'm still the same I was before the fall." She grinned mischievously, "Now Beka's due back with the supplies on the Maru in an hour: let's go warm up the bed a little for her."

THE END (I mean it this time.)