Chapter one, a chance encounter.
George Samuel Kirk couldn't believe his eyes when he saw who was already seated on the shuttle to Starfleet San Francisco, Winona Alison Greene the annoying nerd girl from his high school in Iowa had enlisted. She had gone from zits and thick rimmed spectacles to clear tanned skin and beautiful hazel eyes that match her blonde hair. This ugly duckling had become a swan who had her eyes trained on a data pad. "All adored recruits!" came the clear commanding voice of Commander Grayson. "Is this everyone lieutenant?" she asked my older sister Deana who had graduated the academy two years earlier. "Yes Ma' am." She saluted.
"Alright then let's get this show on the road, Pilot. We are ready for take-off." Seconds later we were in the air and on our way towards a military future.
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'Oh heck you have gotta be kidding me, what's that idiot doing here. He probably hasn't changed a bit since high school!' I didn't bother bringing attention to myself so I kept my eyes on my pad hopefully he didn't see me. "Winona? Is that you? Oh my god girl you are SO hot!" came the voice of my best friend and kirks cousin Alex Montez. "Hi Alex how you doing? And thanks" pulling my hair back into a high pony tail. We talked about what we wanted to major in; Alex wanted Xenolinguistics and I wanted Engineering, talking so much helped me not to wonder about the Engineering of the new ship that was being built in Iowa's shipyard, I heard somewhere that they were going to call her the USS Kelvin and pretty soon we were at the academy. "Recruits. Follow Lieutenant commander Kirk to retrieve your uniforms and accommodation codes. That is all. Dismissed."
One year later…
"Alright Cadets, considering that usual professor has been dishonourably discharged for misconduct, I will be your new professor until further notice. I am Commander Grayson. Now we have the pleasantries out of the way let's get down to business… firstly I'm going to pair you up, boys with girls for the whole lesson possibly the entire year; Pike, Montez. Stewartson, Frost. Dunn, Sabbeth. Wilks, Smith. Clewek, klienen and finally Kirk and Greene" yeah small class I know but it's been like this since we started. "Greene" Kirk greeted with a small nod and a flirtatious grin.
"Kirk whatever you're thinking, Forget it" I replied punching him square in the right shoulder "kal-tor etek fal'i'kal nash-toran Ne-lan Greene" let us begin this activity Cadet Greene. He said in horribly accented Vulcan. "ac'ruth Ne-lan Kirk du wuh'rak."Certainly Cadet Kirk you first.
We spoke in Vulcan up until we were due to be dismissed. Kirk followed me to the cafeteria, he might have been a jerk in high school but now I'm quite sure what to think, hell he gave me his comm link. I think we can be friends actually. "Well Kirk, sorry to cut this short but I gotta get down to the Engineering block for A.E. I'll comm ya later okay? Bye" I said running off because I was going to be late for Professor Gasenty's class, he'll kill me if I'm late.
"Hey Pike mind if I sit here?" I asked him.
"Huh? Oh hi Greene, yeah sure" he shifted his Kit in order for me to sit down. "George looked pleased at lunch break. You know he's had a crush on you since our first year, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he started stalking you." I rolled my eyes and smacked him upside the head.
Gasenty started the class "Alright you lot settle down…"