Author's Notes:
This would be my first Star Trek fan fiction. I do hope that you would like it. I'm sorry in advance if I commit any mistakes.
For some clarifications, Spock is 28 years old in this. The timeline is 4 years before the 2009 movie.
I've planned some amazing plots for this story and I hope that you'll like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Spock or Star Trek. (obviously)
CHAPTER 1: A Sight to Behold
"I can't believe that you'll be on Starfleet now V," Pyro smiled as he entered his sister's room.
"Let's just say that I had a change of mind for a lot of things," she had originally wanted to enter the field of diplomacy and politics but while studying space out of curiosity and learning about other cultures, she had realized that she wanted to experience it herself. And hearing all of the impressive news about the development of the newest flagship of the fleet, the USS Enterprise, she was pretty much sure about her decision to enter Starfleet.
"You'll do well. Maybe there you'll be able to find yourself a boyfriend." He smirked at his sister's annoyed expression. He knew all about her romantic escapades with various people, but what he really wanted to see is for her sister to bring somebody for dinner.
"Let's not talk about this. You should probably sleep," she smiled at her brother. Ever since her cousin Erika married, her brother had been pushing her to date and start a relationship with somebody. Well, she did date but no one had been able to catch her attention for a serious relationship. All of them had been passing faces; short-term fulfillment.
"Okay then. Goodnight sister."
(*_*)
Room 425.
Dormitory #4
1400 hours
Victoria looked around her new room. A week before her arrival at Starfleet she had made several arrangements when it comes to her room. She doesn't want to share a room with anybody, it's not like she's snob or anything but she prefers to keep her privacy and having to share a room with someone would violate that.
Her things as well as the furniture's she had sent before was already there when she arrived. Instantly she started arranging her stuffs to the compartments of the room. Since she would be staying there for quite a long time it would only be proper to try to settle in.
While she was busy organizing her books on the bookshelf the door chime rang. Putting down her copy of 'Pearl Harbor' she walked to the door and opened it.
"Hey! You're finally here." Leila Gruber stood there beaming at her.
"Come in Leila."
Leila looked around the whole room. It was pretty spacious considering the fact that Victoria wasn't sharing them with anybody. The walls were white and black, the red mini kitchen was at the corner of the place looking pristine. Several technological equipment's were near the study desk along with the bookshelf, and of course the queen sized bed with red silk sheets. The room pretty much describe the owner.
"Do you want any refreshment?" Victoria asked looking at her friend. She met Leila at Cambridge while she attended several medical seminars and since then they had become friends.
"Nah, I would just like to see how you're settling in and as far as I can see you'll do fine."
"And I suppose you've finished settling in?"
"Yes, but not with the cleaning thing. Our room looked like a hurricane came to it."
Victoria chuckled, her friend wasn't really good when it comes to cleaning her own room. Leila could clean her patients wound better than she could clean a room.
"Anyways, my roommate invited us to a club nearby. Wanna' come?" Leila looked at her friend smiling. She knew that Victoria would need no persuasion; her friend was a party person more than she is.
"Where? In the 'Andromeda Club' nearby?"
"Yep."
"Okay, I heard they've got a nice Antarean Brandy there."
"Whoopie! I'll pick you up at 1930 hours! Dress nicely!"
And with that Leila left the room. Victoria smiled to herself, she would be having fun tonight.
"Computer, play Playlist A25."
(*_*)
Room 425.
Dormitory #4
1930 hours
Victoria looked at herself in the full length mirror. She let her dark wavy hair down for the night, her lips were painted blood red, and the rest of her make-up were simple and nothing too heavy. She wore a two-tone illusion top, a black side lace leggings and a bling shoeboot. It was a sexy yet elegant ensemble, nothing too slutty.
The door chime rang. "About time." She thought as she picked up her purse and opened the door. Leila stood there, her blond curls was loose for the night. Her friend was wearing a yellow mini dress and gold heels.
"Ready?" Leila asked eyeing her friend.
"Of course I am."
"Let's go then!"
(*_*)
Captain Pike looked at his friend and smiled. "Spock, tomorrow is the start of classes in the academy and you'll be busy then. Why not come with us for a drink or two?" Spock had refused him a couple of times. Pike wished that the young man would put logic aside from time to time and embrace his humanity.
"I don't think that it'll be a good idea, I still need to prepare some materials for the activities that will culminate this month." Spock didn't want to refuse Captain Pike, however, it is true that he still need to arrange some things before the start of classes tomorrow.
"Come on Spock. Just come with us, I promise that you won't have to stay for a long time. Besides, it's time to practice camaraderie. It would benefit you once you work on the Enterprise as my first officer." Pike internally sighed. It would take a great deal to make Spock come with them.
"I suppose it would not take a long time for this activity to reach its intended productivity."
Finally! He had agreed to go with them. "It's time to introduce him to the pleasures of humanity."
"Be at Andromeda Club in 2000 hours."
(*_*)
Andromeda Club
2000 hours
Victoria and Leila arrived at the club without any hassle. They entered the establishment and the loud blaring music instantly filled their senses. Grinning at each other they proceeded to the bar to order some drinks.
"One Samarian Sunset." Victoria smiled at the bartender. Surveying the dance floor she saw a familiar face.
"Well, I didn't know that McCoy would join Starfleet." She said to her companion. One thing that she knew about Leila is her crush on Leonard McCoy. She met his gaze and she waved at him.
"Yeah, me too. I heard all about his divorce though." Leila feel sorry for Leonard. She met him at a medical convention and she could definitely say that he is a good man.
Leonard McCoy sighed as he try to swivel around the crowd to the bar. James Kirk was too engrossed with the blonde bimbo he was conversing earlier and would appear to have other plans for the night. While he was making her way to the bar he saw a familiar face, Victoria Deveraux and Leila Gruber, whom she had met while he was a guest speaker on a medical convention at Cambridge.
"I didn't know that you have an interest to join Starfleet." He said, looking at them, his eyes momentary glued to Leila.
"We were considering it for a while. It's you we didn't completely know to be interested in space at all." Leila looked at him. He has this tall, dark, and brooding persona around him that makes him more attractive to her than before.
"Well, my damn ex-wife took everything with her." He ordered a Brandy and sighed. The divorce had been pretty rough to him. He had learnt that the child that his ex-wife was carrying was not his, and of course because she was the mistress of a judge she had the upper hand when it comes to the result of their divorce.
"I'm sorry to hear that Leonard." Victoria said, and looked at her friend who was making googly eyes at the doctor. "You know what, you and Leila don't dance for a while. I'm going to the ladies room." She winked at Leila and walked to the ladies room.
(*_*)
Spock arrived at the Andromeda Club exactly 2000 hours as Captain Pike had said. He could see several people clamouring at the dance floor. Captain Pike was wondering where Spock was when he saw him, he raised his hand and waved. Spock saw where Captain Pike and the others were seated and walked to their direction.
"Spock! Finally you're here my friend. Come on, have a seat." The Captain motioned Spock to seat on the chair beside him. "Order anything you like the tabs on me."
As a Vulcan, alcoholic beverage never really affected him. On times of socialization like this, he order the drinks just for the taste. "What would you like sir?" The waiter asked him noticing that he was the only one without a drink at the table, "A Vulcan Brandy would suffice."
There was chatter around him. Some men at the table were already 'tipsy' as humans would call it was conversing several explicit topics while eying women on the dance floor. Spock found it quite fascinating that humans enjoy flailing around with sweat and grinding themselves around other people's bodies. His eyes travelled around the room, silently observing everything going around him.
While looking around his gaze met a figure of a woman, he assumed that she had just came from the restroom. She was aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Her dark mane cascading her shoulders and those blood red lips. "Those lips, they look so soft." His heart beat increased as he took in her appearance. Unlike other women on the club, the woman was dressed on a very casual yet elegant manner. Nothing was overdone.
Then it happened. Her gaze met his.
He couldn't hear anything but the pounding of his heart. He can't take his eyes off her. It was a feeling he had never felt before. A feeling he could not describe. Suddenly, she was walking to his direction. As she nears him he could see nothing and no one else beside her. "Who is she?"
(*_*)
Victoria looked around for Leila and McCoy after she had went to the ladies room and rolled her eyes. She couldn't see them anywhere, it's either they had gone home together or they've decided to ditch her. Trying again to look around further in the room for any sign of her companion she caught a sight of something or rather someone.
There sitting was a Vulcan, the odd thing is that he was looking directly at her. His gaze was intense, she took a deep breath and looked at his companions and smiled when she saw Captain Pike. Pike was the one who she had talked to when she inquired about things on Starfleet and serving on a starship. Her eyes went back to the Vulcan who was still looking at her.
"How odd." She thought as she walked to their direction to say 'Hello'. When she reached the table she tapped Captain Pike's shoulder and smiled when she saw his shocked face.
"Ah! Deveraux you're already here. Nice to see you around. Who's with you?" Pike asked her looking over her shoulder to see if she's accompanied by anybody. Although, it didn't escape his notice that Spock was looking at the young woman quite intently. "Interesting." He thought.
"I came with Leila Gruber but I can't see her anywhere since she danced with an acquaintance with ours."
"You could stay here for a while, I would like you to meet several comrades of mine." Pike motioned her to sit in front of Spock; who was still intently looking at the woman.
"Thank you."
Pike introduced her to the crew. "…and this is Spock, my future First Officer." Victoria looked at the Vulcan who was looking at her. "Spock?" Her brain clicked in recognition.
"Oh! Well greetings Commander. I'm Victoria Deveraux. I guess you'll get to know me better academically this year since I'll be your student in some advance classes." She looked at him and offered a smile. She knew that Vulcans were touch-telepaths that's why she didn't offer her hand to him like she did to some of the crew members.
"May I inquire of what is your focus?" He asked her, curious on which subjects he would be seeing her.
"Well, my main focus is on Advanced Theoretical Physics, Engineering and Exobiology. Though, I have minor subjects on Xenolinguistics and Probability Mechanics."
Spock was surprised though his expression showed nothing but indifference. It was an unusual combination of subjects, and quite impressive. There are quite few who takes Advance Theoretical Physics and Engineering together as their main focus.
"Why not take Astrophysics then?" Lieutenant Percy Walker who was sitting nearby asked suddenly curious.
"I graduated with a doctor's degree from Cambridge University majoring in Astroscience, I don't see the need to retake its branch subject in Starfleet." Victoria replied sipping on her Samarian Sunset.
"Wow that's pretty impressive. How old are you anyway?" Walker asked again.
"Didn't your mother tell you never to ask a woman her age?" She replied faking an annoyed tone.
Walker put his hands up in mock surrender. The people who were listening chucked at the banter.
"Just kidding. I'm 24 years old." She said and smirked at the astounded reaction and murmurs of those around her.
Spock watched her interact with his comrades. She's pretty good at conversing with people especially those stranger to her. He was quite impressed with her said accomplishment. It only proves to him that not only she is aesthetically pleasing to the eye but she is also intellectually capable.
(*_*)
Victoria conversed more with Captain Pike and his crew members before she looked at the wall clock on the bar.
"It was nice meeting all of you but I think I need to go back to my dormitory." She smiled at everyone and looked at Captain Pike then nodded.
A bright idea flashed through Pike's head as he remembered how Spock looked at the young woman.
"Spock, why don't you accompany the Miss Deveraux to her dormitory, after all I know that you'll still be fixing some things for tomorrow." He winked at Spock and hoped that the young man understood what he meant.
Spock was quite confused on the reason of the Captain's physical gestures to him. Deciding to ignore it, he nodded instead and looked at the woman for confirmation.
"Let's go then Commander."
They walked with utter silence. A gust of cool wind blew and Victoria shivered. "Damn, I should have brought a coat with me." She was engulf in her thoughts and trying to cover herself when a hand reached out for her left arm.
She looked at Commander Spock and smiled when she saw him holding out his jacket out to her.
"Oh no, Commander. I…"
"I insist Miss Deveraux. It's cold and you're shivering. I am Vulcan and I can stand the cold. It's only logical that I lend you the jacket."
She took it from his hand. Their fingers brush and she shivered once again, but now it wasn't from the cold but from the electric feeling she felt when their fingers met.
"Thank you."
Spock felt a surge of emotion that he couldn't describe flow through his veins as their fingers brushed. He had been living on Terra for quite a while now and he had physical contact with people now and then, but he had never experienced such rush of emotions stirred within him. It was fascinating yet quite disturbing for him. He looked at her again and felt his heart burst with emotion, the moonlight illuminates her and creates such a sight to behold. Her dark mane shines in the moonlight, her skin as pale as snow and her lips, "Her lips as red as human blood."
They've arrived at her dormitory after walking in comfortable silence together. Victoria faced him and held out the jacket he lend her.
"Thank you Commander for escorting me." She smiled at him.
"It was no problem for me since the faculty apartments is just next building."
"Thank you anyways…" she paused for a moment and looked at him in the eyes, "…have a good night sir." When she received no response she offered another smile and turned her back on him and proceeded to take her way towards the direction of her room.
"Goodnight indeed." He murmured as he too turned his back and walked his way to his apartment. He could smell her raspberry perfume in his jacket, it assaulted his senses in a very pleasing way. He was sure that he would need a long meditation for the night.
R&R
