Posted by Civilian Yavia Crockett (Nurse - Sacred Heart Hospital) in Plaza Exchange - A Night On The Town

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Her hand covered his, and then her other slowly traced across his forehead, over his temple and across his cheek, leaving behind a feeling of calm, contentment, affection, and connection. A gift, from a woman who really wanted to know him, all of him, better. “Good night, TK. I had an amazing evening.” She watched him a moment as he walked toward his car. Then she hurried inside and to her apartment. Her door barely closed before there was a loud knock and a lot of laughter on the other side.

Yavia

Yavia grinned and called out tiredly, “Who is it?”

“Yavia Crockett open this door. You know good and well how it is.” It was Shrine. She was like the house mother in a girl’s dormitory at an all girl college. She was could sniff out trouble better than a blood hound.

Yavia contemplated not opening the door, but she wasn’t going to sleep any time soon anyway. She walked down the short hall and peeked through the peep hole. Then slowly opened it, for the door to be pushed open and a wave of nosey and caring nurses to flood her apartment like a wave. Yavia was pushed along with the current and pulled down onto her couch between Jal’na (the Klingon PT) and Shrine. Was the Ilena in her kitchen? “Ilena what are you doing here?”

The Betazoid nurse laughed. “Awww come on there was NOTHING going on in the fleet barraks tonight. This was where all the excitement was.”

Jessie looked at the bag, “Ewww…wine and icecream???? That does not go together Ilena.”

Elaine laughed, “Sure it does Jessie, you just need the right flavors.”

Ilena stood in the kitchen, hands on her waist and looked at Yavia hard. The telepathic nurse was giving her a good once over and Yavia turned several shades of red. Ilena laughed, “It’s an icecream night ladies!” There were whoops and laughter and hands fanning themselves. Jessie looked confused. “I don’t get it.”

Shrine, beling her age, giggled. “If the date went poorly, we’d help Yavia drown her sorrows in wine and talk about how horrible Tenkiller is. If the date went well, we indulge in a lot of ice cream to cool us off because of how well the date went.” Jessie just looked at the older nurse a moment and then her jaw popped open in an ‘O’ of understanding.

Jal’na clapped her hands and rubbed them together and roared with laughter. “He is a most worthy warrior, I am sure. Where did he take you?” Ilena rummaged around in her kitchen for bowls and spoons and was soon passing ice cream around.

“We went to the Plaza Exchange to this…”

Ilena handed her a bowl. “What’s the Plaza Exchange?”

“It’s one of those places you fleeters are advised to stay away from unless necessary during the day, and forbidden to go at night,” Shrine explained.

Elaine cackled, “He was just showing off, taking you to a place that like. Big bad general keeping you safe in the seedest part of town.”

Yavia grinned, “No…no he was not. That came much later,” and she popped a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth and let them speculate for awhile. Then she grinned after awhile. “We went to a place called Diamond Jim’s. Apparently it’s modeled after an old Earth Speak Easy. Oh they have live music.” That got everyone’s attention and Yavia enjoyed her ice cream while they all speculated about when they could all do and what type of music.

Finally Shrine straightened, “Okay okay. We will be going. We have to see this place he took her, BUT…Yavia, sweet girl, you were not coming home from the Plaza Exchange, so where were you?”

Yavia shrugged, “Oh....well you know…I am just not the kind of girl to kiss and tell.” Elaine threw a napkin at her. “You don’t have to tell, we saw it. Several times.” She pointed her spoon at Yavia, “Okay so how exactly did he show off?”

Yavia scooped another spoonful of ice cream, ate it, and then set her bowl down. “He got to meet William.” Every nurse there knew about William, even Jessie had been warned about him. An addict that was always in and out of the hospital looking for more drugs, and only on occasion wanting real help. Occasionally he would show up at the apartment building with his sob story for the nurses and they would have to call the police to drag him to the hospital for treatment. Then the cycle started all over.
They all also knew his penchant for trying to get Yavia to use her talents to help him. He had tried the same with Helaky (the Deltan aChief of Staff). Shrine snorted, “Bet that didn’t go over well. William in a jail cell?”

Yavia laughed and shook her head. “No…oh no…he’s probably an hour into detox now.” Yavia proceeded to explain in humorous exact detail exactly what Tenkiller had done to William. Including his threat that included Yavia’s safety as well as the other nurses. The story got a resounding cacophony of laughter. Jal’na banged her ice cream bowl on the arm of Yavia’s couch like it was a tankard of blood wine and roared with approval. “Yavia…why are we here in your apartment and not that man? You’re an idiot.”

Yavia shook her head with a far too knowing smile, “No, no I am not.” She scooped the last of her ice cream looking like that cat that caught the canary.

Jal’na snorted. “If you don’t want him, I will see how this human man compares.”

“Jal’na,” Yavia turned to her and pointed a rather deadly looking spoon at her, “touch him and I’ll cut your Klingon heart out with this spoon.” The apartment collapsed into gales of laughter. Ilena laughed so hard she gave herself stomach cramps.

Yavia and the nurses