Disclaimer: I own nothing expect for Tempe, Jo, and the whole idea of the Changelings. I do not own Star Trek or the name Changeling that belongs to Clint Eastwood.

In Love and Life

A/N: Welcome to the sequel of In Love and War. Hope you all enjoy the first chapter! Cheers!

Where We Begin

"Mr. Sulu please tell me that there is something out there, anything." James whined desperately as he sat in the Captain's chair looking anything but the captain of a Starship, the flagship even less.

We had been gone for only a month and so far we had done nothing but transport a royal family from a Starbase back to their home planet. So James was going crazy, space was great and fun when it was exciting but when there was nothing to do it was boring.

He whined to me every night about needing action and how he was going to go stir crazy if he sat on the Bridge day in and day out with nothing to do but watch the black monitor with a few stars.

Everyone was pretty bored and Leo was as tense as all get out because we hadn't had any trouble yet he was stressing himself out that when we finally got in trouble a catastrophic event would take place.

Scotty was the only one that wasn't bored. He was always redoing the technology and making the ship better and more advanced than it already was. I swear he slept down in Engineering; he would rarely leave to do anything.

"I'm sorry Captain long range sensors have not picked up anything." Sulu replied apologetically.

"I'm going to need a psych counsel before long." He whined.

"I'd be happy to do that for you Captain." I said smiling at him.

"No hyposprays are involved, right?" He asked quietly.

"None at all." I whispered back.

"Mr. Spock you have the Bridge, I'm having a chat with my psychiatrist." Jim said as he stood smiling his shit-eating grin. I could swear that I saw Spock roll his eyes at Jim in such a Bones way it almost made me laugh.

His hand went to my lower back as we walked into one of the old conference rooms that was remade into a Counselor's room. As soon as the doors closed behind us his lips were on mine.

"God I need you." He growled as he pushed me into the wall.

"The entire Bridge is on the other side of this wall, do you think they can't hear us?" I said pushing him away. "Anyways we are not having sex while we are on duty."

"Tempe, I'm not getting any action out there with my job and now I can't get any action with my girlfriend?" He whined as his lower lip stuck out in an adorable pout, damn it not adorable, don't give in to his charm.

"Come on baby. We both need some fun." His smoldering eyes raked over my body and my knees weakened. I could feel my resolve crumbling under his intense stare. Come on keep it together don't give in.

I stepped closer to him ready to take the plunge. He was eyeing my lips hungrily and I leaned up to kiss him.

"Counselor Black please report to Med Bay." Leo's gruff voice said. I stopped in my tracks. "Sorry love duty calls." I kissed him briefly.

"On my way, Black out." I strode out of the room and James followed. Walking over to his chair. Spock smirked at the dejected look on his face and I smiled at him. I stepped into the turbolift and hit the button for floor five.

I was there within seconds and walking to Med Bay where I was stationed when I wasn't on the Bridge or having a session with a crew member.

"What's wrong Leo?" I said as I walked through the doors. He was sitting on a bio-bed with his feet propped up.

"Nothing is wrong. Nyota just told me that Jim took you into your office and was about to have his way with you so I felt like taking you away to deny him that pleasure."

"You are horrible." I said smiling. "You sure you don't have the Sadistic personality disorder?" I asked.

"Positive. I just like knowing that Jim is squirming up there. He needs to suffer every once in a while."

"You are really horrible." I teased as I knocked his feet off the bio-bed and sat down next to him.

"What can I say? I enjoy watching Jim suffer." The truth was that Leo was the best friend that Jim could ever have. He gave up his own happiness for Jim time and time again. He gave up me for Jim. Leo was just that type of guy, he would never put his own happiness first, he would always put others first then think about himself.

"I guess you can consider it karma for everything he did to you during our years at the Academy." I said smiling at him.

"All the times I slept in the hallway or crashed on your floor, and all of the late nights he woke me up so I could patch his bleeding ass up. Yup this is definitely karma for all of that."

I laughed at him and he even laughed too, it was good to hear his barking laugh. "Let's go in the office. Chapel watch the Med Bay." We walked into his clean office and I plopped down on the couch.

"I swear you are OCD." I said looking around at the flawless office. Everything was in its perfect spot and it looked like it wasn't even being used.

"I may be a little bit OCD, but at least I'm no slob like Jim, Jesus that kid sure does know how to make a mess."

"You are telling me. I'm the one living with him now. I clean up one thing just to have to go clean up another. I swear I feel more like his mother than his girlfriend." I felt Leo stiffen next to me.

"Sorry.." I started before he cut me off.

"You have nothin' to be sorry about so don't say it." He said gruffly. Awkward silence filled the room and I wished I had kept my big mouth shut, of course it would still bother Leo after a little while.

"How much longer should we let him suffer?" Leo asked finally breaking the palpable silence.

"Another hour or so. I don't have any sessions planned for today and trust me nothing is happening up there either."

"I don't know if I should be happy or terrified that nothing has happened so far." He said slowly. "I mean it's only a matter of time until something bad happens, bad things always follow Jim around."

"He is a magnet for bad things." I said slowly.

"Very true. Hey Tempe, you know how much I love you." He said looking very sheepish.

"What do you need me to do Leo?" I asked.

"Can you help me with these reports I have to fill out, you know how bad I am at paperwork." He said giving me one of his rare smiles.

"Hand me the PADD." I said smiling at him.

"You are a lifesaver." He kissed my forehead. "Now I have to go scare all the nurses and interns otherwise they'll think I've gone soft on 'em."

"Now you can't have them thinking that, now can you?" I said laughing at him.

He walked out of the office barking useless orders. I watched amused at the interns that looked like they were ready to wet themselves and the few wide-eyed nurses. Christine was the only one that didn't seem phased by his rude and abrupt manner.

I started filling out the reports and let my thoughts wander. Leo needed himself a girl otherwise he would never be fully healed. Christine seemed to be a good option for him, but then again he was her boss so that wouldn't work. I'll find him someone eventually.

I continued with all of the useless paperwork that Starfleet mandated we had to fill out to keep from getting sued. Leo had definitely neglected it because the cases were mostly motion sickness cases from the first few days of our voyage.

"Counselor Black to the Bridge." Jim said sounding very authoritative.

"What is it Captain? I'm with a patient." I lied as I continued to type in information.

"The Bridge is missing her loveliest face and you aren't with a patient you are sitting in Bones' office by yourself." He said sounding very sure of himself.

"Stalking me now, Captain? I think I may have to report you to Admiral Pike. He wouldn't be too happy with the news." I replied smiling to myself.

"A captain always has to know where his crew is." He said and I could hear Pavel snicker in the background.

"I'll remember that for future reference. Can you send Ensign Chekhov down here, Dr. McCoy needs to see him." I said smiling as I heard Pavel's chuckling stop. The poor boy was terrified of Bones and I couldn't blame him. Leo was horrible to him.

"Sure thing. Ensign you heard the lady. Now come on up Dr. Black." He said finally starting to whine.

"I'll be up later Captain. Black out."

I finished one PADD of reports and started on the next one. "Leo when Pavel gets down here send him to me and be nice to the boy." I shouted.

"I'm a doctor damnit not a messenger." I heard him grumble.

"You are my messenger!" I shouted back and I could hear him continue to grumble as he scared the interns into messing up their practice surgery.

I finished five more reports by the time Pavel finally showed up. "Zank you for saving me from zee Keptin." He said as he sat down next to me.

"You're welcome, I knew he was about to tease you because you snickered at him." I said smiling at the adorable Russian.

"Vhat are you doing?" He asked pointing to the PADD.

"Helping a friend. How is the homesickness? Feeling any better?" I asked him as I looked into his puppy dog eyes.

"Much better, since I've been talking to you." He said smiling at me. "I alzo talked to my mother and sisters last night."

"How are they?" I sat down the second PADD and picked up the third and finally one.

"Zey are wery good. Zey miss me a lot and I still miss zem too, but zey are proud of me and vant me to do good."

"Which you are, you are a brilliant man Pavel. If the homesickness ever gets unbearable just come and talk to me. I can practice my Russian." His eyes lit up at the suggestion.

"You can speak Russian?" He asked excitedly.

"Да. Довольно хороший." I replied.

"Zank you so much." He said as he hugged me impulsively.

"You are more than welcome Pavel, now I think we should get back to our jobs." We stood up and walked out of Leo's office.

"Your work is done lazy, and if you need me to do that again don't wait forever to ask me just ask." I kissed his cheek and smiled at him as I walked off.

We stepped into the nearest lift and Pavel hit the button to head to the Bridge. I had really grown close to the young man. He was a sweet kid and needed someone who was nurturing kind still to help him. Luckily Nyota and I both had an insatiable maternal side and we both decided to help take care of him.

Jim always made fun of how much I babied Pavel and how I would always fight back whenever Jim teased him. We stepped off the turbolift and I offered Pavel a parting smile.

"Finally our charming Counselor has decided to grace us with her presence." James said announcing my return.

"Sorry Captain, the doctor needed to see me." I said smiling at him. I knew it would drive him crazy that Leo needed me and not him. I could see the thoughts crossing his mind. First he wandered if I was cheating on him with Leo, then he wanted to know what Leo wanted with me, and then it was back to the cheating theory.

"It was strictly professional." I whispered to him as I walked over to Spock who stood statuesque at his post.

"Commander." I smiled at him and read what he had on his monitor. It was all of the information Spock Prime had sent him over New Vulcan. The planet seemed suitable and it seemed that things were going well for them.

"Captain, New Vulcan is in need of supplies and Spock Prime has requested that we bring the supplies so I can see the planet myself." Spock said stoically.

"Thank god! Something for us to do!" Jim exclaimed as he jumped out of his chair. "Mr. Sulu plot the course to Starbase.." He trailed off looking at Spock.

"The supplies are at Starbase fifty-nine Captain." He said as he fought the smirk that was beginning to dance across his lips.

"Starbase fifty-nine Mr. Sulu warp factor six. Punch it." He smiled and rubbed his hands together plotting like a little kid that had just stepped into a candy shop and was allowed to get whatever he wanted.

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"It's going to take us a week to get to New Vulcan." He said as I lay on his chest. He was wearing his cute thick rimmed glasses and was reading over the medical reports he had to check before they could be sent in to the Admirals.

"Yes?" I asked not knowing where he was going with this.

"I want you and Bones to do complete physicals and mental checks on all the crew before we get there."

"And why do you want this done?" I said sitting up abruptly. Leo was going to kill him once he found out.

"I'm the youngest captain Starfleet has ever had. I've got to have everything done perfectly all the time Tempe." He said and I could see the worry behind his eyes. "I can't mess up anything." He pulled me back down onto his chest.

"I'm already breaking too many regulations by being with you and letting you live with me instead of having your own room." He said laughing.

"Well Chris knows about us and approves as long as it doesn't start to hinder your judgment so all is well as far as I go." I said as I began to trace the muscle ridges on his stomach.

"Baby I have work to do. Don't do that it drives me crazy." He said his voice already growing husky.

"But James." I said pouting as I sat up and straddled him. "Tempe." He growled.

I leaned over and he captured my mouth before I could tease him anymore. He flipped us instantly and tore off his button up shirt that I was wearing.

He kissed his way down my neck and sucked at the delicate skin. I was sure he was leaving marks but I didn't care. I pulled off his baggy sleeping pants and tossed them. He slowed down the frantic pace and kissed me softly and tenderly.

"You know I could see myself doing this to you every night and not get tired of it." He said as he pressed small kisses all over my face.

"Is that your way of saying you want to stay with me?" I said teasing him.

"Tempe I've always wanted to stay with you ever since I first saw you." My heart thrummed unnaturally fast and I felt myself getting choked up. "I don't know what I'd do without. Especially now you are my life and my world."

He kissed me again before we shed the rest of our clothes.

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The hot Georgian sun glared down upon us as we lay on the bank next to the river. We were just kids. I could tell that by how young he looked. He had to be sixteen and I knew I was pretending to be sixteen. His hazel eyes were full of mischief that evening.

"Come on Anne." He called as he jumped up from lying next to me.

"Where are we going Louis?" I asked slowly sitting up.

"Over here, my friend Jackson is meeting us." He said smiling at me.

I saw a figure in the distance and I scrunched my emerald eyes as I tried to make the figure out.

"That's him." Louis said pointing over my shoulder. I felt him standing behind me and the day got even more impossibly hotter. The rough cotton fabric was suddenly unbearably itchy and stifling. My corset was suddenly too tight and I wished that I didn't have to wear this and act like a lady.

We leaned up against a peach tree, shading ourselves from the unforgiving sun. Finally the boy named Jackson appeared. "McCoy." He shouted as he stood in the middle of the clearing looking for us.

"Over here Jack." Louis said.

He turned to us and his blue eyes widened at the sight of me.

"Jackson Kirk." He said stretching his hand out to me as he got close to me. "Anne Grey." I said smiling at him. Louis's arm went around me as Jackson kissed my hand.

"This your girl Louis?" Jackson asked his blue eyes dancing.

"Yes." Louis said standing taller.

I awoke with a start. I felt terribly nauseous. I crawled out of bed and made my way to the bathroom before I retched losing my dinner. I continued to throw up and I felt horrible. The same dream had been plaguing my mind continuously for a while now. It was the same people just a different setting.

The thing that terrified me was the Louis looked a lot like Leonard and Jackson looked like James. Anne was me obviously and I looked almost the same as I did now. I retched again and I heard a groan from the bedroom.

Why was I sick? I never got sick. I was impervious to any disease that they had in this world. I heard the pattering off soft footsteps.

"You alright baby?" James said groggily. He came into the bathroom and patted my back.

"Yeah sweetie dinner just didn't set well with me." He pulled my hair back as I retched again. I had finally lost the contents of my stomach when his alarm went off signaling to us that it was time for us to start getting ready for work.

I brushed my teeth trying to rid my mouth of the taste of bile. Jim was in the shower and he got out and ready quickly. "Don't forget to tell Leo about the physicals." He said as he kissed my forehead. "Hope you feel better baby."

He went off to work and I jumped in the shower washing off the dried sweat from the night before. I dressed quickly in the standard blue uniform and headed to Jim's funeral. Leo was going to kill him as soon as I told him the news.

I got to Med Bay and it was deserted, it wouldn't be this way for much longer. I looked around and saw Leo asleep on his desk.

I shook him gently and he stirred groggily. "Wake up Leo." I murmured to him. He sat up and his face had the imprint of the book he was reading on it.

"Fell asleep doing research." He said as he stretched.

"Well go clean up. Jim wants both physical and mental work-ups on every member of the crew."

"Fuckin' ass hole." He growled.

"Chill honey. I'll let you do me first so you can relax before you accidently hurt someone else. Plus I was sick this morning."

"No use getting cleaned up. Come on Tempe." I followed him out to exam room one and he grabbed his tricorder and began scanning. He scanned once and he scowled. He scanned me for the second time and I just continued to watch his face. By the fifth scan I was worried.

"What's wrong Leo?" I asked.

"You're pregnant."