<USS Avalon> "Transfer Accepted" by Patrick and Sussanna McEntire
- From: "Elizabeth Bethell" <ejbethell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: avalon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:10:36 +0100
"Hey, sweetie," Mac said as he entered their cabin. "I made a decision. I
want you to take the offer on Earth.
"Really?" Anna said, cringing visibly. "I can't, baby."
"Sure you can," Mac smiled. "Honey, I resigned. I'm going with you. I'll
handle the kids, the land, the rest of it. You can do this. You said you
wanted it. So..have it. I want you to have it."
"No Mac," she said slowly. "I can't. I've been reassigned." Offering over
the transfer request on a PADD, she sighed heavily. "New ship, new mission."
Mac looked at the transfer request, then back at her. "The Renaissance?
That's the new ship you were all excited over. You got it?"
Anna just nodded. She was waiting for the other shoe to drop, for him to get
mad about it...
"Okay, then," Mac answered with a shrug. "I can be a stay at home dad just
as easily there." He smiled. This would work. It had to. "As long as we're
together it's fine."
"You really don't mind? No ranch, baby, not yet. More crew, more stress. Are
you really sure?" She leaned forward and held his hands.
Mac drew her to him and held her close. "The ranch'll always be there," he
told her with a smile. "I'm sure."
--
"Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we
can imagine."
~~ Sir Arthur Eddington
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