Need Company

Posted on Thu Jul 2nd, 2020 @ 7:26am by Lieutenant Commander Aurelia Taylor

Mission: Season 3: Episode 4: Cause and Effect
Location: Anje's Quarters
Timeline: Shortly before the time jump
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Anje had called Lia and asked her to come over, and now awaited her friend's arrival, a bottle of Sake and rolls of bluefin tuna and rice set out for them to share.

Dressed in an old Yukata, and a bottle of Sake under her arm Lis headed for Anje's cabin. She also had Dango balls in a container, the sweet rice and chicken mince with a sauce sent its aroma around the corridor as she walked. Reaching Anje's door she rang the chime, *I wonder how she is?* Lia thought.

Anje almost threw her door open to get Lia in there with her, "Oh, I am so happy to see you!" She laughed, "Got tuna rolls and Sake here."

Lia now showed her bottle of Sake and the Dango, "I come with gifts, looks like we may be somewhat useless if called upon. Two bottles of Sake, Tuna rolls and Dango. Bring on the fun, now you wanna tell me what this is all about?" She hugged her friend and followed her into the cabin, placing the food and drink on a table she pulled a cushion off the chair and plonked herself on the floor.

"Ummm, well, it's going to sound very fourteen probably, but I was thinking, sleepover." Anje smiled sheepishly, she hoped Lia didn't think she was a doofus for this, "I've been crazy lonely since Milla moved into her dorm and I was hoping you might come keep me company."

Lia stood back up and crossed to Anje, taking her friend in her arms she kissed her. "You want a sleepover, then your gonna get a sleepover. Thing is, with all this Sake you'll probably get a hangover as well". She hugged Anje and then returned to her cushion, "You got a spare nightie? Cause I didn't bring one, and unless you want me sleeping naked??"

"I'll make anything you need." Anje replied, pointing to her replicator, "Well, it will, but I'll tell it what to do."

"Right then, I'll program a nightie. You pour the drinks and dish the food out, oh what music are you gonna have on? Or are we just gonna shoot the breeze?" Lia put her stats into the replicator and waited for a rather colourful onesie to appear, she placed it on a chair and joined Anje for food, drink and a heart to heart.

"You choose the music." Anje offered, Lia had excellent tastes in music, most likely a side effect of her relationship with Gary, but Anje respected her musical preferences.

Lia looked at her friend, "Hey why don't we both pick? That way we'll both get to hear our favourites, even the really crazy ones". She decided to change into her onesie, and so stripped off and put it on. "That's better, nice and cosy".

"That's cute." Anje giggled, "It's been weird being here alone. I've been reading a lot more." She said, indicating a pile of finished, and one recently started, Marisol Lopez books, "My aunt would shit if she knew I was reading those. They are kinda tabloid trash in a lot of ways, sensational, etcetera, but they spend the lonely hours."

Those words made Lia look at her friend, "Then you should have said something sooner, or just turned up at our cabin, I'm sure Gary would have wandered off for a few hours". She looked at her self in her onesie, "Don't think the baby pink to bright?"

"No, I like that color." Anje smiled, "I mean, if I didn't, I wouldn't be able to look at Ens. Dirani directly."

"Yeah but I'm wearing it as clothing, not in me hair", Lia laughed as she spoke. "Now then darlin', you gonna pour us a drink? Or am I about to die of thirst here?" She lent over and laid her head at Anje's feet, and looking sorrowful.

"I can arrange that." Anje smiled, standing to get a couple glasses from her cupboard, they were nice heavy crystal and bore the emblem of the USS Atlantis, a gift from her Aunt, "These are over a century old." She smiled, filling them both with Sake, "Came from the original Constitution class Atlantis, the one in orbit over Marathon Key. My Aunt served there as Chief Navigator, later went back as XO."

"Then I promise not to drop it", Lia giggled. She took a drink and enjoyed the Sake as it went down, "You know before I hooked up with Gary, I never drank. My father and his friends put me right off it, you see the bastards got drunk then wanted their fun. I was their toy and so their fun, now here I am light years from Earth drinking to help a friend. Strange how life goes in circles, only difference is now I have a choice as to what happens afterwards. Thank you for that Anje, your the best". She lent over and blew a kiss at her friend, thinking how much this woman had done for her.

Anje blushed a furious shade of pink, then demured, "You can't give me all the credit, Lia." She shook her head, "It was all in you the entire time, I just helped you find it."

Looking back at Anje, Lia shook her head. "No, I had to look to find it. And you showed me where and how to believe in myself, when I wanted to just finish it you and the others made sure that didn't happen. But you were the one who held my hand and led me back, you stood shoulder to shoulder with me". Lia raised her glass, " To the best friend a girl could ever have".

"I try." Anje giggled, blushing still, raising her glass back to Lia.

Lia smiled and pointed at the silent sound system, "Computer, play LiSA Crow Song Live, volume 6". We need sounds, and when are you going to change into your Jim Jam's?"

"I think now's a good time." Anje smiled, "Though they're not as cute as yours." With that she stepped into her bedroom and came back out in a pair of short black sweat shorts and a football jersey with the name 'Xandari' across the back shoulders, doing a quick turn for Lia to get the full view.

Lia laughed, "Hey, rocking the look. Now where's da booze and da munchies? We have a sleep over to enjoy, right?" She grabbed Anje and gave her a cuddle, then pointed to her mouth. "Foooooood!" She then collapsed in giggles.

"Right here." Anje giggled, Lia's humor was infectious, and walked to the fridge, removing the tuna rolls and bringing them back, "And I'm glad you like the look, though Milla wants to change me up."

Looking about, Lia then turned to Anje, "Is Milla here??" She moved closer to her friend and whispered, "I think not, so da look stays. Ok doll?" Lia once again started to giggle, and picked a Dango and a Tuna roll. "Excuse me young lady, but me glass appears to have a 'ole in it. Either that or you 'aven't yet blessed it wit da booze". She blew Anje a kiss and pointed at her glass, then proceeded to pretend to faint due to lack of drink.

"Right." Anje laughed, pouring sake from her bottle into Lia's glass, "And, no, Milla isn't here right now, she's probably off with Jessica. And I'll tell her that you shot down my possible Milla makeover. She really wants us to look alike again."

Sitting back up, Lia glanced at Anje. "I want you to look like my friend, I want you to be you not someone else". She shifted on her bum and edged a little closer to Anje, "Call me possessive, but I like you just as you are". She drunk her Sake in one shot, "Now enough of this talk, we have a sleep over to enjoy. And by all the Spirits". She pointed at the two bottles of Sake, "We're gonna enjoy ourselves". She then collapsed in fits of giggles once again, in her head she thought *God I love her so much*.

"Okay, I'll tell Milla to keep the clippers holstered." Anje laughed, sipping her sake substantially slower than Lia had done hers; Lia had the best qualities of Tallia, Milla, and her mom, with a little dash of Estelle, "Don't want you not recognizing me."

"Not going to happen, because your not changing. Now then, your choice for music. Or am I choosing another one?" She finished her Tuna and her Dango, and reached to pick up another Dango. "I haven't done this since I was about sixteen and a half, the sleep over not the drinking". Lia poured herself another Sake, "We should do this more often, even after I get married. It's nice to just let my hair down, especially with a good friend".

'Well, you're always welcome here." Anje smiled, "In fact, if you want to keep a few things here in case you decide to come over on the spur of the moment that's okay, too."

Lia sat and thought about it, "Wouldn't Milla think I'm edging her out? Trying to steal her girlfriend?" She took a sip of Sake and a nibble out of her Dango, "I don't want to cause any friction between you two, your both dear to me. You perhaps more than Milla, but then we've known each other a little longer". She again nibbled her Dango, "I'll think about it, now music my dear girl music".

"Milla's my sister." Anje laughed, "And as long as you aren't trying to edge her out with Jessica you two will be fine. As for music, you don't mind if some of it is in Russian do you?"

Lia glanced at Anje, "Me suddenly appearing here, might make her think I'm after something. And that could only mean you or Jessica, but like I said. I'll think about it. Now as for the music, as long as it isn't that Red Army song where they bounce all over the place. Russian is fine, we've already had Japanese". She raised her glass, "To old friends and new opportunities".

"To sake and cancelled makeovers." Anje laughed, turning on an original Russian recording of the band TATU, Pussy Riot was next.

The music sounded loud, but Lia didn't mind. This was down time, and even better. It was down time with Anje, she never seemed to spend much time with her. "So how's the new job going, piloting this bird?"

"Not bad, haven't gotten to fly much, Phoenix has had Derani doing most of the flying, I'm mainly handling the aministrative parts of the job." Anje answered, she didn't want to complain,but she was bored doing nothing but the paperwork, "Hoping I'll get to do some of the flying soon."

Lia now looked at Anje, "Hey, why don't we take a shuttle out sometime? You can teach me to fly it, well if you want to that is". She blushed a little, here she was trying to get free flying lessons out of a friend. But if Anje wanted to fly, it was a reason to get out there, she picked up her Dango and took a bite. And quickly followed it with the rest of her Sake, her head began to feel as if it were floating.

"Okay, once we're back to the right temporal address I'd be happy to." Anje smiled, she was starting to feel a little light headed herself at this point, Sake hit her much harder than it did Lia, "I can actually still certify you on a shuttle."

Lia now focused on the computer, "Computer, play "Brokendown Angel" by Nazareth. Loud!!" She glanced at Anje, "Me thinks your tipsy, perhaps we should finish the food and call it quits?"

"Right." Anje laughed, "You might have to help me stay vertical long enough to brush my teeth, Lia...."

"Wadda ya mean help you stay vertical? Your gonna help me, or lets just help each other?" She collapsed into giggles, the alcohol making everything seem silly. She looked around the cabin, "I have a slight request, where the hell do I sleep?" Again a fit of the giggles began, finishing off the last Dango she downed the last of her Sake. "Right, lets get teething our wash". Lia stopped and thought about what she just said, "Fuck it, you know what I mean".

"Right, we'll lean on each other." Anje giggled,"Now, for bed situations, there's three choices. There's the bed in the spare room, there's the couch, or you can sleep with me like Milla used to if you don't think your man will flip."

Taking a look at the couch, Lia shook her head. "Nope, not liking the look of that. So my dearest, it appears we're sharing. As for the old man, who's gonna tell 'im?" She aimed for the toilet, she needed to wash, brush her teeth and other things. Stopping she glanced back at Anje, "You coming to bed or what? I don't want to get lonely ya know". She smiled and closed the bathroom door.

"Right behind you." Anje laughed, stepping in behind Lia to start getting ready, she'd brush her teeth now, then her hair after they were ready for bed; it was short, but she wanted it to stay healthy, so a hundred strokes a night was still the rule of thumb.

After having a quick sonic shower, Lia brushed her teeth then her hair. She picked up the onesie, "Perhaps I should use the spare bed, I don't think I'm gonna be comfortable in this thing. And being naked in bed might not go down so well with my host?" She glanced at Anje as she spoke, this was her sleep over so it would be her choice.

"Won't bother me." Anje shrugged, "Wherever and however you're comfortable, my dear." Having finished brushing her teeth, she rinsed her mouth out and headed for her bed, hairbrush in hand, she'd sit at her night table and take care of it, "Or I've got some things you could wear, if you'd rather."

Lia smiled, "Looks like I'm going commando, hope you don't pinch the sheets". She finished up and went and sat on the bed, "I used to sleep with my sister like this, I couldn't wear anything in bed with her. She seemed to give out heat, I just got to hot". Picking up a brush she redid her hair, then slipped between the sheets. "End of a perfect party, now for a little nap before it's back to reality tomorrow".

"Right?" Anje snickered, "Just know you might wake up with me stuck to you in the morning. I tend to get cuddly in my sleep. Hope that won't be a problem. If it is, I'll sleep on the couch."

Rolling over to face Anje, Lia just shook her head. "No problem, I'll deal with it if it happens. My sister was a hugger in bed, just don't have cold hands or other extremities". She giggled and then closed her eye's.

"Russians are made for the cold, but not, as popularly believed,made of it." Anje replied with a smile, snuggling into her warm down comforter and preparing for a nice night's sleep, the sake making her sleepier than she usually would be at this time of night.

As she slowly drifted off, Anje's arm seemed to snake around her waist to lay over her hip. As she lay with her back to her, Lia just smiled and let it be. Thoughts and other idea's now began to float around Lia's mind, she could feel herself falling into some sort of crazy world of disjointed reality. The Sake and the food now sent Lia Holmes into dreamland, ending her sleepover with her friend.

Anje fell into a deep, alcohol aided sleep, her face plastered to Lia's bare back as she muttered, "Quinn..."

Commander Lia Holmes
Chief Security/Tactical Officer

Envoy (Commander) Anje Brett
Chief Diplomatic Officer/Acting Chief Flight Control Officer
USS Elysium

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