Observations From The Bar
Chapter Seven - Carol Marcus
"How's my favourite Molecular Biologist?" Nancy smiled at Carol as she took a seat the bar.
"Pissed." Nancy put the Wine in front of Carol and gave her a compassionate smile.
"Should I ask why?" Nancy knelt against the bar, Carol took a large gulp of her drink and set it back down. Looking up to Nancy she rolled her eyes and let out a deep sigh.
"You should ask who." Nancy grimaced slightly.
"I don't think I have to."
"Nancy he's an absolute moron sometimes! Seriously, I can't understand how he manages to get himself dressed in the morning!" Carol took another gulp of wine.
U"What's he done now?"
"What hasn't he done!? How he thinks he has the audacity to interfere in my research I cannot understand!? I swear if he's not careful I'll fundamentally alter his DNA so that he turns into a frog!"
"I think that might be a tad too excessive Carol." Nancy couldn't help but laugh at Carol's expression. Carol Marcus was one of the most beautiful and intelligent women Nancy had ever met, she was also not a woman to be meddled with. She was strong willed, passionate and resilient, but it bordered on obsessive at times.
"Is it? I'm not too sure."
"You two are cut from the same cloth Carol, that's why it works between the two of you." Nancy placed a small bowl of nuts in front of Carol, if only to distract her from picking apart the napkin that sat under her glass.
"Oh, I probably owe you an apology, it was me who suggested Jim ask you for assistance regarding the next away mission."
"I have you to thank do I?" Nancy crossed her arms and gave Carol a mock irritated look.
"I'm afraid so, I thought you may have been in need of something to get your head out of your ass?"
"Carol!" Nancy took the bowl of nuts off the bar and placed them on the shelf behind her.
"Don't 'Carol' me! You can't pretend Nancy, I know how it gets up here, feeling stuck and stunted. The same faces, the same conversations. You were letting it get to you, what did you and Doctor McCoy argue about anyway?" She couldn't help but be shocked.
"Nothing!"
"Nancy!"
"Carol!" Carol sat back and raised her eyebrows at Nancy.
"Fine, you don't have to tell me, but I'm going to give you some advice…"
"Whether I want it or not?"
"…relationships are a minefield on this thing." Nancy scoffed.
"Coming from the woman dating the Captain."
"Precisely, heed my word Nancy." Nancy sighed and ran her hands through her hair.
"There is no relationship Carol, Doctor McCoy is a friend who stated his opinion of me and I disagreed, that's all."
"That's all? Telling Spock where to go…?"
"Jesus Carol! Can't anybody do anything without everybody knowing!? Do you realise how crazy all of you are? I've watched you all for months, have you any idea what living on a starship does to you all? Hyper intelligent, proficient, competitive psychopaths the lot of you! Is it really that surprising that I lost my cool? My only regret is that I directed my frustration and anger toward the one person who is seemingly sane!" They both looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Well, when you put it like that." Carol raised her glass in the air. "To hyper intelligent, proficient, competitive psychopaths."
"Long may you live." Nancy pretended to raise her own glass and toast Carol's. "Are you free a week from next? Christine's been ramping up the fighting talk."
"Oh, count me in! She needs to be taken down a peg or two."
"You're ruthless aren't you?" Carol gave her a knowing grin.
"You don't know the half of it! You're talking to the woman who's dating the man that brought her up on insubordination charges." Nancy's mouth gaped open.
"He didn't?"
"He did, and he was right to." Carol finished her glass of Wine and stood up from the stool. "Well, I'll see you soon. I've got a conversation to be had with the Federation over Starfleet's reckless interference with my research. I swear I'll take a shuttle back to earth if I have to and wring their necks."
"Be careful Carol." Carol pointed to herself.
"Me? Careful? Now why would I do something like that?"
LLAP ;-) XOXO
