Chapter 3- Trouble
Jim was woken abruptly, by the screeching of his PADDs alarm. He sighed, rolling over the bed to quickly disable the alarm. He lay there for a moment pushing his hair back from his face. His body aching from the unusual bed.
Jim got out of bed, swiftly changing into his Cadet uniform and grabbing a coffee from the kitchen. Jim sat at the table, hearing movement from the bathroom room he glanced towards his door. Chekov appeared from the room hair flat against his forehead. "Good morning Jim," Chekov remarked grinning as he approached the replicator to grab some breakfast.
"Morning Chekov," Jim said leaning into the table more drumming his fingers on his coffee. Chekov joined the man at the table with the bowl of cereal he had opted to eat. He leaned back and took a sip from his mug "What are your plans for today then?"
Chekov put his spoon down "Well sir I have History of Starfleet at 8 am, then quantum mechanics at 1 pm" he picks up his spoon "What are your plans?" Chekov shovels some food into his mouth.
Jim smiles "Well I have history of Starfleet this morning as well" Jim glances to his PADD "and I have Military Science at 3 pm" he takes another sip of his coffee and glances over at the young man.
Chekov's eyes had brightened "We can sit together!" he exclaimed rather excitedly.
"We sure can kid," Jim said with a smile as he placed his mug in the dishwasher. "We'd better get going," he said as he walked over to the sofa to put his boots on. Chekov shoveled down the last bit of his breakfast and grabbed his PADD.
"Ready to go when you are" Jim picked up his PADD and looked Chekov up and down and gave a smile.
"forgetting anything?" Jim asked seriously.
"No I don't think so" Chekov replied with a rather concerned look on his face.
Jim smiled at looked down at Chekov's feet and back up again "Shoes?" he questioned grinning. Chekov blushed and ran to his room, reappearing in a mere second with his boots in hand. "It's ok it happens to the best of us" comforted Jim, his god damn roommate was so excited to start his day that he'd forgotten his shoes.
Chekov popped up from the sofa "now I'm ready" he stated advancing to the door and exiting the room. Jim swiftly followed the kid to the elevator and pressed the call button.
The elevator door peeled back slowly to reveal none other than a rather distracted McCoy who was staring at the floor. "Bones!" Jim said enthusiastically whilst stepping into the elevator.
McCoy's head snapped up from the ground "Jim" he smirked, Chekov joined the two in the elevator.
"Bones this is Pavel Chekov, my roommate, Pavel this is Bones."
McCoy grumbles "It's Leonard McCoy, not bones." he says shaking the kid's hand.
"Nice to meet you Leonard" Chekov replies smiling.
"Where you off to bones?" Jim questions looking at the man
"History of Starfleet" McCoy says clutching his PADD closer to his side.
"No way! We're going there too" Pavel exclaims giving the man an excited look.
McCoy gives the kid a sideways glance. The elevator came to an abrupt halt and the three exited. "Which lecture hall is it?" Jim asked looking at his peers.
McCoy rolled his eyes "It's in the Nimoy building."
"Ah yes," Jim replied keeping up with the other two men.
"You don't know where that is do you?" McCoy asked mockingly.
"It's the main building Sir, the one you see as soon as you get onto campus" Chekov informed the man.
Jim now slightly ahead of the others turned and smiled. "Ah yes I knew all along I was just testing you." He turned and proceeded to walk towards the Nimoy building.
"How was your roommate last night?" Jim questioned McCoy.
"When I got back to the room he was still there, looked like the kid hadn't moved since I left. It was as if he was waiting for me to get back" McCoy huffed "As soon as I made a sound the kid turned around and started talking at me for a good 20 minutes nonstop. I couldn't get a word in edgeways and he wouldn't let me leave" he put his hand to his forehead and rubbed it "I eventually got away and went to bed, but I'm convinced he didn't sleep last night. He was in exactly the same place this morning and did the same thing."
Jim flung his arm around Chekov giving him a squeeze "At least I have a good roommate" he grinned, earning an even bigger grin from Chekov.
McCoy glared at the two "good for you two." Jim flung his other arm around McCoy.
"Oh cheer up grumpy," he said. McCoy removed his arm.
"Yeah whatever Jim"
The three walked into the Nimoy building, weaving between the masses of people until they came to their Lecture room. The three entered the room together and gazed around; looking for somewhere to sit. Jim paced down the stairs and found a completely free row of seats for the men, pointing towards the row he called "here alright" to the others.
McCoy nodded taking a seat next to Jim, and Chekov taking a seat next to McCoy. The three settled opening their PADDS ready for the lecture ahead of them, waiting for their professor to arrive.
"Hey Chekov" came a voice from behind the three men, they all turned to see a young Asian man approach them.
"Hikaru!" Chekov exclaimed. "Jim, Leonard this is Hikaru Sulu." The two men gave a small wave and hello to the man, gaining a nod back.
"May I join you guys" Sulu questioned gesturing at the empty chair.
"Of course" Jim replied flashing his smile once again. Chekov and Sulu were chatting about their evenings when the professor finally walked onto the stage.
The lecturer was a tall middle aged woman, with prominent features, soft stare, a slender figure, and graying long black hair that was fixed into a ponytail. She walked towards the speaker's podium on the stage. "Hello class" she spoke loudly to gain everyone's attention. Silence fell over the hall, she continued "I'm Professor Novo, and I will be your history of Starfleet teacher. This course is compulsory, and you must pass in order to gain entry to your second year of Starfleet." She informed. "If you do not wish to be here; that is fine just leave, but that will only result in a fail on your behalf. If you miss a class, I don't care if you're serious about Starfleet you'll catch up, and if you don't it's not my fault if you fail and get kicked out."
The lecture seemed to drag on Professor Novo going through the course, the deadlines and examinations that would occur throughout the year, and the recommended reading material to help the Cadets with their work.
Once the lecture had ended the four men rose from their seats. "Well that was fun," Jim said whilst stretching.
McCoy gathered his things "yeah you could say that" he replied very unimpressed. "Well I'll be seeing you soon Jim I have a medical Ethics class in half an hour." He said passing the man and pacing out of the lecture hall.
"I'm going to head back" Jim informed the two remaining men.
"See you later Jim," Chekov said as he waved the man goodbye.
Jim lay in his bed, time had passed slowly and he must have fallen asleep. He looked at the time on his PADD, it was 12:30 pm shit, he was going to be late for Military Science. Jim quickly hopped out of bed and grabbed his bottle of water and some food from the replicator and ran out of his dorm back towards the Nimoy building where his next lecture was taking place.
Jim ran into the Nimoy building with mere minutes to spare, he weaved through the people before coming to the door of the smaller lecture hall. He took a step inside, this lecture hall looking more intimate and warm than the large spacious room he was in earlier.
Jim walked down the aisles of seats before coming to an empty row and taking a seat in the middle of it. Jim quickly sank into the seat and proceeded to open up his PADD, he took a sip of water from his bottle and was ready to start learning, or so he thought.
"Hey, is it ok if I sit here?" a voice came. Jim turned to see a rather slender man with dark hair standing beside him gesturing towards the seat right next to him.
"Sure go ahead," Jim replied, wondering why the man chose, of all places, the seat right next to him.
"Xander Dryce" the man announced throwing his hand out towards Jim.
"Jim Kirk" Jim said shaking the man's hand. Wait wasn't Xander Bones' roommate? He thought to himself. Jim took a breath, making a new file on his PADD ready for all the information from this lecture.
"This is going to be so boring," Xander says crossing his arms and sitting back in his chair.
"Well, it is the first lecture so probably," Jim replies half-heartedly. The kid sits forward and looks at Jims PADD.
"What are you doing?" he remarks. Jim turns to face the man.
"I'm getting ready to take notes," Jim said, giving a nervous laugh.
"Nerd" Xander said, leaning further back into his set. Jim shook his head in disbelief; this kid was already unbelievably annoying.
The professor quickly took the stage, the man was around his 60s, large and buff with buzz cut hair.
"Quiet Please!" the man exclaimed his voice harsh and low.
Jim sat through the rather interesting lecture about Military Science. Finding himself learning new things and taking notes, even though this was only the introduction lesson. However, he couldn't say the same thing for Xander, the kid kept fidgeting every 5 seconds, trying to get Jim's attention. Wow letting Xander sit next to Jim was a big mistake.
At the end of the lecture, Jim swiftly gathered his things and quickly got to his feet. Xander stood and blocked Jim in the row. "Where you going now?" Xander questioned.
Jim looked around the man, "Um, well." Jim really didn't want this kid to follow him out of the room. "I'm going to head to see my Tutor," Jim said with a smile clutching his PADD tighter to his chest.
Xander stepped to the side "well enjoy that" he remarked rather mockingly. Jim slid past the man and quickly paced up the stairs. Jim strolled around the campus grounds for a while before deciding to head back to his dorm.
Jim walked with confidence on the campus eyeing up everyone he saw. "Jim!" he heard an excited voice shout. Jim turned to see none other than Chekov approaching him with Sulu.
"Chekov, Sulu" Jim grins.
"Would you like to join us for something to eat?" Chekov inquired staring at Jim waiting for his answer.
Jim hesitated for a moment, deciding whether or not he should join the two. "Sure why not."
The three took a seat in the cafeteria after grabbing a plate of food each, Jim opting for a Chicken salad Sandwich. "Leonard said he'd meet us here," Chekov says whilst taking a seat, Jim nods his acknowledgment.
McCoy approaches the table with a worn look on his face and a plate of food in his hand. "I've just had the worst day," he says taking a seat next to Jim.
"What's wrong Bones?" the man inquires, taking a look at the man.
"My damn roommate decided that it would be funny to trash the room, and leave the shower running for hours." He sighed "I've spent hours cleaning it all up and he's nowhere to be seen."
"That's not fair" Chekov remarks, with a rather shocked expression painted across his face.
The three men sit and talk about their days, McCoy repeatedly talking about the mess his roommate had left behind.
"Hello, Jim. Hello, Leonard" a voice comes from behind them, the men turn to see Xander behind them, a menacing look on his face. "And what brings you here? Thought you were going to see your tutor Jim?" the kid announces.
Jim turns to McCoy, seeing how white his knuckles are going; McCoy was going to blow at any moment. "I've been, I'm not spending some quality time with my friends" Jim replies, trying to ignore the presence of the man.
"You guys really want to be friends with a nerd?" Xander questions the other men. They all shared a look.
"Hey, Hey no need to start name calling," Jim says in defense putting his hands up as the man takes a step closer to the table.
"How did you like your present?" the man laughs aiming the comment towards McCoy, "you should look forward to more of those" the man laughed again as he walked away
McCoy shot up from the table Jim pulling the man down. "Bone's let it go he's just trying to get into your head," he says trying to calm the man down.
McCoy nodded and took a deep breath "sorry guys, he just pisses me off so much" the man apologized, "Jim how do you know him anyway?" he questioned.
"he's in my Military Science class" Jim sighed "He was really annoying and called me a nerd for taking notes." The four men looked at each other.
"Well if you're a nerd for taking notes he's an idiot for not taking notes then isn't he?" Sulu remarked, gaining a rather vicious head nodding from Chekov.
The four men got into the paramount dorm elevator, each going to their respective floors. Jim and Chekov walked up to their dorm door Chekov scanning his card to gain entrance. Jim immediately took off his boots and discarded them by the sofa. Today had been a long day. He glanced at his schedule for tomorrow, History of Prime Directive at 10 am and Xeno-Etiquette at 1 pm, well that didn't seem too bad.
Jim looked up to see Chekov nowhere. The kid had probably gone to bed; Jim strolled into his room before setting an alarm for 8 am. He quickly got undressed and lay on his bed, his eyes fluttering closed, and the welcomed darkness taking over.
Well, this is an extra long chapter, I just started writing and couldn't stop. Reviews would be appreciated. I hope you enjoyed this Chapter and come back for the next. Thanks for reading :)
