Author's Note: I'm going to try something new here and write a Spyota fic, so obviously, there will be established S/U. I've never done this before so any feed back would be helpful. I also apologize in advance for any language mistakes (grammar, spelling, etc.) because my knowledge of Swahili is limited.

Chapter Fourteen: N

Nairobi

Spock felt the sun beating down on his shoulders; the African heat reminded him of the Vulcan desert he once called home. Next to him, Nyota smiled and visibly relaxed, looking slowly from left to right; she seemed excited and very happy to be home.

"They should be around here somewhere," she mumbled, using her hand to block the sun from her face.

The two Starfleet Officers were standing outside the shuttle hangar, having just arrived in Nairobi to visit Nyota's family. When Uhura asked Spock to accompany her, he was hesitant at first. After much convincing on the Captain's part, he relented and agreed to join her.

"A woman is asking you to meet her family," Jim had said. "She obviously really likes you."

"I never question whether or not Lieutenant Uhura was fond of me or not," Spock had said, raising an eyebrow.

"Nyota!" Both Spock and Uhura turned, trying to locate the origin of the voice.

"Dada, zaidi ya hapa!" Spock and Nyota identified the voice when they turned and saw a man running from the crowd waving at the couple. People jumped out of the way, trying their best not to be trampled by him.

"Kamau, polepole chini; utaenda kuumiza mtu," Nyota said, gesturing for the man to slow down. The man Spock learned was named Kamau grabbed Uhura around the waist and lifted her off the ground, hugging her tightly. Nyota laughed as she was spun around, holding tightly to Kamau's neck.

"Kuweka wake chini na basi pumzi yake, ndugu." A young woman who looked enough like Nyota for Spock to recognize her as her sister appeared and tapped Kamau on the arm, pointing at Nyota and gesturing towards the ground.

"Ni faini, Makena," Uhura said, hugging her also.

"You didn't tell us you brought a guest," Kamau's voice boomed in Standard as he turned towards Spock. Even being over six feet tall, Kamau towered over the Vulcan making Spock look up slightly to get a good look at the man's face.

"Ndugu, dada, this is Spock. Spock, this is my older brother, Kamau and my baby sister, Makena," Uhura introduced, throwing her arms around her siblings.

"Ni nzuri ya kukutana na wewe, Mheshimiwa na Miss Uhura," Spock said, tentatively forming the words on his tongue as he raised his hand in the ta'al. It had been almost a year since he had spoken Swahili and even though his memory was impeccable, it was still better to be safe than accidentally insult someone's mother.

"Oh, unaweza kuongea KiSwahili?" Makena said, chuckling at how her older brother was almost glaring at Spock. She too raised her hand in the ta'al.

"I have not spoken Swahili since two years, eleven months, six days, and nine point two six hours ago. I apologize for any mistakes I may make," Spock said, trying to ignore Kamau's scrutinizing gaze.

"Uh. . ." Makena said, not completely understanding why Spock used a decimal point and went down to the specific day.

Nyota smiled and raised an amused eyebrow at Spock, then turned toward her sister and said, "He's saying that he hasn't spoken Swahili in close to three years so he's a little rusty." Makena rolled

her eyes and looked at Nyota with exasperation, giving her the I-Knew-That-Already look.

"Is that not what I said?" The two girls smiled and laughed at Spock and began walking towards the shuttle lot. Spock looked back at Kamau who still hadn't stopped staring at him and followed Nyota and Makena.

I believe the human phrase is 'This is going to be a long day,' Spock thought to himself.

Here is a link to a picture of Zoe Saldana and her real siblings (her two sisters). I think Makena would probably look more like her sister on the right, Cisley Nazario:

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Kamau would probably look something like this guy:

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