Veronica's heart fluttered in her chest at his words and the kiss her returned to her. She was pretty sure that he had whispered that he loved her this morning before he had to be off for his shift. Still to have him pose the question that essentially answered itself truly made her swoon for him. Never did she think she would be in such a relationship with any, it was never part of the plan. Yet here she was in the shower with a man she loved more then....more....then....<br/><br/>something within stopped her from musing further, holding her back from confirming what she knew to already be true. Call it playing it safe with her heart, call it years of ground in mental training, but whatever it was it was still preventing Veronica from committing to Jared completely like she wanted. At his question of her day, her thoughts were roused and her smile intensified from the brink of dissipating just a heart beat ago.<br/><br/>â€œMy day was fine. A bit boring but given my condition the doctor has requested I remain on light duty. So essentially I am confined to quarters until I have the baby....â€ she sighed though it was obvious she was not too upset about having to take it easy. At least if that meant for them to have a healthy baby she was willing to go through with it. â€œAs for being use to being a parent I doubt I will ever get use to that ideaâ€ she teased him back, leaning into him to give him a kiss before pulling away to get out. â€œCome on. We will be prunes if we stay in there much longer. I am already going to have stretch marks, I would rather maintain my amazing figure and appearance while I canâ€ she gave him a wink before she disappeared around the corner and exited the bathroom.<br/><br/>â€œWant to eat here or in the mess for lunch?â€ she called out from their bedroom. She was standing in front of a full length mirror trying to picture herself with a swollen stomach. â€œUgh....I am going to look like a whale I just know it...â€ she mutters to herself as she stands there rubbing her still flat and tone stomach.<br/><br/>-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Troy smiled as she looked at Azzy, â€œJust trying to get caught up on how the repairs are going for the ship. I know that I don't have to worry with you hard at workâ€ she says still smiling. â€œFigured you could give me a progress report on how things were going and if need be I can assign more people to help you to ensure that the repairs are done as soon as possible. I know you don't like the ship operating at less then her full potential anymore then I doâ€ she took a sip from her thermos then looked down at the datapad she held when a message flashed across her screen. Without looking up as she tapped a few spots on the screen, â€œSo tell me whats the damage and how long we going to be a drifting target?â€<br/><br/>The message was from the councilor, Angela had skipped her session and then blown off her new duties in the messhall. Apparently she thought it would be fine for her to just goof off in the holodeck instead of doing what she was ordered to do. Not wanting to let Azzy know what she was doing she was having the computer track her down so that when she was done here, Troy could go and deal with her personally.<br/><br/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Angela followed him to the table with her bowl of Guorin, still not sure about it but figured he was willing to trust her with the meat thing. Following his lead she got a spoonful blowing on it as the rich aroma assaulted her nose. Looking at him once more before she took a spoonful of the alien cuisine, chewing it slowly so that she could get a real taste for all the flavors. It was not long before she gave a, â€œMhmmmm....this is good!â€ and took another spoonful into her mouth. â€œLike I get what you mean about it tasting meaty. It kind of tastes like meat but then not, its goodâ€ she said with a smile, as she indulged with a few more spoonfuls before returning to their earlier conversation.<br/><br/>â€œHmm...I am not too sure about the whole giving Krato a body thing....â€ she said the spoon sitting on her bottom lip as she paused in thought, getting moved away before she continued. â€œI mean like he is always here...â€gesturing to her head. â€œI can't really ever shut him out, but over time he has learned to not pry when I request some space. Plus its not like he would be good for cuddling or anything....â€ she said with a smirk, â€œThe old sap is not too big on cuddles....or so he claimsâ€ she winked at him waiting for Krato to respond.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF4000">â€œHEY! I am a warrior! I am part of a deadly machine! There is no times for cuddles!â€  though there was heat to his words it was not hard to sense the humor there either. </span><br/><br/>â€œSee what I mean?â€ she said to Dren with a grin. â€œNah but really I don't mind plus I have Codoe who is pretty good companyâ€ she said looking down at her bowl of food, her spoon twirling in it slowly. After a moment another shrug as she looked up at Dren seeking to change the subject.<br/><br/>â€œSo with the whole download memory thing does that mean that you could basically never die? You know just have the file saved to a new body?â€ asking as she takes another spoonful to await his answer.