Disclaimer! - I don't own any of the star trek voyager crew members I only own the plot!

He sat in his quarters thinking about how the last year had gone, he went from being all alone to having a wife and expecting their first child somehow everything would be fine, thou the some was not now!

Tonight was the baby shower his wife seemed fine that the crew had taken an interest in their child but her husband on the other hand wanted their child like every other thing about their relationship to be private, but wanting to keep something private from the Crew of the U.S.S Voyager was hard enough at times but when a relationship starts it's hard enough to keep it quiet, let alone finding out that one the crew was expecting that would be Tom Paris fault he found out that someone was early on in their pregnancy and did more and more digging until he found which female was expecting.

"Morning" he said as his wife walked out from their bathroom and over to him

"The little one has been kicking all through my shift; I don't think he likes being that close to Tom!" His wife said as she placed his hand on her stomach just as their child kicked for the first time since she had arrived back in their quarters.

"Hungry?"

"Very, I've been since I got up this morning!" His wife replied while heading to their bedroom, and then returning ten minute late changed.