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The next day Alex stood on the planet's surface, giving Professor Wright a tight smile as he spoke to Captain Kirk, Spock standing at her side as the men from the team were working on repairing the village and McCoy was giving everyone a once over and boosters.

"We sealed off the cave," Professor Wright explained. "I hope you understand how badly we feel about this whole thing."

"We do," Kirk assured him. "I wish you'd let us take you to the closest star port."

"That would take a month of travel Captain," Professor Wright shook his head. "And my men and I are more interested in getting back on track for our mission, not delaying your mission."

"Alright," Kirk smiled at him, shaking his hand before the Professor looked over at Alex who was looking out at the horizons of her first alien planet, a gentle breeze making the hot air feel slightly hotter.

"Alex," the Professor said softly, Alex looking over at him quickly. "Lt. Ramirez," he corrected himself with a small smile. "I just want to apologize to you," he said as he stepped closer, but kept his distance. "I am so sorry for last night."

"You weren't in your right mind Professor," she nodded.

"Be that as it may, whether or not I was in my right mind or not, it doesn't change the impact my actions had on you." he told her. "I am truly sorry for what I did to you." he apologized sincerely, glancing from Alex to Spock quickly and then back to her.

"Thank you," Alex nodded as she looked at the Professor who held out a drawstring bag to her.

"For you," he said. "Some geological samples- to always remember the planet." He explained and she took the bag giving him a smile and a nod.

"Thank you." She said before looking to Captain Kirk who spoke to the professor now.

"Starfleet will be sending some more scientists," he explained. "Once our report gets back to them- it'll be awhile, but I'm sure they'll be sending more help for you."

"And we will welcome it," he said to Kirk as McCoy came over to them.

"All done Jim," he told the captain who nodded.

"Good, captain to Enterprise," Kirk said into his communicator. "Four to beam up."

"Confirmed," the person in the enterprise replied.

"Standby," Kirk told him before looking at the professor. "Good luck professor," he told him. "We'll be back soon I'm sure."

"We look forward to it Kirk," the professor told him honestly as he shook Kirk's and McCoy's hands and then nodded to Spock and Alex.

"Kirk to Enterprise," Kird said into his communicator. "Energize,"

Within seconds they were back on the Enterprise and Alex looked at the senior officers before holding up her little drawstring bag. "I'm going to go put this in my room," she told them before leaving,walking to her room where she opened the bag and found that the Professor had given her a handful of precious stones.

Putting them onto the shelf in her room she smiled gently as she looked at them before laying the drawstring bag on the shelf, rearranging the stones so they were on top of the bag and then leaving her room again, going back to work.

That night after her shift she was sitting in the rec room with Mindy, Laura and Mahasri while they taught her how to play a card game. After losing three games in a row Alex walked over to where Spock sat with the Captain, playing a game with many different levels and chess pieces.

"3-D chess," Kirk said as Alex looked the game over. "It's basically impossible for anyone to win against Spock."

"I believe that," Alex replied as she watched the game, keeping her hands at her side before Spock waved to a chair next to him.

"Join us if you like," Spock offered and she sat down.

"What was in the bag the Professor gave you?" Kirk asked as she sat down.

"Precious stones," she explained. "From closer to the opening of the cave,"

"That was mighty generous of him," Kirk said as he made a move. "Those will catch a pretty penny on any outpost."

"I'm hoping it doesn't come to me selling them," Alex smiled. "It's the first time I've ever had real diamonds," she admitted. "I mean they aren't even polished or anything, but they're pretty," she shrugged as she watched Spock make his move. "But I know I'll make enough from Starfleet to pay for whatever I could possibly need." she explained. "I don't see any big expenses coming up anytime soon."

"You're a smart woman," Kirk told her and she smiled as she nodded.

"I think so." she told him as she sat back in her chair and watched them play, Spock mercilessly defeating Kirk five moves after she had sat down.

"Okay, not you're just showing off," Kirk sighed as Spock started to set up the board again.

"Showing off?" Spock asked and Kirk raised an eyebrow before gesturing to Alex. "Alex does not affect my ability to beat you Jim." Alex chuckled as she curled her feet under her legs on the chair, watching them play before she heard a few of the guys talking at the table behind them.

Turning and looking over her shoulder at the two who were joking about who could do more pushups. "I'm telling you," the first said to the other. "I can do more pushups with my eyes closed."

"I can do more with one hand behind my back," the other one boasted, Alex smiling slightly as she watched them before looking back at Spock who was watching her out of the corner of his eye.

"It's not worth it," she shook her head as she continued to watch them play their game, the room slowly emptying out before Alex eventually stood up, smiling at the two sleepily. "I'm about to fall asleep on my feet," she told them. "Good night Captain, Spock."

"Good night Lieutenant Ramirez," Kirk said.

"Good night," Spock said and she nodded to them both before going back to her quarters and changing into her shorts and tank top, slipping into bed, picking up the PADD and reading a little more about the different places on the ship before her door opened and Spock walked in, locking the door behind him.

"Hey," she sat up, setting the PADD on her bedside table and smiled at him. "Are you staying here tonight?"

"If that is alright with you,"

"Of course," she replied. "We should really put a pair of clothes in here for you," she commented as she watched him start to undress, when he got into bed with her she wrapped her arms around his middle, laying her head on his chest and sighed as she closed her eyes, feeling him lay his hand across her back.

Over the next week and a half or so Alex got used to their routine, they would spend their nights either in her room or Spock's, they would work, see each other in passing sometimes and keep to their usual routines, and then go back to whichever room and decompress together. Spock started helping Alex through guided meditations through the mind meld and they would spend some evenings having mind blowing sex that Alex never imagined, but always loved.

After the incident on her first trip to the planet's surface Alex was working hard at her jobs that she was given, she continued to work out and she waited for the time when the Captain thought she was ready to go to the surface of another planet.

The next planet they stopped at was a planet Crustian-B, a planet that the Federation had given Kirk some documents to drop off for them,and after a routine getting those signed, where Alex stood behind Kirk as he sat with the Crustians, they were back on the ship quickly, and then getting back to space.

More and more it seemed like Alex was being called to the bridge for things regarding the Captain before one day Kirk looked at Alex as she brought him something from Engineering that Mr. Scott had asked her to bring him.

"Alex, I've been thinking," Kirk said. "I know we have you as the ship's historian, but I also know that there haven't been many uses for a historian," he explained. "I was wondering how you would feel about being my personal Yeoman?"

"Yeoman?" she asked with a raised eyebrow. "You want me to be a servant?"

"No- No." he chuckled a little. "It's different than the old Earth meaning- basically a yeoman is an assistant- and since you've already been doing so much for me lately, it would be nice to make it official- if you're interested. You would get to go down to the planets with me, you'd be my personal security, you'd get a nice pay bump, you'd be able to go to places other crew members can't-"

"What places?"

"Well, my private offices, my observation deck- places like that." he explained and she thought about it for a moment before giving him a slight shrug.

"I'd like to think about it," she told him and he nodded eagerly.

"Of course, take a day or two and let me know. If you decide to do it, I'll have the paperwork sent into Starfleet so they can bump your pay immediately." he told her and she nodded.

"Yes Sir," she told him. "Thank you for the offer and for thinking of me, I'll be sure to let you know what I decide soon."

"Sounds good Alex," he nodded to her and watched as she walked over to the elevator, passing by Spock who stood and walked to the elevator as well.

"Captain I'll return shortly, I need to check on something in my lab."

"Sounds good Spock," Kirk replied with a slight smile as he looked back out the window of the Enterprise, grinning as the two stepped into the elevator.

Alex held onto the handle in the elevator as she and Spock stepped inside, Spock looking over at her after the doors closed. "This is a great opportunity for you," he told her.

"It feels more like a step down," she told him and he looked at her in slight confusion.

"Explain,"

"I'm going from the ship's historian to being a personal assistant." she shrugged. "It doesn't feel like I have many places to go in my career after that."

"What do you want your career to go?" he questioned and Alex sighed.

"I don't know- But I know I don't want to be a secretary for the rest of my life!" she told him before sighing. "I'd like to continue discussing this- Do you have time now or should we talk about this later?"

"I have time," Spock told her before gently putting his hand on her shoulder and leading her to the lab he worked out of most often as they stepped out of the elevator.

Stepping into the lab Alex looked around, it was a sterile room with lab equipment everywhere and several experiments that he had been working on lined up on various tables with the findings and notes of each experiment in front of them.

Walking over to one experiment she had heard him talk about she looked down at it and then back at him. He pulled a chair out for her to sit in and she walked over to it, sitting and watching as he sat down as well.

Holding out his hands Alex laid hers in his, and smiled as she felt the familiar rush of calmness that he impressed upon her.

"I am military," Alex explained calmly. "I believe in doing as ordered and I believe that my career has no limits, but if I take the job as Kirk's yeoman I'm afraid I'll be letting my career end there." she looked into his dark eyes and sighed. "I don't know where I want my career to go from here, but I know that basically being a secretary isn't exactly the best way to keep momentum going on a career."

"Alex," Spock said softly. "Your career is not going to end. If you take the job as Jim's yeoman and you decide you do not like it, Jim is a fair man, he will do whatever is in his power to assure your fulfillment in your career, and he will do whatever is in his power to help you get to a path you prefer," he explained. "I fear you will be limiting yourself if you do not take this opportunity."

"I understand," she told him and felt him grip her hands a little tighter. "I'll continue to think about it," she smiled before standing up and moving her hands from his grip, wrapping her arms around his neck and leaning in to give him a gentle kiss. "I appreciate you helping me with this decision," she told him, gently running her fingers along the back of his neck as Spock wrapped his arms around her waist.

"It would be most illogical not to help you come to an important decision," Spock replied as he looked up at Alex as she moved to stand between his knees. She gently began to trace her fingers over the back of his neck before moving her fingers to run over the side of his neck, up to his ear and over the edge of it, brushing over the pointed tip of his ear.

Spock let out a low moan, his head falling forward into her chest as his hands gripped at her waist firmly. One shaking hand moved up to the zipper of her uniform as she straddled his lap, Spock starting to tug the zipper down as she brushed her tongue ever so lightly over the tip of his other pointed ear, his hands pulling the front of her uniform down her arms and his lips pressing firmly to her chest, kissing and sucking at her newly exposed skin until-

"Bridge to Spock, acknowledge." Spock groaned at the hailing before he started to kiss Alex's chest again. "Bridge to Mr. Spock, please acknowledge."

Spock sighed impatiently before racing over to his desk and pressing the intercom button. "This is Mr. Spock," he said cooly. "Go ahead bridge."

"Kirk here," Jim's voice filled the room. "We've just been given orders to make for Rigel IV, they've finally concluded the peace talks and have set a date to sign the agreements with Argus,"

"Acknowledged," Spock said.

"I'm sending a list of the diplomats that we've been assigned to pick up on the way to Rigel IV to witness the historic moment."

"Acknowledged," Spock said again.

"Alright, well, Alex?"

"Yeah?" she didn't know why she didn't keep her mouth shut, clapping a hand over her mouth she looked at Spock with wide eyes before stifling a giggle of pure nervousness.

"I'm afraid that's pushed your decision up a little bit," Kirk told her without missing a beat. "The first diplomat we pick up will be tomorrow, and I'll need to know if you're accepting the job or if I need to find someone else as soon a s possible."

"I understand," she said as she wrapped her arms around Spock's shoulders and looked down at him with a small sigh before she said, "I'll take the job."

"Great," she heard the grin in Kirk's voice. "Report to personnel within the hour and they'll get you updated in the system, Kirk out."

Alex sighed as she laid her head on Spock's shoulder before turning her head and kissing his neck gently as she started to climb off of his lap.

Spock looked at her curiously and she smiled gently before leaning down to kiss him, Spock moving his hand to the back of her neck and holding her there for the kiss even as he stood up, leaning down over her through the kiss that made her practically weak at the knees.

"You've made the logical choice Alex," he told her softly and she smiled.

"I'm glad you think so," she told him before leaning in and giving him a quick kiss and then pulling her uniform back on, Spock watching her with dark lust filled eyes. "I have to go report to personnel."

"Within the hour," Spock told her as he stepped closer, Alex smiling as she put her hands on his chest.

"We both know if we really get started it can go on for longer than an hour." she pointed out and he sighed as he looked down, most people would assume he was upset, but Alex knew he was pulling himself in, getting control of himself.

After a moment he reached out, brushing his middle and index finger under her chin and tilting it up to look up at him.

"I will see you tonight." he told her and she nodded as she smiled up at him.

"And I will make it up to you then." she assured him before going out of the room and walking to personnel to start the process of getting her position changed to Captain Kirk's personal yeoman.

Later that night she made her way to Spock's room, sighing at the warm room and enjoying the heat that he had perpetually on. As she slipped out of her uniform she pulled her hair out of the bun she always wore it in, letting it fall around her shoulders in loose curls from being in the tight bun all day.

When Spock came into the room ten minutes later Alex sat on his bed, dressed only in her underwear and smiled at him. "This is your attempt to make it up to me?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, though she could see the corner of his mouth trying not to curl into a smile.

"This is only step one." she told him as she stood up.

"And step two?" he questioned, Alex grinning before she knelt down in front of him, working at the zipper to his pants.

"I think you're going to like step two." Alex said.

She definitely was not wrong, Spock really did enjoy step two.

Later that night Alex lay on his chest, running her fingers through his chest hair as he held her, turning his head he kissed her jaw and neck before whispering into her ear. "I'm very proud of you."

"For what we just did or for taking the job?" she asked, Spock nibbling her earlobe gently.

"For taking the job- though I am proud of the way you-"

"I know what I did." she grinned as she looked at him. "But thank you. I'm excited to start working, and I'm eager to figure out what it is I want out of Starfleet." she tilted her head to the side, letting him bite and suck at her neck a little more firmly, a small gasp of pleasure escaping her lips as she closed her eyes.

Spock's low moan at her gasp of pleasure made Alex bite her lip, his hands moving to her sides and pulling her tighter against him made her eager for round two, but when he pulled away after a moment she opened her eyes, looking at him curiously.

"Before we continue, there is something we should discuss," he told her. Alex took a moment to switch from sexy mindset to try and get more on his wavelength.

"Okay," she said slowly, sitting up on her knees and then sitting back on her legs, watching him as he sat up as well, propping himself up against the pillows on the bed.

"As we pick up the diplomats, I feel the need to prepare you," he took her hand. "My father and mother will be joining us to Rigel IV."

"Okay," she said slowly. "So, what you want to cool off for a few days, I get it." she shrugged. "This is new and we don't want to let anyone know what's going on, and I don't have a problem with that Spock." she assured him, Spock watching as she spoke, holding her hand between both of his before lifting a finger and pressing it to her lips.

"You misunderstand," he told her. "I intend to present you to my father as my t'hyla," he explained.

"What exactly is your t'hyla?" she asked, pronouncing the word carefully and looking to him to see if she had butchered it. His face remained impassive, and she took that to mean she had done well enough.

"The word t'hyla means different things, but in our usage of it; it means lover." he explained.

Alex smiled gently as she thought about that, being introduced as Spock's lover to his family before nodding. "Okay." she said slowly. "And what do I need to know about your family before I'm introduced as your t'hyla?"

Spock took the next little while to explain his relationship with his father, he explained the way he had disappointed his father by choosing to go into Starfleet and how he had reunited with his father and saved his life the last time he had been aboard the Enterprise.

As Alex listened she nodded, feeling his thumb stroke the top of her hand. "Do you think your father will disapprove of our relationship the way he disapproved of you joining Starfleet instead of the Vulcan Science Academy?"

"If he does that is his disapproval to deal with," he replied as he stroked her fingers with his, running them over the back of her hand and up to her wrist and then down her hand again. "I have made my choice, much like I made the choice to join Starfleet. The choices are mine to make."

"I get that," she nodded. "When my family was alive, one of my brothers married a girl no one in the family approved of- of course she was a crazy gold-digger, but he made his choice and he stuck with it."

"Gold-Digger?" he asked. "She was a miner?"

"No," Alex chuckled as she laced her fingers through his. "It means she was only marrying him for his money. My youngest brother made a good fortune in coin and he cashed out while the stocks were really high," she explained. "He was loaded so she was attracted to him for his money."

Spock seemed to think about that for a moment before nodding slowly. "It would make sense to seek out a mate who has more financial wealth than you- one who could guarantee that your future is secure."

"Well, at least I know you're not with me for my money," Alex smiled. "When I came here I technically didn't have any money."

"Would you be considered a gold-digger?" he asked and she shot him a look before shaking her head.

"No, I'm not looking for financial gain by being with you,"

"What gain do you receive by being with me?" he asked and she sighed as she looked away before looking back at him.

"Companionship, the knowledge that someone else understands how hard it is to be different from the people around you, we have shared interests, so that's nice too." she shrugged as she looked at him. "And I enjoy being around you, you make me feel good- and the sex is pretty great too," she added.

"I agree," Spock said, moving his free hand to grab her upper arm and pull her so she was laying on top of his chest. Alex let out a little yelp as he moved her so suddenly, but smiled at him and leaned down, kissing him as she settled against his chest.

"Why do you ask?" she asked and he looked at her quizzically. "About if I'm considered a gold digger?"

"I am quite rich," Spock told her and she lifted an eyebrow.

"Huh, well, good for you." she told him. "It's a good thing I'm not with you for your money," she added with a wink as she started to move her legs, stuating herself so she was straddling his hips, but still laying across his chest.

"It would be smart to remain with me to ensure you future when you want to leave Starfleet-"

"Spock," she cut him off. "If we're together when that happens, and if I leave Starfleet, I will not remain with you just so I'll be guaranteed a good financial future."

"Is that a source of contention with humans?" he asked.

"It is for this human." she replied as she sat up, putting her hands on his chest.

"Understood," Spock replied as he put his hands around her wrists. "I will not bring it up again."

"Thank you," she replied. "So when are we going to be picking up your parents and the rest of the delegation from Vulcan?"

"Within the next few days," Spock told her before moving his hands to her hips. "But I would rather we close that subject for another time."

"Understood," she replied as he lifted her hips, lowering her over him with a breathless moan as he slid her down him entirely.

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