It's all in your mind Mr. Sexton

Posted on Tue Oct 9th, 2018 @ 4:09pm by Lieutenant Alex Sexton & Ensign Avendar Jurot

Mission: Hera v Hera
Location: Counselors Office
Timeline: Same day he came aboard

Alex looked left and then right, then he saw it. The entrance to the Counselors office. He sorted himself out and then he entered. "Anybody home!" He asked loudly

Chief Counselor Avender Jurot looked up from the PaDD she was reading, and stood. She was a very tall Betazoid woman, with black irises in her eyes. Her skin was very pale, and her auburn hair reached the small of her back. She was very curvy and busty, a fact that her tailored duty uniform accented.

"Yes. In fact we all are actually!" She smiled.

Upon seeing her, he knew this was a real serious female. This was no fling of a woman. If you got involved with her, it was for the long haul. It's been a long time since he had even thought about dating or taking a mate. But for the first time in years, something stirred within him that he could not brush off. Momma once said, if you don't ask, you don't know.

"Hi Counselor. I was instructed to see you before I began my regular duty schedule. Is this a good time?" He asked, dressed in Security Yellow, fresh and as clean as the day he was born, his Goatee shaped in a Gladiator type style and very sharp, his complexion that of coffee with a lot of milk! Yes he was handsome. He thought to himself.

"Yes, it is Lieutenant. Please, call me Avender," she said, extending her hand as she walked toward him. "Please, come in."

The entire room seemed to radiate serenity: a feeling of comfort and perhaps even happiness.

Her hand was lovely. He held it a little longer than was probably normal, but he had not felt like this in a long time. "What do you call it when you see someone that totally puts you at ease?" He asked.

Avender smiled. "I call that a great start," she said. She then gestured toward a very comfortable looking couch. Next to the couch was a chair, and between the two was a small glass top table with an archaic box of tissues on it. "Please, make yourself comfortable." The Betazoid sat down in the chair, and crossed her long legs.

"A very good start indeed." Remarked Sexton as he took a seat on the couch. He sat with both feet on the deck plating and his fingers inter clasped as he look directly into her amazing eyes. Alex was not someone who was intimidated easily. "Is Avender your first name?" He asked patiently.

"Yes," she said. "My full name is Avender Jurot. My father named me after the first Betazoid Warp capable ship. One of my ancestors worked on that ship."

She smiled. "May I call you Alex?"

"I wouldn't have it any other way." He said boldly, this woman had hit a nerve. But as a professional, he would not allow himself at act of this urge unless she gave clear signs that she felt the same way. "So tell me, Avender what would you like to know about me?" Asked Alex.

She leaned forward, fixing her black irised eyes on his.

She said, quietly "Just so you know, I am a telepath. While I am VERY capable of reading your mind, and much more, I prefer not to do so for many reasons- one of which is because the Captain told me not to do so."

She smiled "As a Betazoid, I also read emotions." Avender leaned back in the chair, adjusted her tailored tunic, and re-crossed her long legs.

"As this is simple onboarding, and I have your file, it can be whatever you want to discuss. Your Starfleet file says you're a qualified pilot as well as being trained in Security and Intelligence," the busty Betazoid said. "It may interest you to know that my first assignment was to Temporal Investigations on Starbase 410. I was trained in Intelligence/Counter Intelligence for that as well."

"Yes, I have to say it does interest me, in fact if you don't mind me saying so Counselor, I'm very interested in you. But I'm trying very hard to maintain a professional aire to this meeting. Tell me what you want to know and I will not hold back. This is where you get to know any and all the facts behind Alex Sexton." And he crossed his leg over his knee and smiled at her lovingly.

Avender laughed. "Lieutenant, I'm flattered- I'm not THAT interesting!" She picked up the PaDD from next to the chair, and looked at it for a moment. "Ok, Alex. I'll start with simple questions. Why did you train for security. Certainly, a man like you could have chosen any division at Starfleet." She tilted her head slightly, and looked at him expectantly.

Without hesitation: "I chose security because I understand the importance of getting it right the first time. Security is an area where if you drop the ball once, you may not get a second chance. Plus I know that's my sisters area of expertise and we work very well together." Replied Sexton

"And the danger doesn't bother you?" Avender asked.

Alex thought for a second. "Lovely lady. Look around you. We live in the vacuum of space, like a fish in water. One wrong move in any direction could mean certain death. Does the danger of that bother you?" He asked answering a question with an even more profound one!

"No, it doesn't, but I'm not often face to face with these dangers," the Chief Counselor replied.

"And by the same token, you deal with your pitfalls the same way I deal with mine. One at a time. Each mind you encounter is fragile per say. But you enter that relationship open minded and do what you been trained to do in hopes of a favorable outcome. It's the same with me. Each security situation I encounter I have variables and things that factor into every decision I make. And it's always the same. How can I accomplish my goal with minimal loss?" Replied Sexton

"I guess that's always the question," Avender said. "We all find our strength, rely on our training, and move forward. I'm sure you will do the right thing when the time comes."

"Counselor, in my mind there was never any doubt. Does that conclude the professional part of this visit?" He asked

Alex gazed more than looked at the counselor. This was the first woman in ages that had captured his attention in this way. But not knowing her situation left him at a place he had not visited in some time. He had his doubts about how she would feel about someone like him in another setting. But like momma once said, if you don't ask, you don't know.

"Yes, in fact it is. I'll send my report to the Captain that you've completed this part of onboarding," the curvy councillor said.

She smiled. "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

Alex heard her words, but was she talking professional or otherwise? There was only one way to find out. "Dinner?" Asked Alex "Yeah, I think dinner would be a good start. And if you think I'm being too forward, please use your gift, with my permission to read my feelings!" Replied Sexton

If she did, she would find a man who had seen in her something he had never seen in anyone before, and his feelings were true!

The betazoid smiled. "My shift ends at 2100. Shall we meet in 10 Forward?"

His heart skipped a beat. "21:10 in Ten forward. I'll head over there now and wait so nothing keeps me from our date." He said jokingly. "And thank you Avender for this opportunity to get to know you better!" And he stood up, turned toward the door and began walking. He only stopped to look over his shoulder and pinch himself. He nodded, acknowledged that he was in fact awake, smiled at her again and left the room.

To be continued