"Glad one of us is having fun, darlin'," Len grumbled over the comm. They were only eleven days into the tour, so far the Sawyer scanned a nebula and they just arrived at the planet Tzenketh to assist the Tzentethi with a planetary anomaly that they couldn't figure out.

"Thought you'd like being on a medical ship, I mean it's a big hospital."

She could hear him roll his eyes, "Exactly. I love my work but not that much. Uhura and Kelso hate it as much as I do." Jamie chuckled, having communication and navigation officers was vital on every ship, she could understand their feelings. So far, the Sawyer hasn't done anything but research, she thought it was cool but she wasn't exactly a normal tactical officer.

"Well, there's only one doctor and one nurse on this ship," she told him. The Hope was big but there were less than 100 crew members because the space was for patients and medical research, the Sawyer didn't have the luxury.

"That's just great, you'll get yourself killed faster." She smiled, he really wasn't happy.

"Hey, Bones?"

"Yea," he said after taking a breath.

"I love you."

There was a momentary pause, "I love you too, darlin'. I gotta go, I have a shift. Stay outta trouble."

She smiled, "Always do." He cut the communication from his end. Jamie had a few hours before she needed to report to the bridge, she decided to bother Glorak.

"You got it, laddie. We'll make a fine officer of you, yet," a guy in a red shirt told her friend. Jamie looked at Glorak and chuckled, he wasn't happy, not that he's ever happy. "Are you here to watch or are you gonna help, lass?" Jamie looked at the officer talking to her friend; he was now facing her.

"I have some time before my shift, sir, I can help." He nodded and gave her a task.

She made it to the bridge with five minutes to spare. When she got there, she was informed that she was going on the away mission; Cassidy did say they'd all have to step up. The anomaly was in one of Tzenteth's massive oceans. Jamie didn't mind going on the mission, walking around in the skintight, gold wetsuit was interesting though. Braxim even took a holo

"I'm sending that to McCoy," he told her. She rolled her eyes but didn't argue, Braxim was taking holos of most stuff.

Jamie was sure that this was the most uneventful mission that anyone had ever gone on. The issue was coming from an underwater cave; the team dove down and found that the anomaly was actually a primitive life-form living in the caves. She had no clue how nobody ever noticed the cute animals but she wasn't going to say that. After getting back to the ship and taking a shower, Jamie went back to engineering. She spent all her free time down there for the rest of the training cruise; Lieutenant Scott was just her type of crazy. The engineer was about to be promoted to Lieutenant Commander and was weighing his options on orders, he about fell in love when she told him about her work on the Enterprise.

"That ship is one well endowed lady. I'd like to get my hands on her ample nacelles, if you'd pardon the engineering parlance," he said to her. She laughed and told him to go for it, relaying the information about Ramsey fucking the whole thing up and was being demoted. Spock was good but he was also busy, even by Vulcan standards.

"I can drop your name by Pike, he's got a list of potential project managers, but he'll look at your record, if he hasn't already." Pike was looking at the best engineers in the fleet, Spock couldn't keep running back and forth between Riverside and San Francisco, there weren't enough hours in the day for all the things he had under his belt. She sent a message to Pike a few days before they got back to earth to let him know about Scott, "He's on my list. I haven't gotten that far down yet, but I'll look," he told her.

"Welcome back, everyone," Jamie looked at Pike, she had no idea why he was here, but it was good to see him. The Sawyer was the second ship back, the Hope and Hawking would both be in later that day. After Pike told her to stop by his office the next day and said hi to the captain of the Sawyer before he went looking for Scotty. Jamie smiled when she saw the look on her new friend's face.

"Kirk!" the Scot called. She jumped at the sound of his voice.

"You got it?"

He nodded at her, "Yea, lass. What did you do?"

She shrugged and shook her head, "Nothing that I know of." Other than telling Pike to have a look, she didn't do anything.

"Drinks are on me, tomorrow night, I'll send you the location. Pike says you got a boyfriend, bring him and the other cadets working on the ship," she wanted to argue with him but he insisted.

After a stop at the market, Jamie went home, the apartment seemed empty without Bones in it. She dropped her bag by the door, put the food away and walked into their bedroom. Jamie took a quick shower, pulled Bones' old Ole Miss t-shirt on and went to bed.

"Jim," Bones whispered in her ear, "wake up, darlin'." She slowly opened her eyes find the moon glowing in the sky; it was dark outside and Bones hadn't turned on the lights.

"Hey. When did you get back?"

He chuckled, "Hey, yourself. About an hour ago." He gave her a quick kiss; Jamie noticed that he was still in uniform.

"Why are you still wearing this, Bones?" she opened the jacket and slid it off his shoulders.

"Wanted to kiss my girl first, missed you. Since you're undressing me, I think I made the right choice." Jamie had pulled the undershirt over his head and moved to unfasten his pants. He kicked them off along with his boxers and shoes, "I got your holos." Braxim wasn't kidding, he took a bunch of holos during the tour and sent Bones all the ones he had with her in them. "I don't know if I like you running around in that damn wetsuit." He hovered over her, his hands caressing her legs.

"You're just mad that you missed it."

He smirked, "That too." He kissed her neck and nipped her ear. "I think this shirt looks a lot better on you then it does on me, darlin'." She chuckled as he pulled it over her head and didn't even flinch at the fact that she wasn't wearing anything under it. "Why am I not surprised?"

"I didn't see the point. You rip 'em when you can't get 'em off fast enough," she said as she leaned in to kiss him.

He broke the kiss too soon for her liking. "I replace 'em, though." Before she could say anything, his mouth closed over her nipple.

"Oh God."

He chuckled against her skin, "Givin' me a new nickname, darlin'?" She didn't answer him and he didn't say anything else as he went back to what he was doing. He switched to the other side.

"Bones." He didn't stop, he looked up and her eyes locked with his. Everything in her brain disappeared at the look he sent her way. "Bones." He smirked and moved to kiss her collarbone and her neck before he kissed her lips. Jamie's breath caught in her throat when he slid into her hard and fast.

"Oh God," she heard him mumble.

"Guess it's my new nickname, too." Bones moved slowly, and because her nerves were standing on end, she could feel everything. "Len," his eyes found hers in the dark, she could read the love all over his face and she lost herself in the feel of him. He tangled one hand in her hair and gripped her hip with the other as he moved faster, pushing her closer and closer to the edge. Jamie kissed any part of him that could reach before she kissed his lips. She knew that she wasn't gonna last much longer, he knew it too. He kissed her neck and moved faster, his control was slipping, "Len." She felt like someone lit a fire along her skin, it didn't take long for him to send her over the edge, he was right behind her. Bones moved so that he wasn't on top of her and pulled Jamie into his arms.

"Hi," he whispered.

She chuckled, "Hi. So, ya missed me, huh?"

He chuckled against her neck, "Yep."

Jamie smiled, "Missed you too."