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OMAP Party: Evelyn's Brewing House Grand Opening - Lily and Duncan

Posted May 10, 2019, 12:30 a.m. by Civilian Evelyn "Evie" McGarrett (Co-Owner of Been There Brewed That Brewery) (Kate O'Neill)

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“Okay!” The girl nodded excitedly before running off back to her friends to tell them about the monogeriatric volcanoes they were going to make out of coffee and turn the whole classroom into a volcano.

“Where did you learn all that?” Duncan asked Lily, admittedly impressed at not only her knowledge of volcanoes but of a small and isolated place on Earth.

“Oh that is an interseting story. See I was bouncing about and someone told me about a place called New Zealand on earth. They said the scenery was breathtaking but not to eat the fish at MacDonald’s. They use a different one.” Lilly wrinkled up her nose. Getting comfortable she leaned against the wall as she began to recant the story of her stint as a volcanologist. “Heathens I tell you. Who would want to use anything but Alaskan Pollack? I mean even the name. Hoki....sounds like hokum. Anyway so I was out and about one day and I....”

“Look, tell me later, lets go and meet the kids shall we?” The teacher pointed them towards a table she had set up for Duncan, where many of the kids were now gathering around. Taking Lily’s hand, he led her towards the table.

“So do you moonlight to pay the bills as a chemistry teacher or do you just love science that much,” Lilly asked as she followed Duncan to the expected location. The room was typical of any science room and brought a smile to Lilly’s face.

“I sometimes help out the local night school,” he told her quietly as they walked. “I’m not a teacher, but I don’t sleep a lot so when I can’t sleep I come down here from time to time. Mrs Rose asked if I could take a class, something different for the kids. Tonight it’s ‘How Volcano’s Work’ and next week is a trip to Gamma Tiltium to see one up close, after that, it’s ‘Bring A Pet’ evening. Last time we did that we had an ‘incident’ when Bradleys Bolian Cane Hopper ate Rebeccas Denevan Butter Fly. It wasn’t a good combination but it was exciting.”

“No way a field trip. I will chaperone. Remind me to sign up. Kids love me and who doesn’t love the field trip lunch like your mom made,” Lilly said again as if this was knowledge common to the universe.

“A field trip lunch is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that gets smashed and wrapped around a drink so that it is about as flat as a pancake with the jelly seeping through enough that it dyes your bread pink or purple but not enough that you get sticky. I tried for years to make them when I was not on a field trip but it’s the backpack that is the secret ingredient. The bouncing and tossing of your lunch in it as you run from place to place is the key to the perfect field trip sandwich. I will make them and transport them for us,” Lilly said self assuredly.

Duncan glanced Lily’s way with a look of horror, just for an instant. “No, no it’s fine, let me handle the field trip food. I’ve got something else in mind for you to help out with,” Duncan lied, outright. It was a better end result than squashed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

They reached the table where a dozen children had already gathered and whispered among themselves. On the table, was a large lump of rock and a model volcano with a hollow crater at the top. Next to it, were a pile of metal spoons and normal balloons for the kids to blow up. “This one,” Duncan said with a grin as he picked up a balloon and a spoon, “is so you can all make your own Lightning.” One boy, a blond haired chubby faced kid elbowed a freckle faced girl next to him. “Can we zap Rebecca and make her hair stand up?” He asked, the girl stuck out her tongue at the boy, squealed and ran to Lily and took her hand. “Bradley, stop it or I’ll get the lady with the whistle to dunk you in the volcano!”

Lt Rhodes, CSO

“Are you serious,” Lily looked at Duncan stunned. “You can make a cattle prod with a balloon and spoon. You are a man of many talents I shall take my time exploring.”

Duncan paused and looked up at her, a slight grin showing on his face. “You never made lightning with a balloon and spoon? Well, looks like I have quite a few things that you need to see.”

“Ahemmmm,” the teacher cleared her voice clearly seeing the expression on Lily’s face and understanding the words deeper meaning. She cast a side glance at the indomitable Duncan Rhodes. The British are a hardly lot she thought to herself before clapping her hands to get the classes attention on her. “Okay so Mr. Rhodes will be asking you to have your listening ears on, mouths quiet, bodies calm, and eyes watching,” the teacher explained. “Mr. Rhodes,” she gestured for him to take her spot.

Grabbing Duncan’s elbow, Lily quickly whispered, “Bodies calm? Is this some lie new aged hippy free thought school or is this an actual degree earning institution?”

Lily Locksley

Pulling Lily with him to the front, Duncan spoke quietly “You didn’t notice the Klingon kid? You don’t want him to get excited, he’s all clumsy arms and feet. Bodies calm just means we don’t have to talk to the parents about black eyes and such.”

“Yes, but black eyes and parent conferences are what makes you grow up normal. I mean Duncan,” Lily sighed as if he was not understanding the easiest concept ever. “Don’t you remember the time where you sat at home waiting for your parents to come home from talking the teacher because you tied that kid to the tree at recess and forgot him. I mean it wasn’t on purpose but he had eaten half your sandwich on the field trip and you spent all day working so hard to get it right so you waited until you had your chance but since no one knew about the sandwich you got in trouble for bullying the bully. Then you sweated it out until your parents got back home. Everyone needs experiences like that right,” Lily said only pausing long enough to take a sip of coffee.

The silence in the air was almost palpable. For the first time, Lily had the sneaking suspicion that Duncan and she might not have had the same basic rituals growing up as kids.

“Mr. Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes,” the teacher said with each repetition getting louder.

Duncan....I think you are up,” Lily motioned to the front of the room that teacher was head nodding towards

“Alright, most of you know me,” Duncan said, then held out his hand to Lily. “For this session, this is Ms Locksley, my beautiful assistant. Now you have all got a metal spoon and a balloon, so the first thing is, to blow it up. If you can’t tie it off, just let my assistant know and she will be right there to help.” Duncan gave Lily a big wink as he said it. “If you pop one, I have extra’s and please, don’t swallow the spoon, Bradley.”

Bradly opened his lips up enough so that the balloon popped from his lips and sputtered about the room until the squeaky sound of the air leaving was replaced by a soft plopping as it landed on the adjacent table.

While Duncan’s attention was focused on the wafting ballon Lily picked up her ballon and was making the kids at the table next to her giggle as she blew it up and then deflated it over and over while letting her eyes cross.

Once all the children had their balloons blown up and tied off, Duncan came back to the front again. “Okay now, I want everybody to rub the balloons on your hair, your own hair, Bradley,” Duncan said as the chubby kid began to turn to the girl next to him. “You are going to do it for two full minutes, and when we get to the end Mrs Rose is going to turn down the lights, then, I want you all to slowly move the spoon towards the balloon. What we are doing is making a basic and harmless lightning from the static electricity on the balloon, and you will see a flash when it happens.”

Turning to Lily, he handed her his balloon. “Want to rub my balloon? After that we can spoon it together, there will be enough of a spark between the two of us.”

Lt Rhodes, CSO

“God how do you know exactly what to say to a woman,” Lily said slowly raising the balloon up to Duncan’s head. It was then that Lily began to rub far more vigorously than probably needed. After several good swipes, she lowered the balloon and smiled at him staring at specifically at his hair. “The messy look suits you,” she said toying the balloon as she talked. Holding the nipple of the balloon she tapped her sweater as she talked. For the first time this evening Lily was at a loss for words. Duncan was always so put together but even now with his spikey ends all askew he looked darn good.

“So you ready to make some lightening,” she asked. As the lights dimmed and then went out Lily decided that she was not going to wait all night to make sure things would work out between them. When the room went dark Lily made her move. Standing on her toes Lily moved forwarded fast. Part of it was that she wanted to surprise him and the other part was she had been waiting to do this all night. As her lips touched his however all the static electricity that had built up from rubbing his hair with the balloon coupled with the brushing of the latex on her wool sweater caused a jolt of electricity to crack across her lips. The arc was so bright and large it attracted the attention of the entire room. The kid’s attention was held as Lily’s yelp broke through the classroom. The lights came back on as her hand went to her lips with a shocked look in her eyes. “Oh my god my lip,” Lily said touching it gingerly from where the shock had made it almost numb.

“Mr. Rhodes did you just bite her lip,” the Klingon boy asked in his deep baritone voice. “You know in Klingon society you have now taken her for a mate.”

“No no no Mr. Rhodes was not mating with Ms. Locksley,” the teacher quickly stepped in. “That is not how the Klingon mating ritual is established.”

“Then how it is established,” Bradly asked sitting up and looking alert for the first time pulling out his Padd to take notes.

“We are not talking about Klingon mating rituals. We are talking about volcanos,” the teacher’s frustration suddenly erupted into a bout of yelling. The end of her sentence was punctuated by the ringing of a bell signaling it was time for a break. “Okay break for ten minutes,” the teacher waved her hands about.

Lily Locksley


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