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"If you two don't mind I would like to get started on cooking." Nyota looked at both of them. Amanda smiled at her. "We will get out of your way. If you need anything or there is something you cannot find call me and I will help you." Amanda touched Spock's arm. "Come on dear, let Nyota cook in peace." Nyota started preparing supper. While she washed and chopped the vegetables she thought about their encounter with T'Pring. She wasn't angry with T'Pring, she felt sorry for her. She felt sorry that T'Pring hadn't been able to find a new mate. She wondered why T'Pring couldn't find a new partner. She was pretty, she was down right beautiful. She would be a catch to any guy Nyota knew, well not Spock, but any other guy. Kirk would bent over backwards for a chance with T'Pring.
Amanda came into the kitchen. "Is everything alright?" "Yes thank you." "Are you alright?" "You are thinking about T'Pring?" "Yes." "I'm alright. I feel sorry for her. Why can't she find a new mate? She's gorgeous." "Well it's…. On Vulcan women and men are considered equal. But when a bond is broken on purpose and not by conventional way I mean with a fight. It is believed that there is something wrong with the woman."
Nyota was astonished, this was not what she had expected. "That is so wrong." "Indeed. But what Spock did today may help T'Pring." "How?" "Well by disclosing why he had wanted the bond broken and why the bond had been formed in the first place, other men may see that the breaking of the bond had nothing to do with T'Pring." "I hope so." "You are a very forgiving woman." "I've learned that by listening and understanding, accept and forgiveness comes easy."
The more Amanda learned about Nyota the more she liked her. Amanda knew that Spock was very lucky to have found Nyota. Nyota had started to fry some of the vegetables. A wonderful smell filled the kitchen. "Where have you learned to cook?" "My father. My mother did most of the cooking when I was growing up, but I liked it the best when my father was cooking. He made cooking fun. He told me stories when he cooked not fairy tales but stories about the vegetables how they grew from small seeds to vibrant strutting plants." "That sounds wonderful." "It was. I hope to have children one day. And I will tell them the same stories." "Does Spock know you want children?" "Yes. He knows. And he knows that I don't want children before I have graduated." "So the two of you are careful?"
Nyota blushed slightly. She had no quite expected to have this conversation with Amanda. "We are careful. I get a birth-control injection every 6 months." "I am glad that you are being careful." "We have to be careful in more than one way. If the Starfleet finds out that we are having a relationship Spock's career will be over and I will never get the career I dream about." "What do you dream about?" "I want to travel into the unknown. I want to explore new worlds. I want to do it with Spock." "You want him in your future." "Without him my future would be empty. All new things I learn seems so much more powerful and intense since I met Spock. With him I feel like there is nothing I can't do."
Amanda was happy for her son and Nyota. She understood that what they had was so much more than a bond. They were in love. Their bond and their love would be their strength. "Do you cook for Spock often?" "As often as he cooks for me. But mostly we cook together or we go of campus to small restaurants of the beaten track." "Do you spent all your time with Spock?" "No, I go out with my roommate two nights a week and I have coffee with a close friend from time to time." "Good, both of you needs friends."
Nyota liked talking to Amanda while she cooked. "How did you meet Sarek?" "I was a teacher on earth. He was an ambassador. We met at a party." "How did you know that he was the one?" "It was the way he looked at me. He made me feel special in a good way." "Love at first sight?" "It took me a while to accept it but yes." "What made it difficult to accept? If you don't mind me asking?" "I wondered why he wanted me. I was only human." "What did he tell you?" "That he found me interesting and that he loved me." "That sounds like a vulcan answer." "It was but somehow it was and still is enough for me." "Was it difficult to be accepted by the Vulcans?" "Over time I have learned to fit in. It was very difficult in the beginning. Sarek was away a lot as an ambassador. So I had to learn a lot of things on my own."
Talking to a young woman as curious as Nyota was a joy. She was happy to tell Nyota about her life. "Didn't anyone here on Vulcan help you?" "When Sarek was here he helped me as much as he could. And there was an old priest who helped me. She was wonderful. She helped me understand a lot of things and explained so much to me." "I would have loved to have met her." "You still can, she is retired from being a priest. She is a wonderful old lady." "I would love to meet her." "I will set up an appointment during your stay, you and I could see her together."
Nyota felt honored that Amanda would introduce her to the priest that had been so important to her. Spock and Sarek walked into the kitchen. "Your cooking smells delicious Nyota." "Thank you Sarek." Supper was almost ready. She had cooked a thick stew that was to be served on bread. Nyota had bought a bread, she had cut in thick slices and had them in the oven to get nicely toasted. She had also made a salad and some dressing to put on it. "Supper is ready, I just have to arrange it on the plates and then we can eat." Spock and Sarek left the kitchen. "Can I help with anything?" Amanda asked. "I would love some help with the salad and the dressing." Nyota arranged the bread on the plates. She put some stew on the slices of bread, she put some grated cheese on top of the stew. Amanda put some salad on the side of the plates and poured some dressing over the salad. They carried the plates to the table. Spock and Sarek had put glasses, cutlery and a large bottle with chilled water on the table.
They ate in silence. Nyota had a feeling that the food she had cooked was a success. They ate slowly. When they all were finished Spock and Sarek cleared the table. Amanda and Nyota went into the livingroom and sat down in the couches. "Is it common for Vulcan men to clear the table?" "Yes it is common." "I have so much to learn." "You are doing great." "Thank you so much." "If you are in doubt ask, any Vulcan will answer your question."
Spock and Sarek came into the living room. Sarek sat down next to Amanda and Spock next to Nyota. "Spock told me about your meeting with T'Pring." "I think she is very unhappy." "Why do you think that?" "I think she is unhappy because she has not been able to find a new mate. I know how important Spock is too me and how much I enjoy being bonded to him. I can understand why T'Pring wants that too." Spock intervened. "The bond I had with T'Pring does not compare to the bond I have with you." "Please elaborate my son." "There was never any intimacy in the bond I had with T'Pring. It was as if she did not want me in her mind."
Nyota looked from Amanda to Sarek. "I welcome Spock in my mind. I wouldn't have it any other way." Spock continued. "It was as if T'Pring accepted the bond between us and nothing more." "I am pleased that you have found a bondmate that fulfill your need my son." "Thank you father." "If your mother and I had known the consequences of forming the bond between you and T'Pring the bond would not had been formed." "No one could have known father, I feel no blame inside me."
Amanda touched Sarek's arm. Her love for him was as strong as it had been for more than 26 years. She smiled at her son. She was so proud of him. It made her happy that he spoke of his former and current bond with such ease. Amanda suspected that it was the bond with Nyota that had enabled him to do so. Yet another proof that the bond with Nyota was good for Spock. Seeing them sitting so close together made her believe that good things would happen to them. She rose and went to the kitchen. She made tea. She had baked a pie in the afternoon. Amanda prepared small plates with pie and icecream and served them with the tea.
Amanda and Nyota carried the plates and teacups back to the kitchen. Soon after Nyota and Spock said goodnight to Amanda and Sarek and walked upstairs. Nyota walked in front of Spock. She led her to his door. She could feel that he was surprised. She opened the door and they walked inside.
Spock closed the door behind them. She had walked to his bed. He watched her turn around. She was so beautiful. As a child he had always loved the view from his small balcony. He walked to her and took her hand. He led her to the door next to his desk. He opened it and led her outside. It was cold outside. He felt her shiver. He pulled her in front of her and wrapped his arms around her, hoping it would warm her long enough for her to see the spectacular view. Spock gently pushed her to the railing. "I want you to see the view, I enjoyed it much as a child."
Nyota took in the view. The night was beautiful, cold but beautiful. She leaned back against his heat. She looked up at the stars. "Did you come out here to look at the stars?" "Yes I did. And to listen." "It's so quiet. Did you meditate out here?" "Yes I did. But not at night. I meditated out here in the morning." "Why not in the evening?" "I liked to feel the heat from the sun when it rose." Nyota pulled his arms tighter around her. "Is this your favorite place in the house?"
"Yes." Spock wondered how she knew. "Thank you for sharing it with me." "Do you have a favorite place?" "I do, it's in Africa. I'll show it too you one day." She was starting to shiver in his arms. Spock slowly pulled her away from the railing and back inside. He let go of her and closed the door to the balcony. He turned to her. "I would like you to share the sunrise with me."
