Who:Farah and Zip What:Zip comes to give Farah more work Where:Captain’s Quarters When: 19:53 Warnings: None Summary: Farah tells Zip she knows about how Darcy feels. But she also admits she has no clue about how she feels for him.
There was a soft knock on the Captain’s door. Then Zip came in with a handful or reports and a cup of hot coffee. Well, what tasted somewhat like coffee. He walked over towards the Captain and gave a weak smile. “Um, we’ve spotted the problem now. So we’re getting it fixed. Here are the fuel reports and the water level report.” He said passing them over to Farah who was laid on her stomach on her bed surrounded by pads she was working on. “The power usage and the analysis on what happened and here is the pressure records.” He told her passing them over. “Oh. Thank you.” She said taking them and finding space for them on her bed. “Should Darcy be bringing me these?” She asked. “I uh, wanted to bring them.” He shrugged. Farah looked up at him suspiciously. “Oh really?” She asked, “Just wanted to help out huh?” “Of course. I, I mean why else wouldn’t Darcy be bringing them?” He asked. His tone suggesting he knew the answer. He thought she knew the answer. But he wasn’t going to tell her what he knew before he knew what she knew. “Busy?” Farah replied unhelpfully. “Apparently he’s got all of Rei’s work to do too now.” She said. Though felt wretched. Darcy in truth shouldn’t be doing Rei’s work. But she couldn’t tell Darcy not to do it. Their deal had been if he took the wrap for the love note and didn’t say it was Darcy. Darcy would do his work. Well, Rei did take the wrap for the note but had told her. So she should tell Rei off. But in order to do that, she’d have to admit she knew about Darcy’s feelings for her. “He is actually. Why’s he doing Rei’s work?” He asked confused. “Because Rei promised something and like an idiot Darcy believed him.” She explained looking up at Zip for a moment. “Oh. Um. Okay.” He said not really understanding but not pushing the point further. He didn’t move though. He stood there like he either wanted to say something or was waiting for her to say something to him. “What?!” She snapped finally sitting up on to the bed. “Zip, what is it?! You look like you’ve had a spike stuck up you.” She growled. “I.” He shrugged his shoulders. “I’m not allowed to tell you! I promised!” He said. “But I want to. Because I want to help but I promised so I can’t.” He said grumpily. “Oh for the love of…” She rolled her eyes. “You’re a pathetic little wuss y’know that?” She asked. “I know about how Darcy feels.” She said softly. “Really?! How? Who told you?” Zip asked clearing himself a spot on the bed and sat down on the edge. “Rei.” She sighed. “He was supposed to say it had been from him, but, come on. Like I was gonna believe the slimer was capable of such deep emotion and romance.” She sighed again. “Oh…you’re not happy. Oh! You don’t like him do you?” He gasped. “No I…I like him I…I just don’t get what’s wrong with me. I mean. He’s so sweet and kind and he dotes upon me and I really should have seen it! But he’s perfect on paper for what you’d want in a relationship. But I don’t know if I…if I want him for a lover.” She replied with a shrug. “I’ve never thought of him like that. Or looked at him in that way. I don’t know if I’m attracted to him enough.” She said shrugging her shoulders sadly. “But now I know about his feelings I don’t know how to act around him. I mean for his sake. I should act normal right?” She asked, “Then I wont hurt or humiliate him.” She replied. “But I don’t want him to waste his time on me if I’m never going to feel that way about him and he should try and get over me!” She wailed. “But I don’t know if I won’t ever feel like that.” She shrugged again. “What should I do Zip?” She sniffed. “I don’t know!” He gasped at her. “I mean…I…I’ve never had a relationship Farah. I’ve never even had sex.” He said. Farah chuckled, “Oh yeah.” “Hey! It’s not funny!” He snapped. “Is.” She mumbled. “…” He stared at her for a second before he gritted his teeth, “Anyway.” He began. “I think. For now. If you just act normal about it would be best. It’ll give you a chance to be close to him and see if your attracted to him as well as liking him?” He shrugged. “I mean…that’s what makes sense. But making sense and then what’s going to happen are separate things.” He replied. “True.” Farah grumbled. “But…thanks Zip…I…thanks.” She said laying back down to her stomach.
“Right, I’ll get to fixing those pipes.” He told her leaving the room. Farah sighed and went back to staring at the electronic pads in front of her. She sighed. She hadn’t gotten any work done today. She just couldn’t concentrate. She didn’t know how she felt! It would have been easy if she felt nothing! But she did! He was sweet. He was nice and good to her. He was a fine man. And what he had written to her. What he’d written about her! She’d never felt so loved before. It had been a wonderful feeling! She should want to just run up to him and kiss him.