Gaila leaned on her hand looking at Bones across the mess hall. He sat with Kirk whose attention had been easy enough to capture but he had quickly moved on. She saw Kirk scan the cafeteria and quickly looked away. She didn't need to re-conquer an old target she needed to finish her new one. Just then Kirk stood and walked and crossed over to some blonde bimbos table. Bones rolled his eyes and looked back at his food. She picked up her cup of frozen yogurt and swung her hips and walked to his table. "Hey Bones." She said sliding on the bench facing him. "Mind if I finish my dessert here?"
He glanced up and looked back to his food. "Sure, it's a free ship." He stared at his green beans and stabbed a few violently before placing them in his mouth and chewing.
Her brow furrowed and looked at the table. Then she smiled and picked up her spoon. She filled her spoon with the pink yogurt and pressed it slowly to her lips. She moaned just loud enough for him to hear. He glanced up and she smiled as she pulled the spoon out of her mouth. "This stuff is great." She said smiling and filling her spoon again. "Want a bite?" She offered the spoon pressing her elbows together to press her impressive cleavage together. He looked up and raised an eyebrow and she leaned forward moving the spoon towards his mouth.
"Yeah I'd rather not eat that pink syrupy crap." He said looking back down and putting more green beans into his mouth. She sat back as she flushed, her cheeks burning. She picked up her yogurt and threw it away as she stomped out of the mess hall.
. . .
"Come on Uhura! When have I asked you for anything?" said Gaila crossing her arms and pouting out her bottom lip begging.
"You ask me to do stuff for you all the time." Said Uhura crossing her arms resolutely.
"All I'm asking you to do is page the medical bay once I pretend to fall."
"You're really going to fake an injury just to get McCoy's attention?" said Uhura tilting her head to one side. "Isn't that kind of desperate?"
"No!" said Gaila. "I think he's just shy. Maybe if it's just the two of us he'll talk. " She pulled her small black night shorts on that matched her tight white tank top. "Then after we talk he'll be eating out of my hand."
"Since when do you like McCoy so much?" said Uhura sitting back in her chair.
"I don't like him." Said Gaila laughing and tossing her hair over her shoulder laughing. "He's just the only semi cute male onboard I haven't played with." She checked her nails and looked over at her roommate with puppy eyes. "Just call him once I pretend to fall."
"Still don't you think he's going to be able to tell you faked your fall?"
"No." said Gaila standing up out of her chair. "I tip over a water bottle." She dropped an open water bottle by her closet." It'll look like I slipped here. "She tapped her boot in the water. "And fell. It's perfect-"Then everything went black.
. . .
"Cadet Gaila? Cadet? Can you hear me?"
Gaila tried to open her eyes then squeezed them shut at the blinding light. "Yes, I can hear you, now can you turn those lights down? I enjoy the full use of my retinas." She pulled her forearm over her face to cover her eyes.
"I'd say sorry but I need to make sure you don't have a concussion." A hand pushed her arm away and a pair of fingers pressed into her temples. "Does that hurt?"
"Yes!" said Gaila pulling away. "Do you need light to see if I'm in pain?"
"I need to check your pupils." Gaila slowly opened her eyes as a blurry hand waved a flashlight left to right. "You were right to call Uhura she's got a mild concussion."
"Who did you call Uhura?" said Gaila sitting up to see.
"Lay down." Said the pair of hands laying her back down.
"I'm fine." Said Gaila standing up but she promptly fell into a strong chest.
"You're not fine." The pair of arms slid behind her knees and picked her up. "I'm taking you to the sick bay."
"Who is this?" said Gaila dizzily.
"Doctor McCoy." He said shortly.
Shit. She thought. This is not how the plan was supposed to go! I was only supposed to pretend to fall. He pushed through the doors and laid her on the bed.
"Ok just lay here while I grab something." He said turning around.
"Bones, I'm fine." Gaila sat up again and swung her legs to the side of the bed. She tried to stand again but fell into him again. He dropped the cold pack he was holding and grabbed her waist, his hands warm against her cool skin. She looked up into his brown eyes and her knees felt even weaker.
"I said get on the bed, Cadet." He said his voice dropping to a growl. She backed up with his help and sat on the bed her eyes wide. He got a fresh ice pack and pressed it against the back of her head. "Now, lean back to hold it in place." She did as he said and laid back. As he pulled his hand away it brushed her cheek. She could swear he paused but it was probably just brain damage. "Do you know your name?" He turned around and set his PADD down on the examination table.
"Gaila?" she said as he walked behind her and examined the back of her head. She squirmed and she swore she felt his focus burn the back of her head.
"Well you've got some swelling but you seem to be mostly cognizant. Is the ice helping?"
"Not really." She said. "It's just cold."
"Yeah the books all say to apply ice but it never works. But this does." He set down his PADD. He took the ice pack and pressed his finger tips into her scalp rotating slowly. She moaned softly and closed her eyes. He smiled. "Do you moan like that about everything?" He said switching directions.
"What?" she said her eyes fluttering open.
"That's the same moan I heard when you were eating that pink stuff yesterday." He said moving his fingers in alternating directions and she moaned again. "See like that."
"I moan when I enjoy something." She said closing her eyes again. He pulled his hands away and she groaned this time. "Don't stop." She said opening her eyes and gripping his wrists.
"Why, does your head still hurt?" He said one eyebrow raised. She paused.
"No." she said surprised. "Well not nearly as much as it was before."
"Then I've done my job." He said picking up his PADD. "I've got to ask you a few questions to make sure this concussion isn't too bad."
"Ok." She said sitting up. "Ask away."
"Is your neck sore?"
"No."
"Where does it hurt most?"
"Here" she said touching the crown of her head.
"How much does it hurt on a scale of one to ten?"
"Do you mean before or after the massage?" She said smiling.
"Both." He said arching an eyebrow again.
"Well an eight and then a three." She said. "But I think if you did it a little more then it would go all the way to a zero." She sat up and tucked her feet underneath her biting her lip.
"Anything to get my hands back on you." He said entering in some data on his PADD.
"Can you blame me?" she said.
"Ok I'll give you another massage-"she leaned forward smiling. "If I can ask you some more questions."
"Ok." She said swinging her leg off the bed and leaned back on her hands.
"Do you hit on every guy you meet?" She sat up startled tilting her head.
"Is that medically relevant?" She said looking at him.
"No, but do you?"
"Not every guy." She said looking down not sure why she felt embarrassed. She was usually proud of her male accomplishments.
"Have you slept with every guy onboard?"
"No." she said feeling herself blush again. He stepped towards her.
"Do you always dress like that?" He said glancing down at her then quickly back up.
"No." she said looking down at her short tight tank top and minuscule shorts. "Sometimes I dress sexy." McCoy laughed and Gaila joined him.
"Do you know how sexy your laugh is?" He said leaning into her.
"Do you really want an answer to that?" She looked up and a section of her red hair fell over her eye.
"No." he said pushing her hair back and his fingers brushed her cheek and this time she knew he lingered a little longer then he needed to. "Do you still want that massage?"
"Yeah." She said leaning into him. He to the side of her legs and pressed his fingers to her head. He massaged slower then before and didn't break eye contact. "Can I ask you a question now?" she said trying to keep her voice even.
"Sure." He said and she bit her lip then looked up at him.
"Are you thinking the same thing I'm think-"He stepped between her legs and kissed her moving his hand from her head to her neck and his other hand gripped her hair. She moaned loudly and her hands laid on the front of his chest. He moaned into her mouth and delicious shivers slid up her spine and she could swear she felt him shiver too. "Bones…" she sighed into his mouth her hands sliding up to his shoulders.
He stepped back letting go of her. "I shouldn't. You're only a cadet and I'm a higher ranking officer." He mumbled looking down away from her. She reached for him again he caught her wrists holding her back.
"Bones." She said and he looked up uneasily making eye contact. "Are you saying that because it's what you should say or because it's what you're actually thinking?" He paused and for a minute she thought he would leave. In that moment she realized she didn't worry about the challenge anymore. She just wanted him. She hadn't felt this way since she had come to Starfleet. She wanted to be with him and she want him to want her back. She had never worried a man wouldn't respond to her.
But she felt scared, nervous… vulnerable. She almost pulled away to act like she had only been kidding but just then he put her hands back to his chest, stepping forward. He braced his hands on either side of her on the bed and kissed her hungrily. She took his hands to her waist and put her hands around his neck pulling him closer. They moaned in tandem the vibrations sending twin shivers down their spines.
She pressed into him wrapping one leg around the back of his knees she leaned back on the heel of her palm and he moaned louder falling forward. She fell flat onto her back and his hands were braced by her head. He pulled back again and she looked up at him. "Don't stop." She moaned sitting up on her elbows to kiss his neck her hands moving back around his neck. "Oh god Leo, please don't stop."
He groaned his eyes rolling back, and then looked down at her his eyebrow cocked. "Leo?"
"Isn't your first name Leonard?" she said looking worried.
"Yeah..." he said looking down at her. "Just no one's ever shortened it to Leo before."
"Sorry." She said closing her eyes, darkening to emerald. "Leonard or Bones whatever you prefer."
"I like the way you say Leo." He said reaching down, stroking the tops of her thighs with one hand the other holding him over her. "When you turn a darker shade of green like that, does that mean you're blushing?"
"Yeah." She said turning an even darker shade.
"It's sexy. You're like a human mood ring." He said running his fingertips along the skin just below her shorts.
"Don't stop." She moaned arching her back into his hands.
"Don't stop what?"He said seeming to enjoy making her beg, which she irritatingly found unbelievably sexy. She'd always had men eating out of the palm of her hand. They were usually the ones stuttering, stumbling and begging. But she liked this uncertain grip in her stomach, the nerves.
"Don't stop touching me like that." She said closing her eyes.
"Touching you where?" he said holding his hand just above her skin. She could feel the warmth emanating from his hand and ached to feel his rough skin on hers again throwing her head back.
"Anywhere." She said and his hand slid just under the edge of her shirt, his thumb stroking her waist. '"Everywhere." She moaned again one hand gripping his hair and pulling his mouth against hers. She only liked this game when she was the one withholding. Right now she needed him. She wrapped her leg around him pulling him against her. She wanted every inch of him pressed against her.
"Gaila…" he said sounding regretful as he sat up on his elbows.
"Oh god please don't go." She said sitting up on her forearms. She kissed his neck sucking softly.
"Gaila."
"No one has to know about us, I can stay quiet." She said clinging to him hating how pathetic she sounded. "Just don't stop." She felt unbelievable warmth in her legs that made her moan again. "No one else makes me feel this good."
"Gaila my PADD is going off." He reached down looking at it. "Some cadet hurt himself in the training room. I have to go get him in here." He stood up brushing his hair back into place and straightening his shirt.
"Oh ok." She said sitting up slowly. "But will you be back?" She said not looking directly into his eyes.
"Yeah." He said. "But I'll have another patient in here so we won't be able to…" He trailed off letting his eyes brush over her body.
"Yeah I get it." She said pulling her knees up looking down.
"But," he said his fingertips brushing her cheek and she looked up. "I don't think he'll need to stay for overnight. But you-" he said moving his hand to the back of her head as she winced. "You have a head injury so you'll definitely need some observation." He let his eyes flick over her again. "Lot's of observation." She bit her lip as he turned and walked out of the medical bay. As soon as the door slid shut she let a smile slide over her face as she fell flat on her back exhaling happily. This was a new feeling for her, but she liked it. She moved her index finger to her still tingling lips. She liked him.