"Hey Mike, did you hear about our esteemed captain did last night?"
"Nah, Carl, what did he do?"
"Nadine."
"You're kidding."
"Nope."
"Really."
"Yep."
"Wow."
"Yeah, and that's not all. Ya wanna know what the best part is?"
"What?"
"Turns out our dear little Nadine is the first officer's cousin."
"Well, I guess we now know why she always gets the top jobs. Valentine's cousin, and now hunt's new toy."
"Yep, guess it won't be long before she's a commanding officer on her own ship, huh?"
At that point Nadine had heard enough and silently stormed away from the mess hall to their laughter. Stomping down the hallway the five foot four dirty blonde haired vixen looked every bit the angry Valentine, and no one dared get in her way. Or even say hello.
'Those idiots. See, now this is why I didn't tell Bex I was here. I mean, I love my cousin, she's my favorite, and we get along so well. But everyone would think I was getting special treatment from her. And I'm not! Beka wouldn't do that anyway. She'd treat me tougher, so that I'd have a better chance of fighting and staying alive. So of course I used a fake name, I didn't want anyone thinking I was getting by on a name. Gahhhh. I want to be Nadine Wellsbrooke again. Not Nadine Valentine, first officer's baby cousin, captain's whatever I am to him now.'
And so caught in her own little thoughts, no one bothered her. That is until, Dylan hunt walked confusedly into her path to her room, and all hell broke loose as her vocal cords displayed why no one in their sound mind messed with a Valentine.
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'Hmm.'
She sighed.
'Maybe I should just let him cool off first, I mean, do I even know what I'm going to say to him? No, no I don't. Not a clue. And this is one emotional Valentine so if I go in there without knowing what I'll say I'll screw it up further, if there even is anything to screw up. See, now this is where I wish I could just have normal relationships with guys. Just once, I'd like to have a normal romance. Okay, I'll go back to my room, think out how I feel for him, what I want to say, how he was acting at the meeting. And then I'll find him and kiss him then take him back to my room and… NO! Bad Beka, very very bad Beka. Okay. New plan. Sleep. Just get lots and lots of sleep and think about it later. Let him come to me. And then when he does I'll pull him into my room and…Gah.'
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Trance stared at her room on the Andromeda and looked at the work she had done in rearranging her room. The bed was a bigger size, to accommodate both avatars bodies. Plants were spread around the room on two dressers, tables, and the floor. The room was rather sparse except for these objects and carved wooden boxes, a small fountain, and some stones. Plush rugs of bright yellows and oranges were seen on the floor. And the walls were in bright blue with white swirls.
Trance smiled at her work of making room for him, and headed for the hanger bay as she felt his presence drawing near. It had been so long since they had seen each other, before she was purple. When she was but a young child, and their essences were bound together, creating their engagement for them to one day unite. She had been a light pink color then, and him a red. If she guessed correctly, when she turned purple, he turned blue. And now he would be silver.
Her pace picked up speed as she was filled with excitement and fear of seeing him again. She had become so human. Would he accept her for a joining? Or would he reject her and leave her in shame. But from what she had sensed and heard about him, he as well had become humanized. Spending time in the universe, in different realities, trying to make things right. She only hoped that he had succeeding at least once somewhere, so maybe he could help her here, so achieve that perfect possible future she always dreamed of.
