Jim brought a hand to his forehead to wipe away the sweat that had been
collecting there. He looked around the room slowly, and he stopped when
his eyes landed on Aisha's sleeping figure. He noticed that she had
snuggled up as close as she could to him, and had draped his arm around her
slender waist. He slowly moved his hand up her body, running it across her
sensitive skin. She shivered slightly and drew in her breath quickly.
Aisha slowly smiled and sighed, as she had been awake for a few minutes.
She slowly turned her head around to look at Jim. "Good morning sleepy
head. Did you sleep well?" she asked him in a soft voice. Jim went a bit
red in the face as she asked the question. He loved the sound of her
teenage voice, so soft and comforting. "Yeah," he lied, not wanting to
tell her about his dream. She smiled at him, then turned her head back to
normal, and closed her eyes again. Jim slowly positioned himself so that
their bodies were touching, and began to caress her midsection slowly with
the hand that she had placed there. She sighed and relaxed under his
touch. She didn't know why she felt this way around Jim, and it scared her
sometimes, but she just went along with it. "Jim," she asked quietly,
trying not to reveal how good it felt for him to be touching her in her
voice. "What?" he replied quietly, continuing the motions with his hand.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked, wondering if he was thinking the
same thing that she was. Jim was quiet for a long time before he answered,
because he was thinking about the dream, and how he felt about Aisha, now
that she was a teenager. "She's prettier than any other girl I have ever
known," he thought to himself. He sighed, then replied, "You, mostly." He
went a bit red in the face, because she chuckled slightly. "That's so
sweet Jim," she said as she slowly turned over in the bed to face him. Jim
looked down slightly, trying to hide the fact that he was blushing, but it
was very obvious. Aisha laid a light hand on Jim's chin, and brought his
head up to look into her eyes. She smiled serenely, and then, in one swift
motion, brought her lips to his in a soft kiss.
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Suzuka lay in the bed that she was using in the Outlaw Star. She had been woken up by Aisha and Jim talking in the room next to hers. She smiled to herself, and wondered what exactly they were doing. She giggled slightly as she pictured the two of them cuddling together in the bed that they now shared. "Suzuka," Gilliam said as he stopped at the entryway to her room. "Yes Gilliam, what is it?" she asked as she stepped out of bed and began to put her kimono on. Gilliam slid through the door on his wire. "I have a question for you. This is a video feed that was just taken from the room Aisha and Jim are in. Can you please explain what they are doing?" Gilliam asked, not fully understanding. Suzuka took the videodisk from the little robot's hands. She slowly walked over to where the view screen was, and slid the disk into the player, and turned the screen on. She saw Jim and Aisha lying in bed together. He saw Jim caress Aisha's midsection, and heard them talking. She gasped when Aisha kissed Jim, and after a few seconds, the feed ended. She stared at the blank screen for a few seconds, and then began to laugh. Quietly at first, but growing in strength as she began to really think about the video. She got to the point where she was laughing so loud, that Jim and Melfina came to the door, to see what was so funny. "Hey, Suzuka, you okay in there?" Gene asked as he knocked on the door. Suzuka was too busy laughing to answer. Gene slowly opened the door, and walked up to Suzuka, followed by Melfina. Suzuka began to stop laughing, and pointed to the disk. "You might want to watch that Gene. Now, if you will excuse me, I have some business to attend to," she said as she stood up and strapped her sword to her back. She was still a bit flushed from laughing as she walked out the door. Gene and Melfina looked at each other, and just shrugged. Gene pushed play on the player, and he and Melfina watched the video feed to the end, and didn't even budge. Melfina sighed to herself, and smiled at Gene. "Well, it seems the Devil Woman has found someone she likes, now that she is a teenager again," Gene said as he turned his head to look at Melfina. "Gene, don't be so rude. I think that it's cute," Melfina told him. Unknown to either of them, Gilliam was looking down at the two of them on the bed, his question still unanswered. "Gene, can you please explain what Aisha and Jim are doing?" he said suddenly, breaking the silence. Both Melfina and Gene jumped slightly, and looked up at Gilliam. "They were kissing Gilliam. It's a sign of affection," Gene told Gilliam as he stood up slowly. He stretched his arms wide, then put his arm around Melfina's shoulders after she stood up. They smiled at each other, and kissed lightly. They both walked out of the room, leaving Gilliam hanging by his wire on the ceiling. "...I wonder if Suzuka has shown any affection to anyone," he asked himself out loud as he zipped out of the room and went back to work.
~*#~*#~*#Meanwhile~*#~*#~*#
Suzuka lay in the bed that she was using in the Outlaw Star. She had been woken up by Aisha and Jim talking in the room next to hers. She smiled to herself, and wondered what exactly they were doing. She giggled slightly as she pictured the two of them cuddling together in the bed that they now shared. "Suzuka," Gilliam said as he stopped at the entryway to her room. "Yes Gilliam, what is it?" she asked as she stepped out of bed and began to put her kimono on. Gilliam slid through the door on his wire. "I have a question for you. This is a video feed that was just taken from the room Aisha and Jim are in. Can you please explain what they are doing?" Gilliam asked, not fully understanding. Suzuka took the videodisk from the little robot's hands. She slowly walked over to where the view screen was, and slid the disk into the player, and turned the screen on. She saw Jim and Aisha lying in bed together. He saw Jim caress Aisha's midsection, and heard them talking. She gasped when Aisha kissed Jim, and after a few seconds, the feed ended. She stared at the blank screen for a few seconds, and then began to laugh. Quietly at first, but growing in strength as she began to really think about the video. She got to the point where she was laughing so loud, that Jim and Melfina came to the door, to see what was so funny. "Hey, Suzuka, you okay in there?" Gene asked as he knocked on the door. Suzuka was too busy laughing to answer. Gene slowly opened the door, and walked up to Suzuka, followed by Melfina. Suzuka began to stop laughing, and pointed to the disk. "You might want to watch that Gene. Now, if you will excuse me, I have some business to attend to," she said as she stood up and strapped her sword to her back. She was still a bit flushed from laughing as she walked out the door. Gene and Melfina looked at each other, and just shrugged. Gene pushed play on the player, and he and Melfina watched the video feed to the end, and didn't even budge. Melfina sighed to herself, and smiled at Gene. "Well, it seems the Devil Woman has found someone she likes, now that she is a teenager again," Gene said as he turned his head to look at Melfina. "Gene, don't be so rude. I think that it's cute," Melfina told him. Unknown to either of them, Gilliam was looking down at the two of them on the bed, his question still unanswered. "Gene, can you please explain what Aisha and Jim are doing?" he said suddenly, breaking the silence. Both Melfina and Gene jumped slightly, and looked up at Gilliam. "They were kissing Gilliam. It's a sign of affection," Gene told Gilliam as he stood up slowly. He stretched his arms wide, then put his arm around Melfina's shoulders after she stood up. They smiled at each other, and kissed lightly. They both walked out of the room, leaving Gilliam hanging by his wire on the ceiling. "...I wonder if Suzuka has shown any affection to anyone," he asked himself out loud as he zipped out of the room and went back to work.