Disclaimer: I own nothing except Amanda's father and brother, her friends matt and Alyssa and Admiral Michaels. I know I mentioned a Daniel Michaels but he never actually comes into play. He's only ever mentioned in passing.

This Is How We Met

Chapter 4

Admiral Grayson

"Amanda darling! What can I do you for?" Admiral Michaels asked smiling from his desk. Across from him sat Ambassador Sarek and several other Vulcans.

"I was wondering if you could tell me where my father is." Amanda said with a sweet and charming smile.

"Of course darling. He's in his office. His secretary just forced him to take a lunch break." Admiral Michaels said laughing lightly.

"I swear if it wasn't for that wonderful man my father would have had a heart attack by now. Thank you Charlie." Amanda said smiling lightly and flipping her hair over her shoulder before jogging up the stairs to her father's office.

"Amanda! How are you?" George Kirk asked smiling brightly at her, when she appeared at the top of the stairs.

"I'm good George and how are you?" Amanda asked smiling lightly, walking toward her father's office.

"Oh you know same old same old. Making sure your father eats and doesn't pass out from exhaustion." George said with a light laugh.

"Well thank you for that George. Are you ever gonna ask Wionna out?" Amanda asked with a brilliant grin as she walked towards her father's office.

"Maybe. Maybe not." George said with a sheepish grin. Amanda shook her head and pushed the door to her father's office open.

"Amanda? You're not supposed to be here for another hour and a half." James Grayson said looking surprised. Amanda laughed and walked over to the plush armchair in front of his desk.

"I know but I went to lunch with my friends and they told me that Daniel Michaels was taking the Vulcans on a tour of the city and I was curious as to why that was because he is like the biggest Xenophobe in the damn universe." Amanda said dropping onto the chair gracefully.

"Let me guess you also are hoping to ask me to let you do it instead. And I know what you're going to say that you're not a Xenophobe and you can use it as a learning experience. So what are your actual motives for this?" her father asked grinning at his daughter's indignant expression.

"Ugh fine you caught me. It's because of Ambassador Sarek. He infuriates me and he is rather attractive and Alyssa and Matt think that I can't make him fall in love with me." Amanda said with a shrug.

"And if you do make him fall in love? What then? I know that you know that Vulcans do not do casual relationships. So what then Amanda?" her father asked watching her.

"Dad I like him. He infuriates the hell out of me but I like him and if I do then you know that I'll be ok. Vulcans are possessive and you know he wouldn't let anything intentionally happen to me." Amanda said with a small smile.

"Alright fine. I'll have Daniel reassigned and you can show the Vulcans around tomorrow." Her father said with a light laugh. Amanda grinned and got up and hugged him excitedly.

"Thank you daddy." Amanda said with a brilliant grin.

"You're welcome. Now get out of here I got work to do and Matt needs to get back to the Vulcan Embassy." Admiral Grayson said laughing. Amanda grinned and bounced down the stairs not bothering to slow down and hide her emotions when she passed the Vulcans.

"So what did he say?" Matt asked as she slid back into the car.

"He said yes of course. Oh and Ambassador Sarek was in there talking to Admiral Michaels." Amanda said with a grin.

"So what do you plan on wearing? Did the Ambassador say anything to you?" Wionna asked with an excited grin.

"I'm not sure yet. And no he didn't say anything to me, but i didn't really give him a chance to." Amanda said with a smile that let them know that she was planning something crazy.

"Why do I get the feeling that this is going to end really badly?" Matt asked looking at Amanda as she pulled onto the road.

"Because you are such a pessimist. That's why." Alyssa said laughing when he glared at her. Amanda shook her head as she pulled into the embassy parking lot.

"Thanks for the lunch ladies. See you tomorrow?" Matt asked with a smile.

"These two you'll see. Me I don't know. You might not see me until tomorrow night." Amanda said grinning. Matt smiled and waved goodbye before walking into the embassy.

NEXT MORNING: VULCAN EMBASSY 0600

Amanda grimaced as she walked into the embassy. When she had asked for this she had no idea that it would happen so damn early.

"So your mother wasn't a morning person?" Jim asked looking at Spock.

"No. she never was except on Christmas. That was the only time I remember her being a morning person." Spock said with a fondness in his eyes. Jim nodded and continued reading.

Amanda grinned when she saw Matt's reaction to what she was wearing. She was wearing a black skirt that stopped three inches above her mid-thigh, a black button up with a white camisole under it, a black leather jacket and four inches black strappy heels.

"Holy shit Spock. Did your mother ever dress like that after they were married?" Leonard asked looking at the half-Vulcan.

"Yes actually. She dressed like that for several meetings in which my father was always distracted." Spock said trying not to let amusement color his voice.

"Your mother was rather cheeky." Jim said smiling before continuing reading.

Matt's eyebrow twitched up at the sight of her. She grinned and shrugged lightly before calmly walking over to Ambassador Sarek and the others. She was rather pleased to note that Ambassador Sarek couldn't keep his eyes off of her.

"I am sorry but I thought that Daniel was a young man." One of the female Vulcans, T'Ping, said raising a single slanted eyebrow.

"Indeed. Daniel is a young man but he's been reassigned. My name is Amanda Grayson." Amanda said raising her hand in the Vulcan hand salute. The Vulcans returned it and nodded seemingly fine with it. The only one who didn't seem to be ok with it would be Ambassador Sarek. Amanda nodded and made a gesture for them to follow her. With practiced ease she led them around town answering questions when asked. Amanda was rather proud of herself as the day began to wind down and they headed back to the Vulcan Embassy.

"That was quiet fascinating Miss. Grayson. Thank you. Peace and long life Miss. Grayson." T'Ping said raising her hand in a Ta'al.

"Peace and long life Ambassadors." Amanda said returning the gesture. She smiled as turned away noting that Ambassador Sarek was watching her with the extreme curiosity, though he kept it hidden very well. Matt smiled at her as she walked over.

"So I take from that smile that everything went well and you didn't do anything wrong or fall on your ass?" Matt asked laughing. Amanda laughed and pushed him lightly.

"You guess correctly my friend. Also I would like to point out that the Ambassador could not keep his eyes off of me. Did you have lunch with the girls?" Amanda asked smiling like the cat that got the canary.

"I did and it seems that they can't drive. Either that or they were intentionally putting me in awkward position." Matt said with a light grimace.

"Now why would you say that?" Amanda asked with a grin.

"Because they got your brother to drive them and then they made sure that he sat next to me in the booth at lunch." Matt said glaring at her slightly.

"Hey don't glare at me you brought it on yourself pretty boy, although i did tell them to get Damien to drive them." Amanda said grinning at Matt brightly.

"No I did not! I can not believe you Amanda Grayson!" Matt said glaring at her. Amanda just shrugged and strutted toward the doors as her brother pulled to a stop outside.

AN: that's it. Review please.