Super Nova Chapter 5 - Getting to Know You, a passengers, 2016 fanfic

authors note: so sorry for being gone ! ive been grounded and i still am... ive never been to denver so i dont know alot ^^;. i tried to look up stuff for it but i dont think its the same as being there you know? anyway i hope you like this ^^ thank you so much for all the nice reviews!

mhairi thank you so much! i hope gal is as nice as you think ^^;

rongis i dont think shes a mary sue yet but even if she is whatever :P

sad sabrin ahh thank you1! i hope ill update soon after this but i dunno howlong ill be grounded for

love fiction 2016 thank you :D i hope youll still like it ^^

Jim learned that Galaxy both didn't want to be alone but didn't want to talk. A lot of their time lately was her sitting in the same room as him, reading something, tapping away at a tablet or doodling. Sometimes she'd sit and watch him tinker with the robots that weirdly started to malfunction. He didn't mind it so much. It felt a little embarrassing to be watched though, since he was scared he might mess up and look like an idiot. But it felt comforting knowing that he didn't have to talk all the time. He was never really sure what to talk about when other people would ask about him.

Though, he did feel curious about what the glasses wearing woman was thinking about. Or writing about. Or drawing. Or just about her in general. They knew each other for a few weeks and spent ALOT of time together. But they didn't know each other. He knew he could watch her profile, but it felt weird since she was RIGHT THERE most of the time. With Aurora, she probably wouldn't have minded since she was a journalist and journalists usually research everything they can on people they interview.

"Galaxy." He said before stopping his tinkering.

"Yeah?"

"Where are you from?" He asked and turned towards her. He watched her blink and put down the tablet she was playing with.

"Canada."

"That's a big place. Can I ask where in Canada?"

She laughed. "You probably haven't heard of it, but Saskatoon. It's the biggest city in Saskatchewan..."

"Are those real names or are you just making shit up?" He laughed.

The woman rolled her eyes. "I can assure you, they're real. I moved there when I was in seventh grade, my family would visit there a lot so moving there wasn't too big of a change."

"Where were you born?" Jim asked, getting up from his spot and sitting on the couch closer to her. "If you don't mind me asking. Was it still in... Sa... Sasatoowan?"

"Saskatchewan."

"Sacatyouchan."

Galaxy snorted. "Sa."

"Sa."

"Ssscatch."

"Catch."

"You."

"Wan."

"One."

"Saskatchewan."

"Sasquatch."

She rolled her eyes. "Asshole. One more time. Saskatchewan."

"Sassscatchyewone."

"Close enough." The woman giggled. "To answer your question, no. I was born in a reservation in Manitoba. Are we gonna have to go over that too?"

Jim snorted and shook his head. "No, Manitoba is easy. So, reservation..." He felt curious now, would it be rude to ask? "Does that mean you're an Indian?" She frowned before opening her mouth to speak. Jim cut her off, realizing his mistake.

"Native. Native American. Sorry."

She gave him a smile. "It's okay. America uses that word more often but try not to make a habit of it, okay? That's not what we are and I'm not sure how that guy mixed up Native people with people actually from India." He nodded. "But yeah, I'm Native. Or First Nations, since I'm Canadian."

Jim smiled. "That's interesting. I'm just... English and Irish or something. Scottish? Around there. Anyway... Why would you visit Sas... Saskatoon? That's a different province, right?"

She shrugged. "My aunt moved there because of a job transfer and she was close to my mom. So we'd go there a few times a year and it was just... A lot of fun. It was the best during the summer because there were festivals and fairs going on. It usually meant I got to go to three fairs that year."

"Three?!" He wasn't sure why he was surprised by this, since his town had tons of festivals growing up. Maybe it was because he never really went to them?

"For some reason, there would be a tiny little fair that'd stop in the reserve for a weekend before heading for the city an hour away. My older sister would work there for the weekend and get some cash for the fair in the city, which was a lot bigger since they had more room. You can't really fit more than a Ferris wheel, haunted house and a few spinning rides in the arena parking lot there. So then next week, we'd go into the city for the fair that weekend." She stopped then shook her head. "I'm talking too much. How about you? Where are you from?"

Jim blinked. Did he not mention that before? Oh well. "Well... I'm from Denver, Colorado."

"The Mile High City..."

He smiled, rubbing his neck and looking away for a bit. "Yeah. It's in the Rocky Mountains and it's the capital city... There's a lot of art and museums there. Huge music scene, at least back in the day."

"Yeah? I never really heard much about Denver, sadly. I had no idea there was a big art scene. You only really hear about the mountains... Sorry! I'm. Talking over you."

"It's okay. I don't really know what to talk about... I didn't really do the art thing after I graduated school, so there might've been more stuff going on. I liked camping and hiking with my dad in the mountains though. He was always more outdoorsy than me but I liked that he included me in these kinds of things. I think it's because my grandfather never took him out that much and that's when a lot of the natural stuff was being torn up for more businesses or living areas. It's probably just me overthinking but, I think my dad wanted me to see what little was left of the earth, I guess. Even if there's less of it than when he was growing up." Jim realized how much he was talking and stopped before looking over at Galaxy, who stared at him with big eyes. "Ah, I don't really know where that came from. I don't like talking about myself that much."

"Oh no! It's okay! And I'm the same way. I always end up talking too much and I feel bad, like I'm boring people."

Jim flushed a little. "Well, you don't bore me when you talk."

She touched his hand and smiled. "Same goes for you."

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Galaxy roamed the empty halls, not really sure what to do. She wanted to see Jim, but felt kind of guilty for constantly bothering him. It would be something if he wanted to spend time with her, since he was alone for so long. But she didn't really have an excuse beyond feeling needy and there simply was no one else but Arthur. She always felt a little weird sitting at the bar and not ordering a drink. Part of her said it wouldn't matter, since he's a robot and wouldn't mind and another part of her told her to just order as many Malibus or Long Island Ice Teas as she wanted. There was no one on the ship, they couldn't judge. And it had to be after five somewhere. At least if she did that, she was bound to have a fave drink eventually. She always felt a little lame when she'd sit with Jim and not know what to get.

Despite not wanting to bother him, Galaxy found herself in front of his door, her tanned hand floating in front of the doorbell. Her breath was caught inside her throat and her brain was going a mile a minute. Should she ring the doorbell? Or should she go? Should she stay or should she go now?

Before she could even decide, the door slid open.

"Oh, Galaxy!" Jim said, surprise obvious in his voice. "What's up?"

The doctor choked on her words, words she wasn't even really sure what they were. "Oh, um. Nothing, I was just..."

Jim smiled. "Come take a walk with me."

She nodded. "Okay."

They walked in silence together. Galaxy felt like she should be talking, normally she would be okay and comfortable with silence. But for some reason, she felt nervous. In a good way. She shook her head before stealing a glance at Jim, who looked calm, collected and even had a tiny smile. What is he thinking? The doctor thought before stumbling into the ground.

"Oh jeez, are you okay?" Asked Jim, who gave held out his hand for her to take.

Galaxy blushed and gave him a nod before taking his hand and marvelled at how big it was. It was rough, which made sense considering how he probably worked with them often. She felt self concious about her own hands though, they were dry and rough because she was constantly washing them in the hospital. She never really took care of that sort of thing, not even when she was dating someone. But why did she care now? "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Is your ankle okay? You're kind of wearing high heels."

She laughed once she was on her feet and looked down. There was a pair of black high heeled boots that came halfway under her knee with big chunky heels and a pair of minty green tight skinny jeans tucked in them. She wore a big baggy magenta sweater with a turtle neck under a leather jacket with buttons with old ancient bands from the 1990s on the collar. "I've taken worse tumbles in these shoes, I'll be okay. Thank you."

"I'm just worried you won't be able to do the thing I was gonna show you now..." Jim said with a light laugh.

"And what's that?"

He grinned before taking her hand once again and pulling her into the direction of god knows where.

xxxxx

"Are you serious?"

"I mean. Yeah. There's lots of things to do on the ship... I did most of them already but. It'd be fun with someone else... Or it'd be funny to see you try to beat my high score."

Galaxy smiled sweetly before bending down and pulling the zippers of her boots up as high as they can go. Just to make sure. She shot him a wicked grin as she walked up to the platform and threw off her leather jacket. "Well I'm about to erase every score on this board, Jim."

The hundreds of scores and the initials JCP disappeared from the walls surrounding the room once a hologram appeared in front of Galaxy. It wasn't realistic like the ones that taught the colony classes or greeted people when they woke up from the pods, it looked like a video game character.

"Ready?!" The game said.

"Yes!"

"Okay! Follow me!"

Music started to play. It was an older song, one that Jim remembered hearing his mom play while she cleaned. Sometimes his dad would come home early and see her dancing while she cleaned and joined in. Back then, it kind of embarrassed him. He never really liked the song because of that, but now it didn't seem so bad.

I really wanna stop
But I just got the taste for it
I feel like I could fly with the boy on the moon
So honey hold my hand, you like making me wait for it
I feel like I could die walking up to the room, oh yeah

Galaxy laughed as she swayed and spun out of sync with the character she was facing. Her dark hair was short but long enough to whip her in the face when she danced, she would laugh even more or scrunch up her face whenever it'd do this. Despite how high her shoes were and how she fell by simply walking earlier, she was doing great and wasn't stumbling or shaking as she spun gracefully.

Jim swallowed.

Late night, watching television
But how'd we get in this position?
It's way too soon, I know this isn't love
But I need to tell you something

She would bounce a little on her knees in time with the drums and cymbals in the background, even if the game wasn't doing that. It kept yelling at her to copy the other dancer exactly, but she didn't care. She was getting into it. The song was picking up and so was she.

Jim shuffled from side to side, his pulse quickening as he focused on the lyrics and tried not to be enchanted by Galaxy's dance.

I really really really really really really like you
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too?
I really really really really really really like you
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too?

Jim felt like he made a mistake by actually listening to the song. He felt embarrassed, kind of like he did back when his dad would dip his mom down after spinning her around to this song. But it was for an entirely different reason. He was sort of relating to the music.

Galaxy was looking at him as she'd dance. Her eyes were glittering like the stars that made up her namesake. He smiled in response, hoping that he wasn't blushing like crazy despite his face burning up like a house fire.

Oh, did I say too much?
I'm so in my head
When we're out of touch
I really really really really really really like you
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too?

She wriggled her hips and swung her arms as she shot him these looks. Was she trying to say something? Or was it just him hoping? He slid off his jacket, feeling too warm right now. His heart was beating so fast and butterflies fluttered in his stomach. He felt so bubbly and nervous, but in a good way.

The song slowed down a bit, but he didn't feel any slower.

It's like everything you say is a sweet revelation
All I wanna do is get into your head
Yeah we could stay alone, you and me, in this temptation
Sipping on your lips, hanging on by thread, baby

Jim stepped onto the platform and the game registered him. A second character showed up beside the one Galaxy was against.

"Second player recognized! Team battle!"

Galaxy's eyes shot open and a wide grin appeared on her face. She laughed as she grabbed Jim's hands and spun him around.

Late night, watching television
But how'd we get in this position?
It's way too soon, I know this isn't love
But I need to tell you something

Even though Jim had played this game and was pretty much the master for a year, he was doing kind of badly right now. He could blame it on how despite playing it so often, the computer never played this song. He could blame it on the fact that it was his first time playing with a partner. And how it have him the girl part. He could blame his poor performance on how pretty Galaxy looked with her dazzling eyes, silky hair that kept hitting her in the face, her enchanting smile and laughter that sounded like fairies singing by a babbling brook.

Wait, what?

Galaxy's hands were on his waist and his slid up to her shoulders as they moved back and forth before the music exploded and picked up.

It was getting harder and harder to ignore the lyrics now. Jim was feeling the music and what the singer was saying now. He wondered if Galaxy was feeling the same way.

He wondered if she felt the sparks he did when the game had them touch hands and her wrap her thin arms around him. He was sure that if someone from his old job on earth saw him right now, he would probably get laughed at. But he didn't care.

It was just a game. He told himself.

Oh, did I say too much?
I'm so in my head
When we're out of touch (When we're out of touch)
I really really really really really really like you
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too?

Jim was kind of glad that this wasn't a slow dance song, per say. If he was feeling this embarrassed over a peppy pop song, how could he handle a slow sensuous one? He could barely stand doing that when it was just him, he felt really silly. But with Galaxy here, he'd have to worry about doing this with her...

The music suddenly slowed down and the game characters slid their arms around each other and got real close. Then they had to do it. Galaxy felt so warm and soft against him. The game characters held hands and lifted them up and spun slowly. They did the same, Jim bit his lip to keep himself from gasping at the spark of electricity again when they held hands. The game character slid his hands down the girl'a sides and onto her waist and lowered her down, which Galaxy tried to do but Jim was taller and a lot heavier.

Who gave you eyes like that?
Said you could keep them?
I don't know how to act
Or if I should be leaving
I'm running out of time
Going out of my mind
I need to tell you something
Yeah, I need to tell you something

"Jim, ow." Galaxy simply said when he grabbed onto her a little too tight when she went to dip him.

"Sorry." He said, voice shaking like his legs were to keep himself upward since he knew he was probably a little too heavy for the doctor to hold him up.

"It's okay." She smiled at him, her eyes glittering once again.

He wanted to stay in his uncomfortable position forever, but then the music exploded once again.

(YEAAAAAAH!) I really really really really really really like you
And I want you. Do you want me? Do you want me too?I really really really really really really like you
(Oh, oh, ohh!)And I want you.
Do you want me? Do you want me too? (Do you want me, too?)

Jim was now glad that she was wearing such high shoes because there was no way for him to accidentally step on her toes as he awkwardly danced along to the song that was picking up more and more.

Part of him wanted it to be over, so then they could do something else and pretend nothing was happening. But the other part of him never wanted it to end, embarrassing memories and him being a 'girl' here be damned.

Oh, did I say too much? (Did I say too much?)I'm so in my head (I'm so in my head)When we're out of touch (When we're out of touch!)
I really really really really really really like you
And I want you.
Do you want me? Do you want me too?

The song ended there, and they were once again in a dip. Galaxy was panting and her skin was a bit red, but Jim convinced himself that it was from the dance and not him. He smiled at her sheepishly, which she returned genuinely.

Then her arms gave out and he crashed onto the floor and she fell after him and on top of him. Their faces were right up close. Jim felt her heavy breath against his blushing and damp skin and her heart beat.

Galaxy let out a laugh then looked away and rested her head against his chest. "Sorry I dropped you. You're really heavy."

"It's ok."

"Let me rest here a bit."

"Ok."

The game announced that they had won and they had beaten the top programmed score, only to make fun of how sloppy Jim's movements were and that Galaxy technically won. He ignored it, but the woman on top of him was laughing and bragging.

But he didn't mind at all.

xxxxxx

authors note: i know this was cheesy but XD I love scenes like this! I tried to be like that part with Dante and Becky from Clerks 2 but i don't know if I captured it ". I really like Carly Rae Jepsen even if she doesn't sound 90s XD if you don't like it then too bad!i dont own that song!