<em>"Is that your way of asking me out on a date, Lieutenant.....because, if it is, then I fully accept the invitation," </em>The way Cerise innocently batted her eyes and smiled at him struck deeper behind his suave practiced veneer than he had expected, he felt his eyes flash and a bit more of a smile run across his lips.  Her hand on the bed brushed lightly against his and the hand on his stomach lightly caressed the tight fabric of his uniform, sending chills down his spine.<br/><br/><em>"I don't have any work to do for the next day or so while we're here.....I would like to get to know you better,"</em>Kavash sat up and leaned in close to her, his face mere inches from hers.  He noticed a bit of surprise in her eyes, as if she had unconsciously told him how she felt, marveled at how the blushing of her cheeks and the flush of her skin made her seem more radiant.  He wasn't sure if it was the bright lights in the room or her natural state, but she was glowing.  Kavash smiled wider as she turned away trying to recompose her demeanor and pull herself together.<br/><br/><em>"I would like to go back to my quarters to get changed into something a bit more comfortable than a boring uniform.....You may join me, if you'd like, or I can meet you in the lounge or at the ship's entrance in about fifteen minutes?"</em>Noticing a bit of a tone of nervous energy in her voice and and almost adolescent look in her eye, Kavash reached up and lightly took Cerise by the shoulder, pulling her closer so that she was standing against the biobed, in between his legs and mere inches from his face.  He could feel her warmth in her arms and radiating from her body.  He stared into her eyes for a long moment.<br/><br/>"I would be happy to join you, are you sure we'd make it to the planet if I did though?"  He left the question and the hidden innuendo hanging in the air, letting her decide where she wanted to go from here.