They walked down the corridor, passing a half dozen doorways. They checked a few of them and found them to all be identically furnished and comfortable. When they got to the end of the corridor, they were in for a surprise.

“That's odd" John said, as they reached the blank wall where the door to the X0‘s quarters should have been. Shrugging, he turned towards the Commander's room and touched the wall mounted panel next to it, causing the door to swish open quietly. They walked inside and flicked on the lights.

“Wow! this place is amazing!" Alyssa gasped, shocked.

The other officer's rooms had been Large and comfortably furnished, but in a minimalistic military sort of a fashion. It was as though they were built to some faceless bureaucrats specification and duplicated thousands of times throughout the fleet.

This room however had obviously been refurbished very recently. It was opulently Luxurious in its design, with a magnificent four poster bed dominating the huge room. There were two doors in the right hand wall and the couple took one each. John took the furthest one and found a large and roomy bathroom which featured a big shower and an enormous bath, all beautifully finished.

John heard an excited gasp from his young lover and she poked her head around the door. "John, you have got to see this!" she pleaded. He smiled, nodding and walked back to join her. Alyssa suddenly took notice of the bathroom.

“Ohh that bath looks amazing!" she sighed happily before tearing herself away reluctantly.

The excited teenager led him through the adjacent doorway into what was effectively a massive walk-in wardrobe. There were clothes rails along each side with well placed mirrors in the middle that allowed someone to see themselves at all angles. At the end of the room were extensive, wall mounted weapon racks.

John narrowed his eyes, a growing suspicion forming in his mind. Whoever designed all this seemed to know them very well indeed. After looking around for a while, playing with the fixtures and fittings, they walked back into the master bedroom. They were momentarily surprised when the room lights dimmed and a holographic recording sprung into life in front of them. It was Vice Admiral Charles Harris.

"I hope you like the ship John" the distinguished figure smiled amiably. "I'm sure you don't mind, but I took a few liberties with the design of your room. I hope I didn't misjudge your relationship with your Executive Officer, but I suspect I haven't" he grinned mischievously.

“She's Lovely John, you deserve someone who makes you happy. Consider this a tiny payback for the big debt I owe you." The older man saluted respectfully.

“Thanks John and all the best for the future". The room lights returned to the previous levels and the hologram disappeared.

“Wow, what was that about?" Alyssa asked, her curiosity peaked.

"I saved his life in a bad situation a long time ago. I told him he should forget it" John said, as his hand waved it away.

“Well I'm glad he didn't, he has amazing taste!" Alyssa replied as she ran her hand over the wonderfully soft bed covers.

“I can't wait to be ravished on here later" she smiled at John coyly. John darted forward scooping her up in his arms, before throwing her on to the middle of the bed. Her musical laughter echoed around the room as he leapt on the bed to join her. She looked up at him giggling happily as he Laughed along with her. They kissed and then hugged each other tightly.

Abruptly Alyssa‘s laughter died and he looked down to see what was wrong.

"I'm worried John" She answered his unspoken question. "I didn't think it was possible to be this happy and now I have so much, I'm worried it might all go away".

The young girl suddenly looked small, scared and vulnerable and John had a flashback to the frightened waif that had stowed away on his ship all those weeks ago. He held her close to him.

“Don't worry honey, this is your Life now. It will take a little while to get used to all these changes, but you will. You're allowed to be happy” he said to her reassuringly.

Alyssa looked up at him, her eyes welling with tears “I Love you John” she said earnestly.

“I love you too Alyssa" John replied warmly.