As Hoshi checked them into the Bellwether she heard a woman's sultry voice call out "Malcolm".
Turning Hoshi saw a gorgeous tall statuesque red head throw her arms around Malcolm, the red head then preceded to kiss Malcolm senseless, Hoshi watched in shock as Malcolm returned the hug and the kiss with enthusiasm.
That smug bastard no wonder he didn't want me coming with him. How dare he, that son of a bitch kissed me in the cab like there was no tomorrow and now he's trading tonsils with that, that Hoshi couldn't come up with a invective for the woman who had Malcolm laughing. Feeling slightly nauseous she turned back to the counter where her friend Tasha waited, "It seems I made an error, I will require another room."
Tasha hearing the pain in her friends voice came around the counter, "Don't worry Hoshi, we'll take care of everything." She walked Hoshi toward the bank of elevators that were discreetly hidden along one wall; Tasha placed a key card into Hoshi's unresponsive hand.
As the door of the elevators close Hoshi saw Malcolm throw back his head and laugh, Malcolm who never even cracked more than a small smile the whole time she had known him.
/"Ok Hosh, looks like you found yourself another one, I should have listened to Liz when she was trying to tell me about his love 'em and leave 'em reputation, But no I have to see something beyond that."/ Hoshi kept muttering to herself as she rode the elevator up to the top floor. /"Why in the hell did she have to be tall and built like she had torpedoes on her chest"/ Hoshi glanced down at her adequate but not elaborate chest//"Don't worry girls one day we'll find a man who adores you"/
Hoshi shook her head as she exited the elevator into a beautiful entrance way, which she didn't notice, determined to hang onto her anger instead of giving into the pain she was feeling as her heart broke Hoshi strode over to the liquor cabinet.
/"Let's see what have we got, hmm Wines California White, Bolivian Red, Champagne – nope don't want that- ahh here we go, what's this Andorian Ale, perfect goes with the mood, now to run a hot bubble bath."/
Stripping out of the clothes her sister and Pierre had put her in she kicked the skirt across the room, grabbing the bottle by the neck Hoshi crossed the sitting area into the bath room, Huh, you could fit my whole cabin on enterprise in here Hoshi thought as she turned on the water to fill the huge tub with hot water and without looking she grabbed a bottle of bath gel and poured it into the bath.
Malcolm was surprised and pleased to see his old mate from Starfleet Intelligence Billie Nichols striding across the Bellwether lobby. In her usual exuberant way she enveloped Malcolm in a hug, he knew she would not let go until he hugged her back so he returned the bone-crushing hug. Malcolm was taken by complete surprise when she initiated a tonsil-cleaning kiss; he managed to finally untangle himself from the hug to ask "What are you doing here?"
Billie grinned, "I threatened to light the old man's shorts on fire if he didn't let me attend so I could watch Judi's speech on weapons' and tactics'."
Malcolm laughed at the image Billie drew, he knew her well enough to know that she would have done something like that if she hadn't gotten her way. How she had managed to get away with the things she did Malcolm could never figure out, the stern faced admiral who headed up the SIC would never have taken anything like that from him.
With an arch look Billie asked, "So who is that mouth watering bit of a woman you came in with, who if I am not mistaken is wearing the jacket you once threatened to cut my hand off if I so much as touched it"
Malcolm threw back his head and laughed, "Back off KitKat," he laughingly warned, "that mouth watering woman is my friend Hoshi Sato"
"Hmm, judging by your tone of voice," Billie purred as she dropped her eyes to Malcolm's crotch, "and other things, cause I know damn well that aint for me, she's more than a friend Ice." Laughing Billie threw her arm around Malcolm's shoulder, "Alright I'll back off," her tone said for now, "C'mon have a drink with Judi and me."
Malcolm started to refuse, "If your worried about your friend I saw her get into the elevators a minute ago."
Malcolm felt a pang of regret, he wanted to introduce the woman he loved to his best mates, Fuck, did I just, yeah I do love Hoshi, I am royally fucked Malcolm thought, and did what every man has done since the dawn of time when he realized he loved a woman, he ran.
Malcolm was so astounded by the revelation he did not even notice the arm that Billie had slung around his shoulders, something that normally pissed him off to no end. It was bad enough that most men were taller than he was but Malcolm really hated to have Billie rub in the fact that in heels she stood over six feet tall.
"I'd love to have drinks with you and Jude KitKat, lead on McDuff" Malcolm and Billie walked across the lobby and out the doors. Both blissfully unaware of the young woman who was crying her eyes out upstairs into her Andorian Ale and pineapple scented bubble bath.