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She eventually returned behind the bar, satisfied but somewhat guilty that she had broken her one week smokeless streak. Again, she began serving so as to finish the last couple of hours of her shift. As she did, Rhonda came up to her to tell her something, getting close to her face only to stand back a little.
"Doreen," she said in a tone of disgust, "you were smoking. You were doing so good too."
Doreen only sighed, "Yeah I know. Nerves again. I'll see Dr. Tenaka tomorrow about it."
Rhonda then smiled a bit and whispered in her ear as Doreen poured, "I think he likes you," insinuating the man who gave her the toy.
Doreen shrugged, "Well, that's nice. I'm just not wanting a relationship anytime soon. Besides, it's the first time I've seen him before."
With that, Rhonda left to make her rounds to include another round for Chris and Jeremy.
For Doreen, it was getting late and fatigue was setting in. She just wanted to finish shift, get to her quarters, loosen up, take care of her son and get some sleep herself. As that time grew closer, she was growing visibly more uncomfortable as her body knew feeding time was getting close. She would finally leave with an arm over her chest, he leather overcoat obscuring the sight slightly as she quietly walked out and into the restricted part of the ship where crew quarters were.
As for the rest of the lounge, it was the usual buzz. The baby grand piano on a small stage was getting prepped for an evening pianist.