Beyond the Stars, Beyond the Moon

Part 17: Finally

Warning: SLIGHTLY graphic content.....but it's really not much at all guys. Cmon...

Pov Cassie:

I see him walk up to me from the corner of my eye and I turn to greet him. "So...? How did it go?" He says with his hands behind his back.

I sigh and shake my head. Where do I even start? "Well...Jim, my brother, and Admiral Yelton cut it short, but they had about all the information I could give at the moment...they had a new lead I guess you could say. It's just making me question everything now."

He nods in understanding but he clearly doesn't; but he's hesitant to ask so I decide to tell him later. I don't want to keep him in the dark. Right now I just want to go lay down. "I want to go back to the hotel room now..." I start.

He nods then pauses "Oh! I almost forgot! I got you somezing!" He takes his hands out from behind his back a gives me that bear in the command uniform I liked from that store window.

I take it into a hug "he's wonderful! You're wonderful! Thank you Pavel!" I hug Pavel tight. This is the best thing that's happened to me all day and put the biggest smile on my face. "May I name him Pavel? I like him mostly because he reminds me of you."

I see him wrinkle his nose. "Vouldn't it be confusing?" He laughs. "How about you call him Pasha?"

"Pasha?? Why "Pasha"?" I ask curious to where this name came from.

"It vas actually my nickname vhen I vas younger." He says.

"I love it. Pasha it is then." I say with a smile. I take his hand and we walk back to the hotel room. As we walk, he tells me about his time with Scotty, Keenser, Sulu and his family at the pub. Demora sounds like a sweet girl, and food sounds good right about now.

I didn't realize how hungry I was. I haven't eaten because I was too nervous, so naturally I was suppressing any hunger pains with feeling like I was going to vomit.

We walk into the hotel and the second we get up to our room, I punch in Mac and cheese (a good old fashioned favorite earthen food) to the food replicator, take my bowl and flop on the bed with Pasha 1 and Pasha 2.

As I stuff my face, I turn to Pavel. "So the Caliber was never supposed to go the Alpha Pisces."

"Vhat? Vhy did it zhen?"

"Someone hacked Admiral Yelton's mission log before the mission was assigned."

"Vhy vould someone do zhat? Vhat vas zhe point of luring and destroying zhe Caliber?"

I shrug. "Sending a message? A declaration of war? I don't know. They didn't exactly let us in on their evil plan like those villainous monologues the bad guys do in most of your earthen movies before they attacked. The Admiral thinks it might've been someone on the ship. A crew member."

"Vhat? But zhat's a suicide mission..." He trails off "unless zhey are one of zhe few survivors..."

"Spock and Jim are assisting Commander Rowling in the next interviews hoping to uncover the answer to that."

He's silent for awhile, then his hand suddenly takes mine and looks into my eyes seriously. "Cassie...vhat if zhey are still alive?"

"Well they'll be caught any minute during the interview-"

"No Cassie", he interrupts me, "vhat if zhey are still alive but zhey...zhey transported off zhe ship somevhere else?"

The scary thing is, if we consider what has happened, he could be right. That could very well be a possibility. "Well let's just wait for the results of the interviews. I'll get the information from my brother and you and I will suggest your theory. I don't want to get all worked up again right now. We finally have some alone time and I want to enjoy it." I found myself saying the last sentence unexpectedly. I am happy we're finally alone, but I don't think it needed to be announced or recognized.

He blushes and nods. He continues to hold my hand and pulls me closer. I forgot we're on a bed and suddenly I feel slightly awkward and blush a bit, but I refuse to pull away. Why would I? He puts his hand gently on my cheek and rubs his thumb back and forth a few times before he gently pulls my face closer to his. Unresisting, my lips meet his and I instantly feel a rush of happy emotion. I often forget I'm part Vulcan and sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming. He pulls me even closer and I boldly sit on his lap. He's taken aback by this and I sense his shock, but he clearly enjoys it too and I laugh a bit.

"Vhat? Vhat's funny?" He pulls away to ask. I just shake my head and bring his lips back to mine. His right hand is holding my head closer to him and his left is now at about my midriff, but I can feel it going higher until-

"Oh my gosh, I'm so so sorry!" He says, pulling his left hand away and blushing.

I've never experienced anything like this, or even relatively close to this, so I'm not sure how to respond either. I decide to shrug it off. I mean...I guess I liked the anticipation...and I DO trust him....in fact I might even love him...
"It's ok Pavel. I don't mind." He ponders this for a moment then nods, then awkwardly brings my lips to his again. This time he's a bit awkward, but curious. I can feel his tongue at my bottom lip, so I allow him further access.

I hear my comm beep and it takes me to the third ring for me to have the strength to pull away from his kiss to answer. "Yes?" I answer.

"T'Maire, could you, and Mr Chekov I suppose, meet me outside the pub in a few minutes? I must inform you about what knowledge we gained from the interviews." Spock says.

"Yes, we'll see you soon." I hang up and I look at Pavel already putting his shoes back on to leave.

"Meeting your brother I'm guessing?"

"Yes. Hopefully this is good news." I put my shoes on as well and hug Pasha bear before placing him in the middle of the bed.

"Speaking of meeting family..." He starts as he takes my hand as we walk out of the hotel, "my parents are coming to visit tomorrow...zhey vant to meet you, if zat is ok..." He seems nervous. I'm now nervous too. I've never really gotten to know anyone that well to meet their parents and such.

"I'd love to meet them Pavel." I smile up at him. I look at all the stores we pass as we make our way to the pub. Great. Now I need a dress for the ball AND something nice to wear to meet his family.

A/n: IM SORRY IM SORRY! I DIDNT FORGET YOU GUYS! things have just been getting out of hand lately. Hopefully my schedule will start to be more routine shortly and I will be posting more regular updates with designated times to work on the updates and post. IM SORRY! Thanks for reading and voting and such. It's much appreciated!!
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