Hey guys, thanks for all the positive feedback! This one is a little shorter than the last. Also, just fair warning, I have no beta. But I have been reading stuff over myself. Anybody wanna be a beta and my best friend? PM me or do a review and I'll PM you, whatever works :)
One week later…
I looked up from where I was sitting on the floor of the science library. Running my hands through my long raven hair I stared up at the ceiling in exasperation. I wondered why the ceiling was so smooth and contemplated the advantages of a different textured ceiling. There weren't really any specific advantages to it but at the...
"Addy?" A male voice drew me out of my thoughts. I looked down from the ceiling to see Leonard crouched down in front of me.
"Lenny?" I said in an only very slightly mocking voice.
"I'm not a "Lenny" darlin'." He said with a scowl.
"Says you." I shot back.
"Call me whatever you like, just help me with this damn lab." He gave in.
"Gimme" I extended my hand toward him.
"You look like a toddler when you do that." He teased as he handed me his PADD.
"So what you're saying is I'm adorable? I agree." I smiled ear to ear up at him. Leonard just shook his head and I looked down to his PADD. "This is stupid." I whined. "I don't know why he's making you guys do this, it doesn't have anything to do with organic chemicals. Isn't that what the whole class is supposed to be? 'Organic chemicals of the galaxy' or whatever?" I ranted as I jotted down some notes on his PADD.
"Somethin' like that." He mumbled while leaning over the edge of the PADD to see what I was writing. I slowly started to tilt it towards myself. Leonard, not noticing I was moving it, started slowly inching forward until his forehead was about an inch away from my chin. I bit my lip to avoid laughing as a figure appeared behind Leonard.
"Am I interrupting something?" The man asked with a smile and raised eyebrows. Leonard turned quickly to face him.
"A library is about the last place I expected to see you." Leonard greeted the blonde man.
"Nerd girls can be hot too, Bones. Don't be so closed minded." He smirked at Leonard. I smiled at the nickname. I'd have to ask about that. "Speaking of, whose your friend?" He asked looking down at me. I rolled my eyes at his lame indirect compliment.
"Addy. I'm Addy." I offered before Leonard could get a word out. "And that's a really terrible reason to be bothering people in a library." I muttered.
"Well Addy, I'm Jim Kirk. Glad to make your acquaintance." He said with an ear to ear grin and a small nod. I nodded back out of courtesy. I was a little annoyed at being interrupted, having never been particularly fond of socializing. Leonard was… an exception. "What are you reading?" He asked.
"High Energy Astrophysics" I said a little more curtly than was probably called for.
"Business or pleasure?" He asked as he walked over and sat down with Leonard and I.
"I little of both, I suppose. The information will be helpful for my astrophysics class next semester." I offered, trying to be a little friendlier because he was apparently joining us.
"Huh." He said looking me over rather obviously. "Most of the people who hang out in the science library only do it to impress the other people in the science library who in turn are there to impress them, it's a whole big circle." He said.
"Jim, I think you're thinking of a club or a bar. This isn't exactly a social scene." Leonard said.
"Just look at us, we're hanging out here, socializing." Jim countered.
"Actually we," I gestured between Leonard and myself. "were discussing science. You're here socializing." I commented mostly to myself.
"Are you alway this friendly?" He asked.
"Are you always this annoying?" I shot back. I gave the friendly thing a chance, it didn't work out. Jim smiled at Leonard.
"I like her." He said, still grinning.
"Yeah she's great." Leonard muttered as he grabbed his PADD back from me. Jim grabbed it out of Leonard's hand. He held it in his far hand and held his other out to hold off Leonard.
"What is this? A chemistry lab? Bones, aren't you a doctor? Shouldn't you have, y'know, already taken all the chemistry required?" Jim asked.
"Jim, give that back." Leonard demanded as he lept at Jim. Jim easily fell beneath Leonard and the PADD landed beneath both of them with a crack. They froze there for a second, Leonard looking furious and Jim looking like a deer caught in the headlights. It was all too much and I broke out in laughter. They both slowly turned to face me with twin expressions of confusion.
"Good thing I saved for you." I offered while still laughing. Leonard smiled and shook his head. Jim started laughing too, and Len promptly smacked him upside the head for it which sent us all further into our fit of laughter.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave suggestions about what you want to see because I only have a very vague long-term plan for this. Anywhoodles, you're all wonderful people and I love you and PRETTY PLEASE REVIEW! I'll love you forever!
