Posted by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Counter-Intelligence Officer) in Wedding Bells- An End and a Beginning

Posted by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Wedding Bells- An End and a Beginning

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Counter-Intelligence Officer) in Wedding Bells- An End and a Beginning

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For someone who with self-described social ineptitude, Faye was instantly overwhelmed. Her body had frozen and she had to force herself to breathe. It was way too much. And that wasn’t even considering that the woman liked Faye, or assumed she did. Wow. She cast Alex a ‘Holy hell’ sort of look and stepped forward, right in front of Halstead. She placed her hands on the woman’s shoulders and, in a firm voice, said, “Breath, Lieutenant! Take a deep breath, count to three and breathe again. That’s an order. Because you’re the host and it’s my wedding day and if you faint on me that’ll put a huge damper in the fun, don’cha think?” Calloway dropped her hands and stepped back.

“Great. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let me introduce you to my friend and Commanding Officer, Captain Alex Cochrane. And why don’t you be a dear and show us the way and you can tell me about these modifications. I’ve been told some of comms array work has been used in the Hub and I have to admit I’m curious about the implementation.”

“Lieutenant. A pleasure.” Cochrane said and the young woman’s face went pale. “Oh… OH! Captain! I’m so sorry! P-p-please accept my-” and Cochrane waived her off with a smile. “At ease, Lieutenant. It’s okay. Let’s just make our way,shall we?”

She let Halstead step ahead and leaned in towards Alex. “Okay, best friend and officiant, your task is to keep a healthy personal bubble space between her and I.”

~Faye

Alex smiled and said “Easier said than done. See… I don’t have permission to go in. Only you. Looks like you are stuck… Im off to the Admiral’s office.” and he veered away towards a waiting pair of Security officers.

Cochrane, CO

“Some bodyguard, you are!” Faye tossed with a grin before setting off to follow her overeager fan to The Hub.

She should be miffed, annoyed, on edge. All of those states were common when she was presented with an unknown situation with an unknown person. But instead Faye was, well, happy. Calm. At ease. She was a bride-to-be about to see what was supposed to be the most advanced comp sci set-up in the Fleet (all of Starfleet?). And there was this strange part of of her that was thrilled at the adventure, the unknown. It had come up and again in her life, but in much smaller ways. Perhaps the real Faye Calloway loved mysteries applied to life more than she had realized. Perhaps she had always been this way and it was only now when she was truly ready to embrace it that it was coming to the forefront? An interesting thought, but either way, Faye moved with energy beside Halstead. “So Lieutenant, you been here long?” she said as they approached their destination.

~Faye Calloway, Bride on an Adventure

“Six months, Commander.”came the much more subdued response from Halstead. She kept her eyes straight ahead and walked with a more measured step than seeme d really natural for someone who had been just moments ago bouncing off the bulkheads of the landing bay. “If you’ll follow me, Ma’am, we will have to go through the Security checkpoint before you can change clothes.” and she gestured them forward.

Halstead