"Three Wishes" Segment Four
 

                            CHAKOTAY
                      (to Janeway)
                  And Tuvok found T'Pel in his
                  quarters right after he returned
                  from seeing you and Wrill in the
                  mess hall…

                            JANEWAY
                  I think we'd better go back and
                  have a talk with Ambassador Wrill…

                            CHAKOTAY
                  It looks like he wanted more than
                  just a "tour" of the ship, after
                  all.
                             DOCTOR
                  I didn't trust that strange little
                  man from the minute I laid eyes on
                  him.
                             JANEWAY
                 Lt. Paris, plot a course back
                 to the Galotain home-world.

                             PARIS
                 Aye, Captain…

                             TORRES
                 What do we do in the mean time?

                             JANEWAY
                 It will take several days to reach
                 the Galotains…
                        (smiling)
                 you'll just have to make the best
                 of it!

    The Doctor smiles and Torres rolls her eyes.

                             CHAKOTAY
                        (smiles himself)
                  I guess that's all…you're
dismissed…

    Everyone gets up - and off.

56 PARIS

    Standing by the door that is open to the bridge…

                             PARIS V.O.
                        (thinks to Torres)
                   Dinner- tonight…holodeck two…

57 TORRES

   Still standing by her chair…

                             TORRES V.O.
                        (thinks back)
                   1900 hours…don't be late…

Paris flashes a smile as he continues walking on to the bridge…off the moment.

CUT TO:

58 EXT. SPACE-VOYAGER (STOCK OPTICAL)

at warp
 

59 INT. VOYAGER-TUVOK'S QUARTERS

Tuvok is sitting at his table.  We see him trembling in an effort to control himself. T'Pel approaches and touches his shoulder.

                              T'PEL
                   Protocol has been fulfilled…
                   it is time…

Tuvok stands and faces her.

                              TUVOK
                  Yes…it is…
                  [appropriate Vulcan phrase]

She holds out her hand, extending two fingers.  He does the same and traces his fingers up and over hers.

                              T'PEL
                  [appropriate Vulcan phrase]

They repeat the above only she traces his fingers.  Tuvok draws T'Pel slowly to him- they share a passionate kiss.

Off the moment…

CUT TO:

60 INT. VOYAGER-ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

View of BLUE PULSING WARP CORE…Torres is working at a
station near the main doors.  Kim walks in with a  PADD in hand.

                              KIM
                   Hey, how's it going?
                        (hands her the PADD)

                              TORRES
                         (annoyed)
                   Please tell me this is the
                   last of Seven's Astrometric
                   reports…
                         (she pivots and sits on
                          on the edge of the console)
                   If she thinks I am going to
                   give her one more micron of
                   auxiliary power…
                          (Kim interrupts)

                               KIM
                  …sorry…(beat) she told me to
                  tell you, the last two reports
                  would be ready by tomorrow.

                               TORRES
                        (lets out an exasperated gasp)
                  You'd think I'd be used to her by
                  now…(beat) Tom says I shouldn't
                  let her get to me…
                        (she pivots back around)

                                KIM
                  He's right, you shouldn't…you know
                  she'll never change…

                                TORRES
                        (distracted)
                  You're right… and as long as she
                  stays in Astrometrics, we'll all
                  be fine…
                        (looks up smiling)
                 …speaking of Astrometrics…

61 KIM (OPTICAL)

Folds his arms and rolls his eyes.  He knows what she
is going to say.

                                KIM
                  Oh no…
                         (grimaces)
                  not you too…(beat) for the last
                  time, I am not interested in
                  Crewman Celes!

                                TORRES
                         (laughing)
                  Come on Harry, you should see
                  the way she looks at you…(beat) that
                  cute little "puppy dog" look in
                  her eyes…

62 INT. VOYAGER-HELM ON PARIS

He smiles wide; chuckling inwardly he shakes his head.
 

63 RESUME-ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)

Torres suddenly bursts out laughing…she covers her mouth trying to contain herself…Kim is looking very irritated.

                                 KIM
                   You know, I'm really getting
                   sick of this 'telepathic' thing
                   with you and Tom…(beat) he just
                   put you up to this didn't he?

                                 TORRES
                         (laughing more)
                   I'm sorry Harry. I couldn't help
                   myself…he told me what happened
                   with Celes on the bridge before you
                   got here.

Kim takes the ribbing in stride…(beat) Then another thought occurs to him and he is more serious.

                                 KIM
                   You know, you two are handling
                   this a lot better than I thought
                   you would…I honestly thought you'd
                   be at each other's throats by now.

                                 TORRES
                         (turns to him again)
                   Well Harry, let's just say that
                   telepathic links have a lot of
                   (beat) fringe benefits…

      Kim laughs at the implications.

64 HELM ON PARIS

His eyes widen briefly.  He's almost embarrassed.  Smiling he shakes his head again.

                               KIM V.O.
                  I'm sure they do…

TIME CUT TO:

65 INT. VOYAGER-TORRES' QUARTERS

1930 hours.  Torres is dressed to go out and is pacing the floor.  The door CHIMES and SWISHES open to reveal Paris… also dressed in civilian clothes.

                               TORRES
                  You're late…

With mock roughness, she grabs Paris by his lapels pulls him in the door and starts kissing him…the door SWISHES closed.

                               PARIS
                       (up for air)
                  I know…I'm sorry…
                        (more kissing)
                  we ran into some anomalous
                  readings just before my shift
                  ended…
                         (they continue kissing as
                          they stumble to the couch)
                  Chakotay insisted we investigate…
                            (continue kissing)

                              TORRES
                       (up for air)
                  Sometimes I wish he wasn't so
                  damn thorough…

                              PARIS
                  …me too…
                       (Paris touches her face…)
                 I've been thinking about his
                 all day long…

                             TORRES
                       (giggles)
                 I know…

66 NEW ANGLE- PARIS AND TORRES

More intense kissing; she attempts to take his shirt off, but he stops her.  Remembering he's got something else planned.

                             PARIS
                 Wait…the holodeck…remember?

                             TORRES
                 Forget it…

Kisses the daylights out of him, he almost gives in…

                             PARIS V.O.
                        (thinking to her)
                 I have a surprise…

                             TORRES
                       (that stops her)
                 How come I can't tell what it is?

                             PARIS
                 Because I haven't thought about
                 it all day- on purpose - and I'm
                 not going to think about it now…
                 it's a surprise!

                            TORRES
                       (intrigued)
                 All right…

                            PARIS
                 Believe me we'll have plenty
                 of time for "other" things later.

        TIME CUT TO:

67 INT. VOYAGER-HOLODECK TWO ON DOORS

About fifteen minutes later, Paris and Torres are standing just inside the door.  We see the corridor outside as the door SURGES closed and then DISAPPEARS into the wall of a dark colored chamber.  Candlelight is reflecting on the walls.

REVEAL we are in

68 INT. CANDLELIT CHAMBER

The room is slightly 'Klingon' looking and is filled with candles of every shape and size-all of them cream colored.  There is no other illumination.  We see a small dinner table set for two in the middle of the room.  Very romantic…

                            TORRES
                      (turns to Paris)
                  This is… absolutely …beautiful…

                            PARIS V.O.
                      (thinks to her)
                  Not as beautiful as you…

Paris pulls her in his arms and kisses her again, but his time the kiss is tender-gentle…

                            PARIS
                       (breaks off)
                  Your table is this way…

69 NEW ANGLE-DINNER TABLE

They walk to the table and he seats her - he walks around and also sits.

                            TORRES
                  How did you ever manage to keep
                  this from me?

                            PARIS
                  When I was at the academy, I
                  took a course on how to shield
                  your thoughts from telepathic
                  interrogation, just for kicks
                  (beat) It's come in handy on more
                  than one occasion.

                            TORRES
                  Then why can't you shield all
                  of your thoughts from me?

                            PARIS
                  Well for one thing, it takes a
                  hell of a lot of concentration…
                  believe me, it was all I could do
                  to keep this
                       (gestures to the room)
                  a secret.

                            TORRES V.O.
                        (smiles, thinks to him)
                  …just when I thought I knew
                  everything about you…
 
 

TBC