Posted by Lieutenant Miriam Cross (Chief Medical Officer) in Side Sim - Cross
Cross shift finally ended and she slowly made her way to her quarters, once inside she took a shower and settled in bed exhausted .So many thoughts where going on in her mind about the last time she had talked to Joe.

He was angry and she did not have a clue as to why , he said he would still be her friend, was that all she meant to him? Truth be told Cross had not minced her words telling him he broke he’s promise not to tell anyone about the two of them deciding to have a baby ,not only did he not keep his word he had asked Hunter to be her physician .Of all people he had to tell the male doctor and for some reason Hunter had an altercation with him ,when she suggested a meeting between the three of them Joe had been enraged by her suggestion, now the situation had become even more complicated.

She tossed and turned, tired as Cross was she could not sleep .In a way she fully understood why Hunter acted the way he did and it was not only the altered gene but he saw first hand when Joe had left and how it effected her…he simple did not trust the guy .His words echoed in her mind ‘He left you once,twice what’s to stop him for leaving you again!’.

The female doctor slid her hand over her abdomen ,a little life was growing inside her…would this child ever know her biological father ?.

Cross CMO

Joe had fussed and fumed fighting his internal demons all day. He’d busied himself with training D’Nesh who as it turned out was quite a quick learner. What he still didn’t understand was Miri . He had told her he wanted Hunter as her doctor. So, he had asked Hunter. He knew that Cross was busy, so he had been trying to help. He also knew that Cross could grow to be forgetful when things got busy in sickbay. Then there was the fact that Hunter was aware of this gene. Or as Dr. Wong had called it, a great to do about very little. Hunter had then run amok though. Doctors are supposed to be doctors. If the nut didn’t want to be one, then needed to find him a job that fitted him. Although Joe couldn’t think of one off the top of his head that he could do.

But Joe had been broken when Miri had told him he need not worry about his child. Not to worry about it. He couldn’t see nor understand how a person could say such a thing. In his mind she was pushing him away. Not wanting him to be a part of the child’s life. He took a deep breath now outside of her door looked up and down the hall and muttered under his breath before he buzzed her room.

Joe Milligan Barman / Counselor