Title: Counting Five Days Below

Warning: boy/boy (Jim/Spock) Do Not Read If This Offends You.

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I Do Not Owe Star Trek '09!

It was still day 2 and the end of the shift for Jim as he always finishes before Spock does and before Jim went to the mess hall to go and eat, he decided to pay Bones a little visit before he did. However, as he went into sickbay, he didn't find Bones anywhere but instead, Nurse Chapel.

"Captain, may I assist you with anything?" Nurse Chapel asked with a smile.

"I'm looking for Bones. Where could I find him?" Jim asked unhappily.

"He should be at the mess hall decorating with two of your officers," Christine said with a worried look on her face, "is something wrong?" She asked.

"Spock knows," Jim began shakily.

"What? How could he know?" Christine asked.

"I don't know!" Jim exclaimed.

"Have you come into contact with his skin?" A voice asked interrupting the two as the other two turned and saw Uhura standing by the doorway. "All Vulcan's are telepathic, if you touch him anywhere, he can read your mind instantly," she explained.

Jim stared at her in shock. "I've been touching him ever since the Nero incident!" He exclaimed as he paled at the thought, "does that mean that every time he flinches, he could see my mind instantly?" He asked.

Uhura nodded, "You really are clueless about Vulcan's, aren't you?" She asked.

"Uhura, you really have to help me here! What if Spock doesn't want me and is just trying to humiliate from what I did to him on the bridge before?" Jim asked.

"Calm down Jim," Uhura said softly, "on the day that Spock gotten his first gift, I spoke to McCoy to see if he know anything about it. He didn't want to tell me so I sort of threatened him," she said with a smirk as Jim raised his eyebrow at that. "He told me everything and when he got the second gift from you, he wanted me to give it to you so it wouldn't look like that he was trying to get to Spock," she said.

Damn Bones! I knew he'll tell someone! Jim thought as he was thinking of a way to get to Bones.

"I spoke to Spock, Captain," Uhura said, "all I know is that, keep up on what you're doing and you might receive a reply back during the Christmas party," she said with a smile.

"Am I supposed to feel relieved or to murder someone?" Jim asked as he looked at the two women.

"You really should feel relieved, Jim," Christine said.

"Well, if you'll excuse me, I haven't eaten lunch yet and I'm starving," Jim replied and with that, he bid the two women good-bye and left sickbay.

As soon as he entered the mess hall, he found Bones with two of his officers as the three decorated the mess hall. He knew that Chekov would be joining them later after his duty ends, but first, he needed to speak to Bones. "Hey Bones, mind speak with me outside?" Jim called out to his friend.

Bones turned around and saw Jim with a piercing look on his face knowing the fact that he was in trouble for something. "Is something wrong Jim?" He asked as soon as the two went outside.

"Why the hell did you told Uhura about what I was doing?" Jim asked with a scowl.

Unfazed by Jim's scolding, he answered the man. "That woman could really threaten you, Jimmy. If you hurt Spock in any way, she can throw your words right at you," Bones replied.

"Uhura isn't like that," Jim said as he didn't believe him.

"You idiot, you never made her angry yet, did you?" Bones asked.

"Well, as long as she and Nurse Chapel are the only ones that know about this, I'm fine with that," Jim said.

"Well, are you going to help me with decorating or what?" Bones asked.

"Err, to be exact, I'll just go and eat in my quarters instead," Jim said and with that, he left the hallway without another glance back at Bones.

"I really do hate that guy," Bones muttered as he went back inside the mess hall.

When the turbolift opened, Jim saw that someone was already in it and that someone was the one person that he wanted to avoid.

"Captain," Spock said acknowledging him with a nod.

"Spock, are you going to the mess hall?" Jim asked.

"I will be in my quarters until my shift starts tonight," Spock replied.

"Are you going to do anything for the Christmas party, Spock?" Jim asked as he was in the turbolift with

Spock and he too, was going to his quarters as his next shift doesn't start until the morning and Spock was in command for the night shift since Vulcan's required less sleep then human's does.

"Unlike humans, Vulcan's does not celebrate any holiday at all. Why do you ask?" Spock asked as he was now staring at him.

"Oh, no reason at all," Jim replied with a smile, "everyone is going to be at the party, Spock. I don't think anyone is going to be on shift during that day except you," he said.

"That is unacceptable, Captain. If no one is going to be at their stationed that night, the ship is going to be in a drift at space and enemies could attack us any time without us even knowing," Spock explained.

"Don't worry about it, Spock! We're in the middle of nowhere en route to Earth! Who's going to attack us?" Jim asked.

"The Klingon's," Spock replied even though he knew that it was impossible.

"That's highly impossible, Spock. The Klingon homeworld is thousand of light-years away," Jim said as the turbolift stopped and they were in their deck of destination as Jim's quarters were right beside Spock.

"And by the way, how many times did I tell you to call me by my given name?" Jim asked.

"A thousand times," Spock guessed.

"Exactly," Jim replied with a nod, "oh and one last thing before I retire tonight," he began as the two had stopped in front of Jim's quarters. "Do you know anyone planning a 'scheme' on me?" He asked.

"I do not know what a 'scheme' is, Cap...Jim," Spock said.

Jim couldn't help but smile when Spock said his first name. "Oh, you know, some sort of prank or something on Christmas?" He asked.

"I do not know," Spock admitted, "however, I will be on the lookout, Jim," he added.

Jim shook his head as Spock didn't get his meaning from it. "Don't worry about it, Spock. Just ignore everything that I said," he said and Spock gave him an acknowledging nod and Jim bid him good-night and went inside his quarters.

Spock stared at the doors in front of him before going to his room to rest before his duty start. He aimlessly forgets the whole entire conversation he had with Jim moments before as he sat in front of his computer console. He needed to think fast on what he should get for Jim for Christmas as Christmas was mere days away and the days were going by fast.

TBC...

me: I'm still working on chapter 5 but it will soon be done. Oh, while your at it, check out my Naruto and Harry Potter stories!

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