✴GUESS✴ // Jim Kirk [1]

Chapter 6

[🔗]  [♫] {3}

✴BURNT COOKIES✴

Ellie sits on her bed in her dorm room, with photo albums laid out on her bed. As she's flipping through one of them she hears a series of rapid knocks on her door, she knows exactly who it is 'Jim'.

She contemplates whether to open the door or not.
She decides to open it, if anything to yell at him and tell him how much of an idiot he is.
But once she opens it she is presented with.... chocolate chip cookies?
On a second look she noticed that they are slightly burnt, Ellie looks up from the burnt cookies to see Jim with a slightly nervous smile.

"Jim?" She asks sort of confused as to what he's doing,
"I remember you said your favorite thing to eat was chocolate chip cookies, but like homemade not replicated." He says quickly.

'He made them?...well that does explain why their burnt.'
"Why?" Still confused.
"I know I upset you, and I don't like it when you're upset, especially when I'm the cause of it." He admits quietly,
Ellie looks at him with wide eyes, her chest tightens and she gets a slight warm feeling, it makes her light on her feet.

"Also you can be really mean, scary, very moody an' grouchy."

And feeling gone.

"Thanks Jim." She says in a amused yet slightly annoyed voice, grabbing the plate she walks to the kitchen with Jim not far behind.
Jim notices the albums scattered across her bed, curiosity getting the better of him he picks a smaller one up, what he sees makes a big smile appear on his face.

A picture of a blonde little girl in a bath robe, holding a small mug and large curlers in her hair,     Ellie walks out of the kitchen and back to  her bed, she sees Jim holding the small album chuckling. Looking up at her, he turns the album so she is able to see what he was looking at and points at the picture "You where adorable.".

Lightly blushing she takes the album and puts it back on her bed, "My mom was obsessed with taking pictures, saying "You'll regret not capturing the precious moments of life when you're older." smiling at the memory, "Then after she passed, Dad and I kept the "tradition"."

"And she was right, I would've regretted it." She sat back down on her bed picking up a baby blue album. Jim sits down next to her with her placing it on both of their laps, opening it to the first page there's a small newborn baby, red face, little wisps of blonde hair and wrapped in a pink blanket.

Next page shows a beautiful blonde woman with a little Ellie petting a bunny, the woman is clearly Ellie's Mom. Some tears begin to gather in her eyes as she begins to speak, "That's my Mom, Grace Pike, her and I would spend a lot of time in our gardens when Dad was off planet." Jim doesn't look at the picture while she talks, rather chooses to watch her instead.

  "That was my bunny Ami." She says smiling, "Ami?" Jim asks, "Means friend in French."                 "My Mother was French, Dad met her when they where in the academy, she was my dad's tutor, he was failing hardcore." Ellie finishes laughing.

"You mind if i ask?" Jim asks carefully. "How she went?" Ellie finished for him, already knowing this question was coming. "Yeah." he replyed in a very quiet voice looking her in the eyes when she turns to him.

"Cancer, we didn't catch it in time." Ellie whispers, She remembers when they finally found out. "They had finished putting me to bed, she would sing the same lullaby every night." A tear finally falls, trailing down her cheek.

"They just closed my door, and i could hear her start coughing and then, i heard her fall."

Jim wipes the tear from her cheek with his thumb, they stare at each other for what seemed like hours, just looking from her eyes and to her lips, and it seemed she was doing the same. They both start slowly leaning in, so close, the lips just brush.

The loud sound a communicator pierces the intense silence.

And moment over.

They both give a quite sigh of frustration, Ellie gets up and grapes her communicator. Jim stands slowly walks up to her, her turning slightly to him. Jim leans in again, causing her heart to beat faster. But instead of kissing her lips, he kisses her forehead whispering "I am sorry Eleanor." referring to their fight earlier, about the test, then proceeds to leave.

Heart still racing a bit she answers the com, "Ella?" The distinct voice of her Father comes from the com, 'So it's you i can thank for braking my moment, thanks Dad.' she thought. "Yes Daddy?"

"I wanted to talk to you about Jim's test today." This causes Elanor to freeze, 'I TOLD YOU JIM!',   "Oh, what about it Dad?" Shoot. Pike instantly knew she was nerves about something, She pretty much always calls him "Daddy" rater then "Dad".

"What do you know Eleanor.".

"What makes you think i know something.".

"Eleanor, I'm your Father, I can always tell when you're hiding something from me.".

"I'm sorry Daddy, but I don't know anything." and with that she hangs up, yes she will be in trouble with him later on, but she can out right betray Jim like that. Unfortunately, Eleanor would do just about anything for that Boy.

'You've really done it know James.'.

She sighed, flopping back onto her bed, staring at the ceiling. She thinks about Jim, about what could have happened if her Father hadn't interrupted.

'How long have I been waiting for that moment.' She thought, closing her eyes. For the past three years, the two had tip toed around their feelings for each other.

Another sigh escapes her, only now a smile appears on her face.

'For better or worse.'

'I'm in love with you James T. Kirk.'.