"...and now for something completely different..."

"...and now for something completely different..." is a Star Trek: TOS story by Sue S.
==A Series==
This story is part of a series.
The first is Turnabout Alternative by "A Lady" printed in King Grope in 1978. The author, "A Lady" may be Sue S. In this first story, Jim Kirk remains in Janice Lester's body after she is killed while in his own. They become lovers. 
The second story is "...and now for something completely different...". It was printed in Enter-comm #1, where it had some small uncredited illos and a portrait of Janice Lester by Kathy Carlson. In this story, Kirk and Spock marry when they discover Kirk is pregnant. They become the parents of twins.
This third story, Difference That is No Difference was in Enter-comm #2 where it had art by Pat Stall.
==Description and Plot Summary==
Janice Lester has died, but Jim Kirk is permanently housed in Lester's body. 
Kirk has all of Kirk's own memories (though apparently Lester's mind and memories are long gone), and Kirk 100% identifies as female. 
Kirk is still the captain of the Enterprise, and the crew is 100% supportive. 
At some point off-screen, Kirk and Spock had sex, something that becomes apparent when McCoy tells Kirk she is pregnant. 
Kirk has to decide whether or not to keep the baby. She does, citing that she likes a challenge, that this unexpected pregnancy makes her become a mother before she simply runs out of biological time, and that she feels abortion is murder. 
Spock is happy, and proposes marriage.
Kirk has many discussions with McCoy about being conflicted about wanting to remain a captain but not sure how she can combine that with motherhood.
Amanda and Sarek are thrilled to become grandparents, and are extremely supportive.
Kirk chooses a Caesarian section as the method of delivery. She tells McCoy: "I don't mind taking the coward's way out on this occasion. I wasn't really looking forward to it."
Kirk gives birth. Turns out she was pregnant with twisn, something Kirk kept a secret from her husband: "She made McCoy and Christine promise not to tell Spock about the twins. To her, it was no more or less than a wonderful joke, and she would play it for all it was worth." 
The babies don't have pointed ears and look entirely human. Christine Chapel quits Starfleet to live on Vulcan and be their nanny/baby nurse.
Spock suggests that Kirk get a job as a consultant to Starflee: "There are many situations in a Captain's routine where he may come to wish he knew a little more about women. So far, none of them have had the chance to discover what it is like to be a female Starship Captain. Only one person has that experience. It could be that you will be much in demand as a - liaison - to help improve the position of women in Starfleet. It is a worthwhile cause."
McCoy gives them a a gift, a print copy of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, : "'He was a child care specialist on Earth a coupla hundred years ago. Not that you'll need a book on child care. As I said before, you're an amazing woman!'"
==The Opening Paragraph==
==Kirk Discovers She is Pregnant==
==Kirk and Just Desserts==
==Some Psychological Analysis by McCoy==
 
==Spock Proposes Marriage==
 
==Christine Chapel is Initially Sad That Spock is Married, But Then She Rallies==
==Turns Out "The Wolf in the Fold" Taught Kirk Some Lessons==
==Thanks to Dead Janice, Kirk is Fulfilled==
==Fan Comments==
==References==
Category:1979 Fanfiction