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Be a little bit wiser baby [Semi-open]

Between security patrols, nocturnal crew members (or whatever passes for nocturnal on a ship with no normal day-night cycles), and those who do not need regular sleep, the halls are rarely devoid of activity. But there are times of day when it is less likely that a friend will notice a pair that appears to be completely healthy making their way toward the Med Bay well outside normal visiting hours.

Billy has chosen one of those times to shuffle through the halls with his girlfriend's hand in his, doing his best to keep himself and Ronnae unnoticed. Unfortunately for them, the exact behaviors he is using to attempt to avoid confrontation peg their activity as suspicious.

This is going to end well, isn't it?

((ooc: So this is mostly closed, we have one character ready to confront the pair and accompany them to their destination, but we're open to the hilarious possibilities! Just PM this journal or otherwise contact me and ask to be shot buddies please.))

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Ronnae stuck close to Billy, holding onto his arm and leaning against him. She was sporting a darker hoodie, and long dark sweatpants. She was blushing, but she wanted to come for support. After all he was doing this for them, and she knew how worried and nervous he was.

She squeezed his hand affectionately and in a low sweet voice, "You know, if you feel uncomfortable at anytime, we can go back right? You d-din't have to do this love."

Billy scoffed, though not at her---at his absurd situation. "Based on the trajectory of our relationship thus far, it'd have to be done eventually regardless. Putting off an unpleasant experience doesn't make it any less unpleasant. As far as I can calculate, this is an ideal time for it with little pressure."

Yes. Billy, who has been attacked much more viciously, is anxious about shots. Particularly when they're as significant as this one.

"I wish I had a tattoo like yours. It'd be infinitely easier."

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She looked down and frowned slightly, "I... yeah I guess you're right..." She squeezed his hand gently and continued alongside him.

"If mama was here, she'd be able to inscribe one on you. She wouldn't mind." she added off-handedly.

Billy nodded. "I'm not going to like this, but I think it'll be all right. It only has to be done once, and it's just to get it out of the way for the future."

He gazed at her with interest. "True, but would that be more painful than the shot? And would it have to be in the same location?"

She stopped abruptly, bringing a finger up and biting on it. Shew knew her tattoo could be turned on and off on command... But... "B-billy.... Is.... Is th-the shot..." Why was it so hard to ask?! Because you're thinking of stuff that will NEVER happen! She shook her head quickly, trying to shut off the thoughts.

"N-never mind..."

"And no, mama's tattoos were in locations you choose, and painless."

Billy immediately looked worried. She wasn't going to draw blood from her finger, was she? And why was she reacting so strangely? He'd established that the shot would only be a little painful, there wouldn't be a major side effect, except maybe...oh. In his rush to get this over with, he hadn't even considered that. He searched his memory for an answer, finding none.

"I don't believe it would be," he answered, though he didn't sound entirely sure. "We have a high level of technology, and to force permanent sterilization if one chooses to copulate is cruel even by Stacy's standards," he mumbled, face red enough for the embarrassment to be visible in the dark. "I'll confirm it before making my final decision."

Oh, that sounded really nice, actually. "If only. But the shot is my only option at the moment, so here we are...going"

He looked up. They'd been walking for a while, and he'd hoped to be closer to Med Bay than this by now. So close yet so far.

Edited 2011-03-10 00:13 (UTC)

Kang couldn't help but overhear part of Billy and Ronnae's discussion, and when he realized where they must be going and why, he grinned. Billy really was too easy to mess with sometimes, and it was always funnier when it was happening to someone else.

"You know, if you're trying not to make it seem like you're going to get the contraception shots, you're failing miserably at it," he pointed out, clearly amused.

Ronnae froze, she was really hoping it would be an uneventful walk to med... But at the sound of the voice and what was said, well, no better way to say that their plan was busted.

She turned around slowly and gave Kang a slow awkward wave. "H-hey...."

Billy froze in his tracks, unconsciously tightening his grip on Ronnie's hand. Perfect, just perfect.

"...the goal's to avoid the entire ship knowing by morning," Billy hissed through his teeth, as beet-faced as ever. "You don't sell gossip at the tavern, Kang, do you?"

"Fortunately for you, no. What you two choose to do is your business, no one else's," Kang grinned. "A bit of advice: people are more likely to notice you if you sneak around and keep glancing over your shoulder. The best thing to do is to walk as if you belong there. It also doesn't help to talk about it where others can overhear."

"I... th-thanks... I... We'll keep th-that in mind." she rubbed the back of her head awkwardly. She fidgeted in place, not really knowing where to go from there... Wasn't he one of the council.... oh man. Way to be embarrassed.
She blushed and looked away, squeezing Billy's hand for comfort.

Billy nodded mutely, keeping that in mind. "I've never been a great actor, but...maybe if we think about something else?" he asked Ronnie hopefully. "Like those plans we've been drafting up in the lab together!"

Maybe they could discuss that, yeah! It just might work.

But before he left, he had one more question for Kang. "...that includes Kaylee, right?"

Kang laughed, "Like I said, it's your business. I won't mention this to her if you don't want her to know."

She looked between the two and nodded at Billy. "I... I'm pretty sure we'll be fine if we keep moving along like he said..." She bowed still a bit embarrassed. "Th-thanks... thanks again."

Billy breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks, I owe you one. I'll be around soon, Kang."

Now to get this over with. He squeezed Ronnie's hand and slowly started on the path, trying to imagine that they were anywhere else right now---doing anything else.

A part of Kang almost wanted to let the couple go without saying anything more, but the temptation was too strong to resist. As he turned to leave as well, he called over his shoulder, "Have fun!"

"Fun? What fun?" She looked back and noticed Kang was on his way. "W-what did he mean have fun?" she asked curiously to Billy.

Billy sputtered, shaking his head and tugging her along a little faster. This time, he was sure to keep his voice low and close to her ear. "He thinks we're going to...uh, use the shot's protection right away," he explained.

"But come on. We have plans to make for after this errand." He didn't know what they were, but they would be plans. By the time they formed, he hoped his embarrassment would be less visible.

Her face reddened quickly and she stumbled a couple of her steps, but managed to stay on track. "Y-yeah p-plants! I mean plans!" She just decided to stay quiet and held onto Billy, keeping up the pace.

So close and yet so far. They had a respective tail but the further they went on, the more it seemed to Ben who hovered high overhead and had noticed the exchange, that they were getting extremely fidgety.

Time to nip this in the bud.

"Hey you two," said Ben, swooping down in the form of Big Chill, folding his wings around them. "You should really stop trying to skulk about at the dead of night."

Billy sighed, stepping closer to Ronnie. This was just not their night.

"We're not looking to cause trouble," he said easily enough. "We're just obtaining medicine and going back to bed."

That wasn't technically a lie!

She eyed the newcomer curiously, "Yeah, medicine." She wore her brightest smile.

"And we're not skulking we jus' didn't want to disturb anyone since it was so late is all." She was trying to follow Kangs advice.

"Believe me, I know skulking when I see it," chuckled Ben in Big Chill's whispy echoing voice before he touched his chest, the light flashing as Ben shrunk down into his natural form.

"Look, I can only presume on this, but you two are trying to get something done, and you don't want the entire ship to know so you're doing it at 'night'. Only three things happen at night: weirdness, alien attacks and sneaking about trying to prevent utter humiliation."

At this, Ben was grinning a mile wide as he took note of the pair so close to one another. "It's The Shot, innit?"

Everyone was entirely too good at deductive reasoning. Billy looked down guiltily, face completely red. He said nothing, making it all the more obvious what was going on.

Ronnae blinked as Ben switched. "Ben? How'd you..." Then she listened to him, getting redder as he kept talking, before looking away embarrassed.

She sighed, "Y-yeah... is it that obvious? I really should have trained more with mama... Not that she really cared for keeping her... y-you know what, n-nevermind." She fidgeted in place uncomfortably.

Still grinning, he leaned forward a bit. "Hey it's a perfectly honest thing, and you two have each other to lean on. But I get the feeling SOMEONE is a little reluctant to go through the usual, am I getting close?"

"Training nothing. Training's not going to prepare you for ANYTHING close to this. C'mon, enough of this slipping about. We are going TO THE MEDICAL LAB!"

And Ben howled that last part, pointing towards a random direction. Paused. And corrected his point.

Ben, you are not Sokka.

Billy nodded hurriedly, starting in the actual direction of the Med Bay before Ben corrected his point. "...I'd prefer not to announce this to the world, thank you. If we wake them up we'll have even bigger problems to worry about."

Now he just had to get past this stomach-twisting worry about shots---it wasn't too far now, right?

Ronnie lowered her hood and walked hurriedly with them both. "Sheesh, you could be more subtle about it." She held Billy's hand as they walked to the Med Bay.

"You really don't have to escort us Ben, but I do appreciate you wanting to." She added a bit shyly.

"Hey what kind of guy would I be to let Billy go it alone?" replied Ben, falling into step towards the Med Bay, giving the other teenager a sideways look.

"You know, you look like you're about to pass out from nervousness from this. You going to be okay or do you need a second to gather your wits about you?"

"I appreciate your concern," Billy said honestly as they approached, "but I think I'll survive. I've been injected regularly since beginning my life here. The difference is that I anticipate this one."

The shot also meant opening the door to a certain action, and there was that to consider too, but it was secondary at the moment. He squeezed Ronnie's hand as the doorway came into view.

Time for a deep breath. "It's time, huh?"

She nodded and gave him a sweet reassuring smile. "You'll be fine. I'll be there with you. And now Ben will be here too, so you don't have to feel alone." She held his hand and walked in, and now you noticed she had her goggles down, of course she was confident, her security blanket was covering her eyes!

Ben looked between the pair and with a sigh, clapped Billy on the shoulder. "C'mon, waiting around isn't going to be any different from actually going in. Tell you what; I'll get the shot too. We can be Shot Buddies!"

For Ben, someone who obviously didn't need the shot and knew of its consequences, this was an incredible step for him. But there was an honest expression on his face as he tugged at Billy's shoulder. "It's now or never, and there's always something better about doing stuff with another guy."

That did improve his mood. Billy smiled lightly in appreciation, giving a shaky nod. "Yeah, shot buddies. All right, I'm ready."

Billy followed Ben inside, hand in Ronnie's the entire time. Soon enough, the EMH was bearing down and inquiring about their visit.

"I need a contraceptive," Billy explained nervously, hand shaking in Ronnie's. Soon enough, the good doctor was retrieving that supply of injections and approaching them again.

Billy was ordered to sit and did so, trying to fight down his nervousness.

Ronnie stood in front of Billy and glowered at the doctor, hand in hip. "So two questions, I already have a contraceptive, do I need one as well. And two, this won't make us permanently infertile will it?"

Yup, her goggles were her courage blanket! She crossed her arms not letting those shots anywhere near till she got her questions answered.

Ben hung back for a moment to let the EMH answer their questions. At least he was mentally prepared for this. Cause hey, anything for a friend right?

There was a quick round of answers from the impatient doctor already prompting Billy to roll up his sleeve. Yes, Ronnae needed a shot too, and no, it would not be permanent. They would be required to return for another dose every six months.

Billy nodded, still feeling tense. This was bound to be painful---even more painful if his muscles remained tense, he reminded himself logically, but calming down was proving to be quite a difficult task.

Help?

She nodded and stood besides him. Once she noticed however, that he was tense, and possibly going to make it more painful than it should have been, she bent a bit lower to be at eye level and raised her goggles. She gently turned his face away from the needle and towards her own. Nose to nose, she had a warm, gentle smile on her lips and her bright teal eyes focused on him as she spoke sweetly and calmly.

"It's alright hun, I'm right here okay? I promised you I'd protect you jus' like you would me. You have nothing to worry about." She kissed his nose sweetly, just as the shot was going in. Hoping to ease his tension before the action happened.

Clapping Billy on the shoulder, Ben offered, "I'll go first. You need to relax and see it's perfectly harmless."

Taking his jacket off and rolling up his sleeve, the already impatient EMH quickly gave him the shot and Ben didn't even wince. "See? Done and done. Aaaand now I'm sterile for six months but hey, not a big deal."

Billy tipped his head to watch, nodding. At least it didn't look too painful. It wasn't usually if you didn't tense up beforehand, but the problem was that he couldn't help himself...

...oh hello beautiful. He promptly blushed upon his face being steered to Ronnie's, confirming that she was right with a happy sigh. Always protecting him.

His eyes closed of their own accord when she came close, his entire body relaxing during the light kiss. Perfect opportunity for the EMH to inject both of the lovesick teenagers without a word of complaint.

When they broke apart, Billy noted the faint pain in his arm. It was already done, with parting instructions from the doctor for all of them to make sure their arms received adequate exercise. It would end the pain more quickly, apparently.

"...thanks," Billy whispered to both of his companions, rubbing the spot on his arm.

Ronnie jumped a little, but didn't fuss, she had to keep face afterall. A small wince and a nervous giggle afterwards and the deed was done. "Okay, that's settled right!" She quickly lowered her goggles once more.

She turned to Ben and blushed lightly, "Th-thanks Ben, you're awesome." She gave him a friendly kiss on the cheek and a thumbs up before grabbing Billy's hand affectionately.

"Hey not a problem," replied Ben. "Seriously if you two need me for anything, just ask. I can do a lot of stuff and hey, mums the word on the shot."

Rubbing his arm briefly, he chuckled. "Gwen's going to read me the riot act, much less ma but they'll deal. It's not like ma can actually say a damn thing about the shot anyhow."

Twisting his watch, he shifted forms. "JETRAY! I'll see you two later."

Saluting, Jetray flew off, steeling himself to talk to his family. God they were going to laugh at him for so long.

Billy nodded, giving Ben a grateful salute. "I'll remember that. Thanks again."

With a faint worry for Ben's safety as his next thought, he squeezed Ronnie's hand and started to lead her back to their home. The walk back was much easier than the walk there had been...

...and maybe he bounced a little, swinging their arms back and forth as they walked. It was good to exercise it!

She giggled and pulled on him hurriedly. "C'mon c'mon! Bed's a'waitin' and I'm exhausted!" Right, if she was exhausted, you wouldn't be able to tell, cause she was bouncy, smily, and happily being playful the whole walk/jog/skip/run home.

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