Disclaimer: Again, I do not-eth own-eth. If I did I might jump Bones' bones.
AN: Can I just say this entire twoshot was beta'd by Rayvn Stormwatcher? Cause she did it all. And any future fics I might write. Oh, and any other mistakes are probably the one's she missed.
All Our Yesterdays (2/2)
Hihi Ren.
It was weird being back on Earth after traveling through the dark depths of space. Weird to see the familiar world that Jim had grown up on for the majority of his life. Weird to be somewhere other than San Francisco. Or Iowa.
It was weird to see Bones smiling as much as right now.
Jim made sure that his next shore leave would be in Georgia with Bones. He made sure that Bones didn't grumble so much and that he made plans to actually go see his daughter and to bitch about the ex-wife as little as possible.
And then there was Joanna. That sweet little girl who ran to Bones when he drove the hovercar up to Jocelyn's place and tugged on his hand when she wanted him to go faster; to see her new horse quicker. The little girl who giggled when Bones picked her up and spun her in those Georgia fields.
The little girl who frowned and glared - the glare that looks just as much as Bones' does - at Jim when he stepped out of the car behind Bones.
"Um, hi, Joanna," Jim said tentatively, wondering whether she was going to stick him with a hypo or not.
"I don't know you. Why are you here?" She asked in a way only a demanding eight year-old could.
"I'm Jim, Bones's, uh your dad's friend," Jim replied. Joanna grasped her father's hand, sneaking a look at him for some answers. Bones didn't say anything; Jim always thought Bones liked seeing Jim in uncomfortable situations. I guess now was as good an answer to his questions.
"Daddy's friends are all in Georgia," she said. "And no one calls him Bones. Why do you?"
"It's my, uh, nickname for him," Jim said, swallowing with obvious nervousness. Jim Kirk could save Earth from a crazy-ass Romulan but can't make a good impression on his best friend's daughter?
"Oh! Like Mommy. She calls my daddy a... a," Joanna trailed off, thinking hard. "Oh yeah! She calls him a son of a bitch!" Jim coughed up a deep throated laugh and Joanna smiled brighter. Bones's jaw was set as he grumbled something dark under his breath.
"So, you love my daddy too, right?" Joanna piped up. "Almost as much as space?"
"Waay more than space," Jim grinned, as Bones so obviously rolled his eyes.
"Cool," she said in reply to Jim's statement. "Daddy, we're gonna see my horsey now, right?" Joanna tugged on his hand.
"We are, right, Bones?" Jim chimed in, tugging on Bones's free hand much like a less dignified little kid. He snorted.
"Yeah, we are, darlin'."
"No need to call me darling, Bones," Jim said in return.
"I wasn't, Jim. I was actually talking to someone other than you, kid," Bones said in his typically grumpy way. "Come on, Jo-Bear, let's see your new horse." She nodded her head and started dragging Bones towards the stables.
"You know you're not allowed to grow a horrible beard while we're here, right?" Jim said as an afterthought, while Joanna was explaining everything about her horse and how she took care of him everyday and the likes. "I mean, I know we're in civvies but that's no excuse. You still work on the Enterprise and we have standards!" Bones could only shake his head.
Okay! That is ze end! I love reviews and if I get them I won't kill you with the knife I keep in my backpack (you know, just in case). Well, I wouldn't kill you anyway but I might give you a cute Chekov hug!
I think I ish going to watch TOS now.
