Chapel can see Spock at a table across the mess. He keeps looking over at her. It would be unnerving if Jim hadn't told her Spock asked about the status of their relationship. Are she and Jim more than just friends?
Jim had told him no. Which is true. Even with Spock gone to purge his emotions, she held out hope.
Stupid hope, she thought at the time. Especially on the nights Jim looked really good. But hope nonetheless.
And voila. Here she is being ogled—or the Vulcan version—by her years-long fantasy.
Who says dreams don't come true?