Malcolm woke to find that Trip had stayed the night sleeping at his
desk; Trip's head lying on the PADD's that Malcolm was reading. They both
had to work the next shift and that was about to change in about 2 hours.
Being an early riser Malcolm tried to get around without waking Trip, but
he was unsuccessful. "How are ya?" Malcolm entire body stiffened. He was
hoping to not discuss this until much later. Malcolm was pleased that Trip
offered to stay the night to make sure that Malcolm was ok. 'I guess any
excuse is a good excuse if he wanted to stay the night here. What are these
feelings that keep popping up?'
"I am very good thank you for asking. I on the other hand have some questions for you." Trip slightly taken back by the sudden turning of the tables "Uhhh... ok ask away." 'God were is this going?' Trip wasn't ready to be questioned by Malcolm and was horrified. "Trip why did you spend the ENTIRE night? To simply make sure that I was sound asleep would have sufficed." "I was worried abou' ya. You just let lot of skeletons out of yer closet." Trip now knew that Malcolm knew the truth. The was no more hiding it form him.
"Commander I was not born yesterday. You might want to try lying to someone who cannot read you; I however can. Trip was now caught so he had to fess up to Malcolm about the truth. "Malcolm... ever since we nearly died in shuttle pod one; we got to know each other, I dunno abou' you, but I fell in love with ya."
Malcolm had just heard something he never thought possible; someone loved him! No one apart from him mother ever said that to him. No one ever really tried to love him; they would just run off. Trip was the only one who ever tried to get to know him and not run away. "Command- Trip I don't know what to say. This isn't something I never began to piece together, but I was just never sure." "That is probably my deepest secret; not even Jon knows. Malcolm tell me that you love me. Tell me that it ain't just me." Taken back by the request Malcolm sat down on his bunk. "Trip... I fell for you too. I just wasn't sure if you... would ever love me." Malcolm said in a whisper.
"Of course I love ya! I can't imagine bein' a day without ya." This for both men put them at ease. Then the message appeared. "Oh Mal ya got a message don ya wanna open 'er up?" "Sure." "Well... it seems that Jon want a senior staff meetin' and that repairs are startin' back up on the next Alpha shift." "Bloody hell! He has the worst timing!" "Can't argue with ya there." They both then proceeded to get ready for the meeting. "I suppose you can't tell me what Captain Archer told T'Pol and you about our situation?" Trip thought for a second before answering. "If he don't tell ya at this then I'll tell ya later ok? 'Cause you, Travis and Hoshi aught to know." "Know what?"
Both men nodded in agreement then took the nearest lift to the bridge. There they all went to their stations waiting for the Captain to arrive. Not eve a minute later did Jon come onto the bridge. He then proceeded to order all the none senior staff off the bridge. Something was wrong and the rest now knew it.
"Is everyone here?" A second pause was observed as he counted to make sure everyone was present. "A couple hours ago we received a message from a ship unknown to us or the Vulcan database. We are still working on deciphering it. The fact that we received a message is reason enough to resume repairs. This time there will be NO double shifts. Does anyone agree to this? Yes? The next thing is that I think Malcolm, Hoshi and Travis should have an understanding of what's going on.
Malcolm's complete attention was now on Captain Archer. He was waiting for this; Hoshi and Travis both looked at each other with interest. "Just before the massive outage hit the ship; T'Pol took several unusual readings of a ship approximately half a million kilometers away. I firmly believe that they are responsible. Once they knocked the ship cold we were scanned then that was all we know. There was been no attempts by the ship for communication until now. Hoshi, T'Pol I want you two to work on deciphering it. Malcolm, Trip you two work in Engineering and the Armory. Travis I want you on the bridge in case something goes wrong. I'll work n the sensor relays. Dismissed."
A/N: This is probably just for me but I plan to finish my story. I just realized that I had my reviews set up that someone had to sign it, I'm not that good so I turned it off, so let me know
"I am very good thank you for asking. I on the other hand have some questions for you." Trip slightly taken back by the sudden turning of the tables "Uhhh... ok ask away." 'God were is this going?' Trip wasn't ready to be questioned by Malcolm and was horrified. "Trip why did you spend the ENTIRE night? To simply make sure that I was sound asleep would have sufficed." "I was worried abou' ya. You just let lot of skeletons out of yer closet." Trip now knew that Malcolm knew the truth. The was no more hiding it form him.
"Commander I was not born yesterday. You might want to try lying to someone who cannot read you; I however can. Trip was now caught so he had to fess up to Malcolm about the truth. "Malcolm... ever since we nearly died in shuttle pod one; we got to know each other, I dunno abou' you, but I fell in love with ya."
Malcolm had just heard something he never thought possible; someone loved him! No one apart from him mother ever said that to him. No one ever really tried to love him; they would just run off. Trip was the only one who ever tried to get to know him and not run away. "Command- Trip I don't know what to say. This isn't something I never began to piece together, but I was just never sure." "That is probably my deepest secret; not even Jon knows. Malcolm tell me that you love me. Tell me that it ain't just me." Taken back by the request Malcolm sat down on his bunk. "Trip... I fell for you too. I just wasn't sure if you... would ever love me." Malcolm said in a whisper.
"Of course I love ya! I can't imagine bein' a day without ya." This for both men put them at ease. Then the message appeared. "Oh Mal ya got a message don ya wanna open 'er up?" "Sure." "Well... it seems that Jon want a senior staff meetin' and that repairs are startin' back up on the next Alpha shift." "Bloody hell! He has the worst timing!" "Can't argue with ya there." They both then proceeded to get ready for the meeting. "I suppose you can't tell me what Captain Archer told T'Pol and you about our situation?" Trip thought for a second before answering. "If he don't tell ya at this then I'll tell ya later ok? 'Cause you, Travis and Hoshi aught to know." "Know what?"
Both men nodded in agreement then took the nearest lift to the bridge. There they all went to their stations waiting for the Captain to arrive. Not eve a minute later did Jon come onto the bridge. He then proceeded to order all the none senior staff off the bridge. Something was wrong and the rest now knew it.
"Is everyone here?" A second pause was observed as he counted to make sure everyone was present. "A couple hours ago we received a message from a ship unknown to us or the Vulcan database. We are still working on deciphering it. The fact that we received a message is reason enough to resume repairs. This time there will be NO double shifts. Does anyone agree to this? Yes? The next thing is that I think Malcolm, Hoshi and Travis should have an understanding of what's going on.
Malcolm's complete attention was now on Captain Archer. He was waiting for this; Hoshi and Travis both looked at each other with interest. "Just before the massive outage hit the ship; T'Pol took several unusual readings of a ship approximately half a million kilometers away. I firmly believe that they are responsible. Once they knocked the ship cold we were scanned then that was all we know. There was been no attempts by the ship for communication until now. Hoshi, T'Pol I want you two to work on deciphering it. Malcolm, Trip you two work in Engineering and the Armory. Travis I want you on the bridge in case something goes wrong. I'll work n the sensor relays. Dismissed."
A/N: This is probably just for me but I plan to finish my story. I just realized that I had my reviews set up that someone had to sign it, I'm not that good so I turned it off, so let me know
