Three Couples and a Dinner Table - Part I

Posted on Fri Nov 29th, 2024 @ 1:54am by Lieutenant JG Zai & Lieutenant Adrianna Baciami

1,120 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Stars Around the Well
Location: Various | USS Arcadia
Timeline: Current

ON:

Dinner, Zai had prepared everything ahead of time. He'd gone to surprise Vance and Adri by inviting them to dinner and he'd left Sab in their quarters to finish his shower and get changed. It would be a gathering of married couples. He'd also invited Frankie and Annabelle in hopes of extending an olive branch.

He stood outside Adri and Vance's now ringing the chime.

"Merde," Adrianna cussed on Vance's lips, "ignore it, please."

He smiled. "It could be important or devine intervention." He sighed finding it amusing that they were interrupted again.

"Let me get my phaser-- I made a promise to you," she groaned, standing up off of him, running her fingers through her hair grabbing her shirt, putting it on, on the way to the door, "Zai? Everything ok?"

He looked her over. "Damn I have bad timing don't I?"

Adrianna blushed before rolling her eyes, listing off as she stood aside so that Zai could come in, "you... The captain... My staff... My family..."

He laughed. "Sorry but I came to kidnap you and Vance."

Adrianna looked at Vance, "ok, now I will get my phaser as promised. We're being kidnapped."

"Yup. Dinner is all ready and it's just you two, me and Sabastian who hates being called Sab by the way, and Frankie and Annabelle."

Adrianna looked at Zai curiously, "Madonna, what do you have planned? Spin the bottle or mister and missus gameshow questions? Si-- let me get dressed and we will be there."

He laughed. "Just a group of people having fun." He looked at Vance. "You might want to get dressed too. Not that kind of party."

Adrianna's eyes raked over Vance's chest, her mind wandering a little, "alright, Zai, out. We'll be there in five."

Zai snorted. "I'm waiting outside. Five minutes."

Adrianna started to mutter some derogatory comments about Zai being into voyeurism and about remaining a virgin until she's dead, forgetting that Zai understood her, as she wandered into the bedroom to get dressed.

Zai laughed. "I'll be outside." He winked at Vance. True to his word he headed out.

Vance sighed and called into the bedroom. "Well at least we'll get a nice dinner."

"I know-- and he's not a bad cook," Adrianna quickly walked out of the bedroom, and turned around, pulling her hair over her shoulder, "would you mind zipping me up?" She was still wearing her half of the necklace linking to their promise to one another.

He smiled. "Always." He pulled up the zipper placing a kiss on the nape of her neck. "He's a great cook. And a great baker...Oh my god I hope he made that seven layer chocolate cake."

"Me too, it would make up for him interrupting a moment," she sighed, shying away from his kiss, "come on, get dressed. Although, I started a timer and I will not be leaving until six minutes, not five."

Vance laughed. "That's my girl!" He hurried into the room to change.

Adrianna smiled, waited by the door, playing with her necklace whilst looking at her watch. Her eyes looked over to Vance as he came back out dressed, "I'd ask what you wanted to do for--" she looked at her watch, "two minutes and seventeen seconds, but you will probably tell me that it's a loaded question."

"Nope I wont. I'm going to comb my hair." He stuck his tongue out at her.

She grinned and watched him go, looking back at her watch, "might make it 7 minutes out of spite."

=/\= A Few Minutes Later =/\=

Zai stood outside leaning up against the wall across their door. When it hissed open he smiled. "Only seven minutes? Yeesh I was expecting ten."

"If I had it my way, it would have been 15." Ade replied.

Zai smiled. "Let's go. There is lots of good food waiting and even chocolate layer cake and cheesecake."

Adrianna nudged Vance at the mention of chocolate cake before grinning, "in that case, you are forgiven-- on the grounds of chocolate cake only."

Zai laughed. They walked, chatting about their day, to the lift. Once inside Zai asked. "So how's living together so far?"

"Weirdly feels like old times," she smiled, feeling a little nostalgic. I mean, the Pendragon wasn't a small ship, but there were certainly very few places to go."

Zai laughed. "Yeah it's nice having someone there. No better feeling then waking up to someone you love."

Adrianna softly slipped her hand into Vance's, "I always find ships cold. I think it's from growing up in a warm country on Earth, so it's nice to have a human hot water bottle."

Vance laughed. "I knew I was good for something!"

Zai sniggered. The doors to the lift opened again and Frankie and Annabelle walked on. Annabelle's eyes widened as she took in Vance she quickly looked away feeling guilty. She looked at Adrianna, after their talk she felt mildly better about the woman.

"Hello All," Frankie started out. "I assume we're all headed to the same place and can thus logically share a lift without the women folk resorting to mud wrestling?"

Annabelle smacked Frankie. "Idiot!"

Zai laughed.

"Unlike men, women talk things through and come to a truss," Adrianna looked at Annabelle.

Annabelle gave a nod. "Unless it warrants fighting but I think there is an old Earth saying you take care of your sister before your mister?"

Vance laughed. "Gawd that's something I haven't heard in ages." He shook his head.

Zai and Adrianna exchanged looks. Before anyone could speak the doors opened and they headed out into the hallway. "I hope you all brought your appetites."

Adrianna nudged Zai to calm down. Adrianna then smiled, "if women ruled Earth more than men, wars would be over in seconds, however there would be a lot of countries that held grudges."

Zai snorted. They walked into the quarters and Zai stopped. Sabastian had set the table and laid out the food and it looked amazing. There was a romantic and beautiful atmosphere. "You did all that while I went to pick them up."

"I did, I showered and changed too. Calle me Mr. Energy." He looked over. "Hello Happy Couples!"

"Oh gawd," Adrianna muttered just loud enough for only Vance to hear, "are we going to have to pretend to be a sappy couple for the evening?"

He smiled. "We are a sappy couple."

"Madonna, I've lost my appetite," Adrianna groaned.

Zai heard them. "Hey now. No appetite loss. Come on sit down everyone."

Adrianna snorted, and sat down before looking back to Vance, "and we are not! We make fun of people who are."


To Be Continued...

 

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