A/N: This story features Pavlusha as a main character but not Pavel.

"Commander Spock," Pavlusha called from her science station. She was helping in science since Pavel was navigating.

Spock walked over to her station, "Ensign Pavlusha."

"I vas vondering if you could help me viz experiment after shift," Pavlusha enquired.

"I believe I can," Spock stated, "May I enquire as to what this experiment is?"

"It is to do viz holodeck. I vant to try somezing but I cannot programme it."

When the shift ended Spock and Pavlusha headed to the holodeck. She explained her idea on the way.

"Zis vill sound wery strange," She started, "I have alvays vanted to know vat it felt like to have Wulcan ears. And yesterday I realised I could experience it in holodeck.

"Howewer I do not know how to programme it. I assume since you are viz me you can."

"I can programme the holodeck to do that for you," Spock said.

"Brilliant," Pavlusha smiled. She entered the holodeck as Spock set to work programming what she wanted. He based her ears off of his own then entered to check it was all fine.

"Spock this is exactly vat I vanted. Zank you," Pavlusha exclaimed, "Oh since we are here do you want a try? Ve could see vat you look like viz human ears. As a half-human you could have had zem."

"Computer," Spock shouted, "Give me human ears."

"Base zem off of my original ears," Pavlusha added.

Spock had programmed a mirror in the wall of the holodeck. He looked at his ears, they were very curvy. Curvy was the only word to describe them he thought. Pavlusha had another.

"Oh zey look so cute," She smiled, "Zey look better on you zan me."

They decided it was time to leave. But that was when the trouble began.

"Computer end programme."

When the programme ended their ears did not turn back to normal. Spock did not know what had gone wrong. He had programmed it correctly.

"Spock to Dr. McCoy"

"McCoy here."

"Dr. McCoy, Could you come to holodeck four? And bring bandages," Spock instructed.

"Aye," McCoy grumbled. It was unlike Spock to need bandages.

When McCoy arrived he was shocked. There was no blood or bodies on the floor. Just Spock and Pavlusha stood in the centre of the room conversing. But something was different about them.

"Dr. McCoy. We require you to bandage our heads," Spock stated.

"But there's nothin' wrong with your heads," McCoy grumbled.

"Zere is," Pavlusha said, "Ve also need you to make sure you cower our ears."

It clicked in McCoy's brain what was wrong, "You've got each other's ears! How- I'm not even gonna ask."

"You are not required to," Spock stated, "You are required to bandage our heads. If anyone asks we both sat up in our quarters and hit our foreheads on the bed above. We will sort the rest."

"Aye sir," McCoy sighed and set to work.

Once they left Spock called Mr. Scott to report a problem with holodeck four.

The next day Spock and Pavlusha were working on the bridge. They'd been 're-examined' by McCoy that morning and their ears were still not how they should be so he'd re-bandaged their heads.

"Spock," Kirk called, spinning the chair to face him, "What did you do to your head?"

"I misjudged the amount of space between bunks and hit it, Jim," Spock explained.

Pavlusha had made sure to keep her head down to avoid it being noticed by Kirk.

"Ensign Pavlusha," Kirk shouted.

"Aye Captain," She called back.

"Is there a reason you've kept your head down all shift?" He asked.

"Vorking hard sir," She answered.

"So do you not work hard on other shifts? As you've never kept it down before," He enquired.

She span her chair, "I alvays vork hard! I hit my head zis morning and didn't vant to be put off by you asking about it."

"I see. What did you hit it on?"

"Bunk above me, sir."

"Like Mr. Spock?"

"Yes, sir. I saw him wiz Dr. McCoy zis morning, before Dr. McCoy sorted me."

Kirk left it at that.

"Bones," Kirk called as he walked into the infirmary the following morning.

"One moment," McCoy called back. He was at a bed with the curtains drawn. Spock and Pavlusha were with him, he drew the curtains so no one found out their predicament. He had solved it for Spock though. He opened the curtains but Spock was still trying to sort the ear pieces he'd been given. They'd been based off an accessory popular in the twenty-first century. A curve went around the part of your ear attached to your head then the other part, a pattern in those days, points of Vulcan ears in Spock's were visible. This gave Spock the appearance of having his own ears.

"I see your head is fine now Spock," Kirk smiled.

"Aye sir," Spock stated as he finished with his ear, jumped off the bed and left.

Pavlusha's head had been bandaged before Kirk arrived so luckily she wouldn't have to explain. She also left.

"What's up, Jim?" McCoy grumbled. He had enough on with those two and their damned ears.

"I've come to enquire as to why two of my officers had their head's bandaged up yesterday," Kirk replied.

"They hit their heads on the bunks above," McCoy answered.

"C'mon. I just saw Spock sorting that ear thing. As Captain I have a right to know," Kirk demanded.

"No. Actually you don't. Doctor patient confidentiality," McCoy declared.

"On a slightly different topic. I didn't realise Vulcan's healed quicker that humans," Kirk pondered.

"They don't. Both have the same rate of gene renewal," McCoy sighed.

"Oh okay. I knew they couldn't have both hit their heads the same day. Thanks," Kirk smiled before leaving.

"God damnit," McCoy grumbled.

"McCoy to Spock and Pavlusha.

"Pavlusha here."

"Spock here."

"We've been rumbled. Expect an annoyed Captain," McCoy announced.

"Vat did you tell him?" Pavlusha asked.

"Vulcans and humans have the same rate of healing," McCoy informed them.

"We will sort it," Spock stated, "Pavlusha meet me in my office. I'll call Jim there too. We'd best explain."

"Aye sir. Pavlusha out."

"McCoy out."

"Spock to Kirk."

"Kirk here."

"Would you please meet me in my office?"

"Okay. Kirk out."

Pavlusha and Kirk arrived together. Spock greeted them and they all sat around his little table.

"I believe we have to explain something, Jim," Spock stated.

"I know that you didn't both bang your heads yesterday," Kirk replied, "But I don't know what you did."

"Ve beliewe zat you should know. But please don't tell anyone," Pavlusha said unwrapping the bandage. Spock also removed the contraptions from his ears.

Kirk first response was to be shocked. His first and second officers happened to have each other's ears.

"Woah. Well I have to say that's not one of the predicaments I was expecting. How did you do that?" Kirk babbled.

"Holodeck accident," Spock stated.

"Oh I now see why holodeck four is shut," Kirk smirked, "What I don't see is why you didn't just tell me?"

"Ve hoped they'd sort zemselwes out," Pavlusha confessed, "I'm sorry. Zis is all my fault." She was trying not to cry.

"Hey, don't be upset. Your secret's safe with me," Kirk comforted her, "And Spock doesn't seem angry."

"He's Wulcan. He newer looks any emotion," Pavlusha cried.

"When he's angry you'll know. He goes on a total rage against you," Kirk reminisced, "He nearly killed me when he did it. And even if he was he'd stop before he hurt you too much."

"I can assure you Pavlusha I am not angry with you, it's just that curvy ears take some getting used to after having pointed ones for so long," Spock stated.

Pavlusha had calmed down, "I still think they look cute, and suit you better than me. I quite like pointy ears."

"Well Pointy Pavlusha, since I know what's what now we'd better get your head re-bandaged. I'll stick to the bunk story. And I sure hope we can get this sorted soon," Kirk decided.

After a week the problem was still not rectified. People were now starting to doubt that Pavlusha had hit her head. Spock, Pavlusha, Kirk and McCoy were all in the Captain's ready-room.

"Can we just say that there was an accident? Or that I had to surgically alter them?" McCoy inputted.

"There was an accident. And they'd want to know why," Kirk replied.

"And ve can't tell truth, people vould newer use holodeck again," Pavlusha sighed.

"I could surgically alter them but that'd be no good for Spock," McCoy suggested.

"Vhy don't ve just act as if nothing is vrong and see if people notice," Pavlusha suggested.

"Would that mean I don't have to wear these?" Spock gestured to the ear pieces.

"Not if you don't want to," Kirk smiled, he put them on himself, "I personally think they're comfortable."

"Tell me that again after a week," Spock stated.

So it was decided. Kirk would trial the ear pieces for a week, and if anyone asked Pavlusha said that she also had ear pieces. No one commented about Spock's ears as people had stopped looking at them.

A/N: I'm going to make this a two part story. In the next bit they have to visit Vulcan.