Posted by Lieutenant Commander Ryder Raauhl (Executive Officer) in There’s a first time for everything
Raauhl paced his quarters, for once Casela wasn’t lurking in the shadows or sleeping on his sofa which for some reason made him feel slightly empty, he had grown used to coming off duty and finding her either already asleep or simply just waiting for him and since their previous conversation he had decided to take their ‘relationship’ to the next step. He had realised they had not officially been on a date and so after hours of deliberating finally sent her a private message using the LCARS system in his room to arrange such. He had planned a simple picnic, he wasn’t even sure she liked a picnic but everything else seemed too romantic, ideally, he would have taken them to watch a sports game but anything in the holodeck seemed too fabricated and so a picnic was decided.

So far however he hadn’t had a reply and the time he stated in his message was already fast approaching perhaps she just wasn’t ready?

• Lt Cmdr Raauhl, XO

Casela was not in his quarters, in fact she was no where near them. She’d even missed RTF training. She was on the counseling deck, dealing with a very young officer who had no business being in ARU. She couldn’t take it and was near hysterical every. single. day. More than half way into her regular shift she’d heard the girl come in, already upset. She had taken pity on the rest of her staff and taken the girl into one of the rooms and talked with her at length. Finally, finally after weeks of this, she finally told Casela what was wrong. Casela was recommending a transfer to another posting. The poor girl. Finally Casela had had to sedate her and put her in a patient room. Hours, it had been hours with the young officer, but she was sleeping now. Casela walked back to her office and flopped into her chair to write the report and recommendation. It wasn’t until then that she saw all the messages she had, but one caught her attention and made her smirk, close to a smile, but, well her office door was closed, so who cared? She smiled. She read it, looked at the time, and very quickly sent a reply, I just finished my shift, I’ll meet you at the holodeck. Luckily for her, she kept a patient room for herself. After cleaning up and changing she stepped out of the room and crossed the lobby to the turbolift. NEn Ziecest saw her, took a double take and laughed, “Have fun Lt.” and then snickered. Casela sighed…she’d better get used to it.

1 minute before she was supposed to meet him, Casela walked down the corridor arriving at the holodeck.
Lt. Synthi-er, CNS