[USS Tempest] The Past - Remembering or Dreaming - Part 1

The Past - Remembering or Dreaming - Part 1
By Jefferson and Luann Carnegie

 
Time - 5 Months Ago
 

Jefferson sat up straight in bed, his clothes once again soaked.  After walking 
to the wash basin and splashing his face and changing into a dry change of 
clothes; he exited his quarters and walked down the deserted corridors of the 
Einstein.  He had once again woke up during the night, after having another of 
the nightmares.  The nightmares had been going on for the past two weeks, and 
even began to affect his work, due to the lack of sleep. 

 

In the most recent one he watched three Starfleet officers hanging from the 
gallows in the middle of the Presidio.  The nightmare seemed so real, but also 
in the back of his mind was the feeling that Starfleet would not execute anyone 
this way.

 

Other nightmares included hearing a baby cry in a cemetery, but not being able 
to find it, or the one where he watched a group of delegates around a table be 
torn apart by a bomb.

But his normal dreams weren?t even normal recently; in most of them he kept 
seeing a young girl, sometimes with Lieutenant Commander pips and other times 
in plain clothes.  She had been around him a lot.  On more than one occasion he 
dreamed that they shared a passionate night on the beach.

 

He could only recall glimpses from these dreams and nightmares.  But he didn?t 
know who the girl was, or why he kept seeing her on the Einstein.  But he did 
somehow know her name... it was Luann.

Jefferson had walked all the way around the deck, and was back at to his 
quarters.  He entered and walked to the wash basin, he did this to kind of wake 
him up some more, and then he changed into his uniform, ready for another day. 

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Once again, Jefferson woke up during the night; it wasn?t a nightmare, but 
still a dream that caused him discomfort.  In this dream he saw his father, the 
first time that had occurred in the many dreams that he had.

 

Jefferson walked to the computer terminal, and made a call to his father.

 

?Ambassador Carnegie?s office, how may I assist you,? came a sweet voice on the 
system.

 

?First Lieutenant Carnegie calling for my father?, Jefferson replied.

 

?Of course, Lieutenant, I?ll put you right through.?

 

The next moment, Andrew Carnegie appeared on the screen.

 

?Son, what can I do for you??

 

?Well, I just had an odd dream, and well?, Jefferson explained the dream and 
the part his father played.

 

?Well, son, perhaps it was just a dream.  The mind is an interesting organ, you 
should know that.  And could just be the stress of your time out there.?

 

?I don?t think so, Dad, it was real.  And the girl, I knew her name.  It was 
Luann.?

 

?That?s probably because you know my secretary, her name is Luann.?

 

?I didn?t know that was her name, until just this moment.?

 

?Ah, you must have heard me mention it some time before.?

 

Jefferson just shook his head.  He knew that he had never heard it before.  ?If 
you say so, I?ll try to relieve some stress here, and maybe talk to the 
counselor.?

 

?Sounds like a plan son.  I?ll talk to you soon, I have a meeting with a Gorn 
Ambassador, and we both know how not to keep them waiting?, Andrew smiled.

 

?Talk to you later, Dad?, Jefferson closed the comm and sat back on his bed. 


                
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