"Sometimes I feel like you have a crush on him, too." Celeste looked at her.
"I mean if I was interested, you'd have a fight on your hands." She smiled, admitting the truth. "But I like you, and I want you to be happy."
"You two are so nice to me." Celeste was lucky and she was aware of that. "You know what would be nice?" She asked, a widening smile on her face.
"Don't say threesome-"
"A threesome." Celeste said anyway. "Just imagine what that would be like." She clasped her hands together and had sparkles in her eyes. That idea was exciting.
Zinnia put her head down and sighed. She wasn't shocked, just a little worried. Then again, it seemed like a fun idea, and she wouldn't be shocked if it happened either.
"He has to put out first, so let me know when that happens." Zinnia said and lifted her head, her red hair just brushing against her shoulders.
Celeste could only imagine.
Dri was waiting on purpose, not because he was shy. He wanted Celeste to have a good time on their first time, not some random quickie in some back room somewhere just because they couldn't control themselves. Celeste wouldn't care as long as she was with him, so Dri was the picky one. She would wait because it's with him, but she's at the point where she might bring up the question.
Celeste had to admit that she was head over heels for Dri.
He was charming and smart. And strong. Celeste liked that about him. He always tried to impress her, made her feel special, spent as much of his time with her.
She was happy she got her first date with him. It was official.
"Think he'll put out tonight?" she asked Zinnia.
"If he doesn't, I will." she said to make her feel better.
It did work.
Now she had something to look forward to tonight. She was definitely ready for that.
Celeste decided to see Dri in the evening. She was going to perform another routine upgrade that he didn't need but wanted just to be close with her. His soon to be sector was on standby for now so he didn't have that much to do -besides the work Sirus passed off to him because he didn't want to do it.
They were together in a quiet back room but nothing happened. Celeste didn't mind. Just sitting next to him made her heart flutter.
The way she looked at him said she didn't care what happened as long as they could be close.
"So are you coming to space with me?" she asked since his answer wasn't a yes before. "We leave in two days."
"I like gravity." he said.
"I do, too." She said. "But you're not curious?"
"Celeste, you're asking the right questions, and you're going to get your answers. But can't I stay where there's actual oxygen?"
"Who's going to protect me?" she asked.
Dri gave her a knowing look. She really was asking the right questions, he did say that.
Now he couldn't let her go on her own.
"Alright, I'll come with you." he sighed, giving in to her.
She looked down at his arm, a blush coloring her cheeks. She wanted to hide her smile but she couldn't.
"Sirus is coming too." She said.
"Shit! Celeste-"
"It's okay-"
"This is just going to be work." Dri almost wanted to take back his answer before. "He's going to drown me in work." he whispered to her, stressed. "Do you want that to happen?"
"He likes you, Dri. He wouldn't work you so hard if he thought you couldn't handle it."
She believed in Dri as much as her father did. Sure, Celeste wasn't as brutal, but she could understand how Sirus is. Dri was well liked in his department. He wouldn't have been picked to be the new sector one leader if anyone had doubted how well he worked. Celeste could see this, she wished Dri could too.
"Both of you are so scary." Dri said under his breath.
"I'm actually really nice." she smiled kindly at him.
She was nice.
"But, um...as a heads up..." she started slowly, "he might know that I finished the implant." she didn't want to admit it.
Dri's eyes widened when she said it. He was shocked. Why would she tell her father something like that?
They were exposed.
"Celeste!-"
"Relax, he doesn't know that you or Zinnia has one." she didn't want to be yelled at. "Look, I almost got my head chewed off the other day, okay. I didn't say anymore than I needed." she defended herself.
"So what happened?" he asked her.
Celeste pressed her hands down on his arms as she thought for a moment. She remembered what happened, what she saw. She couldn't say that she felt like she was there but she saw it through Sirus' eyes.
And for him to see that again after so many years, she couldn't imagine what he felt.
"He showed me why they stopped the experiment." She said quietly, almost a whisper. "Hariette was almost paralyzed and Aurora had a mental break."
She felt terrible. When she learned what happened it took her a day to recover from her anxiety. She was frightened, she had to admit that.
"It was bad, Dri." Celeste shook her head. "Aurora was screaming, and Hariette couldn't even move."
"Yours isn't going to kill me, right?" He asked.
"I changed a few things, so it shouldn't. But, I just have this feeling like I should destroy everything." She was unsure of herself. Maybe she should stop everything here.
Because of what she saw, she was scared.
She kept it to herself mostly, but she's been watching Zinnia and Dri to make sure nothing was wrong.
"I'm scared of something happening." She said. "Sirus seems fine, and I based my blue prints on his, but..." She didn't know what to say. "You have to tell me if you feel like something is wrong." She urged him.
"Don't worry." He smiled at her. "I'll tell you." He didn't want her to worry.
Everything was fine. And if it wasn't, he was sure that Celeste would figure out a way to take care of it.
She held his hand, the metal one. She saw the glow in the metal fingers. Sometimes he would let her upgrade the arm with cool features. The system would glow when she's nearby, like it recognized her. She was good at coming up with things, and she would try them out on his arm.
"I'm going to try and update the implant." she said quietly. "I would hate for something to happen to you."
She still wasn't sure of herself.
Dri lifted his other hand to her face, getting her to look up at him. She had a worried expression on her face, and Dri could see the fear in her eyes. "I trust you." he said to her. "You're smart and you know what you're doing." he didn't want her to get anxious.
Celeste felt her face getting warm. She looked down again as the blush colored her cheeks. Her heart was fluttering.
He came closer to her and kissed her cheek gently. She closed her eyes and hoped that he might do a little more. If she asked, would he? She held her breath when he pulled away, but felt the warmth over her lips when he kissed her.
She couldn't express how happy she was that he kissed her. She was glad that it was a little peck a sneak kiss that he always does.
She actually got to kiss him, to be close with him.
He almost pulled away from her, but she tugged at his shirt, keeping him close so he wouldn't move from her. She knew what she wanted, and she was going to get it. Dri didn't mind.
He could let Celeste take charge all night long.
He began to smile when she kissed him again. She smiled, too.
There were about to be at that point where they're inseparable.
Celeste could only dream of finding someone she was like that with. She had two.
There was nothing more that she needed to be happy.
To be continued ….
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