Let It Be
Disclaimer: Tribune owns Andromeda. I own Andy!
Author's Note: Hey, look!
It's a new chapter of the fic that I started a million years ago! Thanks should
go to Cassie for this...I was going to give it up! So...enjoy, read and review!
(note: Paradise will be updated soon, as well)
Let It Be
Chaper
Seven: As the Future Becomes the Present
"And I never saw her again,"
Andy finished softly, taking a sip of Beka's untouched wine. "I heard about her
every once in awhile, from Shy, so I knew she was okay...but...it wasn't the
same."
"It never is," Dylan agreed with a sad smile. "My fiancee...got
left behind...You and Harper kept in touch?"
"We felt awful about it, but
we had to!" Andy told him, accepting the change in subject. "I just missed him
so much, and he missed me. We even got together sometimes when he had
shoreleave." She closed her eyes in sweet remembrance of the times they had
partied, or when they had danced all night under the stars and slept till lunch,
the many times Shay had tried to teach her to surf despite the fact that she
couldn't stay on the board, and most of all, the nights they just spent catching
up with each other.
"Is that where you were when Beka's brother visited
the Andromeda?" Dylan asked, jarring Andy out of her thoughts, but she laughed
when she heard the question.
"Yes, I went with Shay to Infinity Atoll."
Andy grinned. "It was so much fun...even if Shay didn't win, I'll never forget
the look on his face when I stood on the board...there I was, for one second,
standing tall...and then I fell, or course, but...that was the last time I saw
him."
"Captain, you asked to know when we arrived at the drift. We just
docked now," Andromeda's voice suddenly interrupted.
Andy jumped at the
voice, and looked at Dylan, confused. "Drift? What drift?"
He smiled at
her, and unhesitatingly, she smiled back.
"Would you like to see Harper
again?"
Her eyes went wide, and she looked at him with an intense stare,
trying to figure out whether he was telling the truth. If he was, this would be
the first time she would be able to see him without feeling guilty...on the
other hand, if he was lying, she had misjudged him like she never had misjudged
anyone before. "Really?"
He nodded, still smiling through his obvious
unease. "Really. I'll have him come aboard right now. Why don't you go wait on
Obs. Deck?"
Andy bit her lip, but nodded and stood up to go. Right before
she left the room, she turned around and asked, "Dylan? Where is the Obs
deck?"
She could see him fighting not to laugh as he ordered, "Rommie,
please direct Miss Valentine to the Obs Deck."
"Aye,
Captain."
Andy smiled greatfully at the tall man. "Thank you, Captain
Hunt. For everything."