Just shy of 10 minutes later, he arrived to find...
Audra� was�� already seated at a table.�� She was sipping a
Perrier� as she�
was� going over some reports on a PADD.
As Joe� approached the� table, he� called to his lunch mate.� "Hey,�
Audra.... "
Audra� had been� engrossed in the report she was� going over.� It was
news of
another likely� Brotherhood on� the station.� Once again� Engineering
was the
target.� � She could not help but wonder if� there was a reason for
that.�
She�
looked� up when he said her� name.� "Hi, Joe.� I am glad� that you
could join
me."
As� he took his seat, "I'm happy� you called.� I've been eating� at my
desk�
or on my feet for� what seems like forever.� Eating with someone�� not
involved� with my assignment is a breath of fresh air..."
"I know� what� you mean.� With everything going on, it seems like work�
is��
taking up all of my spare time lately," she said with a smile, holding��
her�
PADD up in evidence.� "What has your team been working�� on?"
"Too many things.....� I've got a group working on� reviewing� contracts
for
purchases, another tracking down surplus fleet� hardware and other� goods,
and others working on getting� witnesses.� It's a paperwork� nightmare,
and
almost impossible to� keep on top of.� I'll be happy when� things can
wind
down.� At
least I haven't had to go off station in a� while....� How about�
you...?�
What have you been up to these days?" he� sounded as� overworked as his
teams
workload.
"Well, the station has been�� organizing new policies and procedures since
the attacks on board.�� The� Brotherhood has been causing a bit of havoc
and
that
all has to be� dealt with� while making sure that the station continues to
operate as� a shipping and� transportation hub."� Audra's face expressed
the�
weariness she was feeling� about it all.� They were definitely� both in
the
same boat.
"It sounds like we both need a night on the town� to get away from it all,"�
she said as her face brightened slightly at� the prospect.
"You're on.", he answered.� The thought of seeing more� of Audra was very
appealing to him as well.� Fun.....� what a� concept.
"Where did you have in mind?"
Audra smiled.� "I have� always wanted to visit Bourbon Street in New
Orleans."
"That sounds great.� I've always wanted to go, just never found the time.�
This lunch is getting better and better," Joe replied.� Inwardly he was
thinking, 'I'll bring the bead necklaces...'
He was right. This lunch was getting better and better. Audra face
brightened with a devilish grin. "I always thought you were supposed to earn
your
beads."
He gave *them* a glance before he answered with a smile, "Trust me pretty lady,
you've earned them."
Just then the waitress walked up. She had big, artficially pale blond hair
that seemed to defy gravity. She was also chewing gum and, for some reason,
the eraser on an old fashioned pencil. "Were you kids all set to order?"
"Ladies first."
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"What's the special, ma'am?"
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