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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.

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Chapter 1

Hoshi snuggled closer under the covers.  She was so warm, she felt almost like a she was sleeping on a fluffy cloud. She did not open her eyes, wanting to savor this moment as long as possible. I haven't slept in a bed this big since home.

But something was off.  She just couldn't wrap her mind around it. Something hard was lying across her legs.

Her eyes opened at this thought and waited for her vision to clear. It was dark, so it took a minute. When her eyes focused, the first thing she saw was Porthos wagging his tail at her. She smiled and reached out to pat his head. 

"Porthos, how did you get in here?" Wait a minute. This is not my room.

Oh my god!  No, no, no, no, no.

She slowly rolled over and found Jonathan Archer asleep with his leg draped across her.  She leaped out of bed pulling the blanket with her. This rolled the captain right out of his bed. He hit the floor with a THWUMP.

"What the hell…" He muttered and looked across at Hoshi. He stared at her blankly, running his hands through his hair. Then his eyes widened in shock and he said, "Hoshi, what the hell are you doing in here?"

He leaped to his feet, but when he stood he realized he was in his underwear.  He turned red and stuttered, "Can you give me a minute, please?"

Hoshi turned her back, still wrapped up in the blanket. She heard him opening a drawer and a few seconds later he spoke. "I'll ask again. Why are you in my quarters?"

"I don't know sir. I could ask the same of you."

He looked at her in confusion and said, "Ensign, these are MY quarters."

Hoshi didn't appear to hear him.

She looked under the blanket and found she too was in her skivvies. "Can I just have some clothes, sir? I would really like to get out of here."

He glanced around the room and said, "Where are your clothes?"

"I don't know." She looked around the room. "But they're not here now, so could you give me something?"

He reached in a drawer and pulled out a Starfleet Academy T-shirt and some black athletic shorts.  He tossed them to her and turned his back while she dressed. 

"Do you remember how you got in here?"

"No. The only thing I remember is waking up because of something pressing on me."

Archer's eyes widened and it was Hoshi's turn to blush. "It was your legs."

"Alright, this is getting us nowhere. There could be something wrong with us." He walked over to his comm and said, "Archer to Phlox."

"Yes, Captain." Phlox answered in his usual cheerful voice.

"I know it's early but I really need you to meet Ensign Sato and myself in Sickbay."

"I'll be waiting."

Jon grabbed a T-shirt for himself and looked back to Hoshi.

"Come on, Hoshi. Let's see if we can figure this out."

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