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Spock and I still had our fingers touching when I fell asleep. When I woke up, Spock was still lying there, breathing deeply, and evenly. Dr. McCoy was close by, filling out a report. I moved my hand away from Spock's, and sat up.
"Hey, doc." I said. "What's up?"
"Good afternoon, Ivy." Dr. McCoy said, looking up. "Glad to see you awake."
"Can I get up now?" I asked.
"If you feel well enough."
I pulled the blankets back, and got out of bed. I looked at my clothes, which were looking pretty nasty. I walked to the Quartermaster, and asked him to give me something cleaner. He gave me a blue sciences uniform, a dress of course. I thanked him, and changed. When I walked back to the sickbay, Spock was getting up.
"Hello, Spock." I said, cheerfully. "How are you?"
"Just fine." He replied.
"I'm going to see Kayla and Sarah, okay? We need to practice some songs."
"Very well."
I walked to the cabin that Kayla and Sarah were staying in. I opened the door to find them still sleeping. I snuck in quietly, and then turned on the light suddenly.
"Wake up!" I said.
"No, I don't wanna." Kayla whined, still half asleep.
"Kayla, don't make me come over there." I said, trying not to laugh. She still didn't get up, so I jumped on her. Sarah was easy to wake up. She wakes up when you say to. Kayla is sometimes a pain in the butt. After I jumped on her a couple of times, she woke up. Then she hit me with a pillow.
"Yeah, I love you too." I said, now laughing. I took the pillow and hit her with it. Pretty soon, we had a pillow fight going on. Sarah got involved, and let me tell you, it wasn't pretty after that. We all started laughing, and I told them that now that I'm back, we're gonna be playing a lot.
"Great." Kayla said. "You gonna drag out your whip, too?"
"Ha ha." I said, sarcastic. "You're so funny."
"I know." She said.
"Come on, guys." Sarah started. "Let's get this party started."
"I'm with you, Sarah." I said. "Let's get up and get to work."
We walked to the rec room, where we kept all our band stuff, and we started to warm up. Mostly, we just goofed off. After about an hour of acting like idiots, although I wonder if Kayla was acting, Captain Kirk called me up to the bridge, and told me that we were preparing to orbit Vulcan. I got really excited, and went to find Spock.
I saw him walking into his cabin, and I shouted his name.
"Spock!" I hurried toward him.
"Yes, Ivy?" He stopped. "What do you need?"
"Jim said that we're getting ready to orbit Vulcan, so we can beam down soon."
"I see." He turned to enter his cabin.
I followed him in. He seemed distracted.
"Spock, what's the matter?" I asked.
He sat down in a chair, and I moved behind him, placing my hand on his shoulder. He took a deep breath.
"I am puzzled at why I'm not in control of my emotions anymore."
"You're still in control, Spock." I said. "You just display them."
"It is illogical."
"Maybe," I said, putting both my hands on Spock's shoulders. "Maybe, it's not. Did you ever examine the possibility that emotions are meant to be shown?"
Spock didn't answer. I pulled a chair next to his, and extended two fingers. Spock touched them, and looked at our hands touching. He stayed silent.
"Spock," I started. "Sometimes you don't need logic to make the right decision. Sometimes you can react emotionally."
He looked at my dark green eyes, keeping contact with them. I never realized how brown his eyes were before, how focused they were.
"Emotions aren't always bad." I continued. "You can still be in control and display emotions."
"I'm realizing that now." Spock told me.
"Good." I stood, putting my hand down, and offering to help Spock up. "Because there's something I want to tell you."
He took my hand, and got up. "What is it?"
I started to speak, but was interrupted by the Captain over the intercom.
"Spock and Ivy to the transporter room."
"I'll tell you later." I said, still holding his hand. We walked to the transporter room, and there saw the Captain and Scotty. "We can beam down now?"
"Yes." Kirk said.
"Great." I said. "Are you ready Spock?"
"Yes, I am." He replied.
We stepped onto the transporter, along with the Captain and Dr. McCoy. Kayla and Sarah walked in just before we were beamed down, and they wanted to go with us. Spock and I exchanged looks, then I nodded as a sign that they could come. They hurried onto the transporter.
Scotty beamed us down near Spock's home. Amanda was outside, and she was happy to see her son again. She walked over and raised her hand, fingers spread. Spock and I returned the gesture.
"Live long and prosper." Amanda said.
"Peace and long life." Spock replied.
Amanda looked at the rest of us, and I came forward.
"Hi." I said. "I'm Ivy."
"Hello, Ivy." Amanda said. "How are you?"
"I'm fine." I said. I turned to Spock. "Can I talk to your mother privately for a moment?"
"Surely." Spock replied. He led the others away into the garden.
I turned to Amanda. "Do you miss having someone who feels and displays emotion around?"
"Yes, I suppose so." Amanda sighed. "But after a while you get used to it."
"Well, I just wanted to invite you to a concert that my band is having. I also wanted you to know that I love your son."
Amanda looked surprised for a minute. "Aren't you a Vulcan?"
"Yes, but I've spent most of my life on Earth, with Earth people. I haven't had the training most Vulcans have."
"I'm so glad to have someone who understands here." She gave me a hug.
"Spock and I are here for the pon farr."
"The pon farr?" Amanda asked. I think she was getting a little excited.
"Yes. I'm so happy. I think Spock is beginning to understand that emotions aren't a bad thing."
"I'm happy too. Perhaps we can bring out the human in him."
"I hope so."
Amanda and I sat down on a bench just inside the garden, and talked happily like any mother and soon to be daughter would. Sarek came outside, and saw Amanda and I sitting, and talking excitedly. He didn't say anything, but when he approached us, I could tell from his glance that he disapproved of this public display.
"Amanda, Spock wishes to speak with you."
"Of course." Amanda said. "Ivy, I'll be back in a while."
"Okay." I stood as she started to leave.
Sarek asked to speak with me, so I sat back down. He sat down next to me.
"What did you need, Sarek?"
"Spock has spoken with me."
"And?"
"He said he wishes to have the pon farr with you."
"I know." I said. "I was the first one to know."
I saw Spock and Amanda coming toward Sarek and myself, so I stood up and walked toward them. Sarek followed me, and as I came up to Spock, Sarek spoke.
"Hi, Spock, Amanda." I smiled.
Amanda said, "The ceremony is being prepared. It shouldn't be very long."
I will not write the details of the pon farr int his story. It's very sacred to the Vulcans, and we don't like to speak of it often.
In just a matter of a few hours, Spock and I had undergone the pon farr and were now married.
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