Posted Dec. 31, 2018, 12:06 p.m. by Civilian Melaia Reez (Scientist) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Civilian Melaia Reez (Scientist) in Lounge, 1800 Hours- Dinner
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Reez (Chief of Psychiatry) in Lounge, 1800 Hours- Dinner
Posted by Civilian Melaia Reez (Scientist) in Lounge, 1800 Hours- Dinner
Mel stood in front of the mirror and fussed with the ruffled neckline of her dark pink silk blouse. Was it too much? It went with the relaxed dark grey skirt that went a bit past her knees and she even had low heels and a necklace from her mother on. She didn’t get ‘dressed up’ very often anymore, but at least the days of spit up on her clothes were gone. Now it was just gummy baby hands all over. Much better, right?She had been looking forward to this casual dinner with Zoi ever since it had been first proposed in the gym. Studying herself in the mirror, she was trying to not be self conscious about how she looked since she had gained so much weight with the twins and there was still a bunch to come off. it wasn’t that she was unhealthy, but after so many years of hard physical conditioning as an officer, her body felt… weird. It didn’t feel or look like hers. She knew intellectually it was normal to feel that way, but knowing and feeling were two entirely different things.
Imzadi? she thought to her husband who was going to be with the kids this evening. I’m just about to head out. Last chance to tell me it’s a terrible idea. She knew it wasn’t and she knew he wouldn’t tell her that either, but it was said in a cheeky tone of voice to make him laugh.
Jon walked out, finding her he smiled. You’ll be fine, I got them.” he said, the twins crawling on the floor as he looked back at them. Look, you better go know before they notice.* he said as he kissed her cheek.
Having always been a punctual person, Melaia was annoyed at having to flee her quarters and slightly ashamed at herself that it took so much to get her out. It had never been this hard before and she’d had some pretty urgent red alerts at ungodly hours summoning her to the bridge before! But there were babies to see and a husband she wanted to make sure was okay with it. Why was it so hard for her to just let herself have an evening sans kids? She ad managed when Ally took the kids so she and Jon could have the double date with Mykl, but it felt different since Jon had been there. This time was different. She felt guilty.
Moving swiftly through the corridor, she had to side step someone in order to not crash into them and had to stop for a moment to catch her breath. Relax! she told herself and took a deep breath and moved through the lounge doors, looking for Zoi Haven and hoping she wasn’t too late.
~Melaia Reez
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