"All new cadets proceed to designated lines according to surnames. All new cadets proceed to designated lines according to surnames." Said the machine guiding all the cadets to the appropriate lines so they could receive their standard uniforms, dorm access card, and class schedule. "Whoa! Well excuse you!", she exclaimed as the Orion girls walked right through her line without so much as an 'excuse me' but all that response did was just get the girls to snicker behind their hands as they made eye contact with her and then completely ignore her. "Yeah, I heard that! I can go all night long!" she yelled at them, without noticing she walked into a hard, tall body. "Oh, sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going." She apologized to the tall, blue eyed blonde cadet in front of her as she regain her footing, "That's fine, you can bump into me as often as you like," he replied as he took her all in form top to bottom, "My name is James T. Kirk, but friends call me Jim, who are-" "You did not just say that?! Whoa, you must think your some hot shot player, dontcha?" the tall black hair girl said as she put her hands on her hip and leaned back on the heels of her boots. Now it was her turn to slowly look him up and down. "Well, you know that old saying, 'hate the game not the player'", he replied with a smirked as he took a step back, as the line kept moving, "Oh, you're a player? Well, hello, I'm the coach." She replied as she slowly walked up to him, toe to toe, chest to chest. She leaned into his left ear, "try to keep up." She said as she placed a kiss on his check and took a step back. "What happened big boy? Cat got your tongue?" She replied back as she crossed her arms over her petite bosom. "Whoa- I'm—whoa! I like you! I'm Jim, nice to meet you," he said as he extended his hand. As they shook hands, she replied, "I'm Thalya Kingston… So Jim… that was… I'm not usually like that, you were just asking for it." Thalya smiled, as they both took a step forward as the line kept advancing. 'Kirk, T. James," he said as he waited for his materials and information. Grabbing his supplies he stepped to the side, an easy and light friendship was beginning to form between the two cadets.
The ramifications of this fateful day would not be revealed until many years to come. "Kingston, Thalya." The same exchanged occurred between the tall, black hair beauty and the Starfeet Academy employee. As they walked outside the building, heading down the stairs, "Oh, wait for me, I forgot my bones." Kirk said as he headed back into the crowded building, leaving a confused Thalya at the half way point of the stairs. "Urgh! Hurry up! I want to get dinner!" she shouted as she looked at the retreating form of her very new and first friend at the Academy. As she turned she hit another tall hard body, as she felt the vertigo of falling, Thalya closed her eyes bracing herself for the impact with the concrete steps and holding onto the materials she had just received; but to her surprise the impact never came. She would have fallen flat on her bum if it weren't for the quick reflexes of the body that she had bumped into. "I believe you can open your eyes, cadet." It was a voice devoid of emotions, and as Thalya fluttered her eyelashes, she locked eyes with another set of black eyes. As she leaned further way for the face in her vision, she saw that he was a Vulcan, not only that but a Starfleet Academy professor judging by the color of his uniform. "Thank you, for catching me. Though I feel I should apologize. I should have been watching where I was going, or in this case in which direction I was turning." Thalya replied with a shy smile on her lips that reached her eyes. "No apology is needed where no offense was taken," he replied. A fleeting look of confusion crossed his eyes, but just as fast as she had caught it, it disappeared; making Thalya question what exactly she had seen in the deep recess of this Vulcan eyes.
After a pregnant pause, she came to her sense, "Umm… you can let go of me now…" she calmly said. It was those words that broke the enchantment that had been placed on these two individuals that had come together in the soft lights cast by the setting sun. "Now, I believe it is my turn to apologize, cadet." The Vulcan said as he lifted the young cadet and placed her on her feet. "No apology is needed where no offense was taken" was her answer as she regained her footing, she smiled, "Thank you professor, for catching me. I' am Cadet Thalya Kingston." She saluted her superior officer. "At ease cadet. I'm Professor Spock, welcome to Starfleet Academy." He said as he walked up the stairs and into building. As Thalya regained her senses, Kirk stopped a step above her obviously to what had transpired just mere seconds ago "Thalya I'd like for you to meet Bones, met him as we traveled to the Academy," Kirk said as he made the introductions, "Bones, this is Thalya, meet her just a couple of minutes ago, in line for our supplies, actually." Kirk said as he walked down the stairs leaving the two strangers to formally but awkwardly introduce themselves and shake hands.
Thalya hadn't bothered to look back at the door she and her friends had just come out of, for what reason? It's not like she would have seen the tall Vulcan looking at her retreating figure as well as looking at the two males accompanying her at either side. Spock didn't know much about her, just introductory pleasantries, but all he knew with absolute logic was that her voice had an unsettling effect on him, even though he had just arrived at the building from mediating in the privacy of his rooms. These unsettling feelings would require deep analysis but that would happen after his shift and dinner tonight with the other professors. For right now those feelings would be filed away and later, in the privacy of his housing quarters he would analyze the disturbing emotions the cadet's voice had elicited out of him.
"How about we meet up at the cafeteria after we check into our dorms?" said Thayla as the trio stopped in the quad of the Academy as they looked at the tall buildings of Starfleet Academy. "Umm, that sounds like a good plan," Replied Bones, "How about we meet at 7:30 P.M. in the cafeteria and go from there?" "Okay, I'll see you guys later, its 5:30, we shouldn't take too long, right?" questioned Thalya her two male companions agreed with her "See you guys later!" she shouted as she walked away, looking down at the school map that came with all the school documentation she had just received; and heading in the direction of the girls dormitory.
Inserting the access card into the slot at the entrance of her dorm room she walked into a very simple and medium sized dorm room with two beds at each side of the door and two desks at the foot of the beds. There was one large window in between the two beds and both the large walk in closet and bathroom were on the right side of the room. As Thalya stepped inside and closed the door, a hand stopped her, "Hi, I'm Sam, you must be Thalya Kingston? I'm your roommate." The petite blue eyed brunette said as she walked into the dorm room and extended her hand for a shake. Thalya could say she was just a tad bit disappointed that her roommate was human and not another species, but she quickly dispersed with that thought and extended her hand, "Yes, Hi Sam, I'm Thalya, it's nice to meet you!" Time flew as the young ladies introduced themselves and asked the basic questions to know one another and to know that they would not get killed in the middle of the night like in all scary movies. "Well, I got to go; I'm going to grab dinner. I'll see you when I get back." Said Thalya as she grabbed her coat and headed for the door, stopping at the threshold and looking back at her new roommate as she was picking clothes out of her drawers. "Yeah, see you then!" said Sam as she headed to the shower.
As Thalya stepped outside into the hall she saw a tall, dark and beautiful young woman struggling with rather large pieces of baggage. "Here let me help you," said Thalya as she reached for one of the bags. "Thanks! I'm Nyota Uhura, and you are?" said the tall beauty. "I'm Thalya Kingston, nice to meet you, this is your dorm?" asked Thalya as they walked into the door next to Thalya's own dorm room. "Yeah, why do you ask?" asked Uhura as she dropped the bags next to her bed. "Oh, nothing, just that we will be neighbors and also sharing the bathroom." Said Thalya as she put down the bag she had carried and looked around, everything was the same in both rooms. "Well, I'm glad, you seem friendly and I'm sure we'll get along, don't you agree?" said Uhura as she started opening her bags and her drawers. As Thalya looked at Uhura unpacking she got the same feeling she got from Kirk, she had found another friend. "Yeah, I completely agree, we'll get along perfectly." Said Thalya with a secretive smile, "Well, I got to go. I'll see you around." Said Thalya as she head for the door. "Yes, we should all get together, your roommate and my roommate . . . as soon as she gets here and just hang out, get to know each other, what do you think?" Said Uhura as she looked at Thalya heading out the door. "That's a great idea, we'll do it tomorrow morning for breakfast, sounds good to you?" asked Thalya as she stepped into the hall. "Okay see you tomorrow, it was really nice to meet you Thalya!" Shouted Uhura to a retreating Thayla. "Yeah! See you tomorrow! Sorry! It's just that I'm late!" shouted Thalya as she waved good-bye to her new friend.
As she walked into the cafeteria she saw that it was packed with all the different species from across the quadrant. All the planets from which the students hailed were members of Starfleet and all wanted to explore the universe. "Thalya over here! Over here!" when Thalya was able to locate the origin of the voice it was that of Jim sitting next to Bones, "I'm going to go get some food!" she shouted as she headed to the buffet tables. Once Thalya made it back to the table with her dinner tray the trio fell into an easy conversation, with shouts and laughter each talking about themselves and to put it simply they were just developing a bond that would span years to come. They were the last to leave the cafeteria.
"Hey Thalya! Hey Thalya! Have you been listening to a word that I have said?" asked Jim as he turned to look at his friend who was sitting on the bed folding clothes and placing them in the luggage bag, she seemed to have gone off in her own mind. "To be honest, no," she said with a sheepish smile, "but quick question Jim, do you remember how we meet?" asked Thalya as she placed the clothes she was folding into the luggage bag and looked to make direct eye contact with her best friend.
A/N: Hope you like the first chapter! Please click 'favorite/follow' and leave a comment with your likes and/or dislikes. I don't know how many chapters this story will have; just know that it will be updated weekly. I will be working on this story every day for 30 minutes each day and it will be published/posted on Thursday nights (PST). I have this whole story figured out (in my head) but know that it will be completed this year, 2014.
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