From: Live Long and Prosper 
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:17:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: USS CHESAPEAKE: Fielding's Views

SD 90410.2156
[Assistant Chief Science Officer's Personal Log, Star Date 90320.0855.  
The exit review exams begin in five minutes.  Anne's been escorted to her 
quarters.  I got called into the XO's office.  You can say that it's been 
a pretty eventful day.  I am just as glad, though, that this is out in 
the open, more or less.  I never did agree with Karen's solution.  And 
now... I just hope that Anne hasn't become unglued...]
[Star Date 90320.1030.  I can't believe I'm actually holding a department 
meeting behind Anne's back.  It's almost insubordinate... but then, I 
can't discuss her if she's sitting right there.  In any case, they'll be 
showing up in half an hour.  I'd better program an alert system so Anne 
can't get into the department in the middle of our meeting...]
[Star Date 90320.1200.  The meeting went fairly well, I think.  Sure, 
Karen put up a big fight about how *her* system should work because Anne 
*needed* someone pushing her, but (fortunately) Suvok and I were able to 
overrule her suggestions.  The staff reacted with surprise, but most of 
them will be trying harder, I think, now that they know what's expected 
of them.  I told the students to keep out of her way until they know 
*exactly* what they're doing, and they agreed rather quickly.  Hmmm, 
maybe the distrust runs both ways...]
[Star Date 1315.  It's a good thing Anne came back after lunch; the 
Captain stopped by here just a while ago, and she and Anne were having 
some sort of discussion in her office.  I just hope she didn't get into 
trouble for causing that scene on the Bridge today.  Well... I'd better 
get back to analyzing those exit review exam scores...]
[Star Date 1500.  Anne's still in her office, so I guess I'll come back 
after I have a little coffee break.  I wonder if I might get to talk with 
her sometime... I want to see how she's doing, but she's been so busy 
this afternoon that I haven't really had a chance...]
[Star Date 1915.  It's just like Anne to stick me with two hours of extra 
watch... but then, this is Science, not Security.  I suppose I *could* 
turn in if I wanted to.  I wonder why she doesn't want any 
interruptions... and I hope that she isn't in some kind of trrouble...]
[Star Date 2300.  Boy, am I sleepy.  Just got a call from Anne saying she 
can be interrupted now.  Fine time to tell me... I was asleep when she 
called.  Well... at least she sounded halfway normal, as if I'd ever 
*known* her as a normal person.  Anyway... it's really late.  I'm going 
to get some shut-eye before tomorrow morning.]
Respectfully submitted,
Masako Goto
Lt(jg) Derek Fielding
aCSciO
USS CHESAPEAKE NCC-31813
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Okay, okay, I'm sorry... but you were going to wind up with a Fielding 
POV post anyway, and I figured you might prefer this format to a *long* 
and *tedious* recounting of the secret sci dept meeting, right?  *Right*?
Chris: How long Catherine actually stays is up to you; if she leaves 
       before 2300, then Anne can always get wrapped up with something else 
       until that time.  If she doesn't leave until after 2300, we can 
       assume that Anne remembered Derek. ::shrug::
Takako: Hmm, is this perceptive enough, do you think?
Amy: No, Fielding wasn't eavesdropping... he just happened to see the 
     Captain going into Anne's office.  :)
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