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AND THE OFFICIAL PAIRING OF THIS STORY WILL BE.....-cues drumroll-

JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK AND ORION MONTGOMERY! THANK YOU ALL FOR VOTING!

Orion shook her head at the Captain's antics. He was trying too hard, and was a little too obvious. But she wouldn't fall for him. No, Orion wanted someone who would treat her right, have exchanges of witty banter, and lover her with his whole heart. Jim, at this point at least, did not fit that bill, especially since she had a sneaky feeling the Cap'n flirted with almost any woman aboard. Orion wanted a man whose sole attention was on her, and no one else. Jim would have some growing up to do if he wanted to have any chance with her.

The young woman sighed before cautiously picking up the PADD. It was a strange device, but it seemed to be more efficient than a computer. "Interesting," she muttered as it whirled to life from her touch. The Montgomery lass walked over to the bed where she sat down and curled her legs up under her.

Orion sighed and begun to dig dig around in her backpack that had been brought to the room whilst she was in the medical bay. She was looking for her reading glasses. Normally Orion would be fine with out them, but since she hadn't a clue how long she would be reading(which tended to hurt her eyes after awhile without the glasses), the young woman figured it would be safer to just wear them from the get go. "Eureka!" she shouted before laughing and slipping the pair onto her face. Shaking her head at her idiocy , Orion also pulled out a notebook and pen to take notes and write down questions she may have. "Let's get cracking," she murmured with a impish smirk on her face as she cracked her fingers and set out to gleam as much knowledge from the PADD as she possibly could.

It didn't take long for Orion to get the right files going.. A small smile graced the young woman's face as she read about Artemis' discoveries and inventions. He really was a brilliant man, and there was no denying that he was even more brilliant than Orion. She had no qualms over admitting it. He was the real brains in the family. She had always worked harder to be as brilliant.

Those were the easiest inventions and theories for her to grasp. And while she felt proud he had used his brilliance well, it pained Orion that it took her loss for Artemis to really open up and excel so much. She would have loved to have been there helping him. It would have been the best years of Orion's life as she and Artemis always had a blast (sometimes quite literally) working on inventions, formulas, and theories. Orion just shook her head and continued to read to distract herself from the painful sadness she felt.

The rest of the day passed with relative peacefulness. Well, as peaceful as it could be with a few visitors and Orion trying her hand at looking for the mess hall. It was a good thing she was handy with schematics or she would have ended up walking right off the ship into a horrid death. Not to say she was directionally challenged, but the Enterprise was no small vessel.

Her visitors didn't start showing up until after she noshed in the mess hall. The first to arrive was the bright face of Pavel who wanted to make sure she was settling in alright and knew her way around the ship among other trite things. Conversation was great between the two, and Orion already started to see the Russian as an adopted younger brother.

Shortly after Pavel left her on a happy note, the Cap'n made a visit again. He was alright until he made a crass comment about doing some hands on learning. Suffice it to say, Orion was not amused (though deep down her body wouldn't have minded some actual hands on learning, though not of the kind Jim was implying) and promptly shoved him out of her room. How the hell was she suppose to get on with her studying and learning if he was bothering her? Didn't he need someone in engineering to be a like a "second in command" or whatever the hell it was she was suppose to do.

Orion had some good study time before Bones came to check on her once again. Her chat with him was interesting and amusing. Orion found the doctor's sardonic sense of humor to be very much in tune with hers, and it was easy to coax a semi-smile from the usually scowling man. He had done her another favor by distracting her once again from the needle. It didn't make much sense to Bones as to why this strong, beautiful and humorous lady was scared of a little piece of sharp metal. Then again he was one to talk, being in the very place he was a bit afraid of...but the unknown does that to a person. With a swift and kind of awkward good day, Bones left and Orion went right back to her notes.

She needed to talk to Scotty, at least she thought that was the man's name. Many questions and comments needed to be mulled over with another person such as herself. Chekov and Spock were great at answering her other questions, but their fortes lay elsewhere. Orion needed to talk to a modern engineering expert for her kinds of questions.

But at that point it was almost supper, so after spending time in the mess with Uhura and Chapel (who seemed a whole lot better than the snobby linguist), Orion just wandered back to her room for some well needed shut eye as her brain was almost mush from all that she learned and all that she still had to learn.

Author's note:

Alright! I hope you Bones lovers aren't too sad. Don't worry I already have a HUGE plan for a story involving our favorite doctor.

I also must apologize for the slowness I had in posting this , especially since I've had it written for awhile., but I was unsure if I was going to write more for this chapter than I actually did. Not to mention school was busy busy busy, but I think with Christmas break looming on the sunny and cold winter horizon that I will be able to write a bit more and maybe....just maybe start the Bones fanfic. I'd like to know if you all would be interested in that one too...leave a review with comments questions or concerns...and I will get back in a timely and orderly fashion XD.

Thanks for being patient with me as I don't deserve it half the time. Reviews are loved and welcome. Thanks for reading! ^_^ Have a good day!