8.) Ring*
He couldn't remember when he had heard the early 21st century song, or even where, but some of the lyrics had stuck.
'If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it.'
Three months since he had met Bones, two weeks since he had acknowledged that the man was his best friend, and one hour to dig up and hack into all the information he could find on one Leonard H. McCoy, Jim still didn't know what to get him as a thank you gift for saving his life for the twenty-fifth time.
In the end, a more than tipsy Jim had found a simple gold band on a matching chain and bought it before he could change his mind. It was a very drunk Jim that gave it to Bones.
"I'm gonna give you a ring every time you've saved my life for the twenty-fifth time, 'cause I like you so I'll put a ring on you."
Of course, the two pretended that night never happened, but without fail a ring would find its way onto the chain every twenty-fifth time Bones saved his life. No two rings were the same either.
On the way back to Earth after defeating Nero, it was Jim's turn to receive a ring on a chain from a drunken Bones. And of course that night never happened either.
Written: 7-3-2011
Word Count: 229