DEEP SPACE NINE: "A Simple... " - REV. 1/20/97 - ACT THREE     44.

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					ARISSA
			I'm not in your way, am I?

					ODO
			No, not at all.
				(moving to his desk)
			Usually, I just read for an hour
			or two.

	He picks a PADD off his desk. She moves a little 
	closer to look...

					ARISSA
			What are you reading?

					ODO
			It's a detective novel.

					ARISSA
			Have you figured out who did it
			yet?

					ODO
			By the third page.

	She smiles. Another quiet moment between them...

					ARISSA
			Well... I should let you get back
			to your book.

	This is the moment -- Odo can either let her go to her 
	room, or keep her there.

					ODO
			I don't really feel like reading.

	There.  He said it. And it wasn't so bad.

					ODO
			Maybe we could talk for a while?

					ARISSA
				(softly)
			What do you want to talk about?

	They lock eyes, and Odo realizes that there's nothing 
	he wants to say... what he really wants, is to simply 
	kiss her. He leans in slightly, a subtle test.... she 
	doesn't move away. Finally, he closes the few inches 
	left between them and kisses her. She responds, her 
	arms find their way around his shoulders... after a 
	moment, she pulls away a bit...