Star Trek Enterprise: Renegade Orion Slave Girls
Chapter 7
Sorry for the late update. I couldn't get my brain to think about new ideas for the story in the past month or so.
Kelby woke up the next morning. D'Nesh was sleeping with her arms around him.
"Good morning love," said D'Nesh as soon as she noticed that Kelby was awake.
"Good morning to you D'Nesh," said Kelby.
"How did you sleep?" asked D'Nesh.
"I slept pretty well," said Kelby.
"I slept well myself," said D'Nesh.
"So, what do you want to do today?" asked Kelby.
"I don't know," said D'Nesh.
A couple of hours later, they ordered pancakes, french toast, scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast. The food arrived twenty minutes later. D'Nesh immediately went for the bacon.
"I love the bacon," said D'Nesh.
"Me too," said Kelby before he stuffed a piece of bacon in his mouth.
"You sure love to gobble food down," said D'Nesh jokingly.
"So do you," joked Kelby.
"No I don't," lied D'Nesh.
"We both gobble down food," said Kelby.
"Okay, I admit that I gobble food," said D'Nesh.
They finished their breakfast and left the hotel. Kelby stopped and saw an ad for a symphony concert on a store window.
"What's the matter sweetheart?" said D'Nesh, taking Kelby's hand.
"I'm fine," said Kelby.
"Why are you looking at that window?" asked D'Nesh.
"Look at the ad in the window," snapped Kelby.
"Now I see what you are looking at," said D'Nesh, noticing the ad.
"I shouldn't have snapped at you," said Kelby.
"It's okay honey," said D'Nesh.
"According to the ad, The Berlin Philharmonic is going to play at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall this afternoon at 2 PM. Do you want to go?" asked Kelby.
"I'd love to Kelby," said D'Nesh.
"I think you'll like it," said Kelby. "Earth has had many different genres of music since the twentieth century."
"Really," said D'Nesh.
"Yeah," said Kelby.
"That must be so wonderful," said D'Nesh.
"It is," said Kelby.
They spend the morning walking around the city. They went to McDonald's around noon to eat lunch.
At 1 PM that afternoon, they caught the bus so that they could go to Louse M. Davies Symphony Hall. They arrived at 1:45. They bought their tickets and headed for the concert hall. The tickets were half the normal cost since Kelby was in Starfleet.
"Wow," said D'Nesh as she looked around the concert hall. "This place is huge."
"It's amazing isn't it?" asked Kelby.
"Yes it is," said D'Nesh.
"They sat down in their seats and browsed through their program books.
"They are playing Symphony number 40 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Symphony number 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven," said Kelby.
"Cool," said D'Nesh. "It says here that Beethoven was almost completely deaf when he wrote the ninth symphony."
"It was amazing that he could still write music when he lost his hearing," said Kelby. "The ninth is one of his most popular works."
A few minutes later, the lights dimmed and the orchestra began playing Mozart's symphony #40. D'Nesh was in awe hearing the music being played.
"This is so romantic," whispered D'Nesh.
"Aww shucks," said Kelby as he blushed.
D'Nesh began to stoke Kelby's arm with her forefinger. A woman sitting four rows in front of the couple threw a disapproving look at both of them. D'Nesh threw her a disgusting look. The woman widened her eyes in fear and turned his head back to the front.
"Just ignore her," whispered Kelby.
"Okay love," whispered D'Nesh.
A while later, the musicians stopped playing and the audience stood up and began to applaud. The lights came back on.
"Shall I applaud with everybody else?" asked D'Nesh.
"Yes," replied Kelby.
The couple applauded with the rest of the audience. The musicians and most of the people then left the concert hall. However, Kelby and D'Nesh stayed in their seats.
"I didn't know music could sound that well. I can't wait to hear Beethoven's ninth" said D'Nesh happily.
"Me neither," said Kelby.
D'Nesh gave Kelby a small kiss on the lips.
"That's for thinking of bringing me to this concert," said D'Nesh flirtatiously.
"Thanks D'Nesh," said Kelby.
"Your welcome sweetheart," said D'Nesh.
"So, what do you want to do after the concert?" asked Kelby.
"Let's go out to eat dinner," said D'Nesh. "Do you know any good places to eat?"
"Let's decide on that later," said Kelby.
"Okay," said D'Nesh.
Soon the musicians and everybody else returned. The musicians picked up their instruments and got ready to play.
The conductor however, was having bad luck as his baton had snapped in half with an audible crack. He apparently got another baton out after putting the broken one in his pocket.
The orchestra began to play Beethoven's ninth symphony.
D'Nesh was speechless as she listened to the orchestra playing. Kelby noticed this and simply smiled at her. They both just listened to the orchestra play.
"Is that the choir?" asked D'Nesh quietly some time later as she noticed a large group of people without musical instruments enter the stage and stood on the risers behind the orchestra.
"It sure is," replied Kelby.
Both D'Nesh and Kelby were in awe hearing both the choir sing and the orchestra play, especially for the last six and a half minutes of the concert. When the music ended, everybody stood up to applaud.
"YOU GUYS WERE EXCELLENT!" screamed D'Nesh.
D'Nesh wasn't the only one yelling like that. Some other people were shouting similar words and a few whistled at the orchestra and choir.
On the other hand, Kelby was simply applauding.
Soon, the couple left the building.
"You promised me you would tell me where we would eat dinner?" said D'Nesh flirtatiously.
"Right," said Kelby. "Would Village Inn be good?"
"Yes," said D'Nesh.
They walked down to the bus stop just in time to miss the bus. D'Nesh attempted to run after the bus, but Kelby stopped her.
"You don't need to run after the bus this time of the day. Another bus will be here in about five minutes," said Kelby.
"Are you sure?" asked D'Nesh.
"It's there on the schedule," said Kelby.
D'Nesh looked at the schedule and noticed that the buses ran every five minutes during rush hour.
"You're right," she said.
The next bus was five minutes late, unsurprisingly due to the heavy traffic. Another bus running the same route was two cars behind.
The couple got on the first bus. The seats were all full and many people were standing.
"We'll have to stand," said Kelby, grabbing one of the handrails.
"That figures," said D'Nesh. She stood in front of Kelby and grabbed a handrail.
D'Nesh lost her balance when the bus stopped at a traffic light. Kelby tried to catch her, but he was knocked off balance too trying to stop her. They both fell onto the floor.
"Are you okay?" asked Kelby, helping D'Nesh up.
"I think so," said D'Nesh.
They continued to the end of the line to a bus terminal where they got on an articulated bus that headed to the restaurant Kelby wanted to take D'Nesh to.
When they got on, Kelby noticed Maras sitting in the rearmost seat. She gestured for the couple to sit next to her, which they did.
"Hi guys," said Maras. "What have you been up to?"
"Kelby just took me to a symphony concert!" exclaimed D'Nesh.
"You sound so happy D'Nesh," said Maras. "Did you like it?"
"It was exhilarating," said D'Nesh. "It was one of the best things I've ever experienced."
"That's wonderful D'Nesh," said Maras. "How about you Kelby, did you enjoy it?
"It was pretty good," said Kelby.
"That's good to hear," said Maras. "So where are you guys off to now?"
"To a dinner date at Village Inn," said Kelby.
"Wonderful," said Maras cheerfully. "I'm glad to see you two are happy with each other."
"That's so sweet of you to say that Maras," said Kelby.
"Thanks," said a blushing Maras.
"Do you guys want to pose for a photo?" said Kelby.
"Sure," said both girls.
Kelby got out a small camera out from his pocket. He sat on the end of the sideways-facing seat in front of the rearmost seat. D'Nesh and Maras smiled and Kelby snapped a couple of photos.
"How are they?" asked Kelby as he sat back down in between the two girls.
"They came out wonderful," said D'Nesh.
After about another minute, the bus left the terminal.
"Wow!" exclaimed D'Nesh when she saw the bus bend in order to make the turn out of the terminal and onto the street.
"The bus bends," said Kelby. "It's marvelous how such a big vehicle can make such a tight turn."
"We don't have any kind of vehicles on our world that bend like this bus does," said Maras.
"Yeah," said Kelby. "By the way, where are you headed to?"
"Back to my hotel," said Maras.
After a few minutes, Kelby told D'Nesh to pull the cord to signal the driver to stop, which she did.
"Goodbye Kelby," said Maras. She hugged him.
"Bye Maras," said Kelby.
Kelby and D'Nesh got off the bus less than a minute later.
"Let's eat," said Kelby.
"Sure," said D'Nesh.
They walked hand-in-hand into the restaurant.
The waiter seated them at a booth. They both ordered iced tea for their drinks.
"What would you guys like to eat?" asked the waiter.
"A large steak and french fries would be nice," said D'Nesh. She licked her lips as she looked at the menu.
"What about you sir?"
"How about a double hamburger with fries. I want my hamburger plain," said Kelby.
"One plain double hamburger with a side of fries and a large steak coming up," said the waiter before he left with the menus.
"I can't wait for that steak," said D'Nesh.
"I can't wait for my food either," said Kelby.
After about twelve minutes, their food arrived. D'Nesh immediately began to eat the steak.
"She's one hungry lady," said the waiter.
"She loves to eat meat," said Kelby.
"It sure looks like it," said the waiter with a chuckle. "I'll get your check."
"How's the steak?" asked Kelby.
"It's very good!" exclaimed D'Nesh.
"Good," said Kelby.
"You haven't started on your hamburger yet," said D'Nesh flirtatiously.
"I was just about to start eating it," said Kelby.
D'Nesh continued to eat her steak as Kelby began to eat his hamburger.
"How's the hamburger?" asked D'Nesh.
"It's delicious," said Kelby.
"Don't eat it too fast," said D'Nesh.
"I'll keep that in mind," joked Kelby.
Kelby soon finished his hamburger and started to eat his fries.
"I'm full. Do you want my fries?" said D'Nesh. She finished her steak and ate about half of her fries.
"Sure," said Kelby.
"Here you go sweetheart," said D'Nesh as she put her fries on Kelby's plate.
"Thanks," said Kelby.
"Your welcome," said D'Nesh.
Soon, Kelby finished off the rest of the fries and after paying the check, the couple left for the nearest bus stop. After about thirteen minutes, the bus arrived and they got on. The bus headed to the same terminal they were before and transferred onto the bus that would take them back to the hotel.
Soon, they were back in their hotel room. They had a quiet evening together before they each took a shower and went to bed. The day was sure eventful for both D'Nesh and Kelby.
This marks the end of another chapter. Kelby had a lot of fun taking D'Nesh to various places. As always, feel free to review. Chapter 8 will be up soon.