A/N: Forgive my tardiness. Its been a long while since I have written anything for you. Hope this makes up for my absence.

"I'm sorry about my brother. He seems to be looking for a reason to have a "celebratory" drink more often than not these days," I said quietly.

"It is not the first time he has been intoxicated it seems. Since you seem to be as humans say 'handling it better than others would,'" he said in a gentle voice.

"Its not the first time. The first time was when he was shy of his eighteenth birthday. Before babu passed away he had the belief that when a boy is going to become a man that he should start to build up some alcohol resistance. I have no idea what lead him to believe that this was a rite of passage at all. But knowing how terribly stubborn my grandfather was I didn't question it. So he gave Josef his first drink and to make matters worse the drink was freshly brewed moonshine. I could swear on my bibi's death that ever since babu learned about the prohibition era in the US he had developed an unhealthy "hobby" on learning how to make it. He was successful to say the least. When babu first succeeded in making it he had asked baba to try it. When baba came home from testing babu's new "beverage" he said that if he ever had anymore of babu's moonshine we would be in a wheelchair before his time was right. I guess that meant that it was stronger than your average drink. So, babu found that this drink if an adolescent boy could handle such strong drink he would be able to hold his liquor. And trust me baba tried to keep babu from giving Josef any of the moonshine until during a visit babu had expected baba t be busy helping bibi with her rocking chair. In my opinion babu had planned all of this. I might have been young but I was very smart and wise for my age. Ten minutes hadn't gone by that Josef came out of babu's study acting crazier than he already was." I almost smiled at the memory. There was nothing funny or amusing about the repeated memory.

"The look on baba's face was almost too hard to decipher. But the paled look on his face was enough of a sign that yelled he was both scared, angry, and other unnamable emotions. To make everything worse than in already was Josef fainted in the middle of bibi's rose garden. Not ene the thorns woke him up from his drunken stupor." I said thinking that maybe just maybe we needed a repeat of said event.

Spock Prime looked slightly amused at the fact that my brother had let himself do such a thing knowing how my father felt about the moonshine my babu was so keen on making. Then realization hit. The "Jack Daniels" my baba had in his study was what is left of babu's shine!

Damn!

Babu must've hidden it in baba's study for "safe keeping" or must've given baba the bottle as a gift just in case he developed a taste for it. I doubt that baba will ever develop a taste for such a drink. And I was right the longer it goes the stronger the taste just like with any hard liquor.

"From the reaction on your face I gather that you have discovered that your grandfather might have given or left the alcohol here for your father or just to keep it away from other prying eyes." Spock Prime said.

I nodded.

"Well, that explains why my throat burned like a bitch." Mick said walking towards us.

I gave him a small smile. And he nodded in return.

"And, this teaches you that when something is unknown and has to do with our grandfather you don't have to be a genius to figure out that you should back away slowly," I said with a laugh.

Spock Prime gave a small chuckle. I was surprised…Spock never let his control slip. If he ever smiled it was in my presence and the small chuckles or laughs are because we were recovering from some activities that involved chocolate. Spock would give me a lecture if I ever revealed such personal information.

"Hello, earth to lt. Uhura," I heard a voice call. I was too far away in my own little world that I wasn't paying attention.

"Lt. Uhura you are needed on the bridge immediately!"

I snapped out of my trance and looked at the one that did when I looked at the two men they both looked like they had been caught with their hands inside a cookie jar. I wouldn't blame them if they had to order me out of my very chocolateful fantasy.

"Daydreaming Ny?" Mick asked as he came to wrap his arms around me in a hug.

I nodded with a smile.

"If you're done wallowing we would all like for you to come back and eat with us." He said giving me the kind smile he knew I couldn't resist.

"I told Selene to tell you that it wasn't a problem you could start eating without me!" I said getting ready to push him into the cold water or the lake.

Mick knows me better than Josef and at the sight of me getting ready to lunge at him he ran all the way to the house. I laughed as he took off like a bat out of hell. Sometimes he is just too easy to joke around with.

"You weren't going to push him in now were you?" Spock Prime asked me with a glint in his eye.

I shook my head and wrapped him in a hug.

He looked dumbfounded if that is even possible for a Vulcan but returned the hug just the same.

"You are family just as your father is. Plus, I thought you'd be used to my hugs by now," I teased.

I nodded and gave me another deep chuckle.

"Lets go back. I'm sure that your current guests have waited long enough to eat," he teased back.

I nodded and we walked back to the house full of hungry maybe even close to starving (when it comes to Mick) people.

As we came to view of the house Spock came out and pulled me into a tight hug.

"Are you alright?" he asked in his lover tone.

I loved it when his possessive, caring side came out. Especially when it pertains to us as a couple.

I nodded but I knew that it would take more than just a nod to assure him. And by the sharp look in his eyes I knew I was right. His eyes were shining with worry and anger what had occurred and it didn't help that I had to leave the house in order to calm down some. Josef was getting his ass kicked tomorrow of that I am sure.

"Don't worry I'm fine really. Nothing happened just needed a moment to come back to my senses. I will explain to everyone what he meant with that comment. Don't worry so much. I'm a big girl I can take care of myself. But as well as we know each other I know that you will want to take care of me too. And, tomorrow I know that you will want to have your choice of words with Josef, just make sure you leave enough of him for everyone else that is present because I'm sure that Mick will want to have his own words with him." I said.

Spock nodded knowing that tomorrow was going to be a very interesting day.

"I concur with her assessment." Spock Prime said from behind us.

We both looked at him and shared a knowing glance.

We walked into the dinning room to find everyone listening in by the door. It would have annoyed me if position they were in wasn't so funny. They all looked like they had seen a ghost. And it was funny as hell.

"We were just…umm…just…"Selene said her face red as a tomato.

I laughed out loud leaving her and Mick both dumbfounded. Mick was about to say something when the doorbell rang.

Again...

A/N: Again sorry for the delay everyone. I wonder who it could be this time...any guesses?

Hope this makes up for my long absence.

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