A/N: This has to be one of my favorite one-shots that I've written so far. I hope you like it too!

Mama, Where…?

U.S.S. Enterprise, 2269.106, 1841 hours. Se'tak watched his mother working in the kitchen chopping up vegetables, preparing one of their rare, non-replicated meals. But more specifically he was watching her bulging tummy which he knew contained his growing little brother.

He was excited. T might not have been happy when she heard that the new baby was going to be a boy but he sure was. Now he'd have someone to play space pirates with, someone who wanted to play space pirates with him and not just use it to get him to play stupid kal'toh whenever she wanted. Maybe they could even capture T and tie her up and throw her in jail! And with his new brother as back-up maybe they could pick on her some of the time in stead of T always picking on him.

Being a big brother was going to be without a doubt the most amazing thing to happen to him EVER!

There was just one question he still had about the new baby; well, make that two.

Mama walked past with the salad bowl in her hand and ruffled his hair. He frowned at her and smoothed it back down. It was bad enough it wouldn't stay flat like Sa-mekh's like he wanted it to but then she had to go and mess it up. Across the room T looked up from her Vulkhansu lesson with Sa-mekh and giggled.

"Mama?"

"Yes, baby?" she asked, heading back to the sink.

"I know my brother's growing in there," he gestured to her stomach, "But how did he get there in the first place? Did Uncle Scotty put him there?"

Now T was REALLY laughing at him and he felt Sa-mekh giving him extra pricklies in the back of his head. What was going on? He only asked a question. Sa-mekh said it was natural to be curious and that he wanted them to be yet Mama seemed to be the only one taking him seriously. "Why do you think Uncle Scotty put the baby there?" she asked.

Se'tak rolled his eyes. He knew Mama was all human, not like him, but he thought she was smarter than that! "Because Uncle Scotty works in the transporter room! He had to beam the baby in there, right?" Oh no! Now that he thought about it maybe…"Did he mean to send it to someone else's tummy instead?"

His sister looked like she was about to roll off the sofa before Sa-mekh shot her a look. "T'Alora." She instantly stopped laughing and Sa-mekh walked over to the kitchen table taking a seat and pulling him up to sit on his knee. "You have worked out a most interesting and logical theory, my son; however it is incorrect. Commander Scott did not have any part in your brother's conception nor his current location."

"Then how'd he get there?"

Mama looked about to answer when Sa-mekh interrupted. "When a man and a woman find themselves mutually attracted to each other their biology gives them the means to reproduce. In the case of humans, Vulcans and most other humanoid species in the known Federation this means that a man's lok—"

"SPOCK!" They all turned to look at Mama who's cheeks were bright red. Behind him he could hear T holding back more giggles. Mama eased herself into her seat and took several deep breaths, staring at Sa-mekh the whole time. They were talking about him, they had to be, he knew it, they just weren't talking out loud yet.

"Ashayam, I know you think that Se'tak is ready for such an…anatomically correct discussion, but perhaps we might wait until he's a little older. Do you agree?"

Uh oh. Now Mama was doing that thing with her eyes. Se'tak knew that look. It was her 'Because I Said So' face.

Sa-mekh nodded. "In this instance I shall defer to your expertise."

"Thank you." Reaching out she took his warm little hands in hers. "Se'tak, the baby was put in my tummy by me and your father because we love each other very much. We also did this to get you and to get your sister. Uncle Scotty can't beam babies into other people's tummies. Does that answer your question ok?"

He shrugged. "Ok." It wasn't really ok—he wanted to hear more about what Sa-mekh had to say about how the baby got there—but the way Mama was eying them all he decided it'd be better to ask again later. Besides, there was still one more question he needed to ask.

Mama kissed his hands and got up to check on the tofu loaf in the oven. Her back was to him when he asked, "Mama, if you and Sa-mekh put the baby in there and he's growing then how are you going to get him out?"

kal'toh = Vulcan game, similar to a cross between Jenga and chess

lok = Vulkhansu for a man's manly parts ;-)

Ashayam = Vulkhansu for Beloved