Thanks to Dominatrix, K. Presson, KatKnits00, Kiddo, Sara, Shi-Nom, and
anyone else who read and / or reviewed Chapter 12 :o)
As per usual, I don't own anything, make money or infringe copyrights.
Again I'm using actor's names where the characters were not, to the best of my knowledge, given names in the shows. Not the best chapter ever, but here it is anyway...
Chapter 13.
Lucas sat in the transport in front of Juliana's aunts house and tried to steady his breathing. He was now three hours late for his date, not to mention everything else. Lucas saw the light switch on in one of the downstairs windows, and he took another deep breath.
"Looks like she's still there." Observed the Captain from the front seat.
Lucas nodded, his throat to dry to answer verbally.
"Do you want me to go in and explain?"
Lucas shook his head, only just managing not to tell the Captain that he had done enough all ready. The teen took yet another deep breath, and made his way up the drive to the house.
He stood out side the front door, bolstering his courage before he pressed the doorbell, and then waited nervously for someone to answer the door. A few moments passed and then he heard footsteps. Juliana opened the door.
"Hi Juliana."
The door slammed shut in his face. He pushed his hand trough his hair, and wondered what he had done in a previous life to deserve so much trouble in this one. He pressed the doorbell again.
Again Juliana opened the door. This time she stood in the hallway with her arms folded and just stared at him.
"I can explain..."
She looked unimpressed, and said nothing.
"I tried to get here earlier but I couldn't..."
"Why not?" she sounded clipped, and not at all sympathetic.
"Because the Captain locked me in the brig..." He was cut off by the sound of the door slamming inches away from his nose. He was still standing there, trying to work out what to do next when the door opened again.
Lucas ducked just in time to not be decapitated by the vase of flowers that Juliana hurled at him - she had a surprisingly good arm.
"I've just spent the last hour talking to my parents about your precious Captain! How could you let him do that? My father still won't believe I'm not pregnant!"
"Juliana, I can explain! If you'll just listen..."
"What makes you think you have anything I want to hear ever again?" Yet again the door slammed. Lucas straightened up and squared his shoulders. He'd had enough, the whole world seemed to be conspiring against him at the moment, and he was losing his patience. Now he was determined to be heard even if he had to should his explanation through the letterbox.
For the third time Lucas pressed the doorbell, ready to announce his defence before the door slammed a fourth time. The door opened...
"I was in the brig, I never told anyone I got you pregnant, and I'm sorry about the Captain phoning your parents..." he trailed off as he looked up, and up further again. Juliana's brother looked back down at him, at was just that second that he remembered that he was house sitting with Juliana.
"I'll just save you the trouble and throw myself out, shall I?" Lucas asked backing away down the drive. Michael Koskoff watch until Lucas got back into the transport, before closing the door and going back inside.
The Captain looked over his shoulder at Lucas, but decided it would be diplomatic not to mention the vase throwing, or the shouting.
"I'm guessing that was Juliana's brother." Bridger said with false cheer after he drove in silence for a few minutes.
"Yep, me and Juliana's brother are old friends..." Lucas replied with a grimace.
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Ben was walking down the hallway towards his room, whistling happily when he rounded the corner and almost crashed into his ex-wife. He put on his best winning smile.
"Hi, Katie... Um... Fancy meeting you here?"
Katie had been struck almost speechless when they were in the wardroom, but now she'd had plenty of time to plan her revenge, and get Ben where he'd feel it most.
"Hi, Ben, we're going to talk. Now."
"I can't right now, I have to go and see Commander Ford about-"
"Ben, shut up and for once in your life do what you're told, your going to do something nice for a change."
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The night after shore leave finished Ford sat next to Ben in the mess hall. All the lights were off.
"This is crazy." Ben said.
"You agreed to it."
"Have you seen my wife when she decided on something? I didn't have any choice but to agree."
"I think you got off lightly." Ford replied.
"Me too." Miguel chipped in from the other side of Ford.
"You two didn't exactly protest much." Tim pointed out.
They sat in silence for a while.
A woman slipped through the door, and counted down from ten.
"10... 9... 8... 7..."
They looked toward the door.
"6... 5... 4..."
They all stood up expectantly.
"3... 2... 1..."
The door opened again, letting in the light from the hallway around Lieutenant Lewis and Ensign Morrison.
"Surprise!"
The lights came on in the mess hall. There was a hastily constructed banner on the wall opposite the door saying "CONGRATULATIONS!" Either side of it were banners saying, "It's a boy" and "It's a girl". All the crew who were not on duty were crowded into the mess. On the mess tables all around the room were brightly wrapped packages.
After every one had greeted the two startled officers, Doctor Westphalen moved away from the main group, and took a seat next to Lucas. He was watching from a little way off, but seemed deep in thought
"What do you think of the party?"
"I think Ben looks a little dejected." Lucas chuckled, pushing thought of Juliana and vases of flowers to the back of his mind. "He wasn't happy when Katie made him donate all the presents he bought for his baby to the baby shower."
"Ensign Morrison looks a little worse for wear too." Said the Captain pulling up a third seat.
"Well, he only found out that he was going to be a father a few minutes ago, and now all this..." Kristen couldn't hide her amusement. Lucas thought back to the way he, Miguel, and Tim had told Ben, and he laughed too.
Katie over heard and came to join them at their table. "If I'd waited any longer Ben would have found a way to return all the presents," she offered by way of explanation. "And it did seem so perfect - when Lieutenant Lewis told me she was going to tell Ensign Morrison tonight, I couldn't resist." She sent a smug, self-satisfied smile towards Krieg.
Katie was enjoying her revenge; her ex-husband hated being on the wrong end of a good deal, his wallet was where he was most vulnerable. She'd banned him from taking any credit for the presents too, and all the packages were now marked "from all your friends on the seaQuest". She turned her attention back to the others.
"I was a nice gesture to donate all the gifts you bought too, Captain." Lucas said shyly, hardly believing that the Captain had bought them all for his and Juliana's baby. It was so different to the reaction his parents would have had.
Luckily the Captain hadn't been able to get through to his father or his mother when he had tried to contact Lucas's parents. Lawrence had been in an important meeting, while Lucas's mother had been shopping with her society friends. Neither had answered the messages the Captain had left for them.
The Captain didn't mention that he hoped this would make him feel a little tiny bit less guilty about the trouble he'd caused Lucas. I was still amazing to Bridger how quickly Lucas seemed to have forgiven him, but he still wanted to make it up somehow, although he hadn't decided how yet.
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Ensign Morrison stood by the aqua tube watching the patterns the water made on the ceiling. He was too far into shock all ready to jump when someone came up behind him. He didn't look behind him, but said distractedly. "I don't even have a ring, how can I propose without a ring?"
"Well," said Krieg "For a very reasonable price I may be able to get you..." Maybe Krieg wouldn't be out of profit as much as he though, if he handled this deal right. Happy to be scheming again Krieg gently cajoled the young officer into buying the ring, which he himself had bought only days before to give to Katie when he proposed their re-marriage, for the original price, plus a nice percentage on top.
From a few tables away Tim and Miguel watched, and wondered if Krieg would ever change, if he would ever learn his lesson, in the end they decided, he probably wouldn't.
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Only one more chapter to go... Only a few lose ends left to tie up... Let me know if you want anything special to happen, no guarantee it will though, a lot depends upon my mood when I write it :o)... Chapter 14 should be posted up soon... Let me know what you think in a review... Any and all comments welcome... I've babbled enough, so bye for now :o)
As per usual, I don't own anything, make money or infringe copyrights.
Again I'm using actor's names where the characters were not, to the best of my knowledge, given names in the shows. Not the best chapter ever, but here it is anyway...
Chapter 13.
Lucas sat in the transport in front of Juliana's aunts house and tried to steady his breathing. He was now three hours late for his date, not to mention everything else. Lucas saw the light switch on in one of the downstairs windows, and he took another deep breath.
"Looks like she's still there." Observed the Captain from the front seat.
Lucas nodded, his throat to dry to answer verbally.
"Do you want me to go in and explain?"
Lucas shook his head, only just managing not to tell the Captain that he had done enough all ready. The teen took yet another deep breath, and made his way up the drive to the house.
He stood out side the front door, bolstering his courage before he pressed the doorbell, and then waited nervously for someone to answer the door. A few moments passed and then he heard footsteps. Juliana opened the door.
"Hi Juliana."
The door slammed shut in his face. He pushed his hand trough his hair, and wondered what he had done in a previous life to deserve so much trouble in this one. He pressed the doorbell again.
Again Juliana opened the door. This time she stood in the hallway with her arms folded and just stared at him.
"I can explain..."
She looked unimpressed, and said nothing.
"I tried to get here earlier but I couldn't..."
"Why not?" she sounded clipped, and not at all sympathetic.
"Because the Captain locked me in the brig..." He was cut off by the sound of the door slamming inches away from his nose. He was still standing there, trying to work out what to do next when the door opened again.
Lucas ducked just in time to not be decapitated by the vase of flowers that Juliana hurled at him - she had a surprisingly good arm.
"I've just spent the last hour talking to my parents about your precious Captain! How could you let him do that? My father still won't believe I'm not pregnant!"
"Juliana, I can explain! If you'll just listen..."
"What makes you think you have anything I want to hear ever again?" Yet again the door slammed. Lucas straightened up and squared his shoulders. He'd had enough, the whole world seemed to be conspiring against him at the moment, and he was losing his patience. Now he was determined to be heard even if he had to should his explanation through the letterbox.
For the third time Lucas pressed the doorbell, ready to announce his defence before the door slammed a fourth time. The door opened...
"I was in the brig, I never told anyone I got you pregnant, and I'm sorry about the Captain phoning your parents..." he trailed off as he looked up, and up further again. Juliana's brother looked back down at him, at was just that second that he remembered that he was house sitting with Juliana.
"I'll just save you the trouble and throw myself out, shall I?" Lucas asked backing away down the drive. Michael Koskoff watch until Lucas got back into the transport, before closing the door and going back inside.
The Captain looked over his shoulder at Lucas, but decided it would be diplomatic not to mention the vase throwing, or the shouting.
"I'm guessing that was Juliana's brother." Bridger said with false cheer after he drove in silence for a few minutes.
"Yep, me and Juliana's brother are old friends..." Lucas replied with a grimace.
***** ***** *****
Ben was walking down the hallway towards his room, whistling happily when he rounded the corner and almost crashed into his ex-wife. He put on his best winning smile.
"Hi, Katie... Um... Fancy meeting you here?"
Katie had been struck almost speechless when they were in the wardroom, but now she'd had plenty of time to plan her revenge, and get Ben where he'd feel it most.
"Hi, Ben, we're going to talk. Now."
"I can't right now, I have to go and see Commander Ford about-"
"Ben, shut up and for once in your life do what you're told, your going to do something nice for a change."
***** ***** *****
The night after shore leave finished Ford sat next to Ben in the mess hall. All the lights were off.
"This is crazy." Ben said.
"You agreed to it."
"Have you seen my wife when she decided on something? I didn't have any choice but to agree."
"I think you got off lightly." Ford replied.
"Me too." Miguel chipped in from the other side of Ford.
"You two didn't exactly protest much." Tim pointed out.
They sat in silence for a while.
A woman slipped through the door, and counted down from ten.
"10... 9... 8... 7..."
They looked toward the door.
"6... 5... 4..."
They all stood up expectantly.
"3... 2... 1..."
The door opened again, letting in the light from the hallway around Lieutenant Lewis and Ensign Morrison.
"Surprise!"
The lights came on in the mess hall. There was a hastily constructed banner on the wall opposite the door saying "CONGRATULATIONS!" Either side of it were banners saying, "It's a boy" and "It's a girl". All the crew who were not on duty were crowded into the mess. On the mess tables all around the room were brightly wrapped packages.
After every one had greeted the two startled officers, Doctor Westphalen moved away from the main group, and took a seat next to Lucas. He was watching from a little way off, but seemed deep in thought
"What do you think of the party?"
"I think Ben looks a little dejected." Lucas chuckled, pushing thought of Juliana and vases of flowers to the back of his mind. "He wasn't happy when Katie made him donate all the presents he bought for his baby to the baby shower."
"Ensign Morrison looks a little worse for wear too." Said the Captain pulling up a third seat.
"Well, he only found out that he was going to be a father a few minutes ago, and now all this..." Kristen couldn't hide her amusement. Lucas thought back to the way he, Miguel, and Tim had told Ben, and he laughed too.
Katie over heard and came to join them at their table. "If I'd waited any longer Ben would have found a way to return all the presents," she offered by way of explanation. "And it did seem so perfect - when Lieutenant Lewis told me she was going to tell Ensign Morrison tonight, I couldn't resist." She sent a smug, self-satisfied smile towards Krieg.
Katie was enjoying her revenge; her ex-husband hated being on the wrong end of a good deal, his wallet was where he was most vulnerable. She'd banned him from taking any credit for the presents too, and all the packages were now marked "from all your friends on the seaQuest". She turned her attention back to the others.
"I was a nice gesture to donate all the gifts you bought too, Captain." Lucas said shyly, hardly believing that the Captain had bought them all for his and Juliana's baby. It was so different to the reaction his parents would have had.
Luckily the Captain hadn't been able to get through to his father or his mother when he had tried to contact Lucas's parents. Lawrence had been in an important meeting, while Lucas's mother had been shopping with her society friends. Neither had answered the messages the Captain had left for them.
The Captain didn't mention that he hoped this would make him feel a little tiny bit less guilty about the trouble he'd caused Lucas. I was still amazing to Bridger how quickly Lucas seemed to have forgiven him, but he still wanted to make it up somehow, although he hadn't decided how yet.
***** ***** *****
Ensign Morrison stood by the aqua tube watching the patterns the water made on the ceiling. He was too far into shock all ready to jump when someone came up behind him. He didn't look behind him, but said distractedly. "I don't even have a ring, how can I propose without a ring?"
"Well," said Krieg "For a very reasonable price I may be able to get you..." Maybe Krieg wouldn't be out of profit as much as he though, if he handled this deal right. Happy to be scheming again Krieg gently cajoled the young officer into buying the ring, which he himself had bought only days before to give to Katie when he proposed their re-marriage, for the original price, plus a nice percentage on top.
From a few tables away Tim and Miguel watched, and wondered if Krieg would ever change, if he would ever learn his lesson, in the end they decided, he probably wouldn't.
***** ***** *****
Only one more chapter to go... Only a few lose ends left to tie up... Let me know if you want anything special to happen, no guarantee it will though, a lot depends upon my mood when I write it :o)... Chapter 14 should be posted up soon... Let me know what you think in a review... Any and all comments welcome... I've babbled enough, so bye for now :o)
