"Come on" Alyssa said to Sparks, "Let's go see John and tell him we're headed to Olympus Shipyard".
The beautiful young blonde offered her hand to Sparks and she led her into the Commander's ready room.
"Course laid in and we're on our way Commander!" Alyssa told John, with a mock salute thrown in cheekily.
"Very good XO" John grinned at the playful teenager.
"Why don't we get you settled in to a room" John suggested to Sparks. "This must all seem pretty daunting at the moment".
"You got that right" the culture shocked red-head sighed.
"Ok let's get going" John said, getting up and leading the two girls back out to the bridge "we need to go to our room and change anyway".
"We're going to pack away our combat gear" John said to Calara as he walked towards the elevator. "Are you ok holding the bridge for the moment?"
Calara nodded "I wanted to do some long range scans for pirates anyway" she explained.
"Ok let's meet up for dinner in a couple of hours" John suggested.
"See you in the Officer's lounge!" Calara said, smiling happily as she waved them goodbye.
John, Alyssa and Sparks took the elevator down to the lower deck. The elevator chimed happily and the doors swished opened smoothly.
"That's the Officers lounge through there" Alyssa said to her friend, pointing at the double doors at the end of the corridor on their right.
"Our rooms are all up this way" The beautiful blonde girl said, pointing in the other direction.
The group walked past the playroom and the other empty officers quarters before coming to a halt at the door next to Calara's room.
"You can have this one" Alyssa said. "Decorate it however you like, but please keep it tidy" she requested politely.
Sparks poked her head around the door and looked around the officer's quarters quite amazed. "Wow, this room is huge!" she said, used to a tiny cot bed back at her workshop. She walked in and ran her hand over the covers on the king size bed. "This feels amazing, the covers are so soft!" she marvelled.
"Let us know if you need anything" John said "We want you to be happy and comfortable".
Sparks nodded absent-mindedly, as she walked around the room taking everything in. She couldn't believe how luxurious her new quarters seemed. She felt like she might need to pinch herself to wake up as she walked back to join her new crewmates who were waiting in the corridor.
"Calara sleeps in there" Alyssa explained, pointing at the adjacent room "Well some of the time!" she grinned mischievously.
John looked a bit embarrassed and Sparks stared at him probingly.
"You're really sleeping with both of them?" She asked him with an accusatory tone to her voice, feeling protective of her blonde friend.
John opened his mouth to reply, before Alyssa cut him off. "Yes and if you're lucky he'll be sleeping with you too! Isn't it wonderful?" She grinned, with a cheeky look on her face.
That put a quick end to John's interrogation by Sparks and she blushed bright red with embarrassment.
"I'm sorry Sparks" Alyssa said "I didn't mean to make you feel bad, It's just better if we're all open with each other" she explained. "I promise you, my life has been absolutely amazing since I met up with John and I want that for you too" she said earnestly.
The statuesque young woman enfolded her smaller friend in a comforting embrace. They hugged for a while, with Alyssa just providing reassurance and comfort for her overwhelmed friend. John had a quick thought and Alyssa looked at him and nodded her approval with a warm smile. He disappeared into their bedroom.
Eventually Sparks pulled back from the hug and looked up at the beautiful blonde.
"It's weird, you remind me of my old friend, but you just look and sound so totally different" she said, struggling to explain.
"I'm still me" Alyssa smiled back at her friend fondly.
"Yeah but it's like you've turned into Alyssa Plus. You used to be a bit shy and introverted and only really opened up when it was just the two of us. The way you were on the bridge was amazing!" The redhead went on.
Alyssa tilted her head to the side considering her friend's observation. "Do you like the new me?" She asked quietly.
"You're a bit intimidating, but yeah, I like the new you a lot!" Sparks said honestly.
"Well that's all that matters then" Alyssa said with a grin. "Come on, I need to get out of this armour!" She led her smaller friend into her huge bedroom and then through to the walk in wardrobe.
The redhead marvelled at the opulent luxury of their room and the impressively huge four poster bed. When she followed her friend through the first of the two doors to her right, Sparks eyes were so wide, it looked like they were about to fall out of her head.