Sorry guys for the delay, I was horribly sick and with school it was awful. But I'm back! The Next Chapter is here!!! Please review if you can because I love reviews!!! And of course your feedback is much appreciated!!! ^_^
In the Sickbay…
Bones had just finished fixing up Olivia's injury. The tricorder had successfully healed all the flesh around the wound and it was almost as if it was never there. Bones still ordered her to remain in bed and rest some. Olivia laid her head against the pillow but couldn't sleep. She wasn't tired. Spock walked into the sickbay intent on visiting her. He was about to walk down the corridor to see her when a chart caught his eye. Now, Spock wasn't one to be nosy but it had her name on it and had results that just could not be. A mistake perhaps? He looked at it closer.
Olivia saw Spock come in. She saw his attention become distracted. And she saw what he was looking at. Her eyes widened and she flew out of bed. She hurried down the corridor to Bones' office.
"He is looking at my chart! My chart that's just lying around for everyone's eyes to view!" she panicked and Bones' eyes widened.
"Oh crap," he muttered and stood up.
"Do something!" she waved her arms at him.
Bones looked conflicted.
"Okay, I got it," he said and they both watched as Spock made his way towards McCoy's office.
Olivia looked at Bones, waiting for him to speak.
"Run, save yourself," he said and she wasn't going to argue.
She turned on her heels and took the back way out as Spock walked in. He looked confused. He placed the chart on McCoy's desk.
"Could you explain this?" he asked his voice calm but McCoy was still a little nervous.
"Explain what? That's the confidential chart of Olivia Monroe," he said and tried to close the chart but Spock stopped him.
"Explain to me why her copper levels are that high. She should be terribly sick with copper poisoning and confined to a biobed but she was healthy enough to run out of this office like death was chasing her," he said his voice becoming dangerously low.
McCoy sighed loudly.
"Spock you read her charts. You know why," he said scratching his head.
Spock stiffened.
"I want to hear it from a medical official," he said quietly his eyes no longer looking at McCoy.
"Then I suggest you go ask Doctor Monroe, as she would know what to tell you," he said sympathetically.
Spock's eyes burned through Bones before he turned and exited the sickbay. Bones rubbed his head.
"This is bad," he mumbled.
On the Bridge…
Olivia flew onto the bridge and composed herself quickly. She ran to the only place she knew Spock would be professional. She walked over to the Captain's chair and Kirk smiled at her.
"Hey how are you feeling?" he asked kindly.
"I feel a lot better, thanks. Nia is down in engineering?" she asked and Kirk nodded.
"Blue's helping Scotty with repairs. I may go down and try to help in a little while," he said and she nodded.
"Oh and I'm all filled in on what the Nausicaans wanted and what they did. I just sent a message to Starfleet. Hopefully we can get further information soon," he said and she nodded slowly.
Spock came onto the bridge. Upon seeing her he walked up to her quickly.
"I need to speak with you…privately," he said and she could tell he was angry just by how he spoke.
"I'm talking with the Captain, Commander, can this wait?" she asked and he stared at her.
"No," was all he said.
Kirk looked from Olivia to Spock and cleared his throat.
"It's alright Olivia. We'll chat later, why don't you go with him?" he suggested and Olivia groaned inwardly.
She forced a small smile at the Captain's good intentions and followed Spock off the bridge. They did not speak on the way to his quarters. She wasn't expecting him to anyway.
In Spock's Quarters…
She looked around in awe. It was just like she remembered it. He set it up the exact same way it was three years ago. She wondered if he realized he did it that way. She finally looked at him to find him staring at her. She shifted uncomfortably in his icy stare. He never looked at her like that before.
"I saw your charts," he said his voice edgy.
"Yes I know. That's why I ran," she said truthfully.
Spock was a little taken back by her bluntness. He didn't show it though.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I didn't want you to see my chart, or at least what was on it," she admitted.
"You were going to keep it from me?" he asked clearly upset.
"Yes," she said nodding some.
"Why?!" he seethed letting his emotions get the better of him.
"Why not?" she shot back.
"Spock, it was three years ago. I made it a top priority to forget about it. I wasn't going to tell anyone but then Bones brought it up a couple of days ago, so I had to tell him. What would be the point of telling you now? You're with someone else, you've moved on and I'm living with what happened, so why is this such a big deal?" she asked almost Vulcan-like.
Not one emotion resided in her voice. Spock stood there shell-shocked.
"How could you speak so unsympathetically?" he asked and that shocked her.
"You lost a child, our child," he continued and Olivia nodded slowly.
"I know," she said quietly.
"And you speak so unattached. As if you do not even care," he said angrily.
Olivia flinched but Spock didn't catch it.
"Should I not be allowed to grieve as you did? I may be currently involved with Nyota but that has nothing to do with the child or my feelings towards the entire situation," he said much too emotional for a Vulcan.
Olivia stared at him unblinkingly. He was hurting. She sighed.
"I'm sorry. I was trying to avoid all of this. I will let you grieve in private. I have to return to the sickbay," she said, not one emotion in her voice.
Spock stared at her disbelievingly as she walked by him and left. Something was terribly wrong. He sat on his bed and buried his face in his hands. Terribly wrong.
The Next Day…Sickbay…
Olivia looked up as the doors to the sickbay opened and her Captain, her new Captain, walked through. He shot her a grin but she saw he was nursing his left hand and he had a cut on his head. Shallow but bleeding she noted.
"What happened to you?" she asked concerned.
He shook his head.
"A Captain doesn't belong in an engineering room. Especially when they're repairing and rebuilding things down there. Lucky for me I think it's just a sprain and a small cut," he grinned and she rolled her eyes smiling.
"Let the doctor decide please," she motioned for him to sit on a biobed.
Kirk sat down and she took his wrist lightly. He flinched.
"Sorry about that," she said but he shook his head.
"Not your fault," he said kindly and flashed a smile.
It startled her to see a smile instead of a grin. He looked charming. She gave him a small smile and pulled out a hypospray. His smile faded.
"I'm not Bones, you know. I believe I could get you to accept hypos again," she said and Kirk shook his head.
"I doubt it," he said nervously.
"You almost break your wrist, you have a small but bleeding cut on your forehead, and you're scared of a hypo?" she inquired.
"Exactly," he confirmed and she laughed.
He joined in the laughter after a few moments and she took the opportunity to hypospray him. He didn't even feel it. He looked up and she was throwing the hypo out.
"Wait, you didn't even do it yet," he said confused.
She nodded.
"Yeah I did," she grinned.
Kirk felt his neck and looked up at her surprised.
"I didn't even feel it," he said shocked.
She laughed.
"You're not supposed to. I think Bones just does it to get a thrill at seeing you whine," she laughed and Kirk pouted playfully.
"Well I think it's time to switch doctors then," he said pulling out his PADD.
Olivia's eyes widened.
"Huh? What? No, don't do that I just—" but he silenced her.
"—Dr. Monroe, you are now my doctor. Deal with it. You brought this on yourself," he joked and she finally smiled.
"You're not such a bad patient," she said softly.
Kirk smiled.
"Well maybe I'll find some things to trip over just to come see you. What would you say about that? Still not so bad a patient?" he grinned.
Olivia chuckled.
"I'd say if you really wanted to see me that bad then you would just come down to the sickbay and visit me," she laughed watching Kirk's face process the easier way to see her.
He touched the cut on his forehead and it was gone. His wrist felt better too.
"Thanks Doc," he said and she smiled.
"It's Olivia," she grinned and he shot her one back.
"Then thanks, Olivia," he corrected himself and exited the sickbay.
Olivia watched him leave, stood up and straightened herself out. She had work to do.
Mess Hall…
Bones walked into the mess hall with Olivia in tow. After getting their food they sat with the Captain, who was already munching on a pizza. He greeted them with a nod. Soon everyone was coming into the mess hall and taking their usual spots. Olivia did not lift her head once. She would not look at Spock since their 'talk.'
"So I heard you ditched me as your doctor," Bones smirked.
Kirk grinned.
"Damn right I did! Besides, Olivia is much gentler and way hotter to look at," he said and Olivia's head snapped up.
Her eyes met his and he smiled, not grinned, smiled. She smirked.
"Thank you Captain," she said blushing some.
Bones chuckled shaking his head.
"Don't let him reel you in. He's that charming to every woman," he snickered and Kirk playfully glared at him.
Olivia laughed.
"Well maybe he's not reeling me in. Maybe I'm secretly reeling him in," she said and everyone's eyes widened.
"Is that so hard to believe?" she asked innocently.
Kirk smirked and stood up then.
"I have to head to the bridge. See you guys soon," he said and Olivia watched him walk to the door.
Nia nudged her.
"Olivia you're not dead and he's so cute," she whispered in Andorian.
She did not know that Spock and Uhura could understand what she said. Spock's eyes widened some and he watched Olivia smile shyly. Uhura's eyes were trained on Spock.
"He's the Captain, Nia. It's not right," she mumbled back in Andorian watching Kirk stop to talk to a cadet.
Nia rolled her eyes and her antennas stood up straight.
"I know for a fact that you haven't gotten any since you were brought to Qo'noS. Take advantage of the situation he's totally providing for you!" she whispered louder in Andorian.
Bones and the others were in conversation and didn't hear the two mumbling in Andorian. Kirk headed for the door again and Olivia bit her lip. She stood up, took in a deep breath, and headed for the door. Nia chuckled and then her head snapped to the half Vulcan across from her. In his now bloody hand a broken fork rested. Uhura quickly grabbed a napkin to dab at the slight bleeding.
"Are you okay Commander Spock?" Nia asked worriedly.
He managed a nod and stood up. Uhura stood up to go with him but he stopped her.
"I'm fine. I can escort myself to the sickbay. Please finish your meal," he said simply and exited the mess hall.
In the Sickbay…
Spock was surprised to see Olivia in her uniform scribbling on her PADD. He went to the sickbay with the intention of not seeing her since he had thought she went after Kirk. She glanced up and saw him staring at her. She also saw him nursing his hand. She put the PADD down and headed his way.
"Sit on the biobed. I can fix that in two seconds," she said not looking at him and grabbing a hypo and a tricorder.
The sickbay was empty, he noticed. Olivia removed the napkin and gave him the hypo. She ran the tricorder over his hand a couple of times and the skin began to heal. She seemed lost in thought. Finally the skin was completely healed and she pocketed the tricorder and backed up.
"You're all set Commander. You can return to the mess hall or the bridge or wherever," she said walking off and picking up her PADD.
"Thank you," he said in a whisper.
Spock watched as she walked off. Then he watched as she stopped, turned around and headed back.
"Do you have a minute?" she asked him quickly.
He nodded slowly and she motioned for him to follow her. They made their way to her quarters.
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