<USS Avalon> So Much To Do?So Little Time

So Much To Do?So Little Time

Caine and Hannah walked back to her quarters in silence.  It had been a few 
days since the funeral and Hannah still hadn?t spoken much since the incident 
and Caine was beginning to worry.  She knew it was normal for a child to 
withdraw into themselves after experiencing a traumatic event, such as watching 
their parent be killed, but due to Hannah?s mental history, this silence 
worried Caine more then it would have if Hannah had not reacted to her mothers 
death the way she did.

There was a light tug on Caine?s arm and she looked down at the beautiful child 
at her side.  Hannah let go of Caine?s hand and raised her arms up, in a manner 
such to show that she wanted to be picked up.  With a small smile on her face, 
Caine bent over and picked Hannah up, letting the weight of the child go 
completely to her right side.  Even though she had gone to sick bay and had 
gotten her left side taken care of, it still hurt.  

Hannah layed her head against Caine?s shoulder and began to play with the 
woman?s bright blonde hair.  The strands were being twisted around the child?s 
fingers as Hannah stared, awed by the silkiness of Caine?s hair.  But still she 
said nothing.

Caine approached the door to her quarters.  Walking through, she let Hannah 
slid to the floor and watched as she moved off to what was now her bedroom.  As 
soon as Hannah had disappeared into her bedroom, Caine fell back against the 
couch and closed her eyes.  She felt so drained.  The past few days had sucked 
the strength right from her and all Caine wanted to do was curl up and sleep 
for a decade.

Laying her head back against the couch, she let her thoughts drift.  They had 
just gotten back to their own time and Caine knew she would have to do a 
million crew check ups, to make sure everyone was able to handle the situation 
and move past it healthily.  She also had to find out if Hannah had any living 
relatives and if she did, Caine was going to have to contact them and let them 
know what happened and if Hannah did have a living relative, Caine was going to 
have to turn the child over to that person, which was something that Caine 
didn?t want to think about.  She knew it was selfish, but she wanted to keep 
Hannah and to raise her.  

Taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes and moved wearily over to the 
kitchen, preparing to make something for dinner.  Caine wasn?t even sure she 
knew how to raise a child but she wanted to give it a try so badly, but she 
also worried about Javan, whether he wanted to or not, if Caine was able to 
keep Hannah, he would be pulled in, that is if he still wanted Caine after he 
found out that she knew the truth about his job, which was another thing that 
worried Caine immensely.  She knew but she wasn?t about to tell anyone and she 
wanted so badly for Javan to come to her and tell her the truth.  

Everything seemed to be pileing down on top of her.  She needed to talk to 
Javan so badly, but she hadn?t seen him since leaving the bridge in search for 
Hannah.  Caine let out a sigh as she thought again of what she read of her own 
future.  She really needed to talk to Javan.  Ohh, there was so much she had to 
do.  Forcing her thoughts away from work and her to do list, Caine called 
Hannah out for dinner and together they ate in compainable silence, trying not 
to think of the recent past or coming future.


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