Here is chpater 2! So I've changed up the story just a itty bitty bit...say hello to the love triangle!

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Disclaimer: I do not own star trek (sure wish I did...) I only own Lara Sheppard

She had arrived right on time. Lara greeted Captain Pike and found herself a seat inside the shuttle. After getting comfortable and greeting Uhura she pulled on her seatbelt. That's when she heard an engine from a motorcycle stop outside the shuttle. She laughed and rolled her eyes, I wonder what Pike said that convinced him to enlist.

Jim stepped onto the shuttle and looked around; when he saw Lara he made his way over to her.

"Wait Jim the…" too late. Lara didn't get a chance to warn him about the bar he was heading toward.

Jim laughed off the pain and sat down next to her. "Did you miss me?"

"What did Pike say to you?" she asked him.

Jim got very serious and quiet for a while. When he looked at her, he said, "My father…he dared me to do better than my father," Lara put her hand on top of his. She didn't say anything but it was enough for Jim. "Look there's something I want to tell you."

"What is it?" she asked.

But he didn't get to say anything because of the rather loud argument that was coming onto the shuttle.

"I told you I don't need a doctor damn it I am a doctor!" They both looked over to see a rather disheveled man being practically dragged from the bathroom by a petite female Starfleet officer.

"You need to get back to your seat sir!"

"I had a seat in the bathroom with no windows!"

"You need to get back to your seat now!"

The doctor turned on the officer, "I suffer from aviaphodia. It means a fear of dying in something that flies."

The petite officer had had enough, "Sir for you own safety sit down or else I'll make you sit down."

They stared each other down for a moment then the doctor gave up and took a seat next to Jim. As he pulled on his seatbelt Captain Pike's voice came over the comm. announcing that they were clear for takeoff.

The doctor looked at Jim, "I may throw up on you," he warned.

"I think these things are pretty safe," Jim said trying to reassure him.

"It doesn't matter to me kid, one tiny crack in the hull and our blood boils in thirteen seconds. Solar flare might pop up, cook us in our seats. And wait until you're sitting pretty with a case of andorian shingles, see if you're still so relaxed when your eyeballs are bleeding. Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence."

"Well I hate to break it to you but Starfleet operates in space." Jim said to him bluntly.

"Yeah well the wife took the whole damn planet with her in the divorce. All I got left is my bones," he said pulling out a flask of whiskey to sip from it.

He saw Jim eyeing the flask and handed it to him, "Jim Kirk," Jim said and took a drink.

Jim handed the flask to Lara; she took a sip as well, "Lara Sheppard."

When the doctor had it back he took a sip, "McCoy, Leonard McCoy."

THREE YEARS LATER

The bell rang, thankfully. She ran out of the locker room as fast as she could to meet up with Jim and Leo. She passed by the linguistics hall and ran into Uhura. "Hey Lara slow down. Want to get some lunch with me and some other girls?"

"I'd love to but I'm running late right now to meet up with Jim and Leo. Maybe some other time, bye!" Lara practically ran through the halls.

Eventually she ran into Leo, literally. "Hey what's the rush?"

"Leo! Hey I thought I was going to miss you. Where's Jim?" she asked looking around.

Bones shrugged his shoulders, "Probably talking to that green chick."

Lara rolled her eyes, "Oh yeah, Gaila."

Bones changed the subject, "So, how was training?"

"Brutal, I think I have a new bruise somewhere," she said rolling her shoulders. When they arrived at Starfleet Academy three years ago Bones had gone straight into medical school. Jim went into officer training and Lara went into specialized combat and tactical analysis. This meant that she was being taught to specialize in every weapon known to man; she was also being trained intensely to eventually join Starfleet Special Forces. However, Captain Pike, her mentor and dear friend, advised that she focus on her classes.

At first Lara did not understand why Pike would want her to focus on her classes instead of joining SFSO but when she was promoted to Lieutenant several months ago she knew Pike had the right idea. Lara knew that if she kept up with her studies, she would eventually be able to man her own tactical console on the bridge of a ship as that ships chief tactical officer. Now she trained intensely and Captain Pike said if she kept this up, she'd be able to graduate in less than a year. Lara had never pushed herself so hard, and was proud of herself for getting this far. Currently Pike had put her in a class that taught her how to monitor and use weapon systems for a ship. It involved a lot of algorithms and codes, but once she understood how to read the jumble of letters and numbers, she found the class very easy.

"Hey Lara, what are you doing tonight?"

She turned toward Leo and shrugged, "I don't know, what are you doing?"

"Well you see I would have plans, but I need to restock the medical supplies, and a second pair of hands would really help…" Leo trailed off, his eyes landing on hers.

"Oh fine I'll help. But this time, I get to pick the music." Lara said crossing her arms playfully.

Leo rolled his eyes and smiled, "Only to get you to not wine the entire time."

"Lara! Bones!"

Lara turned and smiled, "Hey Jimmy. You ready to get some lunch? I'm starving."

"Hmm…maybe, what do you think Bones?" he said to his close friend slapping him on shoulder.

"Yes I am pretty hungry now that I think about it." The three made their way out of the building. Jim was humming a tune to himself and seemed to have a bit of a spring in his step.

Bones noticed and asked, "Why are you so happy?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Jim said innocently, steeling glances at a pair of female cadets walking by.

"Oh I don't suppose you do," said Bones.

Jim saw another pair of female cadets, "Hello ladies," he said to them.

Lara rolled her eyes, "Jim please,"

He laughed and kissed her cheek lightly then turned back to Bones, "I'm taking the test again."

Bones' eyes widened, "You've gotta be kidding me."

"Yeah, tomorrow morning and I want you there, both of you," Jim said to his friends.

"Jimmy I wouldn't miss it. Besides Pike wants to test me on how I handle reading and entering code under stress situations."

Bones scoffed, "You know I've got better things to do than watch you embarrass yourself for the third time. I'm a doctor Jim, I'm busy."

Jim eyed another girl walking by then stopped in front of Bones and Lara, "It doesn't bother you that nobody has ever passed the test?"

"Jim it's the Kobayashi Maru, no one passes the test and comes back for seconds let alone thirds." Bones said pointedly.

Jim rolled his eyes and smiled his I have an idea smile. Lara knew that smile and crossed her arms, "Oh no Jimmy, don't you dare," she crossed her arms.

He laughed, slapped Bones' shoulder and said, "I gotta study," he kissed Lara on the cheek quickly before taking off.

"Study my ass," Bones said mostly to himself.

Lara sighed, "Well I'm still hungry…food?" she turned toward the cafeteria.

Bones shrugged and followed after her.

:D please review! Next chapter will most likely be up tomorrow...or later today if I feel like it...

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