Chapter 2

Chapter Two

Jim had just finished up the email he was going to be sending out to the crew explaining everything that had happened and how he and Spock were now bonded. He sent it over to Spock to double check to make sure that he missed nothing. ‘Don’t forget sweetheart, it still has to sound like me.’ He smirked mentally at the feel of Spock’s brow lifting. Fifteen minutes later, he received a return email and the okay to send it out. He made the necessary adjustments to do so and out it went. He could hear the pings on the PADDs of his bridge crew as they received the message. He could feel their eyes on him as they read the notice and feel the various emotions bouncing off his crew. He tightened his shields to block as much of it as possible so he was not overwhelmed by them.

“Keptin?” Chekov said as he looked at Jim. His puppy dog eyes sad. “You are okay now?”

“Yes, Chekov. I am okay and yes, before anyone asks, I am pregnant with twins due in a few months.”

Chekov nodded and returned to his duties. His PADD dinged as a message came into it.

“As one of your friends, why am I just finding out now?”

Jim winced as he could feel the annoyance and hurt coming from Uhura. “I was not sure how to tell anyone and I felt guilty about me now being with Spock as before this happened you had only been broken up two days.”

“I don’t care. I expect to be Godmother. We are friends or I thought we were. This was not how I wanted to find out you two are together and having a family. You better tell me first next time or else.”

“You do realize this counts as threatening your superior officer, right?”

“You won’t complain because then you won’t have anyone to club with on shore leave.”

“Pretty sure that Spock might put an end to those once the kits are born. And Spock said yes to being Godmother.”

“You can also bring me along on the planet since I can assist with negotiations as I can speak the language.”

“Good, we can bring you to the debriefing before we beam down. You have all the necessary paperwork ready to send out now?”

“Yes, it will be in your PADD later.”

“Thanks.”

“Yeah, yeah. I’m going back to work.”

Jim snickered at the message that popped up from Bones. Apparently he was treating multiple crewmembers for shock from the notice he sent out. Two going so far as to faint when he confirmed that yes the Captain was pregnant and yes the Captain and First Officer were now married. He sent that on to Spock and Uhura so they could be amused along with him. He heard the snort of laughter she tried to cut off once she read the email. Spock just sent a wave of affection and amusement through their bond. He set his PADD down, today was a good day.

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Spock could feel the amusement  and guilt from his mate as he was reading something on his PADD. He used his code and was able to log onto Jim’s PADD to see what was amusing him. He was talking to Uhura. He felt a twinge of guilt at what happened even though logically he knew that there was no one at fault. He could feel her hurt that they did not tell her and left her out of everything. He saw her demand to be godmother and felt that she would do well at it. Since there was no mother for the children as Jim was male, a female influence other than his ko’mekh would be good for the kits. He logged out of his mates PADD and let him finish his conversation with Lieutenant Uhura without him eavesdropping. He turned back to his station and continued working. He felt another surge of amusement from his mate and figured it was something the Lieutenant had written, then his PADD chimed and he looked. It was a message from his mate, he read through it and felt amusement at the reactions his mates email had garnered. Humans were very strange beings. He sent a wave of amusement and affection to his mate through the bond and felt from him contentment. He nodded to himself and resumed work.