This is a Tom/B Elanna "what if" Voyager was never rescued story based on the episode(s) Workforce. This story starts about 4 or 5 days after Tom introduces B Elanna to his friends who are also expecting a baby.

Note:

1. For this fanfiction the alien planet will run on a 7 day/24 hour time table.

2. The place Tom works is going to be called the Raven Restaurant Bar and Grill

3. B Elanna is seven months preggers


Heavy knocking on the apartment door alerted B Elanna of an uninvited guest. After rolling over in bed she noted the time. Though it was ten in the morning, she had only been sleeping for about forty minutes due to working night shift.

As the knocking continued she rose from the bed, leaving the bedroom and walked towards the entryway of her apartment.

"Who is it?" She yelled

"It's Tom" came the voice from the other side of the door.

His voice caused her to stop short of reaching for the panel that would open the door to her apartment. What was he doing here she thought. After a brief look in the mirror hanging on the wall she patted her hair down before opening the door.

"Hey" said the blue eyed blond leaning against the door frame, smiling down at her.

"Hi... What are you doing here?" she asked, sounding more defensive and curious then she meant to.

After giving her a quick once over Tom noted everything from the over sized gray tee shirt to her bright red toe nails peeking out from her purple pj bottoms. She looked okay, still heavy with child and a little tired but okay "Hadn't seen you in a couple of days" he started before pausing "are we going to have this conversation in the hallway?"

"Oh, right..." B Elanna said as she opened the door wide for Tom to enter her one bedroom apartment.

Walking in Tom followed B Elanna to a small dining table with two chairs off the kitchenette area. "I haven't seen you in a couple of days and wanted to check on you... make sure you were okay." Tom said while taking a seat.

"I'm fine, working a new ten hour shift so I haven't had time to stop in." B Elanna replied as she too took a seat.

"Ten hours... all this week?"

"No, just until tomorrow. After that I have Friday and Saturday off." B Elanna answered which was followed by a yawn.

"Okay, I will let you get some sleep... if you go missing again, I know where to find you." Tom said as he started to rise from this seat. He could see that she was tired and was obviously trying to be polite by letting him enter her apartment in the first place.

"How did you know where to find me?" B Elanna asked as she too started to rise.

"You know it was a lot harder then you would think. Not a lot of people know who you are even being as detailed as I was. After some asking around at the Raven I was finally able to track you to this building with you living on either the third, forth or seventh floor." Tom said with a grin.

"You really should get to know your neighbors." Tom said jokingly but in truth he was worried. He must have asked one hundred workers over three days about her and no one seemed to know who she was. Did she really not get out or talk to anyone? Was she really all alone here?

"So how did you find my apartment?" B Elanna asked while reaching for the panel to open the door.

"I started at the bottom... was going to work my way up." Tom answered "Now I know, apartment 408"

"You mean to tell me you knocked on every door on the third and forth floor?"

"Well not every door on the forth floor." Tom said with a smile before walking into the hallway. "Imma let you get some sleep but Friday night... I will have your pancakes waiting for you." Tom called over his shoulder as be walked down the hall not bothering to wait for a reply.


So what do you think?

Anyone interested in this story continuing?

P.S. If you wanna beta read let me know :)