Eternal Bliss

Part 3

by: AW

Date: May 2018

Summary: Episode addition to Bliss…

Pairing: J/C

Rating: M

Length: 1,405words

Kathryn rolled out of bed. She had been to see the doctor yesterday for her 12 week checkup.

Yes the 12 weeks were over as was the first trimester.

Thank god she had escaped morning sickness for the most part.

She had gone to the doctor's appointment with Chakotay. The Doctor had been none too easy on her about her eating habits, her coffee habits and about the fact that if she wanted to tell the crew instead of them figuring it out on their own she had to tell them soon.

Kathryn smoothed the shirt she was wearing over her baby bump.

She made a face at the thought of having a baby bump but she'd known it was going to happen.

She knew she was eventually going to start to show her condition.

She knew that she'd eventually have to tell the crew, but she hadn't been ready.

She pulled her uniform out of the closet and was dismayed when the pants would not do up. This baby was beginning to make the decisions for her.

She threw the pants on the floor and went to the replicator to get a size larger when Chakotay came up behind her. "You know Kathryn; you can't hide from a maternity uniform forever." He bent down to talk to 'the baby'. "Tell your mom that it's time to stop being so vain."

Kathryn smacked him on the head. "I'm not being vain. It just looks so weird to have a Captain in a maternity uniform."

She sighed, "I have tell the crew before I begin wearing that uniform."

"Or you could just put it on and let them figure it out on their own."

"Chakotay, I have to at least tell the senior staff."

Chakotay frowned. "Computer one maternity uniform command red."

"Now just wait a minute –"

He slapped his combadge. "Chakotay to the senior staff. Breakfast meeting in the Captain's quarters at 0800 hours."

Kathryn pouted, "You're not going to let this go are you?"

"Nope, it's time you dealt with the fact that our baby is in there and is going to need a little more room."

Kathryn stubbornly put the offending uniform on. "There happy? By the end of the day everyone will have had a good laugh at my expense."

He smiled at her and wiped the tears from her cheeks. "No one is going to laugh at you."

She glared at him, "I am the Captain, I'm not supposed to let things like this happen."

"Our baby is a thing?"

"You know that's not what I mean Chakotay."

He stared at her, "Then what do you mean? You never wanted this and now you have to do it, so what do you really mean?"

"Chakotay can we just talk about this later? The senior staff is going to be here soon."

He stared at the mother of his child. "How can we wait until later to talk about this? This is going to happen Kathryn and soon. And in less than an hour the cat is going to be out of the bag."

Kathryn glared at Chakotay, "Later. Understood."

Chakotay shook his head, "I'm going to get some food from the mess hall 'Captain' for the meeting."

Kathryn just sat on the couch. There was nothing she could do at this point. She put her head in her hands and cried.

Twenty minutes later Chakotay re-entered her quarters with food for the breakfast meeting and saw the tear stained face of his love.

He wanted to be mad at her but he knew this was hard on her. He knew it had gone against everything that she was trained to do as a Captain to see this pregnancy through.

He placed the food around the table in her quarters and pulled her into a hug. He wanted her to know that despite all her misgivings everything would be okay.

Kathryn sniffled and leaned into Chakotay. "I am so sorry Chakotay I never meant for you to question my loyalty to our child. It's just hard for me."

He pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head. "I know sweetheart, I know. Everything will work itself out."

The chime on her door rang and she pulled away from Chakotay and wiped the tears from her face.

"I guess we had better get the meeting started."

Chakotay nodded and went to answer the door.

He opened the door and B'Elanna came in. She looked around for Kathryn, "Where's the mother-to-be?"

Chakotay smiled, "You know aside from us and the doctor you're the only one she's told."

Kathryn came streaming out of the bedroom showing off her new maternity uniform. "'Bout time Kat."

Kathryn glared at B'Elanna but for some reason wearing a maternity uniform it made her look not so threatening.

"It looks good on you Kat, and it's about time."

Kathryn blushed at the compliment. "B'Elanna, I'm huge."

B'Elanna laughed, "And you'll only get bigger; but it's a good thing." She hugged her Captain and friend. "Everyone will be good with it, wait and see."

The door chimed again and this time, with more confidence Kathryn answered the door.

The Doctor and Seven strode in. The Doctor just smiling and Seven's ocular implant raising to almost hit her hairline.

The couple went over to the table where Seven stared at the EMH. "Has there been a change in dress code?"

The doctor looked at Seven. "She's pregnant Seven. Her normal uniform won't fit for much longer."

Seven shook her head and went back to perusing the food selection.

The chime rang again and Harry and Tom walked into the room. "Well this is a surprise." Tom's quip came out without thinking.

Kathryn smoothed her maternity smock and stared at him as he ty¬ped something into a pad. "So who won Tom?"

Tom blushed, "I… I'm not sure what you're talking about."

Chakotay laughed, "You think we didn't know that you kept the betting pools open?"

Tom went and inspected the food choice. "This looks really good Captain."

"How many times do I have to tell you that flattery will get you nowhere."

Tom began talking quietly with B'Elanna. "You knew and you didn't tell me?"

"She's the Captain and she asked me to keep this to myself until she was ready to tell the crew. What was I supposed to do go against what she told me and asked me in confidence?"

Tom nodded his understanding, "Okay I'll give you that."

Finally the door chimed one last time at 3 minutes to 0800. Tuvok was the only one missing so she knew who it was. She walked to the door and opened it letting in her Security Chief. His eyebrows raised and he stared at her. "I was wondering when you were going to share your news with us."

"Oh so you're telling me you already knew?"

"I am telling you I suspected as much."

Janeway looked around. Everyone seemed to be settling in around the table. Chakotay walked up to her and whispered in her ear, "Told you."

Kathryn turned around and slapped him playfully on the arm. "Fine I'll give you this one."

She stood at the head of the table. "Well as you can all see there were some minor complications from that trip through the almost wormhole 3 months ago. So we will be having a baby the commander and I in about six months."

Tom went up to her and hugged her, "Congratulations Captain. I am so happy for the both of you." He walked up to Chakotay and shook his hand. "Congratulations Chakotay I knew you two would be good for each other."

Chakotay smiled and went up behind Kathryn and grabbed her hand.

Tom looked at the couple, "So when's the wedding?"

Kathryn and Chakotay shared a secretive smile. "We're already bonded Tom."

Tom stared at her. "When?"

"When we were in that wormhole." Kathryn opened the back of her uniform and showed off her tattoo. "You're a lucky man Chakotay."

The next hour was filled with congratulations and talk of the baby on the way.

What Kathryn and Chakotay found out from the Doctor was that they weren't the only ones who had indulged during that time and there were three other babies that were on the way from various members of the crew.

For once, Kathryn didn't feel so alone.

END PART 3

THB IN PART 4