Dr. Leonard McCoy was in his quarters in a rocking chair, smiling and beaming down at his new little miracle in his arms. His new daughter, Julia Eleanor McCoy, was born December 17, 2268. She was only 11 days old, and already getting familiar with the USS Enterprise itself. She had already met her three so called 'uncles' on the ship: Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Mr. Spock, and Chief Engineering Officer Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott. All three men loved her to bits and pieces, even from the beginning they learned of her existence. Dr. McCoy had even caught Spock smiling at her, when holding her. Not to embarrass him or make him cease to stop this action, Dr. McCoy kept it quiet to himself about it…he couldn't believe a tiny, little baby made such an impact on the emotionless Vulcan.

It was morning, and Dr. McCoy was deeply lost into his daughter's little face, as she slept peacefully in his arms, safe and secure. He managed to look up though, when he heard someone buzz from the outside of his quarters door. He assumed it was Captain Kirk checking in on him. Sure enough, here entered Captain Kirk in his green Starfleet Captain's uniform. His hazel eyes were accented nicely with the green shirt, as he smiled kindly as his best friend.

"How are you feeling, Bones?" Captain Kirk asked, softly.

Dr. McCoy looked up, and his blue eyes shimmered through his smile.

"Doing fine, Jim," Dr. McCoy answered, grateful.

Captain Kirk leaned forward to look at little Julia.

"Hi, there," Captain Kirk softly spoke, as he waved.

Julia made tiny grunt and coo noises, but didn't open her eyes, and moved her face towards Dr. McCoy's chest slightly.

"She's really something else," Captain Kirk spoke, in awe.

"She certainly is," Dr. McCoy replied, looking at Julia's tiny face.

"She'd make a fine captain of her own starship, someday."

Dr. McCoy chuckled softly; it hurt still too much from his operation to deliver Julia, if he laughed anymore than softly.

"We'll see…let's keep her like this for a while." Dr. McCoy answered, smiling.

Captain Kirk smiled and nodded, then he sat down on Dr. McCoy's sofa that rested against the wall to the left and watched Dr. McCoy rock Julia gently. Dr. McCoy leaned forward and gave Julia a little kiss on her forehead, then he went back to rocking her and smiling at her.

"Have you contacted your folks, yet…Joanna?" Captain Kirk questioned.

"Christine did the night after Julia arrived; my parents are pleased with a girl, and Joanna is thrilled to have a little sister." Dr. McCoy replied.

Joanna Georgia McCoy was Dr. McCoy's oldest daughter, and only child before Julia came along. Joanna was from a previous marriage with his ex wife, Jocelyn, who still lived in Georgia with her new husband, Clay, and his three sons from another marriage before Jocelyn. Joanna was 15 and attended a public high school in Atlanta, and was very close with Dr. McCoy, even though he was millions of light years away from where she was, currently.

"What about your older sister…does she know?" Captain Kirk questioned.

"Yep, Christine let her know, too." Dr. McCoy answered.

Captain Kirk smiled.

"I'll probably be Julia's favorite uncle, yes I will." Captain Kirk spoke, cooing the last bit of his sentence.

"I don't know, Jim; you got Spock and Scotty to compete up against." Dr. McCoy remarked, with a smile.

"Well…we'll just wait and see then."

"Where is Spock and Scotty, anyways?"

"Oh, just out doing some errands before coming here."

Dr. McCoy nodded and looked back down at Julia and smiled.

It wasn't long after that, when Spock and Scotty entered Dr. McCoy's quarters. Scotty beamed with joy and walked quietly over near Captain Kirk, then sat down besides him.

"Oh, ain't she just a doll," Scotty cooed, softly.

Dr. McCoy took his finger and lightly rubbed Julia's little cheek. She moved her face towards his finger and opened her mouth, slightly, as if she were trying to bite it.

Spock stood over on the other side of Julia's crib; he stood in a corner, his arms behind his back, and tilted his head slightly to his left, and he began to smile small at Julia.

"What a beautiful little lass, McCoy." Scotty beamed.

"She certainly is, isn't she," Captain Kirk added.

Julia turned her head back to where it was before, then opened and closed her fist a little, making Dr. McCoy smile.

"Captain," Spock softly spoke.

Captain Kirk looked over smiling at Spock.

"Shall we be heading towards the break room, now?" Spock questioned.

"Oh, yes; today's Dr. M'Benga's first day as temporary Chief Medical Officer." Captain Kirk replied, cheerful.

Dr. McCoy smiled.

"I know Atticus will do a fine job at taking care of my duties, while I'm off work." Dr. McCoy answered, softly.

"I'm sure he will; come on, men." Captain Kirk ordered, with a smile.

"Right behind yah, Captain," Scotty commented, and the two of them walked out. Spock was about to leave, when he turned back and looked at Julia. There was something special about Julia that Spock couldn't quite figure out. She wasn't just any baby, that's for sure; she was born by Dr. McCoy, a man, by a procedure no one else could have access to other than Vulcans.

Spock didn't dislike children, nor did he have a liking to them, either. To Spock, children were just simply there to grow up into adults and carry on through life like anyone else. It was different with Julia, though; she had something unique to her, that Spock just loved to pieces about her. Maybe it was just simply the fact that she was the daughter of one of his closest friends, but it didn't matter to him what was so unique about Julia. Spock loved her to bits and vowed to always protect her.

Spock cocked his head slightly and smiled and Julia, again. Dr. McCoy looked up from Julia and smiled at Spock.

"She'll be here, when you come back, Spock." Dr. McCoy answered, kindly.

Spock nodded, then walked out of Dr. McCoy's quarters, back to his normal Vulcan self. Dr. McCoy went back to looking at Julia and continued to rock her and love her.