So… I had seen the Star Trek Movie after it had come out, Thanks to my parents dragging me to see it, and I soon fell in love with it. I have to admit, I'm not a devoted fan to the Original Series when it comes to Star Trek. My Trekky-ness is usually limited to The Next Generation (Because, let's face it, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is freaking awesome.) and Voyager (Because my parents used to always watch it back when we had one T.V. [which is weird because now we have like… four.]) So I am sorry if my facts aren't accurate. I tried to do some research as best I could, but sometimes, it's just not enough. I've only seen a few episodes of the Original Series and only one movie. The fourth one I think, the one where the need the Whale (Which is completely random if I might say so myself. But it was funny none the less.) So I'm sorry if I'm not accurate.
I also want to say that though this story is finished, it is far from edited. This is actually the one and only chapter which is edited. I want to thank my Beta Reader Banana7Pancakes, who has edited this chapter. I also want to thank by Bestest Buddy, Jeck, who has supported me the whole time while writing, and has read over my story as well. Helping me out as best as she could.
Disclaimer: Star Trek 2009 is owned by Gene Roddenberry, J.J Abrams and Paramount Pictures. I own nothing that is recognizable to the original story (If I did you think I would be writing this? No, it would already be in the movie.) I wish I owned Chris Pine, but I'm pretty sure that's illegal in America. I do own the plot, and Alexis, though you can borrow her if you want, she pretty much just lays around all day now that the story is finished. Lazy bum. Please don't steal without permission.
Come on Get Higher
She glanced around the corner, watching as her older brother talked to a blonde haired boy from down the street. She knew she had seen him in her school, but she could not remember his name. His deep blue eyes glanced over and met her warm brown, causing her to turn back around the corner.
"Um, dude, some little creeper is watching us." She scrunched her nose and walked into the room, her hands on her hips.
"I'm not a creeper, whatever that is!" she said defensively. The boy shrugged, showing he didn't know what it meant either. Her brother, Shawn, rolled his eyes.
"Lexie, go away!" he snapped. She glared at him.
"Just because you have friends in the house doesn't mean you have to be a jerk," she argued.
"Alexis, just go away, you're annoying Jim." He snapped. Jim shrugged.
"I don't care, she seems alright." Alexis smirked.
"See, I'm not bothering anyone." Shawn rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, I got to go to football practice. Jim, if you want to hang out with her, be my guest," Shawn stated, walking out of the house. Alexis ran a hand through her dark brown hair and looked at the boy in front of her. He was probably a year older than her, seeing as he was hanging out with her older brother. He was the first to speak.
"James T. Kirk," he said, holding out his hand. Alexis walked up to him and shook his hand, smiling widely.
"Alexis J. Kohler. What does the 'T' stand for?" she asked. He turned a little red.
"Tiberius. What does 'J' stand for?" he asked, hoping to get her as embarrassed. She chuckled lightly and pulled her hand away from him.
"Jane. Not as cool as Tiberius, but it works." James bit his bottom lip.
"Not as embarrassing is more like it. Alexis is a cool name, for a girl." She scrunched her nose at the last statement.
"My friends call me Lexie, and I guess James is an okay name for a guy."
"My friends call me Jim." She tilted her head.
"I'm going to call you J.T, Jim is boring," she said, walking past him and sitting on her couch. Jim furrowed his eyebrows and sat next to her.
"Well, if you're going to call me 'J.T' I'm going to call you A.J, Alexis is boring." She laughed and nodded.
"Fine, it's nice to meet you, J.T" He smirked.
"Same here, A.J"
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Twelve Years Later
"You're doing what?" he asked. Alexis sighed and finished up her drink.
"I'm joining Starfleet, as a medical officer, or scientist, if they let me," she told him. He furrowed his eyebrows and ran a hand through his dirty blonde hair.
"Come on, A.J, get real." She sighed and crossed her arms.
"I am serious, just because you spend your time trying to see how many people you can piss off doesn't mean the rest of the world does the same," she told him. James took a sip of his beer. Alexis pressed her lips together as she watched him struggle with the information. "Jay-"
"Do whatever you want, you'll do it no matter what I say." Alexis gave a small sigh and moved a little closer to him.
"Jay, I know you don't like the whole Starfleet thing but-"
"I just don't think it's what you should do. Starfleet is too dangerous for you." Alexis rolled her eyes at this statement. Sometimes she found his protectiveness overbearing.
"Look, I know what happened to your dad was bad, but it doesn't happen all the time J.T" she explained.
"A.J, people die in Starfleet, you could die. I can't protect you up there." Alexis chuckled a little at that.
"Jay, I know you think you have to protect me, being the little sister you never had and all, but you really don't. I'm twenty-one, I can take care of myself. Believe it or not," she told him.
"Don't lie, I know you can't." Alexis shook her head.
"Fine, think what you want. If you're really that worried join Starfleet too. That way you won't have to worry." He scoffed and downed the rest of his drink.
"Forget that, Starfleet cadets are losers with no future. No offense." He muttered ordering another drink.
"Yeah, because you're not drinking away your future at all." He smirked.
"At least I'm having fun while doing it, and not wasting my time being an uptight mindless cadet." There was the sound of laughter and they both looked over to see a group of Starfleet cadets walking into the bar. "Speaking of which…"
"Come on, J.T, your step-dad is going to flip if he finds out you started another fight." He rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"I don't care what he thinks. Besides, I'm only going to pick up a few chicks and have some fun." Alexis shook her head and then pushed back a few strands of brown hair that fallen into her face.
"Okay, Jay, go do what you do." James smiled and stood up, giving her a half-hearted hug.
"You're the best, A.J, no matter what Shawn says." She laughed and pushed him away, making him stumble a little.
"Go, and try not to start a fight."
"I make no promises." He walked off and left her alone. She was only alone for a few minutes before someone sat next to her.
"Hello," he said simply. She took a quick once over and noticed he was wearing a Starfleet uniform.
"Hey," she replied. He moved a little closer to her.
"I must say, you have to be the prettiest girl in this bar." She laughed at his blatant pick-up line.
"You must be blind. That or you're expecting to get laid." He was silent for a minute, debating on how to answer that. "I thought so."
"Well, you look pretty for a farm girl," he said, trying to save himself.
"Oh really?" she asked, acting like she was suddenly interested.
"Oh yeah, I mean, of course in Starfleet there are women who look like goddesses, but you, no, you're an average plain Jane. I mean, you're not ugly, but your not drop dead gorgeous." Alexis shook her head and went back to her drink.
"You are so not getting laid tonight," she told him.
"Look here-" He was cut off by the sound of glass breaking and Alexis automatically stood up. When she saw that Jim was now fighting someone from the Starfleet academy, she shook her head.
"Idiot," she muttered. She instantly ran over and pulled one guy off of him. The man turned around and went to punch her, but realized that she was a girl and stopped.
"Stay out of this!" he snapped. Before he could turn around she punched him in the face, putting all her weight into the swing. It was powerful enough to stun him for a moment, giving enough time for Jim to jump up and punch him in the face. She turned around and kicked a cadet in the stomach, causing him to fall forward a little and be the perfect height for her to knee in his face.
A guy came up to her and then, quite harshly, smacked her across the face. She took a step back but recovered quickly and swiftly kicked him in his side, which made him fall to the floor in pain. She turned around just in time for someone to break glass, causing shards to fly over near her. She covered her face from the glass but could still feel a few shards cut through her skin.
She quickly recovered and kicked a cadet in the back of the knees, causing him to fall forward. She then walked in front of him and punched him in the nose. She heard the sound of more glass breaking and turned around to see someone had pinned Jim on a table and was punching him in the nose. She went to stop him, but was held back by a Starfleet cadet.
"Let go of me!" she hissed.
"He started it," the man replied. She tried to get away from him, but he was able to keep a steady hold on her. Just as she was about to stomp on his foot a loud whistle echoed throughout the bar. Everyone stopped and looked at the captain entering the bar.
"Outside! All of you!" he called, but nobody moved. "Now!" he shouted and all the cadets began filing out of the bar. The cadet holding Alexis paused for a moment, but she quickly elbowed his stomach, causing him to let go.
"Ouch," he hissed.
"Suck it up, baby," she snapped. He glared at her and walked out, leaving her alone in the bar with James and the captain.
"You alright, son?" the captain asked. James didn't bother moving from his position on the table, but was able to look up at him.
"You can whistle really loud, you know that?" he remarked. The captain chuckled and looked at Alexis.
"Are you a friend of his?" he asked.
"Yes sir," she replied, grabbing a few napkins.
"You mind giving him a hand?" She nodded and walked over to Jim, grabbing his hand and slowly helping him sit up. He groaned and blinked a few times, trying to stop his head from spinning. Alexis shook her head and ripped up a few pieces of napkins.
"You look like crap," she told him. He rolled his eyes.
"I wasn't expecting him to hit that hard," he replied. She shook her head and handed him the paper.
"Stick this up your nose." He furrowed his eyebrows.
"Why can't you do it?" he asked. She handed him the other one and walked over to the bar, grabbing her backpack.
"Because I need to go home and get some ice. I need to be somewhere tomorrow morning," she said. He nodded and stuck the napkins up his nose, trying to stop the bleeding.
"Right, you're turning into one of those Starfleet losers," he muttered. She glanced over at the captain, who was currently getting a table set up.
"Yup, I'm going to be a loser. And you're going to be boring and fighting in bars while I'm fighting Klingons. Sure, J.T, I'm the a loser." He rolled his eyes.
"You're not going to fight Klingons," he muttered. She laughed and gave him a quick hug.
"I'll call you later. Be safe J.T" He nodded.
"Try not to let the big bad Space cadet losers beat you up, A.J" She rolled her eyes and began to walk out of the bar, stopping a minute in front of the captain.
"Sir."
"You may leave, Miss Kohler." She nodded and left the bar, walking up to her bike and grabbing her helmet. She stopped when one of the female cadets from earlier walked up to her, stopping not to far from her bike.
"Are you a friend of that guy in there?" she asked. Alexis raised an eyebrow.
"If you're talking about J.T, then yeah, I am," she told her.
"Is he alright?" she asked. Alexis pressed her lips together and slipped her helmet on.
"You didn't seem to care if he was hurt while your buddy was punching him," she snapped, clipping her helmet on.
"I asked them to stop, but they were too busy fighting like a bunch of-"
"Men, because they are. Jeez, have you even lived with a guy?" she asked. The woman glared at her.
"It is not my fault that they are so… irrational. They just act, they never think," she said, trying to explain herself. Alexis shook her head and started her bike.
"You want someone who is rational, find yourself a Vulcan," she told her, flipping down the shield of her helmet and driving off.
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"Alexis Jane Kohler, you joining Starfleet academy?" a man asked. She resisted an eye role.
"That's why I'm here," she said. He nodded and wrote something down on his electronic pad. He then looked up and his eyebrows furrowed.
"What happened to your face?" he asked. She lifted her hand to her cheek, where a bruise now lay, poking it lightly and flinching at the fact that it was still pretty tender.
"Um, long story. I was helping a friend out," she told him, messing with a loose strand on her jean jacket. He nodded and grabbed her backpack.
"You wont be needing that on the flight, Miss. Welcome to Starfleet." She nodded and walked onto the shuttle, looking around a little before finding a seat. She buckled up and took in her surroundings, rolling her eyes when she saw the cadets from the night before.
"The academy must be looking for some local farm girls," one said, grinning smugly. The woman from before shot him a look and looked back at her.
"You are joining Starfleet?" Alexis nodded. "Why?" Alexis shrugged.
"They needed some local farm girls," she told her.
There was a good five minutes where Alexis was sure she was going to pass out from boredom, but that soon went away when a familiar face sat next to her.
"Miss me, A.J?" he asked. She laughed and shook her head, letting some of dark brown hair fall out of her ponytail and into her eyes.
"What happened to being a Starfleet loser, J.T?" she asked. He shrugged.
"Can't let you be a loser by yourself. Plus I have a bet with a captain that I can make officer in three years." She rolled her eyes and watched him attempt to put on his seatbelt. She chuckled and looked over when she heard some commotion. A man stumbled on the shuttle and began mumbling something she couldn't hear, the woman who was helping him aboard shook her head.
"Sir please, do you need a doctor?" she asked, getting frustrated.
"No, I don't need a doctor, damn it. I am a doctor!" he snapped. "Do you know what Aviophobia means? It's fear of flying-"
"You need to get back your seat," she hissed.
"I had one. In the bathroom with no windows." Alexis couldn't help the small laugh coming from her lips.
"Sit down now!" the woman snapped. He simply looked at her for a moment, most likely debating on whether or not to argue with her, but walked over and sat next to Jim.
"I may throw up on you." Jim gestured to the seatbelts.
"I think these things are pretty safe." The man scoffed.
"Don't pander to me, kid. One tiny crack in the hull, and our blood boils in 13 seconds. Solar flare may crop up. Cook us in our seats. Or just wait until you're sitting pretty with a case of Andorian Shingles. We'll see how laid back you are when your eyeballs bleed!" Alexis scrunched her nose.
"That just sounds so pleasant," she stated. The man rolled his eyes.
"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence, missy." She raised an eyebrow at being called 'Missy,' but didn't push the subject. James furrowed his eyebrows.
"I hate to break it to you, but Starfleet operates in space." The man shrugged.
"Yeah. Well, I got nowhere else to go, the ex-wife took the whole damn planet in the divorce. All I got left is my bones," he said, taking out a flask and taking a sip.
"Leonard McCoy," he stated, handing the flask to Jim. Jim smirked.
"Jim Kirk," he replied taking a sip. McCoy looked over at Alexis when Kirk passed the flask to her.
"Alexis Kohler," she answered. He nodded and took his flask back.
"Nice to meet the both of you."
"Same."
So, that's the first chapter. The Title of the chapter is from a Basshunter song "Beer In The Bar." And it honestly has nothing to do with the story. I just thought the Title matched the chapter, since a good majority of it happened in a bar.
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