*Please keep in mind that this is my first ever fanfiction :) I"m also not a native english speaker, so if I make grammar mistakes, please forgive me and correct me :)*
Nyota Uhura was late. This was the first day of the semester and she was already late for her first class. Shit, shit, shit - she thought as she ran across the square to the Language Building of the Starfleet Academy. She almost knocked down someone on her way up the stairs and when she finally reached the classroom door, she tripped on the doorstep and fell into room full of students. Every single one of them was looking at her in silence. She felt so embarrassed she didn't even looked up while gathering herself from the floor. As if it couldn't get worse she tripped again on the way to her spot. When she finally took her sit she managed to look at her professor. She was afraid he would say something about her being late or clumsy or even rude, but he only nodded at her and started the lecture. She was glad he didn't make any comment. While listening to him speaking about the variety of languages in the galaxy she could take a good look at him. Commander Spock. She has never seen a Vulcan in her life so she was quite shocked how someone looking almost like human could be so unhuman at the same time. It was something about his pose, his way of speaking, his way of expressing (or rather not expressing) emotions. But she didn't find it scary or unpleasing, she's found it rather fascinating. So she sat there hypnotized by his calm voice and steady look. Before she knew it, the lecture has ended and the students started slowly leaving the classroom. She also was about to leave when she heard a voice behind her.
"Cadet Uhura, please stay for a moment."
She looked back and saw Spock. So he knew her name?
"Yes, Commander?" she asked.
"You were late today. Try not to do this again. I value punctuality." he spoke calmly. Now when she was standing closer to him she noticed his eyes were brown and very warm. That one thing didn't fit to his Vulcan appearance. So she stood there looking into his eyes, trying to figure his out, not answering to him. He raised his eyebrow and asked:
"Is everything alright, Cadet?"
She realized she was being creepy and quickly said:
"Oh, yes, sorry, commander. It won't happen again. I mean I won't be late again, I promise. "
He looked at her with expression she couldn't identify and spoke quietly:
"That's good to hear. Have a nice day, Uhura."
"Sir."
She nodded, turned around and headed for the exit. As she was walking she felt his gaze on her but she didn't looked back. She stopped just outside the building and wasn't quite sure what the heck just happened.
"Well this will be interesting." she said to herself and looked at her schedule to see what is her next class. Ahh, theoretical physic… How delightful… she thought and started walking towards science building.
If she had looked behind her she would have noticed Spock standing in his office window watching her. Maybe she would even noticed his almost invisible smile. But she didn't.