Hola mis amigos! (Hi my friends!) So here's chapter 3, it's really short compared to the last chapter but that is because I wanted all of the content and details for chapter 4 all together. You'll see why once I get it published, which pending on disaster, should be tomorrow! This chapter is mostly humor, with the story line of course. Hope you enjoy and of course any comments/reviews are much love!

Rhinocerotidae in Heat or an Old Terran Blender

When Kirk's, well technically Spock's, replacement showed up for Alpha shift Kirk headed to his own quarters believing that was where McCoy would be. When he found his quarters deserted he grew worried that something must have happened to Scotty. After the 'Captain' told Uhura she could go visit Scotty once her shift was over he let her go the 2.5 minutes early. She gave him a peculiar look but was obviously grateful as she booked it to the turbo-lift. He headed down to Sickbay but found that its only occupants were Nurse Chapel, a passed out Scotty and a tired looking Uhura. He decided not to ask them where Bones and the Captain were and instead asked the computer to locate them.

"Computer locate Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy."

"Doctor McCoy is located in his quarter's sir. You are located on Deck 3, comm. Unit 7." /...Okay...how does the computer know it's me?...hope no one else notices that./

"Ok, Computer locate Commander Spock."

"Commander Spock is located in Doctor McCoy's quarters."

/I wonder what they are doing? They can't have continued the pow-wow without me, I'm the one who hasn't told their story yet! I wonder why Spock was blocking the bond earlier…Probably to keep me focused or something I guess./ Jim typed in the key code to the Doctor's quarters and was met with the sound of snoring and the shifting of sheets on the bed. As he walked in the room and towards the bed he saw his own body sleeping like a rock and next to it was Bones body waking up to the sound of Jim entering the room. Spock blinked up at Jim and smiled slightly.

"Hey Jim." Kirk quirked an eyebrow and with a smirk replied teasingly.

"Hey Spock, how you doing?" Spock either didn't understand the implication or just ignored it.

"I' am well Jim, but exhausted in this body." Spock seemed to be thinking something, "My body most likely does not require much rest but your mind does." It was Spock's turn to smirk, "Care to join the Doctor and I, Captain?" Both of Spock's eyebrows rose at this but Jim would not be deterred.

"Sure. Let me just kick your boots off." Spock moved further against the wall so Jim could lay in between him and the Doctor who was still sleeping on the edge of the bed snoring. Jim worked his way into the middle, which was surprisingly comfortable and he was out almost as soon as his head hit the pillow, he almost missed the silent "Goodnight Jim" from Spock. He fell asleep smiling thinking he could get used to this.

McCoy woke up a few hours later and couldn't figure out why. It was way too early for him to be up but something woke him, what was it? And why was he sweating so much? McCoy started to roll back further onto the bed but stopped abruptly when he felt another body behind him. This confused McCoy even more, he remembered falling asleep next to Spock, aka his body but unless his body had a fever of 'hotter then Hell' there was no way the body behind him was his. McCoy slowly lifted up into a sitting position and saw that not only was Spock with him but so was Jim! /when did he get here? Wow must have been dead tired if I slept through that./ McCoy went back to sleep when he realized the others were gone to the world.

Spock decided that it would be best to avoid any embarrassment in the morning so he quietly got out of bed an hour earlier than usual. He carefully cleaned and redressed McCoy's body and headed down to Sickbay to check on Scotty. He wasn't surprised at all when he found Uhura passed out in the chair next to Scotty's bio-bed, what did surprise him though was that Mr. Scott was wide awake and watching Nyota sleep. Scotty almost jumped off the bio-bed when Spock interrupted the silent room.

"You should be resting Scotty."

"I know Doctor…Thank ye' for savin me life yesterday!" Spock almost said there was no need to thank logic but caught himself in time.

"You are most welcome Scotty. I shall leave you two alone now. Try to rest Mr. Scott."

Spock didn't wait for the "Ay, Doctor" he knew was coming and just walked out of sickbay. His presence was not needed there and the Doctor's shift didn't start for several more hours. Spock wandered up to the mess hall to have some tea. He wouldn't be telling Jim or Bones about it but being in McCoy's body was causing him to dream. They were not terrible dreams…but they were interesting. After McCoy had mentioned still wanting children Spock began to wonder if he ever wanted a child as well. If he was honest with himself, which he wasn't, he could admit that he was afraid to have children. The child would be a hybrid like himself and therefore suffer immensely; from the teasing of peers to the medical abnormalities that were sure to occur just as they did in him. He also didn't want to leave outer space, let alone the Enterprise herself. Last night, lying next to the people he cared for most in this world he dreamt of raising a daughter with Jim and Bones, there on the Enterprise. He dreamt of showing her his science labs when she was old enough to not break anything, her sitting with Jim in the Captain's chair and McCoy teaching her how to stick 'boys' with hypos. She had McCoy's hazel eyes and Jim's blonde curly hair, but she also had his Vulcan ears. How any of it was even possible he didn't know but as he sat their sipping his tea he didn't really care. All the logic in the universe couldn't change the fact that he wanted that dream to come true more than anything else…

McCoy woke up early so he could make it to Kirk's quarters in time to change and still eat breakfast in the mess. He realized that Spock had already left, /figures. He's probably gonna try and start my shift early or check on his lab experiments, mans a workaholic!/ but he wasn't sure if he should wake Jim or not…/oh he'll be fine, no need to disturb his sleep/ Bones headed up to the mess hall alone where he was surprised to find Spock sipping tea, seemingly lost in thought. McCoy grabbed himself some cereal, /god knows its healthier than anything Jim actually eats/ and went to sit with Spock. Spock was so busy thinking about his dream he didn't even realize McCoy was next time until he had already sat down.

"Good Morning Jim." "Morning Bones."

~I trust you received an efficient amount of sleep Doctor?~

~Spock most people just ask 'did you sleep well?' and yes, yes I did 'receive efficient sleep' last night. Did you?~

~Surprisingly yes, but it was compromised by the insufferable sound of what was either a Rhinocerotidae in heat or a crewman throwing gravel into an old Terran blender~ If Bones didn't know any better he would swear it looked like Spock was holding back a laugh or at the every least a smile.

~What in the hell are you talking about?! There are no Rhinoceros on this ship and I don't know where anyone on this ship could have found gravel, let alone an old fashioned blender!~

~Obviously Doctor, I was referring to the sound of your snoring.~

~Hey! I do not snore! If anyone- Wait a sec did you just tell a joke? Wow I never thought I'd live to see the day that Spock was funny!~

~I have no idea what you are referring to Doctor.~ Spock said with a little twinkle in his eyes.

~I'm sure you don't Spock. So anyway what has you so lost in thought? Whatever it was seemed pretty important if the look on my face is anything to go by.~

~Nothing important Doctor, I was remembering the dream I had last night. Vulcan's do not dream but being in your body gives me the opportunity to experience this. Dreaming is quite interesting~

~Well I'm glad you think so Spock…ya know I had a weird dream too! Well it wasn't really weird but it was different; you, Jim and I were raising this little girl here on the Enterprise…I don't know, maybe it's was just wishful thinking or something…~

~Wishful thinking Doctor?~ McCoy, well the Captain's face, started blushing insanely.

~um…well ya…ya know how I was saying that I wanted a kid and all…~

~So now you want Spock's and my kid huh Bones?~ Jim suddenly cut in on the mind conversation between Spock and Bones. He had woken up to voices in his head, then realized that it was his friends talking, well bantering, but Spock was right Bones does snore! He was a little hurt that they just left him there but he tried not to think about it. Jim didn't want to have to think about someone else in his life up and leaving him again, especially his two best friends. He quickly got dressed and headed to the mess hall where he knew they were talking. As soon as he saw them he cut in on the conversation. If it was possible McCoy was blushing even redder now, but he didn't say anything.

~It is alright doctor, coincidentally I had a similar dream. By the way you described it I would say that we shared the same dream…~

~So wait all three of us dreamt the same thing? Cool! How'd you manage that Spock?~

~I did nothing Cap-Jim…Apparently our minds are so compatible together that we shared our dreams without even realizing it…fascinating~

~Wait a minute. If you had the dream too why are you teasing me!?~

~Cause you are easy to get~

~Jerk~

" Jerk?! You two are the ones that left me to wake up alone! In any other circumstance I would say that you were trying to get rid of the third wheel!" Jim shouted a little too loudly causing everyone in the mess to stare at the trio.

"Spock!…Calm down." Spock gave Jim the best evil glare he could manage while still being in McCoy's body. He hoped Jim got the message…apparently not.

Jim whispered this time but he still wasn't calm, "I don't want to calm down! I get one of the best nights of sleep I've had in ages by sleeping next to the two people I care about most in the universe and when I wake up I find out they left me! How do you think that made me feel? Like shit! That's how!" Jim's voice was quivering at the end.

"Jim you're reading way too much into this. I love you both, what makes you think I would ever leave you?" Spock was staring at McCoy and Jim's (Spock's) mouth was hanging open, McCoy was blushing again when he realized what he said…/oh shit…maybe I'll just throw myself out an airlock now…/

Dum! Dum! Dum! What will happen next? Tune in tomorrow (hopefully) to find out!

Rating is DEFINITELY going up for the next chapter...hint, hint, wink, wink! "Insert wolf whistles here"