A new science officer on the Enterprise ends up unintentionally causing a stir two days into her new job. Slightly angst-y, just warning you.

Usual disclaimers.

Anna Braun had never really been good with people; even as a child she preferred her own company to that of others. She'd always found that her intelligence seemed intimidate people, and the entire way through school she'd been an outcast. She studied astrophysics at Cambridge, then went back the year after graduating - at the age of sixteen - to study theoretical physics for another four years. Anna joined star fleet about two years after graduating, and was assigned to the USS Enterprise around six months after that.

Even after her first day, Anna could tell she was going to enjoy herself on the Enterprise. It was lovely to be surrounded by people who were, for the most part, either matching her intelligence or were even smarter. However, she still hadn't made any friends yet.

It was on the second day that things started to go wrong, and it was all because of Ensign Boyle. Ensign Victoria Boyle was a tall, skinny woman from engineering with an unbelievably irritating nasal voice and too much confidence for her own good. It was when Anna went to the rec room for her breakfast that she heard her giving out about her. "Have you seen that new science officer? The German one?" This all seemed harmless enough, and it was only logical that people would talk a bit about new crew members. "Have you seen the way she walks? She doesn't look up and she sometimes even sways!" This was not Anna's fault, she had very low blood pressure which made her dizzy which, in turn, made her sway. "What a freak!" Anna tried not to let this person get to her. She told herself that it didn't matter to her, and years of such treatment had made her used to these things, but it still hurt.

Lunch was probably the worst though. Anna's lunch on that particular day was chicken soup, which made getting to the table quite difficult. It was as she walked past Boyle's table that it happened. One minute Anna was walking slowly towards her table in an attempt not to spill the soup, the next she was on the floor, covered in chicken soup and everyone was staring at her, a lot of them laughing. And then she found herself unable to breathe, no thanks to a massive panic attack. Someone came over to help her clean things up a bit, but she didn't see who it was, she just mumbled "danke" to whoever it was.

The person who helped her clean up pulled her up and led her out the door so that she could calm down a bit without everyone staring. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

"Da," said Anna, still not looking up.

"Wictoria Boyle ees not nice girl. She makes fun of my accent asvell." Anna looked up and smiled, seeing a kind faced young man a little older than herself with curly dark hair and dark grey eyes.

"Vhat ees your name?"

"Chekov, Pavel Andreivich. And you?"

"Anna Braun."

"Vhat part of Germany re you from?"

"I am from Hamburg. Vhat part of Russia are you from?"

"I grew up near Moscow." It was at this moment that a tall woman with bright red hair was walking towards the rec room, pushing a pram as she went.

"What happened?" she asked stopping next to them, her voice filled with sympathy.

"Ensign Boyle treepped her and her soup speeled on her."

"Oh dear. What's your name?"

"Anna Braun."

"Ah yes, the new girl in the science department. I'll be back in working with you soon enough. Now, do you want to go back to your quarters for a shower and a change of clothes? I'll explain to Commander Spock why your late so you can get something to eat. Now which way is it?"

"Deck five, room twenty-five. I didn't get you name?"

"Lt. Flora Kirk, and this is my daughter Patricia," she gestured towards the sleeping baby in the pram. "I'm guessing today hasn't been great, but did you enjoy yesterday?"

"Da, I loved it."

"Good, it's always good to know that people like their jobs. Would I be right in thinking that you're in the physics department?" Anna nodded. "Ah, you'll be seeing lots of me after my maternity leave ends then. I'm in charge of the physics department, Lt. Harley's in charge of chemistry and Lt. Ritelli's in charge of biology, and Commander Spock's in charge of the lot of us, and Captain Kirk's in charge of him. I'm fairly certain all of this has already been explained to you though."

"Da. Are you related to the captain? I noticed that you have the same surname."

"He's my husband, actually. I believe this is your stop. I'll get Mr. Scott to have a word with Ensign Boyle about her treatment of you, that was unacceptable."

"Danke, Lt. Kirk. Auf Wiedersehen." As the door slid closed behind her, Anna felt happier than she had done in a while. She was finally making friends.

I hope people enjoyed that. I'll probably put Ensign Braun into more of these if I get good feed back. And before I get shouted at, I put "Kirk family and friends" into the blurb. Reviews make my day.