September 2255

Jamie

"Alright, everyone. That is it for the first day of the year." Jamie had just wrapped up her last class of the day. Her schedule was simple, Federation History on Monday and Wednesday and Philosophy on Tuesday and Thursday. She was only teaching this semester since she was due in January. Apparently, this was everyone's way of keeping her busy until then. She was still working on the Enterprise but now it was from a distance, she did the brain work while Scotty was doing the legwork. She could admit to herself that it was nice but she wasn't going to tell Chris. Jamie was never one to sit still. She'd been going at full speed her whole life. Her head was enjoying some downtime, even though her body was itching to do something. Making her way though campus, Jamie spotted a familiar face heading in her direction.

"Spock, what are you doing here?" The last she checked, the Yorktown was out in the black.

"I was tasked with reprogramming the Kobayashi Maru examination in an effort to prevent a repeat of your actions in the future. I am also instructing multiple courses." She couldn't help but snicker, because of her they were going to change the test. Spock continued to watch her.

"If you need some help, let me know. I'm starting to get restless," she told him.

"Due to your pregnancy?" he asked.

She answered him with a quick, "Yay, everybody is babying me."

"I would not attempt to 'baby' you. You are fully aware of your limitations and will request assistance if needed. Your help would be… appreciated."

Jamie smiled, "That's why I love you, my logical friend."

Leonard

Because he was a doctor already, they had him working in the emergency room at Starfleet medical. He didn't mind since it meant he wasn't surrounded by idiot kids all day. The bright and sunny attitudes that they all seemed to have was really getting on his nerves, at least here he worked with people who weren't so eager to run into the black. He was almost done with his shift when he heard a familiar voice.

"We meet again," she said. Leonard looked up from the PADD he was reading to find Jamie Kirk leaning on the counter in front of him in her black instructor's uniform. "I tripped and I'm pretty sure my ankle doesn't like me right now. Think you can take a look?" He sat the PADD down, helped her to an exam room and sat her on a bio bed.

"How the hell did you do this, ma'am?" he asked.

She chuckled, "I wasn't paying attention. And you don't have to call me ma'am, Jamie is fine." He nodded as he slid the boot off her foot.

"Anything I need to know about, Jamie?" the doctor asked.

"I have an allergy to Retinax V and I'm twenty-one weeks pregnant," the officer told him. Leonard nodded, that explains the ginger candy. Jocelyn's morning sickness was so bad that she lived off ginger during her first trimester and for part of her second. Before he could ask anything else, Captain Pike entered the room. Jamie rolled her eyes, "I told them not to comm you. I'm fine. I just tripped, happens to the best of us. Bones was about to fix me up." Leonard looked at the two officers as Pike gave her a kiss. Jamie smirked, "We're married, have been for almost five years. No, it's not public knowledge." That explained the familiarity between the two, even when they are being professional, he could tell that they were close.

Leonard did a scan with the tricorder, "OK, it's a medium sprain. Half an hour under the regen and it'll be good as new. Your iron is a little low, I'll give you something for that. Baby is doing just fine."

"See, Chris, no big deal. Me and junior are just fine," she said. "Now go back to whatever it is you were doing."

"Can't blame a man for worrying over his family. You aren't exactly cautious, J," Captain Pike said with a chuckle. To Leonard, it sounded like a conversation that they've had before. Jamie opened her mouth to speak but Leonard spoke up first.

"Not trying to listen to your conversation or anything but she knows what she can and can't do. It's a mom thing. I tried to coddle my ex-wife when she was pregnant and all it did was stress her out." Jamie smiled but he looked at her and continued. "He loves you and worries about both of you. I was terrified the whole time my ex was pregnant. All I wanted to do was wrap her in a bubble and keep everything away. He's coming from a good place. Just something for you both to think about. I'll be back in a little while." Leonard had set her up on the regenerator and left the two officers in the room.

Jamie

"Kevin?" Jamie was shocked to see the little boy she once knew walking into her lecture hall, all grown up, "I talked to you three weeks ago, why didn't you tell me you were joining Starfleet?"

He laughed, "Wanted it to be a surprise." Jamie pulled him into a hug. Ever since Cody had gotten her his contact information, Jamie and Kevin talked to each other a few times a month. She was proud to learn that he had done well in school and was accepted into the academy at 16 years old. Kevin's focus was navigation, but he had an above average knowledge of engineering as well. The conversation carried on as Jamie got her belongings together. "How's mini-you?"

Jamie laughed, "Good. Kid kicks like me." She was a little sad and Kevin must've noticed.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I'm scared that I'm going to do something to mess it all up." Jamie wasn't just scared, she was terrified. Never having her mom around, Jamie was worried that she was going to damage her child's life. She hadn't really talked about it with anybody other than Cody, who kept telling her to talk to Chris, she wasn't sure why she told Kevin. He agreed with Cody

"You should talk to Chris. And if it means anything, I think you'll be a good mom, took care of me and the others just fine, still do." It brought a smile to her face that he thought she could do it. Walking through campus, Kevin spotted two of his friends heading to class; a tall Asian guy and a thin kid with curly hair. He told Jamie –sorry, Lieutenant Kirk- that he would see her later and ran to join his friends.

"They grow up so fast."

October 2255

Cody

"Hey, Jimmy. Who's your friend?" Cody entered his cousin's condo to find her sitting with a guy he didn't recognize.

"Cody this is Leonard, he's a friend, a doctor and a grouch." Jamie laughed as her friend scowled at her, "Bones, my cousin Cody." Cody nodded; he was defiantly a grouch.

"Have you seen the news today?" Cody asked carefully. Jamie shook her head and grabbed a PADD.

"Oh my God! I better comm Chris." She left the room. The headline of the day was about Jamie, 'Jamison Kirk, the Kelvin Baby Expecting.' It wouldn't have been so bad except talk about the baby's father painted Jamie as a whore, naming friends, classmates, fellow crew members and Cody himself –that's just wrong- as the father. They even went as far as to say that she didn't know who it was. Her friend, Leonard, shook his head.

"Her wedding ring is plain as day, all these idiots had to do was ask Starfleet," Leonard groaned. He was right, they wouldn't give up Chris' name but they would confirm that Jamie had been married since before she joined up, hell, she attended the academy as a married woman. Jamie came back into the room with a bottle of whiskey and two glasses.

"Jimmy, you can't…" Cody started. She held up her hand.

"I know I can't drink, but I need one. So, you two are going to have to drink for me," she told the two men. Cody laughed but sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her. Jamie rested her head on his shoulder just as her communicator beeped, Leonard handed it to her. "Kirk," she answered. It was Doctor Phlox and he was not happy, apparently, he wasn't the only one and told her to watch the press conference that was starting in ten minutes.

Admiral Archer is PISSED! If you didn't know the man, you wouldn't notice but Cody knew him well enough to see it. On the screen, Archer began his speech. "I'm going to make this quick. Recently, it was reported that Doctor Jamison Kirk, a Starfleet lieutenant and the daughter of the late Lieutenant Commander George Kirk, is expecting her first child. I am here to confirm that is, in fact, true. I am also here to put to bed the libelous rumors that name multiple men as the child's father and that Lieutenant Kirk doesn't know who he is. That couldn't be further from the truth. The lieutenant has been happily married since before she joined Starfleet, her husband is the father. I ask that you refrain from releasing anymore unconfirmed information. Kirk is an extraordinary officer who is among the best of the fleet. She doesn't deserve the baseless accusations against her character. I would also ask that you allow the couple their privacy."

Before Archer could get away, a reporter yelled the million credit question, "Who's her husband?" Archer took a breath and returned to where he was standing.

"The lieutenant's husband doesn't wish to be publicly identified. Since you upset his pregnant wife, be glad you don't know who he is, because he's not happy." With that, he ended the press conference.

"Man, I 'm glad he's on our side, cuz. That old dude is scary."

December 2255

Chris

"Sir, Jim is in labor." Chris closed the comm with McCoy, got a yeoman to get his class covered and sprinted out of the building. Getting to Starfleet Medical, he was relieved to see his dad there already.

"Hobelia is with her now. So is that doc she likes. McCoy, right?" Charlie asked. Chris nodded. This was a little earlier then they expected, Jamie was at thrity-nine weeks; perfectly safe according to Boyce, Phlox and McCoy. He figured that it would be okay to attend a meeting before starting his leave; their little one apparently disagreed. Chris told his dad to comm Cody and Gary before he made his way to his wife.

"You're doing good, Jamie," he heard his step-mom say.

"Chris," Jamie saw him enter the room. Hobelia got up, kissed them both on the head and made her way out of the room, Chris took the spot she vacated.

"Hey beautiful, you ready?"

She chuckled, "Don't have much choice. It's just like your kid to want out early." Chris laughed until a contraction hit Jamie and she grabbed his hand.

"You in pain?" he asked. She shook her head.

"No, it's just pressure. Bones gave me a hypo... don't worry Phlox said it was safe for the baby. I feel a little spoiled having all these awesome doctors keeping an eye on me." Since the day she'd sprained her ankle, Jamie and McCoy –Jamie is the only one allowed to call him Bones- started a friendship. She forced him to do things, dragged him to lunch or had him over for dinner. She had even had him over for Christmas since he didn't go home. She didn't like the idea of him being alone for the holiday. It made Chris laugh to think that she thought she was going to be a bad mother. She doesn't even realize how many people she takes care of.

She sat him down and told him about her feeling that she's going to fail and how everyone hovering around, telling her what to do only made the feeling worse. She said it felt like being told you aren't good enough to do something but instead of replacing you, you get micromanaged instead. He could understand what she meant, so he promised that he would ease off as long as she kept talking to him. His dad smirked when he told everyone what she said, "I told you to leave her be."

"Alright, Jim. I'm going to need you to push," McCoy said from between Jamie's legs. Chris wasn't going to think about it, he really wasn't. This was a side of the southern doctor Chris had never seen. He wasn't being grouchy or cynical, this was the nice version of himself that Jamie pulled to the surface. It took time but Jamie pushed and pushed. Chris spent the whole time whispering in her ear how great she was doing and how much he loved her. McCoy looked up, "Okay, one really big push, Jim. You got this." One big push and their little one was here.

Nothing in the universe mattered when he saw the little person that was a mix of Jamie and himself. He was sitting behind her on the bed with his arms around her. McCoy smiled as he handed them the baby, "Congrats Jim, Chris."

"Hey, little one," she whispered.

Charlie

The waiting room was full of people. Cody and Zane got there before he had a chance to comm them. Spock, Gary, Scotty and little –not so little anymore- Kevin came in soon after that. Charlie wasn't surprised to see the look on Chris' face when he walked out into the hallway with a little bundle in his arms. it was priceless.

"How's Jamie?" His son didn't look up from his child.

"She's tired but good, the nurses are getting her cleaned up but she figured that you guys were all waiting to meet the baby," Chris answered.

"Does the baby have a name?" his wife asked from next to him. Hobelia was curious, they all were. Chris didn't even pick the name, he promised Jamie that she could. Charlie knew that she found out the gender weeks ago but she kept it and the name under wraps.

Chris chuckled, "Yes, the baby has a name. Everyone meet my son, Charles George Pike."