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Anything written in bold italic is a flashback.

Chapter 3: Day Two

McCoy awoke with muzzy remnants of last night's dream still in his head and slightly disorientated. It took him a moment to remember the events of yesterday. Of waking up in a starship's medical bay and being informed that he was the man in charge of it. Of finding out that four years had apparently passed and he had no recollection of it. He'd listened to the Enterprise's captain, Jim Kirk explain what was going on and got a short reversion of the man's life story. Jim had taken Leo back to his quarters and McCoy had recalled meeting Jim for the first time.

Leonard levered himself out of bed and headed for the bathroom. Half an hour later, he emerged clean, shaved, and dressed. He wondered when Jim would arrive to start showing him around the Enterprise, as he'd promised yesterday. He looked around the room, studying it more closely than he had yesterday. He noted that while there were plenty of holos and photos of him with Joanna or people he assumed were friends – but not a single one of Jocelyn. The divorce must have been horrible if he wouldn't keep a photo of Jocelyn and Joanna somewhere. Leo walked over to a baby picture of Joanna and picked it up. In the photo Joanna looked to be about six months old and was smiling at whoever had taken the picture. McCoy's eyes lost their focus as a memory surfaced.

He entered his home, an old farmhouse that had been in his family for generations, feeling completely spent and there was a migraine brewing behind his eyes. He'd just finished a 72 hour shift in the ER that had included a major accident involving a shuttle bus and several air cars. All he wanted was to shower, take some pain pills, and sleep for about twelve hours. He'd just made it to the bottom of the stairs when Jocelyn appeared in the kitchen doorway.

"Do you have any idea what time it is?" She screeched. He sighed; it looked like his hope to get upstairs unnoticed had been in vain. He turned to face his wife.

"Jocelyn, I know it's late –"he began, only to be cut off.

"Late! LATE! You were supposed to be home yesterday!" was the shrill reply. He was particularly cranky right now and wasn't in the mood for one of Jocelyn's tantrums.

"There was a major accident – maybe you saw the news? - And the ER was flooded with patients. I couldn't just leave! I'd have been in deep shit with my boss if I had!"

"We had planned to go out last night! For our anniversary!"

"Jocelyn, tomorrow I will take you anywhere you want. Just let me get some sleep." He promised with weary resignation. He'd promise her almost anything right to now – to get her to shut up and so he could get some much needed sleep. He hoped that Joanna hadn't been woken up by their shouting.

McCoy started as he came out his reverie and placed Joanna's picture back down. If that memory was a common example of what his marriage had been like at the end it was no wonder that they'd divorced. He wondered what the final push to divorce had been. Leo spied a chronometer on the wall and saw that it was 07:55. Leo hoped that Jim would show up soon. He needed to talk to someone and maybe that promised tour of the Enterprise would stir up some more memories.

Just then the door to his quarters buzzed.

Short update, I know, but than nothing, right? Next chapter Bones get his tour of the Enterprise. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for flashbacks or memories just pm me. There's a new poll in my profile. The poll's to decide what story I do after Lost Bone.