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Blind Chess	By : madradena Category: Star Trek > The Next Generation Views: 1334 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Beverly just finished the morning briefing of the Alpha shift of sickbay and was talking to nurse Ogawa, when Emma walked in with a joyous smile on her face. Bev exchanged glances with Alyssa, who couldn't suppress the small smile that crept on her face: she knew very well what it meant to be late but coming in with SUCH a smile! She'd worn that smile too when she'd started to go out with Andrew who later became her husband.
She smiled at Beverly "Talk to you later."
Bev nodded and as Alyssa left, she turned to Emma who still looked around quite absently "May I have a word with you."
Emma looked at her surprised frowning "Without even saying hi? Boy, am I in for trouble." she grimaced.
"You bet, you're over half an hour late." Bev told her reprimandingly then motioned with her finger to turn around and go outside.
Emma obeyed, and they went into Beverly's office next door to sickbay. When the door closed, Emma opened her mouth to explain, but Bev was faster.
"What in heaven's name are you doing?! This is the third time in the month!"
"Shit, Bev, have you had embers for breakfast that you're spitting fire? Chill out! I'm just late, it's not like I killed someone!"
"Stop being so ignorant about all this! What am I going to write into your evaluation? Have you thought about that?"
Emma spread her arms and shrugged "How would I know? You're the Chiefing Leading Main Doctor around here. You're the one who should know." then her smile betrayed her teasing.
But Bev didn't feel like being teased that morning - she had a briefing before her about the new mission of the Enterprise and not even one bit of hers felt good about it at all: "It's CMO. And you ought to be concerned about what your evaluation will say, if you don't want to be off this ship soon."
Emma crossed her arms sceptically taking her stand "Tyeah, like you had a myriad of nurses who can be trusted with the job of a doctor around here."
Bev glanced away "It's not about how you do your job." she winced, because Emma was right. They were short of well-prepared doctors, and though Emma had a decade of technological knowledge to make up for, she picked up most of it in a month's time. And Bev did trust her with doctor's tasks despite the restriction from Starfleet that she could only do the job of nurses until she proved her knowledge at the Medical Differential Exam.
Emma looked at her with her usual little smug smirk "You bet it isn't about how I do my job. Cause you and I, we both know well that I do a freaking awesome job. And if I didn't have to do that doggone exam, you should be fearing for your sorry little three-lettered title, missy, cause I'd be running on the next election for it." Emma stared into her eyes with challenge for one instant before a laugh blurted through her lips followed by a series of giggles. Bev tried to remain as serious and annoyed as she had been when they'd walked into her office, but the absurdity of Emma's teasing just took the better of her. She chuckled and covered her face with her palm.
"Oh, god. Nothing feels better in the earliest hours of the morning than realizing I have a competitor. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll watch my back from now on." she teased back chuckling one last time then shook her head "Em. For god's sake. Try to be on time. Doctor Powell wants your head, and you know it. If you give him a good place to attack..."
Emma's expression turned seriously apologetic "I know, Bev. I know. I'm really sorry. I really don't mean to put you into such a horrible situation with oversleeping all the time but... but today was different..." then without any further explanation, she tiredly collapsed into a chair.
Bev went to half sit on her desk in front of her "What is it, dear? You came in with the smile of an angel today. I think even Alyssa noticed."
A smile flickered over Emma's features and she nodded "Yeah, I..." she shook her head and smiled again a helplessly happy smile "Actually, WE... ya know..." she shrugged, and it finally dawned on Bev.
"Oh, you're not saying that you..."
"Yeah, we did..."
"Oh, wow! Finally!" Bev put a hand on Emma's shoulder "I'm so happy for you!"
Emma laughed softly "Oh, Bev, I'm so happy for myself too! Oh, if you just knew how AMAZING he is! How attentive, how sexy, how attractive, ah... you wouldn't even believe it, if I told you all of it!" she shrugged not even knowing how to begin.
Bev's eyes widened as the realization dawned on her that Emma DID actually want to tell her 'all of it' and, she held her hands up defensively "No, no, no details! Please! You know how I feel about Data. He is a friend, and I almost literally watched him growing up! I don't think I can listen to such stories about him..."
"Oh, you've no idea what you're missing out on..." she buried her face in her palms and remained like that for a few moments. Beverly studied her strange posture and tried to guess what was going on - because it was plain that something WAS going on apart from the fact that they finally consummated their relationship. And her sixth sense didn't disappoint her, when Emma reluctantly spoke from her palms on a muffled voice "But there's something else..."
After a few moments, when she could see that Emma needed some encouragement, Beverly finally asked "What?"
Emma dropped her hands on her lap "I eh..." she fidgeted nervously in the chair, and Bev frowned at the sudden change of mood "Well, I... I think I ...told him something."
"Em, am I gonna have to use force to pull every word out of you? What did you tell him?"
Emma chuckled nervously "No..." she shrugged and then suddenly pushed herself out of the chair and started to pace around aimlessly. After a few moments, she finally admitted barely even glancing towards Bev "Well, I think I told him... that I love him."
"...Eh... You think?"
"Ah, yeah... I was very sleepy... almost asleep... But I'm pretty sure I did, yeah... It just slipped me..."
Beverly blinked for a few moments trying to find the question most appropriate from the hundred that suddenly popped into mind "I suppose your restless pacing means you haven't done that before."
Em turned to her annoyed and frowned "No, of course not!"
"Of course not?" Bev grimaced uncomfortably "You mean you didn't mean it?"
"I haven't said that!" Emma told her suddenly frowning irritated.
"So what's wrong? You told him that for the first time and you meant it, where's the catch?" Bev asked puzzled.
Emma glanced at her frustrated and slowly taking the few steps that separated them, she started to explain counting down her doubts on her fingers nervously "For one, it's too early. We've been going out for only two months. And we don't know each other! I mean he barely knows anything about me. And these things take time and..."
"And, and, and what?"
Emma gazed away very embarrassed "...and he didn't say anything." she added on a very silent voice. A very uncomfortable silence descended on them for a long moment. She shook her head swallowing hard looking for words to say - and didn't dare to even glance at Bev to see her reaction "I-I fell asleep almost right after saying it... But I'm kinda sure I'd have woken up to his voice - you know I'm not a good sleeper... And he didn't say anything in the morning either..."
Beverly winced trying to figure what on Earth she could say to THAT - it was plain that Emma was really hurt by this... "Maybe he didn't hear it." she tried - but knew right away it was a dumb guess...
Em looked at her annoyed "Sure. Data, whose ears are better than the average dog's, didn't hear his girlfriend saying 'I love you'. Come on, you'll have to try harder to reassure me than THIS, Bev."
"Okay, okay, fine, you're right!" Beverly pushed back her long strands with her fingers that had fallen into her eyes "Well... there could be a million reasons! Remember, you're his first serious relationship. Maybe he's not ready."
"Well, Bev, I'm not ready either! But I freaking said it!" Em retorted finally showing that she was really upset about all of this.
"Em, listen. You've gotta give him time. You keep saying that he is like a teenager. Maybe it's too early..."
"That's what I'm saying too! It's too early! I keep telling myself the same thing! Emma, it's too early; what the hell are you doing?" she asked herself in ultimate sarcasm then laughed a forced laugh "Well, this gal was not listening to common sense last night for sure...oh..." she moaned frustrated and put her forehead in her palm shaking her head.
"Em..." Beverly stood from her desk, and took her by the shoulders to make her look at her. When Emma finally did, she took her hands gently in hers, and Emma did let her, though her expression remained troubled. Bev smiled encouragingly "You said it, and he hasn't. So what? He WILL for sure. When he's ready." she told her on a soft voice. Emma's expression remained stubborn, and Bev gave her hand a gentle squeeze "No, listen! Don't tell me you don't see it. It's in every one of his gestures toward you. Every look. Every word. I've known him for a very long time. And never have I seen him looking at anybody quite the same way he looks at you. Why he doesn't say the words, I can't tell. But it's not a competition, Em. Let him take his time."
Emma shrugged a little considering. Actually, what Beverly said made sense. "I know, I know... It's just sometimes... I feel so unsure... about myself, about this whole..."
"Unsure? After a night that you just wanted to describe to me in every detail even knowing that I really, REALLY don't want a description? After which you came in with THAT smile?" Beverly chuckled "Come on, dear, you need to try harder if you want to convince me that you have no clue about his feelings for you."
After a moment, Emma chuckled with her then shrugged again "Shit, you're always so right. I hate that so much!" They laughed.
"Bad news that you'll need to put up with it for a few more years, if of course you stop being late!"
They laughed again and then Emma was the one who squeezed her friend's hands "Bev... ya know that I'm not the sentimental kinda type... ya know that... but... I don't think I can ever repay you for what you're doing for me. When I left Epsilon, I had no place to go, no family, no friends. You gave me a home, friendship, acceptance and... and I found this incredible guy here, where you brought me. I'll never be able to thank you enough."
Bev smiled and squeezed her hand "I'm glad that you look as happy as I hoped you would be when you came to the Enterprise." she told her friend softly. And there was something that just made her heart sink at that thought. A sudden surge of remorse washed over her to which she'd not been prepared. "I'm really happy for your happiness." she said on a silent voice, but her expression turned gloomy.
Emma noticed it and frowned: "What is it?"
Beverly glanced away trying to make the right decision "There's something ...something you..." she gazed back at her finally deciding to break a few rules "Our mission, Em. It's classified, but I have to tell you..." but then the door of the office opened, and Data stepped in with an unearthly smile on his face.
"May I come in or am I disturbing you?"
Emma let Bev's hand go and turned to him fully smiling back with the same smile he had on his lips. Then she turned her head back to Beverly questioningly, waiting for her to finish whatever she'd wanted to say - but Beverly knew the moment was gone. "No, no, just come in." she said and took a few steps toward the door, while Data wandered in and met Emma mid-room - they had eyes only for each other. It was so nice to see, that Bev's heart sank even more.
Data then looked at Beverly with a small, kind smile "Doctor Crusher. Geordi is sending you this." he told her and taking the few steps separating them, gave her a padd.
"Oh, yes, the study on dilithium we were talking about earlier." she pressed a few buttons checking the paper around and then looked up at him "He could have sent this to me via the computer. You really didn't have to tire with bringing it to me."
"As you might well know, Doctor, I can never grow tired. Besides, I offered to bring it to you." his eyes travelled back to the smiling Emma, giving the impression to Bev that it was almost second nature for him to lock his gaze with hers.
"I understand." Beverly nodded knowingly and then glanced at her friend "Em, five minutes." she told her strictly then left the two of them alone.
"That was really considerate of you to bring that padd over..." Emma started to complement on his politeness - and wanting to finish in a teasing, but Data simply stepped to her, took her into his arms and kissed her on the lips in one motion. In a short moment, Emma barely had any more doubts in her head. When they broke away, she felt light-headed and had to hold on to him "I think we agreed about not fooling around on duty, Mr. Commander." she whispered.
"That is correct, Ms. Jones. However, I believe we need to adjust our rules of interaction."
"Is that so?" she smiled and brushed the tip of her nose to his.
"Yes. I'd like you to be aware of the fact that I'm experiencing a very peculiar phenomenon I never before did."
"Really?"
He nodded and went on seemingly very matter-of-factly "The absence of your sensory input patterns on my mental pathways when you are not in my vicinity has become more pronounced now that we have consummated our bodily relationship. Therefore I suggest a change in our customs."
Emma smiled lovingly as she brushed the edge of his hair on his neck with the tips of her fingers "You missed me? Already? But we barely said goodbye half an hour ago."
His expression turned very serious "An eternity for an android." he explained raising his eyebrows.
Emma's lips parted as the realization hit her "You perceive time differently than I do."
He stared into her eyes and then nodded slowly.
She smiled in wonder and then stroked his cheek lovingly "You know sometimes, it's really hard to remember that you're not a human guy." she told him shyly. Seeing his stunned expression though, she quickly added "I-I didn't mean to hurt you with this! I hope you don't take it that way!"
"Hurt?" he shook his head amazed at the thought. For a long moment, he wasn't even able to find words to express how much that one sentence meant to him! "That was perhaps the most beautiful thing anyone has ever said to me!" he told her moved. And she smiled that tender smile she gave only to him.
Whenever she looked at him like that, with such care in her eyes, he always thought that though he might never achieve to be a human as it is, but probably these moments were the closest he would ever FEEL to be human. He kissed her again then and was not sure yet how he would let her go. She kissed him back with the same enthusiasm circling his neck with her arms, and she was pressed so close to him that he could feel her heartbeat.
But before they could lose themselves in their passion, his combadge went off:
"All senior staff to the observation lounge." Riker's voice came through the channel, and they broke away. She looked up at him breathless, and her heart skipped a beat as he gazed into her eyes with that overwhelming devotion.
"You need to..." she whispered.
"Yes." but made no motion of letting her go, instead bent to her again and pressed his lips to hers.
She smiled into the kiss - yeah, maybe Bev was more right than either of them thought. Finally, she broke away and stepped out of his arms "Don't be late, baby." she told him on a concerned voice.
He glanced away with an unreadable expression as if he was thinking about saying something then looked back at her and just told her "See you later."
She nodded with a small smile, and he left.
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