Slow Way Home
Chapter 9
[Day 15 of 45]
Providence sat in the girl's room at the 'boarding house' where the children of Starfleet's reservists were housed while their parents were offworld. Most were able to go to other family but none of them had family.
The girls room had five children, the boy's had two at that moment. Providence Ellen had been the daughter of Doctor Vera Ellen and Chief Engineer Taylor Ellen. Her mother was Orion, her father was human. And he was gone. Her idol – her best friend – the man who taught her all about working on engines.
Her parents met while her mother was in medical school and her father was a cadet at Starfleet Academy. He convinced her mom to join Starfleet and she had though up until that point her mother had never been in space. She worked at the Base hospital and was a reservist – a senior medical officer for emergencies only.
Her dark blue eyes – a mix of her mom's almost black eyes and her dad's light blue – were wet with tears as she thought of her daddy. He was gone. He'd never come back. Biting her lip she didn't want to cry.
However, that's when she felt the blanket move. Turning she saw Joanna McCoy getting in on one side, pulling her into a hug. Amanda Kirk crawled on the other side, hugging her so she was squeezed between them. They were her best friends. She was the middle child – one year younger than Joanna and two older than Mandy. But right then, she was glad to have such close friends. She cried as they held her, wishing she could think of something else.
They were three awkward girls – three outcasts. The one who could fit would be Joanna but her father was Dr. Leonard McCoy, a well known and very talented doctor but known to also be somewhat unlikable. Mandy was both part Vulcan so the xenophobes would hate her for that, but she also had Jim Kirk for a mother. Jim Kirk was both brilliant and rebellious at the same time. Then Providence – an Orion. Did she honestly have to say more? Age six she already understood the stereotypes people associated with Orions.
"You are our friend… that's what matters," Mandy whispered. "Nobody else's opinion matters."
Nodding Providence closed her eyes, feeling safe with her friends. If only they had the brains with them… then everything would be safe.
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