It was so quiet. The only sound on the bridge was the tapping of her fingers. It was her turn to man the engineering console on her ship. Her mother had long since given up trying to get her daughter to be assigned to another duty.

//I sure am stubborn .// she thought to herself. She could be on the day shift in engineering, or cooking duty, or even learning how to pilot the ship. But noooo. She had opted for the quiet, dull night shift. She had her reasons. One, she had time to think. Two, no one was here to poke fun at her. Sure, it was true, the way she obsessed about being the outcast seemed almost paranoid, at least that's what her mother said. So did Pa'El, her half-sister. She sighed aloud at the mention of Pa'El. Pa'El must be the *most* annoying Xryllian on the ship. A classic sister, well, half-sister.

Just then, a beep emanated from her console. //Great. Just what has to go wrong on the night shift!// She quickly isolated the problem. //Ohh Aisha (A/N: Crap in Xryllian).// she thought. //This is *way* more than a simple conduit malfunction.// she groaned.

~*~

"Any luck?" asked Trip as he joined Jon for dinner.

"None so far. How are you holdin' up?"

Trip sighed. He had really been hoping they would have found Ah'Len's ship by now. "Fine, I guess. I don't sleep very well, and it's hard to stay concentrated."

"Are you still dreaming about her?" Jon asked between mouthfuls of food.

"Yeah. Oh, I learned her name! I could hear someone calling her in the background ."

Jon waited a moment, then spoke again. "Am I going to have to guess it?"

"Oh no, sorry! I guess my mind wandered off."

Jon chuckled slightly. "Tell me when it comes back."

Trip smiled. "Gee, thanks! Maybe your Chief Engineer *won't* be able to repair the video system." He gave Jon a sly grin.

Jon held up a hand. "Hey, that's serious. You don't want to get between me and my water polo!"

The two men laughed together, then went back to their dinner. Trip toke a bit of his chicken, then spoke.

"It's Kah'Li. Her name, I mean."

"Kah'Li." Jon said, repeating it. "It's a pretty name."

"Yeah. I thought that myself." replied Trip.

They continued their dinner, making small talk untill Trip excused himself. "It was a great dinner Cap'n.

I've got to go get me some sleep or I'll never get up in the morning!"

Jon laughed then replied, "Goodnight Trip"

Trip responded over his shoulder as he left the room. "'Night Jon."

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