"McKay, how in the hell did I manage to get stuck in the same transporter as you?" Anita grumbled as she plopped down on the floor.
"It is not my fault that it malfunctioned! Or that you haven't had any coffee yet!" He paced the floor. He didn't understand. Every thing had been fine the night before. In fact he'd taken this very one back to his quarters last night. He tried to explain this to Anita but found out instead that she had too moods: before coffee and after coffee. The former being a very dangerous time.
"Well, can you at least fix it from in here?" It's not as if she didn't enjoy being stuck with Rodney, it's just that she really wanted to get out and get some coffee. On a normal day, after she'd had some coffee, she would've welcomed the opportunity to be stuck with him. After all, she did have a crush on him.
"I can try again, but it won't help. We can't do anything from in here. Someone will find out that the transporters broke and they'll get Zelminka right on it."
"Zelenka, you mean?" she laughed.
"That's what I said." He sat down beside her. This, he decided, would be a perfect opportunity to get to know her better. "So," he looked over at her. "What's your favorite color?" Oh no, did he just ask that? That's not what he wanted to say. He wanted to say something more…mature.
"Uh," Did he just ask her that? He must be really bored. "Green, yours?"
"Blue. Um… So how did you all meet?"
"Danielle, Genna, and me?"
"Yeah."
"We were in the eighth grade; we all had the misfortune to have a friend that was a big bitch. Danielle and she got into this big fight, well she more of the fighting. Rumor spreading, you know? Danielle distanced herself from that girl and started to hang out with Genna more. I didn't know the whole story so I hung out with that girl. I soon learned why she didn't have many friends. I stopped hanging out with her and went with Genna and Danielle instead. We've all been friends ever since then."
"Sounds exciting."
"It was. We got into all kinds of mischief together." This gave him the perfect opening into her past.
"Yeah? What kind?"
"Well, there was this one time…" They reminisced about the past and talked about their hoped for the future.
Genna and Danielle watched the two of them on the monitor. It looked as though phase two would work. This was, however, just the first step: The icebreaker.
Danielle looked down at her watch and jumped up. "I gotta go."
"Where?"
"I've got an appointment with Carson. Routine checkup, no biggie." She heard Genna yell something about a dog and a bike as she was leaving. Danielle wasn't sure she wanted to know what was going on. As she walked down the bustling hallway she heard someone call her name. She turned around to see none other than Ben Gates the airman that had saved them on that planet.
"Hey ya, Captain." She smiled as he walked up to her.
"Please, call me Ben, Doctor"
"Okay Ben, call me Danielle." He nodded. "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"Oh, I just wanted to check in and make sure that you're all right. Make sure that you didn't have any injuries form that dive into the bushes."
"Thanks for your concern, but I'm fine. Only a scratch on my arm. As a matter of fact I'm on my way to have my checkup now."
"Oh, I'm sorry for holding you up."
"Bye Ben."
"Bye, see you later."
She walked into the infirmary and took a seat on one of the beds to wait for Carson. As she waited she looked around. She was beginning to feel as though she spent more time than normal in there.
"Hello." Carson said, sneaking up behind her. She jumped and spun around. Once she saw who it was they started to laugh.
"You scared the hell out of me Carson."
"Jumpy are we? Shall we begin?"
"Yes to both. Although I have no idea why I'm so jumpy."
"Did you sleep well?" She stuck out her arm so he could check her blood pressure.
"Yes, better than normal actually."
"You're blood pressure is normal. Did anything happen yesterday?"
"No not really. I studied a doodad all day. Oh wait, I got a note from a secret admirer!" He raised his eyebrows.
"Really?" he looked amused.
"Yes, and I know what you're thinking. It's not corny. It's sweet!"
"If you say so. Maybe that's what got you on edge, although I doubt it. Was there anything else?"
"Not yesterday. I guess preparing for phase two wore me out." She mumbled.
"Phase two?"
"It's a plan to get Rodney and Anita together. This morning, we waited until they were in the transporter and then pulled the crystal."
"So they're stuck in there together?" He seemed impressed. "How long have they been in there?"
"Around two hours, maybe three. They seemed to be getting along when I left."
"Great job. So more about his note…"
They talked for the rest of her appointment. She told him what it had said and what she hoped would become of this admirer. Little did either of them know how these little chats would change their lives in more ways than one.
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