I do not own Star Trek, duh. Also this is my first fanfic so rip me a new asshole in the comments. I will continue the story if I get good enough reviews. I don't want to plague the site with my horrible writing if I don't have to. Also I suck at grammar so feel free to correct me, I don't have a beta.

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"Captain there is a transmission for you!" said one of the bridge crew, "it appears to be from the USS Epsilon."

"Answer them," Kirk said casually walking away from his PADD to stand in front of the screen.

A beautiful woman in her 50's, with hair blond enough to rival the captain's himself appeared on screen and appraised the captain with a hard to place look and a slight nod, "Captain Kirk, I am…"

"Lieutenant Winona Abagnale, head of engineering aboard the Epsilon." He cut in with what sounded like satisfaction in his voice, "What is the reasoning behind this comm?"

The Lieutenant on screen started to look slightly uncomfortable and shifted a little, "As I'm sure you know, your ship is the only other in this quadrant and we are in need of assistance. Our warp core has been damaged and we are unable to repair it ourselves."

Jim's mood immediately shifted to near hostile at the woman's words, "Why am I not speaking to the captain of your ship?"

Startled, and a bit taken aback by Captain Kirk's blunt, accusing words Lieutenant Abagnale stammered, "I… I don't know what you…"

"Although not against regulations, requests like these would usually be made by your captain. There is no real reason for you to talk to me as head engineer unless you wish to share the interworkings of your engine to us, which I assure you we will not be able to help you with. So, again, why am I speaking to you, Lieutenant?" the last word was tacked on as an insult.

The bridge crew was dumbfounded by the captain's attitude towards the seemingly innocent engineer, especially his apparent distaste for her rank. Spock in particular wanted to know what would cause such an illogical shift in emotions from the captain. Although he was a human and not an overly emotional one, he still let his emotions dictate his actions sometimes. Yet his current shift in emotions seemed to have no cause that Spock could discern. The thought was troubling.

Lieutenant Abagnale was unable to do anything but gape for a few seconds. She looked almost hurt by what the captain was saying.

She took a moment to pull herself together before responding, "I am comming you to acquire assistance for…"

"Bullshit!" Jim spat.

The rest of the crew jumped at the harshness of the curse spoken by their captain, who they had all thought to be a rather fair man.

Uhura ventured forward with an uneasy, "Sir?"

Kirk ignored her in favor of the continuation of his scolding, "Did your captain think that I would be more willing to help the Epsilon if you were the one to make the comm? Using you was completely unprofessional. I would be willing to help any federation ship in need, it's kind of in the job description, so there was absolutely no need for your captain to bring our relationship into this. I woul…"

"NO" the Lieutenant all but shouted. She took a minute to ran a hand through her hair and sigh as the crew looked on in utter confusion, "listen, Jim.."

At the use of the captain's name he stiffened and whatever Abagnale was going to say was cut off by an extremely angry, "I want to speak to your captain now."

The crew had never seen their leader, their friend so angry that he sounded calm. Also the use of the captain's nickname piqued the interest of the crew. They were wary of the supposed relationship between the two. They were curious as to what type of relationship that the captain could possibly have with a woman who was a fair bit older than the captain. Most of the captain's inner circle of close friends were well aware of the captain's past and were concerned with this interaction.

"I can assure you there is no need for you to speak to Captain Healey."

"Damnit! I want him on this line right now! Or so help me I will…"

"NO… no, wait." Lieutenant Abagnale's brown eyes looked resigned and though still quite beautiful, her age was beginning to show through her weary look.

"It was me. I asked the captain to speak with you. The captain was aware of our… relationship and was hesitant to allow me to talk to you but. It doesn't matter you are right I shouldn't have jeopardized the Epsilon like that. I just, I just nee-wanted to see you." She looked ashamed by the end of her impromptu speech.

The crew stood wide eyed at that admission from the lieutenant. The only person not visibly affected by her words was Spock himself.

It was Kirk's turn to stand with his mouth open for a second before his expression hardened again, "It has been 11 years since we last spoke. You could have commed me at any point up until now, you had my personal comm number. I even tried to comm you a few times. This is not the time for any of this shit. I will talk to Captain Healey now."

The transmission abruptly ended as Kirk slammed a button on the control panel. The bridge crew averted their eyes as the captain's piercing blue gaze swept the room. The bridge lapsed into an awkward silence as the crew tried and failed to act as though they were not privy to personal information regarding their superior, but most importantly their friend.

Spock took a step towards Kirk with a tentative eyebrow raise. The rest of the crew watched his approach and wished to stop him but were unable to break the silence that had fallen over all those present.

"Captain, may I enquire your relation to Lieutenant Abagnale?" Spock was the bravest bastard that the crew had ever laid eyes on. The captain looked down right murderous at the question.

"Listen up! This goes for all of you," Kirk said addressing the entire bridge to everyone's surprise, "I'm gonna tell you this because you're going to find out anyways. And it seems that the Enterprise will be stuck helping the Epsilon for a few days, so you all have a right to know, mainly because you witnessed that painful conversation... Lieutenant Abagnale is my… mother and I'm sure you can tell but we really don't get along… Now get back to work. Uhura get me Healey on the comm right now. Sulu set a course towards the Epsilon. Someone send a message to Scotty and engineering, have them ready to assist the Epsilon with whatever she needs."

TBC… Possibbly