Disclaimer – If I could claim Star Trek as my own I would
Earth date February 22nd 2215 – London, England
T'Shea gathered her thoughts as she prepared to comm her cousin Salas. The evening before her friend Rachel stormed into her office and started to rant about him, with each word her Caribbean accent got stronger and stronger.
"A where e tink e be, e tink dis be Orion. Me na hopen me legs for jus any han hanybody. Shay you best your tell your kin dem, na talk to me. De nex time me go bus im lip.*
*(Where does he think he is, Orion? I don't sleep with just anyone. Shay please tell your relative not to talk to me. The next time I will punch him in the mouth.")
It took some effort for T'Shea to concentrate on the meaning behind her words. After telling her to take a deep breath and speak slower, Rachel eventually told her about the incident which angered her.
"Greetings Salas," T'Shea decided to get straight to the point. It was the Vulcan method after all. "You have offended Rachel. Why did you approach her in that illogical manner?"
Salas raised his eyebrow, T'Shea was not a believer of Vulcan logic or at least not the interpretation accepted by the majority in Vulcan culture. But he had to admit living on Terra for 27 years gave her a major understanding on humans, especially female humans.
"My approach was not illogical, her response was," replied Salas
"Explain," T'Shea demanded
"I researched human courting practises on the Terran global nets. There were many sites of video representations. I reviewed the popular ones. 'Debbie does Derrick, Dallas and Denobula', 'Wanda likes Orion wands', 'The Interspecies guide to joyous sex', The Karma Sutra explained for Non Terrans', 'How to get Terran pussy". Although the latter had nothing to do with capturing feline young."
T'Shea had to refrain from letting out a sigh. No wonder Rachel was so as she called it 'pissed'. Salas had used chat up lines from popular but sleazy porn sites, added to whatever myths Vulcans believed about humans and sex, no wonder Rachel 'cursed him out'.
"I will tell you something about the sites you visited and Rachel in particular. If you are experimenting with human sexuality out of curiosity the words you use might be effective on some females, humans or otherwise, especially the ones that will charge you for the privilege of copulation. However Rachel is not one of those females, besides being an excellent business associate she is also my friend. What are your intentions?"
Salas honey coloured ears turned green as he realised the great error he had made.
"I ask forgiveness, Krie T'Shea" he bowed his head in reply.
"Your intentions Krie Salas, the parents of Rachel consider me as family. In their eyes I am like an older sister."
"I am overwhelmed T'Shea. I see her face when I meditate, I hear her voice in my mind and it brings me inner calm. I do not desire to see her with another. It is the shan'hal'lak".
Well thought T'Shea that changes things. No Vulcan, especially male would use such a phrase lightly. However she doubted their clan matriarch would be so accepting. Poor thing was in love and did not have a clue how to get his girl. She would help him. After all since his spouse died he had not shown any interest in anyone else. If things worked out, having Rachel as a cousin by marriage would solidify their friendship even more.
"I will send you more acceptable reading material to aid you, read them well before you engage with Rachel." T'Shea instructed.
Fourteen days later, March 2215, Tokranite restaurant, The Shard, London
Rachel looked around the turbolift as they approached the top floor restaurant of the Shard building. Wow she was impressed, this place was hard to get into, you normally had to book many weeks in advance. She wondered if Salas used Shay's connections in the business to get a table.
The Tokranite restaurant called 'Triple Trouble' had a cheeky name but a classy reputation. It was jointly owned by one of the Tokranite diplomats and their Human male spouse. Opened back in 2200, its speciality was seafood but it had a lot of vegetarian choices as well.
Rachel was glad she accepted Salas apology and invitation to dinner. He had not put a foot wrong so far since his moment of temporary insanity as she liked to consider it. He had sent her a beautiful bouquet of lilacs, (her favourite flowers), a bottle of Chateau Picard 2195 (expensive stuff), a basket of the juiciest mangoes she had ever tasted and a box of Belgian chocolate truffles. And now here they were going to eat in a top restaurant. She wondered if Shay had given him some tips, if so he was learning pretty fast. At first she wondered if he was still expecting 'multiple sessions of copulation' after dinner just like your average human male. However Shay had given her assurance his intentions were honourable ones and to give him another chance.
The door of the turbolift opened as they arrived.
Salas held out his hand as he invited her to step inside. Rachel stepped inside as she looked around. The place was empty, dark but romantically lit by candles. In the middle of the restaurant was a dining table and servers waiting to serve. As she looked around she could see that all the flowers in the room were lilacs and the music playing in the background was beautiful, ancient, classical jazz.
The greeter at the door approached them, "Good evening Mr Salas and Ms Maxwell, please step this way."
"Where is everyone?" asked Rachel.
"I have booked the restaurant for the evening. We will not be disturbed by other patrons," replied Salas
Rachel looked up at him speechless. He was really trying to impress her and he was being successful. She knew their clan were not short of credits but to be in a position to do this. Wow, just Wow!
If Salas kept this up and if things got better between them it would not be long before she was demanding 'multiple sessions of copulation' from him!
AN: The Shard is the tallest building in Europe. I doubt it will keep that honour in 2215, but I hope it will still be standing!
Until then, keep sending those reviews.
Vulcan spoken in italics