0300 hours on the clock was the only
indication that it was still the middle of the night. On the Xin
Caodi platform, the sky never changed, and quite frankly, she liked
it that way. No matter the time you could look out over the city and
see the soft glow of Djinn's Bane below, offset with the deep black
of space above. It was the perfect place for a lifelong pilot to put
down roots.
Not that the choice had really been
hers... sure it would have come eventually, but with things the way
they were... No, she wasn't going to go down that train of thought.
It didn’t lead to a good end and right now she wanted to enjoy the
good she had... A glance back over her shoulder to the sleeping
figure quickly returned the smile to her face.
Elias... how the hell did she manage to
get so damn lucky? What had been a chance encounter at a local bar
had turned into... well.. maybe that’s what her mind was trying to
figure out in the small hours of the morning. Turning from the
window, she padded barefoot across the apartment, carefully slipping
back into bed without waking him.
Propped up on her elbow, she watched
him sleep a while, letting her mind wander, for the first time in as
long as she cold remember, her jumbled thoughts peaceful. In just a
short few months he had become the center of her universe...
something she never thought she'd find again; hadn't found in this
life that Wirefly had dumped her into.
For the first time, she found she was
actually grateful for the opportunity the madman had given her...
the past seemed so far less important now than it once had. Here was
this man who had come into her life, stayed by and cared for her
whens he was ill, risked his life to help save hers... and even now,
with the problems the damn chip they'd put in her was causing; he
never once faltered.
So much stayed unspoken between them,
and that was just fine. Words only seemed to get in the way most of
the time, they either weren’t the right ones or they were just
not enough. Most times, it was enough to just let it be.. but tonight
was not most times.
With slow gentle movement, she leaned
close, whispering softly in his ear as he slept. Nestling back up
close, she closed her eyes, maybe some day she would find the right
moment when he was awake...
