Hello! Another day, another chapter. I wont be updating at all this weekend, as I'm going on holiday till Monday. But as soon as I get back, I'll get straight on my laptop to get the next chapter out. I thought I'd just let you know (:

Anyway here is the next chapter. Don't forget to review (: ….

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek. If I did, I wouldn't be sitting here writing fan-fiction. I'd be spending my millions!

"Hey how are your nightmares sweetie, I haven't heard you screaming for a few weeks now" Uhura said to Lizzie, perched on the end of the bed. They were both in Lizzie's quarters.

"They've….gone!" Lizzie said to her thoughtfully. And they had. It had been 3 weeks since Lizzie had had her last nightmare.

"It wouldn't have anything to do with a certain Russian Navigator, that you seem to be spending every night with would it?" Uhura said, a smug grin on her face. Lizzie's face went as red as a tomato.

"Yes it does, he helps calm me down…..and you make it sound so dirty" Lizzie covered her face with her fringe to hide her embarrassment.

"So have you….you know?" Uhura said, prying.

"No we haven't! And even if we did…its private" Lizzie defended herself.

"So what do you do with yourselves every night?" Uhura was confused.

"We just….hold each other" a smile appeared on Lizzie's face at the thought of the happy memories. "We just talk and keep each other company. He holds me and I hold him….." Lizzie's mind wondered off.

She had spent every night for the past 3 weeks with Chekov, either in his quarters or in hers. They would talk and laugh and just enjoy each others general company. It was a way to be affectionate to each other in the privacy of their own rooms. They would lay, wrapped in each others arms as they slept and it would stop the nightmares. Lizzie didn't know if it was the happy feelings she got when around him or the general fact that he was there keeping her safe, but she hadn't had a bad dream for weeks.

"Your still in that romance stage" Uhura said to her, breaking her from her thoughts. "I remember that stage with Spock….although it was a bit harder to get him to show his emotions." She laughed as she said this.

"Yeah" Lizzie said to herself quietly going back to her thoughts.

"But come on, you must have thought about it." said Uhura.

"About what?" Lizzie said without a care, but knew what she was talking about.

"You know what!" Uhura said seeing right through her.

"It may have…crossed my mind" Lizzie had begun to busy herself by cleaning her desk.

"You should talk to him about it. From the way he acts around you, he would jump at the chance."

"Nyota!" Lizzie said to her surprised.

"Well he would! You don't see it they way we do. Jim was the first to spot it" Uhura thought to herself then. "Ironic."

"How do you know?" Lizzie asked turning to face Uhura, her arms folded across her chest.

"Because, apart from the fact he is madly in love with you…" Lizzie blushed as she said this. "he is a typical teenage boy. And matter how much you say Chekov is different, all 17 year old boys are the same."

"But Pavel is different."

"To be fair, your probably right, he's a good kid. They aren't all like a certain Starship captain that we all know." At this the two of them burst out laughing. As they finally calmed down, Uhura spoke.

"Anyway, I better get going. Break is over!" she stood up and headed towards the door. Just before she left, she turned to face Lizzie. "Just talk to him about it ok. I'll see you later." She left the room.

Lizzie sat down on her bed deep in thought. She had thought about it. She was in love with Chekov and she wanted to show him that she was. It was a deep way to show him of her love. Should she talk to him about it?

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The ship had pretty much been repaired of the damages done during the Klingon attack, so Lizzie had very little to do in the Engine Bay. A broken screen on the communications system however, took her up to the Bridge. She was currently lying on the floor, the top half of her body within the actual system as she repaired the broken wires.

"How's it comin Lassie?" Scotty asked her.

"Geez what happened here, these wires are dead. We need new ones."

"I'll go get some." Scotty entered the turbo lift, which took him down to the Engine Bay. Lizzie slid out of the system and stood up, leaning against it. There was very little she could do until Scotty returned with the supplies, so she listened to the many conversations going on in the Bridge.

"So, how did it go with my sister?" Sulu asked expectantly, turning in his chair to face Kirk. The Captain was sitting in his large blue Captain's chair, looking out of the large window. He turned to Sulu.

"It went….well, actually!"

"Vhy vhat happened?" Chekov asked, getting in on the conversation.

"Jim took my sister out on a real date and didn't just get her drunk."

"Hey, I cant help it if Kumiko is a light drinker" Kirk perked up, defending himself.

"My sister said she had fun though."

"Yeah I had fun too. You know, she's not so bad when she's not chasing after me, squealing my name everywhere she goes. She can be…" he thought for a second. "….really nice."

"Wow, Jim Kirk is actually thinking of a woman as something more than a one night stand" Bones joined in. "How poetic!"

"You going to take her out again?" Sulu asked hopefully. He knew how much his sister liked the Captain and so was doing this for her benefit.

"Sure, why not. I had fun."

At this point Scotty came running out of the Turbo lift with a handful of wires.

"I've got em, I've got em" he said as he approached Lizzie, who took them from his hands and went back into the system to finish her work.

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Lizzie and Chekov had been lying on the floor of the Astrometic Observatory and had been for a few hours now, just gazing at the many stars and planets that it showed them. Lizzie decided to sit up and have a stretch after being still for so long. Chekov stood up and held his hand out for her to take. He helped her up and they walked out of the room, still hand in hand.

"So, whose room tonight?" Lizzie asked as they walked down one of the many corridors on the Enterprise.

"Vell" Chekov said thoughtfully. "Ve vere in mine last night, so yours tonight I guess."

"Ok" Lizzie replied as they walked in silence to her quarters. She had a lot to think about. She still hadn't brought up the subject of her earlier conversation with Uhura to Chekov. She was nervous. What if he said no? What if he said yes? Would she be hurt if he said no? All she knew was that she had to think fast because they had arrived at her door. She let them both in and went straight to the kitchen area to get a drink.

"You want anything?" she asked Chekov.

"No thank you" he said as he sat down on her bed.

Lizzie however, pulled out the biggest glass she could find, filled it with water and drank it in one go. Yes, she was nervous! She but the glass into the sink and placed her hands on the counter, leaning on them as she dropped her head to look at the floor.

"You can do this Lizzie, just ask him, just ask him" she whispered to herself, giving herself a pep talk.

"Ask me what?"

She jumped at the sound of his voice so close to her. She realised he was standing right next to her.

"Erm…..nothing" Just ask him.

"Are you sure? You looked a bit nerwous there" he told her with a comforting smile.

"Really its nothing" Coward!

"Oh ok zhen" he told her and kissed her cheek before turning to sit back on the bed.

Just ask him, ask him ASK HIM!

"Pavel, hang on" she started. "There was something." She was very nervous now.

"Vhat is it?" he said as he approached her, taking her hands in his and rubbing smooth calming circles into her palms with his fingers.

"I-I-I….erm…" her face was beginning to turn red as she couldn't get her words out.

"Its ok Lizzie, just tell me." He looked into her eyes. Damn those blue eyes! They really weren't helping the situation.

"I was talking to Nyota earlier and…..erm….." she trailed off again.

"Lizzie?" he asked her, waiting to hear what she had to say.

How was she going to ask him? The thoughts she had previously came rushing back to her. What if he said no? What if he said yes? She had never done this before. Then she came to a realisation. If she couldn't tell him, what if she showed him.

Suddenly her lips were on his as she pulled him closer to her. Realising what was going on, Chekov snaked his arms around Lizzie's waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck and ran her fingers through his hair. This moment was perfect, but Lizzie knew she would have to go one step further. She removed her arms and brought them down to the bottom of his shirt and began to pull it up. Chekov froze and pulled away to look her in the face.

"Vhat are you doing?" he asked, a little confused and surprised.

Lizzie couldn't move.

"Oh, god, you don't want to do you?" she asked him. Tears suddenly fell down her cheeks. He had said no and she was hurt. This was exactly what she didn't want to happen. "Oh god, oh god" her voice trailed off.

That was until Chekov pulled her into him and crashed his lips onto hers. Lizzie didn't know what to do. Did he want to? Instead she just closed her eyes and got lost with the one that she loved. They both pulled away for breath. Chekov rested his forehead on Lizzie's.

"I newer said I didn't want to" he whispered to her. Their lips met again, softly this time. Chekov picked Lizzie up bridal style, without breaking the kiss and led her to the bed.

(A/N: I don't do lemons! If you want that, go somewhere else lol. But you can pretty much guess what's just happened)

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Lizzie woke up the next morning feeling happier then she had in years. She had just had the most wonderful night of her life with the one person she loved more than any other and it was perfect. She looked up at his sleeping face and couldn't believe how lucky she was. The smile refused to leave her face. She had the overwhelming urge to run her fingers through his hair and so lifted her hand to his curls. As she did this, a smile appeared across his face and he pulled her naked body closer to him. She looked back at his face as he did this, realising that he was awake.

"Good morning" she whispered to him.

He opened his eyes. "Good morning" he whispered back.

"How are you?" she ran a finger across his cheek, taking in the feel of his soft, warm skin upon hers.

"I feel amazing" he said before putting a soft kiss upon her lips then pulling away to stare back into her eyes.

"Me too" Lizzie said, putting her head on his chest and snuggling as close as she could to him. They lay like that for 10 minutes, just holding and caressing each other, slowly drifting back to sleep. That was, until Lizzie's communicator went off. She slowly got off Chekov, grabbed the communicator from her bedside table and spoke into it.

"Ensign Woods here." Chekov sat up too and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into him so her back was resting on his chest.

"Its Uhura. The Captain has ordered you to go to Communication Room 2 as soon as possible."

"Ok, Woods out" Lizzie said as she shut the communicator.

"Do you ave to go" Chekov asked as he began kissing her shoulders and running his hand up and down her arm.

"Captain's orders" Lizzie said with a giggle. At this they both got out of bed to retrieve the clothes that had been scattered around the room. In no time at all, they were both dressed and ready for the day. They both left the room and walked down the corridor, hand in hand, their fingers interlaced before coming to the Turbo lift.

"I guess this is where I leave you" Lizzie told him.

"Indeed" Chekov replied, a soft smile playing on his lips.

"I love you" Lizzie said with a giggle.

"I love you too." Just as he said it, the lift arrived. Chekov got in in giving Lizzie a small wave before the doors shut and he was taken to the bridge. As soon as it left, Lizzie continued down the corridor until she got to the Communication room. She opened the door.

It was a large room with a few chairs arranged in rows. On the far wall was a large screen. Lizzie took a seat in the front row and waited, wondering what was going on.

After 5 minutes or so of waiting, the screen finally lit up and Admiral Pike appeared.

"Admiral Pike!" Lizzie said, a little surprised.

"Miss Woods, how are you?"

"Very well thank you"

"Good good. I assume you know why I'm here."

Lizzie shook her head. "No sir."

But she knew exactly why he was here. Why else would he be here, if only for one reason. More than a month ago, she would have welcomed a message from the Admiral. Now however, she was dreading it. She knew what was coming and braced herself for the words, not wanting to hear them.

"The time portal is ready Elizabeth. We are ready to take you home."

A/N: Expect next update early next week.