<USS Avalon> "Seeking Advice" Georgia Lewis & Dr. Roan

 
"Seeking  Advice" 
LtJg  Georgia Lewis & Dr. Felicity Roan 
Georgia  had been going crazy for days now. She just wasn't herself.  She  
knew that she had done Skyler wrong and Melanie as well. Now she needed someone 
 
to talk to, but didn't know whom she could talk to. She knew all too well 
that  Skyler wasn't ready to talk to her and she wasn't too sure about Melanie. 
 
Damnit, why did their parent's have to leave her to pick up the pieces? Skyler 
 was no doubt just about on the edge of going into some Betazoid coma or  
something. She couldn't talk to Idrys because he would just go tell Skyler. She 
 
had to talk to someone before they reached Earth. She finally worked up enough 
 nerve to try and talk to Dr. Roan. 
Felicity  was sitting in her office after speaking with Dr. Idrys about the 
physicals,  preparing her final report on the status of the crew.  It had been 
an  exhausting few months and she was looking forward to her leave.  Her staff 
 was due for the leave as well.  They had been working so hard and were more  
than deserving. 
Georgia  made her way to the Doctor's office and took a deep breath and 
knocked on the  door and waited for an answer. It was the longest minute in her 
life. In fact  she was having second thoughts and was just about to turn around 
but thought  better of it. 
Felicity  heard the chime on the door and looked up from her report.  She was 
nearly  finished but figured it was best to answer the door.  "Enter," she  
acknowledged the chime and waited for the doors to open.  When she saw  
Georgia, she wondered what was on her mind. 
"Nurse  Lewis, what can I do for you this afternoon?" 
Georgia wasn't quite sure what to say to  Dr. Roan and was taken by surprise 
when the door opened. At least it wasn't Dr.  Idrys. That would've really 
thrown her for a loop. 
“Dr.  Roan, if you aren't too busy, I really need to talk to someone and it  
would appear that this time I can't talk to Miss Skyler. I hope I am not  
interrupting anything, if I am I can come back or I can just forget about  it." 
Part  of Georgia wanted to forget about the whole mess. Skyler, Melanie, not 
to  mention their parents. She just wanted to return to Earth and visit her 
friend  Eliza Mae and fight over some Pecan pie. 
Felicity  motioned for the nurse to enter, "Not at all, I was just finishing 
up some  reports before I head out on a short leave.  I have some business to 
attend  to while I'm here on Earth and then I need to visit the family.   What 
brings you here on this fine shoreleave  afternoon?" 
Still  puzzled by why her nurse would pay her a visit, Felicity positioned 
herself to  listen intently. 
Georgia  found a chair and sat down, nervously looking at her feet and 
wringing her  hands. She really needed to talk to someone but even now wasn't 
sure 
what to say  or how to say it. 
"Dr.  Roan, you have worked with Cmdr Skyler for sometime now, and I am sure 
you are  aware that she is very important to me. Unfortunately there is now 
some strain  between us, that I am not sure how to over come. It has to do with 
my  relationship with her parents and LtJg Melanie Redgrave. I have been 
keeping a  secret from Ms. Skyler for a very long time and she just recently  
found 
out. Now she is not speaking to me and I am not sure how to correct the  
problem." 
Georgia  continued to look around nervously. She knew she must sound nuts. 
She  certainly felt like she was falling apart at the seams. She probably 
shouldn't  have bothered Dr. Roan with her problems. But as usual...she opened 
her 
mouth  and inserted her foot. 
"You  see, Dr. Roan, Skyler and Melanie are sisters. Neither one has known 
about the  other, and up until Melanie appeared on the Avalon, everything was 
just fine.  Skyler never knew she had a sister because her parents made me 
promise not to  tell her. Why I agreed I will never know. Now the truth is 
out...and someone I  care about is hurting. Not to mention totally ticked off 
at me. 
You don't happen  to have any suggestions do you? Right now I can use all the 
help I can get. I  have to find a way to make peace between Skyler and Melanie 
and maybe  someday...............maybe..........myself." 
Felicity  paused, ever so slightly, and studied the obviously upset Nurse in 
front of  her.  She could understand every side of the triangle, except why 
their  parents had chosen to withhold the information.  It didn't matter for 
the 
 moment, the welfare of relationships was at stake. 
"Georgia,  for the moment, you have to accept their anger and pain. They feel 
 betrayed, and emotionally overwhelmed.  Let us. for the moment, put aside  
blame.  It is obvious to me that you know and feel it inside of you.   In order 
to rebuilt the trust and love that was once there, you will have to  start 
over again, but first... you must admit to them that you were wrong, if  that's 
what you believe.  Above all, you must be honest... their pain  cannot be much 
worse than it must be now, the time for "small white lies" is  long past." 
Felicity  frowned.  She did not want to increase the amount of pain and 
suffering  that Georgia obviously had, but she need for her to comprehend how 
truly 
sad the  situation was.  "Georgia, you must also learn to forgive yourself.   
The how and why leading up to you concealing the secret is just a small  part 
of this... but accepting yourself for it and letting it go will allow  you to 
rebuild the relationship.  I am truly sorry for the situation.   I can't 
imagine having to go through life, thinking I was alone and then  discovering I 
had a blood relative that close... and if you were in their shoes,  you can too 
I'm sure." 
What  a heart-wrenching situation and there wasn't a winner anywhere.  "I do 
hope  it works out for you... take your time, give them space, and let them be 
angry  when they want to be for a while.  If they don't get it out of their  
systems, the chance for reconciliation is small.  I hope that I've been  some 
help to you... I'm sure it wasn't easy.  I need to head out, but  please, come 
talk to me again if you'd like." 
Georgia  nodded that she understood. She stood up and thanked the Doctor for 
her advice.  She still wasn't sure how she was ever going to forgive herself 
but she knew the   
doctor was right. After leaving sickbay, Georgia returned to her  quarters 
and packed a bag. She needed sometime to digest everything and the only  place 
she could do that was in Mississippi.

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