Two Favorite Girls

Posted on 15 Mar 2012 @ 12:13pm by Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm & Nesh Saalm & Lieutenant JG Drusilla McCarthy
Edited on on 15 Mar 2012 @ 12:16pm

2,173 words; about a 11 minute read

Mission: Episode 00 - Pre-Deployment
Location: Starfleet HQ, Office
Timeline: MD 04 - 0900 hrs

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Outside of Drusilla's office, Nesh and Lirha waited patiently after pressing the door's chime. The captain had quite a bit of work to do in the morning and was hopeful that the counselor was not late to report to work, else Lirha would have to drag Nesh along with her for the next hour. Needless to say, it wouldn't be the most exciting thing for the young woman to be sitting silently in her sister's office watching her read through PADDs and status reports.

As Dru pushed back her chair, surveying her cleared desk, she checked the time, happy to find herself bang ontime to meet Lirha and Nesh. Even though she was not on duty this morning, she had decided to get some paperwork done in order to free up more time for herself to be about to counsel patients. Given the morning that would be in it, Dru had left her uniform at home and instead decided to wear a pair of close fitting jeans, runners and a polo shirt with her combadge fixed to her polo shirt. She had left her hair down loose, pulling the sides back to fix them with a hair clip.

As she heard the door chime, Dru stood up,"Enter."

At the sound of the counselor's voice through the door, Lirha took Nesh's hand and led her forward through the swishing door and into the office. She stopped in the middle of the room and put a gave her sister's hand a reassuring squeeze. "Good morning, Lieutenant," she said with a smile to Dru. "I brought you some company."

"Good afternoon Captain." Dru smiled at Lirha briefly before focusing her attention on Nesh and stepping forward with her hand outstretched,"And you must be Miss. Nesh Saalm whom I have heard many things about?"

"I have heard about you as well." Nesh couldn't resist casting a knowing glance at her sister. While she had promise she would try and not embarrass her sister it didn't mean she would give her a hard time about it. She owed her that much. She looked over the counselor. With a twisted glance at her sister she wanted to ask the question that was forming in her head about her attire. Instead she kept her mouth shut and took the offered hand. "It is nice to meet you...uh...what am I supposed to call you?"

"If I'm to be your guide this morning then please, call me Dru." Dru grinned as she spotted the glance Nesh had thrown at Lirha and ,"I hope your going to spoil me this morning of all of the stories about our Captain here. They'll be stories I'll be able to pass onto the rest of our crew during our missions. In return if there's anything you'd like to do or see I'm fairly certain I'll be up for it."

Lirha stepped forward and discretely kicked Nesh in the back of the foot as she passed. The conversation had already taken a turn for the worse and she had a feeling that the two women would soon be discussing every small detail and secret of her life. "Perhaps I should make you two sign a confidentiality agreement?" she said with a smirk as she rolled her eyes.

Dru winks at Nesh before turning to face Lirha with a smile on her face,"You can order me to sign one Captain but not Miss. Saalm. She can still tell me all of our secrets and as your ship's Counselor I will be forced to have to talk them over with you."

"Wonderful," she replied sarcastically then chuckled. "In that case, I hope you can clear your schedule for the next two months." she added with a mischievous grin as she looked at Dru. "Well, I must get going. I have a few more crew interviews to conduct and some paperwork to look through." she said as she addressed the two women. "I'll return around noon and we can all grab a bite to eat.". Lirha turned around and walked towards the door, casting a final stern glance at her sister in the futile hope that she would not embarrass her.

Dru smiled slightly after Lirha before she turns back to Nesh,"So where do you fancy starting?"

Nesh watched her sister leave with a crooked smile on her face. She turned back to women who had been saddled with the job of entertaining her. "I don't really know what there is to do...I have only been here once and that was a long time ago." She took a few steps into Dru's office. "Any suggestions?"

Dru paused as she raked through her head,"Hum....your 15? It's been so long since I've been that age that I'm not quiet sure what 15 year olds like to do these days. Actually...seeing as in starfleet head office, fancy a tour?"

Nesh thought for a moment, "We could leave the compound...maybe go see the golden gate bridge?" She couldn't think of anything she really wanted to do, but she had always wondered if the bridge was really as cool up close as it was in photos.

"Hum...sounds like a plan to me. I hope you don't mind transporter, I wouldn't trust me with a shuttle if I was you," Dru smiled across at Nesh before gathering a bag from under her desk and indicated for Nesh to follow her through the door."You know you look very alike your sister."

Nesh smiled, "My mom tells me that a lot." She answered simply as she moved though the door just in front of Dru. She positioned herself next to Dru as the pair walked down the hallway towards the entrance. "I don't mind transporters so much...I better get used to them if I am going to be attending Baylor in a year or two." she turned her head to smile up at the chestnut haired women her sister was so fond of.

"Baylor? Hum...where's that? Sorry I'm an Irish native so outside of Starfleet HQ and Ireland I get a little bit lost", Dru smiled over at Nesh as she lead the way to the transporter room.

"Baylor is an Arts school in Texas." Nesh started easily. "I am going to study art history...hopefully something that keeps me far far from Starfleet" Nesh continued with a laugh as she entered the transporter room. She knew the drill. Stepping onto the padd she waited for Dru to give the request.

Dru smiled at the eagerness shown by Nesh,"Two to transport to the Golden Gate Bridge please Chief." Dru steps over to the PADD and smiled over at Nesh before the beam caught them both, taking them away from Starfleet HQ.


Several hours later...


"That was so cool." Nesh giggled as they ended back at the transporter pad they had started at. "I can't believe how huge it is. And the color." She turned almost hyper, "I can't believe they still paint it every day like they did when they first built the bridge. You would have thought they would have changed it by now....Wow."

Dru threw her head back laughing. She had enjoyed the morning with Nesh, it was so refreshing to be around someone so carefree and young. She knew Nesh had her own concerns and worries like ever 15year old but to see the young girl laugh and enjoy herself for a few hours."Well sometimes it's nice to keep some things the same, it's a reminder of what we always have which will never change."

"Good point." Nesh said with an approving nod. "I can see why my sister thinks so highly of you." She said without thinking. She stumbled for a moment before continuing. "I had a lot of fun today...thanks."

"I'm happy to be of assistance. Your seeing Commander Holliday this afternoon? You'll have fun with him I'm sure. He's a nice guy when you can get his head out of a PADD." Dru smiled over at Nesh as she checked the time."The Captain should be here in the next few minutes. I must say, you've given me a small bit of ammunition to use against her in counselling sessions."

After a busy morning full of final personnel reviews and status updates, Lirha promptly made her way from her office to pick up her sister and chief counselor for lunch. Using the HQ's internal sensors, it didn't take long for her to locate the two and she returned to the counselor's office, pressing the door chime as she waited.

Having waited a few minutes in the transporter room, Dru had moved herself and Nesh to her office, she didn't wish to block up the transporter room with the amount of people coming and going. As the chime on her door went off, Dru smiled over at Nesh,"Sounds like your sister is back. Enter."

The captain walked through the doors as they swished open, then closed, moving into the middle of the room while smiling at Nesh and Drusilla. "Well?" she asked, "Did you two enjoy yourselves?"

Nesh nodded quickly as she moved to stand a little close to Lirha. "We went to the Golden Gate Bridge." She said in an overly excited tone. She cleared her throat to cover her desire to calm down. "It was...ok." She broke into a large smile before turning back to Dru and giving her a quick wink.

Dru smiled broadly at Nesh before turning her attention back to Lirha,"Your lucky to have such a wonderful sister Captain. I must say we really did have a very enjoyable morning and she was great company."

"Yes, she's quite a handful." Lirha replied as she moved forward and put a playful arm around her sister's waist, giving it a squeeze. "So...what did the two of you talk about?" she asked, her eyes flickering between Nesh and the counselor. She was anxious to find out how much of her personal life Nesh had divulged to Dru over the last few hours.

Dru reached a hand up to her temple to rub it slightly before smiling widely at both women,"Don't be worried Captain, only enough to warrant me needing to see you on a regular basis for a month. We have ALOT to talk over." Dru wasn't sure what was happening to her. As she spent more time with Nesh she found herself happier then she had in a longtime and now and it seemed to have built up so much that she was comfortable out rightly flirting with Lirha.

The Orion captain smiled, happy that Dru seemed to be enjoying herself so much. Lirha had never seen the woman in such good spirits before, and wondered slightly at the meaning of her request to spend time together. "Well, I guess I have my 'wonderful sister' to thank for that." she said with a smirk, and firmly pinched the skin on Nesh's lower back just above her waist.

"Oww." Nesh said slightly over acting as she jumped away from where she was standing. "Don't make me tell mom, ReeHee" she said the nickname for her sister loud enough and odd enough to make sure Dru heard her. She turned towards the young women she had spent the afternoon with and gave her a playful wink.

Dru laughed at the antics between Lirha and Nesh,"ReeHee? Hum....Thanks for that one Nesh, I'll add it to the rest of the information you've given me. Something tells me that might come in handy." Dru winked at Nesh playfully.

"Right, let's go get some lunch, shall we?" Lirha said, interjecting herself to stop the embarrassing conversation which was beginning to unfold. "I think you've learned enough secrets for one day, Lieutenant." she said with a smirk to the counselor.

Dru smirked, not quite certain what exactly was happening to her but feeling the headache behind her temple building,"For now Captain. I'll get more out of you before the mission is out I'm sure."

The captain took her sister's hand and led her to the door, anxious to get some food in her stomach after skipping breakfast.

Dru waved after Nesh and Lirha before sitting down at her desk and pushing the palm of her hands against her forehead.I wonder if sickbay would be able to give me anything for this headache. Blooming heck. Dru headed off to visit sickbay and change back into her uniform.

Nesh returned Dru's wave as she disappeared out the door with her sister. "Thanks ReeHee, I am having a lot of fun." The growling in her stomach rang out in the hallway. "I am starving...I can't wait to see what you have planned for lunch."

[OFF]

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CMDR Lirha Saalm
Commanding Officer
USS Galileo

Lieutenant JG Drusilla McCarthy
Chief Counsellor
USS Galilo

Nesh Saalm
Little Sister
NPC'ed by Barel

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