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"Why are you holding me." Jim asked with his eyes closed and a smile on his face.

"Because you wouldn't let go of me when I brought your butt back to your room." Phil said with a smile.

Jim opened his eyes when he remembered what happend. "Oh. Uhmm sorry"

"You are sorry? What were you thinking? And running with a fever like that!" Len asked as he stood up and stood next to the bed with a tricorder.

"Well not clearly obviously Bones." Jim said as he ran a hand over his face.

"Of that I am sure. You could have woke me up you know."

"Bones I said I am sorry. What more do you want. You know I can't stay here long." Jim said a little frustrated.

"Calm down boys. It happend. It's over." Phil said as he slipped out of the bed.

"Amen to that." Chris said as he woke up to the talking. Jim sat up immediately when he heard Chris voice.

"Dad you are awake. You are awake." Jim said excited and climbed out of bed and stumbled to Chris bed until Chris had his arms around his kid.

"Damn it Jim. Get back in bed. You can't walk around like that kid." Len yelled.

"Calm down Leonard. We are all here and my kid wants to hug me and so do I." Chris said with a grin. Len rolled his eyes.

"You heard Bones?" Jim said with a smile. "You okay dad? When can you leave?"

"Jimmy. Chris had a major surgery. He needs to be here for awhile to get stronger." Phil said as he stood besides him.

Jim frowned. "How long?"

"We will see kid. But you would be here with me for a couple of days." Chris said. Also to let Jim understand he was injured too and sick.

"What? I am okay."

"You are not Jimmy." Bones said in a singing annoying voice.

"Len please. Jim you are still exhausted, you haven't been eaten anything. You are dehydrated and your back still needs healing. Besides one of the wounds got infected that is why you got a fever." Phil said.

"Yes bed it is." Len said.

"Len!" Chris and Phil said the same time.

"What? It's true."

"Your bedside manner sucks Bones." Jim said as he looked at him.

"Yeah well. You are used to it. Come on seriously you need to be in bed. I want to work on those scars on your back before Spock and Uhura come back."

Jim stopped on his way back to his bed. "What you mean before Spock and Uhura come back? When were they here?"

"Uhmm" Len looked at Chris and Phil. "When you were asleep." He said and sat Jim on his bed.

"While I was asleep.." Jim said slowly. "What is with the looks. And why would they come back so soon?"

"They will bring dinner." Phil said.

"And the looks? Tell me now." Jim asked them again.

"Uhmm well. Phil was holding you remember? So..." Bones begins to explain.

Jim closed his eyes. "And they saw. Oh god they think I am a baby and needs to be hold."

"There is nothing wrong with needing comfort kid." Chris said.

"Yeah and well that was not what they thought at the moment I think." Bones said.

"What happened? Bones tell me now."

Bones sighs. "Spock and Uhura came in. They heard that you tried to escape so they wanted to check up on you. They saw you in bed and Phil was holding you in a protective embrace and Spock went all crazy protective scary Vulcan on Phil." Bones said fast.

Jim looked at him as if he was crazy. "Wow back up. Spock went what?"

"Spock thought I was unprofessional because I was holding a patient and that it would make you confused because you had a fever. He told us it was his job to protect you so I needed to let you go. Well and then I called you kid because well I always call you kid but I wanted to compliment him for having your back but then Spock got more angry..."

"And then Phil blurred out you were our kid." Chris finished.

Jim was silent for a moment and they all waited for Jim for a reaction.

"Oh Spock did that?" Jim asked in a small voice.

"Jim you heard what Chris said last?" Bones asked carefully.

"Yeah he said..." Jim eyes went wide. "Oh shit you didn't. He did. Oh god. They know? Oh god they know. Shit what now? What did they do?"

"Okay first of all deep breaths. Slow down. Yeah okay, you breathing good now?" Phil asked. Jim nodded.

"They... wanted to hear the story. They kept asking questions." Bones told him carefully.

Jim closed his eyes. "You told them?"

"We started it. But Len and Chris needed some sleep. They are sworn to secrecy." Phil said.

Jim moved and laid down on his bed on his belly.

"Jim?" Bones asked concerned.

"Just work on those scars Bones."

Phil ran his hand through Jim's hair. "Do you want to talk about..."

"No." Jim said as he hides his face in his arms.

"You want to know what we told..."

"No."

Phil sighs and looked at Chris. "Jim you know they will be here and they will want to know more. If we don't tell them, they always will be curious. They will not be focused. Besides maybe it's good that someone else knows. Especially your first officer."

"I know."

"Jimmy they will be here soon. Are you sure..." Phil begins again but Jim stopped him.

"Bones can I get a painkiller?"

Bones looked shocked at the question. Jim asking for a painkiller? Jim? But then he knew what Jim's reaction was to the painkillers and Jim knew them too. Drowsiness.

"Sure kid." He said and prepared the hypo and gave it to him.

"You know he will be..." Phil begin.

"I know. Let him. Besides he needs the sleep." Bones said as he starts working on the scars. Phil on the other hand began to prepare an IV to get some fluids in him.

20 minutes later Spock and Uhura were back again.

"He still asleep? Why does he has an IV?" Uhura asked as she walks to the bed, Spock followed behind her. Phil was sitting besides Chris and Len next to Jim.

"He was awake but I gave him some painkillers. He gets sleepy on them. IV is for the dehydration." Len explained.

"Shouldn't he eat?" Spock asked.

"He does. He will later. Besides he can't eat solid food now anyway."

"The bruising on his neck?" Spock guessed.

"No, the bruising is almost gone. He went too long without food so his stomach will not handle solid food. He will just throw it up." Spock nodded at the explanation.

"Does he know, that we know?" Uhura asked.

"He does." Chris answered.

"How did he take it?"

"Well he is asleep and asked willingly for a painkiller." Chris said sarcastic.

"I presume he didn't took it well that we know." Spock said.

"Maybe we shouldn't continue the story." Uhura said concerned.

"No we will finish it. He knows but he also knows that you need to hear the whole story. So sit down and let's eat dinner." Phil said.

To be continued..