Jim smiled after the door had slid home bhind Spock, leaving the promise of chess and a new beginning in the air. With the memory of all the pitfalls the elder Spock had left in his mind he promised not to screw it up this time. He wouldn't make all the mistakes that had ruined everything else. Spock would never know the things hidden in his mind. They were only beginning after all, and Jim already couldn't bear the thought of losing the Vulcan.