Chapter 9: Surprises

The day was weird. Leah McCoy felt a little useless, not being on the medical staff anymore, even if she still held the medical codes. She was tempted to just carry on and work at Medbay. But it was a slow day and she couldn't think of anything worse than having to spent the day near Anna Cole. She remembered her and her excentric behaviour well from the Academy. She wondered where the woman would have ended up if her father hadn't played his cards.

So, Leah pondered what to do after lunch with Jim and Scotty. The so called malfunctions were far from solving. The men grinned about that fact. Leah rolled her eyes, but was actually thankful for the crew being on her side.

She spent the afternoon unpacking her boxes. It felt weird and good at the same time spreading her stuff on shelfs in the captain's quarters and making some space in the wardrobe to put her clothes and uniforms next to Jim's.

At some point she heard a strange sound outside the door. She went to investigate – and found Montgomery Scott medling with the nameplate.

„Oh, uh, hello, Lassie. I was too noisy, wasn't I? The captain wanted to surprise you later." He smiled apologetically and pointed to the sign.

Below James T. Kirk, Captain was now another line reading Leah H. McCoy, CMO.

Leah just stared at it for a few moments. At first she was surprised, then she felt a little flattered and then… well, she rolled her eyes and and annoyance took over.

„Uhm…", Scotty made, noticing her mood change. „You don't like it?"

Leah exhaled sharply and crossed her arms. „It says CMO, which I am currently not. He can't just… Dammit… If Anna sees this, before this whole thing is sorted out... If it can be sorted out."

„Hm…" Scotty now made, his mind racing. „But does she know the door sign wasn't there before?"

„How about the fact that she waited for my getting my stuff out of the CMO's office and quarters?"

„Uhm…"

Leah sighed and touched a com panel at the wall. „McCoy to Kirk."

„This is Kirk."

„I'm stand currently in front of the captain's quarters."

„Yes?"

„Scotty's here."

„Oh."

„I can't believe you did this."

„You're welcome."

„That's not what I meant", Leah replied exasperated.

Jim chuckled. „Admit it, Bones, you like it."

Leah huffed. „Ask Scotty, why this is a bad idea. McCoy out."

„But -", Scotty started.

„No." Leah walked back into the quarters and the door closed behind her.

She resumed unpacking, even though she was in a mood putting everything back into the boxes. Or storm on the bridge.

She sighed. He was right. The nameplate was nice. A very bad idea, considering the timing. But nice.

Time went by fast and Leah suddenly realized that Jim's shift was almost over. They had plans to meet the bridge crew in the mess hall and she pondered if she should change out of her Ole Miss sweatshirt and in a black off-duty uniform or something like that.

She didn't get to a conclusion. A noise at the door tore her out of her thoughts. She wondered if it was Scotty again or Jim himself this time. But then she noticed the type of sound – it was a medical override in progress.

„Unbelievable…" she hissed, desciding very fast what to do. Her pants and the sweatshirt were gone in seconds.

The door opened.

Anna Cole entered the captain's quarters and froze when she saw Leah McCoy walking around in underwear and putting some books on a shelf.

Leah coolly turned to her and carried on taking stuff out of the last box. „That's improper use of a medical emergency code", she simply said and disappeared in the bedroom area, only to emerge a moment later holding a golden uniform shirt. One of Jim's. She put it on and continued with her stuff.

Anna just stared at her, her jaw almost on the floor by now. „This… Why… What is this?" She gestured confused and angry.

„I'm knitting a sweater", Leah replied dryly and rolled her eyes. „What does it look like?"

„You're moving in?"

Leah almost wondered if the woman was near a heart attack. „You missed your calling, Sherlock."

„No!"

Leah ignore her. „Hm?"

„I said: no", Anna repeated and put her hands at her hips. „You're no longer part of the crew. You can't live on the ship. You have a new assignment."

„I must have missed your promotion to captain of the Enterprise."

„You can't do this. He can't do this. You're ruining everything!" She talked herself into rage. „And why would he even want to keep you when he can have me? I'm the better physician and I'm pretty sure that I'm better in bed."

Leah just rolled her eyes.

„Say something", Anna demanded when Leah didn't respond.

„Why should I? I certainly won't let you pull me into a verbal bitch fight. You're CMO – congratulations. But I'm with Jim", Leah replied in a quiet but firm voice. „For which I should actually thank you, by the way."

„What?" Anna replied confused and outraged.

Leah shrugged. „You, your father and whoever is also in this were wrong. Until the gala Jim and I were just friends. You showing up on the ship and this whole mess you created, lead to a kiss on the balcony." She gave her a provocative look. „Which lead to all of this", she gestured. „You wanted to get me out of the picture – but you pushed me right in the center."

Anna shook her head, trying to get her composure back. „Whatever you're planning, it won't work. You being off the ship is permanent. You're not part of the crew anymore. So you'll have to leave when the USS Archer embarks for Yorktown. Or if that stupid Scottish engineer finally does his job and repairs that fucking warp drive!"

„Language", Leah reprimanded her amused. „And no insulting my friends. And Jim's friends. If you want to have a shot with him, you should remember that."

„Starfleet Command will hear about you trying to get around their orders."

Leah crossed her arms and looked at her annoyed. „Sure, and what are you going to tell them when they ask how you learned that I still live on the ship? Go ahead, tell them that you missused your position as doctor and broke into the captain's quarters in order to… well, now we're getting at the interesting part, don't we? You wanted to wait for him, didn't you? Maybe even sprawled across his bed or something like that?"

Anna glared at Leah, mad about being caught. „He doesn't react when I flirt with him in public, so I'll up the game."

Leah laughed disbelieving. „You just won't get it. He has no interest whatsoever in you."

„Well…" Anna started in a dangerous voice. „I always get what I want. You'll see."

With that she turned and stormed out in the very moment Jim Kirk was in front of the door. He quickly stepped aside and looked after the furious woman barely looking at him.

With a shrug he entered his quarters. He saw Leah with bare legs, wearing one of his uniform shirts, and just stared… tried to say something… but didn't know what. His lips opened in awe, seeing her like this.

He chuckled. „So, she took your job and now you're after mine? Didn't know you had ambitions for command", he finally said with a wink and noticed his pants getting tighter.

„Oh, well, you know, I got attached to the Enterprise and the captain's chair is quite nice", she replied dryly.

He chuckled again and stepped closer, taking in the view. „Wow…" He smiled. "So, seriously, how come you're wearing my uniform shirt?" He grinned. „Brilliant idea, by the way."

Leah sighed. „Anna tried another approach. She used her medical code to get in here and wanted to wait for you. Probably in the bed or the shower."

Jim still stared at her in the matching gold, only half hearing what she said. „Not sure if I should be mad at her or give into being turned on by you… Bones, you look so hot in my shirt."

Leah rolled her eyes, threw her hands up and turned walking towards the bedroom area.

Jim reacted instantly. He saw her clothes on the bed and knew she probably wanted to change. But he didn't want her to. He caught up with her and pulled her against his body, slid one hand in her neck while the other found its way to the small of her back and kissed her.

Her first instinct was to protest, but she didn't. She returned the kiss with the same passion. She only stopped his hands when they wandered beneath the shirt. „We promised the others meeting them for dinner, remember? And I'm still a little mad about the thing with the nameplate, Darlin'."

„Don't really care about dinner", he whispered against her lips, smiling at that term of endearment. „Your own fault. You put on my shirt."

„Only to teach Anna a lesson." Leah let his hands roam under the golden fabric. „I heard the lock being overwritten and knew it could only be her. So I quickly changed."

„No complaing here", he grinned. „Quite the opposite."

„You know that nameplate will very probably backfire?"

„Don't care." He lowered his lips at her neck and trailed little kisses over her skin. „Don't think she noticed it yet."

„The dinner, Jim", she reminded him, gasping.

He chuckled against her skin and slipped both hands under the hem of her panties. „Already told them to meet us later. I had no idea about this here, I just assumed you would want to talk about my surprise and Scotty's help."

„Talk, hm?" Leah echoed, but wasn't able to really sound as annoyed as she wanted. Also, letting him remove her panties was a dead giveaway.

Jim's shoes landed somewhere on the floor. He unbuckled his belt and opened his pants. Then his patience left him. His kissed the woman in his uniform shirt again and slowly lowered her onto the bed.

„Sort of", he finally whispered. „I love to make you moan."

„I noticed." She gasped again at his movements.

He braced himself with one arm over her and worked on opening his pants with the other. Leah's hands joined in and moments later his cock slid inside her.

She wondered how long this honeymoon phase and the appareantly not being able to keep their hands off each other would last. They'd been up half the night, followed by some morning activities and now – this.

He drew loud moans from her while the golden fabric on their torsos met. She found it strangly hot, having him completly clothed above herself and locked her legs around his butt.

They barely made it to dinner. And everyone at the table knew why Leah was a little flushed.


Author's Notes:

In this chapter I used this dialogue from "White Collar":
Peter: I can't believe you did this.
Neal: You're welcome.
Peter: That's not what I meant.