I kind of 'stole' this idea from a Voyager episode, but it definitely won't be the same. Reviews are appreciated of course, lol. Hope you like! :)

"So," started Travis," How are you doing?"

"What do you mean?" asked Hoshi.

"How are you doing being away from Earth so long I mean. Gettin' homesick yet?"

"Not exactly... But there is someone I miss a lot. What about you? How are you doing?"

"I'm okay I guess. I never really had that much family on Earth to begin with, but I really miss my ship."

"Your ship?" Hoshi smiled.

"You know what I mean. I miss my sweet spot. I miss playing games in the cargo bay."

"Well, if you'd like, we can go play in the cargo bay after our shift is over. Of course, you might want to ask the Captain first. He probably doesn't want his favourite helmsman to get too dirty before supper," she laughed.

Travis gave a small chuckle just as the Captain, Trip and T'Pol walked onto the bridge.

"What happened?" asked the Commander," What'd I miss? Who made a joke?"

"You didn't miss anything important," Travis replied," Hoshi was just demeaning me again."

"You deserved it. Play in the cargo bay," she giggled.

"Well we did! Do you want me to track down my ship and ask my Dad?"

"Why Travis! That sounds like a fantastic idea! Go for it."

"Don't think I won't ensign," he joked.

"Did you just try and pull rank on me? We're both ensigns!"

"Yeah, but I sit closer to the Captain's chair. That gives me more authority."

Hoshi began to laugh. "You are so full of it."

"Well let's ask the Captain then. What do you think sir?"

Archer smiled at his young officers. "Well," he began," I'm inclined to agree with Hoshi on this one. You are pretty full of it."

Everyone, excluding T'Pol, laughed as they finally turned back to their stations. It'd been awhile since Hoshi had been able to laugh again. There were times when she would've done anything to see him again. Him begin Ravis of course; the handsome alien she'd met on Risa. God how she missed him. She longed to be held in his muscular arms. She yearned to have a conversation with him in his native language. Two days and two nights. That's all they had together. They knew it couldn't last forever, but God did she wish it could have. It was so unfair!

'We could've had something really special,' she thought to herself,' Why did it have to end so fast?'

"Hoshi!" she heard a voice scream. She glanced over to see Travis, Trip, Archer, T'Pol and the rest of the bridge crew staring at her with worried faces.

"What? What is it? Is there something in my hair or something?"

"No," replied Trip," Not exactly..."

"Well what is it? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

T'Pol got up out of her chair and walked over to the frightened ensign. "Perhaps you should accompany me to sickbay."

"What? But I feel fine. Will someone please tell me what's going on here before I lose my mind?"

"Ensign," started the Captain," You're... glowing."

"Glowing? What are you talking about?" she questioned. Glancing down at her hands, she quickly understood. Her skin was changing colours rapidly.

"Ensign," continued T'Pol," Please come with me to sickbay."

Hoshi rose out of her chair and followed the Sub commander onto the turbo-lift. What was happening to her?

~

"Well I must admit, in all my years practicing medicine, I've never seen anything like this," Dr. Phlox commented as he paced around the sitting Hoshi.

"Can you stop it?" asked the Captain.

"I'm not sure... Ensign, do you have any idea of what may have caused this?"

"No. Nothing that I can think of. I mean, I was just sitting on the bridge, thinking about-"

"Here's that duty roster you wanted Cap'n," said Trip as he walked through the doors to sickbay.

"Oh, thanks Trip."

"Still glowin' huh Hoshi?"

"Guess so," she replied.

"Now, before we were so rudely interrupted," Dr. Phlox glanced at Trip," You were saying?"

"Well," she began again," Like I said. I was just sitting at my post, thinking about... someone, when all of a sudden I heard Travis scream my name. That's when I realized my hands were glowing."

"Who were you thinking about?" the Doctor asked.

"Ummm.... no one important. Does it really matter?"

"Every small detail could have some significance ensign. Now, who were you thinking about?"

Hoshi shifted her gaze over to the Captain and Trip. Did they really need to be here when she told him these things?

"I was thinking... I was thinking about someone I met on Risa. A man."

"All right, that's a start. Now can you recall your exact thoughts?"

"I was just thinking about how much I miss him."

"Perhaps this man that you met on Risa infected you with something," suggested the Captain," Did you two share any drinks or any food?"

"Well... we shared something all right," she whispered, beginning to blush.

Trip could tell she trying to avoid the question. "What's going on Hoshi? Did this man hurt you or something?"

"What? No!" she replied, standing up," Of course not."

"It's okay ensign, settle down. What did the two of you share together?"

She sighed as she made her way to the other side of the room.

"Hoshi?" the Captain persisted," You have to tell us what happened so that Dr. Phlox can help with your treatment."

"We... shared a wonderful experience together."

"I'm still not understanding," stated Trip," What kind of experience did you-"

"SEX!" she shouted," We had sex, okay?"

There was a look of pure shock spread across the three men's faces. Hoshi was the last person they'd expect to have done what she'd done with a stranger. An alien stranger no less.

"What?! YOU had sex on Risa?!" Trip asked bewildered.

"Yes! All right? I met him during dinner the first night we got there. He was trying to teach me his native language. We had a few drinks, and one thing just lead to another."

"You! Of all people?!" he continued," Here I am getting tied up in my underwear, and you're off- I can't believe it!"

Dr. Phlox motioned for Hoshi to sit back down on the bio-bed. "That was a very dangerous thing to do. He could have infected you with a very deadly disease for all we know."

"I wasn't exactly thinking about potential dangers when it happened Doctor."

Archer cleared his throat and straightened his uniform. "Can you treat her?"

"It would help if I knew more about this man. What was his name?"

"Ravis," she sighed," His name was Ravis."

"He was a total stranger Hoshi!" continued Trip," What were you thinking?"

"What do you care? This isn't any of your business Commander."

"She's right Trip. You can leave now. Thanks for the duty roster."

"But Cap'n-"

"You can leave now Commander. I'll talk to you afterwards."

"Fine," he huffed, as he walked back through the doors he'd abruptly came in from.

"Do you remember what his race was called?"

"No... But he told me he was going to work on a ship near a system of planets a few light years from Risa."

"All right. I'll have Travis set a course to the closest system to Risa. Don't worry Hoshi. We'll figure this out."

"I hope so," she replied," Captain? I never meant for any of this to happen..."

"I know you didn't Hoshi. I know."