Charity's Irony

Posted on Thu Mar 12th, 2020 @ 12:58am by Lieutenant JG Paige Yamaguchi & Division Admiral Celeste Yamaguchi-Hobbs

Mission: Mission 85: My Soul's in Arms, and Eager for the Fray
Location: Operations Center - USS Avalon and Sickbay - USS Dreamcrusher
Timeline: 1600Hrs - May 12th, 2392

The USS Dreamcrusher was present with the other ships of her battle group on deployment as Commander Celeste Yamaguchi-Hobbs sighed before looking down at her abdomen which was slowly but surely growing ever larger. Soon however in a couple of months time, that large bulge of flesh would be her son and she could have her body back.

The Pregnant woman was sitting in the CMO's office in sickbay as she placed the last of her paperwork in the 'DONE' tray. The middle-aged woman let out a soft sigh as she reflected on the fortunes and fates that had brought her to where she was sitting now.

Meanwhile among the Roanoke Squadron's support group. The USS Avalon was presently resupplying the USS Manticore which had been recovered from a Klingon ambush.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Paige Yamaguchi sighed while she considered the event that had happened not even thirty minutes before. Paige had just come back on duty from her rather impromptu tryst.

Paige tapped the display before her before the large desktop monitor which was kept inside the deck suddenly moved into position. "Computer," Paige spoke in a soft but clear tone of voice. "Contact Commander Celeste Yamaguchi on the USS Dreamcrusher."

"Working." came the tone of the computer.

On the USS Dreamcrusher, the comm system beeped once at Celeste Yamaguchi-Hobbs "Incoming message." Celeste tapped the display once. She gave her authorization code and an image of her cousin's eldest daughter appeared on the screen. "Paige... So good to see you." Celeste said in a cheery tone of voice. "What can I do for you?"

"Celeste," Paige responded with a soft smile. "Hows things with you?"

"So.. This isn't official then?" Celeste inquired, a smile playing at her lips.

"I'm checking on my long distance patient," Paige answered. "Hey, someone has to reign you in somehow." the younger woman added.

"Yes. My wife does that. Brianna considers me more than two handfuls but she and I manage as best we can."

"Whats it like?" Paige inquired bluntly.

Celeste arched an eyebrow. "Which part Paige?" the older female inquired of her younger cousin. She wanted to be sure and what was more, she wanted the younger woman to be sure too.

"Sleeping with a woman I mean," Paige responded, she had come this far so she might as well see this through, in this conversation at least.

Celeste slowly smiled as she had come to her choice through a rather dramatic realization. "Well, Paige. That depends. Are you curious or are you interested?" the middle aged woman inquired as she sat back in her chair. "How long have you had this thought?"

Paige paused. "I've been considering it for awhile now... Petty Officer 1st Class Jessica Majerra was the victim... But I'm not sure if I was her victim or she was mine.." she paused. "What... she was interested and she made it educational..." Paige suddenly smiled. "It was....different." the younger woman paused. "This was also twenty minutes ago."

"So.. you have bedded another woman?" Celeste inquired with a smile.

"I didn't sleep with her.," Paige responded. "She needed a shower and... So did I." Paige added. "It was an amazing experience but...." Paige paused as she ran out of steam.

"You do not need to justify yourself to anyone Paige. Not to me or to anyone else." Celeste responded with a smile. "At least you're willing to experiment. That alone will help you more than anything else."

Paige nodded her head. "It was... an experience that I still think of."

Celeste smiled. "Sounds invigorating... Something I do with Brianna on a nightly basis." as she regarded the younger woman. "There is nothing wrong with being bisexual or being gay," she responded. "It's simply a matter of perspective sweetie," Celeste responded. "Do you prefer men.. or women.. or both?"

Paige paused, she hadn't thought about it. "Well. I' not sure. I've been with both and I'm somewhere in the middle I guess."

"Then you prefer both.. There isn't anything wrong with that... No that's not how I ended up being pregnant.."

"No. I know the details... Mom was rather blunt about the matter at hand." Paige responded with a smile. "Where you were concerned I mean." the younger woman explained with a smile. "She thought that by sharing your story, I wouldn't try to repeat it or end up in a situation that I wasn't ready for."

The logic of being used as a motivational tool was not lost on Celeste as a smile appeared on the pregnant female's face. "I can see your mom is being paranoid... But considering her posting, I can't say I'm surprised with that." Yamaguchi-Hobbs sighed softly.

"Well Mom worries about me.." Paige responded evenly, she then shrugged.

"Well... I can't say I'm too impressed with your mom but I'm not surprised.." Celeste added. "She worries about me too!."

Paige sighed softly. "Yeah... It doesn't help that I also inherited mom's enemies too." Paige sighed softly. "I mean they seek me as a weakness they can use to exploit her position and also to have some leverage over me."

"Some people a just control freaks... The trouble is with your attitude... You're letting them away with it... They are presently living inside of your head, rent free." Celeste responded as a frown marred her lovely features.

"I am?" Paige sighed. "Fucking hell." the younger woman responded a trifle hotly.

"Yeah... Get out and live a little... What's the worst they throw at you?" Celeste then shrugged. "Someone coming after you because of who your mother is is foolish at best and stupid at worst." the older Yamaguchi explained. "Besides. Your mother doesn't tolerate that sort of nonsense and neither does any of the major fleet commanders either." she shrugged. "They simply don't have the time anymore... You should get out more and live a little sweetie.."

"I've never really had time for relationships.."

"You can't blame your mother or anyone else for that... Even if she is a Fleet Admiral. Letting her enemies manipulate you to this level only tells me that you don't care if they do or not." Yamaguchi-Hobbs explained.

"Well. It's more than that." Paige responded with a soft sigh.

"How so?" Yamaguchi-Hobbs inquired as she regarded her cousin. "Paige, you can mislead me and lie to me all you like... But do not lie to yourself... You have no idea of how to process what just took place between you and your friend." the older female paused. "If I had to guess. I would call this your very first sexual experience... Would you agree?"

"I would," Paige answered quietly.

"See Paige. I'm going to be blunt with you." Yamaguchi-Hobbs regarded the younger woman before her. "You should go find your friend and have this chat with her. See what she says... You never know as you may find yourself preferring women over men. But that's me. and I am not you." Celeste commented with a smile. "Give it some thought, discuss it with your new bedmate and when you figure things out, you will know."

Paige smiled. "Thanks, Celeste, you've been very helpful. I need to get back to work. "

Celeste nodded her head. "Sounds good Paige. I'll leave ya to it then. Yamaguchi out." and with that, Celeste tapped the display once, ending the transmission and allowing her to go back to work herself.