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I decided to do this one from Data's point of view! May not be a happy chapter; I'm in a black mood.

Lt. Commander Data

"I never thought this was possible…" Data thought. Always, he'd thought that, as an android, he couldn't feel love. But when this girl…Anita…when she was around, he felt love. And now he felt joy, and rage, and he laughed, sometimes. He hadn't even meant to; it just slipped by.

Anita, meanwhile, seemed to care for him. She shivered slightly when he talked sometimes. But she seemed almost ruined—her daymares started to be something that froze Anita in place, her face pale. She told no one, at first, of what was in them. But she trembled, the shaking so slight that very few even saw it, but it was there.

As Data thought, walking alongside her, Anita suddenly swung around, standing in front of him. He started to frown, and then her hand was around one side of his neck, fingers trailing in his hair. She stood on tiptoe, and gently, giving him time to pull away, kissed him.

Surprise bloomed, and even that had been surprising. His hands were around her waist, and a noise broke them apart.

"S-sorry…" Anita muttered.

Data shook his head in amusement, pulling her back in. "Do not be," he told her. As his lips met hers—yet again—he felt her stiffen in shock. Soon she melted into him, and the two glided slowly out of the kiss.

"Oh…well…I certainly didn't expect that…" Anita said. Data noticed that she was a bit…breathless.

"Did I do something wrong?" he asked. Anita laughed gently.

"No, not at all," she told him, leaning her forehead against his shoulder gently.

The warmth he felt was puzzling, but Data realized that he liked it. He not only experienced an emotion, but had an opinion about it. And it was not a simple true/false opinion, either, which were based on fact, but a liking, which was based purely on his preferences.

And so he took another step towards a quickly growing humanity, speaking the truth of what he felt. "I love you," he told her.

Anita only smiled, but said, "What a coincidence. I love you, too."

And this takes us to present day.

A/N: Sorry this is such a short chapter, but that really is as far as the backstory goes. So, no, she and Data are not married. Surprise!

And there won't be too long before I finish with this and go back to the other one. Thanks for sticking with this, guys!

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