Nicole could not believe her eyes when she saw Christine T'Nley, the Vulcan-Romulan hybrid with the older and distinguished Antican at the Commune. She was in shock. First that the cold hearted T'Nley could find anyone and even moreso that she could find anyone to have dinner with.
Vincent and Bobbi-Lee walked in. They always had a late supper. Nicole was always envious of their May-December romance. Bobbi-Lee would stroke his hand while they ate and then drank coffee. No wonder Vincent did not just move to Wells City and retire. He was always reinvigorated by her.
Lisa walked over and sat down. The pair just looked at each other. They had gotten past the slap and bitterness but they were not a stroking, touchy-feely couple they once were.
Rochester and Christine got up to waltz. Nicole thought of the Academy Spring Social. She had dressed to the nines and had sat there the whole night while Lisa visited with the engineering students. Lisa looked into Nicole's eyes, "Do you wanna dance?"
Nicole stood up. The pair looked clumsy and stiff. Nicole was a bureaucrat and Lisa was an engineer but they were reborn in their little waltz, ending with Nicole lowering her head to the chest of her engineer and just standing there as the music ended. It was a very touching moment.
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Vice Admiral Nicole Branson
Phoenix Colony
Phoenix Fleet
