"and i cant?" she asked.

He sighed and popped the cork pouring it slowly. "A toast then? Too us! We are wiley sneaky little bastards!" He lifted his glass and winked as the elevator dinged, "hold that for a moment," he pressed the door and watched as the boy rolled in a set of trays and a steaming steak, "Very good, thank you very much."

Zen smiled and stood up "Sushi YES" he claimed

rima looked past riker. "food. yummy." she grinned, setting her glass on a expensive looking table and walked over. "what kind of sushi is there?"

He grinned and pushed it towards them slowly, plucking a peice of sushi off the plates and ate it quickly. "Right... its all good. Dig in!" he pulled his plate towards him and glanced, "Well? Whats wrong?" He glanced at his plate and sighed, pulling himself up he put the cover on it and shivered, "Right... So we got ourselves a stalker." He pointed at the picture that had fallen out of the three of them.

rima bent down and picked it up. "a little picture isnt going to..." she stopped and looked at it again. she held her breath a moment and teared up. "the darkness is what makes the light shine brighter..." she frowned feeling her cheeks wet with tears. she wiped them away as best she couldnt and looked at riker and zen.

He shook his head, "We can do the smart thing and call the cops, or we can do what we know how to do, lock the door, wait till the morning, and get the hell outta dodge?"

rima shook her head. "i dont know. i just want to be wherever whoever is doing this..." she threw the picture at a close wall. "...can not find us."

He sighed and pulled her close "Maybe they just admire your beuty my dear." He kissed her hair and glanced at zen, "You think you can help us rig this up to keep people OUT?"

rima bit her lip fearing tears, but she had her head burried in rikers chest before she had the chance to find out. she quivered slightly, but was far from crying any time soon. espesially in frot of riker and zen. they had already seen her cry too many times already. she backed out of his arms wiping her face and slightly smearing her eye makeup. "i want to go to bed, you guys enjoy the meal without me." she frowned looking down at the picture and biting her lip again.

"well i can not enjoy it now, honestly i never want to see that picture again, my GREAT idea has just caused us more stress" Zen walked over and grabbed his glass took a few sips and sat down

rima looked over at him and sighed. "nobody is to blame here." she shook her head and walked to her bags pushing them onto her shoulder. "riker? where am i sleeping tonight, and it doesnt matter to me if your going to ask."

"If I hadn't gotten that picture taken, then put online so i could add the text this would not be happening, This IS all MY fucking fault Rima" said Zen glaring at the wall hating himself

rima shook her head and dropped her bags on the floor with a loud thump. she walked over to zen, putting her hands on her hips. "NO. its NOT." she paced in front of him crossing her arms. "its not fair to only blame yourself here, zen!" she stopped pacing and stared at him, sighing. "you were trying to do something nice for us all. you cant be blamed for that." she said softly looking at the picture, now on the floor where she threw it. "one small picture isnt going to get us killed."

He groaned "Honestly, I have to sit you down to watch a horror flick or two... you never say those words!" Flopping down next to Zen he grinned, "Look at it this way. It could just be someone wants our autograph! I mean, everyone ALWAYS wants mine. My awesome must be rubbing off on to you guys now!" He winked and grabbed Rima's hand, "relax. Look, we are leaving tomorrow, and lets face it, no ones getting up here tonight."

rima looked at him skepticly, but nodded. "okay." she sighed, sitting down next to him and not letting go of his hand. she leaned back breathing out slowly and looked at him. "did you pour me a glass of the wine?" she asked rubbing her head.

He grinned and lifted the glass from the floor where she dropped it, "You know... that was an expensive stain you made." Picking up the bottle he poured her some slowly and picked up his own glass, "Now... I belive we where in the middle of a toast?"

rima took the glass. "yeah, sorry. id say that i would pay for it, but since i would probably waste my life trying, im not." she smiled weakly and sat forward. "alright then riker. shoot out your toast."

"To three drunken idiots. Hey... We're the musketeers!" He grinned and took a small sip, leaning back and sighing, "all for one. And one for all!" Holding his glass up like a sword he raised an eyebrow, "Well? What? Too cheesy?"

rima laughed and held her glass up next to his. "as cheesey as velveeta, but i liked it." she held the glass to her lips a moment and tipped the glass up slightly, tasting the wine. she didnt know how it should have tasted to her, but she liked it anyways. "tastes....expensive."

He chuckled and nodded, "Worth more than you want to know." He chuckled, "And lets face it, cheese goes very well with a good french wine." He winked and took another sip, sighing, "just melts away your worries."

rima thought about that a moment and sighed shaking her head and taking another sip. "any idea of our sleeping arrangments? you said that there were only two beds?"

He grinned, "Well I figured, theres two beds... and well... you know..." He blushed and shifted slightly, a tad uncomfortable.

rima saw his blush and fidgiting and she shook her head. "im okay with it if you are." she laughed. "it doesnt bother me that much." she took another sip and sighed, thinking of something else. "are the beds expensivly comforatable?" she asked hopefully.

"Why, of course! I mean, have I done anything cheap yet?" He winked and shrugged, "Whats got you so intrested in the quality of the beds all of a sudden anyway hmm?"