Kathryn Janeway sat in her ready room, drinking her morning coffee and going over the duty rosters or the upcoming week. Having to do this every week was not one of Janeway's favorite things, but it was a necessary evil.

She sat back and rubber her eyes. Someone could get a full night's sleep and after five minutes of doing this be totally exhausted. She thought.

She leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes. It really didn't help that she hadn't gotten a full nights sleep last night. She had almost fallen asleep when a familiar voice made her bolt upright in the chair.

"Ah dear Kathy, always working, never having fun. I could fix that right now, with a little spot I just know that you would love!"

"If you're the one suggesting it, I can tell you right now that I have no interest whatsoever, so don't even try."

Q walked up behind her chair as she pretended to be busy with her reports.

"Come on Kathy, you know you don't want to be here doing those tedious reports…"

"Whether or not I want to be here with these reports is not important Q. I have to get them done. Now, please leave or else I will call security."

"Would it help if I said I'd have you back before lunch?"

"Janeway to security, intruder alert, my ready room."

"All right, I guess not, I'll leave now, but I will be back."

"I'm counting the seconds." Janeway said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Q blinked out of the room just as quickly as he had come in. Tuvok and a security detail walked into the room just after he had left.

"Captain, are you all right?"

"Yes Tuvok, I'm fine. Q decided to pay me a visit, and wouldn't leave until I called you. I want a ship-wide alert posted for him. If anyone sees him, I want security called immediately."

"Yes ma'am."

"Thank you Tuvok, dismissed."

No sooner had Janeway sat back down in her chair, than the door chime rang.

"Come in." she said tiredly. She looked up to see Chakotay standing in the doorway.

"What can I do for you commander?"

"I just wanted to make sure that you were all right. Tuvok told me Q paid you a visit."

"That he did." She said with a little smirk.

"What did he want this time?"

Janeway waved her hand dismissively. "Nothing that he doesn't always want. This time he wanted to whisk me off to some spot that he knows of for god only knows what reason."

Just then a bouquet of roses appeared on her desk with a small note that said "Come on Kathy, a little bit of romance in your dreary life is something you know you could use…"

"He never gives up does he?" Chakotay asked after reading the note.

"Obviously not. I however have to get back to these reports with or without Q here. They're plotting to conquer my desk right about now."

"You sure you couldn't use a little bit of romance to help you work through those reports?" Chakotay asked with a smile that lit his whole face, dimples to eyes. It was that smile that made Janeway wonder why she had kept him so far away from her heart. She was tempted to say that yes, she would love some romance from him, but her sense of protocols kept her from doing so.

"I'm sure that I'll be fine commander. I'm a big girl after all."

"All right, you know where to find me if you need me." With that he left for the bridge.

The next few days passed without any major incident. Trades were made for food and supplies, but other than that, the only thing that the crew had to deal with was calm space, and a ship that was running efficiently.

Janeway was sitting on the bridge, absently watching the stars on the viewscreen, when everything stopped. She looked around to find her bridge crew frozen in mid-movement. She felt a presence behind her, and before she could turn around, she felt Q's lips on her neck. As much as she didn't want it to, her skin tingled and her face started to flush.

"Kathy, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were glad to see me!"

"Well Q, I'm glad you don't know better then. Now unfreeze my crew!"

"They're not hurt, besides, Chuckles looks so good in that position."

"I don't care if they're not hurt, unfreeze them now!"

"Only if you go on a date with me."

"You're kidding me! You know I would never do that!"

"Ok, Commander Chuckles stays as the ice sculpture until you agree."

TBC