Happy Anniversary Tom
By Karina Drury
(Author's Note: 3 years post "Endgame". B'Elanna has a surprise gift for Tom, but what is it?)
Chapter 1
B'Elanna was putting another long day in the engineering department at Starfleet Headquarters. She had been made Lt-Commander after the arrival home of Voyager for all her work and the new technology collected on Voyager. She was put in charge of adapting all the new technologies from Voyager to all the ships in Starfleet. Today she was working on the slip stream.
"If we could only get the slip stream to work at a higher velocity we wouldn't be having any problems. Run the test again with a .8 increase in velocity and bring me back the results", she told the ensine she was working with.The people under her were good at their job. A few of them actually worked with her on Voyager which made giving out commands easier for everyone. They knew what Lt. Com. Torres was like on Voyager. Back on Earth isn't any diffrent.
B'Elanna went back to her PADD looking over a few calculations for the slip stream. When she started to feel funny. She wasn't sure what was wrong. She felt dizzy. The room started spinning abit. She grabbed a glass of water and went to her office to sit down. She closed the door. " What could this be. I feel like hell". She wondered if she should go see the doctor and get checked out. Its probably nothing. Miral had been up with the flu for the past 3 nights in a row. So the lasck of sleep probably isnt helping.
"Lt-Com. Torres to the Doctor. I'm feeling ill a need a medical exam. Can you fit me in?", she commed. "Of course commander. Anything for one of my oldest patients. I can beem you over now if you'd like?" stated the doctor. " Go ahead.", she replied. The next thing she new she was standing in the doctors office. " What are your symptoms?" he asked. " Dizzy spells, really tired, Tom said something about me being moodly the past few days but it s probably just been from Miral. She has had the flu." said B'Elanna. " Let me do a bio scan to see if I can find the problem." said the doctor. B'Elanna stood there. It seemed like forever after a few hmms from the doctor. What could be taking so long. " Well it seems I have found our problem." "Well what is it?" "Its not really a permanent problem. It'll go away in about 8 1/2 months.", snickered the doctor. "I'm happy to report that you are pregnant B'Elanna. About 2 weeks if my amitters are working correctly." B'Elanna was speechless. How did this happen? Well she knew how it happened. The physical part anyway. She just couldn't believe it. Tom and her wanted another child. A little brother or sister for Miral but she wasn't planning on it for another year. She had been so busy with the ship upgrades. She just didnt know how they were gonna make this work. " Thank-you doctor." said B'Elanna. " I want to see you again in two weeks for another appointment. And I want you to start taking vitamins."said the doctor. "Ok doctor. Thanks." B'Elanna turned and left the office. She thought she would head right home. She needed to tell Tom just not sure how. Well atleast she was going to be the one to tell him this time around and not the doctor. Their anniversary is coming up in a few days maybe I'll wait and tell him them.