After having rushed into her office, for the first time since she had joined the Academy, late, she had more or less hidden there for most of the day. She made sure she rehydrated as quickly as possible and drank a lot of water, ate a light lunch at her desk and did her best to work. There was plenty to do, still, she was unable to stop her mind from wandering. She had only very vague recollections from the previous evening and although part of her wanted to know what had happened exactly, she wasn't sure if she would be able to deal with the consequences... a guaranteed fight between her two halves. At the same time, she realised that that fight would happen anyway, and it was better to find out what had happened and have some facts to deal with rather than some guesses. Once her shift was over and all jobs finished that needed finishing she got up and left her office.

She walked through the corridor, lost in thought. When she got to her destination she stopped and pressed the buzzer. "Come" she heard through the door just before it hissed open.

"Suzanna!" Jon smiled at her, "come in. What brings you here?"

"Hi Jon. I hope I'm not disturbing you." She hesitated a moment before walking in, "I am missing a pair of shoes." A mischievous grin flashed briefly over her face and lingered in her eyes, "logic dictates that this is the most likely place I will find them. Have you seen them by any chance?"

Jon laughed, "I have seen one of them. That was some party, wasn't it?"

"Yes, it was," she hesitated, "as far I remember. I have no idea how I ended up here, in fact I do not even remember leaving Ten-forward." She paused a moment. "Did I ... walk here??"

"More or less", Jon grinned. "Well, I talked to security, apparently three of my officers made sure we got back in one piece"

"What do you mean, 'in one piece?" His statement worried her.

"Well, apparently we weren't walking very well, and they thought it better to escort us back here"

"All of us?" Her voice betrayed her surprise.

"Well we apparently wanted to go here, from my replicator logs we apparently only drunk milk and water, oh and Vulcan tea."

Suzanna shook her head, "I have a vague recollection of ... dancing ... in Ten-forward," she hesitated a moment, she couldn't shake the suspicious feeling that she had. If there had been something, it would be better to hear it from a friend. "Is there anything else that happened at the party that I should know about?"

"Not that I know about Suzy, but then again, my own memory isn't great about it, better than yours apparently, but then I wasn't hitting the whisky"

"Whisky?" Suzanna tried, but failed to keep the surprise from her voice.

"Yes, towards the end of the night you were slugging whisky shots, one followed the other really rather fast"

"Oh Dear.." It slipped out before she could stop it. If she had been drinking whisky on top of the champagne, no wonder her memories were so vague.

"Don't worry you handled them well, of course there was the "Hot Chocolate' thing"

'*Hot Chocolate thing*???' "Jon?" '...what is he on about???', she looked at him questioningly.

Jon smiled and began to sort out some papers.

"*JON*?" His smile really worried her, she had this sinking feeling that her earlier suspicions had been justified.

"Ok, well, lets just say I learnt that you enjoy dancing to a particular song of theirs, following the lines of 'You sexy thing'" Jon grinned watching Suzanna's control slowly crumble.

"Oh boy..." Suzanna just stared at Jon's grinning face. Some of the images in her mind of that night were beginning to make some sense now. She, closed her eyes and shook her head in disbelieve as she finally started to have some idea of what she had done. "Oh boy... I can't believe I did that." The Vulcan was near panic and she actually started to blush as her mental shielding collapsed. She took a deep breath, attempted to calm down her Vulcan half. 'It is too late to do anything about it now' the human argued logically. 'But it shouldn't have happened in the first place... this is .... *so*...' 'well... learn to live with it ... it was about time I showed *you* something for a change...' the human interrupted. She glanced at Jon, and raised an eyebrow. "Well, Jon...." She shook her head again as some of the memories came back, "at least the song was ... applicable...." She looked him in the eye and slowly a mischievous grin spread across her face.

Jon was somewhat taken aback, then began to piece his image back together. "Hmm, ahh, applicable Suzy, but more for my side than yours" Jon was back on his feet, this lady had got the better of him, and smiled realising an equal in this field. "You know something Suzy?"

"What?" She tried to paste a neutral expression on her face.

"You look really cute when you blush!"

Despite her effort the colour on her cheeks deepened. 'NOW WHAT..??' The Vulcan half was still panicking. The human stepped in again. She raised an eyebrow and smiled. "And what does it take to make you blush Jon??"

"Oh, I don't know, I'm sure I've soft spots in my armour. I'm also sure you'll find them out without any help from me."

"I'll certainly try... Search and you shall find Anthony always said..."

"I'll go get those shoes, I saw them somewhere this morning, but, it could take me some time. Can I offer you a drink?"

She sat down and nodded, "Orange juice please"

"Sure thing" Jon walked across his quarters and ordered the orange juice from the replicator. Then gave it to Suzanna.

"Thank you." She took the glass and sipped her drink. She could sense he was scheming something, but wasn't sure what.

Jon went over to his bed and slowly slid one of the shoes beneath it. "I'm afraid I can only find one at the moment, I don't know where I put the other one"

Suzanna got up and walked towards him, "You do not seem to be looking very hard, Jon." She glanced up at him, a warm smile danced in her eyes. "you said you saw *them* this morning, logic dictates they won't be far apart... I can't help feeling that...”, she hesitated, searching for the right words, "you have something else on your mind..."

Neillya searched for a quick witty response, but failed badly. "I don't know what you could mean Suzy." Suzanna was standing very close now, Jon was finding it very difficult to concentrate, on anything else.

She shook her head with a warm smile in her eyes. "Jon, your mental shielding is not as good as you think."

"Only to you, you’re getting through my armour faster than I thought" Jon smiled, staring into her eyes, then decided to act on impulse and pulled her closer and kissed her.

'*All right*. 'Now *this* could be fun...' her human half thought encouragingly while she returned his kiss.

Jon smiled, lowering his mental shielding completely, and looked at her intently. Bathing her in unaccustomed emotion.

'Oh no, now what?', the Vulcan side thought with some apprehension as Jon kissed her again. Her human side was fighting for control. And gaining ground rapidly. She returned his kiss with a sudden passion that surprised them both. "Pheew", the sigh escaped her as they moved apart before her Vulcan side could intervene.

Jon just smiled at her. With considerable alarm the Vulcan realised they were heading for another kiss. Just before their lips touched, Jon stopped. "Are you sure?"

The Vulcan finally realised it was in over its head, at last voluntarily relinquished total control to her human half. Taking down her mental shielding in the process. Suzanna closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. 'Follow your own path..' she thought. Relieve that the internal struggle was over for now washed over her, there *is* a time for feelings and emotions after all. Then she looked him straight in the eye. She raised one eyebrow teasingly, in that typical Vulcan way, and replied with three words only. "Are *you* sure?" A mischievous smile spread across her face as her doubts and hesitations dissipated and were replaced by a passion, she knew matched his.