Life is better at the beach

Posted on 16 Mar 2025 @ 6:00pm by Nesh Saalm & Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeysa Zeror

3,337 words; about a 17 minute read

Mission: Episode 21 - Helix
Location: USS Galileo - Deck 6 - Holodeck 1
Timeline: Md03 1750hrs

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After a not unusual slightly later finish to her shift, a quick meal in the mess hall and a freshen up in her quarters Jeysa redressed into a swimsuit then some light clothing over the top and packed a few things into a small bag before glancing at the clock on her wall. With only 2 small holodecks for sixty people getting more than an hour at a time was unusual she'd gotten lucky today and managed to slip in a two hour spot and she had just the program in mind, as she headed out the door she thought for a moment, it was hard enough as a petty officer to get holodeck time but was even harder for the civilians onboard and there was one the program would be a lot more fun with. "Jeysa to Nesh."

Nesh had just sat down on the small couch in her quarters after a long day of food preparation and now dealing with the feathery menaces who produced a number of tasty eggs daily...along with a prodigious amount of excrement. She didn't even eat chicken eggs! This was all the captain's fault, somehow...Nesh was quite clear about the order. Eggs...she wanted eggs! She punched one of the small pillows in frustration and melted into the couch. What a day.

The chirp of her commbadge interrupted her brief repose. Reaching up, Nesh tapped on it and responded. "What's up Jeysa?"

"I have the holodeck for the next couple of hours, was wondering if you wanted to join me?" Jeysa replied.

"Absolutely. As long as it's not a cooking program or one that takes care of chickens, I'm so there."

"Holodeck one then, 5 minutes." Jeysa said in a highly excited tone. "Bring a swimsuit."

Nesh launched herself off the couch, renewed energy in her step as she traipsed over to her small alcove in the shared space and pulled out her favorite swimsuit and replicated a large, fluffy beach towel. She stripped out of her clothing and slipped into the bikini and then threw a large cover up over it. Not everyone was as easy going with nudity than she was. Better to not overwhelm others' sensibilities, after all.

Once satisfied, Nesh rushed out of her quarters, and almost half-jogged to the holodeck. Time off, and with Jeysa to boot, was not to be squandered. She would make it to the holodeck with a minute to spare, unusual for the normally time-blind Orion woman. "Hiya Jesya!"

"Hey Nesh..." Jeysa said when she heard the Orion's voice calling her name, looking over she almost did a double take, a bluey purple crochet dress (if you could call it that) subtly disguised the similar coloured bikini underneath. " You... I feel overdressed." She added running her hands down the leggings and white blouse she wore.

"Over...dressed?" Nesh chuckled. "You're wearing clothing to cover up your swimsuit, right? So am I. I don't see how you are over anything. There are glimpses of red under your shirt...swimsuit coverup! It looks like we both read the assignment."

"Maybe I am but I'm definitely more dressed than you are." Jeysa remarked. She didn't want to stare at Nesh but found herself doing it for several long moments, the view was great. Forcing herself way she turned to the holodeck control panel. "I'm thinking a somewhat private little beach, somewhere warm with crystal clear calm water..... This one." She tapped the program she wanted. "Program ready." The computer announced and the door opened to a long sandy beach surrounded on three sides in the middle distance by rocky outcrops casting shadows along the otherwise brightly lit sand.

Nesh walked in and looked about the program. "It's nice...reminds me of the waters on Earth." She slipped off her shoes to put her feet into the warm sand.

Doing likewise Jeysa walked along the beach. "I never spent much time on earth but it certain does remind me of some places there." She looked around for a few moments then put the small bag she carried down "I'd say right here."

"As good a place as any." Nesh agreed as she put down her fluffy towel and wriggled her toes in the confection sugar sand. It was a delightful texture. "Earth was something else. Such variety...in all sorts of things. Food, culture, geography, climate...quite heterogeneous."

"That diversity is their strength but also a weakness," Jeysa remarked. "I read a lot about earth history, so much conflict that was because other people were different to them." She huffed. "Here's me talking about fighting on a beautiful beach like this, come on lets go for a swim."

She pulled off the lacy cover up exposing miles of toned green skin along with a simple bikini in the same blueish purple cover as the cover up. It was amazing how realistic a holodeck could feel. If Nesh didn't think too hard, she imagined the artificial warmth on her skin was really from a summer sun. "An excellent idea - Race ya!" Nesh called out, taking off in a sand kicking sprint towards the water's edge.

Though the cover up didn't really live up to its name and cover much of Nesh's body Jeysa still intently watched her taking it off a wide grin on her face as more and more luscious green skin was exposed. As Nesh ran towards the water she knew as still clothed as she was she was never going to catch up to her. "Well you've already won." She called out.

"I know!" She called over her shoulder as she dove into a breaking wave. Nesh surfaced and threw her head back so that her hair poured like liquid behind her and wiped the salt water from her eyes. Jesya still stood in the sand on the beach and was removing her clothing, revealing a bright red one piece swimsuit that was quite flattering to the Trill woman's figure. Nesh swallowed hard. Wow. She had never taken the time to really study Jeysa...she was quite lovely.

Jeysa loved the swimsuit she'd picked, it was extremely comfortable wet or dry, hugged her curves and emphasised the spots around her legs and collarbone. Getting the towel from her bag and laying it on the ground she slowly began to walk towards the water deliberately showing off a little to the Orion. "Hows the water?" She asked as she got closer and closer.

"Huh?" Nesh replied, her brain having malfunctioned momentarily. "Oh, right, the water. Yeah...it's good, Jeysa. Perfect even. Holodecks nail the beach scenes."

Taking a moment at the water line Jeysa wrapped her ponytail up into a smaller bundle before slowly walking into the water, she let out a slight groan of contentment as the water slowly rose up her body, when it reached her stomach she dived under and swam up to Nesh before popping out beside her.

"Almost as good as the real thing." Nesh mused as she dunked herself under the water again and wringing her inky hair out and throwing it over her shoulder. "This is so much better than going back to the mess hall and organizing the spices."

Jeysa watched as Nesh's upper body emerged from the water, the crystal clear water making her green skin glisten. "And the scenery is so much better here."

"I mean...sure." Nesh's eyes ran up Jeysa's exposed body. She noted how the woman's swimsuit hugged her curves in a most attractive manner. "The scenery is top notch...and Jeysa, might I commend you on a most excellent swimsuit choice. It is..." She made a gesture of a 'chef's kiss,' and smiled somewhat self-consciously.

"It's one of my favourites," Jeysa replied and ran her hands down the outfit. "certainly draws the eye doesn't it?" She'd picked it on purpose to draw a particular set of green eyes. "Yours is a great choice too, purple is a very sexy colour and looks great against your shade of green."

"Aww...thanks." Nesh responded as her cheeks flushed in a self-conscious gesture. Oh, she wasn't blind. She knew she had a figure that was considered attractive to others; but to be informed--and by Jeysa--well, it made her feel a little off-balance.

"So is there anything particular in this program to do, or is it just a basic beach scene?"

"It depends, it's a pretty open holoprogram, can just float and enjoy the scenery, get some exercise done." Jeysa chuckled "I could always have a shark show up and chase us back to the shore."

"Oh no sharks, please! This is supposed to be relaxing, not adrenaline inducing." Nesh replied with a slightly nervous laugh. "That's good to know though. I really like the program...and the company is top notch too."

"Close your eyes." Jeysa said and just before Nesh did she disappeared under the water.

"Uh...ok." Nesh belatedly replied, shutting her eyes after Jeysa had dropped under the water. Oh, this was rather tantalizing, wasn't it? Was Jeysa going to do something? Hmm...I can think of something Jeysa could do that I would approve of. The seconds ticked by while Nesh waited in anticipation, and perhaps a mild amount of concern...

Swimming up close to her Jeysa planted her feet on the sea bed then grabbed both of Nesh's legs and before she could do anything she pushed her upwards as far out of the water and as far away from her as she could.

Nesh made an inarticulate sound of mock outrage as she was propelled up and forward before splashing into a breaking wave and rolling a few times in the turbulence before breaking the surface with the side of her hair now peppered with grains of sand. "That's it!" She announced, and dove under the water and swam towards Jeysa intent on reciprocation.

"Oh no you don't." Jeysa said and made a half hearted attempt to flee, wading through the deep water.

Nesh grabbed at Jeysa's legs under the water and pulled her down with her under the surface. Once Jeysa got pulled down, Nesh made a sound in her throat under that water that sounded like a laugh and pushed up off of Jeysa's body to break the surface and then began swimming at a less than stellar space to get 'away.'

Jeysa squealed as she was pulled under the water though she managed to keep enough air to stay under till Nesh let go and she swam back to the surface, seeing Nesh's green form swimming away she set off in pursuit.

An Olympic swimmer Nesh was not, but that didn't stop her from splashing away from Jeysa as she knew there would be pursuit. That was the nature of such games. Oh this was so much fun! She felt like a kid again...

Quickly closing the distance Jeysa got almost beside Nesh and made a grab for her arm, missing just barely she grabbed for whatever she could, grabbing what felt like her hair she quickly let go so not to cause her any pain.

A jerk and a tug and then suddenly Nesh was free again. She broke the surface of the water with a triumphant cry. Such moments of irrational exuberance were few and far between on a starship. She raised her hands and smoothed her wet hair back on her head to get rid of some excess water and looked over to Jeysa...and saw a purple patch of fabric slowly floating away...she slowly looked down and saw that she was missing her bikini top.

"Well...shit, Jeysa. That was some skill."

It took Jeysa a moment to figure out what Nesh was referring to as she blinked water out of her eyes, then saw just what it was. She'd seen Nesh in various states of undress before but never topless, and the crystal clear water left nothing to the imagination. Her bare chest was perfectly shaped in every way you could think of, part of her wanted to turn away but another part wanted to stare, and that part was currently winning. "I apologise," She eventually managed to say. "That wasn't my intention."

Nesh feigned seriousness for a moment before bursting into laughter and swimming after her liberated top. "It's all good, Jeysa - I really don't know how you were able to do it..." She held the top out of the water like a victory wreath. "It's still knotted around the neck. Wow!"

Jeysa joined in the laughing. "I'm not sure how I managed it either, I can't say I'm not glad it happened, the view is fantastic." The words came out before her mind caught up.

Nesh's laugh changed to something a little more surprised. "Oh yeah?" She looked down at her bare chest through the crystal blue water, and then back over to Jeysa. "I'm glad you like it."

'sod it' Jeysa thought, already having more or less admitted she liked the view. "A very nice pair of breasts on a very beautiful woman, what can I say." She smiled slightly sheepishly.

Nesh felt her cheeks warm in a blush. Jeysa thought she was pretty? Why did that bit of information make her feel all fluttery. "Why Jeysa, that's very kind of you to say so. I grew them myself." Slowly, and perhaps with a little bit of theatrics, Nesh began to put her top back on.

Jeysa chuckled and began to move around to behind Nesh, "Here let me help. You know, it is only the two of us here, no need to be overly modest."

Nesh pulled her hair over her shoulder, to give access to her neck and back as Jeysa moved around her. "This is true, however I'm slightly under-dressed for the company, Jeysa."

"Well I think I know a solution to that," Jeysa chuckled again. "Only fair now I've seen yours." She added hoping Nesh would catch her drift.

"Reciprocation is the cornerstone of friendship." Nesh replied over her shoulder before turning around to face her, still sans bikini top. "You shouldn't have worn a one piece..." She mused as she gently reached out and pulled at Jeysa's swimsuit, lowering the strap until it hung loosely off her shoulder, and then doing the same to the other one. "You really do have the most loveliest of markings..."

"Thank you, I grew them myself." Jeysa said echo'ing Nesh's earlier statement as she slipped her arms out of the swimsuit straps leaving it just above her breasts. "Same with these." She took Nesh's hands and moved them to a spot where a short tug would see it pulled down leaving her just as exposed as the Orion before her.

Nesh's mouth went dry with where she found her hands currently. "Stars..." Clearing her throat, Nesh made a small sound and took her eyes off of Jeysa's chest and focused on her face. "Well...turnabout is fair play," and in a quick move, tugged the Trill's swimsuit off of her breasts...and they were glorious. "Guess that makes us even?"

Jeysa made a coy gasp when Nesh pulled her swimsuit down, it caught on her hard nipples for a moment before settling around her hips. She grinned excitedly hoping that this would lead to those same hands venturing elsewhere. "Definitely, not sure I could swim now though without losing the rest of the suit."

"Well, well, well..." Nesh said in a husky cackle. Were they really going in this direction? What had changed...had her small pot mishap in the galley during the systems' knock something loose? She bit her lower lip and reached out to run a finger along the perky slope of her breast in a saucy manner and pushed those questions back in their box.

"You don't need a suit to swim, Jeysa..."

Despite the warm water surrounding them the flesh of Jeysa's breast goosebumped slightly when Nesh's dainty finger ran across it, the first touch of potentially many. "So you're saying I should take the whole thing off?" She asked with a laugh that imparted a little jiggle in her now free roaming chest.

"Jeeze, Jeysa..." Nesh said in a slightly pained sound of voice as forced her eyes to look up to the Trill's face and not her large...ah...tracts of land. "That would be an escalation...is that the game we're playing?"

"I'm certainly having fun with this game." Jeysa remarked. The slow undressing of each other was a lot of fun but she wasn't sure just how far Nesh was willing to go; probably not as far as she was, at least not yet. "Only if you want to continue." She added.

Did she want to continue? Her hormones certainly did. Nesh swallowed visibly. "I...I have had a crush on you since I first met you, Jeysa...and then the pots...and you...and..." Her hormones started booing in disapproval as she took a small step backwards.

Jeysa smiled that finally Nesh had said that she did have feelings for her, though it seemed she was still heavily conflicted, she took a slight step forward and took Nesh's hands. "Hey, it's ok. It can wait till you are certain, and if that never happens, it never happens."

Nesh laughed and took her hands out of Jeysa's and placed both palms against her cheeks. "That's very sweet." She wasn't sure where this cautious Nesh was coming from but it was very confusing. She wasn't a prude by any means, but this felt different. This wasn't a one night stand, and she wasn't just going to be able to ignore her if everything went sideways. Not to be a complete wimp, Nesh leaned forward and lightly brushed her lips against Jeysa's mouth.

When the soft mauve lips of Nesh's touched her own Jeysa immediately leaned into it deepening the kiss, slowly she slipped her arms around her waist pulling the slightly smaller woman closer, smushing their chests together as they shared their first full kiss.

A tropical beach, warm breeze, and now being in the arms of a woman that she had desired for so long...it was really a moment. Nesh angled her head and opened her mouth, urging Jeysa to do the same so she could deepen the kiss with tongue and teeth. She released the hold on her cheeks and one reached behind to take a hold of the back of her neck and other trailed down her neck and shoulder to grip her upper arm.

Feeling Nesh's mouth open a little Jeysa beat her to it and slipped her tongue into the Orion's mouth quickly engaging in a vigorous wrestling contest with fleshy appendage within.

Now this was a holodeck experience. Nesh's eyes closed of their own volition as she leaned into the kiss, advancing and retreating with the movement of her mouth and tongue. Jeysa wasn't a bad kisser, not at all...she only hoped she was keeping up her end of the activity. It wouldn't do at all for an Orion to get called out for bad technique.

Eventually and somewhat unwillingly Jeysa pulled back from the kiss. "I... probably shouldn't have done that," She said. "after what I'd said about waiting till you were certain." Nesh's initiation then energetic returning of the kiss gave her the impression she was into it.

"Oh, I don't know...it was kinda nice." Nesh replied, slowly releasing her hold on Jeysa's neck and shoulder. "Maybe we should do it again, sometime."

"I would definitely like to do this again some time." Jeysa told her, hopefully it wouldn't be too long before they did it again.

The moment had passed, but what a moment! Nesh smiled softly and motioned to the shore with her head. "Wanna go make a sandcastle?"

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Po3 Jeysa Zeror
Captain's Yoeman
USS Galileo-A
[Pnpc Mimi]

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Nesh Saalm
Sous Chef
USS Galileo-A
[PNPC - S'Ers-a M'Lyr'Zor]

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