"I must have missed that particular ritual, the only thing they made me do was sing" Harry said, knowing full well that she would have been more than happy to down the entire bottle rather than down to the label back when she'd first joined.

Once SEC had overridden the door they would carry Lizzy inside, at which point in a manner that was rather typical of the ways things worked Lizzy woke up. She would then spend the next couple of minutes holding her hair whilst Lizzy threw up, with her promising to stick to fruit juice from now on, though Harry would believe that one when she saw it. Especially seeing as she had made that exact same promise herself on many similar occasions during her life.

With Lizzy's stomach now seemingly empty Harry would give her shoulders a quick shake to keep her from falling to sleep again "oh no you don't, we're going to get some water in you and then you're going to bed, come on, you can't go to sleep here" Harry said in a voice that wouldn't be taking no for an answer. After getting Lizzy to drink at least one  glass of water she would help her into the bedroom and stripped out of her uniform so that she could go to sleep her own bed rather than on the bathroom floor which from personal experience she knew was very uncomfortable indeed.

  When the  whole  ..sickness thing..came  about, Will  Just said  ..I'm out... I'm  gonna talk to the guys...

 he  let to talk to the  guards Unlike , most guards.. the elevator guard kept thier stations, they saw  everyone..all the time, the  teams that rotated  in and out, were  as  familiar  with the people comign in going  as those who lived on the Dec, and  served  as a way  to   pick up on folks who popped up, who shouldn't be there.

 Lizzy woke back up and when Harry gave her water that really helped,Lizzy made sure Will had left, Lizzy just looked at Harry and said," Thank you Harry you are a great friend, I love you so much Harry, now to bad this was wasted, but you get to see it again." Lizzy was wearing her new red see through lingerie. Lizzy gave Harry a long big hug and added," I am sorry I am a mess hopefully I wont remember much of this, but Harry I really like Izzy I hope you like her as well. I wish I could have you Harry but that is not possible, so I have to move on but you will always have a place in my heart Harry no matter what."  She will kiss Harry and half way through the kiss fall back onto her bed completely out again.

With Lizzy safely asleep within her bed, Harry would turn out the lights before stepping out into the corridor and closing the door behind her. Although she couldn't be certain she had kind of got the impression that Lizzy was ending the more intimate part of their relationship having come to the conclusion that she could never have Harry to herself, a curious notion considering it was she that had said she only wanted casual relationships. Then again it had also become quite clear over the course of the night that she was quite smitten by Izzy causing Harry to wonder whether her friend had finally found someone she was willing to settle down with.

With a weary look on her face, Harry would walk up to Will as he was talking to the pair of SEC troopers on duty "She's asleep, and I think it's high time I went to bed too, are you coming with or would you like to join me later?" she softly asked, perfectly happy for him to hang out with the guys should he choose to do so...so long as he didn't get drunk. Dealing with one drunk person had been more than enough for one night already.

Walking the short distance to her quarters, Harry would head straight inside and change out of her uniform and into one of her nighties before getting into bed. It had been a long day and she was in need of a good nights sleep so that she would be ready for whatever tomorrow brings.

<===RecDec

Mitch led her to her quarters and nearly had to pour her into her billet.  She gave him a slightly sloppy kiss on the cheek.  He sat her in her bed and put her guitar on the desk.  Once knowing she was okay he went to his own room.  After a few moments Nikki managed to get up from the bed and look off her clothes and left them on her bed.  she stood weaving, naked and bleary eyed for a moment.  Then in privacy wandered into her bathroom and sat on the floor.  A few moments later she leaned into the commode immediately began losing her cookies and everything else going that direction.  quick flushing she moved into the shower.  Yeah it would be cold, but there she slept.  Anything she could do or would do in the night she could wash off.  If anything Papaw taught her do not leave a mess.  she then passed out.

She didn't know how long she spent tossing and turning in bed before finally giving up, all she knew for sure was that sleep was still alluding her despite her best efforts. It was as she was tidying away the small pile of boxes and cases she'd brought with her that she would try to recall the last time she'd managed to sleep the entire night through with her narrowing it down to her time Afghanistan with the only thing she was certain of being that she hadn't had full night's sleep since joining the fleet.

With all of her belongings neatly packed away she had managed to claw an hour or two of sleep before having to get up the next morning where after a leisurely shower she would have a cup of ridiculously black coffee before getting dressed into a duty uniform and applying her makeup which as well as making her look pretty would hide the fact that she hadn't been sleeping.

Dressed in a Khaki blouse and skirt Izzy would use a length of pink ribbon to tie her hair back into a ponytail before leaving her quarters and heading for the rec dec to get some breakfast with her idly wondering if Lizzy would be there and what she what she had planned for their date.

---> Rec Dec
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 Lizzy's comms went off she opened her eyes, it hurt, her head hurt so much. It felt better after she was more awake, her comms went off again she reached and read the message. " OH fuck no way, shit shit shit."  Lizzy forced herself awake and got out of bed and went into the shower, she needed a real cold one. As she took to shower she remembered a lot about last night and felt so bad for coming onto to Izzy she hoped Izzy would let her make it up to her. Then Lizzy thought about Harry she loved her with all her heart, Lizzy didn't want too but she did, now Lizzy had the same feelings for Izzy and really wanted to move forward to have a real relationship maybe Izzy was the one. Was it time for Lizzy to settle to one person and not be such a slut. She thought Harry was the one, but she loves Will so much and Lizzy didn't want to ruin that, she would never forgive herself.

 Lizzy would be just amazing great and bonded friends on a level not many can achieve, but that is all, Lizzy wanted to give Izzy every part of her and only her. Lizzy knew she wanted to at least try to have a real and honest relationship maybe she might crash and burn but maybe just maybe she could be so happy with Izzy. Lizzy then got out of the shower and got dressed in her enviro suit, and her weapons. She needed coffee but it would take long to make it here, she figured she would stop by the rec dec get some easy energy food and a lot of coffee.

 Lizzy will send Izzy a COMM TEXT MESSAGE: " Good morning Izzy I hope I didn't scare you off the alcohol made me act umm too frisky. I have a tunnel run with the LC, heading to Rec Dec for a quick bite and a lot of coffee, I will text you after we are done if I am still alive, I hope we are still on for a date later today or tonight, I was thinking a romantic dinner in the Officer's club and then dancing at the Pulse, let me know Izzy, my head hurts but I am so glad we met and I really enjoyed our kisses Izzy." Lizzy went well that is preet long but hey that is how she felt. Lizzy sent the text message to Izzy.

 Lizzy then made sure she had everything, her head hurt but was feeling better and coffee will help. Lizzy then opened her door and made sure it was okay from last night and made sure her code worked when her door was still open just in case. She would head to the lift and say to the guards, who she doesn't know if they where the same she says, " Thank you for last night, you guys are great I am not sure if it was you but I know you will all do the same, I hope the guys you possibly replaced told you I crashed and burned last night hard. Thank you guys I really mean it, it means a lot knowing you have our backs." Lizzy smiles and heads into the lift to the Rec Dec.

------>>>>>>>>>>> to Rec Dec

The loud bleeping woke Nikki up.  she shivered in the shower for a few moments then flicked the handle to begin showering.  didn't matter the time it was gonna be early no matter what.  only other thought she had was Shadow was gonna be a bastard..  she let the lukewarm water beat on her for a bit, then she stood up and began to clean herself off.  Her head was pounding, not as bad as when she graduated basic, but still pounding.  cleaning herself and prepping she made sure her breath didn't smell like rum.  she then came out and got dressed as she brewed a bit of hot tea.  Brushed her hair and got presentable.  Over the table monitor she reviewed the announcement and checked time.   she still had an hour.  finishing her orange tea she finished dressing and headed to the officers mess with all her gear on.  There she grabbed an orange juice, toast, and just a bite or two of eggs along with a banana.  It would fuel her body, and hopefully not make her nauseous.  Slow and gentle, nothing smelly or spicy.  eating it she then headed to Med dec first then on too the tunnels.

With the buzzing of her comms unit waking her up, Harry would slowly disentangle herself from Will's arms so as to retrieve the unit from her bedside table, quietly cursing as she read Shadow's message "oh you've got to be kidding me!" she groaned before rolling out of bed and hitting the shower.

Dressed in her flight gear she would have a quick breakfast of tea and a couple slices of toast before down to the tunnels to start the run, knowing from past experience that she didn't want to be in the last three to arrive. On the plus side, at least she wouldn't be mortally hungover like certain people would be which was always a bonus in her book.

---> Tunnels

---> SEC

After returning to her quarters, Izzy would place the box with the drone in it on the breakfast bar before heading into her bedroom. With both Roy and all of the pilots she was intending on interviewing out running she decided she would see if she could find an outfit to wear on her date. Ok sure it was majorly premature to be making such a decision now but she wanted to get it right, and without any work to distract herself with she may as well get it out of the way now.

Leafing her way through her rather expansive collection of dresses, skirts and blouses she tried to decide on what loo to go for. Should she go casual with a nice pair of jeans and a blouse, or maybe a girly girl look with a dress? Or perhaps she could wear something low cut and sexy?...what if she wants to...do things...afterwards? Izzy suddenly thought to herself. Normally she wouldn't be worried about such things but that this was not like any date she'd ever been on before in her life. Part of her wondered whether she should call the whole thing off now only for her to recall the way her lips had tingled and her heart had skipped a beat when she'd kissed her. Admittedly she could also recall the mild sense of panic she'd felt, thought to be fair she hadn't exactly been given any warning.

With sexy and provocative firmly crossed off the list for the time being at least she would continue to sort through her clothes as she waited for Beth's call telling her that Roy was back in his office and able to see her.

She had managed to narrow down her choices to a few outfits when she received another message from Lizzy telling her that she'd finished her run and was on her way to SEC, with her then going on to say she was planning on wearing a dress tonight. It was then that she would receive another message with her quickly discovering that it was Sam asking how she was getting on.

Sitting down on the bed she would smile as she quickly typed out a response to Sam; eager to share the news that she had a date tonight Before then going to reply to Lizzy.

Comms message to Samantha: "Hi Sam, yes I'm doing alright, hope things are going well for you too. I did indeed have an interview with Lizzy last night and I'm going out on a date with her tonight!! I'm so nervous it's unreal! But like you suggested I'm going to try and enjoy myself and...well...there's just something about her that I find fascinating...But anyway, I hope they're not working you too hard and I look forward to seeing you again."

Comms message to Lizzy: "ok cool, I haven't a clue what I'm wearing tonight, lol. I need to speak to Roy myself so maybe I'll see you in SEC? If not then I'll be on the rec dec looking for another victim, I mean interviewee :D "

Giggling as she sent the pair of messages she'd take another look at the slightly smaller selection of clothing before deciding that she'd get some work done today. With her yet to receive a message from Beth saying that Roy had returned Izzy would head for the Rec dec in the hope of finding a pilot that was willing to be interviewed.

---> Rec Dec

 Comm Text Message to Izzy: " I am glad things are going good, yes so far so good our big meeting is in an hour just getting info. Oh that is awesome you got an interview and a date, I knew she liked you. Just be you Izzy and just enjoy yourself, and I am glad you feel that way about her. Oh I will be fine have fun and message me after your date. Sam."

------>>>> from SEC

 Lizzy walks onto the Officers deck, she is still upset, she walks by Izzy's room and wants to find out if she is there and just hug her, but she can't tell her why she is so upset.

 She heads to her quarters opens the door and heads in. She takes of her weapons and environmental suit and jumps into the shower.  It is a long shower and she just goes through everything that has just happened.

 Once her shower was done, she would put on her robe and stare at her Mom's picture.  Then she would check her Comms and there was a  message from Izzy. She wanted to cancel but she couldn't and didn't want to she really cared about Izzy.

 Comm Text Message to Izzy:Hi Izzy, I am in my quarters would love to meet you for lunch and go over our plans for our date tonight, Would you like to meet me on the Rec Dec, I am looking forward to it. xoxo She sends the message and then she will check for any other messages.

 Lizzy checked her computer and actually relaxed for a few minutes, then she thought of something. Lizzy was crazy to think this but what the hell, she was told the picture was given to her by her Mom, maybe Captain Mara hid something within it somehow or left a clue on the picture somewhere.

 Lizzy figured what the hell it was worth a shot. She got up picked up the picture and she will look at it carefully in all types of light and at different angles, to see if she could find anything that would make her think Captain mara hid the disc here, or a clue on the disc's whereabouts.

 Checking over the Di8sc, she finds  nothing.. just a pic  from her  Mom,

 Lizzy didn't think so but she had to try, maybe just to make sure she will have Beth take a look at it, but Lizzy was going to go eat lunch with Izzy, she was so excited. She did need a distraction from everything until she could tell everyone what really happen to her Mother and her ship.

 Lizzy gets Izzy's message that she is already on the Rec Dec, she then quickly gets dressed in a nice and clean Duty uniform, she will also send a request for new name plates on her uniforms to QM on her computer. Once she was all done she would text Izzy.

Comm Text Message to Izzy: " HI I am on my way. xoxo"

 Lizzy will then make sure she is good to go and then head to the Rec Dec.


----------->>>>>>>>>>>>> to Rec Dec

——> Rec Dec

Upon returning to her quarters Izzy would take a moment to once again check the time before hurriedly stripping out of her uniform and taking a long leisurely shower, with her finding the combination of scented soaps and shampoos, as well as the warm water to be highly enjoyable, causing her to wonder how she had ever managed without such a luxury during her time with the army.

Once she had finished in the shower she would then begin working on her makeup with her deciding to go with something a little more glamorous than she usually wore before brushing her silky black hair and tying it back into a ponytail using the length of pink ribbon she’d worn earlier having decided that it would go nicely with the dress she had chosen to wear. Had she realised that she would be going on a date she’d have found something nice on Bura to wear, however even with the limitations posed by the ESN she still had a considerable wardrobe and after a lot of indecision had settled on a little pink dress that was pretty without being overly forward or suggestive which was ideal for tonight.

With some time still to spare before Lizzy was due to pick her up she would begin work editing her interview with Harry as she tried her best to ignore the butterflies in her stomach. Footage had been pretty good for the most part with the only real problem being the background audio. An unfortunate side effect of conducting an interview in what was essentially a bar, but hey if she could produce decent footage in a war zone then this should be a piece of cake.

---------------->>>>>>>>>>> From Hanger Dec

 Lizzy walked onto the Officer's Dec she smiled at the guards and said," Thank you guys." and she heads for her Quarters. Once she gets to her quarters she uses her code and enters her room.

 Once inside she can't believe she told her, the Admiral was going to kill her, she felt so bad, but Lizzy had to be honest if she didn't she might have had lost it. No matter what she will tell the Admiral herself when this was over and her Father paid for his crimes and what he did to her Mother and everyone else on that ship. She was the sole survivor of the Neutron.

 She needed to get her mind of off all this, she decided to make herself amazing for her date with Izzy, she would start by getting undressed and taking a long shower and make sure she looked and smelled amazing, and all hair was shaved off, except her head of course.

 Then she would find her red Burian low cut dress and some beautiful flats, she would wear her red see through red lingerie set under her dress. Everyone would be able to see it but Lizzy thought is was more elegant then just letting her girls bounce around.

 Lizzy would then work on her make-up, and she would make it perfect. When she was ready she would check the time and see how much time she had left before her Date, and she had no clue when her Father would arrive but with fighters and a torpedo ship deployed he wasn't far off.

With a churning stomach Isobel sat at her desk and worked on her piece about the Hermes fighter wing in a bid to keep her mind off the fact that it was very nearly time for Lizzy to come and pick her up for their date. She had spent a lot of time and effort getting herself all dolled up so that her nails and makeup would perfectly compliment the outfit she had carefully chosen and yet she was still terrified that Lizzy wouldn’t like it. Which considering that she wasn’t even sure how she felt about Lizzy was stupid, why was she getting herself so worked up over this!?

Forcing herself to continue working, if only to stop herself from staring up at the clock, Izzy would wait for Lizzy to arrive, silently praying that her churning stomach wouldn’t cause her to be sick.

 Lizzy was nervous and not sure when her asshole traitorous perm donor would show up, but she had to do something or she would go insane. It was a little early but she wanted to find out if her and Izzy where compatible and too see exactly how Izzy really felt about Lizzy.

 Lizzy double checked her dress, her shoes and her makeup and decided she was ready, she then left her Quarters and walked the short distance to izzy's quarters and then she rang the bell.
She waited nervously for Izzy to answer the door.

 Lizzy knew there might be trouble so she had her boot knife in her left garter and her sidearm in her right garter. She was a prepared girl.

Izzy would all but jump out of her skin at the sound of her door buzzer going off. Taking several deep steadying breaths Izzy would shut down her vid board and collect her handbag before opening the door ”oh wow...you...you look gorgeous!” Izzy stammered before she could stop herself as she saw Lizzy standing before her dressed to the nines, with Izzy quietly relived that she hadn’t overdressed. Realising that she had probably said more than she should have done, Izzy would blush furiously before rather shyly speaking ”so...um...shall we?”

 Lizzy smiles when Izzy answers the door and says," Thank you Izzy you look amazing yourself."
Lizzy chuckled and said," Yes we shall, lets go have some fun Izzy."

 Lizzy would hold out her hand for Izzy to take and then she will lead Izzy towards the elevators and then to the Officer's club

------------->>>>>>>>>> To Officer's Club

"oh...thank you...though you really didn't have to go to so much effort over me" Izzy replied with a smile as she was told she looked amazing. Hesitating for all of a heartbeat she would take Lizzy's hand and walk with her towards the lifts, nervously saying "I've never been to an officers club before...I do hope I'm not over dressed" as she stepped inside, with her finding that for the first time for a very long time that she was at a loss for words.

---> Officers Club

---> SEC

Her boss had not been happy. With him quite understandably wanting to know why he had to learn  about the Admiral's little video from a live broadcast rather than from the reporter he had stationed on the ship for that very purpose with him making it very clear that had it not been for the exclusive Bura coverage she'd got them that she would be on her way home by now.

Currently her comms unit was switched off and in the bottom of a drawer along with her vid boards, with her too scared to turn them on lest she got yet another ear bending with the first three she'd received having been bad enough. With her opting instead to sit on the edge of her bed wearing a bathrobe and sipping the strong Burian liquor that was supposed to help you relax as she desperately tried to come up with a way to rectify the situation and drawing nothing but a blank. She was also starting to wonder whether her mother hadn't been right and that she should have just stayed in LA after all.

------>>> from SEC

 Lizzy walked into the Officers Quarters, she headed for her quarters and she thought, she was doing better. Izzy hadn't comm'd her back, maybe she was mad, Lizzy didn't remember much after she hugged her and ran off.  Lizzy had to make sure Izzy knew it wasn't her that screwed her over.

 Lizzy went to Izzy's Quarters she hit the buzzer and said,Hi Izzy, it is me Lizzy can we talk please. Lizzy would look at the guards to see if they knew if she was in there.