1st Day

Here I was wearing cadet red and wondering whether this was going to be a good decision. It was my first day upon the U.S.S. Enterprise and my induction was about to start. A woman came in, she was the one I'd seen with Spock and the Captain, and she was beautiful. The nicely tanned skin, long brown hair and the body shape I'd die for, it was no wonder men liked her. Several of the male cadets were winking and smirking at her and I rolled my eyes; this was a woman you didn't mess with.

"Hi, everyone. I'm Lt. Uhura and I'm the linguist on this vessel, so some of you will be working with me a lot. Before you're allowed to start you have to have read the 'in case of emergencies' book and have signed off. If you haven't please wait here while the others are checked and then they are free to start. Please go to your head of department and they will give you your roster. Have a nice first day." She was definitely perky or perhaps most of that was forced.

I got signed off and gave her a warm smile as I passed. She glared, I've barely even started and I'm making friends. I went to the medical bay first with a girl whose body language screamed defiant. There were 3 others in the group that were heading my way and I had a feeling this was going to cause me many sleepless nights.

Although I'd been in the future for over a year there were still nights when I woke up after dreaming of the past. My heart still ached over the fact I couldn't go back but the pain was lessening every day. When we entered we were met by a man, the only word that comes to mind is rough, and he was the Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy. He then preceded to hand us a file each and then ushered us away. I left with the file, it was about my medical history and I doubted any of it was wrong. I also had a schedule, looks like I'll be working the night shifts, 1900hrs to 0300hrs every day with Saturday off. What fun that would be.

I was then walking the halls trying to figure out where the science labs were when the Captain walked past. He looked up and gave me a dazzling smile, the introduced himself as James Tiberius Kirk, and gave me directions. I was soon there within no time.

As I entered I was hit with different coloured plants and animals all around me. Spock was talking to a group of red shits like me and I silently slipped into the group. "My name is Spock; I am the head of the Science Department. If you have any concerns or wish for collaboration on a project please ask. Here are your schedules that is all." I was swept away with the group and soon found myself out in the hallway. Slightly dazed I looked at my schedule and stifled a groan. My day off was a Saturday and my shifts for the week went from 0900hrs to 1500hrs.

Sleep was going to be hard to come by better remember how I like my coffee. I walked to my room and I was sharing with someone else. Then the woman from med bay came in, the defiant one. She was rocking a black and pink hairstyle in a boy cut and dark make up. I nodded to her and she nodded back. I then un-packed all my stuff and the half of the room that was mine soon looked like home. I looked at the clock and decided that since I'd skipped lunch I'd better eat dinner.

When I arrived at the mess it was empty except for a few other stragglers. I got my vegetarian meal and then went back to my room after finishing it. Tomorrow I was going to check out the workout rooms on board and get myself back into shape.

End of Week 1

It had been a nightmare trying to get sleep with all of the horrible shifts I'd been given. It was okay though I'd made a new best friend, COFFEE. I was living off it thank god today was Saturday otherwise I might have gone crazy. My fellow crew members were alright, though I hadn't really seen any of the command crew. They seemed to keep to themselves a lot and give small tasks to the rest of us. I was enjoying my work in the science labs; everything was so new and fascinating. Med bay was good to I liked the dry sarcasm of Dr. McCoy. He made my day, especially when the Capt. came in and they bantered back and forth.

The workout rooms were great, I'd already gotten back into good physical shape and flexibility had increased marginally. I met Hikaru Sulu; he was an avid fencer and had challenged me several times. I'd told him that he had to teach me a few things first before I would actually fight him.

I've been in bed for half of the day getting my sleep back and yet I want to go and look around. My roommate hasn't warmed up to me at all, still as quiet as ever. We'd gotten to a first name basis so that was some progress.

There had been no contact with Spock or Lt. Uhura, so that was good news. I wanted to speak to him and thank him for helping me. I'll see if I can do more work in the labs and then maybe he'll speak to me.