Star Trek Enterprise- Malcolm & OC

Chapter 5: Accompany Her To Her Room

It got more and more empty until it was only Jonathan, T'Pol, Malcolm and me.

Hoshi and Travis had been the first to leave, then Phlox and after him Trip.

I have had a few glasses of wine by this point and yawned widely which made Jonathan laugh in admiration
"You're still the cutest" he exclaimed and pressed me into his chest

"Malcolm, would you mind bringing her to her room? I believe she is tired" I leaned into his chest and closed my eyes, enjoying his closeness, I always felt safe around my brother.

"Of course, Captain, our rooms are next to each other anyway" Malcolm willingly agreed.

Jonathan pushed me away on arm lengths and pressed a kiss on my forehead
"Good night sweet sister" he said
"Good night Jon" I replied and pressed a little kiss on his cheek.

Malcolm offered me his arm to keep me steady and I wrapped my arm around his. Jonathan watching us walking out, I had very good hearing, so I heard him saying

"They look so good together, don't you think T'Pol?" Jonathan had a few drinks in him, so he didn't really realise what he was saying
"They're colleagues, what else?" she simply said.

The door closed behind us and I let go of Malcolm's arm
"I can find my room by myself"

"The Captain asked me to accompany you and that is what I intend to do" he said not looking down at me. I knew there was no point in arguing, he had an order and he is going to fulfil this order.

There was an awkward silence for a while until we were between the doors of our rooms, he looked a little nervous
"What is it Lieutenant?"

"Would you mind coming for a cup of tea into my room? There is something I would like to clear up, I cant seem to work properly and get my mind together" he asked, I nodded and he opened his door for me, while he had typed in his passcode I had looked away.

He motioned for me to sit down on his bed while he went to get us some tea from the cafeteria. I looked around, there were some pictures of his family. His parents looked very strict, but his sister was absolutely beautiful. I noticed the little window he had, so I stood up and decided to look out until he came back.
He had never asked me what tea I wanted. I thought to myself.

After 5 minutes he was back again. He had typical English tea but for me he had brought some peppermint tea, I furrowed my eyebrows
"How did you know this was my favourite?" I asked

"I didn't, I just assumed that nearly everybody likes it" he put the tea down on his desk

"Nice view isn't it?" looking back out of the window I felt him stepping next to me

"It sure is" he said but when I looked at him, he looked back at me.

Did he mean Space or me?

"So, how can I help you? What did you want to talk about?" I walked back to his table, sat down on the chair and took the cup and sipped on my tea. Suddenly a chill came over me, it was quite cold in his room, he noticed and reached towards a fleece blanket and handed it to me. Putting down my cup, I wrapped the blanket around me.

He walked over to me and leaned against his table

"I wanted to apologize once more. I might be your superior, but you are the Captains sister and I assume you will reach the rank of Lieutenant yourself very soon, so, you would be my superior" he tried to explain but I put the cup down and stood up abruptly.

"You know Lieutenant Reed; I hate being called 'the Captains sister' all the time. I am my own person and IF I reach the rank of Lieutenant, we will be equal. Even though we are already equal." I worked myself up again, this was always a very touchy topic for me and to be honest I wasn't in the mood for this kind of conversation.

"Please, please call me Malcolm" he tilted his head and his eyes looked concerned
" I totally understand that you want to be separated from your brother when it comes to rank and statues, but this is more about, lets say for example, me. What would happen if I started dating the Captains younger sister?" just then he noticed what he just had said, or more or less had slipped.

"Why would you date the Captains younger sister?" I asked him back, I noticed how cold it was once more, he picked up the blanket from the floor, where it had fallen when I had stood up and he wrapped it around me leaving his hands on my shoulders

"I am attracted to you Anja; I will not deny that. But so is Trip if you couldn't tell" his eyes were scanning my face, my breath and my heart quickened

"How about we get to know each other, Malcolm?" as I said his name a little smile curled around his lips

"I would very much like that" his British accent seemed more sexier than before, it probably was the alcohol making me think and act this was.

"I heard you have movie nights?" I asked

"Would you mind joining me? Usually they're on Saturday night" he asked, and I nodded

"I would love that"

We just stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds, when he leaned down very slowly, to see my reaction
"Don't tell your Brother, please" he whispered, I blushed, knowing what he meant and not a second later his Lips ever so gently touched mine.

His Hand moved up to my neck/Jawline and held my head in place, his other hand wrapped around my back.

I started stroking the back of his head through his dark soft hair. The Kiss started to get more heated, but he slowed it down and before he broke it off, he pecked 2 more kisses onto my Lips. His eyes showed worry, he had never acted so much out of order. He was the perfect solider, never breaking rules and following every order and he had only known this girl for a few hours. But he felt good, he felt happy and in the right place.

"Good Night Lieutenant Reed" I gave him a little smile and he smiled back, shaking his head in disbelieve
"I am pretty sure we are too familiar with each other now, to be formal in private" he gave me a kiss on my forehead, where the third eye is.

"Good Night, Ensign" he then said and led me to his door, I put his blanket on his bed and followed him. He brought me over to my door, winked at me, he looked around if anyone was about and brushed over my arm and went back to his room.

I leaned against the wall for a minute trying to calm down my heartbeat before I would go into my room. I had a million or more butterflies flying around inside my tummy and my heart was about to jump out of my chest. Taking a deep breath in and out again, I entered the passcode and stepped inside.

Hoshi sat up straight as a candle as soon as she heard me enter.

"Hello" she said with a grin

"You should be asleep" I scolded her

"How has your first day been?" she asked with a wink

"Quite eventful to be honest" I laughed and started to undress, take my make up off, brush my hair and slip into my PJs. I quickly grabbed my washbag

"I will be back in a minute" with that I left and went into the washroom to wash my face and brush my teeth.

When I got back Hoshi was deeply asleep, and I intended to do the same.