T'Pol has Visitors
by red rooster dawn
Disclaimer: All the characters are the property of Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek. They are use purely for entertainment value only.
Summary : When T'Pol doesn't go home to marry Koss, she gets a surprised visit from her parents.
Scene 1
It had been six months since the day T'Pol had talked to Trip about whether or not she should leave the Enterprise to return to Vulcan and marry Koss, the man she was bonded to since she was a young girl.
She had been quite surprised that Charles had kept their conversation private and had not told anyone including the Captain. She had been impressed with how sensitive and caring he had been to her needs and hadn't passed judgment.
He only offered her sage advice about the choices she had as a member of the Enterprise. On the Enterprise she lived with people of a different culture and she would always have a choice as to what she wanted out of life.
Ever since that day she began to think of him as Charles and not as Commander Tucker. This both pleased her and scared her. She had never felt this way about a man before, not even the many Vulcan males that she knew.
As T'Pol was about ready to retire for the night after meditating for an hour, she heard a signal from the communication device in her room. It was Hoshi. What did she want? It must be important, she never bothered her when she as off duty unless it was important.
Hoshi had a transmission for her and would transfer it to her room. T'Pol was quite surprised to see her mother and father appear on the screen. They were on a Vulcan transport ship heading her way to see her.
"Hello mother, father, how are you? What are you doing here?" asked a puzzled T'Pol.
"We heard from Koss a few months ago. He told us about your rejection of marriage and that you were staying on the earth ship. We hitched a ride on this transport ship to take us to the Enterprise to visit with you T'Pol." replied her mother.
"How soon will you be arriving here?" asked T'Pol hesitantly. She really didn't want to talk to them about not marrying Koss.
"We will rendezvous with your ship sometime tomorrow afternoon. We're looking forward to seeing you T'Pol and your friend." replied her mother whose voice contained a smile.
"What friend is that mother?" asked T'Pol again puzzled by her mother's cryptic responses.
"I believe you said his name was Commander Charles Tucker." replied her mother.
Oh no! thought T'Pol. Just what I need. My mother, who doesn't like humans and who doesn't understand why I was on earth for two years, is now wondering why I am staying on an earth ship with them. Why does she want to meet Charles?
Then of course there is Charles, he hates everything Vulcan. And of course he so emotional. If he had such a hard time dealing with me, how is he ever going to be able to deal with my mother. I don't think I going to be able to sleep for a week.
There's not be enough time in the day for all the meditation I'm going to need to keep my sanity. Why is she coming? Why does she want to see Charles? Why me?
Scene 2
The next day Trip joined T'Pol for breakfast. He had heard from Hoshi that T'Pol had a communications with her parents the night before. He figured they were probably giving her a hard time about her not doing her duty and returning to Vulcan to marry Koss.
If there was one thing he knew for sure about parents, they could make you feel very small and bad about yourself.
"I heard that you talked to your parents last night. You want to talk about it?" asked Trip sounding concern.
"Yes, I talked to them. They are going to rendezvous with us sometime this afternoon to visit with me." replied T'Pol.
"You don't sound too enthusiastic about it. Does this have something to do with you not returning to Vulcan to marry Koss?" asked Trip.
"I don't know for sure, maybe. They didn't say anything about him though, but then again they did say they wanted to meet you." replied T'Pol with a smile in her eye as she raised her right eyebrow.
"Me? Why in the world would they want to meet me?" asked a shocked Trip.
"Probably because you are the one who gave me the advice that I had choices while I was on the Enterprise. You did convinced me that I should stay her on the Enterprise instead of returning home." replied T'Pol.
"What! I said if that was what you wanted, though I would have missed you quite a bit if you had left." responded Trip.
"As I would have missed you, but I think my mother believes I stayed here to be with you." replied T'Pol as she reached out and touched his hand. Trip was stunned. He didn't know how to respond.