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Someone to Watch Over Me

Christine sat in her quarters brushing her long hair as she prepared for bed, daydreaming about recent events; it was worth the embarrassment she had suffered after the pool incidents if Spock was finally interested in her. Who knew it took just a little Chutzpah to get him to notice her? As she sat reminiscing, she almost missed the sound of her door chime; getting up she palmed the release and was a little startled to see Mr. Spock in the corridor, he appeared almost as startled and turned his back quickly.

"Christine, I would like to inquire if you would be willing to join me for the Orchestra performance tomorrow night?" his shoulders were quite stiff she noted, as she tried not to giggle.

"Mr. Spock, I am covered from neck to toes, I don't understand why you seem to feel I am indecent; I assure you I am not going to throw myself at you because I am in my nightclothes! You can turn around, I won't bite." Although she had fantasized about such a situation she was not about to reveal those fantasies to the light of day (or night), as it were.

"Christine, please, I thought we had agreed to be less formal" Spock made no effort to turn around to face her and she was starting to wonder if she has something wrong with her; she ran her hands over her face and hair, down her gown, to make sure everything was in place. "I do not wish to distress you but your gown is in a somewhat translucent state; with the corridor in sleep mode lighting, your room is somewhat brighter than where I am presently standing" Christine gasped and looked down- and saw just how well outlined her body was against the backlighting! She knew Spock tended to be somewhat modest due to his Vulcan upbringing and as she turned to grab her robe she heard footsteps in the corridor; panicking, she reached out and grabbed Spock by the arm, at her touch he spun around and raised his eyebrows.

Hearing the low murmur of voices coming closer and not wanting to have anyone catch them together to add more gossip to the flames that already spun around the ship about the two of them, she grabbed the front of his uniform and pulled him towards her. He pulled back abruptly, tearing his shirt, and pulling her off balance, she fell towards him. He attempted to grab her as she fell but as her face made contact with his solar plexus, the breath went out of his lungs and he started to topple backwards. As they landed ungraciously on the floor in a heap, she heard his head hit the floor with a loud crack; Spock groaned and raised his head to look at her laying on his chest and Christine felt like she was 14 years old again, gangly, over tall and awkward, and the klutz of the family.

Looking up she realized she was laying prone right on top of the First Officer in a very intimate position! She scrambled to get off him as quick as she could, inadvertently kneeing him in the groin and in reaction his knee came up, catching her in the backside and shoved her forward until she felt her nose make solid contact with his forehead. Trying not to black out as the pain hit her, she realized that two pairs of boots were standing beside them. As the two of them looked upwards, Christine inwardly groaned to see the Captain and McCoy looking down at them, Leonard was literally rocking on his feet in glee and his eyes were dancing, the Captain looked just as amused and grinned widely.

"Well, what do we have here?" McCoy crowed "I swear Jim, I keep telling Spock to get some R&R but I never told him to do so on the floor!" Jim chuckled and offered a hand down to help; Spock shoved Christine off and hurriedly stood, brushing down his uniform as he did so,

"I assure you Dr., what you are witnessing is just a case of…." Spock clearly was unable to explain their situation and Christine, realizing she was in an ungracious position on the floor, pulled her nightgown down to cover herself, looked up to see what he was going to say next and realized her face was mere inches from the crotch of his pants, in fact, she had a very good view of the bulge there. Blushing, she quickly got her legs underneath her and attempted to rise, whereas Spock, in an attempt to help her attain an upright stature, bent to help her and the top of her head collided with his aquiline nose with enough force to break it as his forehead had broken hers. As she stepped back their eyes met and they both raised their hands to their perspective injured body parts and she began to giggle; Spock raising his eyebrows didn't help, and she began laughing in earnest, holding her stomach as it began to hurt

"Just call me Curly!" she guffawed. Bones grabbed her by the arm and turning to the Captain told him-

"I'll take Tweedle Dee and Dum down to sickbay and fix 'em up before they end up killing each other. Come On Spock, we don't need to have everyone asking how you both managed to break your noses at the exact same time!" With that he began to drag Christine down the corridor, a happy smile on his face as he ran the entire scenario through his head. This past week has been more fun than the previous year, in his opinion!

"Curly, Dr.? I do not understand the reference." Spock asked, catching up with the two of them, albeit it with a funny hitch in his gait

"Curly was a character in old time movies, what used to be referred as slapstick- where physical comedy was used to create humour"

"I do not understand how physical pain can promote a feeling of humour, Dr. and I do not believe that Miss Chapel and I are anything like Tweedle Dee and Dum. I am familiar with the characters and I see no reason to compare us..."

"Spock, you might not understand the reference on them but in my opinion the two of you are more alike than you know!" McCoy turned into Sickbay and dragging his still laughing nurse after him, waited until the Vulcan followed into the exam room before issuing a medical seal on the door. "Get up on the damn Bed and let me take a look at the two of you! I've never seen anything like it" as he sat Christine up on the bed and indicated a spot next to her for Spock

"Dr. Doolittle!" Christine blurted out "I loved that when I was little!" she was still holding her stomach in pain as her abdominal muscles continued to cramp up with excessive laughter. McCoy examined a Hypo and injected her with it; Christine started to slide off the table almost immediately

"Grab her Spock! Damn, that hit her awfully fast, she must be high on laughter!"

"High on laughter Dr.?"

"Yup, inebriated, goofy, silly- use whatever term, you want- I think the stress of the last week is getting to her" Spock looked blankly at the CMO then down at Christine as she lay limp in his arms, he looked closer and noticed some twitching, and asked

"Is this normal Dr.?" at which point her arms came up and her hands clasped him behind the neck and she opened her eyes

"Oh Spock, I am soooooooooooooooo sorry I kicked you in the balls! Why is your nose bleeding? Did I do THAT? Oh MY! I am such a bad nurse! Let me kiss it all better!" and she grasped him firmly with both arms and tried to pull his face down to her lips "Why is it we never kiss, really kiss, all on our own? Why is it always because of some other reason? I just want a little smoochie from you! Do your balls hurt? I can kiss them better.." as she shifted as if to turn over, Spock pushed her upright and removed himself from her immediate vicinity. Laying her down on the Biobed, he held her arms down and tried to appeal to the Dr. with a look to help him

"Did she really get you in the nuts Spock? Let me give you a quick scan, it sounds like you got the worst of this whole encounter; what with her trying to rip your clothes off again, then again, what was she doing in just her nightgown with you?" McCoy chuckled as the first incident at the pool came to mind, scanning quickly he did indeed find presence of several bruises and bumps on Spock "Seems like you two need to find a new way to communicate, this is no way to begin a relationship! So far we have bruised egos-2, missing swimsuits -2, broken noses-2, bruises where the sun don't shine-2, heck if this keeps up we might as well toss in your virginities" McCoy went white as he realized what he had just blurted. Looking from Spock to Christine he bit his lip, blushed and ducked his head "Damn I shouldn't have said that-stupid mouth- that was a total breach of medical protocol, you and your damn Vulcan physiology….."

"Dr., I do not think she heard. I believe she has 'passed out' as you call it" Spock pulled a blanket over Christine's inert form "but I do believe you need to practice a bit more tact in the future"

"Sorry Spock, I tend to blurt when I'm worried- bad habit- I know" he gave Spock a sheepish look "Let's patch her up while she's conked out, you two sure did a job on each other, I still can't believe what I saw with my own eyes. I did feel like I was watching the Three Stooges though!" Spock raised his eyebrow and made a mental note to view this form of entertainment. "Sorry about that last blurt, Heck if it wasn't for you and your weird membranes in places they don't belong…..never would have believed it if I didn't see it..ya' know, the nurses all think I'm a pervert cause anytime we need to do a Foley on you I won't let them touch you seeing as you got to know how to handle that wacky little..gee why don't you just get laid and give me a break, make my life easier ya' know…"

"Dr., I believe you are rambling again' Spock broke in on McCoy's rant before he really got carried away

"What? Oh, Sorry Spock, just thinkin' out loud" Bones shot an apologetic look at Spock, all the while placing both hands on either side of Christine's nose he gave a quick jerk and the sound that issued from fixing the displacement made Spock go a little pale. He started edging towards the door "Oh Hell NO, Spock! You stay right here! Don't tell me you're afraid of a little pain? Hand me that regenerator so I can finish this off before …DAMN IT!" Bones dropped the regenerator and made a grab for Spock as he again tried to sneak out of SickBay "You run out on me and I will tell everyone you were making out with Chrissy outside her Quarters!" he roared at Spock, who turned and looked carefully at the Dr., thinking of his options, obviously "Don't think I won't do it!"

"Dr., I fail to see why you should tell anyone that I was near Miss Chapel's quarters? And to deliberately create scenario that is incorrect is beneath you and it will.."

"Don't try to use logic on me, you pain in….."

"Leonard!? Why am I here in Sickbay?" Both Men turned to look at Christine as she tried to sit up, gasping when she saw stars "My head hurts, did I really break my nose?" she looked up at McCoy who couldn't help but grin.

"Sure did Honey, and you broke Spock's too. I was just about to fix him up!" With that comment he reached out and grabbed Spock by the shirt and maneuvered him over to the BioBed "Sit up Chrissy, let me get Spock fixed up, then I'll give you a shot for the pain" As Spock and Christine looked at each other curious as to what McCoy was up to, McCoy quickly maneuvered both hands to Spock's nose and with a quick movement, reinstated it to its previous aquiline status. Spock's eyes watered and McCoy grinned "See, that wasn't so bad, was it?" He reached over to his tray and picked up a Hypo and injected them both with the contents. As he watched them relax into a deep sleep and moved them both onto the BioBed side by side, he grinned to himself. Lowering the lights in Sickbay, he happily looked at the two sleeping and wondered what they would think when they woke up the next morning. Devil that he was he had adjusted the dosage for Spock to insure they should wake up at almost the same time. As he slipped out the door, he whispered "Sweet Dreams you two!"