1 Disclaimer: everything "trek" belongs to Paramount, no copyright
infringement is intended.
2 Author's note: I have always wanted to write a story where a baby brings Janeway and Chakotay together. If the baby was his it would imply that they were already together and besides, I would think that by the 24th century, unplanned pregnancies would be a thing of the past, so I threw out that option. The idea of alien impregnation always gave me the creeps because of the violation involved, so that was out. But what if…
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4 For Shannon
By: Katy Jane
Even though Chakotay had only known Captain Kathryn Janeway for a couple of weeks, he could already tell when she had something on her mind. She sat stiffly in the chair to his left and stared blankly at the view screen.
"Captain, is something wrong?" he asked. There was no answer, "Captain?"
"What?" she jumped slightly before turning to her first officer.
"Is there something wrong?"
She paused for a moment to think then answered, "Yes there is." She stood up and said, "Lieutenant Tuvok, you have the bridge. Commander, my Ready Room."
Chakotay followed closely at her heals, all the while wondering what she was going to say. She sat down at her desk, picked up a picture frame and began to study it carefully as she spoke.
"Mark, my fiancé, I had been planning to start a family, I mean, neither of us were getting any younger," she paused and Chakotay wondered why she was telling him this, "I just didn't think it would happen so soon. I'm only going to be able to keep this a secret for so long, so I guess I might as well start telling people now."
When she didn't say anything more Chakotay took the initiative and asked, "Your pregnant?" She simply nodded. Chakotay stared at the floor not knowing what he should say next. When she spoke he looked up to find that she had moved up to the couch and was gazing out the view port.
"How did this happen? How did I end up pregnant, and seventy thousand light- years from the father of my child?"
"Fate?" he offered with a slight shrug.
"I don't believe in fate. I don't like the idea of not having any control over my own life," she said turning to look at him.
"Neither do I." He said, giving her a slight smile.
She sighed and turned back to the view port, "I guess it was just bad luck."
"There is no such thing as bad luck, only improbability." This time he flashed her a full smile, dimples and all. As she smiled back she knew it was going to work out, somehow.
To be continued.
This story is dedicated to The Tall One for she was the one who informed me that there is no such thing as bad luck only improbability. When I asked her if you should wish some one good probability instead of good luck, she told me that there is such a thing as good luck. Ok so it didn't make sense, but for some reason it triggered the idea for this story.
2 Author's note: I have always wanted to write a story where a baby brings Janeway and Chakotay together. If the baby was his it would imply that they were already together and besides, I would think that by the 24th century, unplanned pregnancies would be a thing of the past, so I threw out that option. The idea of alien impregnation always gave me the creeps because of the violation involved, so that was out. But what if…
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4 For Shannon
By: Katy Jane
Even though Chakotay had only known Captain Kathryn Janeway for a couple of weeks, he could already tell when she had something on her mind. She sat stiffly in the chair to his left and stared blankly at the view screen.
"Captain, is something wrong?" he asked. There was no answer, "Captain?"
"What?" she jumped slightly before turning to her first officer.
"Is there something wrong?"
She paused for a moment to think then answered, "Yes there is." She stood up and said, "Lieutenant Tuvok, you have the bridge. Commander, my Ready Room."
Chakotay followed closely at her heals, all the while wondering what she was going to say. She sat down at her desk, picked up a picture frame and began to study it carefully as she spoke.
"Mark, my fiancé, I had been planning to start a family, I mean, neither of us were getting any younger," she paused and Chakotay wondered why she was telling him this, "I just didn't think it would happen so soon. I'm only going to be able to keep this a secret for so long, so I guess I might as well start telling people now."
When she didn't say anything more Chakotay took the initiative and asked, "Your pregnant?" She simply nodded. Chakotay stared at the floor not knowing what he should say next. When she spoke he looked up to find that she had moved up to the couch and was gazing out the view port.
"How did this happen? How did I end up pregnant, and seventy thousand light- years from the father of my child?"
"Fate?" he offered with a slight shrug.
"I don't believe in fate. I don't like the idea of not having any control over my own life," she said turning to look at him.
"Neither do I." He said, giving her a slight smile.
She sighed and turned back to the view port, "I guess it was just bad luck."
"There is no such thing as bad luck, only improbability." This time he flashed her a full smile, dimples and all. As she smiled back she knew it was going to work out, somehow.
To be continued.
This story is dedicated to The Tall One for she was the one who informed me that there is no such thing as bad luck only improbability. When I asked her if you should wish some one good probability instead of good luck, she told me that there is such a thing as good luck. Ok so it didn't make sense, but for some reason it triggered the idea for this story.