In the Captain's Ready Room Picard's mind was churning. He had just spent the past hour listening to Ensign Ro detail out the prospective future of Bajor. He had learned of The Emissary who coincidentally was Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko . Ro had done her part by making the magistrates consider Sisko heavily now it would Picard's turn make sure he took the job. None of this really gave the Captain pause he had been witness to many prophecies and spiritual information. Hell he was even considered a God by the Mintaken people. Who was he to deny that the Prophets of Bajor had pulled him into this situation? What did give him pause was the certificate of marriage Ro had handed him. He smiled at the memory.

"Captain there is one other thing"

"Yes Ensign."

"Lt. Barclay and I were married on Bajor. I would like it to be recorded in the Federation database and acknowledged." The Bajoran stated.

"Married?" Picard answered keeping his voice level.

"yes, sir" Ro answered handing over the Bajoran certificate.

Picard inhaled deeply trying to choose his words carefully, "Does the marriage have anything to do with Bajor?"

"Sir?" Ro asked confused.

"were you coerced in someway?"

The corner of Ro's mouth curled up in a grin, "no sir I was not coerced I was asked by Lt. Barclay and I accepted. Kai Opaka was most obliging."

"Anything else?" Picard asked he could see it on Ro's face that there was something else but when she didn't answer he knew to leave well enough alone.

Picard stood and moved to replicator, his tea materialized and he brought it back to his desk. He tapped his PADD and entered in the information of Barclay and Ro's marriage.

The data entered by Picard trickled through the crew slowly. Dr. Crusher was the next to learn of the event. Ro had made an appointment with the Doctor to begin monitoring her pregnancy. When Beverly had accessed Ro's file she noticed it had been amended.

Next of kin—Husband, Reginald Endicott Barclay III

It took one week before Picard had the formal request for transfer from the newlyweds, which he immediately granted.

"Galor IV? What's there?" Ro demanded as she looked at her PADD

Reg smiled at his wife, she was a sight riled up. "Galor IV is part of the Daystrom Institute. I'll be teaching there."

Ro's head whipped towards him, it wasn't long ago that he had told her his fear of teaching. "I thought you didn't want to teach?"

Reg shrugged, "I didn't want to be in a play but I did it and it was rewarding. I think this can be too. Galor IV is a beautiful planet it's location is a hub for the Federation so it's well defended."

Ro sighed the past few days were catching up to her. She was married, she was pregnant and she was leaving the Enterprise. All these things were too much, "I need to take a walk…I'll be back."

Reg knew that Laren needed space so he merely nodded. She threw the PADD onto the glass table where it clattered loudly, "Sorry" she muttered as she hastily left. Ro moved without knowing where she was going soon the doors of Ten Forward neared. The lounge was good enough place to contemplate her existence however as she entered the darkened bar she began to sneeze. Five successive sneezes racked her frame before she stopped. Guinan was quick to coral her to a table, "Get you anything? Ginger tea?"

"Ginger tea?" Ro asked.

"Helps with morning sickness" Guinan informed.

Ro rolled her eyes, "Does the whole ship know?"

"No."

"Small mercies." The Bajoran murmured.

Guinan lowered herself into another chair and studied her friend. "I'll miss you."

Ro exhaled sharply, "I feel like I'm losing something important but I'm not sure what."

"For people like us who have lost our homes and have suffered greatly, change is always sudden it is never gradual. While most of the change in your life has been violent or negative I believe that you'll gain more than you've ever imagined."

Ro shook her head and laid her palms flat on the lighted table, "He's going to teach. Reginald teaching… well speaking is his biggest fear and he's going to do it for me how do I deal with that?"

Guinan sighed dreamily, "Enjoy it."

When Ro left Ten Forward she was still feeling out of sorts. She inquired on the location of her husband and the computer informed her that he was in Holo-deck.

She smiled at the memory of the last time she was in the Holo-deck. She saw that there was no privacy lock and walked inside. She found herself in a huge lecture hall. She was located on the top row looking down in the bowl like formation of seat. Meters down her husband fumbling with a lectern. The acoustics of the room allowed her to hear him.

He cleared his throat, "Holo matrices are robust yet surprisingly fragile. Error in code can lead to decompo- no, decompil…no!"

He leaned onto the lectern his head bowed between his arms, "Calm, calm, calm" He stood and Ro watched as he tapped the side of his neck. "Holo matrices are-

"Something you know very well" Ro loudly stated from her position.

She watched as his head whipped up to locate her, as his eyes found her she could see him visibly relax and that feeling of loss quickly fled.

"Computer, run program Barclay 1"

The forest scene quickly replaced the lecture hall. She quickly met him under the oak and dragged him down to the forest floor with her. She was going to enjoy her husband.