"I'll kill him! I'll squash his mental nuts! I'll tear him apart! I'll,
I'll Ahhh!!!!!" Lauren yelled as she angrily paced the corridor.
"Lauren calm down." Chelsey told her, from where she was leaning up against the WALL.
"Calm Down? Calm Down!?! I will not calm down! How would you feel if the one man you loved more than anything found out that you did!?!"
"I'd feel pretty good actually."
"Now play out that same scenario, but this time, he doesn't love you back!"
"I never said that!"
A new voice entered the conversation. Two pairs of eyes turned and looked at Harper. "Chelsey, could you give us a few minutes?"
"Sure. You gonna be okay?" Chelsey said, gently placing a hand on Lauren's shoulder. Lauren just glared at her. "Okay, thought I'd check." She then went back into command. Harper waked over, sat against a wall near Lauren, and then motioned her to join him. Sighing she sank down on the floor next to him and suddenly found the deck plates very interesting.
"Look," He started, "I don't know why I came back here. I mean I had just got done talking to Dylan and was....."
"Whoa! Hold the phone!"
"What's a phone?"
"Uh, never mind. Dylan knows?"
"Well, yeah."
Lauren moaned, pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapped her arms around them, and then buried her face in them.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Her voice was muffled from having her head buried in her arms.
"Lauren?"
"Lauren picked up her head and sighed, "I'm gonna lose my job."
"What?"
"You never read the book protocols for Commonwealth starships, did you?"
"No.....There's a whole book?"
"Yeah. Three thousand pages about how to conduct yourself on a starship under the control of the Commonwealth."
"You read it?"
"Yep. Cover to cover. When you're a fifteen-year-old high guard academy student with no friends or family and only one class your allowed to take, you have a lot of time on your hands."
"Uh, Lauren, I....."
"Lemme guess. You didn't know and you're sorry. Save it Seamus. I don't want your sympathy. I'm fine."
"No you're not."
"Hey, aside from being depressed and a little suicide prone, I'm fine."
"Whoa, suicide prone?"
"Just a little."
"Laur....."
"Anyway, back to me losing my job. There are strict rules AGAINST intimate relations ships between crewmembers."
"What about Dylan and holly or Tyr and Sammie?"
"Well, we'll start with the Tyr thing. Sammie's not a crewmember, so it's okay. As for Dylan and Holly. It's the captain's job to report these relationships. Gee, what a coincidence."
"Lauren, Dylan wouldn't tell on us."
"Yes, he would."
"No, he wouldn't."
"Yes, he..."
Harper cut her off by quickly placing his warm, soft lips against hers. (A/N. To Isa: Yeah, he a skank, a cheating, scheming, skank. But he's being a cheating, scheming, skank for me!!) For a few moments, Lauren was shocked, and then confused, but finally her human half won out and she kissed him back.
Just as if she's been shot, Lauren pulled away from Harper, wide eyed and panting.
"Harper, we can't do this. It's wrong. We can't, we can't, we can't, we can't, we can't, we can't, we can't." *Said in one breath*
"Why is it so wrong?"
"Because."
"Would you like to elaborate on that a little more or is the word 'because' what's keeping us apart?"
"Because you have a girlfriend who loves you very much and who you love back, and how the hell did I get in your lap!?!"
"Uh..We got caught up in the heat of the moment."
"Heat! What heat? It was one kiss, which you started might I remind you."
"No heat? This coming from the girl straddling my hips."
Suddenly realizing what she was doing she stood quickly, blushing, shuffling her feet, and looking anywhere but at Harper.
"Choose her." Lauren said her voice cracking as she blinked back tears.
"What?" Harper asked. He got up and stood behind Lauren without knowing exactly what to do.
"Choose Isa." She said crossing her arms.
"Why are you saying that?" He asked, gently running the back of his fingers down her arm while his other one snaked around her; pulling her close to him.
"Isa is so much better for you. She makes you happy."
"You make me happy." He replied turning her around and softly wiping away a stray tear with his thumb.
"So, are you saying that you pick me?" She asked, her eyes pleading for it to be true.
"I don't know what's I'm saying yet. I do love you. I just don't know what I'm gonna do yet." He told her honestly. He put his arms around her and leaned in for another kiss.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here." Kristen's voice came from a few feet away from the couple. Harper and Lauren broke apart, but while Harper didn't look at Kristen at all, Lauren was shooting daggers her way (sadly only figuratively speaking). Lauren began to charge Kristen and Kristen took off at top speed down the hall. Lauren watched her retreating back for a moment then pressed her com-link.
"Hey, Krista, you busy?" She asked.
"Not really, why?" Krista replied.
"You wanna play smear the queer?" Lauren asked in a sinister way.
"Sure." Krista replied.
"Well, your target should be running by your door in about *looks at watch* five seconds." (Lauren)
"Okay, hang on a sec." (Krista)
A sickening thud is heard over the com.
"Consider the queer smeared." Krista said.
"Spiffy. I'll be right there." Lauren said as she and Harper started down the hall.
Trance walked down the corridor and saw Krista doing bad disco over the unconscious body of Kristen Julson while singing "Oh yeah I rock. Oh yeah I'm king. Metaphorically speaking."
"We interrupt this broadcast to inform you of a startling new discovery. I AM GOD!!" Leslie said ship wide over the com-link.
"I think Rev Bem would disagree with you on that matter. Now get off the com." Rommie said and then cut the com-link.
"Krista, what happened?" Trance asked after the little escapade.
"Lauren made me!" Krista said as Lauren and Harper came around the corner.
"Lauren calm down." Chelsey told her, from where she was leaning up against the WALL.
"Calm Down? Calm Down!?! I will not calm down! How would you feel if the one man you loved more than anything found out that you did!?!"
"I'd feel pretty good actually."
"Now play out that same scenario, but this time, he doesn't love you back!"
"I never said that!"
A new voice entered the conversation. Two pairs of eyes turned and looked at Harper. "Chelsey, could you give us a few minutes?"
"Sure. You gonna be okay?" Chelsey said, gently placing a hand on Lauren's shoulder. Lauren just glared at her. "Okay, thought I'd check." She then went back into command. Harper waked over, sat against a wall near Lauren, and then motioned her to join him. Sighing she sank down on the floor next to him and suddenly found the deck plates very interesting.
"Look," He started, "I don't know why I came back here. I mean I had just got done talking to Dylan and was....."
"Whoa! Hold the phone!"
"What's a phone?"
"Uh, never mind. Dylan knows?"
"Well, yeah."
Lauren moaned, pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapped her arms around them, and then buried her face in them.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Her voice was muffled from having her head buried in her arms.
"Lauren?"
"Lauren picked up her head and sighed, "I'm gonna lose my job."
"What?"
"You never read the book protocols for Commonwealth starships, did you?"
"No.....There's a whole book?"
"Yeah. Three thousand pages about how to conduct yourself on a starship under the control of the Commonwealth."
"You read it?"
"Yep. Cover to cover. When you're a fifteen-year-old high guard academy student with no friends or family and only one class your allowed to take, you have a lot of time on your hands."
"Uh, Lauren, I....."
"Lemme guess. You didn't know and you're sorry. Save it Seamus. I don't want your sympathy. I'm fine."
"No you're not."
"Hey, aside from being depressed and a little suicide prone, I'm fine."
"Whoa, suicide prone?"
"Just a little."
"Laur....."
"Anyway, back to me losing my job. There are strict rules AGAINST intimate relations ships between crewmembers."
"What about Dylan and holly or Tyr and Sammie?"
"Well, we'll start with the Tyr thing. Sammie's not a crewmember, so it's okay. As for Dylan and Holly. It's the captain's job to report these relationships. Gee, what a coincidence."
"Lauren, Dylan wouldn't tell on us."
"Yes, he would."
"No, he wouldn't."
"Yes, he..."
Harper cut her off by quickly placing his warm, soft lips against hers. (A/N. To Isa: Yeah, he a skank, a cheating, scheming, skank. But he's being a cheating, scheming, skank for me!!) For a few moments, Lauren was shocked, and then confused, but finally her human half won out and she kissed him back.
Just as if she's been shot, Lauren pulled away from Harper, wide eyed and panting.
"Harper, we can't do this. It's wrong. We can't, we can't, we can't, we can't, we can't, we can't, we can't." *Said in one breath*
"Why is it so wrong?"
"Because."
"Would you like to elaborate on that a little more or is the word 'because' what's keeping us apart?"
"Because you have a girlfriend who loves you very much and who you love back, and how the hell did I get in your lap!?!"
"Uh..We got caught up in the heat of the moment."
"Heat! What heat? It was one kiss, which you started might I remind you."
"No heat? This coming from the girl straddling my hips."
Suddenly realizing what she was doing she stood quickly, blushing, shuffling her feet, and looking anywhere but at Harper.
"Choose her." Lauren said her voice cracking as she blinked back tears.
"What?" Harper asked. He got up and stood behind Lauren without knowing exactly what to do.
"Choose Isa." She said crossing her arms.
"Why are you saying that?" He asked, gently running the back of his fingers down her arm while his other one snaked around her; pulling her close to him.
"Isa is so much better for you. She makes you happy."
"You make me happy." He replied turning her around and softly wiping away a stray tear with his thumb.
"So, are you saying that you pick me?" She asked, her eyes pleading for it to be true.
"I don't know what's I'm saying yet. I do love you. I just don't know what I'm gonna do yet." He told her honestly. He put his arms around her and leaned in for another kiss.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here." Kristen's voice came from a few feet away from the couple. Harper and Lauren broke apart, but while Harper didn't look at Kristen at all, Lauren was shooting daggers her way (sadly only figuratively speaking). Lauren began to charge Kristen and Kristen took off at top speed down the hall. Lauren watched her retreating back for a moment then pressed her com-link.
"Hey, Krista, you busy?" She asked.
"Not really, why?" Krista replied.
"You wanna play smear the queer?" Lauren asked in a sinister way.
"Sure." Krista replied.
"Well, your target should be running by your door in about *looks at watch* five seconds." (Lauren)
"Okay, hang on a sec." (Krista)
A sickening thud is heard over the com.
"Consider the queer smeared." Krista said.
"Spiffy. I'll be right there." Lauren said as she and Harper started down the hall.
Trance walked down the corridor and saw Krista doing bad disco over the unconscious body of Kristen Julson while singing "Oh yeah I rock. Oh yeah I'm king. Metaphorically speaking."
"We interrupt this broadcast to inform you of a startling new discovery. I AM GOD!!" Leslie said ship wide over the com-link.
"I think Rev Bem would disagree with you on that matter. Now get off the com." Rommie said and then cut the com-link.
"Krista, what happened?" Trance asked after the little escapade.
"Lauren made me!" Krista said as Lauren and Harper came around the corner.