<USS Avalon> So Much To Do?So Little Time
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- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 03:47:15 GMT
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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