✴GUESS✴ // Jim Kirk [1]

Chapter 1

✴"I Want You To Guess."✴

Two girls strut into the bar, where all the StarFleet cadets are, waving to friends as they make their way to the bar.

James T. Kirk sits at the bar, already drunk and looking for a girl to spend the night with. When he sees the two girls walk into the bar walking like they own the place, he notices one of the girls in particular, blonde hair, deep brown eyes and a smile that could blind a man. Her, that's his target, first he'll have to get rid of the friend.

The girls make it to the bar and Eleanor grabs the menu while Uhura orders for their friends.

"Hi. We'd like a Klavnian fire tea. uhh... three Budweiser classics, two Cardassian sunrises, and a..." Uhura says to the bartender and looks to Elanor, "Try the Slusho, it's good." the bartender says to the girls.

Eleanor replies with a smile "The Slusho, Thank you.".

"That's a lot of drinks for two women." Eleanor hears someone say. Leaning over the counter a bit she sees a guy. A cute guy, but who was clearly drunk, speaking more to her than Uhura.

"And a shot of Jack straight up." she says before turning to Uhura, hoping it would end the conversation.

"Make that two, shots on me." the guy says to the bartender, because nothing's ever that easy.

"Her shot's on her" Uhura says both to the bartender and the guy.

"Thanks but no thanks." Eleanor says to the guy, "Do you at least want to know my name before you completely reject me?" He asks.

"She's fine without it" Uhura shoots back at him trying to help Ellie, "She is fine without, It's Jim, Jim Kirk."

Eleanor looks over at him a bit, she knows that name but she can't remember where from.

"If you don't tell me your name, I'm gonna have to make one up." Jim continues.

"It's Eleanor." she replies.

"Eleanor, no way. That's the name I was gonna make up for ya. Eleanor what?".

"Just Elanor.".

"They don't have last names on your world?".

"No, you just don't need it.", thinking he's done Eleanor turns back to Uhura who's about to say something when Jim moves right in between them with his back to Uhura.

"So, you're a Cadet, you're studying... what's your focus?" He asks Ellie, "Well I've been told that I would be very good at Xenolinguistics, But you have no idea what that means." she quips back.

"The study of alien languages, morphology, phonology, syntax. It means you've got a talented tongue." Jim replies flirtatiously while leaning in a bit.

"Wow, I'm impressed. For a moment there, I thought you were just a dumb hick who only has sex with farm animals" She shoots back, admitting she's a bit more curious then she probably should be, no harm in just talking......right?

"Well, not only" Jim fires right back, smiling a bit more knowing he got her interest, also very much aware of the intense glare coming from her friend behind him. Eleanor laughs, making Jim smile even more, he'll admit he really likes her laugh.

One of the other cadets hears her laugh and looks to find her talking to some local, clearly flirting with her.

Lots of the cadets knowing who her father is think that if they're on her good side so to speak, that it will "help" them in their career. Or they were planning on asking her out but are too much of a coward to actually do it and decided to try and be her knight in shining armor instead.

While Jim made her laugh she could see, out of the corner of her eye, a few male cadets looking her way, she just hopes they would stay where they were and leave them alone. Jim is a nice guy, just has a few flaws, and is currently drunk, but still he made her laugh.

But of course things never go as planned, do they?

"You said you "would have been" good at Xenolinguistics." Jim says to Eleanor, being a "little" more sober and now curious.

"Yes." She simply replies.

"So you're not studying it?" he asks.

"Nope.".

"Then what are you studying?" Jim asks now, very curious.

"I want you to guess." She says with a smirk.

"Guess?" He says with a bit of surprise on his face.

"Yeah." again she simply replies.

"Ok, what do I get if I get it right?" Jim asks with his own smirk.

"Whatever you want."

"Really?" He says, very surprised.

"But, only if you get it right." She answers back, sounding very confident.

"Sexology?" He clearly asks jokingly, making Ellie start laughing again, yeah he really likes hearing that laugh.

"This townie isn't bothering you, right?" One of those cadets asks, though clearly trying to start something.

"Oh, beyond belief." Uhura says while chuckling, she will admit she's not fond of the guy, but Ellie seems to like him.

"But it's nothing I can't handle." Eleanor adds, still laughing, "You could handle me, if that's an invitation." Jim says to Eleanor, causing her to laugh some more.

The other cadet not liking this, "Townie" or the way he's talking to Elanor.

"Hey! You better mind your manners." the cadet comments loader while turning Jim to face him.

"Oh, relax cupcake, it was a joke." Jim pats the cadet on the shoulder and turns back to Eleanor, "Hey, farm boy, maybe you can't count, but there are four of us and one of you.", oh boy.

"Well, get some more guys and then it'll be an even fight." Jim just had to say, the cadet or "Cupcake" turns Jim around and punches him.

"Hey! Leave him alone!" Eleanor yells at the cadets.

Jim then proceeds to kick "Cupcake" over a table. And all hell breaks out from there.

Getting punched by one of the cadets so hard it spins Jim around and his hands land on Eleanor's breasts, she of course gasps and looks at him in shock, while Jim grins like an idiot, Uhura then proceeds to shove him off of her and back into the fight seeing that her friend was too shocked to do anything.

"Enough!" Uhura yells now trying to help Eleanor stop the fight seeing it's going too far, "Stop it!" Ellie yells, starting to worry for Jim, "Enough! Guys, he's had enough!" Uhura adds.

A loud piercing whistle breaks through all the yells.

Eleanor winces knowing who's behind the whistle, she slowly looks to the door along with the other cadets, seeing none other than Captain Christoper Pike, with a mixture of anger and disappointment.

"Outside. All of you. Now." He says with eerie calmness, "Yes, sir." one of the male cadets answers, then not only do the cadets leave but everyone else in the bar as well.

Eleanor tries to sneak past with Uhura, "Not you, Eleanor." he says.

She sighs and looks to Uhura, "I'll see you at the shuttle." She nods and leaves quickly Pike turns to see Jim lying on a table looking at him, upside down.

"You all right, son?"

"You can whistle really loud, you know that?" Jim says, still dazed, making Eleanor giggle.

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[EDITED: 8/29/25]