Deja Q

Posted on Sat Mar 8th, 2014 @ 9:30pm by Lieutenant JG Paul Harrison

3,378 words; about a 17 minute read

Mission: Mission 85 - Q-uality Time Aboard Starbase 400
Location: Yamaguchi Quaters
Timeline: Set two days before the wedding and one day before Old friends Part two.

"tbd"

Rachael Yamaguchi
Civilian
Starbase 400

Paul Harrison
Civilian
Starbase 400

Cadet Forth Class Elizabeth Yamaguchi
Operations Cadet
Starfleet Academy - Earth

Music Soundtrack: Battlestar Galactica: Season One - A Good Lighter

***** Yamaguchi Quarters - Starbase 400 *****

The doorbell beeped as Rachael ignored it, she was busy focusing on schoolwork as Elizabeth, her older sister was home as she went to
answer the door and like on that day a year ago, she smiled at the
boy she found there. "Hello again handsome." she gave him a smile
as she clearly recognized and remembered Paul Harrison. "You have
come to the right place... how many I help you?" she gave him a lusty
look.

Paul sighed and spoke under his breath, "Great." He feigned smile,
"Hi, is Rachael here?"

"Well yes she is home.... doing homework." Elizabeth commented
with a smile. "But you don't wanna bother her.... when you could
have-"

He sighed again, "Seriously?. Just tell her I'm here."

"Beth, are you done yet?" Rachael commented as she looked at her
older sister, she sighed softly. "stop hitting on my boyfriend, come
on in Paul.... no this is not a bad time.... and you.... behave yourself."
Rachael addressed Beth then Paul and then Beth again in that order.

"Thank god." He followed Rachael as the smaller woman walked into
the kitchen as she ordered herself something to drink. "Whats up?"
she inquired as she leaned against the countertop as she looked at
him.

The tension was thick in the room, "I don't know. I was about to
ask you the same thing." He looked at her, "Look. I'm sorry about
what I said but sometimes you do things and it makes me nervous.
You're too young to put yourself in danger. That is what Starfleet
officers are here for."

Rachael looked up at him since he was close to a half foot taller then
she was as Elizabeth came over as she picked up her sweatshirt.
"I'll let you two have these quarters.... I'm going to go visit my
nephew."

Paul glared at her, "Good riddance."

"Behave you two..." and with that she slipped on her boots and the
nineteen year old departed.

Rachael waited until Elizabeth had departed before answering.
"I can control my abilities and I've not been in that many situations
anyway..."

"I didn't say that you couldn't control them but until your abilities
are refined, I think you need to use them carefully. You know, you
don't always have to be the heroine."

"I've only been in the one life threatening situation." she commented.
"Unless I missed one."

"Not yet but you will be at some point." He took a deep breath and
exhaled, "I have to be honest with you. When you jumped in there
with the dinosaur, I felt...useless. I don't like feeling that way. I
want to have a girlfriend who looks to me to save her, not the other
way around."

Rachael looked at him. "Paul... you are far from useless.... but that
particular species of Dinosaur had binocular vision as such it was a
serious threat to the two of us, you did the right thing by staying
out of it... " she sighed as she raised an eyebrow. "and I'd stay out
of Elizabeth's way if I were you..."

"Why's that?" Paul was puzzled.

"Elizabeth was overly enthusiastic but you are being overly mean
and cruel to her." she grinned darkly at him. "She might strangle
you for it."

"She started it. And I don't like the way she greeted me this time
either. It's creepy." Truth of the matter, he didn't like girls with big personalities.

"All the same,. I'd stay away from her... if I were you." Rachael
commented. "So she's outgoing.... is that a bad thing?" she inquired.
"so fair warning... she will want ten minutes alone with you... so
you are informed....do behave with her..."

"Ten minutes?" Paul sighed, "When the heck will that be?"

"She will come for you soon enough.... but enough about her."
Rachael commented. "My time of blooming will soon end and
then my powers will be shall we say fixed and I'll need to eat
more food to make up for it...." she explained as she looked up
at him.

"I didn't know."

"You will never have my problems and issues... with you its just
puberty and with me, my mind is rewriting itself because of the
bloom..... "

"Oh."

Rachael raised an eyebrow as she looked at him. "I must use my
abilities... the most often I use them, the stronger I'll become..
otherwise I'll lose them all my Beth almost did..."

"So if I want to be with you, I have to put up with you using your
abilities. If so, you have to promise me that you will let me once
in a while protect you."

Rachael considered it. "I can agree to that.." she replied. "using my
abilities can be exhausting at times.." she commented evenly as she
raised an eyebrow as she looked at him. "So long as you can remind
me that its okay to be myself and not be mature and controlled all
the time." she shrugged. "responsibility gets old after awhile.."

"Okay, I can do that."

Rachael smiled as she polished off her drink as she placed the empty
glass back in the replicator but didn't recycle it, she then went over
to her school books on the table as she picked up the large textbook
as she closed it, on the cover was labelled 'DINOSAURS' in large bold
letters. "Lets get out of here.... "

"Before we do, I want to do something." He took the book out of her
hands and set it down. He took her in his arms and kissed her, "I'm
sorry."

Rachael raised an eyebrow as he took the book from her and before
she knew it, their lips met as all rational thought flew out of her mind
like shuttles and escape pods fleeing a doomed ship. "Its okay... I
still have much to learn... so I'll let you handle protecting me from harm."

Paul smiled, "Good."

"Lets go track Elizabeth down... so you can apologize to her.... I'll be
there to make sure she remains civil.... nothing worse then her trying
to strangle you."

"Uh, wait a minute. She should be apologizing to me. And just because
she can do something to me, it doesn't mean she can. If she does, I'll
nark on her so fast."

"That would cause more harm then good." Rachael commented as she
walked beside him out the door and down the hall, the two walked in silence
until they reached their destination.

The Starbase Infirmary had a few people in for various ailments and issues
as Elizabeth was standing there with a small infant in her arms as she
generally made a fuss over her nephew. "Aren't you so adorable.... yes... yes you are.." as she looked at her younger sibling.

"Ahh Rachael.... Mom is with Celeste and Gabriel. she gets out today and she's climbing the walls..." she looked at Paul. "You and I have to chat.." as she handed her nephew over to Rachael. "Rachael doubtless warned you I wanted ten minutes alone with you.

Rachael raised an eyebrow as she regarded her sibling. "Elizabeth?"

"Relax Rachael, I will behave..." the larger woman commented evenly. "Shall we Mr. Harrison?".

"Where do you want to go?" Paul inquired although he really didn't want to talk to her.

"Oh I was thinking of having a drink on the Promenade.... because we have an issue we must address..."

Paul shrugged, "Okay. Why not."

Elizabeth turned and walked out of the infirmary as she seemed to disappear as she went around the corner.

Paul sighed when he lost sight of her.

Beth raised an eyebrow as she was now across he promenade. "over here" she called over to him. "You have an issue with me.... Lets have it."

Paul walked over to her, "First if all, I want you to know that I don't hate you. It's just that you make me feel uncomfortable."

Elizabeth ordered two glasses of water, she lifted them as she placed a glass before Paul. "I'm the eldest of my siblings... I look after them and I protect them.... its an old habit..." she commented. "You don't seem to like people with big personalities... I spent one semester in a class with a professor that makes the Admiral look angelic, this guy was just cruel to his class.... made them do four hours of homework a night." she shook her head. "two thirds of his class drop out due to the workload." she explained. "Its why I have my sense of humor.... "

"I guess I just don't understand your humor." Paul admitted.

"Well, one either develops a sense of humor... or you go insane.... or quit." she shrugged. "I survived... but only just.. then there was my last boyfriend.." she then sighed. "Do me one favor... Don't do to Rachael what he did to me..."
she commented. "I will skip the threats and the like and I'll make it a request."

"I wouldn't do anything to hurt her. Why do you care?"

"Why?" Beth smiled at him as she sipped her drink. "Because you are more of a man then most men I deal with on a daily basis..." she commented. "they want me in the most basic way... you want more than that... "

I can sometimes be hard to remember or see..." she then smiled.

He took a sip of his drink, "So how were you able to do what you did, you know, the disappearing thing?"

"Ahh.." Beth commented as she drained half her glass of water. "Well there are two schools of thought one can train in... telekinesis and telepathy. Rachael has talents in telekinesis and Gabriel has talents in both as does Mom... I have talents in telepathy." she explained.

Paul looked surprised, "Really?"

"I can avoid being seen if I wish..." she explained evenly. "I can sneak up on people and torment people..... my sense of humor is potent and aggressive.."

"And you don't get in trouble for it?"

"Not if I'm careful about how and when I do it..." she commented evenly.
"most when I'm out and about planetside... Where as here, I'm on small Starbase so I need not worry... unless some guy wants me..." she then shrugged. "I don't see that happening any time soon..." as she looked at him. "Rachael needs to keep up with her mental training... and.. as loathe as I am to drag someone else into this... she's been slacking off... could you do her, me and everyone else involved a favor?"

He exhaled, "Let me guess. You want me to make her train as much as she can. If it is that important, then I will try but it won't be easy. She is stubborn as a mule."

"No..." Beth responded. "I just want you to remind he that she needs to do it, pestering her won't work and neither will strong-arming her..." the older woman replied with a world weary sigh. "It is very important for her future.."

"Alright, I promise." It was all he could do.

Beth finished her drink as she looked at him. "Rachael chose well.... I wish I had her luck..." she commented. "and here I was thinking you didn't know anything about women.... and yet you surprise me."

He had to be honest, "I don't but I'm learning very quickly."

Beth smiled at him. "You're an optimist...and you're honest..." she explained. "I'd honestly forgotten what people such as yourself looked like.."

"If you grew up with a man that only cared about himself, you would want to be nothing like him too. I strive everyday to treat Rachael like she should be treated. But I'm not perfect either. I slip up like I did earlier. But really care about her. No, I love her."

Beth blinked, that statement was a real surprise but yet she found she could respect him, he was honest and that was something that was truly rare. "Ahh such honesty." she smiled at him. "I can respect that.... you have the courage to come right out and say that to me, a woman you hardly know... that's commendable.... I see now why Rachael thinks so highly of you."

"I think highly of Rachael as well. I think we just got off on the wrong foot. You are actually...cool."

Beth nodded. "I tend to be rather abusive with people.... Its something I'm working on." she explained. "I wasn't expecting you to be so... honest.." she
responded. "I'm glad I'm wrong.."

"Me too. I'd hate to think what you might have done to me." He flashed her a smile to show that he was just kidding.

Beth chuckled softly. "Indeed... What I can do would be illegal on most worlds... " she grinned at him. "I can lull people off to sleep with the most wonderful dreams ever or.... nightmares they will never forget.... I've never done it though."

"I don't think you better either. Unless...it is some idiot who is trying to woo Rachael, then, yeah, do it." He got an evil grin on his face.

Beth raised an eyebrow. "Oh I'm usually very subtle about it.... but then Rachael can take care of herself... she doesn't need me fighting her battles.."
the older woman smiled at him.

"No, she doesn't, does she." He chuckled, "Then I have nothing to worry about."

"Not from me. You might from my father but then everyone else in the family seems to like you... word of you is getting around and others in my extended family are hearing about you now as well.... My Aunt Talon will have her eye on you once you head off to the academy and she might request you when you graduate.." she explained. "my relatives might start fighting over you." she chuckled softly. "I'm not sure if that's good... or bad but... I will leave that for you to decide my good man."

"I didn't know that I was this important. I've never met a family like yours in my life. They are very close knit. My family was never close, never." It kind of made him nervous. He really had some big shoes to fill.

"Well they keep hearing about you." she smiled warmly at him. "I know we're having a family reunion sometime in the next year.... I think Mom wants to invite you.. I know Rachael will want you there."

"I will be there as long as it is before I have to go to the academy. And speaking of the academy, it's a decision that I just made and I haven't told Rachael or anyone else so don't say anything. So much responsibility."

Beth raised an eyebrow. "I was expecting a different response.... I have three uncles and five aunts, they all have between three and six kids each...all are married." she explained. "we are all quite close... I get on well with my cousins... and the stories are making you into something of a legend."

"I guess I am in shock, that's all. I've never been a legend or ever thought I would be. Now I am nervous, very nervous. Don't tell me anymore. I need time to take this all in."

"It was the same for Celeste... " Beth commented. "but you'll be fine.." she commented. "Mom likes you. Dad has yet to meet you though... but he'll listen to mom on this one." she commented. "but... so long as you remain true to yourself. .... you won't need to be concerned with anyone else... except Rachael of course." she then grinned at him.

"Whew! That's a relief. I think you better not tell me anything else. You're not helping easing my mind."

"Fair enough." she replied. "Well... you will only need to tolerate me for another couple of days before the cloud of doom and myself that's under it will depart for the lunatic asylum so I can graduate with my class of psychopaths later this year."

'Hmm?"

Beth's grin widened. "The academy, I mean.."

"Naah. I'm not putting up with you. I am actually enjoying talking to you." Paul smiled sat her.

Beth chuckled softly as she regarded him. "So how are you doing otherwise... are there many other guys your age here on base?" she inquired.

He shook his head, "Not really. A few but no one that I am interested in being friends with. We just don't have anything in common. And the girls are silly and at times, boring."

"Sounds like most other places I've been.... " she commented. "all the girls bore you... because of Rachael or in spite of her?"

"Rachael is fun to be with and I love her but she has nothing to do with why I don't want to be friends with the kids here. I'm not a prankster, I don't like many sports and I am not into dumb computer games. Don't get me wrong. I do like computers but I haven't found anyone who has my knowledge of them that is my age."

Beth raised an eyebrow. "So... what do you do with your free time, other then hang out with Rachael and do schoolwork together.... surely there must be something?" she inquired.

"I'm studying computers on my own right now. That is my plan for the Academy as well. I might even get into computer science as well." He spoke very proudly of his plan.

"Oh you want Science track?" Beth inquired. "If so... look up Professor LaSteel
at the academy.... she's a friend of mine and she taught my Holo-engineering Advanced class... she's got a good sense of humor ad tell her Beth Yamaguchi sent you." she explained. "If you have any troubles.... go see her."

"Okay, I'll remember that." Just talking about the Academy made him excited to go.

Beth raised an eyebrow. "You really want to face the trials of the academy... don't you?" she inquired.

"For the first time, since I arrived on this starbase, I actually know what I want to do."

"Well... don't be in s rush to leave the base.... and Rachael.... just keep in mind that she's almost three years younger then you." she commented.
"Would you wait for her or head off....know you won't see her again for years.."

"There are too many things that could happen during that time but I would wait for her. The same question could be presented to Rachael. I would hope that she would wait for me as well."

"You both ask much of each other...." Beth commented. "I'm sure Rachael will but.... you face other threats that are sure to want her.." she explained as she regarded him. "Anthony Donos for example, Rachael is one of the better looking girls in her class.... and she's about to be offered up as a prize in that age old contest.." she sighed. "it happened to me.... I have six boys wanting me and they all fought over me.... until I decided I wanted none of them."

Paul was getting aggravated now, "If she wants him, she can have him."

"Its not her you need to worry about.... its them.. the other guys." she looked
at him with her dark brown eyes. "Rachael will show she's not interested... it won't work."

"Why are you trying to discourage me from being with Rachael? You don't know how she will respond to these guys. You can just assume, that's all." He was now ready to go. He didn't want to listen to them anymore.

Beth looked at him. "I'm not trying to discourage you from anything... I am being realistic." she explained. "I know my sister quite well... and you need not worry about her...."

"But I do. Until I get a wedding ring on her finger, I always will."

Beth raised an eyebrow as she regarded him, she in truth wanted a man to feel about her the way this guy though about her younger sister but something jumped off of the page at her. "But after that?" she inquired.
"I would tread lightly if I were you mon amis."

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