Posted by Lieutenant Rico Vanhall (Chief of Security) in Rico’s Quarters - What babysitters do when parents are out

Posted by Lieutenant Allison Scott (Doctor, Pediatrics) in Rico’s Quarters - What babysitteers do when parents are out

Posted by Commander Talyn Kree (XO) in Rico’s Quarters - What babysitteers do when parents are out

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Standing, Rico moved over to Ally and came up behind her. The gentle swaying of the catamaran plus the ocean breeze, the sound of water lapping at the hull and the stars above them covering the sky without any interference from the city lights gave him a rare moment of peace. Gently Rico threaded his arms between hers and around her waist, pulling her back into his chest and placing his cheek against hers as he looked over the stars and moon. “I like this” he told her softly, his voice barely a whisper. “My gorgeous girl, a quiet and beautiful night, and you playing mother to a pair of gorgeous kids. It’s enough to make me want to take you home and make our own little family, or at least try, a lot.”

Lt Vanhall
CoS

Ally turned slowly in his arms until she looked up at him. The moonlight softened his features making his rugged good looks appear even more appealing. The lap of the waves against the hull provided. The sway of the boat made Ally feel like they were dancing slowly. “Mr. Vanhall,” she said putting on a sternish expression. “I am a good girl. There will be no making families until my name has a Mrs. attached to it and you have sat down and had that talk with my father, survived my brothers, and can swear without a doubt that if my mom ever needs to come live with us your answer is yes. Now I will permit you to say yes through gritted teeth,” Ally finally let the fake stern visage melt into a softer smile, “but the answer has to be yes.”

Rico smiled and bit his lip slightly and pulled her closer into him. “A good girl? Yes, I know you are Pumpkin, but I like it when you take a step towards being that not so nice girl we’ve talked about. I’m sure that when she comes out to play properly she won’t have issues practicing the making families part, that’s just as important as the actual making families part, and I think that for not so nice girls, it can be far more fun.”

Oh god, Sabine groaned staring up at the sky.

What, Julia asked staring up at the same sky. She like her brother could not move their heads due to the large life preservers wrapped about them like thick orange straight jackets.

You know when Daddy will yell out “what the hell”, “beats the hell out of me”, “all hell broke loose,” or “bat out of hell”, or,

Yes Sabine and stop saying that. Mommy doesn’t like that word and Daddy gets in trouble when he does say it. If you say it again I am going to tell Mommy…when she finally can understand me, Julia lectured him.

Fine but I think this is that place. Daddy is never happy when he says that word and I think....Julia I think we are there, Sabine had a hint of despair to his words. We are trapped in this orange coat thing, I can’t look anywhere but up, Rico the lady killer is trying to kiss Miss Ally again, and…and....for the first time in my life....I can’t fall asleep, he said sighing.

Julia let out a small giggle. I think Rico is so sweet. He is like Daddy when Daddy comes home working late sometimes. He says things that make Mommy giggle. Then Daddy helps Mommy gets something out of her eye because I have no idea why he would be that close to her. Then Mommy tells Daddy to go sit down and she puts us to bed. Give it a few minutes. Miss Ally will walk away and then we can all go to sleep, Julia said confidently. I mean that is what Mommy and Daddy do when Daddy makes mommy laugh like that. We all go to bed early.

“Now until you get that talk, I have no problem being a not so nice girl from time to time,” Ally replied pulling her shirt off revealing a white bikini underneath. The color amplified by the moonlight seemed to make the white material glow. Kissing him softly at first, Ally ran her fingers through his hair and let her other hand run down the hard flat surface of his stomach and into the side pocket of his pants. Ally took her time feeling every inch of the fabric pocket for several long seconds. Breaking the kiss, she then whispered in his ear as she slowly rubbed the back of his neck with her fingertips, “Let’s play catch the thief. I got your comm badge. See if you can get it back.” Without waiting for a second longer, Ally pulled her hand from his pocket holding the comm badge and did a backward dive off the end of the boat disappearing below the waves.

Lt. Ally Scott, Pediatrics

Rico watched Ally dive beneath the waves and smiled, but only momentarily as the rocking motion of the boat brought back the knowledge that he was on a boat, in the middle of an ocean, holodeck or not. “Ally hold on a moment” he said, kneeling at the edge and looking down at the white flash of fabric as she broke the surface again. He wasn’t worried at all about the comm badge, that would remain when the program ended and he knew it was Ally wanting him to follow her, but he had three problems. The first was the two still awake children on the Catamaran, even in their state of physical restraint he didn’t want to dive off the boat and leave them, the second was that after Ally had fished around in his pants pocket for a few moments, making sure she checked everywhere for the comm badge, he didn’t think he should really turn back around and see to the children. The third, and most concerning, was that he was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.

“Are you sure nobody programmed sharks into this thing?” he asked her. “I mean what if we hit an Ion storm and the safeties fail, and we both get eaten by sharks? Or killer goldfish? He was grinning, but his eyes searched the gentle waters for the time honored devil of the seas. Not wanting to make it seem like he was stalling too much, and knowing that when he pulled the wet and glistening Ally back on board she was going to get him wet as well, he pulled his shirt over his head and dumped it down beside him, revealing his bare, powerful chest and the three scars from the knife wounds.

Lt Rico Vanhall
CoS

“Of course I programmed sharks,” Ally looked at Rico like he had lost his mind. “What else do you expect to swim with at night around Catalina? If you are looking for something more adventurous than the Horned shark I can get some chum and chum the waters. That typically brings the Blues and Mako’s but chain mail and dive tanks are the preferred beach wear during those excursions.” Ally looked up at Rico from an edge of the boat she was holding and smiled. Then she pushed off the hull with her feet performing a lazy backstroke for a few arm lengths. Finding the right spot she relaxed into a back float and stared up at the sky. “So you coming there Captain Courageous or do you want to row out in the dingy,” she taunted him.

Lt. Allison Scott, Pediatrics