"You're being emotional"
Uhura angrily threw the dress down, glaring at Spock with all the fierceness of a woman scorned.
"I'm being emotional"
"I was merely saying that your body is not proportionate to your dress uniform anymore and that perhaps you should requisition another one" Spock said thoroughly bewildered why Uhura was acting the way she was.
"So you're saying I'm fat" Uhura said angrily
"You're not behaving logically, "Fat" is a subjective term, I was only implying that it would be more aesthetically pleasing if you requisitioned a larger-"Spock tried to say
"I don't even know why I asked you" Uhura said breaking into tears.
"Uhura, I didn't mean" Spock began moving toward her, startled by her abrupt mood change.
"You know what ,I'm late, I'm supposed to be helping lieutenant Musgrave, choose the food for her reception" she said her voice breaking, tears streaming down her face and without another word she keyed the door open and left.
Spock stared after her wondering what was going on, Uhura had become increasingly emotional as of late and this just one of several increasingly frequent events where Uhura took something that he said out of context. Spock looked at the door which had shut behind her and considered going after her to apologize, but in the mood she was in she'd probably take offense at that. He sighed and decided to wait and until later, when she had calmed down somewhat.
Uhura met Musgrave in one of the Rec decks. The Lieutenant was surrounded, by platters of food and as she approached Lieutenant Musgrave glanced up quickly and said "There you are" she was about to turn back around when she took note of her friend's tear streaked face and asked "what happened?" Uhura told her and as she finished the lieutenant made a sympathetic sound before, saying "I don't think he intended to insult you" she picked up a piece of cheese from one of the platters and popped it in her mouth; she chewed thoughtfully before, making a note on the clip board beside her. "You have to keep in mind what he considered fact, you considered insulting" Musgrave said
"At the moment it just seemed like he didn't care, like he was deliberately insulting me" Uhura said dabbing her eyes with a tissue from the box that Musgrave had given Uhura, during her tearful retelling of the argument.
"Nyota, you and Spock are two different people there's bound to be misunderstandings" Musgrave said soothingly "you're blowing this out of proportion, I'm sure he didn't mean to be insulting and you have gained a little weight."
Uhura sighed and said "I guess you're right, maybe I have blown things out of proportion."
"Exactly" Musgrave said nodding as she sampled a piece of bluish-orange fruit.
"I've just have been feeling a little off lately" Uhura continued, picking up a piece of food from one of the platters and taking a bite without really paying attention to what she was eating.
"Well, when was your last physical?" Musgrave asked pulling the top off a dish of purple-black vegetables, allowing a strange sour odour to waft into the air.
"A few weeks ago "Uhura said glancing down at the slimy looking vegetables, the smell from the dish making her feel slightly sick and dizzy,
" maybe you're coming down with something" Musgrave said then picked up one of the vegetable slices and popped it in her mouth " would you mind tasting one of these, Havarii likes them but I don't know if I want them on the menu."
Uhura obligingly took a small bite of the purplish vegetable and chewed for a moment, before an odd look crossed her face and she pushed her chair back, with a muffled "I'm sorry" she nearly ran to the rec room bathroom, one hand clamped tightly over her mouth.
Musgrave, watched Uhura leave puzzled, then carefully reached down and picked up another slice of the vegetables and as she chewed thoughtfully said to no one in particular "hmm, I didn't think they were that bad"