The Cadet

Secrets

SPOCK POV

There was no controlling the rage that blinded me.

Would I lose my position, my credibility, and my reputation which I have worked so hard to achieve for this girl?

Without a doubt in my mind. Over and over again, I'd give it all up for her.

And right now I was willing to risk prison for her justice.

"Spock! Don't!" Evelyn shouted behind me, chasing after me to the apartment door.

"He's going to pay." I said, nearly ripping the door off its hinges. I stomped past McCoys apartment, thinking for a moment to have him join me, but decided that it was better if only one of us lost our jobs today. "Stay here, Evelyn." I ordered, pinning her where she stood with a look. "I'll be back shortly."

"Spock!"

But I didn't turn, I didn't stay, I didn't even hesitate. I was on a mission, and I was determined to see it through to completion.

BONES POV

I heard Evelyn and Spock talking outside my door, but by the time I had opened it, Evelyn stood alone in the hallway.

"Evelyn. Talk. Now." I said, opening my door and waiting for her to walk in. She looked at me, her eyes wet with tears.

I boiled with rage, knowing that someone out there has hurt her beyond repair and I wasn't there to protect her.

She ducked past me, as if afraid I might swing at her as she crossed the threshold into my apartment.

If things had not gotten so tense so quickly, I might have the right mind to soften my tone and ease up on her a bit. But hospitality has never been my strong suit.

"I need to know what's going on." I said, grabbing a water from my fridge and sitting across from her on the couch. "All of it."

She looked up at me, her usually bright green eyes dulled and moist with tears. That look right there made me want to kill a man.

"I was going to the labs to work off some stress," she began, taking the water off the table and taking tentative sips from it. "but I saw Spock coming down the hallway and I panicked. So I grabbed this guy who I had run into and pulled him into the lab with me. I had hoped that if Spock thought I was in there with someone, he wouldn't follow me in there." She said, her eyes not focusing on anything. "The other cadet, he-"

"You don't need to go on. I can figure out the rest for myself." I said, offering her a blanket. She didn't seem like she was cold, but the comfort of the blanket around her might calm her down a bit. "But I'm still confused as to how Spock fits into any of this."

Her face fell into her hands, a sob escaping her lips.

"It's my fault." She cried, her face hidden from view.

"Evelyn, it's not your fault. This cadet-"

"Not about the cadet, Len. With Spock, everything that's happened has been my fault."she interrupted, looking up at me with doe-like eyes.

"What do you mean?" I said, giving her a confused but stern look. I did not like where this was going.

She didn't say anything, instead, she covered her mouth a little and began to cry again.

"I'm so sorry." She said, her words muffled behind her hands.

"Evelyn.  What is going on between you and Spock?" I said, trying to control my anger.

"Leonard, you have to promise me you won't be upset with him, I-"

"Evelyn Lorraine McLaren you have one minute to tell me what is going on before I go ask Spock myself." I interrupted, giving her a severe glare.

"We've been," she paused and gestured some with her hands to find the right words. "involved, for some months now."

"Involved?"

"Yes."

"What does that mean Evelyn." I said, already knowing the answer this question.

I looked down at the girl who I had considered my sister for the past few years. From day one, I had looked out for her and tried to keep her out of harms way. Hell, I even have been paying her tuition and having the offices make up a scholarship to "give" her. She was my whole world, and I'd sure as hell do anything to keep her safe.

"I'm in love with Spock, and I think he loves me." She said, flinching at the words as if she were afraid they'd hit her for revealing this secret. It's a big no-no in Starfleet to cavort too many ranks down from your position, let alone a relationship between a professor and a student.

I stared at Evelyn in stunned silence, watching her face turn into terror at my next words.

"Are you stupid?"