Jamie really hoped her peace offering would be accepted by Bones. Goodness knows, her opening up had messed things up big time. But, she would have told him eventually. She'd spent years pretending it never happened, hiding her inner shame from the world.
After the third day of Bones avoiding her, she'd wracked her brain for ideas and asked Geoff for advice. He'd suggested the medical journals and Jamie added in the communicator for good measure. Now, all there was to do was wait and hope he forgave her. Despite the awkwardness between them, she was glad he was interacting with the crew. Uhura told her he'd called Pike and that was a positive sign.
The morning after her secret delivery to Bones, she got a message on her comm. "Thanks for the reading material. Made my day. Sorry for being a jerk. See you at lunch?
Leonard
Success! She pumped her fist in triumph and quickly responded.
"No problem, Bones! Lunch sounds great!"
Kirk
Spock observed the Captain was in very high spirits on the bridge that morning, but said nothing, only sharing an amused glance with Lieutenant Uhura when they observed Jamie moving to an invisible beat, fingers dancing along the arms of her captain's chair.
As soon as noon hit, she was out of there in a flash, headed for the turbo lift. She tried not to look too eager as she headed over to Bones and Scotty's table.
"Hi, Scotty, Hi Bones!" She greeted the men happily. "Well, hello, Captain," answered Scotty. Bones smiled slowly at her, making her heart give a little thump. She told herself it was only relief.
"Howdy, Captain. Come to join us ole geezers for lunch?"
She playfully poked him in rebuke. "Now, now, Bones. You're not an old geezer. We're only six years apart. I looked up some info."
"Oh?" he asked cautiously, "discover all my dark secrets?"
"No, Bones." She was quick to reassure him, even though he'd already told her a lot of dark secrets already. "Just the pertinent information. You enjoying some light reading?"
His countenance brightened. "Very much. It's been a breath of fresh air to my doctor soul. It's crazy the innovations that have happened in the three years I was gone. Geoff's been filling me in, too. Maybe I'll get back into the swing of things one of these days."
That was a positive sign. Bones needed normalcy again and doing what he loved would provide that, at least. Jamie had thought of another activity he might enjoy also.
"Well, today after I finish reports and endless headachy stuff, would you like to join us for Enterprise board game night? We break out all the ancient classics: Scrabble, Yahtzee, Sorry, Monopoly, Risk, Clue, Apples To Apples, even Guess Who. It's great fun."
"Indeed it is, Captain," agreed Scotty.
"Every month, we set up a bunch of tables in the rec room and people flock to their favorite games. We'd welcome you at the Risk table. That's Jamie's favorite."
"Seems appropriate," he said, eyes twinkling at the captain. She was nonplussed.
"It's how I roll. You'll understand eventually once you've worked with M'Benga long enough. It's a battle to keep me put together. So how about it, Bones?" She batted her eyelashes at him in an imploring fashion.
"I was a decent scrabble player back in the day," Leonard admitted, "and Nana and I played Yahtzee a lot in the summers I spent with her. Sure, might as well give it a whirl."
He didn't miss the way her eyes lit up in anticipation. Those blue eyes would be the death of him one day, he had a feeling.
