Ash: I met Rigel's gaze, smiling back. The song ended and i began a new one, Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, changing the strumming to match the new rythems (sp?). "When i see your smile, the tears rolling down my face, i cant, replaaaaaaaace, and now that im strong i have figured out, how this world turns cold and embracing my soul, and i know i'll find, deep inside me, i can be the one. I will never let you fall, i'll stand up with you forever, i'll be there for you through it all, even if saving you sends me to heaven. Its okay, its okay, its okaaaaaaaay. Seasons are changing and waves are crashing and stars are falling all for us. Days grow longer and nights grow shorter, i can show you i'll be the one....." i saing softly as i played. Finally that song ended as well. "Any requests, or d'you wanna do something else?" i asked.
Riker: Why couldnt i shake this feeling? It followed me wherever i went, the urge to find out what was wrong and FIX IT. I couldnt make sense of it. It was totally irrational. Why should i be bothered by a reaction? I shouldnt be, but it was driving me crazy. I needed to think. I leaned back against the hallway wall and sank to the floor, knees up, elbows resting on ym knees, hands clasped behind my neck, head lowered. What the hell was this feeling and why was it refusing to leave? Even seven thousand + years of emotional regulation could not control it. Somehow this girl's reaction had pierced the strongest walls of ice around my heart, shattering the cold numbness i lived in and making me actually FEEL something for the first time in a long while. I wasnt sure i liked it, and i sure as hell had no idea how to deal with it.