Bygone Reflections

Posted on Monday July 11th, 2022 @ 10:36am by Lieutenant Commander Paul Sharpe
Edited on on Monday July 11th, 2022 @ 10:39am

1,038 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: S1-A1-Ep. 2: Our Foremost Virtues
Location: Sharpe's Quarters - Poseidon
Timeline: Prior to next mission

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During one of his off-duty times, Paul was in his quarters and he was looking at some old images of his wedding to Alex Somers on April 6, 2389, and his mind went back to the day his twins were born, he was realising that he was getting sentimental in his old age and so his mind drifted back to the birth of her twins and his reaction he had been given compassionate leave to attend his children's birth...

- Starfleet Medical - Earth -

2330 hours 239104.10...

Around eleven at night Alex had been rushed into hospital as she had gone into labour, suddenly she found all those tiresome inane training lamas exercises were paying off as she was doing such now, in between breathing "where the hell is my husband!" she shouted, any more was cut off as she was hit with a contraction as she arrived in the delivery room.

Paul had only just arrived at Starfleet Medical and had heard his wife shouting for him "oh boy!" he said as he headed to the Delivery room, only pausing to put on some protective cover, on.

- Somers residence - 10 minutes earlier -

Paul was with his Father-in-law talking over the imminent birth of his twins when his Commbasge sounded both men looked at each other with trepidation Paul tapped his Commbadge =/\= Sharpe here =/\= he said =/\= Commander Sharpe this is Starfleet Medical, your wife has just gone into labour, come as quickly as possible =/\= Paul looked at Samuel and smiled =/\= on my way, Sharpe out =/\= with that he closed the link "I got to go, Sam, you want to come with or will you wait?" He asked.

"I will wait here with Jen and Katherine, what about Karyn, she is stationed on Starbase 51 out in the Mira Sector?" Sam asked.

Paul paused from getting some essentials together and looked at the elder Somers "I will let her know Sam, but now my bairns require my attention" Sharpe responded with a big goofy smile and entered the personal transporter and a moment later he was at Starfleet Medical asking about his wife. He was escorted to the delivery room, but only after being properly covered, as he entered he smiled "hi hon, which one do you think is wanting out first?" he asked as he held her hand as he sat on the chair next to her.

"I do not care, both want out, I...Arrrgh!" she said as a contraction hit, Paul was impressed by his wife's grip she was in labour with the first baby for a long time, when the contraction had eased the midwife had her do her breathing exercises and every contraction came closer and closer to the delivery point, then the Midwife announced the first baby had breached as the top of the baby's head could be seen "push, Alex push," the Midwife said and as the legs came out the baby started crying "its a girl!" he exclaimed as the umbilical was cut and the baby wrapped up in a blanket.

During this brief respite Alex relaxed, she was panting like an old nag and the sweat was all over her, understandable really, she was about to say something when her face scrunched up as another contraction hit her.

"Looks like our son wants out next," Paul said as the same process was done, but the second one was a little easier, but still taxing she was in labour for over an hour and at 0015 on April 11 2391 the first of the twins were born, ten minutes later the little boy made his presence known. Both babies were placed in Alex's arms, she looked at each of them in turn exhausted as the doctors stitched her up.

"What are you going to name them?" Paul asked his wife who was slowly getting her breath back, when she spoke it was quiet and raspy as she had been screaming and shouting "I was thinking of the little girl Samantha Lynne and the boy after his brave daddy Paul Sharpe junior" she said.

Smiling like the cat who got the cream "you do realise that nominally the surname of Samantha Lynne would normally be Sharpe, but tradition has always been for the females to have their parent's Maiden name" he said as little Paul grabbed his little finger, his daughter was looking around trying to find out where she was, his son was napping.

Looking down at her children "Sammi is just like her mummy, and little Paul, I am not sure who he follows" she said giving Paul a mischievous look and smile, he just responded with an innocent look and a *who me!* reaction.

"Hey now, watch it" he mockingly warned his wife, "you are going to hate all this maternity leave, ain't you?" he asked.

Alex deflated and harrumphed "yes, but I am planning to go to the Academy to learn how to be a fleet branch Captain, I think I want to try my hand at command outside of a Marine regiment," she said but knew it would be sometime before she could try for the academy. "I know the Captain of the USS Niagara will have to let me go as their MXO, due to these little bundles, but time at headquarters might do me some good" she added.

"Well the ship will be worse off for you not being there, then he looked at the scar on the left side of her face, "why have you not gotten that sorted?" he asked.

Looking at him "I keep it to remind me how an unprepared officer can almost get themselves killed and not to initiate First Contact with an unknown species" Alex responded.

- Sharpe's Quarters - Present Day -

Sharpe was brought out of his reverie as his communications unit pinged, sighing heavily he put the wedding images down and walked over to the terminal and opened up the requested secure channel, he was surprised to see his Sister-in-law Karyn Somers.

=/\= Hey Paul, how are things with you? =/\= Karyn began sounding very cheerful...

TBC in Fabulous News

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Lt Colonel Alexandria Somers
Acting CO

Lt Cmdr Paul Sharpe
Chief Engineering Officer
USS Poseidon

MCapt Karyn Somers
MCO
USS Leto

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