A/N: Ok, here is the sequel to "It Has Always Been You"! You don't really need to read it to understand this story, but I would like it if you did :D I hope you enjoy it, this one will have a lot more drama than the last one, a lot more. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Of course if someone offered Spock to me I would take him in a heart beat.
I have always loved being on the bridge. It's always the center of the action, I never miss a thing, well I guess I shouldn't miss a thing considering I'm the Captain, but still, I like the bridge. I like the people who are on it with me. There's Uhura, who although she can be a bit bitchy to me, is still a good person and is always there for the rest of the crew. There's Sulu, who is not only a good pilot but really funny, he always has a new joke every day. There's Chekov, the really young and energetic guy. He kind of reminds me of a Chihuahua, always running around doing something.
And then there is Spock, he's my favorite, and this has nothing to do with the fact that we are dating…I swear. Not only is he smart, but he is also sexy, not traditional sexy but sexy nonetheless. I mean, look at his ears! And the slightly green tint to his skin, and that look he gets in his eyes when he is thinking about math or something. To me, there are levels to sexy. First is schoolteacher sexy, you know glasses and all that good shit. Then there is bikini sexy, which is pretty self-explanatory. Then there is Spock sexy, the best kind.
We have been dating for what, six months now? Wow this is officially the longest relationship I have ever been in. I hope this one works, I really do love him. I'm just a little sad that it has to be somewhat secret. I understand why, I just don't have to like it.
Would it be wrong for the Captain and First Officer to date? I personally don't think so, I think it would give us an edge, I mean we know each other really well and we compliment each other so I think it'd fine. But, what Spock likes to point out is that it can also be a bit unprofessional. I guess it can, but I still want people to know.
Uhura and Bones already know, and they both seem fine with it. Uhura was a little put off at first, but I guess that's just because she used to date Spock, I can see where that could be a little weird, but now she seems fine. He glares have died down considerably. Bones was fine with it after the initial shock of it all, which was really funny thinking back to it. He was actually really supportive, I know, shocking.
I'm not too sure, but I think Chekov and Sulu are on to us. Every time I look over to their stations they are always huddled somewhat close together talking and when they see me looking they quickly go back to work. Now, this could be because I'm Captain, but I don't think it is, most of the bridge crew seem to forget that I'm even Captain.
"Uhura, is there any word from Starfleet on our next mission?" I ask, breaking from my reverie.
"One moment Captain." She replied. "There is only a notice letting us know that we still need to wait for our next orders, Sir."
"Okay then. If that's the case, I'm off for lunch. Sulu you have the conn, let me know when we get word from Starfleet." I said as I got up and headed to the turbolift. When I got there I saw Spock was already waiting next to the door.
"Would you mind if I joined you for lunch, Captain?" he asked.
"Not at all." I replied hiding a smile.
We got into the turbolift and waited for the doors to close. I was rewarded with a last glimpse of Uhura's knowing look.
"Gah! I'm so bored! Why does it seem like we are always waiting for orders?" I asked with a sigh when the doors finally closed.
"Jim, just a week ago we discovered a completely new planet with intelligent life. I hardly call that waiting for orders." He replied relaxing quite a bit. I loved that he did that around me. You could see the transformation from Stiff-as-a-board-Spock to Not-so-stiff-as-a-board-Spock. His shoulders would relax a little, he would let his hands rest at his sides and his facial features would lighten a bit.
"I know we do cool stuff like 40 percent of the time but the rest we just sit around, it gets boring." I said with a little pout.
I was only got a raised eyebrow in return that said everything I needed to know. 'Shut up and stop being so dramatic, we do a lot of cool shit.' I have gotten quite good at interpreting Spock's looks.
We headed towards my quarters in an unspoken agreement since we usually ate there. Once we arrived we were once again greeted by the disaster that is my lovely room. The bed was unmade, there were random clothes littering the floor, and the desk in the corner was completely covered in useless knick-knacks.
"Jim, I do not understand why you find it so difficult to simply put an article of clothing into a hamper." He told me.
"I don't know why either, I just get lazy. And half of that is from the last time you were here." I replied with a smirk.
"The last time I was here we played chess." He replied, completely ignoring my flirting.
"Oh, just ruin my fun why don't you?"
"It was not my intention to 'ruin your fun', I was simply stating facts." He replied walking towards me, pointedly stepping over an article of clothing.
"Well, I don't want to hear facts." I said as he finally stepped right in front of me.
"Than I shall endeavor to keep things to myself in the future." He said as he looked into my eyes and slowly leaned in to kiss me. The kiss was slow and tender, usually how they were between us. But they usually pick up speed, and this one was no different. I easily replied and deepened the kiss until he finally pulled away, resting his forehead against mine. He rested there for a good minute until he released me and asked what I would want for lunch.
"I don't know, what do you want? Oh, actually I could go for some pasta." I had somewhat taken on the vegetarian lifestyle since we started dating, but not really, I still eat meat everyday but it is usually when I am with Bones.
"Pasta would be acceptable at this time." He replied as he set about getting the food from the replicator.
"So we have nothing to do for who knows how long, what do you think we should do?" I asked as he set the food on the table.
"There are a few reports that I would like to go over while we have some down time and I know of plenty of different reports that you need to go over. It would be prudent for us to use this time to complete something productive." He stated firmly.
"What? I don't want to do that stuff! I don't want you to do that stuff! Why can't we just do something fun, or relaxing?" I whined.
"How about a compromise?" he asked, looking at me somewhat in amusement.
I stared back contemplating, "Fine."
"We may play a game of chess and then complete the reports that we need to see to."
"Chess? We always play chess. We should take a nap, I'm kind of tired and I would rather do that then look at reports."
"Jim, if you take a nap you will not want to get back up and that would assure that the reports do not get done." He said with one eyebrow raised.
"I wouldn't do that!" I said, a bit put out.
Another raised eyebrow.
"Please?" I asked in my sweet voice that I reserve for moments like this when I need to get my way.
He stared at me for a few moments before reluctantly agreeing.
"Good!" I smiled brightly at him. He simply shook his head and continued eating.
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I really hate it when he is right.
"I know, I know! Don't judge me." I said as I sat up from my bed only to see Spock staring at me with a look that said 'I told you so'.
"Jim, I never judge you." He replied. I couldn't tell if he was lying or not. I know they say Vulcan's never lie, but let me tell you, this Half-Vulcan sure does know how to bend the truth a little, the only thing is getting him to admit it, which he will never do, believe me I have tried.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Exactly 5 hours and 23 minutes. It is now 7:34 p.m." he replied.
"Damn, I guess I was tired." I said with a little laugh.
"Indeed."
"Well, I'm guessing you got your reports done?" I asked.
"Yes Jim. I also managed to finish yours." He replied, coming to sit on the bed next to me.
"Spock, you didn't have to do that. You know I would have gotten to them. Eventually." I said as I pulled him closer to me.
"It is not a problem, I had already finished mine and meditated, it seemed to be the only prudent choice to occupy my time while you were asleep."
I lied him down so I was now resting my head on his shoulder. "Thank you, that was really nice."
"You are welcome."
We laid like that for a while until Spock finally spoke, "Jim, do you require sustenance at this time?"
"Um, sure I could go for some food." I replied.
"I too find that I am in need of dinner." He said as he got up from bed.
"Lets go to the mess hall to eat, I haven't seen anyone today. I bet Bones misses me." I said with a little laugh.
"Very well." He replied as he waited for me to get ready.
I pulled some random articles of clothing that I found laying about my room and I didn't even bother trying to brush my hair.
"Alright lets go." I said.
Spock looked at me and quickly ran his fingers through my hair trying to make it look presentable. He did this for a few moments until he either had it the way he wanted or just gave up.
"Now we may proceed." He said. I just smiled in return and gave him a little peck on the lips.
We made our way over to the mess hall in companionable silence until we ran into Bones along the way.
"Well look what we have here," Bones said loudly, "Where the hell have you two been all damn day?"
"Jim was resting and I was meditating." Spock answered calmly.
"Uh-huh." Bones replied, not believing it, even though it was the truth. He liked to think that Spock and I spent all every day having incredible sex. But little did he know, we still haven't done the deed, Spock wanted to takes things slow, damn Vulcan. The most we have gotten to, was a bit of heavy petting.
"Where are you off to Bones?" I asked with a smile.
"I'm getting some dinner."
"Us too! Mind if we join you?" I asked even though I knew he wouldn't mind at all.
He just grumbled a little 'no I don't mind' in response.
We made our way over and got some food, a salad for Spock, a cheese pizza for me and a cheeseburger for Bones. The mess hall wasn't too crowded right now, I guess because shift change was in about an hour people were getting ready.
"So what did you do today Bones?" I asked as we sat down at our table.
"Not too much. Some fool in engineering decided it would be a good thing to go and electrocute himself so I had to deal with that, but he's fine and nothing else happened." He replied.
"Well that's kind of cool I guess, is that the first time some one has been electrocuted?" I asked. Spock looked over at me like I was crazy.
"What?" I asked defensively, "It's not cool he got hurt but its not like someone electrocutes themselves everyday, it's something new that Bones gets to deal with!"
He still gave me a look that said 'your crazy'.
Bones decided to ignore our little banter. "To answer your question, it is the first time someone has electrocuted themselves, it's kind of hard to do nowadays, it's actually pretty safe down there."
"Oh." I replied. Spock just kept eating.
"Hey Jim," Bones asked, "When do you think we'll get orders from Starfleet? We're basically drifting out here right now."
"I don't know, this is really weird. I wonder if they are setting up a really cool, top-secret mission or something?"
"I do not think there would be a 'top-secret mission' that we would need to complete. It is most likely that there are new upgrades available for the Enterprise and they do not want us to travel any farther away while the upgrades are finalized, but they also do not want us to head straight towards Earth in case the Enterprise is needed to intervene in any situations." Spock replied.
"Well a top-secret mission would be a lot cooler." I said.
"Jim, you don't need any more opportunities to go and get yourself killed! I don't need you in my sickbay any more! Hopefully these new upgrades, if that's even what we are waiting for, will help to keep you from almost dying every damn day!" Bones said with a huff.
"Jeez Bones, if I didn't know any better I would think you actually like me!" I said with a laugh.
He just grumbled something unintelligible in reply.
We finished our meal with no more outbursts from Bones, so I would say that all together it was a successful dinner.
We parted ways after, Bones heading for sickbay to check up on everything before he went to bed and Spock heading to my room while I was going to check up on the bridge to see what had happened all day.
As I made my way to the turbolift I saw Uhura stepping out of it with another ensign I couldn't quite remember the name of.
"Oh, hi!" I said cheerily.
"Hello Captain." Uhura replied. The ensign just nodded a little a blushed.
"What are you two doing? I was just heading up to the bridge to check in before I turned into bed."
"We were just going to grab something to eat, we just got off our shift. Where were you by the way? You and Spock have been gone all day." She said with a pointed look.
"I planned on taking a little nap and returning to the bridge in about an hour, but I kind of slept a little longer than I thought." I said with a laugh.
"You would." She replied.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, only a little offended.
"Well, your you and sleeping when you should be working is something you would do." She said calmly. The ensign, who's name I couldn't remember giggled a little.
"Okay, I can accept that. Well I'm gonna head to the bridge now. Enjoy your dinner." I said with a nod to Uhura and a wink to the ensign.
"Bye." Uhura replied. The ensign seemed at a loss of words.
I got into the turbolift and waited until I arrived at my destination only a few seconds later.
"Hey crew!" I practically screamed startling most of the people there. Since it was a new shift, no one expected me and I could see a few of them scrambling to look busy. "How's everything going? I figured I would check in before I headed to bed."
"Oh, well everything is fine Captain. Nothing new to report." The acting captain of the bridge replied.
"Really?" I asked, a little disappointed. "I was hoping something had happened. Oh well, that's fine then. I'll head off now. Enjoy your shift!" I said as I disappeared into the turbolift once again. I was hoping something would happen, I was kind of bored. I guess I'll just have to occupy my time with Spock. Poor me.
A/N: Well that was the first chapter of "You Will Always Have My Heart". I really hope you liked it. Please review and let me know if i should continue. Thanks!