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Year 2-
"Come on Jim or we'll be late!" Sophie yelled from her position on his bed in his and Bone's dorm. Jim was currently in the bathroom getting ready after taking a shower from his run.
"We won't be late Sophie, calm down." Jim replied through the door.
"Where you two going again?" Bones asked from his bed where he was reading his PADD.
"A BBQ at the Pike's." Sophie replied.
"I told you to come Bones." Jim replied walking out of the bathroom fully dressed.
"And I said no thanks." Bones replied rolling his eyes. "Really I'm fine. I'm going to comm. Joanna."
"Next time then." Sophie said standing up. "And get out today Leo it's a beautiful Saturday! Plus classes start Monday so you need to get out while you can Leo."
"Alright alright." Bones replied shooing them out. "Now get out of here before Mrs. Pike as has a fit."
"See later Bones!" Jim called as they walked out the door on their way to the Pikes.
Over the past year and half Jim and Sophie had gotten to know the Pike's very well. Since Jim's birthday Mrs. Pike, Andrea would send them food or come visit them almost every week or every other week if she could; Lena and Sophie chatted and talked all the time; Nick and Brad would video chat them both when they could when they were off planet and visit them if they had shore leave, which wasn't often. Christopher Pike on the other hand still remained Jim's mentor and senior officer at the academy but off the academy he was friendly, fun and almost acted like a Uncle to them. Today was a special day seeing as Nick was home for shore leave, so everyone was going to be there except Brad who was still on a mission. Arriving at the Pike's home Lena greeted them at the door and showed them in.
"Sophie! Jim!" Lena said hugging them before. "Come on in. Everyone's out back getting the food on the table, go on out I'll be right there."
"Nick!" Sophie exclaimed as they walked onto the back porch.
"Sophie! Jim!" Nick's voice boomed as he swept the two younger kids into a hug. "How are you guys?"
"We're good," Jim replied smiling at Nick.
"Well that's so good to hear." Chris said coming over with his wife.
"Hi sweeties." She said giving them both a hug and a squeeze. "You're just in time, we were about to start worrying where you two were."
"Sorry," Sophie amended. "Jim here was running a little late from working out." She added as Jim smiled apologetically at them.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Sophie offered.
"Oh no dear. Lena just went into the get the buns and we should be ready." Andrea stated just as Lena came back out. "Oh and here she is. So let's eat everyone."
The six of them then sat down around the picnic table and started to dish out the food and eat. There was ton of food, drinks and a lot of catching up to do between the six of them. The afternoon went by quickly as they all sat there eating, laughing and talking. The dinner was winding down as the 6 of them sat there drinking.
Later that Year
"Jim!" Nick called coming closer to him and Bones.
"Hey Nick." Jim said greeting him as he came to sit with the two of them on steps of a building.
"Hey McCoy."
"Nick." He responded nodding back.
As Nick sat down he took a good look at Jim and realized something was off, very off about him and even Bones was looking at him with a worried expression. He then looked around for Sophie and found her talking to a guy a little ways across the quad.
"Who's Sophie talking too?" Nick asked.
"Steve Lockhart." Jim spat out glaring at the pair.
"Oh?" Nick replied cocking his head to the side at Jim's angry tone. He shared a look with Bones who shrugged and rolled his eyes.
"When is she going to stop talking to him?" Jim hissed out after a few minutes of silence.
"Jim they're just talking." Bones replied rolling his eyes. "It's not like they're making out."
Jim shot Bones a nasty look before looking back and finding Sophie. They all fell back into silence again as they watched the two flirt and talk. Sophie would smile and laugh, Steve would brush hair out of her face and when their conversation ended Steve leaned in close and whispered something in her ear before kissing her cheek and walking away. Sophie then headed over to the boys with a huge grin on her face.
"Hey guys." She said greeting them before seeing Nick. "Nick! What are you doing there? I thought you left a few days ago?" she added hugging him.
"I was suppose to but they postponed it. I leave tomorrow." Nick replied. "So tell me why are you so happy?"
"Well," Sophie started smiling, "I have a date tonight!"
"Really?" Nick responded smiling after glancing to Jim who wore a frown on his face. "With that guy you were talking too?"
"Yeah." She said smiling. "Steve. We have a few classes together."
"You can't be serious about going out with that asshole are you?" Jim asked her looking up with a clear scowl on his face. Surprised by Jim's tone of voice Sophie shot Nick and Bones a confused look before focusing her attention on Jim.
"Excuse me?" she replied.
"You aren't really going to go out with him right?"
"Yes I am Jim. Tonight for dinner." She said getting fed up with his tone of voice. "I thought you'd be happy."
"Why would I be happy? You're going to get hurt because all he wants is to get in your pants!" Jim told her raising his voice.
"No he does not! Not all guys are like you Jim!"
"And what is that suppose to mean? So what I like to have a good time…"
"Yeah and get laid practically every night and then you dare come and tell me about your latest conquest after crashing in my room after you've had sex!" Sophie snapped back.
"At least they know what they're getting into! You think this guy wants to date you but he'll dump you the minute you have sex or won't put out, which we know isn't very often."
"Jim!" Nick hissed from where he sat watching with Bones.
"So it's a crime now for wanting to wait for the right guy then? Huh? For not wanting meaningless one night stands like you?" Sophie retort, "What are you afraid of? Him taking me from you? Are you jealous? What!?"
"Me? Jealous of him!?" Jim said laughing sarcastically. "Right. Why in the hell would I be jealous of him just because he has you? Think again Soph."
Sophie stood there staring at her best friend, the man she had been in love with since she was 17, like she had been slapped in the face. Facing him she willed the tears in her eyes not to fall as she stood there red in the face from embarrassment and anger as she watched Jim's face remain the same.
"Fuck you James." She hissed out angrily before ripping her necklace off and throwing on the ground in front of him and walking away as the tears started to fall.
The three sat in silence as they watched her walk away. As Jim watched her walk he thought how completely and utterly stupid he was. Yes he was jealous, he was jealous Steve was going to dinner with her, was jealous she never flirt with him like that, was jealous of just making her happy like that. She finally disappeared from sight and Jim tore his eyes away from her to focus on the necklace at his feet. He inhaled sharply when he realized what necklace it was before turn his head away from it.
Bones and Nick both noticed Jim's reaction to the necklace and were now curious as to what it meant. Bones slowly bent down and picked the necklace up to examine it. Holding it in his hands he saw it was a silver necklace with a silver locket that opened up, looking very intrigue. Sighing, Bones stole a glance at Jim and then Nick before carefully opening the locket. Inside he saw a tiny little note where a picture should be placed reading:
I will always be there, no matter what. I love you.
Bones took a long deep breath before passing the locket to Nick who also let out a sigh.
"What's this for Jim?" Bones asked him.
"I gave it to her for her birthday, 4 years ago. She always wore it, never it took it off…until now I guess." Jim replied not looking at either of them.
"You design it?" Nick asked him to which Jim nodded, "It looks expensive."
"It was." Jim responded softly, his voice small. "6 months of paychecks to pay for it."
The two men shared a look again, trying to decide what to do. The three of them sat in silence for a while before Nick asked the question that had been bothering him for months.
"You're in love with her aren't you?"
"Even if I was," Jim started softly turning back to grab the necklace from Nick and standing up, "I just screwed up every chance I ever had with her and destroyed our friendship in the process."
With that last statement Jim pocketed the necklace carefully in his pocket and walked away, hands in his pockets.