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"You look nervous" Jim Kirk said to his younger sister as they both walked down a Starfleet Academy corridor on their way to Admiral Pike's office.
"You think" she replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm. She was taking deep breaths to help calm herself down. "I mean, what if he sends me to another ship…or no ship at all!"
"Trust me Maddie, he'll put you on the Enterprise."
"But what if he doesn't?"
"He will" he smiled at her trying his best to keep her calm.
"Even if he does, a have a question."
"And what's that?"
"Do I really need a cheering squad for this meeting?" she replied, pointing her thumb behind her.
Kirk turned his head and spotted Bones, Uhura, Spock, Chekov, Sulu and Scotty following them. He started to laugh. "They're being…supportive."
She just glared at him through narrow eyes. "I don't need a crowd to be there when I get turned down for a place on the Enterprise."
"Oh ye of little faith" Kirk muttered to himself as he turned his head back around to see where he was going. They finally approached the Admiral's door where Kirk, Maddie and the crowd stopped. Kirk knocked a few times before a voice on the other side told them to enter. Kirk turned his head to the crowd.
"You guys stay here."
He turned back to his sister and led her into the office where the door closed behind them.
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Chekov, Sulu and Scotty sat on the floor, their backs to the wall. Uhura and Spock remained standing whilst Bones began pacing. Kirk and Maddie had been in Pike's office for over an hour and everyone was beginning to worry.
"I mean what's taking so long?" Bones began. "Its either a yes or a no, so why is it taking an hour?"
"The Admiral has a lot to consider Doctor" Spock answered.
"Even so" he muttered to himself.
"Do you zhink he vill keep her on zhe Enterprise?" Chekov asked from his seat on the floor.
"He better!" Uhura said.
However just as the words left her mouth, the Admiral's door opened. Kirk and Maddie had their backs to the crowd as they left the office. They were shaking Pike's hands.
"Thank you sir" Kirk said as the Admiral returned the thanks, went back to his office and closed the door behind him. Kirk and Maddie remained looking at the door. Six pairs of eyes were fixed on the two of them.
"Well?" Bones asked breaking the silence, dying to know the result of the meeting. Both Kirk and Maddie turned around at the same time, huge smiles plastered on their faces.
"Guess whose on the Enterprise?!!!" Maddie practically shouted. Everyone got up and smiled to themselves at the sound of this, all apart from Spock who kept his emotionless exterior. Even so, a wave of relief and happiness flushed through his body.
Suddenly the air was filled with congratulations and happiness as everyone moved towards the siblings. Bones was quicker than everyone else and was practically running. He embraced Maddie, picking her up and swirling her around. Both were laughing along with the rest of the crew. She held onto him as tightly as possible, knowing she could now spend all her time with him. He finally put her down to hug her once again before she was quickly torn away from him by Uhura, whose smile was just as big as his own. Even though he was a little saddened by this loss of contact, the smile would not leave his face. She was staying with him.
"This is fantastic Maddie!" Uhura said as she broke the hug with her friend.
"I know."
"Sure is" Kirk interjected. "It means I have a new slave."
Uhura looked confused by the Captain's words.
"I'm his new Yeoman" Maddie said.
"Which basically means she is my slave."
"One more slave remark and I will stick my boot up your sorry ass" Maddie told Kirk, causing everyone in turn to laugh.
"Ok, ok, I'll stop. But all of this is a cause for celebration. We are all going out tonight and I wont take no for an answer from any of you."
"Thanks Jim" Maddie replied hugging her brother.
"No problem Kiddo" he replied before they all walked back to their dorms, smiles plastered on everyone's faces.
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"You think this looks good?" Maddie asked Uhura as she stood in front of the full length mirror in their room. Uhura looked up from applying her make up. She saw Maddie in a blue strapless dress which went to her knees. She smiled.
"Its perfect" she replied.
"Good" Maddie said walking away from the mirror, grabbing her purse. "You ready?"
"Sure am" Uhura replied putting the compact mirror away and standing up. She linked her arm with Maddie's as the exited the dorm.
The club which they were all meeting at was only down the street from the main Academy campus so the two women made it there in only a few minutes. They entered the busy noisy club and spotted the Bridge crew in a corner booth, all of them deep in conversation. They headed over to them.
"Well look who it is" Kirk said as he spotted the pair making their way over. Everybody looked up to see them. Bones' eyes widened as he saw Maddie. He loved it when she wore blue as it brought out the colour of her eyes. He smiled at how beautiful she was, knowing he could now see her everyday since she was staying on the Enterprise.
"Well doesn't everyone scrub up well" Maddie commented noticing everyone was in a shirt and jeans.
Spock stood up to allow Uhura to take a seat in the booth. She thanked him with a kiss on the cheek before she sat down. Spock then lifted his eyes up to look at Maddie. His face blushed a deep green the second he lay eyes on her. He quickly diverted his eyes before settling back down in his seat.
"You want to sit down?" Kirk asked Maddie as he moved to get up.
"Sit down? No way! This is my night and I'm spending it on the dance floor" Maddie replied with a smile. "Anyone coming?"
"I will" Uhura answered as Spock moved once again to let her out of her seat. The two girls linked arms once again and headed to the dance floor.
"Anyone for another drink?" Kirk asked the table.
"I vill have a wodka" Chekov replied.
"I'll have a scotch laddy" said Scotty as he finished off his fourth drink of the night.
"No thanks Jim" Sulu said.
"Come on them Bones, your turn to pay" Jim had a smug smile on his face.
"God damn it" the doctor muttered under his breath as the two got up and made their way over to the bar.
Kirk ordered the drinks as Bones turned and leant back on the bar as he watched people on the dance floor. His eyes finally found Maddie who was dancing with Uhura. She was laughing her head off and was really enjoying herself. Bones smiled at this. The fact that she was happy made him happy. The last time she had laughed like that was earlier in the day when she was wrapped in his arms and…
"See something you like?" Kirk asked his friend, breaking him from his thoughts. Bones quickly looked at him.
"Erm no. I was just looking."
"Cause I like the look of that blond" Kirk replied, pointing his finger into the crowd of the dance floor. Bones rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe it had taken his friend this long to eye up some poor unsuspecting girl.
"If you don't mind" Kirk said shoving the tray of drinks into Bones' hands and making his own way to the girl. Bones just shook his head and made his way back to the table. Everyone took their drinks just as the girls made their way back to the table.
"Ooo drinks, thanks Leo" Maddie said as she took the gin and tonic Bones had brought for her. She drank it quickly just before Bones' communicator began to beep.
"McCoy here."
The music was so loud that the table could not hear what was being said on the other end of the line. All they could see was Bones nodding and replying with a yes. The conversation finally ended.
"What's wrong" Scotty asked.
"I gotta go" he said looking apologetically at Maddie.
"Why?" she replied sadly.
"I'm on call tonight and I'm needed in Sickbay. Sorry Maddie."
"Its ok. The patient needs you more than me" she said with a smile.
"Well have a good night anyway" he moved to give her a hug goodbye. She loved the feeling of being wrapped in his arms. She felt at home there, she felt safe, like nothing could hurt her because he was there to protect her. She returned the hug as tightly as possible.
"I guess I'll see you in the shuttle bay in the morning" she whispered in his ear. Her breath tickled his skin. It was the most wonderful feeling.
"Sure will" he replied as he pulled reluctantly away. "See ya guys" he told the table before finally leaving.
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To say Bones was pissed was an understatement. He was having a perfectly good time with the girl he had been practically in love with for four years only to be called away and for what? A dislocated arm. So yeah, he was pretty pissed.
He had returned to his dorm after finishing in sickbay and had changed into a pair of sweats and an old t-shirt. Sleep was what he needed to calm his anger down and so he got into bed. He had left the club three hours ago and knew Jim wouldn't be back yet, if he came back at all that was. When Jim had his eyes on a girl, he usually didn't return till the next morning. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Bones got up with a huff before going to answer it. The door slid open to reveal Maddie with a huge grin plastered on her face.
"Hey Leo! Is Jim here?" she asked poking her head through the door and scanning the room.
"Erm…no. Why?"
"Oh he said he had to go somewhere then left. So I thought I'd go find him."
"He's probably with some girl."
"Yup" she said in realisation.
"Want to come in?" he said with the new found confidence of having a beautiful girl at his door. "I can replicate some coffee."
"How about I make hot chocolate."
"Deal" he said as she entered the room. She headed over to the kitchen. She placed a piece of paper she had been holding in her hand onto the kitchen counter before getting out the cups and hot chocolate mix and boiling the kettle. Bones walked over and picked up the piece of paper, noticing a number was written on it.
"What's this?" he asked.
"Oh just some phone number a guy gave me" she said with a giggle in her voice.
"A guy?" he asked.
"Yeah, well I was dancing with him all night and he gave me his number. He was cute too" she answered with another giggle.
Bones' eyebrows furrowed as he scrunched the paper up in his hand.
"So I can't sleep with a girl but you can dance with random guys and get their phone numbers?" He was angry and sad at the same time.
"Excuse me?"
"I sleep with a girl and you get real pissed. Then you go see a guy all night."
"I'm sorry but sleeping with a girl you have only just met and getting a guy's phone number is hardly the same thing Leo." Now Maddie was angry and sad at the same time. "What's the problem?"
This was the final straw. Now he knew other men were interested in her, he couldn't keep his feelings locked up any longer.
Next thing Maddie knew, Bones had pinned her to the wall. His hands were gripping her waist and their bodies were so close they could feel the heat radiating off of each other. Their noses were practically touching. He looked deep into her eyes and her breathing become heavy.
"I'll tell you what the problem is" he whispered. They were so close, Maddie could almost taste him. It was the best thing she had ever tasted. "The problem is that I want to be the one giving you my phone number. I want to be the one who you were dancing with. I want to be the one who brings you back home. I want to be the one who holds you whilst you sleep. I want to be the one who keeps you safe and makes love to you. I want to be the one whom you tell you love and will love for the rest of your life. I want you to love me as much as I love you."
He was pouring his heart out to her but Maddie was frozen to the spot. This couldn't be real. This had to be a dream. He…loved her. Her breathing remained quick as she shivered at his touch. Her legs felt like jelly as her stomach did back flips.
"Leo I…"
She was cut off by a bang on the door. "Hey Bones, what's the code to this door?"
"6071" he replied not moving a muscle. His eyes remained locked with Maddie's. He pulled away as soon as Jim entered the room. Maddie however could not move as everything she had just heard swirled round in her head.
"Hey, there you are" Jim said with a smile pointing at Maddie.
"Are you drunk?" Bones asked laughing.
"Yep!" he replied with a hic-up and a smile. "Hey what's up with her?" His brows furrowed in confusion.
"Nothing" Maddie finally answered in a monotone voice. "I was looking for you."
"Oh, well here I am" he said in triumph. Maddie snapped out of her zombie like state.
"Good, well I'll be going then. See you in the morning Jim, Leo."
She made eye contact with neither of them as she left the dorm to return to her own.
Bones' words could not sink in. Only in rom-coms did the guy who the girl was in love with admit that he had the same feelings. As she entered her dorm and got into bed that night, tears began to fall from her eyes. They were not tears of sadness however, they were tears of joy. He loved her as much as she loved him.