When the ocean meets fire

~~~~~~~~~~~~Humiliation~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dedicated to ellie393 because she has an INCREDIBLE new book out called 'A Nightingale in the Circus'. It's just starting out but I can tell it's going to be great. So, you know, read it, dude.

And by the way THANK YOU SO MUCH! I forgot to mention this last chapter, but 'When the Ocean Meets Fire' got over 500 reads! Yaaaaay!

Thank you do much for reading

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"Psst! Brenda! Pippa!" A nurse who was usually off duty at this time came half bustling-half running towards the other two nurses at the front desk of the hospital ward, who jumped at the sound of her voice, excited at the thought that she might have something to say which was more exciting than their jobs to them.

"What's up, Zoe?" Pippa asked as she approached them.

"And please let it be good; I'm sick of filling in forms all day." Brenda chipped in, moaning.

"Oh no no no girls," Zoe breathed and leant forward onto the desk, making the other two huddle close to listen, "you have GOT to hear this- it's a piece of absolute gossip gold!" the other two looked at each other briefly before turning back to Zoe and gesturing with their hands as to say ‘what is it, then?’. Zoe cleared her throat before continuing, “Okay, so you know how I always go to the gym on Thursdays when I get my break?” Pippa nodded and Brenda raised an eyebrow, looking Zoe up and down, “well I was on my way to the snack machi- um... treadmills, when Peter from the rehab clinic came running up to me! And, I know we all hate him, but he does have the best gossip. So he’s like, best friends with Chloe from the rehab clinic, and he told me that she told him that she...” Zoe was purposely building the suspense to the irritation of her friends, “...is going out... with... Commander Up!” The two nurses’ jaws dropped and immediately they were asking her questions.

“Aww! I knew Chloe liked the Commander! But how did she bag him? They are soooo cute together!” Pippa gushed, and Brenda gave her an odd look,

“Hang on... I thought that Commander Up liked Lieutenant Taz? You were the one who initiated operation ‘Get Taz and Up together’. So where’s the proof?” She raised an eyebrow at Zoe, who sighed in response.

“Honestly Brenda, stop being so sceptical. Peter saw Chloe and Up holding hands and walking towards one of the rehab clinic offices. They were in there like, an hour or so, and then Peter saw Up come out of the office, and his face was all red, so there’s your proof!” Brenda still didn’t look satisfied, but didn’t question any more.

“Plus, Lieutenant Taz went on a mission about nine months ago, so she obviously doesn’t care about the Commander.” Pippa nodded and the three nurses gossiped until Zoe announced that she ‘had’ to go and tell more people. Brenda shook her head and phased out of Pippa’s rambling about how ‘perfect’ Chloe and the Commander were for each other, and thought to herself, What the hell is Commander Up thinking? I always thought... well I always respected the fact that him and Lieutenant Taz could’ve been together, but didn’t show it to the Galactic League. Now him and Chloe are flaunting their relationship around? It doesn’t sound like the Commander’s quite himself, even after almost twenty months since his injury... Something doesn’t add up. Unfortunately, Brenda knew that she was going to be one of the only two people who questioned a good piece of gossip in the G.L.E.E, and Lieutenant Taz was the other one.

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Up walked into the mess-hall and made his way over to the table that he used to share with Taz, but had been sitting alone at for the past nine months. He didn’t feel like eating; he’d had people whispering behind his back all day and he didn’t know why. Eventually he’d settled for the fact that they were laughing at how weak he was; a once strong and tough Commander now no more confident than a little girl. He assumed that they were all still talking about him, as when he walked in he’d noticed a significant drop in the volume of chattering in the hall, so he was surprised that when he looked up from having his head in his hands, he found Lieutenant Tobies, Lieutenant Elliotts and Lieutenant Marks sitting across from him with raised eyebrows and smirks on their faces.