A/N: I would just like to tell you all I am surprised. Honestly and truely surprised. I didnt think that this story would get so many reviews in ONE NIGHT! I thank all who have read this but I want to clarify one thing, when a womans water breaks it ussualy eaither clear, red tinged (VERY BAD) or slightly green tinged. When I added into the story that Jims water broke and was slihgtly green it wasnt an indicator as to who the father was but more an indicator into the fact that Jim had no prenatal care while he was pregnant. Now with that being said, In joy this quick update! ITS LONGER THEN THE LAST ONE! TRUST ME! XD
Jim groans as he opens his eyes, it doesn't even take him a few seconds to realize where he is, and he groans even louder. He hates the med bay, not that he doesn't LOVE to see bones, Jim has just found himself in the place far too often and too many times he has woken up to a worried bones and hovering first officer. This time Jim is surprisingly alone and the curtains are drawn. Jim shifts a little and groans at the pain in his lower body and when he remembers why it is there the monitor above his bed starts beeping a little faster than before. Jim looks around, hoping he will find what he's looking for, and his attention is drawn to a small bassinet next to the right side of his bed.
The young captain shifts a little closer to the right side and peers down into the bassinet. What he finds there is a very tiny, and very frustrated, looking infant. Jim knew he would be seeing this child and he knew that it would most likely have it's other parents features but the resemblance had Jim slightly thrown off guard.
Jim felt a small smile spread on his face as he stared down at the squirming infant and he gently reached out a hand, running his fingers over the child's cheek, and the tiny being stopped squirming and calmed down. Jim would have to ask Bones if the little boy was okay, if Jim could go by the blue EVERYTHING the child had, because Jim had been anything but health conscious while he was pregnant with the small child.
Jim glanced around his closed off section and swung his legs off the bed, to the right side, and even though it hurt like a mother Jim leaned down slightly and picked the sleeping infant up. The babe didn't even stir as Jim moved back onto the bed and covered himself up. Jim was just resting the boy into the crook of his arm when Bones through open the curtains on one side.
"Damnit Jim you better no-!" Bones was cut off by Jim's quick sh'ing motion and the Doctor instantly clamped his mouth shut as he realized that Jim was holding the infant he had just delivered. Bones watched in mild fascination as Jim stared down at the child that had suddenly been thrust into his life and all the doctor could see was utter adoration. I was obvious that Jim had no qualms with how the Child had come into being, how the tiny infant had been spontaneously thrust into his life, and Bones knew why.
The southern Doctor sighed and walked over to Jims side and stared down at the sleeping child. Bones could already tell the kid was going to be trouble. To Jim the babe might look more like his other father but McCoy could see the Kirk genes clear as day in the sleeping infant. Bones sighs and pulls out his Tricorder, going first over Jim and then over the baby.
"How did this happen Jim?"
"Well Bones when a mommy and a daddy-" The blond was cut off by a rather hard whack on the head. Bones grumbled something under his breath about insolent brats and then fixed Jim with a heavy glare.
"I don't know Bones. It wasn't supposed to happen. I don't usually go bare back on those kind of adventures but I was careless and so was HE. He needed comfort and so did I. He told me it would be safe, said he was sterile, and I said it didn't matter because I wasn't able to… ya know" Bones just nods his head at Jims reluctance.
"Jim, how long ago were you told that you were infertile?" Jim sighed heavily and thought back on the day.
"six years ago. The doctor went on a rant how I shouldn't even TRY and attempt to have children, how it would always be just that point of impossible that even the Kirk genes couldn't reach it" Bones twitched at that and he sighed and sat down in his chair.
"Jim you should have talked to me about it. I am your Doctor, that man that tested you only tested you to see if you were sterile. Beside me, only your primary at the academy had any idea you were a carrier." Jim stared at Bones.
"Is it even possible for doctors to be that dumb and not notice something as big as me being a carrier?" Bones simply nodded. He knew of several cases where this had happened, where a man had gone his hole laugh without knowing and then when he found out he was either pregnant or miscarrying. Bones was grateful that Jim had just been pregnant.
"Jim, did you have any symptoms? Any at all? Because it's hard for me to believe this. The kid is perfectly healthy, a little on the small side, but completely healthy. I just don't see how you didn't have any symptoms at all." Jim looked at Bones and thought back.
"I don't know bones, I may have, but around the time I would have gotten nauseous I caught that terrible flu, I never developed weird cravings or swollen ankles and my back never hurt more than usual. I didn't feel any kicks or movement and there were no extra headaches. That is if you don't count the ones that I had thanks to the admiralty breathing down my neck." Bones stared at Jim and the blond shrugged.
"I mean, I was a little fatigued and I found it hard to stomach certain foods at times but… Bones you can't honestly tell me that isn't normal for me." Bones sighed and knew that Jim was right. The man had the weirdest stomach and immune system in the galaxy so he could honestly see why his friend thought that nothing was wrong with him.
By the time bones cast his attention away from his thoughts and back to Jim the young captain was staring back down at his child. Bones sighed again and leaned back in the chair he was currently sitting in.
"Jim, I don't know what to say, I am surprised you didn't die from the amount of copper that leeched into your system. I had to spend an hour giving you a hypo every ten minutes to get the excess out of your system and when it was finally gone I had to still send you're through a detox." Jim winced at his friends words and Jim looked back down at his sleeping son.
"At least it didn't affect him. Honestly Bones I don't know what to say. I wasn't expecting to end up a father" The doctor sighed and rubbed the back of his "I wasn't expecting you to become a father either Jim and I certainly wasn't expecting to have to deliver any babies on this five year mission but I am already up to two." Jim chuckled slightly at his friends exasperated tone and then he focused on the child in his arms again. The infant stirred and waved a tiny fist around for a second before rest back in his spot and settling.
"Jim…. What are you going to do? This isn't a puppy you found on the street, you have to think about the options you have-" Jim went stiff and then shook his head, agitation seeping off him in waves.
"Bones…. Don't. I know what has happened, I understand what this means. I know for a fact that this is a child and you know what? I won't give him up. Bones you know he is the only blood family I have left, Sam is dead Winona died in Nero's attack; please don't ask me to give him up. Believe it or not Bones, I know how to take care of an infant, I know how to care for a child and I will do just that for my son." Bones smiled slightly beside him and gently gripped Jims shoulder.
"I know… I know Jim and I just needed to know if you thought this through. Are you prepared for this goddamned mess you put yourself in?" Jim chuckled and nodded at his friend's words. The older male sighed and stood.
"But I swear if that kid starts calling me uncle Bones… I will kill you" Jim looked up at his friend in amused hurt.
"But Bones, you would make a great uncle!" Bone harrumphed at that and glared at Jim.
"I do not want you influencing that child to give people unreasonable nicknames!" Jim chuckled slightly and stared down at the baby in his arms and looked up at Bones.
"Don't you want to know what I decided his name to be?" Bones sighed.
"I don't know, after what you named your pet goldfish I am afraid to let you name the child." Jim gives bones and over exaggerated abashed look and then grins down at his son.
"Actually, I want to give him a good name, I hated that damn fish, I thought his name should be Soval." Bones fidgets slightly at Jim's side and stares down at the baby for a second then smiles.
"That's a great name Jim, I think it suits him well… and you can't come up with some stupid nickname to call the boy and embarrass him." Jim huffed at that but was obviously amused by his friend's words. Bones next words cut through Jim's good mood like a knife.
"So what are you going to tell Spock?" The only thing that saves Jim is that Soval picks that moment to wake up and starting angrily protesting the voices around him and demanding his food.
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It was hours before Jim heard from any of the other members of his crew. What he did hear though was enough to send his heart thudding out of his chest in fear that the people currently tromping around the medbay would wake Soval who he had just been able to get to sleep. The curtain is thrown open without any warning and Uhura is the first to tackle Jim with a hug and then not so gently whack him upside the head.
Suddenly there is a flurry of question and noise and Jim just holds up his hand to silence them all then nervously glances at the bassinet. He is grateful already the Soval seemed to inherit the fact that Jim is a deep sleeper. The blond looks at all them and smiles.
"Aw you guys miss me?" Uhura blushes and Snorts in indignations, Pavel just blushes and Sulu unabashedly nods. Jim grins, a day or two out of it and he already has the bridge crew worried. Although usually when he ends up in med bay it is a life or death situation so he can see why they are all so worried.
Jim looks around and realizes that the one person he needs to see and speak to is not currently with them and he sighs then looks back to Uhura who currently has her arms crossed and is obviously expecting something. Jim looks over at the bassinet and easily manages to pick up Soval without waking him. Jim sighs heavily and looks at the three in the room.
"Please be quite, I just got him to sleep and if you wake him…. Bones and I will give you hell." Pavel blanches at that and Uhura just inches closer and looks down at the tiny infant. She feels her heart pull and she gives him a look that obviously means 'we are having a talk later' and Jim knows that Talk is another word for 'imma beat the crap out of you' and Jim flinches slightly at the look in Uhura's eyes. Pavel is the first to speak.
"Vat is his name captain?" Sulu grins and looks to Jim to ask the same question. Jim smiles one of his dazzling smiles and happily announces that the babies name is Soval. He then looks to Sulu and asks the question that has been eating him up inside.
"How did you guys find out? I mean you don't seem all that shocked that I just pushed out a living breathing person when I was obviously not pregnant." Sulu grinned "McCoy say's a lot when his whisky stash is in danger. Plus he was already going to tell us what happened. Uhura had been the one to help you and commander Spock here." Jim looked to Uhura and she shrugged.
"I thought you were dying, I didn't want the admiralty to think I just stood by and watched as the captain died right in front of me." Jim chuckled lightly and Uhura looked back down to Soval.
"I can see you in him Jim. He has your nose and more Kirk like attributes but there is no denying where he got those eyebrows from, or that hair, or those ears." Pavel chuckled slightly at this and looked the child over.
"And zee green tinge." Sulu chuckles slightly at this and Jim sighs.
"I don't know what color his eyes are though, Bones say's he should open them sometime soon, even if he won't be seeing much, and I really want to know who's eyes he has." Uhura shrugs at this and stands up straight.
"We are all glad that you made it out of this okay Captain. And Soval really is a darling." Jim grinned at Uhura.
"He defiantly has my charm, already has girls crooning over him." Jims grin grew Cocky as Uhura huffed and then there was another voice he hadn't wanted to hear quite yet.
"I would prefer if Soval did not inherit anymore of the Kirk family's unfortunate genes, such as your 'charm'" Jim grew stiff and he sucked in a breath before looking at Spock. He could just barely see the contained anger behind those eyes and so Jim tried to joke his way out of this situation.
"Oh come on Spock, there's nothing wrong with being able to charm your way out of a dangerous situation." Spock's eyes softened slightly and that inevitable eyebrow raise told Jim that he was in the relative clear for now.
"Well Spock, are you just going to stand there or are you going to come have a look?"
A/N: All of you who guessed Spock was the dady got it right. Honestly it wasnt that big of a surprise but for a little while I was thinking of having Soval be Scotty's, then I remembered how few Vulcans there were and... HERE COMES SOVAL! XD Next few chapters will be getting to know Soval and Spocks decision on the small child.