From: Christine Fontaine <chrys@catlover.com> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 19:51:55 -0400 Subject: USS CHESAPEAKE: What Have I Done?
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MD 15.1330
Scene: USS CHESAPEAKE: Sickbay: CMO's Office
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What have I done?!?
What have I done... Those words echoed through Catherine's mind as she
sank down in her office chair, feeling tired and worn. Cradling her head
in her hands she was thankful, and not for the first time, that she had
insisted upon opaque office walls. Privacy was certainly a blessing.
What have I done? Catherine thought to herself again, nervously twining a
loose curl around and around her index finger. I never expected this to
happen!
When she had relieved Anne of duty for medical reasons, Catherine had never
dreamed that her friend would be leaving the CHESAPEAKE. Somehow, she had
thought that Anne would remain aboard the ship, getting the rest that she
needed, seeing the counsellor, seeing Catherine for medication, and somehow
everything would have worked out in the end.
Boy, had she been wrong.
Catherine was not one for swearing, but at that moment she felt like
spewing some invective. How could she not have seen this coming? How
could she have been so naive? The last thing she had wanted to do was
damage her friendship with Anne... now, it wasn't simply being damaged, it
was ending! Anne was leaving, and Catherine's best friend aboard the
CHESAPEAKE was leaving... her only friend, unless Commander Brennan could
be counted as one of her friends.
Abruptly, Catherine rose from her desk and began pacing back and forth in
her office. Anne was leaving. At the very least, she would have to say
good-bye, and wish her all the best.
Why am I always parted from the people I care for? Catherine couldn't help
but wonder. A moment later she realized that the nature of her job
entailed such partings. Few Starfleet officers remained aboard the same
ship or station for their entire careers. For most people, making new
friends wasn't a problem. For someone as shy as Catherine, it sometimes
seemed darn near impossible.
Catherine's friendships were all the more precious to her, since they were
few and far between. She *did* tend to have close friendships, however, so
quality definitely made up for quantity. Truthfully, Catherine would
rather have one very close friend than a dozen social relations.
Anne's departure didn't necessarily mean the end of their frienship,
Catherine reminded herself. They could stay in touch, although the vet
wasn't sure that Anne would *want* to stay in touch; after all, Catherine
*had* relieved the Science Officer of duty, thus necessitating her
departure from the CHESAPEAKE. Would Anne want to stay in touch, would she
want to be reminded to her days aboard the CHESAPEAKE. Shaking her head,
Catherine wasn't sure, but the only way to find out would be to find Anne
and say her good-byes.
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Scene: USS CHESAPEAKE: Sickbay
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Doctor DawnFire to-Ennien's fur was bristling. *Why* did people refuse to
treat her with the respect she deserved. Was it her size? The fact that
she looked like a Terran cat that walked on two feet instead of four? What
*was* it?
It was *too* much when she heard people whispering: "oh, but isn't she the
cutest!" and "oh, she is *so* adorable!" the worst being, "I wonder if I
can pet her?" *That* made DawnFire's hairs stand on end! Imagine, someone
wanting to pet her! Of course, with her sensitive Sivaoan sense of
hearing, she could hear these soft-spoken whispers, even when those who
spoke the words were certain that the cat could not possibly be listening.
Those same ears pricked upright as the sound of the CMO's office door
opening reached the Sivaoan. Out of the corner of her eye, DawnFire
observed the Chief Medical Officer, who appeared to be heading straight
toward her.
"Doctor DawnFire to-Ennien?" Doctor Ledoux didn't even pause as she walked
past the Sivaoan. "You're in charge of Sickbay while I'm gone." And with
that, the CHESAPEAKE's Chief Medical Officer departed.
DawnFire's golden tail continued its violent twitching back and forth.
Respectfully submitted,
Christine Fontaine
LCDR Catherine Ledoux, DVM
Chief Medical Officer
USS CHESAPEAKE
cfontaine@nac.net
<< NRPG >>
Far from my best, but I wanted to get something out... My next post
(taking care of the away team stuff) will hopefully be of better quality
and quantity.
Masako: This should lead into our joint post for Catherine and Anne saying
goodbye. Let me know when you're settled into school and we'll start in on
it.
All: I'll get a post out with Catherine on the away team sometime soon...
There's just no way Catherine was going to let Anne leave without saying
goodbye - so I hope we can fit their goodbyes into the timeline, and if we
can't well, we'll change things so that they *can* say thier goodbyes (at
least, I hope we'll change things...)
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Christine Fontaine cfontaine@nac.net
http://www.oocities.org/~cccats/
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RADM FireSong to-Vensre, MD ALBXO Armstrong Lunar Base
CAPT Caylynn Mary Donne, MD CO USS NEBULA
CAPT StarFire to-Ennien, MD En route from Sivao
LCDR Catherine Ledoux, DVM CMO USS CHESAPEAKE
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If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word
- Margaret Atwood -
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