Oh my goodness! It's my first story! Please no flames! I also hope you enjoy!
Keva Belmont was the first person in her family to actually join Starfleet and actually graduate. After months and months of long nights studying and dealing with horrible roommates she has finally graduated. And right now she is waiting alongside her best friend, Vera Smiths, to get assigned to her Star Ship.
Keva stood their next to Vera running her hand through her wavy dark brown hair. Her green eyes scanned through the crowd waiting for the man who was supposed to give out ship assignments. Finally, a little short man with graying hair walked up to the group of cadets.
"Isn't this so exciting Keva? I mean we finally get to be assigned to our ship! Do you think they will put us on the same one? Then we could work in medical together. Wouldn't that be so exciting?" Vera said excitedly.
"Yea V, I know I know. Just calm down some. People are starting to stare." Keva told her best friend.
"What? I can't be excited! I mean we are getting assigned today!" She practically yelled.
"Yes I know, I heard. And I also heard the other fifty times you told me. Now if you would be quiet then we can find out what ship we are on." Keva explained.
Vera finally shut up long enough for the guy up front to assign ships. Of course Vera and Keva were at the very end of the list, which meant waiting and waiting and waiting. Finally their names were called out and they got their assignments.
"Belmont USS Enterprise and Smiths USS Enterprise. Good luck to you all." The man said and walked away from the group of young cadets
Vera gave Keva the biggest hug she could and yelled in her ear, "Oh Keva! We got on the ship together! And it's the Enterprise! Won't this be the totally awesome?" Keva had to lean her head back in fear of getting her ear drums blown out.
"I know! They also have one of the best Captains in Starfleet. Captain Pike? That should be a good thing, right? That means the man knows what he's doing." Keva told her friend.
"Of course, and we are the lucky ones that get to be on the same ship! Now come one we have to go to our shuttle before it leaves." She said while dragging her best friend through the crowd. Keva sighed and followed her friend hoping she wouldn't get her arm pulled out of its socket.
They were running through the hanger looking for their shuttle. Vera was running through groups of people and not even giving a second glance. Keva would be the reasonable one and apologize to the people, but with a blush gracing her features. When it came to Vera and Keva, she was always the shy one, while Vera was always loud and outgoing and always standing up for herself and Keva. Not to say Keva wouldn't stand up for herself, it just wasn't very often that it happened. With a loud intimidating redhead around, not many people would try to mess with her. Sure she made plenty of friends while at Starfleet, she was a very friendly person and loved meeting people. Vera was always afraid of people walking all over her because she was a people pleaser.
Finally, they made it to their shuttle just when they were about to shut the doors. Vera dragged Keva to the back of the shuttle and they took their seats.
"Keva, can you believe it? We are only a few minutes away from being on the ship." Vera told her quiet friend.
"I know. This is so exciting. I can see why you were being the way you were earlier." She told her friend with a laugh.
"What was that supposed to mean?"
"That you were very loud and annoying." Keva said with a nod of her head. Vera just laughed at her, shook her head, and looked out their window. It took a few minutes to actually get to their ship, but when they neared the dock they couldn't believe their eyes. Vera nudged Keva in the ribs.
"Keva look." She said. Keva turned around and looked out the window.
"Wow, look how huge that ship is. And this is its first voyage right? We are so lucky." Keva gushed to her friend.
Their shuttle finally landed and they walked off arm and arm and loaded onto the ship. They turned the corner in one of the corridors on the ship and Keva ran into something, or someone. She looked up and it was their friend Leo from their medical classes.
"Leo!" She said excitedly. "I didn't know you got assigned here too."
"Yup, it's weird that all three of us got assigned to the same ship." He said looking at both Keva and Vera. "They put all the best medical officers on one ship."
"We were just on our way to the Medical Bay actually." Vera commented.
"I was just going there myself, had to check on my friend in there." Leo said with a shake of his head.
"Great, I was afraid of getting lost in this thing." Vera said with a laugh.
"This friend wouldn't happen to be that Jim you're always talking about would it?" Keva asked Leo.
"Actually it would be."
"I thought he was 'grounded' for cheating on the Kobayashi Maru test?" Vera added.
"Well he was, look I'll tell ya on the way there." He said and led them down the corridor telling them how he got Jim onto the Enterprise.
