Author's Note: Hello again, my darlings! Here's another chappie.
The Gamble
Uhura has never been much of a gambler. She prefers to hold all the cards and know all possible knowledge about the situation at hand before she makes a move. She's a strategist; a fact-checker, nose-to-the-grindstone kind of officer. Her work is important to her- she takes her job seriously, and many of her fellow cadets at the academy thought her to be rather a stickler for the rules. But time has brought temperance to Nyota Uhura- an understanding that while rules were made for a reason, sometimes a situation is best handled by unabashedly ignoring them. Although Uhura still demands excellence from herself and others, two years in space have taught her that fun is an important part of work.
So, when Kirk stumbles onto the Bridge, bleary-eyed but determined after his (clearly audible even from three corridors away) fight with Bones, and a message arrives on the screen of her personal PADD about the betting pool, she looks up from her console. Sulu is grinning, his hands poised over the piloting board. Chekov's mouth keeps curving up at the corners as he diligently, or so it would seem, makes an adjustment to his calculations on the vertical holo-screen. Spock is at his station, apparently taking no notice of the proceedings. His stance -standing at the science console with his back to her-would suggest animosity or disapproval to most, but she knows him better than that. His shoulders are relaxed. A moment later, another message appears on her screen, and she smiles into the palm of her hand. Spock has placed a wager as well.
Weighing her choices, Uhura glances at the Captain, who is now mumbling something incoherent for his report, and types a number on her PADD. Glancing covertly at each of her friends, she blinks slowly like a cat, lips curving into a devious smile, and presses send. All possible information about the situation at hand has been accounted for, she reassures herself, and she has made a very well informed guess.
Now all they have to do is wait.
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