Gaila heard the doors slide open and Bones walk in. "You shouldn't be sleeping that much."

"It's your fault I'm so tired." she said finally opening her eyes smiling but the smile soon dropped off her face when she saw he was accompanied by Christine Chapel, his assistant in the medical bay. "With all those tests you were running." she quickly covered. "So why shouldn't I be sleeping?" she said looking after him covering herself with a sheet.

"People with head injuries aren't generally supposed to sleep, especially if they've been unconscious." said Chapel. Gaila tried to catch his eye but he seemed to fond something on his PADD particularly captivating because he refused to look at her.

"Will you please take the cadets blood pressure?" said Bones still refusing to look up.

"I left my pressure cuff in an examination room. I'll go get it." she said turning and letting the door slide shut behind her.

"Since when do you need help to take my blood pressure?" said Gaila sitting up tucking her feet under herself. He still didn't answer her. "Leo?" she said starting to worry.

"It's Dr. McCoy." he said his back turned to her still staring at his PADD.

"Since when?" she said her smile faltering. "Didn't know you were kinky like that." she said reaching up to rub his shoulder but her shrugged her off and stepped farther away. "Leo is something wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"Look we both know its just a game to you so lay off with the nicknames." he said keeping his back turned.

"A game? What are you talking about?" she said getting more confused by the second. He finally turned around and the look in his eyes almost made her wish he hadn't.

"I checked the surveillance footage from your room to see how bad your fall was. I know this is all just a game so lets cut it with the nicknames and the flirting."

"I don't understand-"

"I don't like him." Her own voice echoed from the PADD "He's just the only semi cute male onboard I haven't played with." He roughly tapped the screen so the video stopped.

"I fell for your game you got what you wanted can we be done?" He said glaring at her.

"No, Leo you don't understand." she said swinging her feet to the side. "It- It started like that but, but when I got here, when I saw you and actually talked to you I knew I wanted more then a hook up. I wanted to get to know you to-"

"Cut the crap, Gaila." He said slamming down the PADD onto an empty bed. "You've wrapped your legs around everything with a Y chromosome on this ship. I was stupid for thinking it was more then that."

"No, Leo-"

"It's ." he said coldly.

"Please," she said standing and trying to walk towards him. "You don't understand."

"You shouldn't be walking around." he said not looking at her.

"And we shouldn't be fighting over something that isn't true." She said reaching for his arm.

"Get back in bed so Chapel can finish your tests."

"Not until you listen to me." She said grabbing onto his elbow and trying to turn him to look at her. "I'll admit that's all I wanted at first to sleep with you to prove I could, to fulfill the challenge. But now I see you're more than that. I haven't told anyone else about what happened to me before Starfleet, but Nyota and that took months. I trusted you with my secret why can't you trust I'm telling the truth?"

"Look I have a video proving to me exactly why I shouldn't trust you." He turned his back on her and started furiously pounding away at his PADD. She sat in silence for a few moments before grabbing onto him again.

"Check the surveillance from the medical bay yesterday!" she said desperately trying to get him to listen. "When you left to get that cadet Nyota came in here and I told her the same thing I'm telling you." He didn't turn around but his hands stopped over his PADD. "Just check it, please. Please you have to believe me." He still didn't move. "Why won't you just watch them and see I'm not lying to you?"

"Because I deleted all the surveillance from the medical bay this morning."

"Why would you do that?"

"So no one could use the tape of what happened yesterday against us."

"Well, then ask Nyota herself!" she said becoming more frantic.

"Yeah I know how honest she is. She's already lied for you before."

"Leo, please." She said sliding between the other bed and him trying to get him to make eye contact. "Please don't do this." She ran her hand over the side of his face gently.

"Get back on the bed so we can finish the tests and get you out of here." He said pulling away.

"Leo I just-" she said her voice starting to shake as she stepped into him.

"What do I need to do, write you a paycheck for you to get back in bed?" he finally shouted back wrenching away from her? Gaila stumbled back this time not because of her head but the sharp pain in her chest. She tried to speak but her throat had closed. "OK that was too much-" he said turning with less fire in his eyes but his fists still clenched in anger.

"No." she said raising her hands to stop him. "No, you're right I should be used to spending time on my back."

"I didn't mean-"

"Yes, you did. And it's true." she backed away from him her voice steady her eyes dark, sitting back on the bed. "I'd appreciate it if Christine could run the rest of my tests. I don't think I'l be able to concentrate on your questions without trying to get you into bed again." She laid down turning onto her side pulling the sheet over herself.

He started to say something but finally stepped out into the hall. As soon as she heard the doors slide shut she let a slow steady stream of tears star to slide down her face. Her chest began to shake and the silent tears turned into sobs that shook her whole body.

I know I abandoned this one for a while but I got some new plans for these two. I'll update as soon as possible. Updates are good motivators!