Idle Gossip
Late at night, on the
starship Voyager, Lovers converse in the privacy of their own beds. . .
"You can't be serious."
"I promise I am, I got
this from the source herself!"
"No. . . You couldn't
have. How did you do it?"
"Well, I kinda over
heard them in the mess hall one day, talking about a steamy date they had, and
after all the other things that I had heard, I kinda put two and two together,
and figured it out."
"Do you think that
anyone else knows about this? I mean, what will people think, this is the
Captain that were are talking about here."
"You have got to be
kidding me, of course other people know, lots of people know. This isn't the
sort of thing that can be kept quiet for long. Honestly, I don't know why they
bother to hide it."
"Really, Its not like we
care about who she dates or something, just as long as it doesn't effect her
command, ya know?"
"Yeah, but do you really
think that Seven is right for her, I mean, let's face it, the girl has the
personality of a spanner."
"I don't know her that
well, She sees a lot of my daughter, but I really have nothing to do with her,
so I can't really say."
"Well, I have been
forced to work with her on occasion, and let me tell you, that's not an easy
task."
"So I have heard. . .
Now back to this steamy date you heard about. . ."
"Well, I didn't hear a
lot of details, they were trying to keep it low key, but it involved the
hydroponics bay, and lunch."
"Sounds interesting . .
. Do you really think that we should be gossiping about them, when we are in the
same situation ourselves?"
"It's not the same
situation, it's just that no one knows yet."
"Uh-huh."
"Besides, I kinda wanna
keep you all to myself for awhile."
"You know that you have
to share me. I have a daughter."
"Well, I guess that's
all right."
"Why don't you show me
how all right that is."
"Not a problem."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"That information is
irrelevant."
"I was just trying to
tell you a little about what I heard today. I don't like to participate in
gossip, but I overheard it , and thought you might like to know."
"It is interesting."
"I thought that it would
interest you, being Naomi's best friend and all."
"I am happy for Ensign
Wildman, but I do believe that she could have picked a better partner."
"Now darling, you know
that just because our chief engineer doesn't get along with you, doesn't mean
that she wouldn't get along with Samantha."
"Right now, I am no
longer interested in this. . . Idle gossip Kathryn."
"Just what are you
interested in then?"
"This. . ."
The end.