Staring in the mirror Emmy couldn't help but feel terribly nervous, even more nervous than her first day at the academy. She kept adjusting her uniform, triple checking that she had everything she needed for the day.
McCoy had said that during her hours on the bridge she would work on filing and notices for crew members that need checkups, unless an emergency came along or an away mission that she was needed on.
Overall it wouldn't be much different than the sick bay, Emmy just wouldn't be doing any stocking, -other than the emergency medical kits that were stationed on the bridge.
Still, Emmy was nervous. Being that up and personal with the 'popular' bridge crew was nerve wrecking; being in that close of quarters to Spock all day for a whole shift was enough to send her running back to earth. Finally deciding to check everything one last time before heading to the bridge.
Emmy was interrupted by her door going off, confusion took over. Emmy hadn't agreed to meet with anyone today before her shift, nor had anyone offered to walk her to her first shift.
Sliding her hand across the door panel to open it Emmy tried to hid her shock when she saw who was standing at her door.
It was Spock.
"Emmy" Spock said evenly.
"Hello Spock" Emmy said with a hesitant smile.
"I am here to escort you to the bridge for your first duty shift. So that you will arrive on time" Spock said clinically
"Of course how thoughtful" Emmy said after a moment of blankness in her mind.
"It is logical" Spock replied back
"Okay" Emmy said not exactly sure how to respond to his Vulcan reasoning.
"If you'll just give me a moment to grab my things, we can go." Emmy said quickly filling the silence that was sure to turn awkward.
"Of course" Spock replied patiently
Emmy turned quickly grabbing her reading pads that were on the bed with one last quick glance in her mirror she headed threw her doorway to meet Spock in the hallway.
Walking with Spock on their way towards the bridge; two things popped into Emmy's mind, the first was the extreme height difference between Spock and herself, the second was how heads turned when they walked together.
Emmy couldn't help but wonder if that was because of the height difference or the rumours that had been spread about herself and the commander.
She hoped it all had to do with the height difference.
Spock kept quiet during the walk from her hallway leading to turbo-lift, once inside and alone in the turbo he spoke.
"Did you acquire enough rest?" Spock questioned
Emmy translated that in her mind to 'did you sleep well?'
"Yes I did thank you, although I woke up rather early because I was nervous" Emmy answered back honestly.
"How did you sleep?" Emmy questioned Spock quickly not wanting to seem rude.
"I did not require rest the previous night, I spent my night filling out ship reports and meditation" Spock replied evenly
Flinching when Spock said the word meditation, drifting back to when he came out of his drug induced state and telling her that he wished to 'meditate to purge the memories of this unfortunate incident from his mind'.
Suddenly Emmy didn't feel nervous anymore, she felt sick, she was brought out of her thoughts by Spock saying her name.
"Emmy, are you well" Spock questioned turning to face her
"I'm fine why?" Emmy questioned confusion showing on her face.
"I inquired as to your feelings of nervousness for today" Spock answered his brows arched slightly higher curious about her thought process.
"I'm sorry my mind drifted. I'm nervous because I've only ever worked in sick bay. I know the people there and there work habits well and this is a big change." Emmy answered back her feelings of nervousness back slightly.
"You will do fine" Spock said calmly and Emmy felt herself blush Spock had just given her a compliment, she felt so happy right now.
"The Captain would not have offered you the position were you not qualified." Spock said
Emmy felt all the happiness leave her. Spock hadn't said that to her, to comfort her, he'd said that as the Captains opinion.
"Thank you Spock" Emmy said shifting away from him slightly not sure what else to say.
Thankfully Spock didn't have time to respond as they'd reached their destination, the bridge.
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Yay? Another chapter finished!
Thank you to my amazing beta! If you look in the dictionary beside the word AWESOME there is a picture of her!