Pretending

Writers: Paula, Eimi
Date Posted: 29th November 2010

Characters: Aileyan, U'kaiah
Description: U'kaiah and Aileyan try to keep things normal in a Wing meeting
Location: Dragonsfall Weyr
Date: month 11, day 17 of Turn 5
Notes: Mentions J'nev

"All right, unpleasantries first. The transition between the first wave
and the second _must_ be smoother tomorrow, or we will have to stay late
for extra drills. Some of you looked a little distracted out there."
U'kaiah made sure not to look in Aileyan's direction. He had noticed it
mostly between her and her partner, probably because he himself was
rather distracted. His eyes kept searching for the greenrider, despite
his efforts not too.

Aileyan knew the rebuke was aimed for her. She was moping and didn't pay
enough attention to what was happening around her. Kjarliheth had had
more than once pull her out of her gloomy thoughts. She knew she had to
pull herself back together.

"Also, bronzerider J'nev has said that a beastcrafter has complained to
him that the sweepriders are flying too low and are scaring his herd.
When I contacted him, the beastcrafter also mentioned that one of his
herdbeast went missing a few sevendays ago. Remember, poaching is never
allowed. We have plenty of meat for our dragons right here. If any
evidence is brought to my attention of one of my riders stealing, I will
take appropriate measures." U'kaiah couldn't help but fix the younger
rider with a stare. It did not escape his notice that J'nev had ridden
that sweep several times over the last month, and after the way he had
meddled in his affairs, the Wingleader couldn't help but hope some
evidence would come to light so he could give that little bastard a
piece of his mind!

Aileyan was found it quite nice to see J'nev squirm for a while.

It took some effort to push his rising annoyance with the bronzerider
out of his mind. "On to better news. As you might have heard, Medya
will be coming back into the wing tomorrow after the birth of son. She
will drill with us a couple sevendays before she returns to fighting
Thread, of course, but we will need to catch her up on the changes in
the wing."

Medya? Had it been that long, Aileyan wondered. She had moved out of the
wing due her pregnancy when she had first gotten involved with U'kaiah.
And now she had a son. Aileyan hadn't realized that they have been
together that long. Oh, shards, those first nights... she bit her lips
and tried to look nonchalant.

"So, would there be any volunteers from her line who might be willing to
catch her up on the formations?" U'kaiah's eyes scanned the line,
looking for a volunteer. His gaze met Aileyan's for the briefest of
moments before he purposefully snapped his head back to look at the
front once more. He hadn't felt so awkward around a former lover as he
had been feeling the best couple days.

Aileyan wondered is she should volunteer, but she didn't like Medya, she
was nosy and loud.

Luckily she was quickly saved by another greenrider in their line.
"Thank you, M'cil."

Flipping through his notes, he changed topics. "Right. We have a
reminder that the Hatching is coming up, and you are asked to keep in
mind the fact that while it is a time for celebration, please do not
make unwanted advances towards married women. And if you find them
making advances towards you, make sure you take it elsewhere. We
certainly don't want any upset husbands or wives. There are plenty of
partners to choose from, so just keep that in mind."

That made Aileyan wonder if U'kaiah would get jelous seeing her making
advances towards some married man? Or even unmarried, or any man?
Probably not, she reflected, he was weyrbred and thought it was normal.

"Any questions?" He looked around the group, though he was careful not
to catch Aileyan's eye again.

Aileyan shook her head so that her braid swung.

Since there were no questions, U'kaiah decided it was time to let his
Wing go. "Good. Medya, if you come with me to my office I'll get you
those wing formations. The rest of you are dismissed."

Aileyan got up quickly and left. At the door she stopped to look back at
him. ** oh, get a grip of yourself, girl,** she scolder herself.

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