I've decided to continue this story because of a request from 'Up in Arms100'. Hopefully everyone enjoys this!

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Doppler sat in his study looking through some of his stare charts. He had been meaning to get ride of old ones that proved to be obsolete throughout the years due to new discoveries. Not to mention that he was desperate to get Sarah off his back about how messy the room had gotten. He admitted that she was right. Stacks of books that reached the ceiling thirty feet above was a little ridiculous. Although now that he looked around him, he came to the conclusion that no matter how much he cleaned, he would never be able to make this place look somewhat presentable. As he began to throw a few charts into the garbage bin, he came across a photo on his desk that was covered with dust. He took his sleeve and wiped it clean, and reveled a group photo of Jim, Amelia, and himself standing on the docks of Crescentia. The photo was taken right after they had gotten off the R.L.S Legacy. Sarah had insisted that they take it to saver the moment. As he put the picture back down, the door opened.

"Doesn't look like you've made much progress." Jim smirked, looking around the room.

"Well, it's all about organization, Jim." Delbert pointed out. "Once you have that down, then you can start throwing things away."

Jim walked over to a huge stacks of books that towered over him, almost making the boy look like an ant in comparison. "Speaking of organization, may I introduce you to these things called book shelves. They're pretty nifty."

Doppler rolled his eyes at the teen's sarcasm. "Yes Jim, I have heard of them. If you look around you, you can clearly see that the walls are practically covered with book shelves."

"Yeah well, Mom wants you to come down for breakfast. She says that your going to need the energy in order to clean this 'disaster area'."

"I'll be down in a minute." Doppler sighed, throwing away another stare chart.

"Oh, and by the way. I'm going to need a ride to the Space Port. I have to give the captain some of these registration forms for the academy." Jim said, waving around a stack of paperwork. "Is that okay."

"Wait, what?" Doppler exclaimed looking whipping his head at Jim, wondering his he heard him correctly.

"I said that I need a ride to the Space Port, to give this paperwork to the Captain." Jim repeated, slightly irritated. "Is that okay?"

Doppler gulped. He remembered what happened the last time he went to see the captain. He didn't think he could stand seeing her again. And if Cameron found out what happened between the captain and him, he would kill him without mercy. But then again, maybe he was taking this way out of proportion. There was no way Cameron could figure out anything, unless he was there or someone had tipped him off. That was almost imposable.

"Um… Montresser to Doc. Yo Doc!" Jim shouted, waving a hand in front of Doppler's face. "I could really use an answer right now!"

Delbert snapped back to reality. "Oh yeah. Yes Jim, I'll take you."

"Thanks!" He smiled. "But we better start heading to the kitchen. Mom'll be pissed if we're late."

Delbert sighed. He had some much work ahead of him. Not to mention, now he had to take Jim to a place that he was hoping that he wouldn't have to go for the rest of eternity. He like the captain, that was for certain, but he wasn't sure how to handle what was happening between them.

"Delbert!" Sarah called down form the kitchen. "Get your butt down here, and have some breakfast! I don't want you having any reasons for you to not get that room clean."

"Coming!" Delbert called out, setting the rest of his papers down on his cluttered desk.

On the Space Port, Amelia was having problem's of her own, however, they were a little more serious. She had just figured out that the damage to the Legacy was worse than first predicted, and thus, she was forced to stay even longer at the hotel that she had been staying at. It wasn't all that bad, but it did burn a whole in her pocket. She wasn't sure how long she was going to have to stay, but the last thing she wanted to do was stay at a relative's house.

Her family was okay for the most part, but they never failed to give her crap about how 'unladylike' her career was. The last time she was there, her aunt had told her that she should quit and merry a good man. Amelia had tried her hardest to ignore her, but it was starting to be a little too much. They had finally gotten into an argument that ended with Amelia staying at a nearby hotel.

Amelia sighed with frustration. Working for the Empire had its perks. Most officers were given dorm rooms that they could spend time in between voyages, and they were quite homely to tell the truth. She fell onto the bed of her small hotel room, and looked up at the ceiling. She had grown tired of counting the tiles that loomed above her. It was maddening to think that she had enough time on her hands to count them all. She rolled over to look out the window next to her, wincing as a sharp pain shot up her left side. She sat up cursing under her breath. Ever since she got back from Treasure Planet, her injury seemed to have gotten worse, despite her getting proper medical attention. The doctors said that it looked normal, and that she had nothing to worry about, however, Amelia had her doubts. A knock at the door snapped her out of her thoughts. She got up and walked over to the door, looking through the peep hole. Standing there was Jim and Doppler, both a little confused from the looks of it.

"Jim, are you sure this is the right place?" Doppler asked looking at the address on a piece of scrap paper. "This doesn't seem right. I seriously doubt the captain would be staying at a hotel."

"Well don't argue with me. She gave me that address when I last saw her." Jim sighed as he began to knock on the door again, but before he could, Amelia opened it.

"Ah, Mr. Hawkins. I've been expecting you. Do come in." Amelia said, welcoming him in. "I do hope you brought all the registration forms."

"Got them right here, Captain." Jim said handing them to her. He began to walk around the small room. "Sure didn't expect you to be living in a place like this, though."

"Well it's all I can afford for now." Amelia sighed. She turned her gaze to Delbert, who was shyly looking at the floor, trying to avoid eye contact with the felinid. "Well hello, Doctor. I wasn't expecting you to be here." Amelia finally said, smiling.

Doppler looked up slowly and gave a halfhearted smile in return but said nothing. Amelia raised an eyebrow at him but thought it would be best to leave the doctor be. She really would never understand that man, nor did she care to.

Doppler pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. He didn't really understand why the captain was acting like nothing really happened between them, but in a way, he was rather happy about it. He just hoped that their relationship wouldn't be tainted by anything. He just wanted to be her friend, nothing more.

She looked back at him, relieved that he had lightened up. "You can make yourself at home, Doctor. I know it isn't much but it'll do for now."

"Yeah, this place is nothing compared to Doc's mansion. That thing is huge!" Jim added, as he sat on the neatly made bed.

Amelia's eyes widened with surprise. "You never mentioned you lived in a mansion. I mean I would have imagined such from a man of you stature but…"

"Well, I-I do. But it's not all that amazing. It's relatively small compared to other mansions I've seen." Doppler stated, trying to be modest.

"Yeah and it's a mess. You can't even walk through it without running into a stack or two of books piled to the ceiling." Jim snickered. "One time, a stack fell on me and it took me 15 minutes to dig my way out. And that's after B.E.N dove in to get me. Then he got lost and it took us another 13 minutes to find him."

"Honestly, Doctor." Amelia rolled her eyes.

Doppler turned at least 10 shades of red, before explaining himself. "It's not my fault. Jim wasn't watching where he was going and he ran into my collection of encyclopedias." He mumbled.

"One of his many collections of encyclopedias." Jim corrected.

"If you don't clean that place soon, Doctor, I'm afraid you might find one of your house guests dead under a stack of books." Amelia warned.

"Your starting to act like Sarah." Doppler sighed. "Well Jim, I think we best leave. The captain might have some things she has to deal with. You know how busy she gets."

"Aww. But I was just about to tell her about the time B.E.N got lost in that maze of dictionaries." Jim moaned as he was pushed out the door by the Doppler.

"Actually, Doctor, I would like to have a word with you." Amelia called out. "Privately."

All the color drained out of Delbert's face. He was dreading this ever since he agreed to take Jim over here. Jim gave him a slight grin and raised his eyebrows. *This'll be interesting* he thought, looking at the good doctor's reaction. He had suspected something had happened between the two ever since Doppler came home that day. He had seemed a little distracted about something, and couldn't concentrate on anything.

"I-I'll be back in a little bit, Jim." He murmured quietly.

He walked back into the room and stared at the captain, who had a rather stern look on her face. He didn't know how to react and adjusted his the collar of his shirt. Her expression softened just slightly. She took pity on him. After all, she was the one who kissed him. God only knew what he was thinking.

"Doctor," She began. "I hope that, the little incident in my stateroom didn't upset you. I didn't mean-"

"It's okay, Captain. It didn't bother me. I-I-I mean it's not that a liked it or anything but I…uh I'm not saying that it was bad or anything, but what I mean is-"

Amelia shook her head. He truly was just too adorable. She figured that's why she enjoyed him so. He always seemed to amuse her, even when she was in the worst of moods.

"What I meant to say was…"Doppler continued. "Would…would you like to join me for dinner sometime?"

Amelia's eyes almost popped out of her head. What did he just say? "What did you just say?"

Delbert winced, but he had to carry on. He had to face reality. He already concluded that he was in love with her. Up until now, he tried to convince himself that he couldn't love her like that. But there was another side of him that was saying that he really needed her in his life. He force the words to come out once again. "I… was…wondering if you…would like to join me for dinner?"

How could she say no. The way his beautiful brown eyes looked at her was almost unbearable. She smiled at him and nodded her head. "I would love to, Doctor."

Taken aback, Doppler's mouth dropped open with disbelief. She had really agreed. "Y-yes well, would tonight suffice?"

"Of coarse. I have nothing planned."

"Uh…great I'll…I'll pick you up at eight?" Doppler ended it like a question. He wasn't sure if that would be alright. He didn't want to sound too commanding.

"That's just fine. However, Doctor might I recommend that you end you sentences with more confidence. It suits you better." She joked.

"Yes, of coarse. I'll try to remember that." Doppler sighed, making his way to the door. As he walked out, he managed to trip over the rug, causing him to land flat on his face. Jim busted out with laughter, however, Amelia tried her best to contain herself. Jim shook his head still howling with uncontained laughter, and help the poor doctor off the floor. He waved goodbye to her and helped him down the hall.

"So, how'd it go?" Jim smirked.

"How'd what go?"

"Well obviously, you and the captain have something going on. So I'm just asking if she shot you down or something. Honestly I would have suspected you to be crying by now, but good job holding your feelings in like a man." Jim smiled.

"She didn't shoot me down!" Doppler snapped. "And was it that obvious?"

"Of coarse it was obvious. You act really weird around her. Not to mention she only seems to smile at you, and no one else. That's damn near impossible" Jim explained.

Doppler blushed. "Well, I am going to need your help on one thing, though."

"Yeah? Like what?"

"Well, you see I… kind of asked her out to dinner…and she said yes. So I'm going to need some pointers on how to give a good impression."

"Of coarse I'll help you, you old dog you!" Jim laughed, But was given a glare from Delbert. "No pun intended, Doc." He corrected himself.

To be continued…

Well I hope you liked this chapter! Please forgive me if my updates become slow, though. I have other fics that are keeping me busy. But please, please, please review. They make my day and help me update quicker.