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[cadet_amara]

"Ow..." Amara landed hard on the concrete. She cursed the transporters for the less than graceful enterance for a moment until she realized this was not where she was supposed to be. She had been beaming over to a ship with the rest of the away team. This was clearly a planet. In fact, it looked like Earth. But not her Earth. Earth from hundreds of years ago.

She stood up slowly, looking around for the rest of the away team, but only say strange faces. A few people eyed her curiously, but most just hurried along their way, as if a random woman in a uniform skirt just randomly appeared out of no where any day.

"Where am I?" She wondered aloud. "And what the hell happened?

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[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

Peter came back and handed her a glass of water with a small smile. "If you have a seat, I'll do something about your knees."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

She smiled a little and took a sip of water. "Thanks." She said, taking a seat. "This probably wouldn't have happened if this uniform involved pants."

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that doesn't look all that practical," he said, wiping her knees with an antibacterial wipe and cleaning them off. "But it's New York, lots of feet cross that ground everyday."

He glanced up at her and smiled a little. "Where are you from? Besides the future."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

She never knew how to answer that question. "All over, actually. I think I hold the record for Federation Foster Care placements. But... Mumbai originally, though I haven't been there since I was seven. Have you always lived here?"

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

He leaned back to sit on the coffee table in front of her. "Foster care, huh?" he asked. Then he nodded. "Yeah, always in New York. My parents have like a mansion, that's where I grew up, but.. I like it here."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"A mansion?" She smiled a little. "That must have been nice.... a lot of space though."

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, it was okay," he said with a small shrug. "It was kinda too much for me, but.. My family is sort of like... well, I'm not sure how all of them fit under one roof with egos that big."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"So here you are... seemingly on your own and a nurse." She smiled at him. "I'm impressed."

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

He laughed a little and put a bandaid on a bigger scrape on her knee. "It's really not that impressive. I mean you were on a starship..."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"Just as a cadet... and not a very good one." She frowned a little. "If I were I'd know how to get out of here... as it is it seems I may be stuck a while."

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

"You know.. somehow I don't think that being a better cadet would help you any. It just kind of happened, like.. no one understands how stuff happens sometimes," he said with a shrug. "I'll see if I can like talk to a scientist or something. My dad owns this big research firm, I'm sure someone there knows where to find some kind of information."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"Thank you. I appreciate it." She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "In the meantime... I don't suppose you'd mind if I slept on your couch?" She knew she just met the man, but he seemed sweet, and he dreamed about her. Maybe she was supposed to stay here.

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

He smiled a little. "I don't mind at all, except.. I was kind of thinking you could take the bed, and I'll sleep on the couch. You're the guest anyway."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"That's sweet, but the couch is more than fine. Don't worry about it." She wasn't about to put him out more than needed.

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

"No really, Amara.. it's okay, you can take the bed. I get up kinda early."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

She shook her head a little. "I don't normally sleep much anyway. Insomnia, you know. And I've slept worse places than a couch."

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

"Then that's a case for you to take the bed and get some sleep," he said with a smile. "Seriously my mom would smack ke upside the head if I didn't take the couch and let you have the bed."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

She smiled a little, wondering what the deal was with Italian boys and their mothers. "If you insist." She said. "But just for tonight... we can switch tomorrow."

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

"If you say so. Not that I want to see you go, but hopefully we'll figure this out and then neither of us will have to sleep on the couch."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"I don't know where to begin." She sighed a little, leaning back against the couch cushions. It was comfortable. She closed her eyes for a second then opened them again. "What time is it?"

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

Peter got up to throw away the trash from cleaning up her knees, and he looked at the clock in the kitchen. "Um.. little after six. Are you hungry? I was thinking like pizza, um.. because I kinda don't much food right now."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"That's fine. Sounds good actually." She got up too and followed him to the kitchen. "Can I help you with those dishes?"

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

He rubbed the back of his neck and looked over at the dishes. "Oh those, um.. I'll do it. I kind of hadn't had a lot of time lately. I mean if you really want to..."

[cadet-amara.livejournal.com]

"It's alright. I don't mind." She smiled a little. "It'll be something useful for me to do."

[lifetimedreamer.livejournal.com]

"Sure, if you really want to."

He looked back at her for a few moments and started to smile. "You know.. you have a really beautiful smile."