"What's your problem?" Jim asked her from his desk, where he'd been going over the ships weekly reports.
"What do you mean?" Kat asked, looking up from her book where she lay on the couch.
"You've been stomping and slamming things around my room since you came over. Now what's up?" Jim asked with a sigh as he set down his current report, rubbing his hands over his face tiredly.
"Nothing; I'm fine," Kat stated.
"Stop being difficult and just tell me what's wrong," Jim said in annoyance, swiveling his chair to fully face the couch she was laying on.
"Did you know that Spock was Emmy's first?" Kat questioned him after a moment of internal debate.
"First…what?" Jim asked, not catching her meaning.
"Really? Of all things I've had to explain, this shouldn't be one of them," Kat answered with a pointed look.
"Oh…oh damn!" Jim hissed as realization slowly came to him. He winced slightly.
"Yeah," Kat replied, nodding, her voice filled with sympathy for Emmy.
"Does Spock know that?" Jim asked, his voice serious.
"I don't think so. He probably wouldn't care either way," Kat answered, not hiding her annoyance at the Enterprise's first officer.
"Wait, you don't know what Spock would do, he's…well, it's just…Spock is Spock!" Jim stumbled through his answer, not quite sure how to describe his first officer.
"Yeah, that's what I've been saying," Kat said with a smirk.
"Maybe I should tell him…" Jim debated out loud.
Kat sat up fast on the couch. "Hmm…Um yeah, how about…ummm, no? Like, that wouldn't just embarrass Emmy more at all," Kat replied sarcastically.
"Yeah…I guess…" Jim shrugged, nodding slowly.
"You don't agree. I know that damn look, it's the 'I'm nodding in agreement but I'm gonna do what I think is best' look…I hate that look," Kat growled, annoyed.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Jim protested, trying to look and sound innocent.
"Bullshit. Don't pull that with me, James Tiberius Kirk," Kat demanded in slight anger.
"Really? I have no idea what you're talking about me doing," Jim denied.
WHACK.
"What…the hell," Jim asked, pausing to rub his head before continuing. "Did you just throw a rubber muffin at me?" he gasped in amazement as he reached down to pick it up off the ground.
"Yup," Kat answered him smugly with a wide grin.
"Where in the hell did you even get one of these?" he asked her, his voice filled with confusion.
"Somewhere…" she answered, grinning wider.
"Why a rubber muffin?" Jim couldn't help but laugh.
"Because I'm done wasting good edible muffins on you."
"You don't waste that many," he defended.
"Only every time you do something stupid, which is hmm, let me check the records," Kat paused for a dramatic effect before continuing. "Yup, at least once a day," she smirked.
"It's not that often, is it?" Jim couldn't help but question.
"Aww. You're so adorably naïve! It's kinda sexy," Kat said, with a large smile on her face.
"Why don't you come here and show me how sexy you think I am?" Jim smirked in reply.
Kat got up and walked over to him without hesitation. She sat down straddling his lap, loving the feel of his arms coming around her and pulling her against him harder before pulling her head down, meeting his in a hard kiss that left her breathless.
"But seriously. What are we gonna do about Emmy and Spock?" Kat asked him as they broke the kiss for need of air.
"Do?" Jim questioned back kissing her neck.
"They're perfect for each other," she replied, holding back a sigh of pleasure.
"How the hell do you figure that?" Jim asked, halting his kisses.
"They just are," Kat said stubbornly.
"So what's your plan?" Jim asked, playing along, his hands stroking her back.
"My plan?" Kat questioned, enjoying the feel of his hands.
"For getting them together," Kirk answered with a smirk.
"Plan? Umm…well, I was thinking that you could come up with that part? Ideas sure, I'm good at those, but plans…ehh, not so much," Kat smiled.
"Make me do all the work; it's not even my idea," Jim said with fake annoyance.
"But see that's what makes us so great. You do all the work," Kat laughed as she leaned down and met his lips for a quick kiss.
"Us?" Jim questioned.
"Us," she reaffirmed.
"There's an 'us'?" He couldn't help but question her again.
"There's not an 'us'?" Kat asked, pulling back from his embrace slightly but not altogether removing herself from his arms.
"I didn't say that. I was just wondering what the 'us' with us was," Jim stated, pulling her back to him and readjusting her position on his lap.
"Is it sad that I kinda understood that?" Kat asked with a small laugh.
"Yes it is. If you're starting to understand me, it means you're spending too much time with me," Jim smiled.
"That's what happens when we're in an 'us'," Kat said with a bright grin.
"We're in an 'us'? I thought were just were an us," he questioned her words.
"No, we're in one," Kat assured him without a doubt of self-confidence.
"Really?" Jim challenged, raising an eyebrow, but never losing his smile.
"Yup," she replied with a laugh.
"So I get no say about us being in an 'us'?!" Jim asked in fake annoyance.
"Only if it's positive about us being in an 'us'," Kat singsonged.
Jim laughed. "Why would you think what I have to say isn't positive about us being in an 'us'?" Jim asked.
"Because you suck at being in us's." Kat replied.
"I do not," Jim protested stubbornly.
"Really? How many serious us's have you been in, then?" she challenged, eyebrows raised in amusement.
"That's not the point," Jim countered with a sexy pout.
"Well then what is the point?" Kat said leaning down for a quick kiss.
"Wait, I have something to say about us being in an 'us'," Jim said with a groan as she pulled away from the kiss before it could become deeper.
"Go ahead," she sighed resignedly. She expected the worst; this was the first time they'd ever really talked about their relationship. Kat had always been afraid to bring it up for fear he'd leave her for the next girl that came along.
"I like being in an 'us' with you," Jim finished softly, grabbing her head and bringing their foreheads together looking straight in to Kat's eyes.
"You say the dumbest things that turn out to be the sweetest, most heartfelt things I've ever heard," Kat stated, looking him straight in the eyes so he would know that she appreciated his words and was speaking the truth with her own.
"It's a gift," he grinned, letting her head go with what was meant to be a quick peck on the lips, but became a deep heated kiss that left them both slightly out of breath.
Jim smirked at Kats flushed face.
"We need to get them together," Kat said, changing the topic 360 degrees.
"Back to them again?" Jim groaned.
"I'm not leaving here without a plan," she announced in a firm voice.
"I hope you're not leaving here at all tonight," Jim replied playfully.
"I will if you don't come up with a plan," Kat threatened, though they both knew she wouldn't. They valued their off times together too much to ruin it by leaving.
"…Fine. I can have Spock do the evaluations," Jim proposed after about 10 minutes of silence.
"Confusion!" Kat exclaimed, totally lost.
"I'll make them, like, an hour—mandatory," he explained with a grin.
"What the hell does that have to do with getting them together?" Kat asked.
"Seriously? They'll be stuck in a room together. For an hour," Jim said with a smile.
"Perfect," Kat agreed with a happy grin as it all came together for her.
"I know I am," Jim said with a satisfied grin.
"Shut up," she ordered, resting her head on his shoulder.
"See, there's the plan," Jim said with a smirk.
"It's perfect—they'll be stuck with each other and then they'll become a couple and it will be amazing," Kat said her voice filled with excitement.
"You just want another couple to hang out with where the girl is not trying to have sex with me," Jim pointed out.
"Can you blame me?" Kat questioned him
"No. And I can't blame them either—I am irresistible," he said with a flirtatious grin.
"Bullshit," Kat laughed
"You wound me, my fair lady!" Jim placed a hand over his heart and sighed dramatically.
"I'm sure your ego can take it, Jim," Kat said laughing at his show.
"I don't know. I may be emotionally damaged for life now," Jim protested in a semi-serious voice.
"We can only hope," Kat said wistfully.
"Harsh," Jim commented.
"Yeah, not so much," Kat said in disagreement, but with a smile still on her face.
"Would you stay with me if I was emotionally damaged?" Jim asked his voice fully serious. She paused from their playfulness to move her head and look him in the eyes. She rested her forehead against his.
"I'm still here aren't I?" Kat murmured, looking him dead in his eyes so he would understand there was no doubt about her staying with him.
"Yeah you are," he said, starring straight back before hugging her tightly to his body.
"You are," he whispered softly against her neck.