Author: Tinadoll (aka Tina- That’s me!)

Setting: After BDM.

Rating: R to NC-17.

Spoilers: Yes.

Author’s note: This is a new chapter. Don’t remember if this chapter was Beta’d or not. I try to do the best I can editing by myself but you can do nice by just ignoring all the mistakes.

Chapter 16: Getting a talking to.

She had a hard time explaining her constant feeling of dread but there she was standing in the middle of the galley feeling like she got kicked in the face. She got off easy. But she figured that it would end badly but pushed it out of her mind in a effort to get something done. She looked in the food stores and all she saw was protein. She made a face-but this was the life she had to lead so she swallowed her pride and started to make some. She would make protein loaf. It would taste like gritty bread but hell it was better then the lumpy way they usually had it.

“Well, busy day,” Jubal said from the table. She turned to face him and saw he was sitting at the table with his feet up.

“I am not speaking to you anymore, Ghost,” she said as she went back to making dinner. “Go pick apart someone else brain. Maybe someone who might actually give a care.”

“Who are you talking too?” the Captain asked as he entered.

“Hmm?” she said. “Oh to no one in particular-Just myself,” she said as she put the protein loaf in the oven and started on the dehydrated potatoes.

“Well don’t make a habit of it, Dong ma?” he said with a warm yet warning smile.

“No sweat,” she said while still working on dinner. She wanted to talk to him but she was afraid that she felt that it was out of place. She offered him some tea and he held out his cup as she poured.

“So-I’m out an airlock again after dinner right?” she asked as she stirred some dehydrated potatoes.

“Not on your first day, perhaps after day three,” he said smiling and relaxing in the chair.

She nodded slightly. There was no saying “Sorry” and making up. Mistakes like