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You Can't Fight a Tidal Wave	By : madradena Category: Star Trek > The Next Generation Views: 1693 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"I cannot help but agree, Beverly. I'm worried about him as well." Captain Jean-Luc Picard told the doctor as he sat beside her at the table. As it was their custom for long years, they were having breakfast every morning in his quarters and this one was no exception.
"Hmmm..." nodded Beverly as she swallowed her mouthful of croissant and took some butter on her knife again. "I really think he should talk to somebody, because now he is just completely closed up. When I proposed to him to participate in the play, he barely wanted to check out what it was about. I know he'll say no when I go to him this afternoon to discuss it. He does not refuse because it's a romantic or a somewhat comedic piece. He says no because he doesn't want to take part in anything at all."
"Well, Data in a romantic comedy... I have to admit I find that quite hard to picture myself, Beverly. He is fairly good in Shakespeare tragedies but comedy... well, that would be something new." he smiled amusedly as he was buttering his own croissant.
"Exactly!" Beverly nodded "That's why I'm worried he says no! Think about it! He has always wanted to try out everything that was new for him and would take him one step closer to humanity, let that be owning a cat or ...or learning tap dancing. But ...but ever since... ever since we left the orbit of Earth, he completely coocooned himself up. He doesn't want to be part in anything, not new or old things." she drew her point home.
"Well, come to think of it. I've never seen Data missing out on an opportunity learning about the human equation. This... this play would be as good an opportunity as any." he had to agree again. Beverly nodded, and he went on while pouring some tea into both of their cups "To tell you the truth, you are not the first to express worry about him. Geordi says the same as you do. And I know exactly that Data is pulling double and if possible triple shifts to avoid off-duty interactions." he shrugged "You know, if he displayed any signs of not giving a top performance while on duty, I could at least order him to talk to Counsellor Troi. However..."
"That would not happen to Data." Beverly shook her head.
"This is really affecting only his personal life." the Captain agreed and sighed knowing that as a commanding officer, he didn't have any right to interfere with that in any ways.
"Well, we're his friends. We have to do something for him, Jean-Luc." Beverly added on a low voice. The Captain nodded, and for a moment, there was silence between the two of them. Finally, Beverly spoke again "Jean-Luc." she called softly and waited until the Captain looked up from his breakfast and held her gaze "What did happen in Engineering during the Borg invasion?" she asked cautiously. She knew that this topic was a difficult one not only for their android friend but for her Captain as well...
The Captain sighed and shook his head slightly to break away from her gaze "Hard to say." he said on a dry whisper.
"But... you are ...you are the one who's in the position to make a guess." she didn't want to say it out loud why that was exactly. They both knew.
He looked into her eyes with disbelief. He never expected that she would ever bring this up - and especially not at their breakfast table. Just so casually, as if asking for the salt. "You know as much as I do." he said curtly breaking from her gaze by returning to the task of buttering an already buttered croissant "I put everything I know into the official reports. Data was abducted and the Borg tempted him to cross to their side by offering him to become as human as it was possible for him. He played along to mislead them and finally saved us all. I'm not sure what information you would need me to guess about that story, Beverly. I suppose enduring that patches of skin that once belonged to your own crewmates being grafted on your body would pose as a shock enough even for an android to become somewhat... depressed. Don't you agree? I can guess that at least I would be in his place."
Beverly regretted her question even halfway into the Captain's recital of the story. She knew how sensitive this particular spot was for him, and it seemed that he was not willing to face it even for the sake of an old friend. But sometimes, it was so difficult to stay silent about all of this! She did know about the Borg Queen after all! She knew that something did happen both to Data and previously to Jean-Luc which involved the Queen and left both of them helplessly scared of even talking about her.
She gently put her hand on the Captain's and waited until he locked his gaze with hers again "I'm sorry I brought it up. Please forget it, Jean-Luc." she asked on a soft voice which he felt he just couldn't resist.
He smiled slowly almost instinctively as he felt his heart melt under Beverly's touch - how amazing that she was able to do this even after years of being only friends! "It's alright, Beverly." he shrugged slightly "In fact, I owe you an apology for being rude. I suppose I'm not comfortable with discussing anyone's abduction by the Borg, whereas you ask me these questions because you're rightfully worried about a friend." he sighed and nodded almost to himself "Well, I suppose I will have to speak to Mr. Data myself and see if I can get him out of his coocoon after all."
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