<USS Avalon> Friends and Lovers

Friends and Lovers 
Skyler and Moreya 
 
((Takes Place before current mission))

The picnic had been a  relaxing one. It seemed as if everyone had enjoyed 
themselves, especially Tavi.  Skyler wasn't sure if she was nervous or excited 
about what might possibly  happen later that night. She had been waiting for 
another chance to be with  Moreya, but didn't want to ruin things. She had 
never 
loved anyone as she did  Moreya, even if it wasn't returned in the same 
manner. She knew the Deltan loved  her in her own way. 

As they were leaving the holodeck, Skyler turned to  look at Moreya. "I hope 
you had an enjoyable time with us? I had a wonderful  time with the two of 
you. I have never seen Tavi look so relaxed and happy."  

Moreya smiled. "It was lovely. Thank you both for inviting me." Looking  at 
Skyler Moreya nodded her head. "I have to make a detour to my quarters, but I  
will return to yours shortly." 

Skyler had no idea why Moreya would have  to make a detour to her quarters 
but she wasn't going to push. She was just  grateful the woman had accepted her 
invitation to stay the night. She watched as  Moreya started walking down the 
hall and part of her felt a slight twinge that  the Deltan might not return. 
She shook that thought out of her mind, and walked  with Tavi back to their 
quarters. 

When they arrived, Tavi immediately  went to her room and changed into her 
night clothes. Her skin was red from the  sun and her eyes were very droopy. 
Skyler tucked her in bed and within a few  minutes the girl was asleep. 

Before she had time to begin worrying  again, Skyler heard the door chime.  
When the door opened, Moreya stood  there, dressed now in the same simple robe 
she wore at home.  She had a  small cloth bundle in one hand.  She smiled.  
"You see?  I  promised I would not be gone long." 

"Come in. I just put Tavi down, and  she went out for the count. I think she 
may have over done it a little but she  is entitled. Have a seat." Skyler 
walked over to the replicator and ordered two  glasses of tea. Upon her return 
she 
found Moreya on the couch, with her long  legs curled beneath her. "Thank you 
for joining us today. I enjoyed it and I am  sure Tavi did as well." Trying 
not to let her nervousness show, she handed  Moreya her tea and sat at the 
opposite end of the couch. 

Moreya took a  few sips of the tea, then set the glass down.  She held out 
the cloth  bundle, unfolding the corners as she spoke.  "I went back to my 
quarters  for this," she said.  The outer cloth wrapping was drawn away, 
revealing 
a  braided loop of cloth, ribbon and beads.  She lifted it up, showing it to  
be the size of a headband.  "It's for you.  A traditional gift among  my 
people." 

"It's beautiful. Thank you so much. I am touched that you  would want to give 
something so beautiful to me. It must have taken quite a bit  of work to 
make." Taking the headband Skyler placed it on her head. "So, how  does it 
look? 
I'm sorry I have nothing for you except what is in my heart. I  hope that is 
enough?" Skyler fidgeted a little with the headband, not quite sure  what else 
to do. 

"It is lovely, as you are," Moreya said, sliding across  the couch to sit 
next to Skyler.  "And my people have a saying, that a gift  given with thought 
of 
recompense is no gift at all.  Your heart, my dear,  is a blessing and a gift 
beyond price." 

Skyler could feel her heart  beating ever faster as Moreya grew closer. She 
was at a loss for words or  actions at that precise moment. "You will always 
have my heart, Moreya. More  than you will ever know." She slowly reached over 
and placed her hand on  Moreya's. "Your skin is as soft as the last time I held 
your hand. Very  exquisite hands, I might add." 

Moreya smiled, stroking Skyler's hand  with one of her own, and reaching up 
to touch the headband with the other.   "It is a representation of you," she 
said.  "All the different threads and  fibers, bound together, each one a 
little 
different."  She breathed out  gently.  She was not a telepath, as Skyler 
was, but like all Deltans, she  had a profound empathic talent that was 
amplified 
by touch.  She employed  that now, opening her mind and her senses, and 
making a message as clear to  Skyler as if spoken aloud:  I am open to you.  I 
am 
open to your will,  and your desire. 

Skyler gently placed her free hand against Moreya's  face, tracing the 
outline of her jaw and lips with her fingers. She tried to be  as gentle as 
possible, letting herself feel Moreya's skin against her hand. She  knew that 
being 
with Moreya wasn't going to be about sex. It was going to be  about desire, 
intimacy and all other emotions that went with it. She didn't want  to rush 
into 
anything that the Deltan didn't want. It was actually the first  time she had 
been afraid or hesitant to make the first move. 

Moreya  seemed to understand this.  "I am here because I want to be," she 
said,  leaning in and breathing the words into Skyler's ear.  "This is our 
moment,  you and I, dear Skyler.  Let your soul free."  She nuzzled Skyler's  
neck, 
breathing deep and drinking in the other woman's scent like the finest of  
wines. 

Feeling Moreya's breath against the more sensitive skin of her  neck, Skyler 
started to let her nervousness go. Lifting Moreya's head and  cupping her face 
in her hands, Skyler looked into the Deltan's eyes. They were  like a window 
to her soul, and she could see desire in them. Carefully and  gently Skyler 
brushed her lips against the woman's head. She slowly moved her  lips along her 
jaw, tasting the sweetness of her skin. Upon reaching her lips,  she hesitated 
momentarily, then whispered, "I want to feel all of you. I want to  sense all 
there is to sense and feel." She leaned in and gently kissed the  woman's 
full lips, hesitantly at first and then with more desire. ~I do hope you  know 
what you are getting into, my dear friend. I have wanted this moment for a  
very 
long time.~ 

Moreya could feel the emotion behind the kiss, the  longing, the desire long 
held back.  It had been like this for a long time;  Moreya knew that when 
Skyler gave her heart to another, it was done fully,  without reservations.  
Such 
generosity was a gift; and the Deltan accepted  it the best way she knew how: 
mirroring it with her own.  She returned the  kiss with energy, pulling Skyler 
close and holding her for a long moment.   When she at last gently broke the 
contact, she stood up.

Skyler watched  as Moreya removed her robe and placed it on the floor. "You 
are beautiful,  Moreya." Removing her own attire she took Moreya's hand and led 
her to the robe  on the floor. Together they sat facing each other. She 
wasn't sure what she  should do next, so she decided would let Moreya take the 
lead. Her desire was so  strong she didn't want to push it on the Deltan. 

Moreya laughed  softly.  "My dear, I know I speak gently -- but there is no 
need to treat  me like a piece of spun glass."  She reached out and took 
Skyler's hand,  and began gently tapping the inside of her wrist with a long 
finger. 
 It  was the first step of a technique she had learned from an ancient human 
monastic  order.  They were much more famed for their skill in warfare and  
assassination than in the arts of love, but Moreya had found that this practice 
 
was one very few humanoids could resist even if they wanted to.  And she  
knew Skyler did not. 

With every touch of Moreya's finger on her wrist  Skyler could feel her heart 
racing. "I am not trying to treat you like spun  glass, although you are like 
a fine wine and should be treated as such. When I  am around you, especially 
like this, I lose all sense of what I doing. You have  no idea how much I want 
to be with you, but then again you most likely do."  Skyler reached up with 
her hand and gently cupped Moreya's face. "Do you know  how much you really 
mean to me?"

"As much as it is possible to know  anything," the Deltan answered softly.  
With a quick and almost impossibly  graceful motion, she unfolded her legs and 
swung them round, encircling Skyler's  lower back.  At the same time, she 
caught Skyler's upper arms, then rolled  backward, drawing Skyler down on top 
of 
her.  "But show me, dear  Skyler.  Show me how much I mean to you." 

With her heart pounding  in her ears, Skyler couldn't believe how quickly and 
gracefully Moreya had  maneuvered them into their current position. Just 
feeling her skin against  Moreya's caused her heart to beat faster. 

Placing her hands on either  side of Moreya's face she leaned in and nuzzled 
against the Deltan's neck. She  gently kissed her soft skin, letting her 
little butterfly kisses trace the  outline of her jaw. Taking her time, Skyler 
wanted to feel everything, touch  every part of this beautiful woman. She moved 
her lips to Moreya's collar bone,  again tracing it with kisses. Her skin 
tasted 
sweet yet salty at the same time.  Moving back up she kissed every part of 
Moreya's face. From her eyes to the tip  of her nose. When she reached her 
mouth, she used her fingers to trace her lips.  Stopping she looked down at 
Moreya 
as if waiting for permission. When she could  stand it no more, she placed her 
lips on the Deltan's and kissed her with a  burning desire she had not known 
in a very long time. 

Later, when Moreya  stood up and slipped her long robe back on, Skyler had no 
idea how much time had  passed.  She was feeling an almost impossible 
combination of exhaustion and  energy surging through her body.  She felt 
drained yet 
invigorated. Never  had she experienced anything as she just had with Moreya. 
It was more than she  could've imagined. More than she had hoped for. 
Watching Moreya getting dressed  was just as intoxicating. "I hope you are not 
leaving my friend?"

"No ...  I'll have to go back to my quarters before my shift begins, but I'm 
afraid I'll  need a short nap before then." The Deltan's smile was  
mischievous.

Standing, still in her state of undress, Skyler reached out  with her hand. 
"I believe I know of a place where a short nap is possible." Her  smile was 
just as mischievous.

Moreya took Skyler's hand, indulging herself in a slow, luxuriant  yawn.  
"Thank you for a wonderful experience, my dear."

Leading  Moreya to the bedroom Skyler ordered the computer to dim the lights. 
Once they  were in the room, with the door closed behind them, Skyler gently 
laid Moreya  down on the bed. "I think it should be the other way around. I 
should be  thanking you my friend. I felt more tonight than I have in a very 
long time.  Because of you." Skyler helped Moreya out of her robe and covered 
her 
with the  sheets. She then climbed into bed beside her. She covered her with 
an arm and  whispered, "Good night my friend. Sleep well."

The Deltan's voice came  back, slow and sleepy.  "And I was right in one 
thing, was I not?  You  no longer need to half kill yourself to be able to 
feel."

"No my friend,"  Skyler said, with a long, contented sigh.  "No, I don't."  








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