So, Bones didn't kill them, but he thought about it. Luna laid in the hospital chair, Jim on her right and Bones pacing around. It was starting to annoy Luna. All of it. "Can you calm down?"

"I don't know why you didn't just let me do it?" Bones asked, annoyed with her question as he turned around to look at her. "I've been your doctor your whole life."

"Because that would be awkward!" She spoke obviously. "I don't want you," she crossed her legs before finishing her sentence, "down there."

Bones opened his mouth to say something when their doctor walked in. He was a man and very handsome. Jim straightened up a little bit when he walked in because Luna gave him a flirty smile. "Hello, Mrs. McCoy, I'm Doctor Cain. I'm going to be your doctor through the pregnancy and birth."

"It's just Ms." Luna told him while shaking his hand.

"But I'm her boyfriend." Jim clarified before leaning forward to shake his hand. "And my baby is in there."

Luna gave him a confused glance at how rude and stupid he was being as the doctor shook his hand. "Nice to meet you too." His gaze then went over to Bones. "And you are…?"

"Her father." Bones spoke while moving to shake his hand. "Doctor Leonard McCoy."

"Oh god." Luna rolled her eyes at the company she brought. She didn't realize they were going to be so embarrassing.

"All right," the doctor spoke, wanting to get out of this awkwardness as fast as possible. "Let's see what we're working with. Ms. McCoy, if you could just pull your shirt up."

"Why?" Jim asked immediately.

"For the ultrasound, Jim!" Luna yelled at him as she did what the doctor said. "I'm sorry," she spoke to him. "My boyfriend is a Neanderthal." She gave Jim a nasty look which he just rolled his eyes to.

"It's quite all right." The doctor laughed off. Jim just continued to glare at him. "I've had experience with jealous husbands and boyfriends."

Jim gave him a fake smile with a hearty laugh, but the second he turned away to put the gel on Luna's stomach, Jim brought the glare back. Luna looked at him, hitting his arm and lipping: stop it.

"Okay, Ms. McCoy, if you could look to the screen, we'll get a picture of your baby."

He gave Luna a smile that Jim didn't really appreciate, but she knew that man. She turned to him before he could even say anything before pointing to the screen. "For once in your life, Jim, shut up, and let this happen."

Jim opened his mouth, about to argue with her until he caught sight of the screen behind Luna's head. His mouth dropped, amazement across his face. "Is that our baby?"

Luna snapped her head to the screen, letting out a little gasp. It was developing a body and it was starting to look like an actual baby. "Oh my god." Luna whispered.

"Luna," Bones spoke as he moved in from behind Jim. He was just as taken aback by his grandchild as Jim and Luna were. "You did a good job there."

Luna fought hard not to cry as she reached out for Jim's hand, him taking it without taking his eyes off of their baby. "This is an arm." The doctor began to narrate while pointing at the screen. Jim let out a little laugh while rubbing his face with his free hand. After everything, the morning sickness, the meeting of the doctor, the mood swings where he thought she was going to kill him, it was all worth it to see their baby safe and sound in Luna's body.

Luna was suddenly so happy to see it. To see where it liked to hang out, how it sat, the little movements it did inside of her. She was already trying to find their features in it. "Do we know the gender yet?" Jim asked, tearing his eyes away from the screen for the first time.

"I'm sorry, but no, a little longer." They both nodded before looking back to the baby. "After the holidays, we'll get you back in for another ultrasound where we'll find out the gender." He looked back and forth at the three, seeing how happy they all looked. "Would you like to hear the heartbeat?"

"Yes." They all spoke as one as they moved their heads to look at the doctor.

He gave them all a little smile before switching on a button. The pounding of the heart filled the room and everyone was quiet. It took Luna's breath away. If she wasn't already attached to the thing before, she was insanely attached to it now. She wanted to hold their baby in her arms that very moment.

Jim sat there with a little smile on his face as the beats continued. That was his baby, and it's little heart was beating so strong. He couldn't hold it in any longer. Tears began to flow down his face, and he didn't care if anyone saw it. That was his baby, and he was so proud of it and Luna.

Bones looked at the two, remembering what it was like when he heard Luna's heartbeat almost twenty-five years ago. He thought about the moment when it all sunk in. That was the same moment they were having right in front of his eyes. His baby was having a baby, and that almost drove him to tears as well.

Dr. Cain switched off the sound, but they all felt like they could listen to it all day. "Alright, Luna, I'm gonna get your stomach cleaned up, get you pictures and then we'll set up another appointment for after the holidays."

As the doctor began to clean her up, Jim kept looking down at her stomach. His baby was in there. His little future captain.


They all sat around Sulu and Ben's house, Sulu, Ben and Jim all drinking wine and Luna, water. They had just put their daughter to bed, leaving just the adults to talk. Luna and Jim played with her all day and took care of her as a kind of test run. Sulu and Ben were thankful for the day to themselves, but at the end of the day, they missed their little girl. "You two are going to love being parents." Sulu spoke while smiling at the two.

"Jim's gonna love it." Ben corrected. "Luna will be cleaning up after them both." Ben then turned his head to Sulu. "I know from experience."

Luna turned to look at Jim, her eyes slightly wide. "Is it too late to change our mind on this?"

Jim gave her a disapproving smirk in which Luna just smiled to him before he kissed the top of her head. "Do you guys have pictures from the ultrasound?"

"Oh, yeah." Luna spoke in memory before rummaging through her purse.

Jim looked to the two as she continued to look for the pictures. "She's been having memory issues lately."

She picked her head up from her purse, offended by what he just said. "I have not."

"Honey," Jim tried. "You got out of the shower and forgot to turn the water off this morning."

Luna rolled her eyes before looking to the other two. "In my defense, it was early in the morning and I hadn't had my coffee yet." Jim rolled his eyes while looking back to the two and lipping: pregnancy brain.

"It happens." Sulu spoke with a laugh.

Luna pulled the pictures out, handing them to the two. They began to "aw" while looking through the pictures, Jim having the largest smile of pride as Luna smiled because of it. Two months ago, she was fretting this. She thought they would never get to this spot where they were beyond excited about their baby, but now it became their whole life. They were already starting to clear the guest room out for the baby's nursery, and Luna was hoping on being able to buy blue paint for a boy.

"Have you been having any cravings yet, Luna?" Sulu asked while handing the pictures back to her.

"No." She answered as Jim answered, "Yes!"

"I have not!" Luna argued while turning to him. Sulu and Ben just turned to look at each other with soft giggles.

"It's common." Ben spoke while waving his hand at her. "Our surrogate was craving pizza and beef constantly."

"Yeah," Jim scoffed. "That would be easy. This one has been craving wine."

Luna scoffed before her eyes drifted to his glass. "Is that Merlot?"

"It might be." Jim challenged.

Luna kept looking at his glass, her mouth beginning to water at the thought of it. It had felt like ages since she had a glass. "What harm can one little sip do?"

"Lots," Jim spoke as he leaned away while she leaned forward. "Stick to your water, wino."

Luna rolled her eyes while looking back to the two men who were giggling. "He reads one book in his life and it has to be on what I can and can't have."

"So what are you two doing for Thanksgiving?" Ben asked through a laugh. He didn't expect to like all these Starfleet cadets, but they were becoming his friends as much as they were his husband's.

"We're headed to my mom's." Jim spoke, another proud smile on his face.

"I bet she's excited." Sulu spoke with a big smile. Jim and Luna both turned their heads at that. "For the baby."

That's when Jim and Luna shared a worried glance. "Don't tell me you two haven't told her about the baby yet." Ben spoke while shaking his head.

"I would rather tell her in person." Jim defended. "I mean, she hasn't even met Luna yet. What if she doesn't like her?"

"Hey!" Luna yelled while smacking Jim on the arm.

"Not that she's not going to love her." Jim spoke, figuring out where he went wrong. "I just feel like that news is better said in person." He spoke while looking back to the men. "It's not every day your only child is having an unexpected child out of wedlock."

"Well, when you put it like that." Luna whispered while pulling her shirt down. She knew she wasn't showing yet, but now she was self-conscious.

Jim turned to her, taking her hands with a big smile on his face. "Hey, I love you; so, she's going to love you. And she's going to love our baby."

Luna offered him a weak smile. Even if she believed Jim, she was still terrified, but she wasn't going to let him know. "Okay."


The three were bundled up as they walked through the snow to get to Jim's mother's house. Jim was holding Luna's hand as they walked through ice, Jim scared of Luna falling if they weren't too careful. Bones was trailing behind the two, his arms crossed, really starting to miss the Georgia winters. They were barely cold. Luna didn't even notice the cold, honestly. Her stomach was doing loops as she thought about what would happen in that house. It could all fall apart, or it could go smoothly, but there was no predicting it. Jim, he was smiling because he was happy to be home.

When he got to the door, he knocked, but he wanted to just barge in. Winona opened up the door with a huge smile on her face. Luna immediately knew where Jim got his sandy hair from. "Jim!" She yelled while wrapping him in a huge hug.

"Hi, mom." He laughed out while her grip tightened on his neck.

When she pulled away, she looked to Luna with a huge smile. "You must be Luna."

"Yes, ma'am." Luna told her with a smile.

"Oh, don't call me ma'am." She spoke while pulling her in for a big hug.

"Oh." Luna honestly wasn't expecting this. She was so genuinely nice. It was so unlike her family. When Winona pulled out of the hug, Luna offered her the flowers in her hand. "I brought these for the table."

"Aw," she spoke as she took them from her. "You're so sweet, Luna." She then looked behind them to see Bones standing there, shivering. "And you're Bones?"

"Yes ma'am." She raised her eyebrow at him as if to warn him about what she had just told Luna. "Sorry, we're from the south." Bones spoke with a shrug to defend them.

"It's all right." She spoke as she leaned forward to shake his hand. "I'm Winona. You're also Luna's father, right?"

"Yes, ma – " Bones had to stop himself before he got scolded. "Winona."

"Oh," she spoke through a laugh while looking to her son and his girlfriend. "I can't for you to tell me all the stories about these two." She looked around outside, noticing the snow still coming down. "Come on in, it's freezing."

"Jim," Bones spoke as he walked into the house. "Your mother is one hell of a woman."

Jim looked to his friend with a wild look in his eyes. Was he just hitting on his mother? "Bones," Winona spoke as Luna shut the door behind her. "Do you want to help me in the kitchen?"

"Yes, ma'am." He spoke under his breath before hurrying after her.

"Bones!" Jim yelled in a warning tone, but they were both already gone.

Luna wrapped her arms around Jim's waist to try to calm him down, but he was still standing at alert, wanting to follow the two into the kitchen. "They'll be fine."

"I'm gonna kill him." Jim spoke under his breath.

"You're not." Luna spoke while laughing into his back.

Jim was still looking off into the kitchen, wondering about what kind of pickup lines he was using on his mother. "No, but I can think about it."


The four sat around the dinner table, Bones and Winona on one side of the table, and Jim and Luna on the other. Luna was finding herself starving by the time dinner happened, and she was digging in. She hadn't had a meal this good in a long, long time, and she was enjoying every minute of it. In her defense, she was eating for two, but Winona didn't know that.

Conversation went on, but Jim and Luna were bouncing. They were engaging in normal conversation, but their news was almost spilling out of them. When there was a lull in the dinner, Jim grabbed Luna's hand, squeezing it tight, knowing now was as good of a time as any.

"Mom," Jim started. Winona, looked across the table at him with a big smile. It made Luna smile, maybe this wouldn't be a bad thing to her, maybe she would love it. Jim turned to Luna, giving her a tiny smile. "Luna and I actually have something to tell you."

Winona looked back and forth at the two, becoming giddy. "Are you two getting married?"

"No." Luna laughed out a little. They talked about it, and Luna most definitely didn't want the two to get married because of their pregnancy, Jim on the other hand, couldn't wait to marry her. Maybe she would change her mind whenever the baby came along.

"We're actually," Jim gave Luna one last smile before looking back to his mother. "Having a baby."

Winona put a hand over her mouth, but her wide smile couldn't be hidden. "Are you serious?!" She asked excitedly. Luna gave her a big smile while nodding. "Oh my goodness!"

She got up to go hug them, Jim opening up his arms, but she went right past him and attacked Luna in a hug. Jim looked a little offended by it, but he was going to let the two be excited. He looked over at Bones who was smiling so proudly, Jim couldn't help his proud smile either. His mother and Luna were everything to him.


Since Thanksgiving was such a success, Jim expected Christmas with Luna's family to go the same way. Luna, on the other hand was dreading it. Jim was raised by such a wonderful mother, he had the privilege of an amazing, loving family. Luna and Bones didn't really have that privilege. Sure, the two of them together loved each other and Luna was raised in a healthy household for the most part, but her aunt was a different story.

"How bad could she really be?" Jim asked as the three of them sat in the back of the taxi.

"My sister is awful." Bones finally spoke while shaking his head.

"And we're also southern." Luna spoke obviously. "Southerners created the backhanded compliment."

Jim looked back and forth at the two, sitting in the middle while shaking his head. "McCoy's are not very positive people, are they?" Luna and Bones rolled their eyes the exact same way, making Jim shake his head at the two. "See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. You two are all depressed and angry, you don't see the good in people."

"Every think we're depressed and angry because of our family?" Bones asked under his breath.

"Alright, Jim," Luna spoke, turning her whole body to look at him before he could say anything about what Bones said. "Care to make a little wager?"

"You're on, baby mama." Jim spoke, turning to look at her as well.

Luna crossed her arms with a tight smile on her face. "If you can find one redeemable quality in my aunt, I will do all of your homework for the rest of the year."

Jim looked up in thought, it would be nice. "What do you get?"

Luna looked up in thought. "Well, there's no way I'm letting you touch my homework." Jim gave her a dry laugh, but that's when it clicked to Luna. She moved into his ear, not wanting Bones to hear what she was going to say.

Jim's eyes went wide in fear at what she was suggesting. Sure, he loved to get wild in the bedroom every now and then, but this? Was he really that confident? He turned to look at her, gulping down his fear before giving her his hand in a shake. "You're on, McCoy."

"I don't want to know what the hell she's gonna get when she wins." Bones spoke before looking away from the two just before the car stopped.

Bones paid the cab driver and then they all got their luggage out of the cab. Once it drove off, Jim got a full look of the house. It was practically a mansion. "What the hell?" Jim whispered under his breath.

"Yeah," Luna spoke with a bit of a smile. "Not only are the McCoy's negative, we're also rich."

Jim looking back and forth at the two smiling McCoy's. "But you had a farm."

"Yeah," Bones scoffed. "To get Luna away from my psycho sister."

The two turned around to go to the front door, Jim gulping in nervousness. His likelihood of winning was slowly going down the drain, but he was going to remain positive. That's one reason why Luna loved him.

When they knocked on the door, it was almost immediately answered by her aunt, almost like she was waiting for them. Lane McCoy was the epitome of southern royalty. She had huge, curly blonde hair, and her dress was steam cleaned to perfection. Jim hadn't spent too much time in the south, so he didn't know it, but she had the nose. The nose was used to tell apart a spoiled, rich, uptight, judgmental person. It was a nose that was high up in the air like they were too good for the air. It's a hard thing to describe. You know it when you see it, and Lane McCoy had it.

"Oh!" She spoke in a fake surprise. "Luna!" She wrapped her arms around her niece before pulling away to get a good look at her. "Aw that dress…" She trailed off to think what to say about it. "You should definitely put a belt on it so you don't look so…full."

Luna had to gulp down her anger from her "compliment" as she moved to go hug her brother. Luna moved to her boyfriend, placing her arm around his waist as he did the same. Once she was done talking to her brother, she moved to Luna, noticing the boy she was draped on. "Auntie Lane, this is my boyfriend, Jim Kirk."

"It's so nice to meet you, Ms. McCoy." Jim spoke while leaning forward to shake her hand.

She studied him for a moment, taking in how handsome he was before giving him her hand. "Please, call me Lane."

Luna gulped, already being able to predict everything that would happen in the next hour. "You all come in and we'll get dinner started."

Once dinner did start, it was mostly small talk, but Luna had a feeling it wouldn't be this civil for a while. Especially when she had to tell her the news. "So, Jim, Luna," Luna looked up from the mashed potatoes she was playing with to look at her aunt. "How did you two meet?"

"It's actually a funny story." Jim began while turning to look at Luna.

"School." Luna immediately spoke, cutting off Jim before he could even begin speaking. Her aunt wouldn't find it as funny as Jim's mother did.

"Well," Lane spoke as she looked over at Jim as he simply studied Luna. He didn't know why she was acting the way she was. "Luna, you never mentioned how handsome he was." Jim gave her a shy laugh which Luna rolled her eyes to. Oh, if only he knew how much of an insult this was going to turn into. "I was so worried about Luna when she was a little girl, she was such a tomboy, I thought she would never find a man."

Luna took a deep breath while leaning forward to take a drink of her water. Jim looked over at her, becoming worried about what she said earlier. Maybe this was going to be a miserable dinner for her and Jim didn't even think about how she was feeling. "And then her and her father moved away to that farm. God only knows what kind of life she had there."

That time, it was Bones' turn to clench his jaw while reaching for his water. "Well, I turned out fine." Luna almost spat out.

"Oh, of course you did, dear." Lane spoke while moving her hand to place on top of Luna's. "It was just hard to see who you were going to turn out to be more like." Luna stopped mid bite before putting her fork down, suddenly losing her appetite. "Luckily, you're more of a McCoy."

Jim looked to Luna, noticing how rigid she got. "What do you mean, Ms. McCoy?" Jim asked as he looked back to her.

"Can we not talk about this?" Luna asked through an uncomfortable laugh.

"No," Jim spoke, getting just as angry as Luna was getting. "I want to know what she means."

"Jim," Bones warned.

"Well," Lane began. "Her mother wasn't the best example for her considering how Luna came about."

"Lane," Bones spoke in a warning tone. "Stop talking."

"I hate to speak ill of the dead," she continued talking, but Luna just kept looking at her lap. "But sometimes, I think what happened…worked out for the best."

There was quiet, Bones biting his tongue, Luna fighting this unbelievable urge to cry, but Jim was sitting in anger, almost at the point of shaking. "How dare you?" His voice was vicious, it brought Luna right out of her stare into nothing.

"Jim," Luna tried. "It's okay. I'm used to it."

"Yeah, well I'm not." He snapped while turning to look back to her aunt. "You know, I came in here thinking you couldn't be as bad as they were saying you were, but now I realize they were being nice because you are an insatiable bitch."

"Jim, please." Luna spoke while grabbing his hand.

"Do I need to remind you that you are in my house?" Lane threatened.

"Yeah, well, I can think of better places to have Christmas dinner." Jim spoke while standing up. "A place that isn't filled with egotistical judgement." He turned to look at Luna and Bones. "I'm sorry I made you two come here."

Luna and Bones both stood up to head for the door, but Lane decided to speak again. "Turns out you did get your mother's side."

Luna wanted to keep going, get out of that poisonous house, but that stopped Bones, making him turn on his heels. "What the hell gives you the right?!"

"Dad, please," Luna spoke while hurrying after him, placing her hands on his shoulders. "She's not worth it."

"I'll have you know, Luna would be far well off if she ended up just like her mother." Bones turned to look at Luna, offering her a small smile. "I think she already has."

Luna gave him a small smile before looking back to her aunt. She was tired of rolling over and playing dead with her. It was about damn time Luna stood up for herself, and more importantly, her mother. She had Jim and her father to thank for finally giving her that courage. "Oh, and by the way, Auntie Lane, I'm pregnant with Jim's baby." She moved to put her arm around Jim's shoulders, causing her to get on her tippy toes to do so. "And we're not getting married. So, I guess I am just like my mother, but at least she had love. Unlike you, you single, old hag."

Both Bones and Jim let out chuckles as they hurried to the door while Lane sat there at the table, her jaw almost dropped to the floor. Luna then moved to the vase by the doorway, picking it up and throwing it to the ground. "I've always hated that vase, and I've always wanted to do that!" She screamed as the three ran out the door and hailed a cab as fast as they could before being followed.


So, the rest of Christmas was being spent in Iowa. Winona didn't mind. She loved having this group over. They all sat on one couch, huddled under one blanket, watching Christmas movies. Jim and Luna were in the middle, Bones on Luna's side and Winona on Jim's.

Winona's head rested on Jim's shoulder while his right arm was around Luna's shoulders. Luna was holding her father's hand as she leaned into Jim, Bones practically gripping her hand for dear life. All of this just reminded him about how fast his little girl was growing up.

The best part about this was that there was no drama. For the first time in a long time, Bones and Luna weren't at Lane's house for Christmas. Sure, Christmas was known as a time to be with family, but as they sat there, they knew that Lane wasn't really their family. Not with the way she treated them.

Luna looked over at Jim, giving him a big smile. She would forever be in debt to him for giving her the first drama free Christmas she ever had. Jim turned over to look at her, just now noticing she was staring. That's when he leaned forward to give her a little kiss. Winona looked over at the two, smiling. She was in debt to Luna for making her son as happy as she had ever seen him. When Bones looked over at the two, he smiled. Luna really did look like her mother, and for that, he was so pleased. And Jim brought out the brightness in her. He could never thank him enough for that.

When they pulled away from each other, Luna looked over at Winona. "There's still some peanut butter balls left."

"Oh, yes, please." Luna spoke before standing up and following Winona into the kitchen.

Both of the men laughed as they looked at the two in the kitchen, smiling and eagerly talking. Jim looked over at Bones, giving him a little smile. "Thank you, I guess."

"For what?" Bones asked.

"For raising such an amazing girl."

Bones looked back to Luna, that famous half grin coming to his face at the look of her. "Yeah, well, that's my pleasure."

Jim looked back to the two, an even bigger smile coming to his face at the two laughing. The fact that they were getting along so well made him so happy; and soon, there would be a baby. If he was lucky, it would be all Luna, an exact copy. That was all he wanted.

He wanted his three girls laughing and talking over Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner with Bones trying to loudly talk over them with a drink in his hand. He wanted to be carving the turkey with his little girl by his side, holding onto him. He wanted Luna to look up at him and smile that smile she used when she was overcome by her own feelings. He wanted his little girl to sit in her mother's lap as Luna and Jim both took turns feeding her and eating themselves. That's how he wanted the holidays to go for as long as they all lived. And looking at the slight bump on Luna's stomach gave him the hope of being able to have that.

ImsebastianstanButter: I'm sorry I gave you all the feels! (but at the same time I'm not)

rebootfan: Haha I'm glad you die of laughter! And yes, Luna will be able to go into space, but it's after having the baby that she's worried about. She wants to raise the baby herself instead of the baby having a nanny or going to a family member when they're in space. Jim is going to mention this in the next chapter too, so you're actually a step ahead of me!

I hope you all like this chapter! And shout out for ImsebastianstanButter and rebootfan! I can always count on you guys for reviews and it makes me so happy to see y'all's names! (again, I'm sorry, I'm so southern) I hope you all enjoyed and remember to review!