I'm Moving On.

Janeway stood in her quarters, looking around and thinking of all she had to do before Voyager reached the earth's atmosphere. She had to decide where she was going to live if and when Voyager was re-commissioned. The last few weeks she hadn't though of herself. She was more worried about the crew adjusting to being home again.

She decided to pack the belongings she wouldn't need first and that she needed some music to work with.

"Computer, play Janeway's 20th century country music selection."

This was her personal selection she put together when she first came on board Voyager. The music began to play and she recognized it, as "I'm Moving On" by a group called Rascal Flatts.

"I delt with my ghosts and face all my demons. Finding content with a past I regret."

Boy did that hit home, she thought. Over the last seven years, she had been trying to get over the decision she had made that landed her ship and crew 70,000 light years from home. That choice now was her ghost and her demon. Slowly she became content with her situation.

"I found you find strength in your moments of weakness.

For once I have peace with myself. I have been burden with blame trapped in the past for too long I'm moving on"

She had found strength, through her crew and especially her first officer Chakotay. What would she have done with out him? He was her right arm, her light, and her support. She couldn't even imagine how the last seven years would have turned out if he hadn't been beside here. She didn't even want to think of it.

"I've lived in this place and I know all the faces, Each one is different but they are all the same. They mean me no harm, but its time to face it. They'll never allow me to change. But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong. I'm moving on."

What was it going to be like when they got home to earth? They have been a family for the last seven years. They had been through good times and bad times. Once they touched earth were they going to scatter with the wind and go their separt ways?

"I'm moving on. At last I can see life

Has been patiently waiting for me.

And I know there's no guarantee, but I'm not alone.

There comes a time in everyone's life when you can see

The years pass you by.

And I have made up my mind, that those days are gone."

Seven years have passed since she and her crew had been stranded in the Delta Quadrant, most of their lives had been put on hold. Now they can continue where they left off. Some may even start over. She and the crew were all in the same boat, but some how she knew they would be there for each other.

"I sold what I could and packed what I couldn't. Stop to fill up on my way out of town. I loved like I should and lived like I shouldn't I had to lose everything to find out. Maybe forgiveness can find me Somewhere down this road. I'm Moving on."

She did love Chakotay, with all her heart. That damn Star Fleet Prime Directive. She hoped that she hadn't lost him for good. Tonight at dinner she planned to tell him she loved him and wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. The song ends and Kathryn Janeway realizes that she can't wait until dinner to tell Chakotay that she loved him. She hit her commbadge.

"Janeway to Chakotay."

The End