Confrontation:- Jp between Becca and Andy

Who: Amber, Jay
Where: Jays office
When: The morning after the party
 
Jay shielded his eye's from the dazzling light of his office as the door slid open, the lights weren't even on but the few measly specks of light coming from the stars that could be seen through the large window was enough to cause Chrysler discomfort in his current post-alcohol state, Amber was already here, following the order Jay had issued before the party last night to be in his office at 0900. That was stupid, he should have made it 1300, give him chance to get rid of this sodding hangover. "Lets make it quick Amber, I have a headache and I don't like being here on a saturday"
Amber looked almost as bad as Jay did. Dark glasses covered her eyes, her skin was pale and she shook slightly.
"Yes Sir" She said shakily, her voice quiet.
 
"If I ask you a question" Jay asked, pausing to neck back a pint glass of water to try and re-hydrate his alcoholically dried out body, "Can I count on you to be honest with me?" he finished
"Of course..." said Amber, Jay was one of the few people she didn't have an attitude with lately, he'd always been cool with her, and lets face it he was cute!
Amber put her hand on her stomach in a vain attempt to stop it churning. She hadn't had chance to take another dose of Bliss, it was in her flight suit, and her flight suit was hung up in the locker room. Also she'd had a security guard around her all day. She was suffering withdrawal.
"Whats got into you lately" Jay asked, "Just weeks ago you were one of my best pilots, now, you've been well frankly, youve let me down"
"You saying I've 'forgotten' how to fly?"
"No..that was Dean, I'm saying you've got the skills, but your mind obviously isn't on the job anymore"
"Yea well..." Amber wasn't about to tell Jay she was a Bliss freak. 
"What do you want me to say? 'I'm sorry Jay i'll sort myself out right away'?"
"Under normal circumstances that would be exactly what I'd ask" Jay said "But right now I want the truth, youve never lied to me before Amber, so tell me"
Amber looked at her feet "So I screwed up a couple of times?! Dean does it all the time!"
"Its not just that, Alota tell's me youve been giving her AND OTHER crew members attitude"
"SO?! Im a teenager! It's what we do. Give it a rest. If your gonna make me fly the Canarie's shuttle for a week then do it." Amber's stomach did a summersault. She couldn't shake off the feeling Jay was making her confess though.
'I musn't crack up' She thought to herself.
"I was hoping you'd be as honest with me as you used to be Amber" Jay said
"But I'm sorry, I had too many suspicions to let this lie"
He reached under his desk and pulled out somethignt hat he threw on top of it.
"What the hell are you doing with my flightsuit?" Amber yelled.
Jay cringe,d clutched his head and gestured for Amber to lower the volume, he was still suffering.
"As chief navigation officer I can order an inspection on any flight equipment if I feel the need to do so...care to tell me what THIS is?" he said pulling out a small plastic bag from one of the suit's pockets.
Amber went paler than she had been.
"Oh god no..... You can't tell anyone!... I... It's..." Tears sprung to her eyes. It had to be Jay who found out first didn't it.
Jay felt bad for her, he walked around his desk and placed an arm over her shoulder. "Amber,,,as your commanding officer I SHOULD report this..."
Amber said nothing, just sobbed into her hands. "But you're not just a member of my staff, you're my god-daughter, and I also consider you a friend, I care about you, and I dont wanna see you're life ruined by something like this"
She shrugged his hand off her shoulder and sniffed.
"So what are you going to do about it?" She moved to take the stuff from Jay.
Jay pulled it away and waled away from Amber, where he locked the Bliss in the safe that was normally used for locking Mini-Phil in. "Well one thing I'm NOT gonna do it let you have this back Amber, like I said I DONT wanna see you ruin you're life"
He walked back to her. "I won't tell anyone about this, not Tara, not Phil, not even Alota, but you have to promise me you'll clean up ypur act, stop using this stuff"
"Why should I?" Amber said defiantly
"Becuase until you do, Im revoking you're flight privileges, and cutting you off the payroll, I can;t have my pilots abusing this stuff, EVEN EFOF HAS MORE SENSE FOR GODS SAKE! in short Amber" It actually pained Jay to say this "...you're fired"
 
 
Anger flared up inside Amber, how could he do this to her?
 
"I thought you understood, for a moment I even thought you cared. Now I really have lost everthing." She walked out of the office before Jay could stop her, and ran off down the corridor
He caught up with her, and stepped across in front of her. "Can't you see it's because I DO care that I'm doing this, do you think I'm gonna sit back and watch while you destroy yourself?! This stuff's illegal for a reason! IT KILLS PEOPLE! and if I let you fly using this stuff you could end up killing Dean or Efof or Rio or anyone else who's flying with ya!"
"What the hell do you care!? Your just another one of them! Now excuse me, I have things to do." She stepped into the turbo lift.
Jay watched the doors hiss shut then yelled "SMEG!" at the same time as he punched the nearby wall..hard. He told himself he'd done the right thing, told himself that he'd done the professional thing told himslef he'd done the best thing for Amber on a personal level.
It didnt make him feel any better
 
 
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