[JAG Courtroom]
"Is that a take on the Terran band 'The Eagles' song 'Witchy Woman'?" Ruth giggled through her tears. "Anyhow, yes... the twins are terrifying but fun and just what I need..."
[OOC: Note to anyone interested Jules and Ruth will be moving the adventures on Starbase to a holodeck]
[Transporter Room Hallway - USS Athena]
"Mmm-hmm" Ruth nodded in agreement. "And thanks for the reminder... paperwork... uck!" she pulled a mock face of hatred. "See you later my favourite engineer!" she said running a finger down one of his antennae.
She turned to go, then turned back, remembering something. "Look, thanks for today, the twins adore you and I needed someone...there. I'm still not right by a long shot because seeing the twins is a double edged sword. I love them but it reminds me of all that I've lost, and trust me, they wouldn't have hugged you when we left if they didn't like you. Also they would have messed around even more...but I needed the fun, and I needed someone there to hug me when we'd done in the courtroom. I owe ya. Come find me after shift, if you want we can talk more or watch a movie or hang out in the mess with Ash, and Saya if she wants to tag along."
She planted a kiss on Jules' cheek. "Take care for now, but don't be away from me too long, or I might end up the wet mess that I was before. You do know the twins think we're far more than 'just friends' by the way!" She giggled.
"Anyhow, must dash I need to get out of this bloomin' dress uniform and into my regular one and up to the Bridge. Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"
[Transporter Room Hallway]
Jules shuddered briefly as she ran a finger along one antennae. Damn this woman was touchy feely. He thought he was free until she turned back around. As she spoke, he felt his mind begin to pick up speed again. As she dashed off, he turned to head to his own quarters, as his thoughts began to rumble around. The twins thought something of him, and thought something of his relationship with Ruth. She thought something of it as well.
What did he think about it? Jules thought he was crazy. Then again, he was always crazy. To be honest, Ruth would have made a good Andorian. Emotional, energized, aggressive. If she had initiated things, he probably would have been bondmates with her. Then again, was the current situation so much different? From what he had seen of humans "mating" rituals while on Mars, she had initiated some form of relationship, seemingly romantic in nature.
[Quarters]
Jules wandered into his shared room, noting that his roommate appeared to be out. Any number of reasons why, Jules didn't particularly care at the moment. He changed out of his dress uniform, putting it away to a place where he hoped to not need it for quite awhile. He tugged a new standard uniform on, and sat for a moment.
No answers came to him. To be honest, he had gotten to Star Fleet to get away, to continue doing his work without as much fear of his situation becoming a problem. He wasn't sure that he'd exactly been planning much of a life outside of that.
Jules rose, walking out of his apartment, down the hallway. He thought he heard... a string instrument? Strange. He was tempted to try and figure out who was playing, but tossed the idea. Part of his punishment for his work on the away team was to inventory and adjust the replacement probes they had acquired to replace the ones they'd shot off around Vendii Prime. Jules didn't mind, it would be something to do.
[Cargo Bay]
Jules entered the cargo bay, tool case in hand. The probes were still its original packaging for disbursement. He'd be here for awhile, just unpacking the things, let alone registering them into the Athena system for inventory. Nothing like work to chase away your problems. That, or the Andorian Ale he'd gotten back on the starbase, that worked too.