New York...1900 hours

"McCoy, there are only double beds in here." Kirk called from one of the two bedrooms in their newly acquired apartment.

"You're have to be kidding; there must have been a mix up with the booking." McCoy hollered back as he took a seat in the lounge.

"Who's sharing with whom then?" Kirk laughed as he gently bounced on the mattress and then lay back to relax.

"I'll have the sofa." Scotty replied as he placed his suitcase down and joined McCoy.

"I don't mind sharing with either McCoy or Spock; I doubt we'll even spend much time here anyway." Kirk offered as he strolled back into the lounge area.

"If Doctor McCoy doesn't object, I would like to have a room to myself so that I do not disturb anyone with my meditations." Spock spoke matter-of-factly.

"Fine by me Spock, you go ahead. Kirk I hope you don't fidget! as I'm a light sleeper" McCoy chided in.

"Moi? I only fidget when I'm with the fairer gender. Nah I sleep like a log, honestly."

"Good thing or I'll use a hypospray on you." McCoy responded light-heartedly. "And you know what happened last time."

"Hurry up, I want to see the nightlife" Scotty chirped up, excitedly from the sofa.

Meanwhile....

"Doesn't this feel great Uhura?" Gaila spoke softly as they both relaxed into a deep massage.

"Spock does a lovely relaxing massage...." Uhura replied without thinking.

"Hmm...does he really?" Gaila giggled to the slight embarrassment of her companion.

"Yeah, I allow him to give me a massage every so often."

"You allow him? Hell girl – If he was my boyfriend I'd demand it of him!" Gaila laughed as she turned to face Uhura. "I bet those lovely strong Vulcan hands manage to ease aches and pains in every nook and cranny after a long day on the bridge."

"Anyway, I don't know about you but I plan to relax for the next few hours." Uhura smiled and turned away, allowing the grape seed oil to smooth across her skin.

The Next Morning...

New York....0935 hours.

McCoy awoke to feel two arms holding him tightly. Looking down at the arms that encircled his chest, McCoy immediately launched from the bed.

"Gaila...Gaila..."

"God Damn it Jim!" he yelled as he padded over to the window, only dressed in his favourite Hawaiian style shorts.

Glancing over to the bed, he noted Jim was still asleep, lying flat on his back. Something about him just didn't look right but McCoy couldn't quite put a finger on it. Opening the door, he rubbed his eyes, hoping he was still asleep. The whole of the lounge area was trashed from top to bottom, clothes scattered across the floor, and empty alcohol bottles littered the tables and chairs. Scotty lay half dressed, one leg lying across the sofa, the other on the floor.

"Scotty...wake up!"

"Yea..." Scotty yawned and ran a hand through his short hair. "What the hell.....what's happened here?" he murmured, still half asleep.

"I was hoping you'd be able to enlighten me...I can't remember a bloody thing about last night and Jim's still away with the fairies. I woke up to find him hugging me, thinking I was Gaila!" McCoy sighed while picking up a discarded empty whiskey bottle from the floor.

"Gaila? Where are you?" Jim called from the bedroom.

"She's with Uhura, remember?" Scotty replied, his head throbbing. "Please keep the noise down."

"I think coffees in order. Do you want a coffee Jim?"

"Yes please as you're offering." Jim softly replied as he stood in the doorway.

"Urm Jim?"

"Yeah Scotty?"

"What's the matter with your eyebrows?"

"Nothing"

"I think you should check the mirror."

"What the...who did this? Come on, own up." Jim announced as he stood staring into the nearest mirror. A third of both of his eyebrows had been shaved off so that he slightly resembled his Vulcan first officer.

"I honestly don't know" McCoy smirked. "Maybe Spock can enlighten us. Where is that pointy eared hobgoblin?" He added as he strolled over to Spock's room.

"Kirk?"

"Hmm?"

"He's not here - his bed hasn't been slept in." McCoy spoke, rubbing his head in confusion.

"He's not in the rest room either" Scotty announced as he sponged his damp face with a fresh towel.

TBC.... Thank you so much for the fantastic reviews and encouragement for my last chapter!. I welcome ideas if anyone has any lol. x