NAME: Careful What You Wish For
RATING: PG-13
FANDOM: Star Trek Reboot
CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Pavel Chekov, Montgomery Scott, others (of course) | Scotty/Chekov, Kirk/the female species
GENRES: Romance/Humor
SUMMARY: Due to a stupid competition, freshman Chekov loses his memory. Kirk and Sulu decide to repair the damages by telling the forgetful boy that he and Scotty are dating. Will the lie become a truth?
PROMPT: 11: Memory
WARNINGS: High school, sexuality, AU, creative liberties taken and ran with.
AU: High school AU. Everyone's American-ish.

It had all been a joke.

High school was full of them, really. 'Let's make fun of the nerds because they have no real friends.' 'The Principal will never know what hit him.'

The only thing that wasn't a joke was the bond between five boys from different classes and cliques.

There was James Kirk, the leader of the group. Triple-threat sports player, and top player in each. He was a junior, with the best grades. In fact, every boy in the five had the best grades in the school. Jim was a charismatic youth, with a new girlfriend every week, and sometimes repeats. That's why all of the girls still liked him, because he always came back. Always. But he always made time for his teammates, and his best friends.

Next was Hikaru Sulu, a Japanese-American sophomore and future pilot. Every weekend was spent out on the airfields. He had his license and his own plane. Many vacations were taken by the five in Sulu's plane, but the friendship was deeper than that. Sulu was fiercely loyal, even though, without the five, he spent most of his time in the library or the physics lab.

Next was Montgomery Scott. He was the only senior in the group, with a thick Scottish accent and heritage, and a deep love of engineering and the sciences. He worked at a car repair shop after school and all through the summer, but really wanted to work on the space shuttle once he had all the degrees. He hung out mostly with his coworkers when not at school.

Next was Leonard McCoy, another junior. He was caring but gruff, looking to be a doctor someday. He hung out with the biologists most of the time, and hiked and biked and swam with the outdoor club. Because he wanted to be a doctor, he was the one often taking care of the others when they were sick or had been too reckless in the lab or on the field.

Last was Pavel Chekov. Chekov was a special case. He would have been in eighth grade that year had it not been for his grades in fifth grade that had moved him up two grades. He was a sophomore, like Hikaru, with a great love of reading. He especially loved geography and maps, and often was seen with Scotty working on cars in his free time or when he wasn't absorbed in a good book.

It was a sunny, wintery day when the incident really happened, and the joke began. Jim had called the five to the abandoned football stadium to hang out on a Saturday. Though it was usually locked, being the star football quarterback had its perks, and it had been a while since the five had had any time to spend in each other's company.

James was throwing a bouncy ball up in the air and catching it as the five caught up about what was going on in their wintery lives. The snow was packed, and there was ice on the track that went around the open field. Everyone was dressed in heavy coats and boots, accessorized with hats, gloves, and scarves.

"This was a bad idea," Len had said every five minutes, but James was the unspoken leader, and no one really wanted to move from such a private, quiet place.

Soon things got boring, and James challenged them all to a race around the frozen track. Len decided it was clearly a bad idea, but after James had argued with him about it 'getting the blood going so we all don't freeze to death,' took out his watch and timed them all as they ran around the track a few times with no incident.

It was the sixth lap that did it: Pavel slipped on the ice and fell backwards, his eyes flicking closed. Leonard was at his side in a second, but the boy would not wake up. They called the ambulance, and followed it quickly to the hospital.

It was only a couple hours when Pavel opened his eyes, but he had amnesia. Though still intelligent as heck, he couldn't remember anyone that he had met after eighth grade. So he didn't remember the other four boys.

"Poor kid… we're going to have to introduce ourselves all over again," Scotty mused as they waited in the waiting room to see him. This was a little after the doctor had told them of Pavel's fate.

Kirk and Sulu suddenly had grins on their faces. Something passed between them, an understanding they had had for ages. You see, Scotty had something of a crush on the younger boy. Though he was young, and would soon be jailbait to the senior, the other boys (besides Pavel, who hadn't even known of Scotty's affections) hadn't cared for the matter much. Now there was an opportunity to get the two together before Scotty made his merry way to a university far, far away.

They stepped into the white hospital room and smiled at the younger boy, who had an adorable look of confusion on his face. "Mama," he told his mother, "I don't know these ones…"

Mrs. Chekov looked at her son, and then took her little daughter with her as she left. "You did, once," muttered the little girl as they left.

Pavel didn't hear her as he stared up at his former friends.

"You did know us, before this idiot decided it was a good idea to run on an icy track…" Leonard growled.

"Shut up, Len. James T. Kirk. I'm your jock friend… Leonard here is your doctor-wannabe friend, Sulu is your pilot friend and Scotty over there is—"

"I was with you four when I fell and lost my memory?" Pavel interrupted.

Pavel had heard his story a thousand times by his mother, sister, step-father, and step-sister, and not to mention all the doctors who told him how it all happened.

Chekov's blunt question knocked Jim down a couple pegs. He put the hand he had extended to the younger boy behind his neck and smiled, embarrassed. "Yeah, sorry about that. We didn't mean anything by it—"

"—we're your friends, Pavel. Jim was just being an idiot," Scotty offered. "Oh, uhm… Montgomery Scott—"

"—You're ever loving boyfriend," Jim blurted out.

Len looked to him and watched as him and Sulu exchanged knowing looks and congratulatory nods.

"My what?" Pavel asked.

"His what?" Scotty asked, turning to Jim.

"Oh, don't deny it, Scotty. You love this boy to death. You were the one who rode with him in the ambulance, and you nearly killed me in the waiting room for suggesting the race…" Jim said, one eyebrow raising as he smiled smugly at the Scot.

Pavel blinked at the two before his eyes settled on Scotty's face. "You… You'll have to forgive me if I do not remember you… I'm sure… I'm sure in due time the feelings I had for you will return."

Scotty blushed, "It's… It's fine," he said, glaring daggers at the leader of the hodge-podge group of boys.

"Aww… we should give them some space. They've got a year of memories to go through of their relationship," Sulu said, slapping Len on the back.

Len shook his head, exasperated, "Whatever. Get better, Pavel. We'll be back with photos and proof that we're your friends…" he said, glaring at Kirk as well. Kirk quickly yanked the doctor-wannabe by the arm out of the room, leaving Scotty alone with Pavel.

Scotty protested little, but had been glaring at the three until they're unruly departure. "I'm sorry about them…"

"They're my friends. I wouldn't apologize for them," Pavel said, a slightly embarrassed look on his face. "One year in a relationship with you?" he then asked.

Scotty wanted to set things straight, but the damages were all ready done. Plus, Scotty had been waiting for the chance to ask Pavel out for ages. This was his chance. "Well… yeah. Problem?"

"I didn't… I didn't think someone like me would be able to snag someone like you," the younger male replied, blushing slightly. "I've always been sort of… a geek…"

"Well… the rest of us are kind of geeks as well. The reason you found us was because we all have the top grades in our classes. It's beneath us to have to hang out with people in the 90th percentile when we ourselves are in the 95th. I don't know how Jim goes back to his jock buddies when he's done hanging out with us…" Scotty replied, remembering that Pavel had just lost about two years. And we've been 'dating' for half of that time lost…

Pavel nodded, "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"For forgetting about you. Though my family resents you guys for being there and being somewhat responsible for what happened to me, you guys sound like I would be friends with you. I still don't understand why someone as handsome and tall as you would go for someone small and scrawny like me…"

Scotty blushed, "You're just petite. But you're really intelligent, and… that's what got me," Scotty confessed.

Pavel's blush deepened. "Well… I'm sure it will all start making sense when we… I guess… start over? Have another first date, first kiss… all that?"

Scotty sighed. The feelings you apparently had for me won't come back. This whole thing has always been one-sided! His mind screamed. But he didn't have the guts to tell the younger boy the truth. He didn't want to. But it seemed stupid to lie to him.

"Uhm… yeah. I don't think I can redo our entire relationship. I mean, I forgot to take pictures of us, and Sulu and the others are rubbish at remembering to take pictures. I'd think they'd want to use them as blackmail but…"

Pavel took Scotty's hand, "It's… fine. You don't need to have proof. I… I believe you. Let's just… do it over. You can now change things that may have gone wrong the first time. It's not like I'll remember it…"

Scotty nodded, breathing heavily now. It wasn't lying if they were starting all over. With amnesia like this, Pavel would only form new memories from the time he awoke. He retained only memories up to the end of his eighth grade year. But Scotty's conscious would rather eat him up than let him keep lying to the boy he… liked a lot.

But before he could blurt out the truth, Kirk, Sulu, and Leonard crashed back in to the room, complete with photos and stories to tell about the group's various adventures.

Scotty and Pavel first (real) date happened a week after Pavel's discharge from the hospital. Scotty was a very formal person, and so he invited Pavel to his sister's restaurant, a non-rigid black-tie place deep in the city. Scotty drove the younger boy out, had the valet take his car, and was seated by Aeron Scott herself. She also took their orders, and gave her darling little brother a discount once the meal was over.

Pavel politely thanked the girl when they left, and tipped the valet as they ducked back in to Scotty's car.

But the evening wasn't over yet. Scotty had planned the night out to a tee: dinner, and a walk in the park.

They walked on the lit path, as it was late at night. Though the city park was open at all hours and patrolled constantly, Scotty kept a watchful eye out. But nothing too exciting would happen. But at every dark patch, Scotty's heart would race, and he would start shaking in anxiety. Finally, picking up on the signs, Pavel took his date's hand and laced their fingers together. Scotty blushed, but composed himself quickly. His conscious once again screamed at him to tell the truth, but that all went to hell when they reached one of the many bridges on the walk, and Pavel moved in front of Scotty.

Scotty got lost in Pavel's big hazel eyes, forgetting about what his conscious wanted.

"This is nice," Pavel said, his eyes flicking out to the water beside them. The whole creek was lit up, with lamps along the sides and the moon on the horizon, died orange in the city's haze.

"I'm glad you think so," Scotty replied. Then, almost automatically, he blurted, "This was the spot of our first kiss… before we started actually dating."

He closed his eyes against the torrent of scolding from his deeper conscious. Pavel must have taken that as an invitation, for he pressed his lips against Scotty's, making the older boy's eyes flicker open, and then shut again. He untangled their hands and moved them so one was on the younger boy's hip, and one was on his back, pulling the younger boy flush against him. Pavel, in turn, wrapped his arms around Scotty's waist, only to move them up to his shoulder blades once Scotty's tongue flicked over his lower lip.

Pavel moaned slightly as he opened his mouth, letting Scotty's tongue in and bringing his own tongue forward to meet his. They messaged each other's tongues for a moment before Scotty pulled back to breathe.

"Was that… was that as good as the first time?" Pavel asked.

"B-Better…" Scotty replied. Whether he was talking about his fantasies or the lie, he couldn't actually tell at this point.

Pavel smiled and went up on his toes to kiss Scotty again.

Scotty's conscious was killing him. But it took five months for him to actually listen to it. Pavel and Scotty had been going steady since that first date. Both sets of parents loved them as a couple, and hoped the relationship would last. Scotty worried about the future: both about what would happen when he went to university in the fall over in Scotland, and what would happen is he didn't tell Pavel the truth.

"I know this relationship won't last when you go to university back home, Scotty," Pavel told him when the older boy voiced his fears. It was date night, and they were in the old tree house Pavel's dad had built for him. It was outfitted with a television set, and the two were just finishing Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. "And I don't care. You never forget your first."

Scotty blushed, "Pavel… that usually means your first… sexual experience."

But Pavel only pressed his lips to Scotty's, an invitation for his 'first' to commence.

"Wait," Scotty said after a moment of weakness, his hands having been allowed to finally roam over his boyfriend's torso and to his belt buckle. "I… I've been lying to you for the past five months."

Instead of getting hysterical, Pavel looked up at the older boy with patient eyes and features, and Scotty gulped. "Before you lost your memories… we were never dating. Jim and Hikaru… made it all up."

"But you did have feelings for me?" Pavel asked, "Before the accident?"

Scotty blushed and nodded.

"Then Jim and Hikaru helped you along," Pavel said, kissing him softly. "And I don't care that you went along with it. It got us this far."

Scotty felt blessed to be dating this boy. He kissed Pavel and let his hands roam over the younger boy's body once more. Before they made any progress in their ministrations, Scotty whispered into his companion's neck: "I love you."

And Pavel replied by a slight whimper as Scotty's hand dipped under the elastic of his pants.

A/N: Comments welcome. Thank you for reading. -PG