"Who is she, one of your nurses?" He really hates his ex-wife. Like really, really hates her. Leo had gone to see his daughter every other week like the new visitation order gave him the right to do, this week, he asked Jim to tag along. Of course, Jocelyn had a problem with him introducing Joanna to anyone that she didn't know but that wasn't stopping him.

"Do I really look like a nurse?" Jim asked him.

He chuckled, "No, not even a little bit, darlin'. Jim, this is Jocelyn, my ex-wife. Jocelyn, this is my girlfriend Jim." The look on Jocelyn's face was priceless. He talked to Jim and they decided that yes, they were officially a couple and no, it didn't matter what they called it. Girlfriend and boyfriend was a little juvenile but there really weren't many ways to describe it without sounding like a jerk.

"Seriously? She's like twelve," Jocelyn said as she glared at Jim. His girl rolled her eyes; there was no way in hell that Jim looked even remotely that young.

"Well, she's twenty-four, she's a Lieutenant Commander and she has a Ph.D. Now that we got that outta the way, where's Jo?"

Jocelyn glared at Jim some more before batting her eyelashes at Leonard, "Not home."

He looked at Jim and then back at his ex, "I asked where she was, not where she wasn't." Of all days for her to play this dumb game of 'keep away,' she had to pick today; Jocelyn knew what she was doing.

Jim pointed to the door, "I'll uh… be outside." She touched his shoulder and made her way out of the house.

"Where is Joanna? I have a court order to see her," he wasn't going to let her walk all over him like she was used to doing.

"She's not here. What do you want me to say, Leo?" she was up to something.

He took a breath, "Tell me where she is and I'll go get her."

Jocelyn looked at him, "She doesn't want to see you."

"Daddy!" Leonard turned around as Joanna slammed into him, Jim right behind her.

"She was out back. Apparently, she was told that you didn't want her and you weren't coming," Jim said as she glared at his ex-wife. Uh oh, Jim was not happy.

"Of course I want you, sweetheart. If I could have you with me all the time I would but that wouldn't be fair to all the people who love you. Why don't you go pack a bag so we can go, okay?" he said as he wiped the tears off her face.

"Can Miss Jim come with me?" she asked.

Jim smiled, "Of course, sweetie. Lead the way." Jo took Jim's hand and pulled her through the house.

"Of all the fucked up… Dammit, Jocelyn. What was the point of this? Forget about me, why would you do that to her?"

She looked at him, "You have to understand…"

He cut her off, "No, I really don't have to. I don't know what's up with you but…"

"I'm pregnant," she said.

He just looked at her, "Uh… congratulations? You tell Clay?"

She nodded and looked at the floor, "Yea…"

Leonard looked around and understood what was going on, "He left, didn't he?" She nodded. Leonard took a breath, "Wish I was surprised by that but I'm not." She was the 'harpy from hell' but he did feel a little bad that she got abandoned by her husband… he knew the feeling.

"He doesn't know if he wants us to keep it but I don't think I could just kill my child. Don't say it… I know that karma's a bitch." He had a few things on the tip of his tongue but he wasn't that mean, even if he had every right to be.

"Well, I don't know what to tell you except that you can't take it out on Joanna. Just because Clay doesn't want your child, doesn't have anything to do with her or me. I love that little girl more than anything in the universe and you know it."

Jocelyn nodded, "Is she nice… Jim?"

Even though that came outta nowhere, he smiled, "Yea, she's great."

She looked at him, "She doesn't like me at all."

It wasn't a question but he felt compelled to fill her in, just a little, "It's not my story to tell but she doesn't like when people mess with kids." He wasn't going to tell her any more than that about Jim's life. Jocelyn nodded but didn't say anything as Joanna and Jim came back into the room, Jim had a bag over her shoulder.

"Ready, daddy," his little girl said with a smile.

He smiled back, "Alright, Jo. It'll work out Jocelyn, you just gotta try. You can't run away whenever things get hard. Talk to him."

She looked up at him and nodded, "Thanks, Leo. I know you might not believe me but… I'm sorry I wrecked your life."

He glanced at Jim and Joanna, "You didn't, you just made look for the place I was really supposed to be and I think I found it."


Usually when he went to see Joanna, they stayed in Georgia but this time, he was taking her to San Francisco. "Woooowwww," Jo said as the shuttle pulled into the shuttle bay. She looked over at Jim, "You live here too?"

Jim nodded, "I grew up here." Jo smiled and kept looking out the window. "Well at least one McCoy doesn't mind flying," Jim whispered.

He squeezed her hand, "I'm better with flying. I don't like it but it doesn't scare the crap out of me as much as it used to." It was the truth. Jim was right when she told him that Lieutenant Commander Mitchell was a good teacher. He taught Leonard to fly without getting frustrated or pissed off that he was an aviophobe; he even managed to pass with an above average grade.

She looked at him, "Then why you holding my hand so tight?"

Leonard chuckled, "Maybe I just wanna hold your hand, darlin'." She smiled as the shuttle docked and they made their way off. The trio stopped by his dorm to drop off Joanna's bag and then they went to get something to eat. Joanna took in everything around her.

"This is so cool, daddy."

He chuckled and agreed with her, "Yes it is." After lunch, Joanna asked Jim if they could go to one of her favorite places. Jim smiled and took them to the California Academy of Sciences. Even Leo could admit that it was pretty cool and Joanna got a kick out of the indoor rainforest and the aquarium. He liked Jim's favorite place, the living roof.

After their trip, they ended up at Jim's apartment. "Maybe I should get her back to campus."

Jim shook her head, "She can stay. You can go back if you really want to." He chuckled; he didn't want to go anywhere. Jim was sitting on the couch and Joanna was sleep in her arms. He doesn't have to worry about them liking each other, they bonded.

He smiled at her, "I'm good."