Tom Paris charged into Commander Chakotay's quarters, stopping short when he saw Chakotay and Seven sitting together, the cozy dinner, the lit candles and lowered lights. He blinked. That was Seven sitting there next to him on the couch, wasn't it?

"Oh. Hey, sorry to intrude. I just wanted to catch you before you disembarked in the morning. B'elanna and I always pictured raising our daughter on board the ship. And now, since we aren't going to be able to do that, we want to make sure she's dedicated here with all our closest friends in attendance."

"Tomorrow morning?"

"Yes. It'd mean a lot to us if both of you could come."

Chakotay and Seven looked at each other, as if checking their schedules. Seven smiled and nodded.

What is going on here? Tom kept a straight face, but inside he was bursting with questions.

"Sure, we'd love to be there." He gave Tom a reassuring smile.

"Okay, great. We'll see you then, mess hall, 0800 hours." Tom backpedaled out of Chakotay's quarters as fast as he could. Once in the hall, he took a deep breath. "That was unexpected."

He heard people laughing up the hallway, and then heard Captain Janeway's voice. Oh, boy.

The Captain came around the corner. "I thought I saw you come this way. Did you find Chakotay?"

"Uh, yeah. I found him."

"Good. I have to talk over a couple things with him. And then I need to track down Seven. I would have expected them both to still be in the mess hall, but they gave me the slip."

Tom swallowed. "Well, it just so happens you can catch them both in his quarters." He hadn't meant to sound so apologetic and cringed.

Janeway's hand paused over the door panel of Chakotay's room. "Oh?"

"Yeah. They're having dinner." Shut up, shut up, shut up.

"Oh."

"Did you know they were seeing each other, Captain?" I'm an idiot.

He saw her pallor change just a smidgeon. "I knew of the possibility."

"Well, it's probably not serious." He had long thought that the Captain and her first officer would one day get together.

"Actually, Tom, if they are together, then I've got the inside scoop that it's quite serious."

Tom wasn't sure what to make of his Captain's tone. She didn't seem upset, but she did seem out of sorts.

"Well, we'll see you all in the morning. Good night, Ma'am." He needed to get as far away from the situation as quickly as possible. And he needed to learn to keep his big mouth shut. But most of all, he needed to tell B'elanna. She was going to flip.