Dinner For Two Pt III

Posted on Sat Aug 8th, 2015 @ 10:59pm by Staff Warrant Officer Nexi & Lieutenant Daln Hadren
Edited on on Sat Aug 8th, 2015 @ 11:00pm

Mission: The New Sydney Fiasco

Daln grinned in excitement. He loved girls riding on his motorcycle. He mounted the bike then kicked up the stand and flipped open the switch to the print pad.

Nexi grabbed on of the helmets he brought along and mounted the bike behind him. Once the helmet was on, she put her arms around him and pulled herself flush against him. "Alright, show me how it's done!" she said. There was not enough latinum in the 'verse to make her wipe the excited grin off her face.

He put on his helmet and put his thumb to the pad. Lia revved up, like she was as anxious to get going as he was. Daln grabbed the clutch on the left handlebar, shifted it into first with his leg, then let go of the clutch and hit the gas. They sped away along the cliffs. Daln grabbed the clutch and shifted her into second, then third.

Oh the rush! Nexi had the biggest grin on her face as they flew along, learning pretty quickly without any instruction how to lean with Daln as they traced the edge of the cliffs. It was exhilarating, liberating; it almost felt like flying or that moment in high warp maneuvers when the inertial dampeners couldn't keep up and there was that moment of weightlessness, it made her insides all jittery, but in a good way.

Daln reached a point where he would have to turn sharply to keep going, but he didn't. Instead, he stopped the bike and gazed out at the sunset over the waves. Look at that he said to her.

He took off his helmet to see a vista that few would not stop for: a red sun setting over the water, with pink, orange and gold clouds set in a twilit sky. Dark was an hour away, but the sun was just starting its finale, humbling all who witnessed it.

Nexi removed her helmet as well; she wasn't usually taken in by the sight of a setting sun, aesthetics was never really a big thing for her. Maybe it was the rush of adrenaline from the ride or simply the company, but she found herself smiling slightly as the sky was painted in colors she could not name as the stars started twinkling to life in the approaching darkness. Then she just closed her eyes and leaned against Daln, listening to the waves crashing against the rocks and chirping insects beginning their nocturnal song. She'd never stopped to appreciate the little things like this, mainly because she'd never really noticed before, but she was noticing it now.

Daln felt the heartbeat of the woman next to him and sighed in contentment. Reluctantly, he said, "We should get back."

"Yeah, you're probably right," Nexi said with a sigh. With some reluctance, she put her helmet back on for the return trip, then put her arms around him. "We definitely need to do this again sometime," she said.

"Definitely," he agreed. They made their way back to the shuttle and from there, to the ship. "I'll see you again?" he asked, pausing with his bike in the cargo bay.

"Yeah, I'd like that," Nexi said with a lopsided grin as she leaned against her ship's ramp doorway. She didn't know what she'd been expecting with this date, but this hadn't been it, and yet she couldn't be more pleased with how the evening turned out. "I had a great time."

Daln smiled back at her. "I'll hold you to that." He wanted to walk her home, but he had to put Lia away. "I'll see you later," he said, then reluctantly walked Lia to her home.

Nexi remained at the rear entrance of her ship a moment longer as she watched him leave, a small smile playing across her normally sour features. Once he was gone, she turned and hit the button to close the ramp, then wandered back to her bunk. She couldn't wait for later...

END

Lt Daln Hadren
Chief Sec/Tac Officer
USS Hera

Nexi
Infiltration Specialist
USS Hera