Phlox arrived."No spinal injuries," Phlox summarized after hovering his scanner over the fallen Commander. "Load him on the stretcher and off to sickb...y. Where are the other casualties?"Captain Archer, Lt. Reed and Commander T'Pol filed into the ready room."What's the status?" the captain asked."Commander Tucker, Lt. Rostov and Ensign McInally are in sickbay. Severe damage to the EPS grid, but Lt. Hess is convinced it is repairable. A life support team is working on returning the temperature in. I wish you all the best with Prema.You will make a good husband” she kissed me on the cheek and walked out.When we came out,only Jehangir and Sudha were in the final lap. Rest of them were waiting for us to come out. Geeta gave one look at the clock,exclaimed that her husband would be home in five minutes, hurriedly dressed up and left.After taking every one’s leave,myself and Vijaya headed towards her house.“Your appointmet with Prema and her parents is at 0830 hrs tomorrow. Don’t be. He was a professional in his 30's who had his own place. He had sent us some face pics and my wife said he was handsome (like I am going to know the difference): blond hair, blue eyes, about 6 feet 200lbs. He seemed very respectful and understanding of what we wanted, so we agreed to meet him at his place one weekend evening. We dressed for the weather (summertime), so we were both in shorts. I wore a polo and sweetwife wore a sleeveless shirt. We packed a change of clothes for her just. When she left she pecked me on the cheek. My heart leaped. We had coffee nearly every day for the next few weeks. I was falling in love. I hoped she was too. We finally went on a real date. We had dinner and went dancing. When I held her in my arms I thought please don't let this end. At the end of the night we shared our first real kiss. It was soft and gentle. We hugged and then she went back to her room. After several dates it was obvious that we were in love. One night we went dancing and I.