The next morning Tucker is in his ready room sitting behind his desk looking at his computer when the door buzzer sounds, he sets up in his chair and straightens up his USA ship uniform. " Enter." The door opens and in walks, Jennifer wearing her USA ship uniform, then the door closes behind her. " Good morning Commander." Jennifer walks up to Tucker's desk. " Good morning Captain, are you ready for your tour now?" Tucker stands up. "Yeah let's go." They leave the ready room, and five hours later they arrive back into the ready room. Tucker sits back behind his desk while Jennifer stands in front of it. " Thank you for the tour of the ship Commander." " Sure, Tucker you've not said really anything to me the whole time, what is it?" Tucker looks at Jennifer and as he looks at her he can feel his heart beating in his chest, but he can't decide if it's anger or love that he had for her at one time resurfacing. " I didn't know you had a son." " I was going to tell you when we all had time last night." "Yeah. I want to see my senior staff in the briefing room in a hour." " Yes sir, are you mad at me?" " No I'm just surprised that's all, you're dismissed." Jennifer does an about face then leaves the ready room, Tucker turns back to reading on his computer. An hour passes and Tucker is in the briefing room sitting at the head of a long table with all the senior officers sitting in their seats in front of him. " Hi everyone, I want the Ohio to be ready to depart dock in two hours because we'll be leaving dock in three hours, so make sure all of your people are on board and accounted for, any questions?" A white woman wearing her USA ship uniform by the rank of Commander raises her hand. " Yes Commander?" " Commander Lisa Tipps of the helmsman department sir, what are we looking for out there?" Tucker looks at Lisa and smiles. " Home, you all are dismissed." Tucker stands up and leaves, then everyone else leaves too. Tucker is sitting in the captain's chair on the bridge looking at the view screen when Jennifer walks up to him, he looks at her and smiles and she looks at him. " Tucker what's the problem?" " There's no problem." Jennifer holds back the frustration that's building up inside her. " Please tell me what's wrong." Tucker stands up. " Come with me." Jennifer follows Tucker to his ready room, the door closes behind them, Tucker leans on his desk facing Jennifer, and Jennifer stands to look at him and waits to hear what he has to say. " I don't know how to say this so I'll just come right out with it, Jennifer this isn't going to work, us working together I mean." Jennifer sighs out loud. " Why not?" " Well because I... I... I still have strong feelings for you and I know that's wrong on so many levels." Jennifer walks slowly up to Tucker. " I still have strong feelings for you too, but that wont get in the way of me doing my job." "Jennifer I love you, I've always loved you even before we'd graduated from the academy." Jennifer gets closer to Tucker to where there's only a couple of inches between them, they stand face to face looking into each other's eyes. Tucker starts to feel hot and bothered, Jennifer notices and speaks. " I love you too Tucker." Jennifer closes her eyes and Tucker slowly closes in on her soft wet lips with a kiss, he touches her cheeks with his hands and then holds her in his arms, and Jennifer lets her mind shut down and enjoys this moment of which she has been hoping would come alone after she had seen Tucker for the first time on board the Ohio. Tucker moves his hands slowly up to Jennifer's breasts, she moans a little, Tucker can feel his heart beating in his chest, and then the door buzzer sounds. They pull away from each other and straighten their uniforms, Jennifer sits in a chair in front of Tucker's desk and Tucker sits at his desk. " Come in!" The door opens and in walks, a four-foot man wearing a USA security uniform with the rank of Commander, the door closes while the man walks up to Tucker's desk. Tucker looks surprise but smiles, the man smiles and extends his hand. " Captain I'm Commander Derek Bloom your chief of security." Tucker shakes Derek's hand. " My chief of security, like my own security detail?" Jennifer smiles at Tucker. " No Captain, the chief of security of this ship." Jennifer tells him while still smiling at him. Derek sits in the other chair in front of Tucker's desk. Tucker leans forward on his desk with his elbows and looking at Derek, Derek looks at Tucker too. " I'm sorry I was unable to be at your first briefing Captain but I was organizing a security detail for you." " For me?" " Yes sir, I have two security people at your cabin and here at your ready room, there will be security posted there and here at all times sir." Tucker can't grasp the concept of a small person being his chief of security and dishing out orders to tall grown people, just the thought itself makes Tucker want to bust out laughing, but he holds the laughter in and just keeps smiling. " Thank you Commander." While Tucker's talking to Derek, Jennifer is deep in thought about what just happened between her and Tucker and how much they really love each other. She thinks about her marriage to her husband and how it doesn't really seem or feel like a marriage anymore, not because Tucker's in the picture now, but because of the marriage is just strained and there's really no strong relationship or love in the marriage anymore, at least it hasn't been lately from her or Tatto, She starts to think back as to why she had fell in love with Tatto in the first place and as she remembers she starts to feel torn between Tucker and Tatto, She feels someone tapping her on the left shoulder, she focusses on who it is and sees Derek standing beside her and she looks at Tucker only to see him and Derek looking at her, she puts her attention on Derek. " Yeah Derek?" " Jennifer are you alright? " Jennifer smiles at Derek. " Yes I am." " I said bye I'll see you later." "Oh sorry, bye Derek." Derek heads toward the door while shaking his head, and he leaves. Jennifer sees Tucker still looking at her. " So how does a little person become my chief of security?" Jennifer leans back in her chair and starts to explain. "Derek is more than qualified for the job of chief of security, he knows a lot of martial arts and he's trained in security, he is the very best in his field." Jennifer can see the surprised look on Tucker's face. " Oh wow, is there anymore little people that are department heads?" " Yes there's your chief medical officer Commander Sally Brier, oh and your chief yeoman Crewwoman First Class Susan Hollard, she should be coming on board the ship soon, oh and by the way Derek and Sally are seeing each other." Tucker just stares at Jennifer with a blank expression on his face. " Tucker?" Tucker comes out of staring at her. " Yeah I'd heard you Jennifer." " Well we might should be getting on the bridge Tucker, everyone should be about on board the ship by now." Tucker stands up and Jennifer does too. " You're right, let's go to the bridge." They both leave the ready room with Tucker leading.
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