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The Enterprise was currently docking at Deep Space Two and Doctor Leah McCoy was using the time for some inventory. She wanted to refill the med supplies, but since some nurses weren’t as good as Christine Chapel she had to check if all lists were correct, so she could send the requests to the stations quarter master.
After three hours she was almost done and luckily hadn’t found as many discrepancies as she’d expected. She was now finishing the list in her office when a yeoman from the space station entered Medbay with a large box that looked like it was of alien origin.
He waited until Nurse Christine Chapel came to him.
“Can I help you?”
“I’m looking for Doctor Leah Kirk.”
The nurse was stunned. “Who?”
“Your Chief Medical Officer. Leah Kirk.”
“Uhm… you mean Doctor McCoy”, she corrected him, but was highly amused.
He shifted the box in his arms and showed her the name of the recipient. Doctor Leah Kirk, CMO of the USS Enterprise.
“Uhm, one moment please.” Christine now barely managed to not grin. She had no idea what was going on, but it surely was going to be epic. She went to the doctor’s office and pressed the chime.
“Come in”, Leah’s voice sounded.
The door opened and Christine stepped into the doorframe, keeping the door open. “Doctor McCoy, there is a package for you. Looks like a present. But it’s a little strange…”
“Why? Who sent it?” Leah let the PADD sink she was holding. She got up from her chair.
“I don’t know, but it’s addressed to Doctor Leah Kirk. Mix up or did you fail to mention something?” Christine answered with a wink.
“What?! You’re joking, right?”
Christine shook her head.
Leah stormed out of her office. “Hi there, I’m the CMO. Leah McCoy.”
“Well…” the yeoman started. He was hesitating and glanced at the box. “I guess that should be alright. Although it says here Kirk. You’re married or something?”
“No”, she said in a firm and annoyed voice. “Who sent it?”
“The wife of Prime Minister Scero from Keylar Seven. Maybe she left a card or something inside. So… do you accept it? Or shall I send it back?”
Leah huffed and rolled her eyes. “Where do I have to sign?”
The yeoman shook his head. “No need.” He put the box on the nearest biobed and left.
Leah walked to the bed and stood with crossed arms in front of the box. Christine stepped next to her.
The doctor sighed.
“Keylar Seven”, Christine repeated the package’s origin. “Isn’t that the planet you and the captain got accidentally hitched a few weeks back?”
“Yeah…” Leah grumbled, looking at the words on top of the box: Leah Kirk. She shook her head. “Either this is a misunderstanding or that moron has a lot of explaining to do.”
But the worst part was: Besides being confused and mad right now, she was alo a - not so - tiny bit liking what she read. She startled and scolded herself for even thinking that. It was insane and couldn’t be. Jim was her best friend and sometimes he almost drove her mad. There were no romantic feelings. Full stop. And exclamation mark.
“Wanna open it?” Christine carefully asked.
“Do I have a choice?” Leah snapped back. Then she sighed and gave her an apologizing look. “Sorry, Christine. I just have the feeling that I don’t really want to know what’s going on.” She opened the clips at the box and lifted the lid.
Both women took a look inside.
“Wow…” Christine whispered in awe.
Leah reached inside and took out flat box that was as large as a PADD and looked quite expensive. Leah opened it and an artfully crafted necklace with big blue stones appeared, sparkling in the light.
“Wow…” Christine repeated, lightly running her fingers over unexpected gift.
Leah was at a loss for words. It was really beautiful, but she was confused why the wife of a stellar consortium’s leader should send her something like this.
“Look, there’s more”, Christine pulled her out of her thoughts. The nurse reached inside and produced at matching gown in dark blue from the box. “There are also shoes”, the nurse whispered excitedly. Carefully she laid the gown over the biobed and reached inside the box again. But she didn’t take the shoes out. She grabbed a note that was also on the bottom. A little envelope with the name Leah Kirk written on it. “I guess here’s the answer to the riddle.” She handed it to Leah.
Leah put the necklace on the biobed, took the envelope and opened it. There was a simple card inside. She read it. “Son of a bitch! I don’t believe this.”
“What is it? Something bad?”
“You could say that”, Leah huffed and mumbled some more curses.
“May I?”
The doctor allowed Christine to take the paper. She read it out loud: “Dearest Doctor Kirk, I finally found something that is a fitting wedding gift for you. We enjoyed the visit of the Enterprise very much and requested your vessel to be the one bringing us the delegation for the further trade negotiations. We are pleased having heard you are leading a successful marriage with Captain Kirk. May you always be happy and soon be blessed with children. Sincerely, Elea Scero.”
Leah went to the next screen with main computer access. “Computer, show me my personnel file. Leah McCoy.”
The screen changed and…
“Unbelievable!” she yelled.
Christine also took a look at the file and instantly saw what the doctor was referring to. “Married.” And the startdate was the day it had happened.
Leah sharply exhaled. “Computer, details on relationship status. When was the marriage added?”
The computer displayed the requested information and Leah’s mood dropped even further.
“That’s a few days after we were there…” Christine said, even though it wasn’t necessary.
“Computer, is there a record of requesting or filing an annulment?”
“Negative”, the computer voice answered.
“I’ll kill him…” Leah muttered, grabbed the necklace and stormed out.
Christine watched her go and knew exactly where she was going. She pondered for a moment if she should warn the captain. But she just shrugged to herself and decided to find a hanger for the gorgeous floor length gown instead.