Ryan had been hiding out in his quarters
all day. He sat in his darkened room listening to some of the past recordings
he had made. He was interrupted by Kira's voice.
[Kira, to Captain Evans]
"Go ahead Commander" Ryan said with a sigh.
[Captain, Lieutenant Wnag and McMillan have reported back in from their survey of the planet] Kira's voiced announced.
"Thank you Commander." answered Ryan.
[Captain, they have found heavy deuterium deposits on the planet. Could be a useful place to stock up.]
"Yeah sure... see that it's done."
[Captain..? Are you not going to come and organise it?]
"You can handle it can you not?"
[Well... yes...]
"Then do it! Ryan out"
Ryan picked his pencil back up and scribbled a few more things onto a rather scrappy piece of paper that had been worked on and worked on and had who knows how many scribbles and crossings out everywhere. He then fiddled around with his newly replicated guitar. It wasn't long before he got a rythm going and started trying out some different chords. He stopped, and jotted them down on the paper. PADDs weren't much good for writing songs, and Ryan preferred using good old fasioned paper for this.
He hummed it over a few times making sure that everything would work. Played it through on his guitar a few times with the words to make sure everything was right. He could handle the song writing, but his voice wasn't the best for singing, so he was always very conscious about recording songs and getting them right. Finally, he decided he was ready and began to play.
"Computer, begin recording."
He nervously began to play the intro, but soon got more confident as he began to sing the song he had just created.
How many times will it take,
Before we're together?
How many one night stands,
Do we need?
You say that you love me,
Well I love you too, dear,
Why can't we sod it all?
And do things our own way?
Why should we let ourselves,
Be dictated too.
We should control our lives,
And our destinies...
Ryan often write songs about how he was feeling. His recent time with Karissa had inspired him to write this one.
How many times will I look,
Into your dark eyes?
How many times will I say,
Hey, I love you?
I want to be with you
Everynight and day!
Just be there to hold you
And say everythings ok...
Why should we let ourselves,
Be dictated too?
We should control our lives,
And our destinies....
Why should we let
ourselves,
Be dictated too.
We should control our lives,
And our destinies...
I want to be with
you
Everynight and day!
Just be there to hold you
And say everythings ok...
Let's get to together
for a day.
Go somewhere nice.
I just want to hear you say,
I need you.
You say that you love me,
Well I love you too, dear,
Why can't we sod it all?
And do things our own way?
"Computer, save recording in
my personal database as 'Let's do things our own way'." Ryan put his guitar
back on its stnad and left his quarters. *Time for a walk at Bosherston* he
thought as he headed for holodeck 2.