<USS Avalon> First Born by Sussanna Jameson & Li Vilya

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One of the nurses stepped over to them and smiled as she glanced at  the PADD 
in her hand. "Lieutenant Li, Doctor Jameson will see you  now."

She didn't really wanted to upset poor Melanie, and yes, she  told herself, 
that she was thinking of her that now, but Vilya had a bit of  difficulty 
standing up because her center of gravity was so shifted.  When  she finally 
did 
stand up straight, she walked as sedately as dignity would  allow, following 
the 
nurse to Anna's office.  She offered the blonde woman  a bright smile then 
patted the curve of her growing belly. 

"We're  here, Anna," she said simply.

"Wow, so I see, have a seat."  Anna  stood and offered her friend a hug.  
"Can I get you  anything?"
 


Vilya gladly say back down even if she knew it was going to  take her forever 
to get back up.  "We don't need anything," Vilya told  her.  "I know it's 
high time I dragged us in here and Ming might have done  the dragging himself 
otherwise."  


Grinning, Anna ordered a tea from the replicator and returned to her  seat.  
"Yeah, you've not been having your physicals, we're going to have to  do them 
all at once, I'm afraid." 

Crossing her legs under her desk, Anna  sipped at her tea.  "Is there 
anything specific that you'd like to ask me  before we get  started?"
 

"I know hat you told Ming about  the side effects of that virus but tell me 
the truth.  How do you know that  there won't be side effects toward the baby?  
Now or when he or she grows  up?"  Vilya asked.
 
"Let me be frank, I can't  be."  This was the part that Anna had been 
dreading.  "Once we start  the physical, I will take blood samples from you and 
when 
your baby is born,  I'll take samples from them too.  There are tests that I 
can run that will  tell me the extent of any problems that might occur.  Then 
when we know the  score, I can deal with all the effects from that point on.  
All will be  well, I promise." 
 

"I will just have to trust in the  Prophets and let Ming trust in whoever it 
is that he has faith in," Vilya  replied.  But she brightened up.  "But, come, 
examine us and tell me  how we are.  This child kicks like a champion 
fighter.  Legs like a  springball player..."

"Okay, let's get you on a bio bed."  Anna  smiled at her friend, ushering her 
back out into the main Sick Bay area.   "Just pop yourself up here," she 
said, tapping the bed, "and we'll get  started."
 

Popping herself up onto the bed was something of an effort but she got it  
done.  Warm brown eyes looked around.  There was nothing wrong with a  Fleet 
Sick Bay but somehow it wasn't what she pictured years ago on Jerrado and  
Bajor, 
when she and her girlfriends daydreamed about how their lives would  be.  
Then, there were the ideas of robed midwives and her friends all  around her.  
Now, she shrugged mentally and told herself it didn't  matter.  She was happy 
to 
have Ming there.

As the results from the  scans filtered onto the console in front of her, 
Anna thought of the data  crystal that Ming had given her.  This was definitely 
going to be one of  the more interesting births she'd ever been a part of.  
"Well, everything  looks fine, all healthy and happy.  Would you like to know 
the 
 gender?"
 

Vilya waved her hand in  dismissal.  "No, not really.  It would ruin one of 
the longest running  arguments I've ever had.  Ming's insisting girl, I'm 
insisting boy,  and Mac's got a pool going.  It isn't up to me but, if it was, 
all 
I would  want is for this child to be healthy.  I hear that this will be the 
first  one born on this ship."

"So I hear, and certainly the first on my  shift."  Giving Vilya one last 
smile, Anna downloaded the results into her  file.  "Okay, be sure to come 
back.  
Everything's gonna be fine.   Just let me take some blood for tests and you 
can go,  okay?"
 

Vilya held out her arm then pushed up her sleeve.  "I am so glad  they have 
the hypos they have now.  During the war, when we were on  Jerrado, we had 
nothing but hypodermic needles.  Sounds barbaric but it was  what we had to use 
for drawing blood or giving shots."

"Oh, trust me, I  know.  We had to be trained in the use of them at the 
Academy, just in  case.  Just in case of what, I'm not sure, but hey."  
Withdrawing 
the  vial, Anna set it on the side.  "That's it, nothing else required.  If  
you need anything else, to talk or ask me questions, just pop by anytime.   If 
 I'm not here or in my quarters I'll most likely be at Mac's."   Blushing, 
she turned around hurriedly and grabbed the  vial.
 

Vilya eased herself back onto her  feet but she outright stared at the other 
woman.  A grin spread across her  face as he warm brown eyes lit up.  "You and 
Mac?  That's  wonderful!  That man never said a thing."

Still not looking at her,  Anna started fiddling with a scanning device.  
"Yes... well...  He's  gorgeous," she mumbled.
 

"I'll admit it," Vilya said, her smile making her nose wrinkle even more,  
"he's not bad looking if he's got blond hair and doesn't prefer black.  I  
really had no idea.  Somebody should have told me since you know Josh  won't."

Finally turning around, Anna's embarrassment was very  clear.  "It's very 
new, we've only been seeing each other for a few  days."  Grinning, she leaned 
against a bio bed, her eyes losing their  focus.  "He's really the loveliest 
man 
I've met.  And annoying as hell  to boot.  I don't know what's gonna happen 
but it's fun to find out, don't  you think?  Just so long as I don't end up 
with one of those," she pointed  at Vilya's belly, "I don't mind."

 

Vilya almost giggled.  "Be careful and you won't," she said  brightly.  "It 
really is wonderful to find out where things go, though,  isn't it?  When I 
think that this child really came about because somebody  was hanging his feet 
all over my favorite stone bench and reading a real  book..."

"That's the way life is, I mean I met Mac in quarantine, if you  remember.  
Love and a virus, how wonderful."  Winking sourly, Anna  gave Vilya a quick 
hug.  "Look after yourself and come back,  okay?"
 
Returning the hug, Vilya told her, "Oh, I will.  And you take care of  one of 
my favorite partners."

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