Baby's Blue Eyes
Chapter 10
By Kiddo
*IN LOVING MEMORY OF JONATHAN BRANDIS*
~*~Don't fix a broken heart. Who really wants to forget? (Joseph
Fiennes)~*~
Disclaimer:
SeaQuest, Lucas Wolenczak, Captain Bridger, Darwin, Lawrence Wolenczak and all the others don't belong to me. I have no rights to them.
A special thanks goes to my beta-reader Jackie and to JoXer and Kas7 for your nice Reviews.
@Kas: Thanks for all your wonderfull Reviews. They mean a lot to me.
@Joxer: Thanks for the flowers and the key for a mini. But what do I do with a key without a car? :-) Thanks for all the wonderfull Reviews, you made me lough.
Feedback is always welcome.
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Two blue eyes looked shocked at the captain and the boy suddenly went very pale. His whole body stiffened up.
Nathan didn't know what to do. "Lucas? Please, say something."
The young genius shook his head. He couldn't speak at the moment. He couldn't trust his voice. He needed to be alone and to straighten out his thoughts.
Lucas jumped up and ran out of the cabin. Bridger followed the teenager, uncertainty in his eyes. What should he do now? He wanted to follow his son and talk with him. But he also felt that Lucas wanted to be alone. What should he do?
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The blond computer genius was lying on his bed in his own cabin. He had his head buried in his pillow. At the moment, everything was just too much for him.
All the memories of his mother, the letter, the uncertainty, the argument with Lawrence, the accident and now this!
Captain Bridger was his real father! The man he had always felt so much love for was his dad. How should he react to that?
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Half an hour later, Nathan knocked at Lucas's door. There was no answer and Bridger tried again. He got the same result. Slowly, he opened the door and looked inside the cabin.
The teenager was lying on his bed, sleeping. The captain walked inside and stopped next to the boy. Gently, he took off the boy's shoes and covered him with a blanket. "Sleep well, kiddo..."
Then, he left the cabin and closed the door silently behind him.
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It was nearly evening when Lucas awoke. He looked at his watch and shook his head to wake himself up. The sleep had just taken him, he hadn't realized that he had been so tired.
The teen rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and took his Pal. "Captain?"
"Yes, is that you, Lucas?" asked the older man.
The computer genius nodded his head, but then he realized what he was doing, and smiled. The captain couldn't see his nod over the Pal, he could only hear his voice. "Yeah, it's me. Do you have time for me?"
"Of course, I'll meet you in five minutes in your cabin. Okay?"
"Yeah, Lucas out." The boy nodded again without realizing what he did.
"Good, Bridger out."
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Exactly five minutes later, Captain Bridger stepped into the cabin of his youngest crew member. He sat down beside Lucas on the bed. He felt kind of nervous. "I think we need to discuss a few things together."
The teenager nodded in agreement. "Captain, what... I mean ...why..."
Nathan knew what the boy wanted to know and he felt that Lucas wasn't sure if he could ask the question without hurting the older man's feelings. "You want to know why I slept with your mother even though I was married to Carol."
The teen nodded his head and looked down.
"I never thought that such a thing would happen. We always had a happy marriage. But that time was so different. We had a big argument about Robert. He had just died and she blamed me for it. And I blamed me too! I thought that it was my fault that he had died!" He took a little pause and thought about the right words. "Then, at this conference, I met your mother. She was so beautiful, but I don't need to tell you that, you know it. I think we were attracted each other. Just like me, she was unhappy with her life. We comforted each other and talked a lot. We both had a strong interest in science and we made a really good connection. The whole thing just kind of happened. Later I told Carol about it. She ignored me for one entire week, but afterwards, she forgave me."
"I don't regret what your mother and I did at the conference. I look back now and it was one of the best things I ever did. Because of you. I want you to know that, and to believe it. You have become a wonderful person. But I wished Cynthia had told me about you. I would have loved to see you grow and become the person you are now." He meant everything he said with all his heart.
Lucas bit his lip. "She was afraid to destroy your marriage. That's why she never called."
"Yes and I can't change that. We will never get those years back again. We can't turn back time,"said Bridger, and wished that he could do it anyway, just so he could meet Lucas earlier.
The teenager nodded thoughtfully. "And what will we do now?"
"I will arrange for my name to be put on your birth certificate. And I want to tell the crew the happy news. But only if you want that too."
The blond boy nodded his head and smiled shyly.
Nathan made plans in his head. "And, I suggest that we spend more time together. You have to come with me on the next shore leave and see my island. You haven't seen it before and we need to decorate a room for you. And there is really a lot more we will have to talk about. Or do you want to do something different? I can understand if you don't want to spend your shore leave with an old man."
Lucas shook with his head. "No. I'm looking forward to seeing your island. And I don't have anything against talking. And you aren't that old."
Nathan nodded happily. "But there really is something we have to decide now."
The teenager raised his eyebrows. "And that is?"
"What you're going to call me. "Captain" sounds so strange and unsuitable. Can you call me Nathan, or something like that? I would love it if you could call me "dad," but I can also understand if you don't want to do that."
The boy was a little bit surprised and taken aback by what Bridger had just said and just nodded. He knew that it would be great to have the captain as a father. He had often wished that Lawrence was more like Bridger. And in a way it had come true!
"Alright. Then I will handle the whole thing with your birth certificate now and I think I'll call Dr. Wolenczak and tell him everything." Nathan stood up and walked to the door. "See ya later, kiddo!"
"See you later, dad!" Lucas's blue eyes were shining; you could see the joy in them.
Captain Bridger turned around and looked at his son, a warm feeling rising in him. It was an unbelievable feeling to be called "dad" again and only a parent could understand that.
THE END
Written 2002 / Translated 2004
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So that's it. The story is over. I hope you liked it. I know the end isn't that great, but this is what I came up in 2002, it was one of my first stories. There won't be a seaquel, because I don't have a idea for it.
Chapter 10
By Kiddo
*IN LOVING MEMORY OF JONATHAN BRANDIS*
~*~Don't fix a broken heart. Who really wants to forget? (Joseph
Fiennes)~*~
Disclaimer:
SeaQuest, Lucas Wolenczak, Captain Bridger, Darwin, Lawrence Wolenczak and all the others don't belong to me. I have no rights to them.
A special thanks goes to my beta-reader Jackie and to JoXer and Kas7 for your nice Reviews.
@Kas: Thanks for all your wonderfull Reviews. They mean a lot to me.
@Joxer: Thanks for the flowers and the key for a mini. But what do I do with a key without a car? :-) Thanks for all the wonderfull Reviews, you made me lough.
Feedback is always welcome.
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Two blue eyes looked shocked at the captain and the boy suddenly went very pale. His whole body stiffened up.
Nathan didn't know what to do. "Lucas? Please, say something."
The young genius shook his head. He couldn't speak at the moment. He couldn't trust his voice. He needed to be alone and to straighten out his thoughts.
Lucas jumped up and ran out of the cabin. Bridger followed the teenager, uncertainty in his eyes. What should he do now? He wanted to follow his son and talk with him. But he also felt that Lucas wanted to be alone. What should he do?
***************
The blond computer genius was lying on his bed in his own cabin. He had his head buried in his pillow. At the moment, everything was just too much for him.
All the memories of his mother, the letter, the uncertainty, the argument with Lawrence, the accident and now this!
Captain Bridger was his real father! The man he had always felt so much love for was his dad. How should he react to that?
***************
Half an hour later, Nathan knocked at Lucas's door. There was no answer and Bridger tried again. He got the same result. Slowly, he opened the door and looked inside the cabin.
The teenager was lying on his bed, sleeping. The captain walked inside and stopped next to the boy. Gently, he took off the boy's shoes and covered him with a blanket. "Sleep well, kiddo..."
Then, he left the cabin and closed the door silently behind him.
***************
It was nearly evening when Lucas awoke. He looked at his watch and shook his head to wake himself up. The sleep had just taken him, he hadn't realized that he had been so tired.
The teen rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and took his Pal. "Captain?"
"Yes, is that you, Lucas?" asked the older man.
The computer genius nodded his head, but then he realized what he was doing, and smiled. The captain couldn't see his nod over the Pal, he could only hear his voice. "Yeah, it's me. Do you have time for me?"
"Of course, I'll meet you in five minutes in your cabin. Okay?"
"Yeah, Lucas out." The boy nodded again without realizing what he did.
"Good, Bridger out."
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Exactly five minutes later, Captain Bridger stepped into the cabin of his youngest crew member. He sat down beside Lucas on the bed. He felt kind of nervous. "I think we need to discuss a few things together."
The teenager nodded in agreement. "Captain, what... I mean ...why..."
Nathan knew what the boy wanted to know and he felt that Lucas wasn't sure if he could ask the question without hurting the older man's feelings. "You want to know why I slept with your mother even though I was married to Carol."
The teen nodded his head and looked down.
"I never thought that such a thing would happen. We always had a happy marriage. But that time was so different. We had a big argument about Robert. He had just died and she blamed me for it. And I blamed me too! I thought that it was my fault that he had died!" He took a little pause and thought about the right words. "Then, at this conference, I met your mother. She was so beautiful, but I don't need to tell you that, you know it. I think we were attracted each other. Just like me, she was unhappy with her life. We comforted each other and talked a lot. We both had a strong interest in science and we made a really good connection. The whole thing just kind of happened. Later I told Carol about it. She ignored me for one entire week, but afterwards, she forgave me."
"I don't regret what your mother and I did at the conference. I look back now and it was one of the best things I ever did. Because of you. I want you to know that, and to believe it. You have become a wonderful person. But I wished Cynthia had told me about you. I would have loved to see you grow and become the person you are now." He meant everything he said with all his heart.
Lucas bit his lip. "She was afraid to destroy your marriage. That's why she never called."
"Yes and I can't change that. We will never get those years back again. We can't turn back time,"said Bridger, and wished that he could do it anyway, just so he could meet Lucas earlier.
The teenager nodded thoughtfully. "And what will we do now?"
"I will arrange for my name to be put on your birth certificate. And I want to tell the crew the happy news. But only if you want that too."
The blond boy nodded his head and smiled shyly.
Nathan made plans in his head. "And, I suggest that we spend more time together. You have to come with me on the next shore leave and see my island. You haven't seen it before and we need to decorate a room for you. And there is really a lot more we will have to talk about. Or do you want to do something different? I can understand if you don't want to spend your shore leave with an old man."
Lucas shook with his head. "No. I'm looking forward to seeing your island. And I don't have anything against talking. And you aren't that old."
Nathan nodded happily. "But there really is something we have to decide now."
The teenager raised his eyebrows. "And that is?"
"What you're going to call me. "Captain" sounds so strange and unsuitable. Can you call me Nathan, or something like that? I would love it if you could call me "dad," but I can also understand if you don't want to do that."
The boy was a little bit surprised and taken aback by what Bridger had just said and just nodded. He knew that it would be great to have the captain as a father. He had often wished that Lawrence was more like Bridger. And in a way it had come true!
"Alright. Then I will handle the whole thing with your birth certificate now and I think I'll call Dr. Wolenczak and tell him everything." Nathan stood up and walked to the door. "See ya later, kiddo!"
"See you later, dad!" Lucas's blue eyes were shining; you could see the joy in them.
Captain Bridger turned around and looked at his son, a warm feeling rising in him. It was an unbelievable feeling to be called "dad" again and only a parent could understand that.
THE END
Written 2002 / Translated 2004
*************
So that's it. The story is over. I hope you liked it. I know the end isn't that great, but this is what I came up in 2002, it was one of my first stories. There won't be a seaquel, because I don't have a idea for it.