FIC - Dreams Pt 2 - zoe / jen - 15 yrs - by ymmat09
title: Dreams part 2
author: ymmat09
fandom: Defying Gravity
pairing: zoe / jen
spoilers: after ep 1 & 2 and the previews for ep 3
summary: Do you act on your dreams?
disclaimer: I do not own the story or these characters
****************************************************************************
Part 2
The entryway to the pods was always locked down only accessible
by using the code. Pods 1,2,3,4,5,and 6. Zoe stood staring at the touch
pad and numbly listening to the crying. Beads of perspiration had broken
out on her forehead and upper lip but she felt cold. She didn't want to
know. In her mind, it was her own guilt. Zoe thought about her abortion
and the emptiness afterwards but she wouldn't be like her mother who
had given up everything for her. God knows she reminded Zoe often
enough how she had given up on her dreams to raise her. Zoe had always
wanted to be an astronaut and the unplanned pregnancy could have ended
her one chance to make it happen. That didn't make her a bad person, did
it? Zoe knew she wasn't ready to be a mother back then but someday she
wanted kids and someone special in her life.
The baby's cries had grown increasingly louder until with a whimper Zoe
covered her ears. The sound was coming from one of the pods. Zoe could
feel her legs getting rubbery. She almost didn't hear Donner's approach.
Almost. Zoe quelled her rising alarm and turned her best smile in his
direction. Donner leaned with faked casualness against the wall and gave
her a grin then gently reached out to finger the chain that held the bucket charm.
" I have dreams about you. " he said eyeing her.
" Yeah, the hatch. " Zoe nodded. She had that dream too.
" It was like a premonition that I was to save you."
" Premonition ? " Zoe nodded glancing at the entryway and wondering why
he couldn't hear the baby. It seemed ironic to be standing with Donner when
only a moment ago she had been thinking about the aborting of his baby. He'd
never known.
" I think my dreams are telling me that you and I are meant to be together. "
" I don't do astronauts. " Zoe quipped pleased with herself for remembering
the smart remark even as the baby cries intensified. Donner didn't seem to hear
them. Vaguely she heard him say something and she turned back to look at him
just as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Arms flailing, Zoe pushed
against him.
" You never know who you will stumble across during an evening walk. " a very
familiar voice said.
" There's only seven possibilities. Hi Jen. " Donner grinned sheepishly as he
stepped back from Zoe. Giving her a wink he headed down the corridor. The
blonde wiped her mouth and looked over at Jen. Her friend looked furious and Zoe
could imagine what she was thinking. Donner and her. Hell no.
" Hey. " Jen greeted studying her friend's body language.
Zoe listened silently for the crying but it had stopped as suddenly as it had started.
Jen had come closer and she was startled as her friend touched her arm. There was
concern in Jen's eyes. Zoe blinked hard.
" Do you think I was wrong to have that abortion? "
" No! Hell no. " Jen's conviction surprised both of them.
" Jen, something is going on... "
" Come on. " Jen frowned leading her back to their quarters.
The quarters were all the same. There was a bunk, storage, a desk and chair and
a nightstand. Paula had said they reminded her of university. As they entered Zoe's
room, Jen straddled the chair and watched Zoe flop down on the bunk. Zoe picked up
her green pillow and hugged it to her chest. Glancing at Jen she frowned. She knew
that look. Jen smirked,
" You know you're going to tell me. "
Zoe groaned. She could never stand up to Jen's stare and tonight was no different.
So, she told her everything. She told her about each time she heard the baby and how
nobody else did. She told her about the dreams.
" I dreamed I was naked..."
" Oh ? " Jen grinned then came over to sit on the edge of the cot. Zoe made a face
then continued,
" I was floating naked, in the hatch bay, Donner was outside watching me. I released
the hatch and floated out into space. "
" And today it happened for real minus the nakedness? " Jen frowned. Absently, she
rubbed Zoe's arm.
" Donner put a tether on me today for no reason. " Zoe murmured, " If he hadn't..."
" Hey. Don't go there. " Jen frowned.
" He had the same dream Jen. He put the tether on me and it saved my life. "
" You think the dream was some sort of warning? " Jen asked thinking of her own
reaction to her own dream.
" All I know is Donner acted based on his dream and I'm still here. " Zoe frowned then
drew a deep breath. Jen sat silent for several moments then made a decision.
" Scoot over. " she ordered and stretched out beside her. Zoe turned on her side to
face Jen.
" Do you think the baby I hear is Donner's and mine? " she asked, " Is it because I
killed it? "
" It was a fetus, a few cells strung together. Sweetie, it isn't your baby with Donner."
" Then whose? Whose baby is calling me ? We're in space for god's sake! "
" I don't know but it can't be Donner's. Zoe, you trust me? "
" With my life. " Zoe replied truthfully. Jen felt a strange rush at Zoe's answer.
" No matter what, you aren't meant to be with Donner. Trust me, he isn't your soulmate.
I can't explain it but if you hooked up with him, it could cost you everything. "
" Then who am I meant to be with Jen ? " Zoe sighed sleepily.
" I don't know sweetie." Jen murmured playing with a strand of Zoe's baby fine hair. Long
after Zoe was asleep, Jen lay beside her thinking about her own dream. The three of them
had been in it. Donner had been holding Zoe much like he had been down by the pods. Only in
her dream, Zoe had been screaming at her to stop him. Jen knew she had to keep Zoe away
from Donner but she wished she understood why.
~~~
The Antares slipped through space quietly and majestically as her crew spent their night
pursuing personal interests. Two best friends slept side by side, the more athletic woman
had draped her arm protectively around the other. In another part of the ship Donner had
found Nadia exercising and now they were doing a different type of exercise together. Paula
slept like a baby in her quarters unaware of the growing tension. Evram sat talking to a very
upset Claire courtesy of the Antares' state of the art technology. Somewhere, Steve sat watching
porn, alone. In his quarters Shaw sat staring at nothing still in shock because of his experience
in pod 4. Antares had settled down for the night. In a biology lab, a petri dish in a refrigerator
unit waited to one day be someone's children. Pod 4? Well, nobody knew what went on on there.
Not really.
author: ymmat09
fandom: Defying Gravity
pairing: zoe / jen
spoilers: after ep 1 & 2 and the previews for ep 3
summary: Do you act on your dreams?
disclaimer: I do not own the story or these characters
****************************************************************************
Part 2
The entryway to the pods was always locked down only accessible
by using the code. Pods 1,2,3,4,5,and 6. Zoe stood staring at the touch
pad and numbly listening to the crying. Beads of perspiration had broken
out on her forehead and upper lip but she felt cold. She didn't want to
know. In her mind, it was her own guilt. Zoe thought about her abortion
and the emptiness afterwards but she wouldn't be like her mother who
had given up everything for her. God knows she reminded Zoe often
enough how she had given up on her dreams to raise her. Zoe had always
wanted to be an astronaut and the unplanned pregnancy could have ended
her one chance to make it happen. That didn't make her a bad person, did
it? Zoe knew she wasn't ready to be a mother back then but someday she
wanted kids and someone special in her life.
The baby's cries had grown increasingly louder until with a whimper Zoe
covered her ears. The sound was coming from one of the pods. Zoe could
feel her legs getting rubbery. She almost didn't hear Donner's approach.
Almost. Zoe quelled her rising alarm and turned her best smile in his
direction. Donner leaned with faked casualness against the wall and gave
her a grin then gently reached out to finger the chain that held the bucket charm.
" I have dreams about you. " he said eyeing her.
" Yeah, the hatch. " Zoe nodded. She had that dream too.
" It was like a premonition that I was to save you."
" Premonition ? " Zoe nodded glancing at the entryway and wondering why
he couldn't hear the baby. It seemed ironic to be standing with Donner when
only a moment ago she had been thinking about the aborting of his baby. He'd
never known.
" I think my dreams are telling me that you and I are meant to be together. "
" I don't do astronauts. " Zoe quipped pleased with herself for remembering
the smart remark even as the baby cries intensified. Donner didn't seem to hear
them. Vaguely she heard him say something and she turned back to look at him
just as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Arms flailing, Zoe pushed
against him.
" You never know who you will stumble across during an evening walk. " a very
familiar voice said.
" There's only seven possibilities. Hi Jen. " Donner grinned sheepishly as he
stepped back from Zoe. Giving her a wink he headed down the corridor. The
blonde wiped her mouth and looked over at Jen. Her friend looked furious and Zoe
could imagine what she was thinking. Donner and her. Hell no.
" Hey. " Jen greeted studying her friend's body language.
Zoe listened silently for the crying but it had stopped as suddenly as it had started.
Jen had come closer and she was startled as her friend touched her arm. There was
concern in Jen's eyes. Zoe blinked hard.
" Do you think I was wrong to have that abortion? "
" No! Hell no. " Jen's conviction surprised both of them.
" Jen, something is going on... "
" Come on. " Jen frowned leading her back to their quarters.
The quarters were all the same. There was a bunk, storage, a desk and chair and
a nightstand. Paula had said they reminded her of university. As they entered Zoe's
room, Jen straddled the chair and watched Zoe flop down on the bunk. Zoe picked up
her green pillow and hugged it to her chest. Glancing at Jen she frowned. She knew
that look. Jen smirked,
" You know you're going to tell me. "
Zoe groaned. She could never stand up to Jen's stare and tonight was no different.
So, she told her everything. She told her about each time she heard the baby and how
nobody else did. She told her about the dreams.
" I dreamed I was naked..."
" Oh ? " Jen grinned then came over to sit on the edge of the cot. Zoe made a face
then continued,
" I was floating naked, in the hatch bay, Donner was outside watching me. I released
the hatch and floated out into space. "
" And today it happened for real minus the nakedness? " Jen frowned. Absently, she
rubbed Zoe's arm.
" Donner put a tether on me today for no reason. " Zoe murmured, " If he hadn't..."
" Hey. Don't go there. " Jen frowned.
" He had the same dream Jen. He put the tether on me and it saved my life. "
" You think the dream was some sort of warning? " Jen asked thinking of her own
reaction to her own dream.
" All I know is Donner acted based on his dream and I'm still here. " Zoe frowned then
drew a deep breath. Jen sat silent for several moments then made a decision.
" Scoot over. " she ordered and stretched out beside her. Zoe turned on her side to
face Jen.
" Do you think the baby I hear is Donner's and mine? " she asked, " Is it because I
killed it? "
" It was a fetus, a few cells strung together. Sweetie, it isn't your baby with Donner."
" Then whose? Whose baby is calling me ? We're in space for god's sake! "
" I don't know but it can't be Donner's. Zoe, you trust me? "
" With my life. " Zoe replied truthfully. Jen felt a strange rush at Zoe's answer.
" No matter what, you aren't meant to be with Donner. Trust me, he isn't your soulmate.
I can't explain it but if you hooked up with him, it could cost you everything. "
" Then who am I meant to be with Jen ? " Zoe sighed sleepily.
" I don't know sweetie." Jen murmured playing with a strand of Zoe's baby fine hair. Long
after Zoe was asleep, Jen lay beside her thinking about her own dream. The three of them
had been in it. Donner had been holding Zoe much like he had been down by the pods. Only in
her dream, Zoe had been screaming at her to stop him. Jen knew she had to keep Zoe away
from Donner but she wished she understood why.
~~~
The Antares slipped through space quietly and majestically as her crew spent their night
pursuing personal interests. Two best friends slept side by side, the more athletic woman
had draped her arm protectively around the other. In another part of the ship Donner had
found Nadia exercising and now they were doing a different type of exercise together. Paula
slept like a baby in her quarters unaware of the growing tension. Evram sat talking to a very
upset Claire courtesy of the Antares' state of the art technology. Somewhere, Steve sat watching
porn, alone. In his quarters Shaw sat staring at nothing still in shock because of his experience
in pod 4. Antares had settled down for the night. In a biology lab, a petri dish in a refrigerator
unit waited to one day be someone's children. Pod 4? Well, nobody knew what went on on there.
Not really.