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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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"So what do you think of Emma now?" Beverly asked her Captain as they were moving lazily to the slow rhythm of the quiet, slow and sensual music. Ten Forward was deserted, the people went home - and Beverly waited for just that to ask her Captain for a dance.
Picard took his time to formulate a polite answer and then gave her a tight smile "Let's just say I will not give her a diplomatic assignment in the near future."
Beverly laughed out in relief "Oh, I knew you would see reason finally!"
"If by reason you mean that now I view her as the perfect example for the junior officers, I can assure you, I'm still perfectly unreasonable." he teased gently, then as she chuckled, he swirled her around making her laugh. When she was again in his arms, she held on to him more tight. And he caught her glance on his lips before meeting his gaze again with her own.
"You’re a very good dancer, Jean-Luc."
"Oh, thank you! My aunt Adele would be proud now, if she saw me. She not only taught me some home-made remedies like curing sleepless nights with steamed milk, but she also taught me the basic steps of waltz. Of course, it was all very embarrassing for a fourteen year-old, tongue-tied adolescent. But then later on, when the awkwardness of adolescence wore off, I learned all the ball-room dances, as a gentleman should."
"And you learned it pretty well!" she complemented him again "How come you never showed it to me or even spoke of this?" she asked with a slight frown.
"Well, a man should always have some novelty up his sleeve. Would you not get bored otherwise?" he asked and suddenly dipped her drawing an instinctive laughter out of her. It was very different the way she held on to him compared to how Emma had: Beverly trusted him implicitly, and let him hold her weight without giving even the slightest hint that she was afraid of being dropped.
When they straightened again, he didn't take her hand back into his, instead held her by the waist, circling her with both of his arms as they danced on. In exchange, she clasped her arms around his neck. They gazed into each other's eyes as the rest of the universe fainted into hazy background noise.
"You're an amazing dancer yourself, Beverly." he told her on a low voice.
She couldn't find her voice to answer for a short moment then just smiled embarrassed "Yeah... the Dancing Doctor. Now all the crew knows..." she told him in mock-resignation.
"I see nothing wrong in that. You have nothing to be embarrassed about because of the talent you have."
Her breath was taken away by the care and tenderness in his voice. And in his eyes. She glanced at his lips once again, unable to fight the urge.
"Beverly..." her name on his lips like a prayer.
"Yes, Jean-Luc?" she whispered.
He stared into her eyes for a long, soul-searching moment "For quite awhile now there's something... I've been meaning to say to you!"
"Yes?" she was not able to tear her gaze away from his.
And the music ended, leaving them standing there in each other's arms, gazes locked, lips away only by a few inches. And as the weight of the moment slowly, steadily dawned on both of them, they found themselves... letting go of one another. Neither of them were quite sure why...
Beverly swallowed hard and then cleared her throat and gazed away, self-consciously sliding her hand up her other arm, as if to hug herself almost as a compensation for his lost touch. She then looked back at him. He stood there petrified, gaze glued on her with all the devotion she knew he felt. She tried to smile to break the moment:
"You... you wanted to say something..."
"Yes, yes..." he shook his head as if waken from a dream "Eh, I just..." he searched her eyes once again then with the tender moment gone, he just smiled a bit absently "I just wanted to tell you that I really loved your play, and I think you're an amazing director." he told her almost too fast.
She smiled gratefully "Thank you, Jean-Luc."
The line "For quite awhile now..." is Beverly's from the ep. Remember Me
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