THE LAST SHIP 8

NUCLEAR

It was late at night and Mike was paging through a book when there came a knock on his door. He frowned and got up to answer the door only to find Sancha and Bianca outside. "Something wrong?"

"We just came to sort something out once and for all sir," Sancha replied.

"Okay..."

"Mind if we step inside?" Sancha asked in a flirtation manner.

"No," Mike replied slightly baffled.

Sancha stepped inside of his room and pulled the bewildered Bianca inside before she closed the door. Mike looked at them both confused. All of a sudden Sancha pulled Bianca close in a fiery embrace.

"Okaaaaay... Ladies..." Sancha paid no intention to Mike and pulled Bianca's shirt off without warning. "What is this? Sorry to interrupt but..."

Just as suddenly Sancha backed of and looked at Mike. "You two sort the rest out. This is where I'm leaving."

Bianca stood with her arms covering her chest embarassed when Sancha left.

"That was..."

Mike turned his head sideways and dropped his gaze to the floor. "Yeah...I think you should get dressed."

"I'm so sorry..." Bianca got dressed in hurry and looked at Mike confused.

"I thought you'd be upset."

Mike sat down on the edge of his desk, crossed his arms and shook his head before he let out a snicker. "That Chavez is something else."

"Yeah...I didn't see that coming."

"And she's taking s fancy on you. I'm surprised you haven't noticed."

"Yeah, well I'm not exactly into girls..."

Bianca was about to leave when he interrupted her. "Bianca..."

"Yeah?"

"I still have a lot of respect for you. Just so you know. I don't regret for a moment what we have."

"Thanks."

*****

Bianca and Sancha were seated on the bench outside on the helo deck gazing out into the darkness. "I can't believe he didn't fall for that," Sancha said somewhat disappointed.

"He didn't seem too happy about it either." Bianca sighed. "I blew my chance again. He was going to ask me to marry him and I didn't give him the chance to speak."

"Why didn't you say something?"

"He was upset with me. What was I supposed to do?"

"Do what you need to do."

*****

Mike was seated on the bridge when O'Riley who was now the OOD alerted the crew when Sancha stepped onto the bridge. "XO is on the bridge?" Sancha walked up to Mike who was sipping on a cup of coffee while gazing out on the ocean.

"Can I speak to you for a moment? In private?"

"About?"

"It's personal."