"It's about time you got here," said Gideon as Galen walked into the bridge, Gideon got up and turned around to face Galen, who just entered the bridge.
"We need to talk...now" said Gideon as he signaled Galen to go to the conference room with his eyes, Gideon wasn't very happy, he looked concerned, Galen wondered why. Gideon entered the room before Galen and pulled out a chair, and stood behind it with his hands on the chair as he waited for Galen to take a seat,
"What is it that we are going to talk about?" asked Galen as he sat down,
"This morning I went to see Dureena, she was in the gym practicing her punches on a bag. She has been there everyday since our last mission, 3 weeks ago, I went to see her this morning, I tried to talk to her, to find out why she's angry, she didn't answer, hardly even said more than 10 words. And when I was about to leave, she punched a hole in the bag and all the fillings came out. I hope that the incident with the punching bag doesn't come out of my paycheck" said Gideon,
"She's very angry" agreed Galen,
"Yes, and I want to know why, or at least stop her anger, she's really a pain when she's angry" said Gideon,
"And I am here because?" asked Galen,
"You know her longer than I do, and much better, I want you to talk to her" said Gideon,
"But I already know" said Galen,
"And would you like to share it with me?" asked Gideon,
"I don't know, it's rather personal" said Galen,
"So it did have something to do with you...I knew it!" said Gideon,
"Whoever told you that" said Galen,
"Come on Galen, a blind man could see what's happening here….I'm your friend and hers, I would be a very insensitive one if I couldn't figure it out" said Gideon,
"Alright" said Galen after a while,
"I'll tell you" said Galen, Gideon quickly took a seat on the chair he was holding on to,
"Go on" said Gideon,
"My parents were the clossest people I had as a child, though if they ever really cared for me I will never know, they died in an accident...and I was taken in as a student by a family friend, I loved him as a father, teacher and a friend, but he died because I wasn't there for him when he needed me most...I also had a friend, he betrayed me and because I trusted him so much I lost Isabelle... After that happened, I swore never to love again, never to be close to another, but it seems that some things are beyond my control.I seemed to have developed feelings for Dureena, but didn't think anything could have happened between us, until 3 weeks ago" said Galen who was suddenly interrupted by Gideon who asked,
"What?",
Galen cleared his throat, "It's not what you think, we just kissed, but I was afraid after that, so I left" said Galen,
"Why?" asked Gideon,
"Haven't you been listening, everybody close to me dies...I can't bear to see another one I love die because of me" said Galen, Gideon sensed anger,
"Look, you can't blame yourself for what has happened, just talk to her, okay?" said Gideon,
"Haven't you been doing the same? With the Ceberus" asked Galen, obviously it must have triggered something Gideon was feeling, he sat still unhappy that the Ceberus was brought up.
Galen stood up "I'm sorry I brought it up" Galen apologized
Where are you going?" asked Gideon but Galen didn't answer and walked out of the room.
The door chimed, but Dureena didn't answer. She knew it was Galen. The door chimed again, followed by a knock, but still she didn't answer.
She stared at the door while she sharpened her knife, the door chimed again and again, finally Galen spoke up
"Dureena, it's me Galen, I know you're in there",
After a moment Dureena said "open",
the door opened and Galen walked to her until he was standing in front of her,
"We need to talk" said Dureena,
"That's exactly what I had in mind" said Galen
"About the last time we were together" said Dureena but was interupted by Galen,
"It was an accident, I was emotionally unstable and didn't know what I was doing...I hope this does not affect anything" said Galen,
"I agree, in fact I was about to tell you something like that" said Dureena trying to sound tough,
"Good... goodbye" said Galen as he exited the room.
As the door closed, Dureena went to it and leaned her back against the door and sighed, suddenly a tear rolled down her cheek.
On the other side, Galen turned invisible and squatted next to Dureena's door, he buried his face in his hand, he felt hopeless.
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