Not a Farewell
Posted on Wed Jun 1st, 2011 @ 3:11pm by Lieutenant Jimmy Cooper
364 words; about a 2 minute read
Mission:
Shoreleave
Location: T'kaarch's Quarters
Timeline: Current
Holly popped into T'kaarch's quarters (Holograms tend to do that from time to time) to find T'kaarch sitting in his chair. Immediately, she felt something was up, so she asked "What's up?"
She startled him a bit, and he looked up with his yellow eyes. "Oh, hi Holly... Haven't you hearrrd of knocking?"
"What? Since when do I need to knock?? I'm Holly!"
"Oh, fine, fine.." T'kaarch immediately decided that wasn't worth bothering about. "I've got new orrrderrrs." He said, doubting how he would bring it.
"Oh! Did the captain promote you?"
"No, I've been summoned forrr a rrrefrrresherrr officerrr courrrse."
"You need to go back to school?!?"
"I guess you could call it that."
"Well, congratulations! You might make Chief Science Officer just yet!"
To be honest, T'kaarch doubted he was fit for that, but she had a point in that it was a step in the right direction.
"So... what's with the long face?" Holly studied his eyes.
"I... I think it's betterrr if you stayed herrre." T'kaarch said softly.
"What? Why?"
"Well, for one, I'm not surrre if the Academy has hologrrraphic emitterrrs thrrroughout the building... And forrr anotherrr, I think I could concentrrrate betterrr"
Holly thought about this. Part of her wanted to protest, stay with T'kaarch whatever happened. Another part seemed to think it was very boring to sit at Starfleet Academy for however long T'kaarch would be away, and a third part knew that T'kaarch was right.
"I... Ok... So I should stay here?"
It didn't sound convincing, cause she wasn't.
"I'll come back as soon as I'm done. Just don't get yourrrself deleted again." With that, T'kaarch touched Holly softly. He was suprised she had accepted it so easily.
"So, when are you going?"
"Tomorrow..."
"WHAT?! Couldn't you have told me SOONER?"
"Well... I... Didn't want to hurt you or something." T'kaarch couldn't really find the words.
"You stupid cat."
Silence.
Then T'kaarch grabbed Holly, and pressed her against his fur. "I'll be back, I prrromise"
"You'd better, you stupid cat."
OFF:
Lieutenant T'kaarch
Assistant Chief Science Officer
USS Ranger
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