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CHAPTER -3
I walk down to the mess hall to meet Pavel, it only takes me a few minutes to get there but unlike yesterday the place is packed. I look around and I spot Pavel, who is looks very excited about the book he's reading. I walk over to him "Hi Pavel!" I say cheerfully as I sit down on the other side of him.
"Hi! How vas you're virst day?" he asks.
"It started off bad, but it got better after that." I reply.
"Vhat happened?"
"Well, I had to help some idiot fix a transporter and when I finished he asked me out," I pause to look at his expression; he stiffened when I mentioned Derming asking me out. That's a good sign right? "Well, when I said no," I hear him give a quiet sigh, you wouldn't notice if you were not listening for it. "He grabbed my wrist; think he might have bruised it." He stiffens once again, and I can see his fists clench out of the corner of my eye."Well, anyway I kneed him in the crotch and stormed away."
"You zould report him!" he almost yells angrily.
"All he did was grab my wrist, no big deal." I say calmly, hoping my calmness will affect him.
"Vell if it happens again, you zould." He says a little calmer, his fists still clenched.
"I will don't worry." I reply. "So, how was your day?"
"Zee uzual. We headed into vorp zo zee vork haz zlowed down immenzley, not zat I get zat much vork anyvay." He says, still not unclenching his fists.
"Are you needed on the bridge all the time?"
"Moztly, I jizt zit en my chair, but I'm needed jizt in caze I'm needed." He says plainly.
"Do you like your job?"
"I love it! I vould like it more if ve veren't on zee brink ov dizaster almozt every year."
"What do you mean?"
"Vell ve vent againzt Nero and ve almozt lozt zee zip, zat vaz last year. Zen a vew monthz ego ve had zee run en vith Khan."
"I heard about that, but all we heard was that he was a member of Starfleet that went rogue."
"Vell I don't know if I zould tell you here, do you vant to go to my room." He says, "To talk ov course." He adds, as if I thought he might have thought he was implying something else.
"That sounds fine." I reply, then we stand up and I follow him out of the mess hall.
I follow him to his room, and when we enter my eyes widen. It is so big compared to mine, and he has it all to himself. He notices my widened eyes, "Vhat?"
"Your room is huge! And you get it all to yourself!"
"Vell being a navigator haz itz perks." He replies, he goes over and sits on the couch and I follow him. Once I sit down he speaks, "You promize you von't tell anyone, becauze some ov vhat I'm about to tell you iz highly clazzified."
"I promise." I reply smiling.
"Okay, zo vhen ve ztarded zearching vor Kahn ve vound out he vaz on Kronoz …. " Pavel continues to tell me all of the events of a few months, he told me about the Augments, the Admiral, the admiral's daughter, the torpedoes, Captain Pike, Admiral Marcus' Death, and the Captains death and how he was revived.
"Wow, that is a lot to take in, in one sitting. Wait... so Doctor Marcus is Admiral Marcus' daughter?"
"Yis."
"That's horrible! She is so friendly."
"Zee haz been through a lot, so haz zee Keptin'. Maybe zatz why zey are zo good together." He pauses, "Zis zip haz really been through a lot, zen zere vaz zee vole Nero incident the year before-"
"I think you should probably save that story for next time, it's getting late." I say and I start to stand up, not wanting to over stay my welcome.
"Yeah, vell vould you like to meet me en zee mess hall again tomorrow?" He asks looking hopeful, and he stands up after me.
"I would love to." I respond and before I know what I'm doing I lean in and I kiss his cheek, I just have time to see his face glow red before I walk out the door smiling.
When I get back to my room I find Emma sitting in her pajamas on her bed smiling down at her PADD. "What are you so happy about?"
"Sulu just asked me out!" she replies clearly ecstatic.
"That's great!" I reply.
"How was hanging out with Chekov?" she asks me.
"It was good. We basically just talked the whole time." I reply not being able to contain my smile.
"I think this is all thanks to me."
"What is?"
"I have a date, you have a crush. All because of me making you come with me to sit with them yesterday."
"I do not have a crush." I reply, even though I still cannot help but smile.
"Okay, fine. You have a new friend, but it still is all thanks to me." She says smiling.
"Fine, thank you Emma." I say sarcastically.
"You are welcome!" she replies ignoring my sarcasm.
"Well I don't know about you, but I am going to bed." I say, and I quickly change into a t-shirt and sweatpants. "Good night." I sat with a yawn.
"Goodnight!" she says, still clearly overjoyed.
When I start to drift off I cannot help thinking of my new Russian friend.
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I awaken I hear the now familiar shrieking of my alarm clock, I look over and I am surprised to see Emma's bed empty. We have been on the Enterprise for about a week and a half and I have had to get Emma up every day, so the sight of her empty bed confuses me. After a minute of pondering Emma's whereabouts I get up and I head to the bathroom to shower, once I am done I change onto my red uniform that does not look very flattering on my pale skin. I head down to engineering to see what there is to be done; on my way down I see many glances being thrown my way.
Then I notice Emma running towards me, she doesn't speak until she reaches me. "I'm so sorry! Sulu tried to stop him, but when he heard what that guy said he just snapped!"
"What! What happened!? What are you talking about!?" I reply, scared to hear the answer.
"Chekov got in a fight with that guy; I think his name was Derming."
"But Derming's huge!" I say hysterical with worry.
"Well, Derming kind of provoked him… He saw you two hanging out at the mess hall yesterday, and I guess he must have gotten jealous. Then he said a bunch of stuff, he called you a whore and he said he slept with you…. And then Chekov stood up and punched him and they started fighting." Chekov attacked Derming for calling me a whore?
"Where's Pavel?!" I ask hastily.
"He's in Med Bay." She replies, and I can feel my heart sink. "Don't worry! He only has a broken hand; the fight was broken up before anyone got seriously hurt."
"And where is Derming?"
"The Captain had him go to his room before he caused anymore trouble."
"This is all my fault… I shouldn't have told Pavel about what happened, I only told him because I didn't think it was that big a deal…." I pause for a moment, "I'm going to Med Bay, are you coming?"
In response she nods and we walk to Med Bay, but I find myself almost running. When we arrive I see Pavel sitting in a chair holding a cloth filled with ice on his broken hand. "Pavel!" I almost shout as I run to him, he looks up and gives me an apologetic smile.
"Hi," he says as I sit down in the chair next to him.
"I'm so sorry… This is all my fault."
"Vhy vould you zink zat? Zis is anything but your fault."
"But if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be in this mess." I reply.
"I don't mind zee mezz." He says then grabs my hand with his good one, "Katie, I may have only known you vor a little over a veek, but I have never been in better company." He says, my face turns a deep shade of red and I cannot contain the grin that spreads on my face.
"Neither have I." I reply and I can here Emma cough behind me but I ignore it. Before I know what's happening he presses his lips onto mine, only for a second then he pulls away. He looks at me for a second as if evaluating my reaction.
Before I know what I am doing I lean in and catch his soft warm lips with mine. He kisses me back with enthusiasm that can only be matched by my own and our lips move in perfect synchronization. This is my first real kiss… and I don't think I would want to share it with anyone else.
Someone coughs, and we break apart and I look up to see it's the Doctor... McCoy I think his name is. I feel my face heat up and out of the corner of my eye I can see that this situation is having a similar effect on Pavel.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I need to get some X-rays of that hand." He says casually.
THAT'S THE END OF CHAPTER THREE! I KNOW IT MAY SEEM SOON FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER, BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE!
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!