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An Awkward Meeting

M'ara inwardly groaned a she saw that Serin was commanding officer on her first away mission. They hadn't even spoken since they arrived at Star Fleet Academy six weeks ago. M'ara sighed, it is only for a six hour period, it is not a hard mission it is just to test their learned skills of proper away mission protocols. She could deal with him for half a day. The mission did have a possibility to be fascinating though. Serin would be in charge so perhaps she would get to see how well he does under pressure.

M'ara spent the rest of the morning studying her notes on away mission protocols. She would not be embarrassed on her first mission simply because she had not properly memorized regulations. It was around lunch time when M'ara saw a message flash up on her computer consol. "Computer display message". M'ara commanded

Meet me at my quarters at 1200 hours.

-Serin

M'ara was shocked. This note was the first contact Serin had ever tried to make with her. It made her suspicious and anxious. M'ara noticed that he did not leave it as a request but a command. It was fifteen minutes till 1200 hours and M'ara did not appreciate how little courtesy he showed her by not sending his request earlier. It was as if what she had to do meant nothing at all. He expected her to drop everything at his command. M'ara knew that she must try to over look this. It was after all the way that Vulcan men treated their women. Perhaps it was the human in her that protested this treatment. M'ara decided that after the meeting she would meditate on this.

At exactly 1200 hours M'ara arrived at Serin's quarters and pushed the buzzer.

"Enter"

M'ara walked through the door when they opened. She could see that the lights were low and Serin was meditating on his mat on the floor. The scent of Vulcan desert spices was thick in the air. "What is it you require of me Serin?" M'ara said still standing looking down at the handsome Vulcan before her.

Serin looked up with his deep brown eyes.

"I have asked you here to ask you if my father told you were he was traveling to?" Serin said in a deep matter of fact tone. M'ara for once was glad that Spock did not tell her where he had gone so she would not have to lie to his son. "No Serin, he did not." M'ara said in the same distant cold voice. Serin's eyes became colder and hard.

"Do not lie to me M'ara, you were the last person to see him since we left Vulcan," Serin said. M'ara could tell that he was fighting to keep his voice calm.

"I do not lie, Serin. Spock said nothing to me about where he was going, only that he was leaving. He would not say for how long but seeing as he is an Ambassador I saw nothing unusual about that," M'ara said in a cold tone that was civil but with venom underneath. Serin took a deep breath and contemplated for a moment.

"The federation believes that he has defected to the Romulans. You knew him better than most, did he do or say anything that would give any indication that he would do this?" Serin asked now standing up to look M'ara in the eyes. M'ara felt a little intimidated now that his tall muscular stature towered over her.

"He would not, how could the federation think such a thing?" M'ara said shocked.

"They believe this because he has been seen on Romulus I wanted to be sure that you were not aware of his plans." Serin said turning away to face the window. "I believe that you do not know, I am sorry to trouble you," Serin said. M'ara recognized that this was clearly a dismissal but she would not stand for it.

"You did not even say goodbye to him, did you?" M'ara said realizing why Serin was so concerned. Serin raised an eyebrow.

"I do not see how that is any of your concern." Serin said. M'ara could tell that she was right because his voice was not as controlled as before, his anger was beginning to bleed through.

"It is because he is my friend, and because now not only was Spock rejected by his own father but by his son as well, so much for the Vulcan logic. Is it logical for a family to keep hurting the one person it needs the most?" Leaving this question in his mind M'ara exited Serin's quarters. "How could the son of such a great man be so different from him in everyway?" M'ara thought as she walked back to her quarters trying to control her anger and her worry for Spock. "Romulus of all places, what is he trying to do, get himself killed?" M'ara thought. When she arrived at her quarters M'ara began to meditate to calm herself. There was much to do tomorrow and she could not allow this to interfere with the away mission.