She knew at some point that people would find out. On a ship that small, it was inevitable really. They had been on only a few dates, but others in the crew had begun to notice the difference in them both. Both were happier, her especially.

He, he wasn't even her type. Back in the alpha quadrant, she probably wouldn't even look twice at him. Not to say he wasn't attractive, but more that he wasn't the normal kind of man she attracted. Just like everybody else they both had people waiting for them back home, but family, not anyone special. She'd had someone, her fiancé. Since communication with Starfleet began though, she'd found out that he had met someone else. She supposed that was what started their relationship here in the delta quadrant. All her hopes of going home to her man being shattered, but realising, she wasn't all that bothered after all.

The two of them had met up for dinner several times, which wasn't unusual. The rest of the crew knew that it happened. What the rest of the crew didn't expect to happen was their date on the holodeck. Fair Haven had finally been finished and was running in holodeck one, keeping most peoples attention, so for their first official date they headed to holodeck two for cocktails. He had found the program in the ships computer, apparently it was a lovely little bar in Tahiti. The evening would have been perfect if not for the malfunction in the holodeck systems. The amount of people using holodeck one and the length of time the program had been running for crashed the system. Both holodecks were in lock down, no one could get out and the programs wouldn't shut down.

After several hours, and the date becoming less than romantic, the doors to the holodeck opened and a team of engineers found them, mid passionate kiss.

The news of their relationship had spread like wild fire, and she couldn't believe it. There is no privacy in this place she thought. I just want to be able to relax a little. They had always been close during their time in the delta quadrant, but apparently them getting together wasn't as big a surprise as they thought it would be. So much so, that a pool had been started on who would get with whom and they were on that list. And anyone who had put money on them was going to be getting a big payout.

She sat in her quarters, panicking. They had a music recital to attend tonight, and all eyes would be on them. She hated attention, but what she hated more was the idea that someone could, in the next datastream, send a letter home to Earth. They could tell Starfleet about the couple. How could she explain away this? It wasn't an ideal situation, she knew that. The situation had the potential to get worse, for example, a pregnancy, but who else could she really forge a relationship with and it not be completely and utterly awkward. She had to face the fact that she would have to explain to the rest of the crew, and Starfleet, that she was dating another member of the crew. It was just unfortunate that she was the captain and he the first officer.