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Hey, everybody! In this chapter... Jim and Bones! Also, Russian language skills for Nina, and Adorable!Chekov. 3

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Nina walked quickly down the hall, heels clicking against the waxed tile. She looked down at the crumpled map she held in her hands. This place was so big, compared to her high school on Cygnus! It seemed to her like a maze of hallways and rooms and doors and floors-

"Oh!" She yelped as she ran right into another student, who was carrying an armload of papers and books, which scattered all over the floor. "I am so sorry!" she said, as she bent down to help him pick them up.

"No, it was totally my fault, my fault entirely. I was so dazzled by your eyes, that I just... forgot to stop walking."

Nina hadn't expected this comment, and she looked up sharply, to see a young man with blond hair and blue eyes smiling widely at her. Another, dark haired man was standing next to them.

The dark-haired man scowled. "Dammit, Jim, she's younger than the last one! Can't you leave them alone for one day?" He leaned in closer. "Well, you are pretty young! How old are you, kid?"

"Thirteen," she answered quickly, pushing together the last of the blond man -Jim's- papers and handing them to him. She dimly registered the look of surprise on both the men's faces as she stood. "I'm very sorry for bumping into you, sir."

"No problem," replied the one named Jim. The older one grunted.

"Jim bumps into girls on purpose, don't worry about it."

Nina nodded and flashed a quick grin, then hurried away. Dimly she heard Jim say, "Oops." the older man just grunted again.


An hour later, Nina had managed to find her way to the main office, where she recieved her PADD. She looked through her schedule and used her new digital map as she walked the route she would use to get to her classes, then found her way back to her and Chekov's room.

She knocked again, and said, "It's me, Nina."

Chekov's voice sounded from within. "Come on in!"

She punched in the entry code and stepped through as soon as the door opened. "Hi," she said.

"Privyet," replied Chekov with a smile. Nina smiled back.

"Is that hello in... Russian?" she asked.

"Da," he said, scribbling something on a paper. He turned back to her. "Did you find your way around okay?"

"Da," she said.

Chekov walked over to look at her PADD. "We have a few classes together." He said, pointing at the screen. Nina followed his finger.

"Basic Med, Engineering I, and Diplomacy I." Each was one of the courses that every cadet had to take.

"Cool!" she said, grinning.

Chekov mentally wondered how anyone could have such a bright grin. In fact, the girl's whole... presence was bright! When she walked into the room, it was like all the lights had been suddenly increased by twenty percent. He found he quite liked the fact. She was... radiant.

Nina looked up at him. "Pardon me?"

The surprise must have registered on his face, because she laughed and said, "sorry, I though you'd said something."

"No, no." He mentally shook himself. He'd said that out loud, hadn't he? He'd have to be more careful in the future.