Chapter 3: Personal Project
At the end of Intro to Vulcan, I stayed behind and after the rest of the class left, I timidly approached Professor Spock.
"Excuse me, Sir. May have a moment of your time?"
"Cadet Davis, how may I be of assistance?"
"Well, Sir, since you are my academic advisor, I was wondering if you would be able to help me find time in my schedule to put more hours into my Phys Ed class. Time management is not a strong suit of mine." I admitted.
"I am available now, if you will follow me to my office." he answered directly.
"Thank you, Sir." I replied and followed him to the opposite side of the building. Professor Spock's office was very warm, not just the temperature, but also the decor was warm. The desk and chairs were made of rich mahogany wood and the room smelled like cloves and cinnamon. He took a seat behind the desk and I sat in the chair in front.
"Tell me about your class schedule and your study schedule."
I told him about my class times and how much time I spent studying. He wrote down everything I said, creating a time table.
"You have here," he showed me all of the places where I had time I could be using for Phys Ed, " here, and here during the week and you are still able to keep your weekend free for recreation. If you use these times, which I insist you do, you will be able to bring your Physical Education grade back to a satisfactory score."
"Sir, I have another question. It's more personal than academic though."
"I will answer it if I can."
"Professor, I am half Orion and half Vulcan. I was adopted by Human parents. Due to my biological parents insisting that I not try to find them, I didn't have anyone to teach me to control my emotions. My family did the best they could, but I know and so do they, that it wasn't enough. Would you, please, teach me to control my emotions?"
"Cadet Davis, this will be adding to your workload. I understand the importance of needing to learn this skill. I will consider your request and let you know my decision on Friday. As it is now late, please allow me to escort you back to your dorm."
"Thank you, Professor."
The walk back to Cunningham Hall was a silent one. Dawn climbed the steps to the door and as Professor Spock turned to leave, the entrance to the dorm opened and a seething Keri Suzuki had lunged at Dawn.
"You got me kicked out! You whore!" she threw a punch toward Dawn's face. Unable to dodge it she was hit squarely in the jaw. "I can't believe you! You're mother must have been whore to produce scum like you!" Keri shoved Dawn backwards down the stairs and instead of hitting cement, she was caught by arms that felt like a brick wall.
"Security, has been called." Spock assured her. Dawn sat down and pulled her knees to her chest. Spock turned back to Keri, "Miss. Suzuki, you will stop this at once. You have now been charged with more than underage drinking, you have attacked a Starfleet cadet. You will never set foot on this campus again."
As security came to detain Keri, Spock turned back to Dawn who was rocking back and forth with her hands covering her face and muttering.
"No."
"Cadet?"
"Stop"
"Cadet Davis?"
"Leave me alone!"
"Cadet Davis, can you hear me?" Spock took hold of her sleeves to pull her hands from her face and was hit with a wave of emotions that knocked the breath from him. Terror. Anger, Humiliation. That didn't matter right now. Right now, he had to get her to Dr. McCoy, but he couldn't pick her up, she would lash out. He tapped his com badge.
"Dr. McCoy, come to Cunningham Hall and bring a sedative."