Gaila rolled onto her side and wasn't surprised to see her bed was empty. Kirk had never been been one to linger. She sat up stretching her arms over her head. "What were you THINKING?" Gaila gripped her now pounding chest as she looked over and saw her roommate standing in the doorway.

"Jesus you scared me." said Gaila leaning into her headboard.

"Would you like to tell me why Kirk was sneaking out of our room at six this morning?"

"Probably because he didn't want to have the awkward 'Wanna have breakfast' talk, which frankly I appreciate because neither did I." said Gaila swinging her legs to the side.

"And why was he here this morning in the first place?"

"Because he spent the night." said Gaila yawning. "And to answer your next question he spent the night because we slept together."

"You slept with KIRK?" yelled Uhura.

"Can you not yell this early in the morning?" said Gaila flinching and rubbing her eyes. "And yes I did."

"Why would you do that?" said Uhura sitting on the edge of her bed.

"Because he's great in bed." said Gaila smiling. "Seriously if you weren't all wrapped up with the Vulcan I'd recommend you try him out."

"Gaila yesterday you told me you had real feelings for Bones, that he made you feel special. I get that you guys had a fight but of all the people to talk to why would you go to Kirk?"

"I didn't go to Kirk he came to me. I talked to him and well..." Gaila grinned as she pushed her hair out of her face. "The inevitable happened."

"I get that you're upset with Bones but you really seemed to be happy when you were with him."

"Don't talk to me about him." said Gaila. "I opened up to him and he threw in back in my face. He wouldn't even listen to me."

"What happened?" said Uhura. "How did things change that quickly? You tried to tell me last night but I didn't really understand."

"He looked up the security camera footage to see how hard I hit my head and he heard what I said to you. He didn't believe me when I told him that it had started that way but my feelings had changed. He just wouldn't listen." said Gaila dropping her head into her hands. She soon sat up crossing her legs and pulling her hair back into a ponytail. "So then he told me that I should get back to screwing guys for a paycheck. I took that as a hint and stopped trying to talk to him."

"You- you told him about that?" said Uhura sitting next to her.

"I thought I could trust him." said Gaila. "There was something about him that just made me feel safe for the first time in a long time." She shook her head and shrugged Uhura's hand of her shoulder. "I was obviously wrong. I'm going to get something to eat."

"Gaila-"

"I don't need to hear it." said Gaila shrugging on her uniform. "I'm a big girl." She pulled on her thigh high boots that sat six inches below her skirt.

...

Gaila sat with her back turned to the rest of the cafeteria picking through her food slowly. She didn't have much of an appetite but she couldn't stand to be interrogated by her roommate. "Hey." she felt warm breath in her ear and a pair of arms wrapped around her waist. Leo. She couldn't help thinking. She turned around and tried to keep her smile from faltering.

"Kirk." she said smiling weakly as he slid in next to her.

"Sorry I had to rush out this morning." he said. "But there was a meeting for the officers."

"It's fine." she said looking down as he wrapped an arm around her. "You don't have to do this." she said. "I know before I told you I wanted something serious but I'm fine with something casual now."

"I know." he said. "But does that mean I have to keep my hands to myself?" Gaila looked up at him and saw Bones out of the corner of her eye.

"Not at all." said Gaila grinning at him. She pulled Kirk into her and kissed him hungrily. He wrapped his arms tighter around her and she tangled her hands in his hair. As Kirk kissed her neck Gaila couldn't help but look over his shoulder at Bones. He was squeezing the handle of the freezer so tightly he looked in danger of ripping it off and his eyes burned into her. She raised an eyebrow at him as she pulled Kirk back into her. "If you've got time, my room is empty." she said quietly into Kirk's ear.

"I've always got time for you and an empty bedroom." he said.

"I'll meet you there." she said. Kirk stood and walked out of the cafeteria a grin plastered across his face. Gaila emptied her remaining food into the trash and placed her tray on the rack. She turned around and gasped as she saw Bones a few inches from her face. "Can I help you?" she said icily.

"I get it, you're trying to piss me off but Kirk? Really?" he hissed at her.

"He's good in bed." she said trying to brush by him. "And as you know that's all that matters to me."

"Stop it." he said catching her arm. "I know I don't deserve to be forgiven for what I said to you last night-"

"Then stop talking to me." she said trying to wrench her arm out of his grasp but his grip was vice-like."

"If you turn to Kirk you're just going to get hurt again." he said to her under his breath.

"And I'm supposed to believe you care about me getting hurt?" said Gaila her voice breaking in spite of herself. "I can handle myself so just let go of me." she said finally ripping her arm out of his grasp and running across the cafeteria. She ran to the bathroom and held her breath as she waited for the door to slide shut. As she heard it click into place she quickly pressed the auto lock button and slid to the floor. She let the sobs rip through her throat as she dipped her head and pulled her knees into her chest. She was crying so hard she couldn't stop now. She wanted- She didn't even know what she wanted anymore. Part of her wished that Leo had come chasing after her, hadn't let her go. But another part of her wanted to never see her again. She finally quieted down and pulled herself off the floor. She wiped her eyes and cleaned off her smeared makeup in the mirror. She took a final deep breath and opened the door.

"Hey are you ok?" she looked up and saw Kirk standing in the doorway looking concerned.

"I told you to wait in my room." she said. "I'm fine. Now let's just go."

"Are you sure-"

"Kirk we are together for sex not for emotional support." she said. "Now just come to my room." She rushed down the hallway pulling him behind her. She opened her door glancing quickly around for Uhura before pulling him inside.

"Gaila-" said Kirk.

"Stop." she said pulling him into her. He tried to protest but she wouldn't let him pull away. She just kissed him and ran her hands through his hair stepping back towards her bed. She felt his hand wrap around her back as the back of her knees hit her mattress and she allowed him to push her onto her back.

"God I love that you let me on top now." He said grinning down at her her fiery hair fanned out around her.

"Anything you want." she said wrapping her legs around him as he kissed down her neck. She moaned as he found the weak spot on her neck and nicked and sucked at it. "You remembered." she groaned.

"I'll always remember something that makes you make that noise." he said kissing the spot again smiling as she dragged her nails down his back.

"Let's see what else you remember." she said lifting his shirt over his head as she kissed his chest.

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