Lieutenant Allison Jacoby sat at the edge of the short track, catching her breath from an extremely long run. The med bay had recently installed a running course for their officers to stay in shape, and for the last few hours the Lieutenant had been abusing the privilege.

For the last month Allison had been dating her superior officer: a lovingly unemotional, half-Vulcan/half-Human. The night before they had experienced their first major fight as a couple. Allison had lost control more than once and let some of her emotions get the best of her before, but not like last night.

In the command center, Allison sat in her chair, stressed and tired. Most of the crew were on shore leave, but she had volunteered to stay aboard. Bored as she was, she punched in the location of her boyfriend, Spock, to see what he was doing. She was aware that he would not appreciate her spying on him, but she did it anyway, and was shocked at what she found.

Spock was having lunch with Uhura. Allison had heard stories of their relationship before Uhura balked on him because he WAS half-Vulcan (shocker there right?), and left the ship. Yet, this little act hurt Allison more than she ever knew it could, and when Spock came back aboard, she confronted him about it. The fight escalated from there.

He ended up spending the night in Kirk's room, because he was trying to be a gentleman. He graciously left her his bedroom since her own was under construction. However, she couldn't sleep there so she ended up sleeping in Bones' bed, while Bones slept on the floor. After she had woken up, she elected to go to the track, and maybe run off some of her anger.

Allison stopped on a bench for a water break and got out her 70th edition iPod. She hit shuffle and pushed play.

Waking up to find another day
The moon got lost again last night
But now the sun has finally had its say
I guess I feel alright

But it hurts when I think
When I let it sink in
It's all over me
I'm lying here in the dark
I'm watching you sleep, it hurts a lot
And all I know is
You've got to give me everything
Nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]

I give you everything that I am
I'm handin' over everything that I've got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don't ever wanna have to go and give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning and the tears are pouring
And I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right

All I wanted was to know I'm safe
Don't want to lose the love I've found
Remember when you said that you would change
Don't let me down
It's not fair how you are
I can't be complete, can you give me more?
And all I know is
You got to give me everything
And nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]

And all I know is
You got to give me everything
And nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]

Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right

(Give you everything)
(Give you all of me)

Allison nodded…this song was particularly poignant today.

Spock searched the ship for McCoy, because he knew where McCoy was, Allison was likely to be. He found his quarry in the front part of the med bay.

"Dr. McCoy have you seen Allison?" Spock queried.

McCoy looked at Spock, deciding whether he should divulge Allison's location. Bones, sensing Spock's anxiousness, pointed to the door that led to the track. Spock walked through the door and saw his beautiful girlfriend sitting on a bench beside the track, looking sudoric and lugubrious.

Allison kept shaking her head, knowing how right the song was. She saw two hands enter her field of vision and heard, in the most euphonic and compunctious voice she had ever heard, say "I'm sorry."