Ambassador's Son, Part 1, Sp/Mc

CAST:
Spock
Leonard McCoy
Mary McCoy - Leonard’s mother
Emma Jackson - Her sister
PLACE: The McCoy farm in Georgia
TIME: Dec 27, 2249

Scene I

Emily: It’s about time you called. What took so long?

Mary: Clothes, what else? I thought boys were supposed to be easier than girls. That nice Vulcan ambassador’s son, Spock arranged for Leonard to go to the Andorian Embassy Ball with him. Well, Leonard came out of his room in a red and yellow Retro-Ren outfit with a codpiece big enough to smuggle squash. So, I told him: March right back upstairs, young man, and put one something decent.

Emily: And did he?

Mary: Well, let me tell you. Cadet Spock shows up at the front door looking immaculate in his dress grays. He even brought me flowers! Leonard comes down in his powder blue tuxedo (The one with the ruffled shirt).

And Spock says, very diplomatically, "Leonard, while the overall style of your garment is appropriate for the occasion, the color is not. That particular shade of blue too closely resembles Andorian skin tone."

"Well, what I am supposed to wear?" Len challenged, "Mom didn’t like my court costume. You don’t like my tux. Do you want me to walk around as naked as a jay bird?"

"Jay birds are also blue. Why don’t I help you choose something suitable for the ball?" Spock offered.

Leonard took Spock’s arm and led him up to his room all the time complaining about his lack of formal wear.

Emily (laughing): Formal wear! That boy! ‘Member last summer at Ester’s wedding, when he thought he was dressed up because he had on a long sleeved shirt and hard soled shoes?

Mary (laughing): I know! Anyway, I thought they were going to be late, it took them so long to get him ready. However, eventually, they did come down and - Oh, Emma, you should have seen my Lenny, he looked so handsome. He was wearing that white silk shirt from Ester’s wedding with black pants, a long black vest and the silver Caduceus bolo tie Daddy gave him when he graduated college. Simple, but elegant. That Spock is a wonder.

Emily: Did you take pictures?

Mary: Well, of course, I did. I’ll send them to you as soon as we disconnect. I can’t do two things at once. I’m still exhausted; Leonard’s room was a mess!

Emily: As always, and to think an ambassador’s son had to see that mess. Tsk!

Mary: Humph, I asked David how Leonard could ever hope to be a doctor and not learn to pick up after himself. David said casually, that that’s what nurses were for.

(Mary and Emily laugh)

Mary: Still, Leonard looked neat as a pin when they left here tonight. I do believe that Spock will be a good influence on him.