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This here is my favourite episode, His Way, written from Odo's POV. Enjoy!
"You're nobody till somebody loves you. You're nobody till somebody cares"
Doctor Bashir's new hologram, Vic Fontaine, was certainly a good singer, but the lyrics of his song bothered me slightly.
"Now you may be king, you may possess the world and its gold;
Gold won't bring you hapiness when you're growing old"
Ha! I wouldn't grow old for a long time and I really don't care about gold and riches. I looked around; at the front of the room, on the stage, was Mr. Fontaine and the band, singing to the audience sitting on tables scattered around the room. All of them, except for my friends and I, were dressed according to the time period, Earth's 1960's I think. I searched for my friends with my eyes and found them. Sitting at a table close to the back of the room were Doctor Bashir and Chief O' Brien, listening intently to the music. The chief seemed to be having some trouble not looking at some of the women in the room. Standing behind them were Worf and Dax, he looking bored, and his wife moving in time to the music. Unconciously, I began doing the same, and, out of the corner of my eye, saw Major Kira glance at me and smile. I have to admit that at that my "heart" for want of a better word, gave a somersault inside my chest.
Abruptly, the music ended, and suddenly the doctor was calling over Mr. Fontaine so that he could introduce us. Once that was over with, we discovered that he knew he was a hologram, he confused us with some Earth 60s lingo, and displayed an uncanny sense of perception. This last he displayed by knowing, after a single glance, that Dax and Worf were married, and that the chief missed his wife, not to mention the trouble he was having with the women in the room. Then he turned to Kira and me and said:
"And as for you two..."
I tensed, and Kira's smile disappeared. We were both wondering the same thing; What if Mr Fontaine just blurted out my secret to the others? It wouldn't be so bad now that Kira knew, and Dax also knows, or suspects, but as for the others I wasn't so sure. Only two other people knew it. All this was running through my mind in that split second before the singer suddenly changed his mind and told us to forget he'd said anything and I was able to relax.
We left the holosuite and headed downstairs to Quark's, wher the doctor asked us if we wanted to return the next evening. Worf and Dax said yes just as I expected, he mostly to please her. Then Kira said,
"Count me out. I'm leaving for Bajor in the morning"
That was normal, so I though nothing of it, at least until Dax said,
"Oh, that's right. Say hi to Shakaar for me...Sorry!," she added, seeing Kira's look.
I stood frozen, wondreing what this could mean, wondering if Kira and Shakkar were getting back together, and remembering the pain of the first time. I wondered why she hadn't told me, then kicked myself, why would she tell me,now that she knew how I felt about her, how much it hurt me to hear all the details of her romantic life? However, it hurt more to hear about it like this, and to know that Dax had only mentioned it by accident.
After they and Worf left, I stood listening to Bashir and O'Brien discussing Vic Fontaine, who'd apparently given the doctor some advice to help him romance an ensign. That got my attention. What if Vic Fontaine could help me get Kira to see me as more than just a friend? What if he could give me enough courage to finally ask her out on a date? I listened intently to their conversation and resolved to think some more about it.
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