Confused was an understatement. Jane was not even on the same level as confused as she and Uhura walked down one of the Enterprise's long hallways. "Remind me again why we're doing this?"
Uhura rolled her eyes, sighing. "The captain told me to keep you out of trouble and said that this was the most likely way of doing it." She looked at Jane, who was giving her an incredulous look. "I know, it doesn't even make any sense, but how often do you get to do this?"
The blonde actually considered this question for a moment. "Almost never."
"Exactly," Uhura replied, turning her attention back to navigating where they were going.
"But, mani-pedis? Seriously? This was Jim's suggestion?"
"I'm just as surprised as you, Jane, trust me."
Jane tried to begin explaining, using vague hand motions to help. "But it's so...girly! Why - wait, how would Jim even know to recommend it?"
Uhura shrugged. "His mom?" She grimaced, noticing how Jane flinched. "Sorry. I keep forgetting you two are the same person."
That comment got Jane to stop walking. "We are not the same person. My father is alive and well, as well as my mother." Having defended her parents, she turned back to the direction they were walking before continuing.
"Then what about Tarsus IV?" Uhura regretted the question as soon as it was out of her mouth. She watched Jane go still and the muscles in her back tense. "S-sorry. I know I'm not supposed to know about it, but on a ship this big, you hear things."
Jane stayed where she was, wanting nothing more than to run into a dark corner and sob until it hurt. However, without that option, she went with the only one left in her arsenal. "So, mani-pedis," the blonde said, continuing walking. Uhura took a deep breath before continuing behind Jane.
Jim frowned, tapping his fingers on his command chair. Spock and Bones, who was on the bridge to watch said captain, looked at each other before looking back at Jim. "Is something on your mind, Captain?"
He turned to look at Spock. "Doesn't it feel off to you?"
Spock raised his eyebrow. "I do not understand to what you are referring."
Jim sighed. "Jane's visit. Doesn't something feel off? I mean, the female you was here to get us together. Shouldn't she have to do something as well?"
Bones cleared his throat. "Maybe she wanted to test your relationship." Jim opened his mouth to respond when Spock replied first.
"That would be a logical argument, Doctor." The blonde turned to look at his First Officer. "A woman would not have such a difficult time of earning one's affections."
"So," Jim began, figuring it out. "Jane's here to see if we'll last?"
"And probably to get you two to have sex," Bones added, scrunching his face up after saying it. "I have to go wash that mental image away." He walked away to take the turbo lift back to Sickbay.
That's it. Jane had come to a decision. "Hot tubs are heaven," she stated, relaxing into the heated water. "How do you guys even have one?"
Uhura shrugged even though Jane had closed her eyes. "I guess there's a reason the Enterprise was called the best in the fleet."
"Yeah, but we don't have one." After a long moment, Jane cracked an eye to look at Uhura. "Thank you."
The African American woman furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "For what?"
"For agreeing to have a girl's day with me. I mean, normally I can just order a few friends to take a day but hereā¦"
Uhura nodded. "Homesick?"
Jane chuckled. "Big time." She opened an eye again. "But don't tell anyone that 'cause then they'll assume that if this ever happens to their captain, he'll suffer from homesickness too. Bones and Spock'll be the first people to confront him about it. Well, at least Bones will be. I'm not even going to mention the possibility of being homesick to my Bones; he'll never let me live it down."
"Is it weird to see all of us here?"
The blonde smiled. "A little, yeah. I mean, you're basically the exact same as the Uhura in my reality. 'Course, it may be a little different because I know your first name."
Uhura rolled her eyes. "The captain found out my first name the first day on the ship."
Jane hummed. "I thought he didn't know it."
"It was kind of an accident," Uhura began. "He and Spock were about to transport onto a Romulan ship that was 150 years ahead of it's time and I was having a private moment with Spock."
The blonde sat up, gaping at Uhura. "When did this happen?"
Uhura shrugged. "Last year at the Academy. Vulcan was being attacked and all cadets had to be crew members on the ships." She looked at Jane, realizing something. "This didn't happen to you, did it?"
Jane shook her head. "Nope, which means you get to tell me all about it."
Jim walked into his quarters after the door silently opened for him. He would've flopped down on the conveniently placed couch if it hadn't been occupied. "So, in your last year at the Academy, a Romulan ship from the future attacked Vulcan while you were on trial for cheating on the Kobayashi Maru?"
He groaned, letting his head fall against the nearest wall. "Uhura told you."
Jane nodded. "Well, I mentioned knowing her first name and then she began to explain how you do actually know her first name and that led into the entire story." She glanced over at Jim. "By the way, thanks for letting Uhura off her shift today. I needed the company."
"Can't have you being homesick the day before you go home."
She sat up. "Do we actually have any proof that I will go home when this is over, Jim?"
Jim looked at her. "Well, Miss Spock made it home okay. Why shouldn't you?"
Jane laid back onto the couch. "I guess I'm just wondering how much time's gone by since I left."
"Hey, look at it this way." Jim sat down by Jane's feet. "If you've only been gone a couple hours, you still have seven days of shore leave on Risa." Jane nodded, smiling faintly at the concept. Suddenly Jim stood up. "C'mon," he said, grabbing Jane by the hand and hauling her to her feet.
"What?"
"I'm gonna treat you to dinner."
"I thought you were tired."
"Well, yeah, but we can't have you being all depressed tomorrow."
A/N: I'm sorry! My sister came home for a week and I lazed with her and then school started last week! Plus, this chapter was kind of hard to get through since I didn't want them to have to deal with any baddies (I'm actually terrible at writing that but we won't go there). Anywho, it's finally up. Anything for Jane's last day aboard the Enterprise? Love it? Hate it? Reviews? Suggestions?
