Epilogue

~A Week Later~

Sadie couldn't believe it, she was so nervous. Today was the day she'd become Mrs. Leonard McCoy, she was thrilled it was finally happening. Someone tapped on the door of the room she was waiting in, she called for them to enter and Jim walked in.

Sadie smiled, her adopted brother looked good in his dress uniform, the men had decided to wear their official uniforms, whereas Sadie was in a wedding dress, and the girls in nice dresses. Spock smiled, "You look very nice, are you ready?"

Sadie nodded, "Yeah lets go."

Her and Leo had decided on a simple ceremony with only their closest friends and family. She walked out of the house where she and Jim had grown up and saw everyone was waiting, at the end of the walkway under an arch stood Leo with Jim who was going to marry them.

She walked past seeing the familiar faces that made up her family: Sulu, Chekov, Scotty, Nyota, Carol, Lissath and Jim and Sadie's mother Wionna.

Spock delivered Sadie to Leo kissing her cheek before going and sitting by Nyota.

Jim smiled as he began the ceremony, "We are gathered here today to bring Sadie and Leo in holy matrimony. They asked that we keep it short and sweet and so we will. Leo, do you take Sadie Georgina Kirk to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

Leo smiled tears in his eyes, "I do."

Jim turned to Sadie, "Sadie do you take Leonard Horatio McCoy to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

Sadie nodded choking up, "I do."

"Then by the power invested in me, perk of being a Starfleet Captain," Jim said making everyone laugh, "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride."

"About damn time," Leo smiled as he pulled Sadie in for a deep kiss as everyone stood up and cheered.

Jim smiled as they pulled apart, "May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McCoy?"

~A Year Later~

A year had passed and things were going great for Sadie and Leo, the Enterprise was almost finished with repairs from everything and everyone was at a memorial for those lost during Khan's reign of terror.

Jim was at the podium speaking, "There will always be those who mean to do us harm. To stop them, we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves. Our first instinct is to seek revenge when those we love are taken from us. But that's not who we are. We are here today to rechristen the U.S.S. Enterprise, and to honor those who lost their lives nearly one year ago. When Christopher Pike first gave me his ship he had me recite the Captain's Oath, words I didn't appreciate at the time. Now I see them as a call for us to remember who we once were, and who we must be again. And those words? Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before."

~Later on the Enterprise~

Everyone was on the bridge but Jim, then he came on and Chekov announced, "Captain on the bridge."

Sadie leaned against Leo hand on her stomach as Jim came over looking at Sulu in the Captain's chair, he smiled, "It's hard to get out of it once you've had a taste, isn't that right, Mr. Sulu?"

Sulu grinned, "'Captain' does have a nice ring to it." He then got out of the chair going to his post, "Chair's all yours, sir."

Jim smiled comming down to Scotty, "Mr. Scott. How's our core?"

"Purring like a kitten, Captain. She's ready for a long journey," was the reply he received.

"Excellent." Jim then tuend to Leo clapping him on the shoulder, "Come on, Bones! It's gonna be fun."

Leo rolled his eyes as Sadie laughed, "Five years in space. God help me."

"Dr. Marcus. I'm glad you could be a part of the family," Jim smiled nodding to Carol.

"It's nice to have a family."

"Spock," Jim said turning to his best friend,

"Captain."

"Where shall we go?"

"As a mission of this duration has never been attempted, I defer to your good judgment, Captain."

Jim smiled sitting down in his chair, "Mr. Sulu, take us out."

"Aye, Captain," Sulu replied taking them away from the dock and into space.

A/N:

That's it! That's the end of "The Way Things Are", this was an awesome journey! And did anyone see it? Sadie's hand on her stomach? Could it be a baby? I guess you'll see! I am officially working on the third story as I found places where it is online. I will be working on side stories and if you have anything you'd like to see in them let me know I'll go any rating there. I want to thank everyone who's been here with the journey, and I need to say no promises on when the side stories will be coming out as those are just for fun. So let me know what everyone thinks!

Love,

Savannah

OH Before I forget, Sadie's wedding dress!

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