Shakedown #82"
By: cmdr Jim Hawkins, Co, [NPC]
Teilani Dane, Chief Medical Officer, [PC]

Stardate: 58204.01 1330

Qul Tuq (promenade)

Teilani was on the station for some days now and still she was impressed by the sheer size of it. When fully occupied Qultuq could easily have about maybe 1,000 people on board not to mention those who were on route to another destination.

Teilani was curious how her 2 patients were doing and decided to pay them a visit after she had picked up her dress from the tailor shop. She never cared much for dresses and in her childhood her father always called her his little wildcat. But sometimes you have to indulge yourself, Teilani thought as she entered the tailor shop.

"Welcome, welcome, Dr Dane," Yousef said smiling and rubbing his hands. "Come to pick up your garment yes? Yes, it is all finished yes, maybe you would like to try it one on more time yes"

Teilani stepped into the fitting room and slipped on the dress, as she came out of the fitting room she saw more than just a professional look in Yousef's eyes. "What is it?" Teilani said with an icy voice. "Stop staring at me."

"Forgive me," Yousef said, while a little drizzle of drool ran along his chin. "I've never seen such beautiful woman, yes quite beautiful. Maybe yes, you would like to join me for drink later yes?"

"Not in your lifetime," Teilani responded, shaking her head, while looking in the mirror. Ok she admitted he was right the dress was stunning, made out of a seagreen fabric which corresponded with her green eyes, small shoulder bands, nothing revealing and yet very sexy. Teilani went back into the dressing room and changed back into her uniform. "Wrap it up please," she said as she gave the dress to Yousef, who kept looking like her if she was the last woman on Mars.

Teilani became irritated. "One more look tailor guy," she hissed, "and I will make you eat this dress."

The threat of it made Yousef back off and in a short while he came back, with the dress wrap in a tightly need package.

After Teilani had handed him the required latinum she was glad to leave the shop and getting away of Yousef's prying eyes.

There was so much to see and to do on the station, Teilani enjoyed herself so much that she did not look where she was going when suddenly she bumped into a man.

All her purchases dropped onto the floor and while she blushed and hastily tried to pick them up she mumbled, "I am so sorry Sir, I did not see you, are you hurt??"

"I'm fine thanks," he said, smiling at her and helping her pick up the things she dropped.

As she looked up, her green eyes stared into brown ones. She saw the fine lines around them, lines of laughter, worriers and much more. In an instance, Teilani thought he wanted to kiss her, there was some sort of attraction between them. Teilani broke the silence as she said, "Again I am sorry sir." She stuck out her hand. "My name is Teilani Dane, doctor on board the USS Zion."

"Commander Jim Hawkins," he said, shaking her hand. "Commander of Qul Tuq. I see you're making the most of your shore leave," he added.

"Very nice to meet you Commander," she said smiling back at him. "True, I've never been on a station this big and who knows when you ever get the chance again." Teilani desperately tried to keep the packages in one hand, gosh she though I feel like a teenager. Get a grip girl.

Teilani blew a strand of her red hair out of her face as she continued. "I do not want to impose but I would like to make it up to you, especially because of that." Teilani pointed towards 2 big dirty spots on the otherwise very clean uniform of Commander Hawkins. She hesitated for a moment. "Maybe you would like to have dinner with me tonight, nothing special, and perhaps you can tell me a bit more about the station."

He looked at her for a moment, putting one of the packages back into her arms. "Sure, that'd be nice," he said. "Nineteen hundred hours, at Quark's. See you then?"

"Ok Nineteen hundred hours, it is" she responded, "see you then", then she turned and walked away.

As she was walking back to her quarters, thoughts kept racing through her mind, would cmdr Hawkins be able to tell her more about the destruction of the Kittyhawk, might he have an idea who was behind it? She surely hoped so.