"Hey, Chekov wait up"
Chekov looked behind him and saw Ensign Kelly, come up next to him, her curly brown hair bouncing behind her in a ponytail, her face lit up in a cheerful smile.
"Have you been avoiding me Pavel?" she said teasingly.
"I've just have been busy, vorking" he said.
"You cancelled yesterday, we were supposed to catch a Holovid," Kelly said
"Something came up," Chekov said glancing at her
"Well, I was thinking you want to go to the Rec Hall tonight, there's supposed to be a concert, it's Brunit, H'drak, and some others from the science department, but shouldn't be to bad right?" she said.
"I don't vant to go to a concert" Chekov said not looking at her.
"Well, how 'bout a holovid?" Kelly said not picking up on his tone.
"Not tonight" he said glancing at her, wishing she would go away.
"I know what you'd like-"Kelly began exuberantly, her enthusiasm not dampened in the slightest by his repeated rejections of her ideas.
"You vant to know vhat, I'd really like" Chekov said angrily as he stopped walking and turned to face Ensign Kelly, his hands clenched into fists. "I'd like if you left me alone"
"Are you okay? What's wrong?" she said her smile fading, her face worried, bewildered and hurt at his words, her eyes looking at his tired appearance.
"You're vhat's vrong" he shouted furiously, clenching and unclenching his fists. He restrained himself with great difficulty. He wanted to hit her. "You're annoying! You're pushy! You talk all the time! You can't leave anybody alone, can't you chust go avay?"
"Fine, if that's what you want I'm gone" She said her words angry, but her eyes tearing up, as she turned on heel and almost ran back down the hall.
Chekov stared after her as his anger suddenly faded leaving a cold, empty feeling behind, he thought of going after her and apologizing. What was wrong with him? He felt ashamed of his actions. Kelly was just being nice, he had met her a few months ago, other than him she was one of the youngest crew members, she wasn't exactly his girlfriend, but they had lots of fun together and she didn't deserve to be treated like that. He slammed his fist into the wall, taking his anger out on the hard metal and was rewarded with a sharp throbbing sensation in his knuckles.
"The cute young couple having some problems?" a sneering voice said behind him
Chekov spun around, recognizing Lieutenant Roth's voice. The lieutenant was accompanied by one of his cronies, a Lieutenant Penali; both crew members had taken to harassing Chekov whenever possible. Like several other crew members, they were angry that he had a bridge position and was much younger than any of them, and unlike some crew they were a lot more vocal about it. Chekov angrily yelled a profanity-laced outburst at the two crew members, they waited until he was finished looking amusedly at his angry face and laughing, before they started.
"What's the problem Chekov, Kelly finally decided to drop you for an actual adult?" Penali snickered.
"She finally decide to find somebody that can actually speak their W's and V's vithout-" Lieutenant Roth began derisively laughing as he poked Chekov in the chest, Penali snickered in appreciation.
They were used to Chekov walking away from there jibes, or maybe saying something back. Lieutenant Roth never saw it coming, Chekov's blow landed solidly on the bridge of Roth's nose, causing a sharp crack to sound. "What the-" Penali said quickly looking back and forth between Roth and Chekov with disbelief.
"You shouldn't have done that" Roth said thickly dabbing at his bleeding nose with a sleeve, he nodded at Penali. Penali reached forward and before Chekov could do anything had grabbed Chekov's arms and pinned them to his sides. "I'm going to enjoy this" Roth said smiling a cruel smile, before he slammed his fist into Chekov's stomach. Penali held Chekov up as Roth slammed a blow into Chekov's face. Chekov felt the pain and thought of all the pain he had caused. He deserved every blow.