Of Tea and Music

Chapter 9: Singing in the Rec Room

Uhura was leaning over the table, watching the card game in progress on the table before her. Janice Rand was playing solitaire as the two women talked. Spock sat in a chair at the far end of the table, tuning his ka'athyra. Then he began to strum the strings, sound rolling out into the room. Without thinking, she began to hum along. He stopped playing, a grimace on his face, looked in her direction and let his hands fall onto his thighs.

"I'm sorry, I did it again, didn't I?" Laughter echoed throughout the room.

He gave her a slight smile and began to play again. Rand looked at Uhura, mischief in her eyes, and tilted her head towards Spock. Uhura winked at her and began moving in his direction, starting to sing. She circled around Spock, gesturing and making fun of him with her lyrics, smiling all the while. He had great difficulty not smiling back at her. As she passed behind his chair, she let her hand brush over the top of his shoulder and across the back of his neck, leaving little trails of fire upon his exposed skin. Oh, she knew what she was doing all right. He could faintly sense the teasing affection through that brief contact.

She moved on behind him until she was on the far side, still singing. She was leaning so close to him, he could smell her so plainly. He rolled his eyes at her, warning. She moved back across the room, passing behind him, brushing him with her fingers again, then kneeling in the empty chair, pointing her fingers at him. He remembered those slender fingers running down his bare chest, tantalizing. He smirked at her, letting her know he knew what she was doing. She leaned over the back of the chair now, laughing, giving him a lovely view of her bottom and the backs of her thighs. Oh, yes, she knew exactly what she was doing. He smiled again, anticipating.

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Uhura's Song:

Oh, on the Starship Enterprise There's someone who's in Satan's guise, Whose devil's ears and devil's eyes Could rip your heart from you! At first his look could hypnotize, And then his touch would barbarize. His alien love could victimize... And rip your heart from you! And that's why female astronauts Oh very female astronauts Wait terrified and overwrought To find what he will do. Oh girls in space, be wary, be wary, be wary! Girls in space, be wary! We know not what he'll do.