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When I completely formed and stepped off the platform, I noticed there were four people, standing in front of me a Vulcan woman and three men. One of which, caught my eye immediately; he was tall, dark hair and his face was set in a serious tone, nonetheless he was gorgeous. Though none of them looked remotely like they could be the Captain Archer I was thinking about;

The good looking man stepped forward, with a warm inviting smile and said

"Good morning Captain Robinson, I am Captain Jonathan Archer and these are my senior officers: my Science officer Sub-Commander T'Pol; Chief Engineer Commander Charles Tucker, who we just call Trip, at this he turned to Trip and smiled and last but not least; Armory officer Lieutenant Malcolm Reed"

"Thank you very much for this opportunity Captain Archer, I look forward to getting to know you and your crew." I smiled genuinely into Archer's eyes. He is not what I expected, he is so courteous, and gorgeous a small voice in the back of my head spoke up, but I quickly shook that thought out of my head.

"Please, Captain, call me Jonathan" he smiled as he reached down and picked up my bags.

"Thank you Jonathan, and please call me Rachel."

"I'll show the captain to her quarters" he dismissed the other officers

It was silent in the turbo lift on the way to my quarters

"You are not what I expected at all" I said breaking the silence, he looked at me puzzled so I added, "You are the most courteous, and I hope you don't mind me saying this, handsome Captain I have ever met." He turned around and smiled.

"Thank you Rachel, and on that point, you can't have met very nice people along your way"

"Well, no not really, every ship I have been on where the captain is male, I get downtrodden straight away, just because I am a woman and apparently in the words of one of my Vulcan friends, I'm "physically appeasing" so I have every man who talks to me acts like they are expecting something at the end of it, if you get my drift." I gave an exasperated half smile

Jonathon who was still looking into my eyes said "Well without sounding like those other captains, I can vouch for that fact"

The turbo lift doors opened and he let me step out first. I furrowed my brow in confusion.

"Vouch for what exactly Jonathan?"

"That you're physically appeasing," he smiled again at me as he stepped in front of me and led me down the hall way towards my quarters. I was dumbfounded, this Captain, who I first thought I was going to hate, turns out to be the most gorgeous, kind man I have ever met. I am going to enjoy my time here, I thought, as I followed Archer down the corridor.

"Well this is it, I hope you like it. If you need me, I'll be in my quarters which are just down the hall" He said as he showed me inside the room. I thought he was going to turn and leave, but he just stood there not knowing what to do next.

I smiled inwardly at a dark thought that crossed my mind of me, Jonathan and my quarters.

"Anything else Captain?" I smiled at him playfully

"Oh I'm sorry, just fazed out for a moment there," he turned to leave before looking back at me again, "You are welcome to attend dinner in the Captain's mess at 1900 hours, just us and the senior officers. Just a special little introductory dinner, get you further acquainted to me and my officers, see you then Rachel" he smiled at me as he continued his way out of my room.

As soon as he had gone I fell into the nearest chair, a deaf person could have picked up the emphasis he placed on the fact that I would be getting further acquainted to him. It's just your imagination Rachel; you want him so you think he wants you too. Ignore it. The thought crossed my mind I conceded to the point; it was most likely that was the case he is probably already married with kids. I was just lying there absorbing my thoughts on Jonathan when…

Buzz (my doorbell)

"Enter." A young man with wavy light brown hair stepped into my quarters; I recognized it was Commander Tucker the Chief Engineer.

"Good morning Commander Tucker, what can I do for you?" I smiled warmly at him, hoping to gain another new friend today.

"Call me Trip ma'am if you wish, I was here just to mention something on an unofficial basis, that is, if you haven't already noticed"

"Yeah sure Trip, take a seat" I eyed him warily as he gingerly placed himself down across from me, wondering what he was going to say. But I could tell he seemed awkward about saying it, this further entrenched my curiosity.

"Well ma'am" he started, when I interrupted

"Rachel, call me Rachel" I hated formalities only using them when absolutely necessary

"Yes Rachel, well, um, okay, this is about Cap'n Archer, he has been talking about your arrival, non-stop ever since Admiral Forrest said you were coming, that we were all sick of it, no offence,"

"None taken" I replied, with a slight smile on my face, it seemed that my brain was wrong this time about him.

"Well, to be frank, by now, despite the fact you have only been here for two hours; you would have picked up, the fact that he is interested in you. He just came to me not 5 minutes ago, saying you hated it when other male captains used to hit on you, so he's worried that he will fall in the same group. Everything he does is in the best of intentions, he would never ever in his whole life take advantage of anybody just for personal gain, trust me on that one"

Before I responded to what Trip said, I studied Trip, thinking how lucky that Archer is to have an officer who is also a friend.

"Well you can let Jonathan know that those Captains weren't as good looking, or as nice, and off the record those other guys were complete sleaze bags, if I remember my 20th century terminology correctly." I sat back smiling to myself, thinking Jonathan was already beginning to grow on me.

"That's what I told him Rachel, you know giving him the benefit of the doubt, but he panicked and locked himself in his office demanding to be left alone.

Beep Archer to Trip

"Excuse me a moment" he pressed the comm. button "Trip here what's up Cap'n?"

"Where are you at the moment?" Trip grinned

"I'm in Captain Robinson's quarters just having a little chat, getting better acquainted" he winked at me, and it was all I could do to keep from laughing. Archer sounded like he was panicked

"Trip, I need you back in engineering I hope Trip wasn't disturbing you too much Rachel." I smiled at Trip before I replied

"No, its okay, he is quite interesting to talk to." and closed the comm. link and Trip and I both started laughing,

"That will get him thinking" Trip said after he stopped laughing.

"Yes, I'm sure. Well thanks for dropping by Trip and thanks for the information" I winked at him "Just let him know what I said okay."

"Sure thing ma'am, see you tonight at dinner" Trip said as he turned to walk out of my door.

I sat back down in my chair and sighed, this could not have gone off to a better start, I said to myself, as I fell into a dreamy sleep…

I sat bolt upright in my chair, looking at time on the wall 1800 hours. Great! I'm going to be late! I got up and fixed myself up and walked down the corridor and turned right down the next corridor, subconsciously aware that I was going to go past Jonathan's door, when, all of a sudden, I was stopped in my tracks by someone standing in my way

"Excuse me – " I started to say as I looked up to look the person in the eye, when to my surprise I noticed it was Jonathan, he must have heard me come up the corridor.

"Good evening Jonathan, I was just on my way to –" I stopped speaking as I was distracted by the fact that Jonathan had stepped even closer to me pushing his legs against mine, forcing me to go backwards until I hit the wall

"I could not wait to see you again," he said looking deep into my eyes searching for the affection that was beginning to surface

"I didn't know anyone really missed me…" I said seductively, noticing that his face inched closer to mine every second

"Ohhh you have no idea" he said as his lips crashed on to mine pulling them into a deep passionate kiss, It made me feel weak at the knees but I responded with just as much fervour. He pulled back my hair and gently kissed my neck when all of a sudden he stopped and started calling "Captain? Captain?"…