Arkkon: the Starillian legacy

Chapter 5

Jasmine's PoV
We went through the ascension and what was on my mind was how to stop thinking about Jacob. I needed a distraction, something, anything to bring my mind off of...
"Jasmine?"

I turned around and saw Sasha standing there. She looked like she needed help with something. Was this the divines trying to give me a way of relaxing?
"Yeah?"

"I require advice with something...personal and Jessica told me to ask you, I didn't get around to asking you before we engaged the serpentine on Urnize" she explained

"Oh, okay...what is it?"

"Well..." She hesitated "...how do you know if you wish to have sexual relations with your partner?"

"Oh, well...you, ah..." I've never had to really have this talk with anyone, I was an only child "you, uh...feel warm and...uhh, you just wanna hold them close to you"

"Oh, is that it?" She looked at me, clearly overly interested in the subject

"Yeah"

She then went to turn around and went to leave but I decided to give her the same advice I gave Jess, only difference is that Sasha is actually going to have herself some playtime.
"Sasha..."she looked back at me "use protection"

"Why? Both me and Sharmia are female, neither of us could get pregnant"

"No, that's not what I mea-"

She left before I could finish. I just hope that Sharmia hasn't got anything. I'm not saying she's a whore or anything, I'm just saying she's told me quite a few stories about her past sex partners and let's just say...it's a long ass list of dudes and ladies. I watched Sasha leave before I turned around and saw Jess and Charlotte walking over to us.

Jessica's PoV
We got aboard the ascension and immediately I noticed that the bridge looked so much more empty than usual. Usually there would be around fifty people tapping away on computers and moving back and forth between the monitors. But now there was about fifteen people tapping away on monitors. They all looked shocked and in disbelief when they saw us come aboard. I heard things like 'I told you she wasn't dead' and 'how does she still look the same age?'. It felt weird having been gone for only hours only for people to tell you it's been years.

Charlotte and I walked through the ship and made it to the cockpit. James sat down and Paul was next to him. I turned around and saw Jasmine talking with Sasha about something. We looked at James and he was just checking some monitors.
"Ummm...the ascension can still fly right?" Charlotte said with nerves in her voice

"Of course, why wouldn't it?" James looked at her

"Well, because it hasn't taken flight in a year"

"I make sure to check over everything everyday"

"It'll be okay" I told her "the ship will fly, and we've got a great pilot as well"

"I know...I'm pretty awesome" James gloated

"I was actually referring to Paul" I say as me and Charlotte begin to leave

"Funny..." James turned to face the monitors

We walk off and just as we did we saw Jasmine had just finished speaking with Sasha and we only heard the end of the conversation.
"No, that's not what I mea-" she sighed and turned around

"You didn't mean what?" I asked out of curiosity

"Oh, nothing, hey do you two mind if I crash with you in your room for a while?" She asked "I'm pretty sure Sasha and Sharmia are going to be...busy for the next few hours, if you catch my drift"

"Oh..." I understood what she meant "...yeah you can stay with us until we reach the citadel"

As we walked down the ship, making our way to my room. I then saw that Charlotte had an uncomfortable look in her face. She wasn't annoyed about Jasmine coming with us, was she? I told Jasmine to go on ahead and then I turned to face her.
"Are you okay?" I asked

"Yeah why?" She said unconvincingly

"Well it's just that...ummm, you're not annoyed about Jasmine coming with us, are you?"

"What? No, no, no..." She assured me "it's just...its doesn't matter"

"Come on, what's up?"

"Well it's just... I'm worried Jessica, I'm worried about you when we get to the citadel"

"Why?"

"Because Reaver is there, last time you saw him he shot you in the chest" she worried "you almost died and I don't want to lose you"

"Hey, I'm not gonna die..." I promised her "...and if I do, it won't be by the hand of some thug"

I kissed her and brought her close. But our moment ended when we remembered we were on the bridge. We pulled apart and continued to my room.