Part VII: Hoshi
Travis was in the turbolift when I got in to return to my quarters. He gave me his trademark grin, after staring at my get-up for about twenty minutes. The man had a LOT of white teeth. A LOT. That's right, Travis, stare away, tell me how hot I am, because I am HOT. Malcolm certainly thought so.
"Lookin' good, Hoshi," he teased.
See! Hotness!
"Thanks! It's my day off." I smiled happily at him, trying to show a lot of my white teeth too. Probably not doing as well as he was, though.
"Really? Think you could do me a small favor?"
"Of course!"
Because I am hot, I am on fire, I am--
"Could you take this to down to the armory and give it to Lieutenant Reed? He's not expecting it till noon, but I finished the specs last night and I think he would probably want it ASAP...Hoshi? Hoshi?"
"Whaa?" I stopped listening when he got to the part about Lieutenant Reed. Death by Chinese water torture would probably have been less torturous than my day off. And it was only 0700! I felt my lip pout and tremble. Was I really too old to throw a tantrum? Couldn't I just pretend I was five again and start wailing about the total unfairness of my life? Couldn't I?
"Errr, you know what, that's okay. You don't have to, really!" Travis said, his happy display of teeth gone, probably wondering what the hell he did to make me on the verge of sobbing my heart out.
No! "No!" I said, yanking that padd out of his hand. Malcolm Reed wasn't going to get the best of me. No sir! "I will deliver this to him! Personally! Face to face! Man to...woman! Because I rock damn it!"
Travis moved progressively farther and farther away from me, unsure what to make of my rabid mood swings. The door opened just as he took another step back. He fell on to the deck of the bridge with a loud thud, wide eyes blinking at me.
"Don't worry, he'll get what's coming to him," I stated with such supreme confidence that it had to be true.
"Ok," he said, nodding slowly at me, as if a sudden movement would set me off again. Heh. I grinned at him. This time, I totally had more teeth showing than he EVER did.
Travis was in the turbolift when I got in to return to my quarters. He gave me his trademark grin, after staring at my get-up for about twenty minutes. The man had a LOT of white teeth. A LOT. That's right, Travis, stare away, tell me how hot I am, because I am HOT. Malcolm certainly thought so.
"Lookin' good, Hoshi," he teased.
See! Hotness!
"Thanks! It's my day off." I smiled happily at him, trying to show a lot of my white teeth too. Probably not doing as well as he was, though.
"Really? Think you could do me a small favor?"
"Of course!"
Because I am hot, I am on fire, I am--
"Could you take this to down to the armory and give it to Lieutenant Reed? He's not expecting it till noon, but I finished the specs last night and I think he would probably want it ASAP...Hoshi? Hoshi?"
"Whaa?" I stopped listening when he got to the part about Lieutenant Reed. Death by Chinese water torture would probably have been less torturous than my day off. And it was only 0700! I felt my lip pout and tremble. Was I really too old to throw a tantrum? Couldn't I just pretend I was five again and start wailing about the total unfairness of my life? Couldn't I?
"Errr, you know what, that's okay. You don't have to, really!" Travis said, his happy display of teeth gone, probably wondering what the hell he did to make me on the verge of sobbing my heart out.
No! "No!" I said, yanking that padd out of his hand. Malcolm Reed wasn't going to get the best of me. No sir! "I will deliver this to him! Personally! Face to face! Man to...woman! Because I rock damn it!"
Travis moved progressively farther and farther away from me, unsure what to make of my rabid mood swings. The door opened just as he took another step back. He fell on to the deck of the bridge with a loud thud, wide eyes blinking at me.
"Don't worry, he'll get what's coming to him," I stated with such supreme confidence that it had to be true.
"Ok," he said, nodding slowly at me, as if a sudden movement would set me off again. Heh. I grinned at him. This time, I totally had more teeth showing than he EVER did.