Release

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"So what does it do?" Annika asked studying the specs "You know besides blow things up"

"That's all it does" Lanna laughed.

"Why would anyone want some just for the purpose of blowing things up?" Annika sat back against the work station and crossed her arms. She stared the beautiful Klingon in the eyes.

"I do not know. It's one of those 'man' things" Lanna shrugged and turned away, freeing her gaze of the luscious beauty.

"Well" Annika said lowly "Thank god I'm a woman"

Lanna could feel her move towards her "Don't you?"

Annika had whispered the last into her ear.

Lanna closed her eyes and silently chanted ,remember her as a child, remember her as a child, rememberherasachild.

"Do I thank god your a woman?" She asked cockily, hoping to throw the blonde woman off with her sudden change in 'tude'.

"No" Annika smiled and took it in stride "Do you thank god 'your' a woman. I know I do"

"You thank god I'm a woman?" Lanna smirked.

"Yeah, and I'm praying she'll come to dinner with me tonight" Annika leaned closer to Lanna.

Lanna leaned back further "I always eat with Kathryn"


"I'm pretty sure you 'eat' Kathryn" Annika teased "But I want to eat with you tonight" She pouted "Is that too much to ask?"

"I'll see what I can do" Lanna caved. She always did to a puppy dog face.
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"A working dinner"

Kathryn didn't believe the message Lanna had left her.

"She's going to a 'working' dinner with that........Big Breasted Bimbo" Kathryn's frown grew.

"And she didn't have the courtesy to call and talk to you personally" Tal Celes said from her spot on the couch.

"Atleast she left a message" Kathryn pointed out.

"So did Veryn. She was so excellent at leaving me messages" Celes said angrily "Business dinners, out of Office dealings" Celes began to cry again.

"Oh Celes. She just wasn't the right one for you" Kathryn sat next to her lifetime friend, hugging her close.

"She felt right" Celes whimpered before burying her face into the soft cotton of Kathryn's shirt. She clutched the edges of the blouse, her knuckles brushing the sides of Kathryn's breasts with every move.

"Shh, it's ok Celes" Kathyn brushed the long dark hair out of the womans face.

"God Katie I can't go back there. I can't stand that place without her" Celes sobbed soaking the light blue blouse.

"You can stay here" Kathryn promised "for as long as you need"

Celes cried harder than ever, thanking the Prophets for allowing her to have such a good friend "Thank you Katie"

Kathryn brushed her fingers over the tiny ridges on Celes' nose "Good friends are hard to find, it's best we keep ahold of them"

Celes began to calm until she rested comfortably in Kathryn's arms.

/Please god please, don't let Lanna make the same mistakes as Veryn/
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"Well he's running around screaming, because he thinks the dilithium matrix is about to overload" Annika took a breath trying to calm her laughter "In his underwear"

Lanna's eyes widened even larger "In his underwear?"

"Standard issue size 32" Annika laughed.

"Why wasn't he dressed?" she asked sipping her wine.

"Well my friend Ferdsa, disguised her voice and called him in his quarters. He was sound asleep" Annika explaned. She grabbed Lanna wrist as she continued "And he wakes up in a panic. Runs screaming through the halls then burst into Engineering in nothing but what he was sleeping in!"

Lanna laughed until tears ran down her face. Annika had been amusing her with stories about being lost in the Temporal Incursion.

"We were always getting him like that. But he never figured out who actually was behind all the fun on his behalf" Annika took a breath "or he didn't care"

"So all the kids that were on that ship would play tricks on the First Officer?" Lanna calmed herself by controling her breathing, something Kathryn had taught her so she wouldn't climax to fast.

"Pretty much" Annika smiled "I think we shut this place down"

Lanna looked around to find that they were alone in the resturaunt. Only the cleaning bots were le"It"It seems we did" Lanna tossed her napkin down "Which means Kate's gonna have my ass when I get home"

"What's she gonna do?" Annika asked sexily "Spank you?"

Lanna smiled as they paid the check and exited "I can only hope"
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Lanna thought long and hard on the turbolift ride up to her and Kathryn'artmartment. What was she doing?

Before leaving each other at the Transport Center, Annika had given Lanna a kiss that was anything but chaste. She was still fuzzy over what took place after the first touch of their lips. But if the applause from the graveyard shift workers was any clue, it was one hell of a lip lock.

Annika, to her surprise, had waved and bowed as if to a loving audience. Lanna had just flushed and hurried to her transport station.

The doors opened, and Lanna quietly stepped into the carpeted hallway.

She sighed when she reached her front door. The doors slid open recognizing her I.D chip.

She froze when she entered and saw Celes wrapped in the arms of her lover sound asleep.

Lanna's quickly indrawn breath woke Kathryn.

Kathryn stopped her movement when Celes whimpered in her sleep. She became restless and Kathryn was quick to comfort her.

When she looked up again, Lanna was gone. Their bedroom door sighing shut behind her.

Lanna laid out on the bed and tried to control her anger. She couldn't believe Kathryn would do that to her, and with Celes of all people.

They'd both stayed in touch with Celes through the years. Meeting, sometimes just writing to each other, with the occasional call or card.

But Lanna never thought Kathryn would touch her. Never thought she'd seen hert wat way.

Celes was beautiful, there was no mistaking that, but so was Veryn.

Poor Veryn, Lanna couldn't believe Celes had don't this to her. To both of them.

But Lanna knew she wouldn't sit back and be cheated on. No. She'd let Kathryn see how much it hurt.

Two could play at that game.
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Annika had never been more surprised than she was the next morning.

"Annika could I speak privately with you for a moment?" Lanna asked when she entered their lab.

Annika followed the Klingon into her private office.

Once inside she leapt on her.

Annika accepted the soft lips pressed against hers, pressing back as she had hoped Lanna would the night before.

Lanna ran her tongue lightly over Annika's lips begging for entrance. Moments later it was granted.

Their tongues played over and against each other.

Annika moaned into Lanna's hungry mouth.

Lanna gave into her curiousity and tested the weight oh the large breasts brushing against her arms.

*Censored*

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End a compliment of Kyanite...