Posted by Lieutenant Hannah Lori Asimina (Asst. Chief Medical Officer) in Date Night In The Place With A View

Posted by Civilian Jason Reilly (Assistant Director - Colonial Intelligence) in Date Night In The Place With A View

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Reilly shrugged and said “Well… why don’t you go home and pack a bag and come back?” He checked the time. “Its only 2130. You could be back here in less than an hour. I’ll make up one of the guest rooms for you. I’ll even add you to the apartment’s approved visitors. Then you can come and go as you please. How does thst sound? And if you get back and don’t want to make the trip, well… we can talk about it again tomorrow when I meet you after your shift. Ok?”

Jason

Well that was an easy simple solution wasn’t it. O-K Hannah took a step back and turned. She paused by the counter and looked back over her shoulder at him, her expression questioning, curious, a bit confused. Then she snagged a piece of the hard candy. Then she headed for the elevator because if she didn’t she wouldn’t.

Hannah entered her apartment feeling more lively than she had in awhile, until she looked around. He wasn’t here and never would be, and yet he was everywhere. She stood there a moment as the anger and bitterness bubbled and rolled under the surface. She grabbed the football off the shelf and sent it spirling across the room into the bulk head, knocking over a picture and it bounced a couple times and wobbled into stillness.

The baby didn’t like anger because Hannah was suddenly sick and barely made the bathroom. She sat on the cold tile floor for several minutes. She needed to get up. She was going back, she hadn’t changed her mind and baby was going to have to just settle down. When she stood she heard a tint metalic slither and looked down. Daniel’s dog tags had fallen out of her pocket. She set them on the counter while she cleaned herself up and grabbed a couple of things. Then…she sat on the bed staring at them in her hand.

She was shaken awake. She opened her eyes to Daniel sitting next to her. “It’s time for me to go.” She lip read. She had nodded and sat up reaching for her implants and he grabbed her hands. When she looked at him he started talking again. “No Hannah, just me. You aren’t going.” She was confused. That was the plan. She must have misunderstood, she wasn’t awake yet. She tugged her hand free reaching for and putting on one implant. “Daniel? I’m ready, just let me get up.” He shook his head hard at her. “No, Hannah. You are not going.” He held her hand palm up and dropped his tags into her hand. “Keep them safe for me. But don’t…don’t wear them this time.” He stood up and got to the door before he came back and kissed her cheek. “Be happy Hannah, remember me.” And then he was gone.

“These never really meant that much did they? You didn’t come back for them the first time. And you knew you weren’t coming back and you left them behind, just like me.” Her instinct was to throw them, instead she got up and reaches into the closet for a small box and dropped them inside and closed it. Then she tossed the box into a crate labeled ‘Daniel’ and sealed it.

She grabbed a small hiking pack and tossed what she needed into it and then left. Maybe it was a mistake, but she was going to find out either way. It didn’t feel wrong at all. It felt like the right choice. She should have taken a thicker sweater the temperature felt like it had dropped a lot as she made her way back across the blocks to his apartment.

Hannah

When she entered the Sky Harbor Tower reception area, a Bolian security guard smiled and said “Welcome back, Ms. Asimina.” The lift took her right up and her palm print worked like she lived there…

The door to the apartment opened for her and a voice from above her said “I’m up here. Second floor. I gave you the room at the very end.”

Jason

Hannah paused just past the door way and looked around and then up as he called down. She moved toward the stairs, grabbing another candy as she passed the counter. On the second floor she was suddenly very nervous and her arms tingles and her stomach fluttered. She turned toward the end of the hall and stepped into the room “Jason?”

Hannah

“In here.” he said from the last room.

The room had been furnished with a bed, dresser, and a vanity. Jason was finishing making the bed. The linens on the bed were a light gray, with pale blue pillows. He looked up as she came into biew and he said “Hey. You made it back. Good. I hope this is ok. Its the closest to the bathroom on this floor. If you want to change later, we can do that.”

Jason