Chapter 19: Honeymoon

Jamie was dancing with Sulu when Chekov stepped next to them.

"Permission to kidnap the bride?" Sulu grinned and stopped dancing.

"You could still take the groom instead and make me find him." She smirked.

"We want to go traditional, Keptin... I mean, Jamie", Chekov replied.

She shrugged her shoulders and glanced around to discover Leonard talking to Pike and some other admirals. "If someone looks for me, tell them I've been kidnapped and later on off to my honeymoon", Jamie said to a few crewmembers, her mother, mother-in-law and Leonard's sister Donna.

They laughed and she received a few goodbye and good luck hugs. Joanna ran to her and Jamie crouched to embrace the girl.

"Nyota said, you'll be a week away", Joanna complained. "And then I'll see nothing of you, Mama."

Jamie gently stroked over her cheek. "Don't worry, Pumpkin." She gave her a smile. "When we're back, I'll have a big surprise for you and your Dad." She winked.

Joanna's expression got excited. "Ohhh... please, tell me. I won't tell him, I promise."

Jamie pretended to think hard about it.

"Pleeeeeeease..." She looked at her new stepmother with big eyes.

Jamie wondered briefly how the girl did that and was able to make her cave in that easily. She took a quick look around to find Leonard still occupied talking to guests. "Okay", she whispered and gave her a conspiratorially smile. "Before this whole wedding thing coming up only your Dad was supposed to stay with you for a while, right?"

Joanna nodded.

"Well, Admiral Pike pulled a few strings for us. He postponed our next mission and the things I would have had to do while your Dad's with you. So we can both stay with you a few weeks."

Joanna's eyes lit up and she gave Jamie another hug.

The captain kissed her head. "Gotta go now. See you in a week, Pumpkin."

"Bye, Mama."

Another look into Leonard's direction. He'd still noticed anything. Jamie said a few other discreet goodbyes and finally was standing with Sulu and Chekov in front of McCoy Manor.

"So?" Jamie looked at them expectantly and grinned. "Where to, gentlemen?"

"The one place he would not expect you and you most of the time don't voluntarily", Sulu answered with a smirk.

"I'd like to have a wedding night."

Sulu and Chekov smirked.

"Don't worry, Nyota's got a clue for him", Sulu assured her. "He'll figure it out fast. Finding a way to go there on the other hand..." He grinned again.

Chekov opened his communicator. "Chekov to Enterprise. Three to beam up."

Smiling Jamie shook her head when the golden swirl of beaming took them away.

"May I have your attention, please?" Nyota asked the guests and grinned. "As some of you may have already noticed - the bride has been kidnapped and now the groom will be off to find her... So they can start into their honeymoon!"

Cheers, clapping and whistles were the answer to that.

Next to her Leonard crossed his arms. "I am a doctor, not Sherlock Holmes. How I am supposed to find her?"

Nyota laughed and she wasn't the only one.

"Don't worry. Here's a clue for you, Doctor Watson." She winked. "You just have to figure out what it means. And how to get there." She handed him a hypospray.

Leonard took it and looked startled at Nyota, then at the hypo, then at Nyota again. "Okay, this is ridiculously easy."

Nyota raised an eyebrow. "And how do you get there?"

"Scotty!" Leonard called, walking over the chief engineer.

The guests watched him curiously and amused.

"Aye, laddie?"

"Can you beam me to the Enterprise?"

"No."

"What do you mean with 'no'?"

"N. O." Scotty grinned. "Would be too easy."

Leonard rolled his eyes. "This isn't funny."

"Yes, it is." Scotty grinned.

"Well, I don't think there's a ladder large enough to reach up to orbit", the doctor gave back.

"Need a lift?" Chris Pike asked with a chuckle and stepped next to Leonard.

"You're in this, too?"

"Way more than you could ever think of." The admiral smirked.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Pike smiled amused. "Well... there were some empty seats in the shuttle that day. Why do you think Commander Carter made you sit down next to Jamie?"

"Coincidence?" Leonard replied, though it became pretty clear now that it hadn't been.

"I recruited Jamie and I recruited you. I knew you were both at the bottom and I knew you could be good for each other."

Leonard just stared at him and his lips parted in disbelief.

"Okay, okay, a relationship wasn't the first thing on my agenda", Pike went on. "As I told Jamie - I didn't think that there'd be a man who could put a ring on her finger. Or that this man could be you..."

"Wait a minute, you-"

Pike raised a hand and chuckled. "But I may or may not have had a slight hope that you could end up together anyway. Also, I was teasing her a little, when I said what I said."

"You... " Leonard shook his head and made a I-can't-believe-this-gesture.

"Hey there, McCoy."

Leonard turned around at the female voice to find himself looking at the Academy instructor.

"So, he finally told you." She grinned at him, then at Pike.

Pike patted the doctor on the shoulder. "I'm very happy for Jamie and you. See you soon", he said and left.

The woman smiled at Leonard and pulled a communicator from her purse. "Carter to Enterprise. You can beam him up now."

Before Leonard could say something he dematerialized.

And then he saw the familiar surroundings of the Enterprise's transporter room. Actually the last place he'd expected to be on this evening. Or, well, second last place.

He went straight to Medbay and saw her the moment he stepped through the door. Jamie was laying on a biobed in her wedding dress, popped up on one elbow, facing the entrance.

Yes, Medbay and wedding night. Definitely the last thing Leonard had expected.

"Where are Sulu and Chekov?"

"Really, that's the first thing you ask me, being alone with me the first time all day and seeing me here on the bed?" Jamie asked, raising an eyebrow. She held his gaze and her lips cracked into a grin. "They're on the bridge."

"Why?" he asked, slowly walking over to her.

Jamie still didn't move. "Apparently, the Enterprise is our carriage to the honeymoon. And they're the drivers."

"Honeymoon... ?" he drawled, leaning over her, pushing her gently back on her back and finally kissing her.

"One week all to ourselves on a private little island on Risa... Our crew came up with the destination... Chris and the brass are giving us the time and the ride there", she explained. Which was not easy with her husband hovering over her on the biobed by now and kissing her neck. She moaned and her hands roamed over his arms to his back. "Initially they wanted to take us there tomorrow, but I talked them into joining up the kidnapping of the bride with bringing us to Risa."

For a moment he contemplated getting the wedding dress off her right here and now. It was kind of hot having her underneath himself on a bed in Medbay.

But - no. As much as that turned him on and might actually be one of his fantasies... that wasn't how or where he wanted to spend their wedding night.

So, he got off the bed and before she could say anything he had picked her up bridal style in his arms. She squealed in surprise, then laughed and kissed him. It lasted quite a few moments until he broke the kiss and carried her out of Medbay to their shared quarters.

The moment they entered, the ship jumped to warp. But they didn't really notice the swirl of light outside the windows.

Author's note: So... this is it. This fic has gotten longer than I imagined when I started writing. I went a little crazy at some points and everything got much fluffier than I initially planned ;) I hope you enjoyed the story.

There will be two short fics soon that are connected to this one.