"Hello Jim, who is this young man? Another of Uhura's set-ups?" Yeah, not ending well at all.
"Hi, Bones. Didn't have to work today I see. How was your shift last night? Everyone missed you. This is Spock, yes, but different. Can't explain right now. I will talk to you tomorrow about it. Grabbing stuff and then going back out." I said quickly, I hope he didn't catch the Spock part. But I wasn't lucky though.
"You better come back tomorrow and explain to me. You know how I feel about and the people Uhura sets you up with. They never end well remember that. You were great with your set up. She wasn't made to match make for you." Bones was ranting already, not a good sign. Hopefully I could grab some clothes and be out of here soon enough.
"That reminds me, she stopped by her with all the junk you guys bought today. Next time I expect you to be here with her. Uhura kept going on and on about what ever shit, and I had a headache which turned into a full blown migarine." God I wish those two could just get along for once. Maybe Bones and Spock could get along, that would make my life so much better.
"Spock, Vulcan?" Spock nodded his head in affimation. "You better not any of that freaky mind shit to Jim. Even if Jim says its okay, I don't want to hear about how you are permantely stuck together when everything goes down hill. Which it will trust me, Uhura never could make a good match for Jim." Now Bones was pissing me off, he could insult Uhura, I cared a bit. I wouldn't just stand by and insult Spock.
"Bones, shut up! I told you I would talk to you about it later. Obivously you are drunk, I don't know why and right now don't care why. I swear I will talk to you about this tomorrow, so leave Spock out of your petty fight with Uhura right now. I am going to Spock's for the night I will be back sometime tomorrow, then we will talk. Well that is if you are sober and in the mood to talk." I rushed to the bags sitting on the bed, grabbed one that had a complete outfit in it, went to my dresser grabbed underwear and socks, before going back to Spock and grabbing his hand.
"Jim, please don't be mad at me. You know I just worry for you. The shit Vulcans can do with their minds scare me that you are with one now. Just for my sake please keep a level head and don't do anything stupid." I knew Bones was just looking out for my best interest, so I nodded my head. I just want out of here, I was ready for a nice, peaceful, quiet night with Spock. I pulled on Spock's hand, trying to let him know I was ready to go.
After walking for a bit, I stopped and faced Spock. "I am so sorry about that, what Bones did was totally uncalled for. I didn't think about if it was his night off, if he was going to be drinking. I should have doubled checked before taking you inside. But I am sorry that I made you go through that." I felt terrible about all of the things that Bones had said. All I had to do was call Bones' communicator to see if he was in the room or not, which isn't hard at all. Maybe if I had used my brain this wouldn't have happened.
"James don't blame yourself, neither one of us knew if your roommate was in or not. Nor did you or I expect for him to act like that even if he was in the room. Don't blame yourself what came out of his mouth, you didn't force him to talk or say anything. But he does have room for concern since he doesn't understand the situation currently." Spock wrapped his arms around me, tightly and it was warm. I never knew such a feeling could develop so quickly, it felt like love but I knew love couldn't happen so fast.
After standing there for a few minutes in the court yard, I pulled back slightly and looked at Spock. I could feel a connection between us, it made everything better. I was happy that I had actually met my soul mate. James Tiberius Kirk was one of the lucky few who met their soul mate and will actually live with them.
"Let's go back to my apartment, and relax and calm down after this whole ordeal. Does that sound good to you Jim?" I nodded my head, not trusting my voice just yet. I kept tumbling over the idea that this man in front of me was real and wasn't going to disappear.
Spock pulled back but immediately grabbed my hand, and I was thankful for that tiny bit of affection. I don't think I could stop touching him right now. "I really need to thank Uhura for setting me up for once. I think she did a good job, no scratch that, a perfect job. I don't think I would have ever thought about you if she hadn't set this up." I think if Spock approached me on his own, I probably would have thought he was crazy or delusional. Uhura and I were equal now, and I won't have to worry about anymore crazy dates.
"Yes, Uhura did a wonderful job of getting us together. Truthfully I had no intention of approaching you until Uhura gave me a push. I don't know who she has set you up with in the past, but I am thankful that they never worked out." Spock kissed my temple, and I shivered in delight. "I can't see my life without you in it anymore Jim, but I would have it no other way either. I am not ready to settle down permanently yet, and neither are you, but we will be eventually." I felt a smile bloom across my face thinking about spending the rest of my life with Spock.
"I can't see my life without you in it either anymore either, we will have to thank Uhura next time we see her. Now I understand why she kept trying to set me up, too bad I already did that for her. At least I won't have to worry about the next crazy person she tried to hook me up with. I am pleasantly surprised that you are normal and sane." I could see Spock's apartment building. Putting the incident behind me, I felt lighter than I had in awhile.
"Yes, you are mine. Now until forever. You were born to be mine and no one else's. Never forget that." I snuggled into his shoulder, it was such a comfortable place to be. I found my new favorite place.
We quickly got to Spock's apartment, he opened the door and we went and sat down on the couch. We talked for hours about everything the other wanted to know about us. Few topics were not discussed because of personal matters, but we would talk about them one day. I felt like I knew Spock my whole life now, it felt amazing like this. We were totally open and honest with each other. We didn't want any nasty, horrible secrets to wreck our relationship. I was going to grow old and die with this man.
We also decided at the end of the current term I would leave my dorm room and come live with Spock permanently. Which was a few months away, and maybe by then we will have discussed more in detail about us bonding. Spock wanted to wait at least half a year before bonding, which I totally understood. But I also knew not to always believe everything will follow what we want it too. Spock told me he would ease me into melding together and show me what it is like. First we had to build our relationship and trust of each other. I was kind of of excited for the first time we would meld.
When I started to yawn and kind of zone off, Spock told me it was time to go bed. I started walking off to the bedroom I had stayed in last night, but quickly turned around. "Spock, why don't you just come stay with me in the bed tonight instead of staying out here by yourself. I like cuddling with you and it would help me go to sleep." I really wanted to be able to sleep next to him tonight.
"I guess, but that is all we are going to do. Plus, I wouldn't expect this to become a regular thing either." Inside I was doing a happy dance on getting my way. I had expected Spock to put up more of a fight about it. I wasn't about to complain out loud about it though.
Spock and I both changed into some loose fitting sweat pants and got into the bed. Spock wrapped his arms around my mid-section and pulled me close. I immediately relaxed in his hold. It was warm and safe here, soon I was asleep.
