Sheridan had just finished the painting she was doing for Po'Em. She looked up, saw Brian and called out to him. He looked surprised to see her and they shared an awkward moment, before he agreed to join her. They walked. Sheri needed to know how Brian felt, about her, about them, together. Tears started to form in her eyes and her voice caught as the words found their way from her heart to her lips. Tears welled up in his eyes and she saw her pain mirrored in his eyes. Why did love have to hurt. Sheri gently brought the topic back to the other love they shared, art. Brian agreed to take a vacation into one of their paintings but first Sheridan asked if he would paint her. Brian had started painting women in his clothes again while aboard the Whale. Sheri didn't know this until he handed her his jacket. She took it and he led her to the pool, sat her on the diving board and then set up at the other end . Po'Em came in watched for a moment, turned and left closing the pool to everyone else. When he finished he brought it over for Sheri to see . It was 11X12" she could hardly be seen. She asked if she could have it or if he wanted to keep it. Brian kept it.
She felt like a secret, was she Brian's secret? Sheri asked if she could paint him, he agreed, Lifting his shoulders in that familiar shrug and nodding his head. She would save this promise for another time. They left the Whale and headed for their(vacation).