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Rose managed to remove Jim from the angry stares, with the help of Pavel and Sulu, to their room. Both were happy for the couple, even promising to take them out for a drink later that week. Rose nearly cried as Pavel gave her a hug, wishing her the best in his native language. Afterwards, Rose managed to strip Jim out of his uniform, set up a waste bin near his side of the bed, and tuck him in. As she got ready for bed, she couldn't stop the voices that filled her head. Or keep the looks that everyone wore on their face after the news came out.
"You got married without us!" Nyota shouted, as Spock stood by her.
"Did he knock you up? Dammit Jim! Now I have to worry about your damn kid and all the allergies it'll end up getting from you!" Leonard shouted.
"I thought we were friends, Rose! How could you hide something like this!" Christine cried, as tears fell from her eyes.
"Wait- you two got married? Well it's about bloody time, if ye ask me!" Scotty said, grinning.
Sleep didn't come easy and to make matters worse, Rose woke up to an angry comm from Leonard, demanding for her and Jim's presence at his office by 0600. It was struggle to get Jim out of bed, showered and dressed, as he staggered after her in the hallways.
"Why do we have to be here?" he asked, groaning as Rose led him the office.
Christine was at her usual spot behind her desk, and avoided all eye contact with the couple as they walked by.
"Why is she all mad? Did Bones leave her high and dry after the party?" he asked with a snicker.
"No you infant. She's pissed at the two of you for hidin' the fact that you ran off and got married."
Rose and Jim stopped and saw that Leonard was waiting by a bio-bed, with two PADDS.
"Better get over here. I don't have all day for this," he snapped.
The couple glanced at each other, before making their way over to the bio-bed. They sat down next to each other and watched as Leonard mumbled and went through the files on the PADD.
"Bones, I'm sorry we didn't tell you about getting married. We jus-" Jim started, before he was cut off.
"Don't worry about it, kid. I'm not that mad at you two," he said, as his eyes roamed the chart he was reading.
Rose frowned, "You're not?" she asked.
Leonard shook his head, "Nope. Christine is, but I got over it the moment I crashed into bed," he said with a shrug. He then looked up at them both, "You're both crazy and a match made in high heaven. Ain't no one else in the entire universe would be crazy enough to marry you two," he said.
"So.. you didn't call us here to kill us? Inject us with some crazy disease that will make Jim's balls shrink to the size of peas?" she asked.
Jim yelped and looked at her with a frown, "What?" he asked, shaking his head.
Leonard rolled his eyes, "If I wanted to kill you two, I would've done it years ago. Save me all the stress and the booze in my liquor cabinet," he said, with a sigh. "I call you two idiots down here so I can put your medical history together in one file, now that your married," he said.
"You could've done that without us, Bones. I'm hungover," Jim whined.
Rose elbowed him, "Shut it! I gave you a hypo and you're fine," she snapped.
"I need you two to look over it and fill in whatever's missing and sign off on it," he said, watching as the couple bickered. "ENOUGH!" he snapped.
They jumped at his outburst and quickly quieted down, watching as the older man sighed.
"And I need you to be clear on everything in these files. I need to know everything just in case one of you is terminally ill, mortally wounded or if you take the risk and start reproducing spawns with this one," he said, giving Rose a hard look.
Jim grinned, "Of course she's going to have my spawns, Bones. Look how hot I am. And Rose is a total babe. Our kids are going to be the best human offspring's that came from Starfleet," he said, throwing his arm around Rose's shoulder.
Rose winced at her husband and Leonard rolled his eyes. He had such a way with words, which drove them both mad.
"God help me," Leonard mumbled, as he went to work.
Several hours later, as Jim and Spock left for the dreaded meeting, Rose went to lunch with Scotty, Sulu and Pavel. The trio couldn't stop asking questions about their wedding and wanted to know why they eloped.
"We just wanted to do it. Why wait?" she said, as they sat around eating.
"Yeah but.. you're not like…" Sulu asked, looking at her stomach.
She laughed, "No. I'm not pregnant," she said, as Sulu blushed. "We have a crazy lifestyle, and our job doesn't guarantee safety. We had the opportunity to get married on shore leave and we took it," Rose said, with a shrug.
"Well, I say we have a night out. Bring yer hubby and the five o' us can celebrate!" Scotty said with a nod, before knocking back his drink.
Afterwards, they split. The boys went off to shop around, while Rose headed towards Starfleet issued federal building to meet with Jim. Glancing at her watch, she saw that it was a little after 1300 hours and the meeting would be ending shortly. Taking a seat on one of the benches, Rose fiddled around with her comm., sending out messages to Nyota and Christine, begging for forgiveness.
Just as she hit 'send' for Christine's message, she heard her name being called.
"Rose?"
Looking up from her handheld, Rose gasped.
"Chris."
Sure enough, Christopher Pike stood a few feet away from her, dressed in his Admiral uniform. Rose looked at him from head to toe, amazed that he was standing on his own two feet. When she last saw him, he was unable to walk and confined to a wheelchair. Standing up, Rose slowly made her way towards him.
"Yo-You can walk," she said, amazed at his progress.
Chris nodded, "Yeah. Took three years, but I still need the extra help," he said, holding up the cane that she failed to see.
Rose managed a small smile, "That's great, Chris. Really. I'm glad everything worked out with Leonard's intense medical planning," she said.
"Too intense if you ask me," he said with a small smile.
An awkward silence fell between the two, as they stood across from each other.
"Everything going well on the ship?" Chris asked.
Rose nodded, "Yeah. It's been a good trip so far," she said. "A few mishaps and interesting missions.." she said.
Chris was about to reply when someone shouted from behind.
"Rose!"
She quickly turned around and saw Jim coming towards them, and she could see the look on his face. Anger.
Putting on a smile, she held out her hand. "Darling," she said, before glancing back at Chris. "Good meeting?" she asked, as Jim wrapped his arm around her waist.
Jim pulled her close while glaring at the Admiral, silently telling him that Rose was his and his only.
"It was fine," he said, tearing his eyes away from the older man to look at his wife. "Are you ready to go? I'm starving," he said.
"Oh. I already ate with the boys," she said, glancing nervously between her husband and former lover. "How about you two go ahead and I'll catch up with you later? We can go pick up a few things?" she asked.
Jim opened his mouth to protest, when she gave him a look.
"Please" she mouthed, her eyes filled with worry and sadness. "Go on, love. It'll be fine," she whispered.
Letting out a sigh, Jim turned to Chris. "Wanna grab a bite to eat? We should probably talk," he said.
Chris nodded, "I'd like that, Kirk," he said.
Jim made a show of giving Rose a deep kiss, his hands running down her back. She quickly pulled away before he could be any more obvious, and shook her head.
"Have fun!" she said, as she took a step back. "It was good seeing you, Chris. Really. You look great!" she said, giving him a small wave.
They both said their goodbyes and Rose watched as they both headed in the opposite direction, keeping a wide space between them. With a sigh, Rose turned and headed back to the ship, praying for a miracle.