A/N: sorry.. No shippage in this chappy… But personally I think it's kinda funny (I can't take credit for this one though.. Bec wrote this whole scene… So on the other hand, if it sucks… which I don't think it does… you can also blame her)
Chapter 33
"I was walking down the corridor to the turbolift when… when I turned the corner and… And…" stuttered a very flustered Hoshi Sato. "I saw something I shouldn't have seen…" she trailed off.
"What?" the Captain asked, getting impatient with his communications officer. Hoshi had called the Captain five minutes ago, saying that she had something urgent to tell him. But now that she was here, she couldn't seem to get it out. "Ensign." The Captain said sternly when she hesitated again.
"Yes, sir," Hoshi said, regaining her composure. "I turned the corner and saw them…" she trailed off again as her palms began to sweat. She was indeed getting more nervous by the second.
"Them? Them who?" he asked her, very frustrated by her nervous stumbling.
She didn't want to get anyone into trouble, but she also knew her responsibility to tell the Captain. "Trip and T'Pol!" she spat, not even worrying about saying their ranks. She started to breathe more quickly, clearly nervous. What wasn't clear was why exactly she was nervous.
The Captain was very bewildered. "So?" the Captain asked, ignoring his normal diplomatic responses and instead simply spitting out the first thing that came to his mind. He was truly confused as to way she was so nervous about this. Trip and T'Pol were together all the time. He toyed with the thought that Hoshi had been replaced by an alien imposter, but stopped himself before he could laugh or smile about it.
"They were… or rather, he was… or… Maybe I shouldn't be here," she said, turning around to leave.
"Hoshi!" The Captain said, loudly and sternly in a both questioning and commanding voice. "Just tell me! You can dart out of here as soon as you're done."
"Captain, do I have to?"
"Consider it an order."
Hoshi sighed. She didn't want to do this. She hated doing things like this… things that betrayed her friends. But she knew this was the right thing to do. Or, at least, she hoped it was. "Well… I turned around the corner and…."
"And?"
"And I saw…"
"Just spit it out, Ensign!"
"He was kissing her!" she shouted before she could back down again.
The Captain relaxed his face, not comprehending at first what the young woman had said, being simply relieved that she had finally finished what she had come to say. He couldn't quite figure out what she'd said at first, not to mention why she thought this was such an urgent matter. It wasn't until he sat back and thought for a moment that it suddenly dawned on him. He jumped out of his seat like a madman. "The Vulcans!" he shouted in shock. At this, Hoshi only nodded.
"Can I go now, sir?" Hoshi asked impatiently.
"Yes. You're dismissed," he told her absent-mindedly, not really focused on anything but his own thoughts now. He just sat there for a few minutes, trying to decide what to do. So many questions and hypothetical situations went over and over in his head. If the Vulcans found out about this, what would they do? What could he do?
It wasn't for at least a half hour of thought and contemplation that he finally stood up and walked to the comm panel near the door. "Archer to Commander Tucker," he said, trying to hide the fear, anger, and disappointment in his voice.
"What is it, Cap'n?" the younger man's voice said over the comm.
"Get up to my ready room, Commander. Now!" he said sternly before immediately switching off the comm. He didn't want to hear the engineer's protests. He had to speak with Trip in person… no matter how much he was going to dislike the conversation.
A/N2: ok.. This chappy was actually written before we wrote the last few chappys… sot eh writing quality isn't as good.. But I hope you enjoyed it… we felt like it wouldn't be ENT without a nervous Hoshi scene.. ::wink:: ;-).. Nah, we like Hoshi… she's redeemed herself (in Minefield)
oh yeah.. also.. sorry about the short chappy.. i've been REALLY busy this week and this is all i have time to type this week... i was gonna type up another chappy but i don't have time this week... sorry...
Chapter 33
"I was walking down the corridor to the turbolift when… when I turned the corner and… And…" stuttered a very flustered Hoshi Sato. "I saw something I shouldn't have seen…" she trailed off.
"What?" the Captain asked, getting impatient with his communications officer. Hoshi had called the Captain five minutes ago, saying that she had something urgent to tell him. But now that she was here, she couldn't seem to get it out. "Ensign." The Captain said sternly when she hesitated again.
"Yes, sir," Hoshi said, regaining her composure. "I turned the corner and saw them…" she trailed off again as her palms began to sweat. She was indeed getting more nervous by the second.
"Them? Them who?" he asked her, very frustrated by her nervous stumbling.
She didn't want to get anyone into trouble, but she also knew her responsibility to tell the Captain. "Trip and T'Pol!" she spat, not even worrying about saying their ranks. She started to breathe more quickly, clearly nervous. What wasn't clear was why exactly she was nervous.
The Captain was very bewildered. "So?" the Captain asked, ignoring his normal diplomatic responses and instead simply spitting out the first thing that came to his mind. He was truly confused as to way she was so nervous about this. Trip and T'Pol were together all the time. He toyed with the thought that Hoshi had been replaced by an alien imposter, but stopped himself before he could laugh or smile about it.
"They were… or rather, he was… or… Maybe I shouldn't be here," she said, turning around to leave.
"Hoshi!" The Captain said, loudly and sternly in a both questioning and commanding voice. "Just tell me! You can dart out of here as soon as you're done."
"Captain, do I have to?"
"Consider it an order."
Hoshi sighed. She didn't want to do this. She hated doing things like this… things that betrayed her friends. But she knew this was the right thing to do. Or, at least, she hoped it was. "Well… I turned around the corner and…."
"And?"
"And I saw…"
"Just spit it out, Ensign!"
"He was kissing her!" she shouted before she could back down again.
The Captain relaxed his face, not comprehending at first what the young woman had said, being simply relieved that she had finally finished what she had come to say. He couldn't quite figure out what she'd said at first, not to mention why she thought this was such an urgent matter. It wasn't until he sat back and thought for a moment that it suddenly dawned on him. He jumped out of his seat like a madman. "The Vulcans!" he shouted in shock. At this, Hoshi only nodded.
"Can I go now, sir?" Hoshi asked impatiently.
"Yes. You're dismissed," he told her absent-mindedly, not really focused on anything but his own thoughts now. He just sat there for a few minutes, trying to decide what to do. So many questions and hypothetical situations went over and over in his head. If the Vulcans found out about this, what would they do? What could he do?
It wasn't for at least a half hour of thought and contemplation that he finally stood up and walked to the comm panel near the door. "Archer to Commander Tucker," he said, trying to hide the fear, anger, and disappointment in his voice.
"What is it, Cap'n?" the younger man's voice said over the comm.
"Get up to my ready room, Commander. Now!" he said sternly before immediately switching off the comm. He didn't want to hear the engineer's protests. He had to speak with Trip in person… no matter how much he was going to dislike the conversation.
A/N2: ok.. This chappy was actually written before we wrote the last few chappys… sot eh writing quality isn't as good.. But I hope you enjoyed it… we felt like it wouldn't be ENT without a nervous Hoshi scene.. ::wink:: ;-).. Nah, we like Hoshi… she's redeemed herself (in Minefield)
oh yeah.. also.. sorry about the short chappy.. i've been REALLY busy this week and this is all i have time to type this week... i was gonna type up another chappy but i don't have time this week... sorry...