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Chapter 11: Surprises

Kirk sighed as he ran his hand through his hair absent-mindedly as he sat in the Captain's chair on the bridge, while all around him crew members hurried to finish making sure that everything was up to par for the Enterprise's departure in the morning. He had been back on the Enterprise for a grand total of two hours – a total of three hours away from Callie – and he was miserable. God he was pitiful! He couldn't let his newfound relationship get in the way of his job.

"It's not forever. We'll make this work."

The words Callie had told him the night before rang through his mind. She was right. It wasn't going to be forever – just on and off for who knows how long. Perhaps the first port of call the Enterprise could stop at could be the same one that the Obama happened to be at as well.

Kirk sighed again and glanced at the chronometer in the armrest of his chair.

13:00

Damn. He wouldn't be able to talk to Callie for at least another four hours. That was when she was supposed to be on her transport back to the Obama.

Glancing up from his seat at the science station, Spock noticed that Kirk seemed to be distracted. He wondered if something had happened during his time on Earth. Perhaps meeting some of the new crewmembers that were constantly arriving in the shuttle bay would be a good distraction for the captain for a while until either he or Dr. McCoy could figure out what was wrong with him.

Spock stood up and approached Kirk. "Captain?"

"Yes Spock?"

"You seem a bit distracted. Perhaps a nice walk around the ship to meet some of the new crew members might take your mind off whatever it is that is distracting you."

It seemed like a good idea. "I think I will," Kirk said standing up and allowing Spock to take control of the bridge for the time being.

Taking the lift down to the shuttle bay, Kirk began to walk among the old and new crewmembers of the Enterprise. Most of them were carrying several bags. No wonder they had used the shuttles instead of beaming aboard the ship. Some of the newer crewmembers did stop and acknowledge Kirk, while others didn't. That irked Kirk a bit. Not for the fact that he wasn't acknowledged, but the fact that he was. In all honestly he could careless if anyone acknowledged or saluted him just as long as he was addressed correctly.

As he made his way towards the latest shuttle to arrive, he noticed something. The Ensign at the bottom of the stairs was holding what looked to be a dog in his arms.

"Ensign Wolf," Kirk said, remembering the Ensign's name. "What do you have in your arms?

At the sound of Kirk's voice, the dog's head perked up, turned and looked directly at him. Kirk immediately recognized the dog as a small beagle puppy. He knew this puppy. This puppy had grown quite attached to him over the last few days and he had grown fond of the puppy as well.

Porthos.

"It's a dog sir." Wolf answered.

"I know that, but who does it belong to?"

"Me," a new voice said from behind Kirk - a voice that he had been dying to hear for the past three hours.

Kirk slowly turned around hoping that he wasn't dreaming. Thank goodness he wasn't. Standing at the top of the shuttle stairs stood an amazing sight. Dressed in her Starfleet dress uniform, which Kirk admitted to himself showed off her amazing legs, was Callie. He took a second to take in the entire picture. While the uniform obviously didn't show too much, he didn't care. She still looked breath taking with a huge smile across her face and her eyes sparkling. And the fact that her wrist was still injured made her look only a tad fragile. At least he could help her get her bags and Porthos to her quarters.

A smile spread across his face, as Callie descended the stairs and made her way towards Wolf and himself.

"Lt. Commander Callista Montgomery reporting for duty, sir," she said with the utmost respect. "I've been assigned to the Enterprise as her Chief Intelligence Officer, Captain."

All Kirk could do was smile. Callie had been right – they would find a way to make this work.