Uhura wasn't herself lately. She hadn't been herself since Spock left and she was reluctant to go on some hair brained journey with Kirk when she was so irritable, but he had somehow convinced her. She wasn't sure how he kept doing that.
She was the first to climb out of the black van that she'd been sitting in for a couple hours. She stretched out and took a few steps forward around the van, stopping in her tracks when she saw the Enterprise just sitting there. Her jaw dropped open. She could hardly believe it.