SS1: Uncomfortable decisions
Posted on Fri Apr 27th, 2018 @ 10:59am by
Edited on on Fri Apr 27th, 2018 @ 4:36pm
1,518 words; about a 8 minute read
Mission:
Academy Days
Location: Elloma's Quarters/Academy/Beach of San Diego
Timeline: MD + 5, 2130 Hours
Elloma Essu’s Short Story Collection.
Title: Uncomfortable decisions
Notes: Elloma had just completed repelling the Marquis from their ship, which was traumatic enough on its own. But her down time, was plagued with her poor behavior the night before. She almost slept with the Captain. Which would have been wrong.
This short story is a prequel story to "Catching up with old friends" post in the main story. The idea for this story is to give more insight in the thought process of Elloma's frame of mind. I hope I did a good job.
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[USS Pioneer]
Elloma was tired physically but her mind was telling her to get out of her quarters and celebrate the victory. They were able to fight off the Marquis and she should be celebrating. There was only one place she could think of going. However she was not sure if she wanted to be put in another situation.
The night before she came close to sleeping with the captain. She was flirting very heavily with him. That was wrong. And she knew it. He is a married a man. He is her commanding officer. But something about him, made her desire him. It was a strange sensation.
She assumed she desired him because he was unavailable. This reminded her of a time when she was at the academy with Rissie Rockwell. She started to get lost in a flashback of that day.
[Flashback: Starfleet Academy]
“I’m not sure this is a good idea.” Said Elloma, trying to talk her way out of going. She could see her friend in the mirror adjusting her clothing and putting her hair in a ponytail.
“Don’t be an old hag!” Suggested Rissie, as she grabbed the hand of Elle and literally dragged her out of the barracks room she shared with her.
“I look silly,” she said, holding a towel over her shoulder.
“You look hot, that swimsuit will get the boys to pay attention to you.” Said Rissie as she put her hand over the shoulder of Elle and continued to walk her down the corridor that led out of the academy barracks. Rissie was trying to get Elloma to come out of her shell a little.
Elloma was not sure how she felt about her outfit, she was wearing a two piece swimsuit that barely fit, the top was thin, and it exposed more of her bosoms. She would have preferred to have worn a bra.
A bra would have covered more of her body. She was told to wear small tight shorts and sandals. She was given a bottle of sun tan lotion and a towel to complete her assemble.
“How is this going to draw the attention of the boys?“ Asked Elloma with a hint of confusion.
Rissie grabbed her breasts. “These,” she grinned with a big smile. “They are quite nice.” Suggested Rissie, as she moved her hand back to the shoulder.
“Not sure what to say, thanks?” Said a confused Elloma, no one had ever grabbed her breasts in that fashion. She knew that Rissie was playing around, but why would she do that. Back home on Krios Prime.
Her family would never wear attire like this or to allow anyone to touch her in that type of fashion that was not her husband. They would have pressed charges and publically humiliated the man for his actions, the laws for touching a nobel person were pretty severe.
She felt that she should be furious, but she actually did not mind. Which struck her as odd. She continued to allow Rissie to lead her to the transporter room, they were beaming to San Diego, to catch a few waves and surf for boys.
She was a little confused on how a person can surf for boys. But she had a feeling that Rissie was going to show her how. And the idea kind of scared her. She came to Starfleet to help serve and make a greater purpose in life, and it appeared that all Rissie cared about was the small pleasures of life.
[flashback: Beach of San Diego]
The beamed over to San Diego and walked down to the beach, the two ladies were greeted by thousands beach goers. Rissie walked over to a vender, and rented a cooler filled with beverages. Elloma helped her carry it. While they carried it Elloma noticed there was several people already on the beach, with their towels laid out on the sand, a few games of volley ball going on, and lot of people standing around and socializing, a few were even in the water.
“Let’s have some fun.” Suggested Rissie, as she started to head towards the beach. The sun was beating down on them. Rissie was looking for an area to set their towels down. There was a few open spots, but she wanted to set them down near some men. Dangle the bait a little.
There was a few musical devices going off, and the few people who were standing appeared to be dancing to the beat. But it was no dance style she had ever seen. Everyone appeared to be having a great time. Elloma was trying to adsorb it all in. She smiled as watched everyone around her having a good time. She noticed Rissie was starting to dance to the rhythm of the song.
After a few minutes they found a place to set up their towels. After applying some lotion in a strange slow style sensation, Elloma noticed a few boys walking over to their location. They struck up a small conversation with Rissie and Elloma.
Elloma was really confused why Rissie was instructing her in strange human customs. She had no idea why applying lotion in a slow motion would attract the boys. But it did. That was very strange to her. “Hello, I am Elloma.” She said as she introduced herself to one of the men, who apparently took interest in her. She remembered humans liked to shake hands.
“I’m Leo Sarreci,” he said with a big grin on his face, as he checked her out once again, thinking she was very attractive lady. He reached out for her hand and kissed the top of her hand. He was trying to be a charmer.
“Nice to meet you Mister Sarreci.” Said Elloma.
“Call me Leo, your new around here.” He suggested. He had been coming to the beach for a while, and never saw anyone like her before.
“Correct, I am currently on shore leave, enjoying the day away from the academy…” She started off, but her mouth was covered by Rissie, as she hugged her from behind. They did not come to the beach to talk about the academy.
“To much information, we came here for the day to have fun, so let’s have fun.” She suggested as she spun Elloma around to look at her face. Then spun her back to Leo.
Elloma had a big smile, she had no idea what to say to him, and the one topic she had, and she was basically told not to talk about the academy. Rissie was right, they were hear to have fun. She reached down into the cooler, to grab a water, and opened it. She was already thirsty. She was not use to weather like this.
The two of them talked for a long time, the sunlight turned into night fall, some people had cleared from the beach. There was a couple of big beach bon fires, and Elloma and Leo were talking, and in the evening she was now starting to drink alcohol. She was starting to get a little tipsy. She came real close this night to sleeping with Leo, when her friend Rissie saved her from that mistake.
Rissie knew he was a bit of a player, and she was not going to have her friend’s first time to be a bad experience. At first Elloma was annoyed that Rissie stopped her, but later after she sobered up, she understood and felt guilty. She hated how alcohol made her feel. She decided she was going to stick with synthohol for the rest of her academy days.
[USS Pioneer]
Elloma felt that she needed to talk to her friend. She tapped on her combadge and asked Rissie to meet her at After 11.
She knew that Rissie had been working double shifts since she arrived on the USS Pioneer. But at the moment she needed her best friend.
She needed to work through this. It was not right to be getting involved with her captain. Rissie agreed to meet Elloma at After 11 Lounge.
Elloma started to get ready to head out to After 11 to meet up with Rissie, and have a chance to express her concerns.
The end.
A Joint post By
Ensign Elloma Essu
Assistant Chief Security/Tactical Officer, USS Pioneer
Ensign Clarissa Rockwell
Engineering Officer, USS Pioneer
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