Author Note for chaper
Got to love the Dreamweaver Word 2000 cleaner, removes a lot of crap. OK This chapter is just a little steamy, Altho I know nothing about this I think I have done a good job. Gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling when James and Lalena finaly kiss. Love it. Just got to love the Minbari :) Chaper 1 was fixed and changed a little for reader's that just skiped the first chapter. An update to the last chapter 2, I fixed one word! thanks goes to Judy for pointing it out :) let there are many more mistakes.!
Chapter 2 (Courtship)
Walking down the corridor walking onto the stairs to the next section of the hallway, he spots a faint figure in the distance, getting that strange felling like someone is following him he hid in a corner making sure he cannot be seen.
Lalena, making an excuse to leave her friends was going to make a move, she was nervous as hell because she could not tell if this man she had a thing for was interested or not, but she had to find out. Following him hoping to get him in an isolated area was the whole Idea, after all he is part of station security and they go all over the place. But she lost track of him.
James watched her gracefully walk past him, slowly, in a robe of some kind, wearing a full body white garment, a waistcoat top gold and black in patterns. This was real eye candy for him, but he was not distracted from his job in that matter, standing out of the shadow and approaching from behind. James places his hand on Lalena's shoulder, in response she quickly turns around. Lalena can feel his hand and this causes her to feel excited but also fear, as she does not know who it could be. She turns around and much to her delight the individual is James.
She secretly gets transfixed to this figure standing in front of her, all in a tight blue uniform, clean, tall, and relatively strong looking from his job and kind, she tries her best to hid her affections from him.
James: - "Lalena, It's good to see that you are well." Speaking to her in a professional way, putting his hands behind him trying to act like a gentleman in front of a lady.
James: - "I hope your incident a few days ago did not put you of any casual activities on this station."
Still a little stunned she manages to gather the courage to speak to him..
Lalena: - "Yes, It was kind of you to come to my aid that time, Can I ask you a Question?"
James: - "By all means, please" he then leads the way with Lalena following beside him.
Lalena: - "You where fast at answering my call for help, I was sure that any help would take time to come." She tries to say but not knowing all human words she paused at some parts to think.
James: - "I was in the area at the time following the two attackers, I spotted them in the Casino. I had my eyes on them, since Minbari rarely go to places like that it caught my attention."
They enter the gardens of the station. In the middle of the path, two benches stand, some rocks in the sand with a fast view of the station structure all around, Fields and Fields of plants and trees all around.
Lalena: - "Isn't this ……." Not knowing the word…
James: - "Wonderful?" Interrupting the silence
Lalena: - "Yes!" Looking around happy.
They both sit down on the bench together and James trying to keep his professional look on him and trying not to get distracted. They talk for a few minutes about common interests, James had some question about why she was wondering the area when she got attacked, and the conversation started to turn to there private lives, their where laughter and some touching during the time, as they started to show affection for one another. Not realising it the two got closer and closer to one another, several people and aliens walked past but none of them noticed this fact.
Theirs a silence James and Lalena's eyes locked onto each other, James can see straight into her eyes. Her blue highlights around the tips of her eyelids like all Minbari have drew his attention at first then he can see and feel the warmth of here soul, the kindness, strength, there was a connection. She was transfixed with him, his deep blue eyes and the noticeable eyebrows that she took for granted in a human took her attention further, she can also see the look of friendliness and pleasantness mixed with the warmth of his soul made her feel relaxed and calm Lalena know she was falling deeper and deeper for this human. Strange this did not upset her, energy was rushing through her body, and she could feel her lips starting to myosin, heat started to make her a little hot her skin started to colour. Before long something was about to happen.
The place was silent, apart from the ambient noise of the station and lifts, James started to loos control of his ability to hold on, being so close to Lalena he began to move closer to her face, and before long his lips where on hers, A surge of energy passed thought there lips and around their body, James started opening his mouth and causing Lalena to do the same, he instantly began tasting the sweet taste of her, he gently moved his tongue into her mouth and Lalena began got catch on, before long the two where masarging each others tongues. Lalena's tongue felt so smooth and silky, her mouth was very wet and fluids began to transfer freely between their mouths Lalena began to get into it and began to enjoy it even more when she watched other Minbari do the same in her lifetime, but it was different, the taste of him inside her mouth and the feel of his energy, the touch of his flesh and wet moist tongue, just made her fall into her own little world. Knowing that they where from different species added a little bit of excitement to the moment that could never be felt.
It was only for about 5 seconds, but James pulled back with amazement at what he had done. Taking advantage off this creature was a sure way of getting hanged and he was more than sure that Lalena would hate him. "A moment of lost self-control is all it took for the kiss" he said to himself, he immediately began to apologise for what he done, looking down then standing up slowly moved away.
James: - "Ho God Please forgive me, Sorry, Man! what have I done! I did not mean to take advantage of you, … sorry." He walked away with his head down, thinking, "My career is over, the Minbari, her parents will castrate me!"
Lalena tried to tell him that it was all right that she liked it very much but before she could speak he had gone, getting a little upset, she sat alone looking at the station.
Ass if there was some kind of connection, James could almost feel the aloneness in Lalena; he did not know what to make of it. But he did take note.
Sitting on the bench feeling alone, she began to think about the kiss James gave her, feeling upset she wished that James never left. But before long someone sat down beside her, she turned and it was James, he came back. Feeling the sorrow for Lalena and what he had done, James had to make sure she was ok. But Lalena was more than ok; she jumped up and hugged him in joy.
Lalena: - "You came back!"
James: - "I had to see if you where ok after I ….. Kissed you?"
Lalena: - "No one ever done that to me before, it was nice, why did you kiss me?"
James was stunned at the direct question, having nothing to say, he had to come up with something just think of a Minbari to come up with a question like that.
James: - "Amm, Sorry, I must have lost a little control over my self, I was taking away by the attractiveness and the soul of your very essence." Before James realised it, he blurred out those words, "that's it", he sad to him self, "she will slap you for that! Such a corny line. Even Mr Garibaldi or Sheridan can do better."
Lalena: - "Come with me!" She then got up and held James's hand. James then got up and they both ran out of the gardens as James managed to say, "Where are we going?"
Before long James was in a room, or more precise Lalena quarters.
James: - "Where are we…. Are we in your quarters?"
Lalena: - "Yes, we can get to know each other more better without people noticing, Minbari are forbidden to have any kind of relation ship with outsiders. If I am caught, I would get sent back to Minbar and Punished…"
James gently held, Lalena as she got a little upset about what she just said, reassuring her James made sure they nothing will happen.
A few days passed and the relationship between Lalena and James started to get more and more serious dating and running into each other improved the relationship more and more everyday, Lalena will still have to follow the tradition of her people, but the time was not yet. James know this and he wants everything to go perfect for himself and Lalena and he had to tread carefully, this is Minbari, their ways are different and messing it up would hurt him more then he can imaging. James was a little scared that he might pollute the purity in her heart if he pushed too hard, He never felt anything like this before, not even for his beloved cat, which got eaten by an alien in down below, which made him go ballistic, nearly killed the alien to for it.
Sitting in his quarters reading the next shift rotor and what needs fixing, the door chime rang
James: - "Come in!" he said while eating a chocolate bar
Then Lalena walked in and jumped on him making him drop all his papers; normally he would find it an inconvenience but the soft warmish of this young very attractive female laid out on his lap, made him forget about what he was doing. Because she was only wearing a long dress, he could feel the flesh of her leg where his hand was placed. Holding her tight and kissing began to turn up the heat in his body, which Lalena could feel. With this she teased him on making it one of the many memorial moments in there relationship
They where both laying down on the bed, still fully clothed, they where not in the bed just on top, Lalena was crouched a little, and James was holding and laying on her back like two spoons together sideways. James did not want the moment to end, he could smell the sweet sense of Lalena and the feel of her body next to his gave him a relaxing feel, Lalena felt safe and secure with James holding onto her from behind, the touch of his body and the feel of his bodies energy mixing with hers, was like a grouped hum which could not be broken, the tickle of James touching here head bone, was invigorating to say the lest not to mention the warmth of his body, since Minbari have a slightly colder body temperature then humans, she felt really relaxed than ever before.
When James and Lalena stopped kissing they talked about there days activates and your general conversation even planning the next day keeping in mind to be careful not to get noticed by anyone.
Holding Lalena's hands James noticed a feature that he never saw in a Minbari before until now at such close contact. By this time Lalena woke to when James held her hand.
Lalena: - "What are you doing?"
James: - "Amm Nothing just savouring the moment."
Holding her hand out he gracefully said "I never noticed this in a Minbari before but the roots in your nails, they are blue. An attractive highlight I must say!" then Lalena turned around and held James and replayed "Yours are white." James touching Lalena's face then said "you have blue highlights in your eyelids, what other secrets do you have that I haven't noticed."
Lalena: - "That's for you to find out."
They carry on talking about each other's highlights which then dies down to them looking and holding each other.
Then the silence was broken when Lalena spoke "Theirs a ritual that I must perform for this relationship to be perfect. Will you let me do it, I know your culture has nothing like this but it's something I must do"
James: - "Sure you can, I won't stop you from performing your ways, I have to expect that when I am involved with a Minbari, but I have I feeling I won't like it." He added the last part because he noticed the tone of Lalena voice seamed serous. "What could it be" James wondered, "What could be so important to get Lalena a little worried."
