It Must Just Be Your Southern Charm

Chapter 11

Bones's POV

We won. The Narada was destroyed. We weren't sucked into a black hole. Earth won't be destroyed by Nero.

We are currently about to make our way back towards earth. I am standing on the bridge. I look over to see Hannah somewhat walking somewhat stumbling onto the bridge. Kirk just waves his hand to her to give her the green light to come on the bridge. She leans against one of the walls. She's still fiddling with her blue dress. I roll my eyes.

Yep, that's my child...

I walk over to her. She's more aware of what's going on, but I can tell her world is still slightly fuzzy. She looks up at me with her eyes slightly groggy. I look back at her and laugh slightly.

"You made a good choice," I tell her.

"With what?" She asks confused.

"With Mr. Chekov," I continue.

"Yeah. Yeah. With Pavel," she says. She hasn't entirely registered what I've just said. A few seconds later, her eyes go wide and her head pops up. Her awareness just returned real quick. She looks at me with huge, scared eyes.

"I didn't kill him."

She lets out a sigh of relief.

"How did you find out?"

"Well, when I thought about it, I'm surprised I didn't put it together before now."

"Yeah..."

She bites her lip and looks down at the ground. Then, she lifts her head and looks at Chekov. She smiles when she looks at him.

"You really care about him, don't you?"

"I do."

Sometimes, I hate when she's right. There is a small part of me that doesn't like this, but that's just because she's my baby, and I don't want to let her go. Then, there's another part of me. I feel this relief. I feel relief knowing that she's got someone she loves and who loves her back. She has chosen one that is legitimately real.

I put my arm around Hannah and pull her to me. She leans her weight into me. Kirk smiles at us. I look down at my Hannah to see her groggy eyes watching as we warp towards earth.

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Credit:

Song: Cinderella by Stephen Curtis Chapman

Video: Stephen Curtis Chapman