Captain Janeway came back to her empty cabin after another almost endless beta shift; the halls were almost empty at the time and the light on night mood, but still almost at full power so that a certain talaxian crew member could sleep. As she entered her cabin she left the lights low, and headed to the replicator.
"Coffee, black" she said getting closer to the replicator on the wall
The last three days had been maratonic, and since Chakotay and her had returned from their search for a cure on New Earth they were trying to catch up to everything that happened on the Voyager and the paperwork was almost endless, she sipped some coffee and sat on her sofa to continue reading the report of the science department, yes the department reports seemed to breed faster than tribbles.
Ten minutes passed and still she couldn't bring herself to concentrate on the scanners of the science lab, or in the fact that Bélanna had asked three times now for someone to clean the Jeffries tubes, all she could think about was her first officer… really inappropriate thoughts about him.
Their time on New Earth made her realize that she was more than a little in love with Chakotay and that his desires and feelings matched her own, they were in paradise. No ranks, no regulations, nothing stopping them .
Until they were brought back to reality, she would always be the captain, completely committed to her crew and her ship, and he would always be the maquis first officer, committed to his work and his friends.
"We should pretend that what we had on New Earth never happened" She had said once they were on board.
"Katherine I can't pretend we are nothing, you know I love you and…"
"Chakotay, we have no other choice, as the captain I can't be in a relationship with another officer"
And he had left, hurt clear in his brown eyes, they stopped talking and spending time together, she would see him arrive to the holodeck with Harry Kim and Tom Paris, sometimes they were accompanied with their Klingon officer, it hurt too much just to see him smile, knowing he wasn't smiling to her…
Then she started feeling dizzy, was the ship under attack or… She didn't have time to think about it, she ran towards the bathroom and in seconds she lost her dinner.
Maybe she was still sick.
The best choice was sickbay, once she regained control of her body she slowly cleaned herself and headed towards the door.
Once she arrived in sickbay the doctor materialized in a corner.
"Please state the nature of the medical emergency" he said "Captain? Is something wrong?"
"You are the doctor, you tell me"
She hopped on to a bio bed and looked to the door, for her luck the place was completely empty.
"Well, according to my readings there´s nothing wrong" The doctor said holding his tricorder next to her lower abdomen.
"Then why was I dizzy?" she asked more confused than ever.
"Well that is because you are pregnant"
Pregnant…
Shit
And Chakotay was the only man with who she…
Double shit
She was pregnant and Chakotay was the father.