Envy

"Leonard McCoy, don't you dare walk away from me!" The scream came followed by the Chizetan angry steps while she tried to catch up with Bones. The doctor seemed more like a blur while going around the sickbay treating the patients that were coming in by the minute. Apparently the last away mission didn't bring with them only some plant samples and some new data, but also a fungus that was making half of the crew vomit their guts and have a fever that was being hard to fight back. Luckily that the thing wasn't deadly, but also it wasn't for the Enterprise's best interest to have half of its team out of the league for a while.

Bones sighed, stopping abruptly and Selece almost crash against him.

"What?" He growled at her and the Chizetan only glared back.

"Don't use that tone with me, mister."

"Damn woman, I'm busy. Patients to care, doctor things to do..."

"Well, I need to talk to you."

"Now?"

"You are a doctor, and I need a doctor advice." Leonard frowned and before she could say anything else he was already in front of her scanning her body with his tricoder.

"You seem healthy for me."

"Yeah, so if I'm healthy why the hell did you give me a medical leave? I can still do my job, you know." Nurses and patients had to stop what they were doing to see the discussion between the CMO and the Security Officer. Their fights were as famous as Spock and McCoy's discussions.

"I don't doubt it, but right now you are incapable to do it." That was the wrong thing to say, it was what passed through everyone's mind. McCoy could be a great doctor, but he didn't have any tact.

"WHAT?" Everybody who knew Selece also knew that she was a very temperamental woman, but rarely anyone ever heard her scream or lost her composure. But for everything there is always a first time. "Incapable? Are you saying that right now I'm some kind of a cripple?"

"No, what I'm saying..."

"The almighty doctor thinks that just because he knows one thing or two about medicine he can rule over what I want and what I know about my body..."

"It's nothing like that..." Bones tried to explain himself but Selece was too busy with her tirade to listen to him.

"But you know what?" She poked him in the chest with her point finger. "You know nothing!"

"I know..." Leonard grabbed the finger with his hand, stopping the poking. The digit was like a damn stick made of steel and it hurt like a hell, specially that when angry Selece didn't know how to control her strength very well. "That what I'm trying to do is keep you and the baby safe because, apparently, you like to forget that you are pregnant!"

"Forget?" She screeched and the ones with sensitivity hearing in the sickbay made a pained face because of the noise. "How I can forget the horrible breast pain, the nauseas, the aches and the fact that my husband spend more time inside this damn medical bay than with me!" She finished her speech with a whimper and everybody took one step back when they saw tears starting to form in the brunette's eyes. That was the second thing they weren't used to see: Selece crying. And if it was happening nothing good was about to come.

"Not again." Bones rolled his eyes. He was busy lately okay? Between a Captain that it was allergic to the air he breath and a live magnetic for trouble and a crew down with a flu caused by a fungus he didn't have time for her whining. Or complaints. For gods sake, she was only four weeks pregnant and it seemed like the world was ending.

Okay, he gave her a medical leave, forbade her to do anything that could jeopardize her and the baby's life and he had the Captain's agreement. After all, it was only two days ago that Selece tried to protect Jim from an angry four legs with big teeth creature from the planet they were exploring with her own body. At least her mother's instincts were intact. But now she needs to remember that she had another baby to protect and that Kirk's safety was now the green-blooded hob-goblin's job.

"It's simply not fair." She whimpered again. "How am I suppose to do my job when I have you and Jim against me?"

"Honey we are not..." He tried to touch her arm, offer some comfort, but she got away brusquely.

"Don't touch me!"

"What's going on in here?" Great, just what they need, more fuel to add to the fire, was what Bones thought. "Selece... Are you crying?"

"Shut up!" Selece glared at Kirk. "This is your fault. This is both your fault." She accused and turned on her heels, leaving the sick bay fuming all the way out.

"Trouble in paradise?" Kirk gave his best friend his best smirk.

"Shut up!"

"I told it would be a bad idea to take Selece out of the front." Bones frowned.

"How... You are a coward. How come you didn't tell her that the medical leave was your idea? Now I'm the one with the over emotional wife and a couch to sleep this night."

"Are you kidding me? You said yourself... Over emotional. And besides, it's my goddaughter or godson in there, I had to do something to protect them."

"Yeah, and in the mean time I'm the one who suffer."

"I told you that pop up the question was a bad idea. Never thought you would still had this in you after what happened with Jocelyn."

"Well... She is years younger than me, it really helps to boost my ego."

"Don't let her hear you say that."

"No, what she will hear it's that the idea to put her out of her feet was yours... I just happened to agree."

"Now who is being a coward?"

"Shut up."

"You know, it is at times like these that I'm happy that I married Spock. Never will suffer the torture of what is a hormonal pregnant woman. So I don't envy you, at all."

"Who knows. I mean, you never know what kind of Vulcan Voodoo he can make." Bones provoked and Jim went pale.

"Are you serious?" The Captain asked in a trembling tone and Bones just shrugged.

"Maybe yes, maybe not. Maybe just time will know." He turned, ready to get back to his work and leave a stunned Captain behind.

"Bones!" Jim seemed to have snapped out of his stupor. "It's not funny!" Bones just smirked to his friend.

"One thing is for sure. I'll not envy you. I'll not envy you at all."