Engineering Plans
In Engineering, Trip could already see T'Pol helping Ensign Harris with some schematics he was having trouble with. Today T'Pol looked slightly different than what she had looked like in the past week. Today she seemed more tired and more distracted than usual, like last night gave her a boost of what she already had. Trip walked up to her and Ensign Harris.
"I'm sorry Ensign, could I borrow the Sub-Commander for a moment?" Trip asked.
"Of course." Ensign Harris resumed his work while Trip took T'Pol's arm and dragged her to a dark corner, where no one would see them.
"We need to talk." Trip whispered. The last thing he wanted to do was cause a scene.
"Yes, Captain Archer wants you to relay the core reactor for some 'tuning up', as he put it." T'Pol stated.
"No, about last night." Trip cleared up.
"I really don't think it's the time or place, Commander." T'Pol stiffly replied. No doubt she was trying to be professional, but how to accomplish that after last night seemed hard, if not impossible. On the other hand, this was T'Pol. If anyone could hide emotions, it was her. But, as Trip thought before, today she seemed edgy, a little human almost.
"I told you, it's Trip." He said, smiling.
"And I told you, not while we're on duty." T'Pol's face stiffened. She too had flashes of last night swimming around in her head.
"I don't think that after last night that holds much weight." Trip laughed.
"Perhaps, but we should not speak of it now." T'Pol reasoned.
"When then?" Trip asked. T'Pol always had a way of complicating things.
"Don't we have our neuropressure tonight?" T'Pol asked and Trip grinned. That meant she wanted to see him again.
"Ok. Tonight then, at 2100 hours?" Trip asked.
"That would be suitable." T'Pol answered. With that, T'Pol walked back to Ensign Harris and Trip got to work on that core reactor. On occasion though, they would both look at each other and hold their gazes for a few seconds before getting back to work.
