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WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, MY KATHRYN.

By JO aka the Hopping Hamster.

Chapter 7

Go to sleep, my Kathryn

"Hi there beautiful." Chakotay said as he sat down in the chair in fount of Kathryn and admired her beauty.

"Oh Chakotay, hi." Kathryn said lifting her head from the PADD she had been engrossed in reading and smiling back at him. "You really think I'm beautiful?" she asked truly expecting him to laugh at her and tell her she is ugly.

"The most beautiful woman I have ever known." He smiled at her showing is dimples as he leaned forward and brushed a stray bit of hair out of her eyes.

He watched her as she stared to run the tip of her thumb over the tips of her other fingers on her left hand and bite her bottom lip.

"Truly you're beautiful Kathryn." Chakotay said as he took her small hand in his larger palm. "Did you drink the coffee I sent you first thing this morning sweetie? I sent a PADD saying I allowed you to drink it, but you know Kathryn if I give you a gift of coffee or food you are allowed to drink or eat it, you don't actually need my permission sweet heart." he said smiling childishly at her.

"Yes, thank you. It was lovely this morning. Just what I needed and I'm so sorry I fell asleep last night while you told your story."

"Yes well that was very naughty of you. It was quite an effort you caused me, as I had to carry you to your quarters and tuck you in that deliciously big bed of yours! Though no need to worry my woman warrior I feel like bestowing forgiveness upon you, after the night you had no wonder you were tired, and it was 03:30 hours. I was going to tell you to come again this evening and try to re-do what I had planned for you last night but I think your too tired."

"I am not! I am fit and healthy and ready to do your bidding."

"Kathryn! Do not answer me back!" he said warningly at her "You're not, look at you, you're exhausted, you only got an hours sleep last night and I recon not much the night before. Am I right?"

When Kathryn didn't reply Chakotay watched her twirl the PADD in her hands as she bit her bottom lip.

"Kathryn did you understand what I said to you? I asked you a question. Answer me." Chakotay said in a calm yet demanding tone.

"Yes"

"Yes, what Kathryn? Yes you understood what I said to you or yes I am right?"

"Yes you are right."

"I see. Well firstly I think you need to learn to answer me when I ask you a question and second I think you need to learn to be more clear in your answers when you finally feel bothered to answer me. Nor do I like the way you answer me back. I think little miss Janeway here is being naughty and it's about time naughty little Kathryn was taught a lesson." Chakotay was not aggressive or angry towards his love; he merely talked to her very calmly and respectfully. He admired this woman more than he had ever admired anyone else. Telling her of his love, respect and adoration for her had not worked, now he was trying to get through to her in a completely different way.

"Sorry"

"You will be, mark my words." he said this with a twinkle in his eye as he smiled broadly at her.

"Have you eaten this lunch time or are you just sat in the mess hall reading that PADD of yours?"

"I haven't eaten yet"

"Kathryn! What did we talk about yesterday? We talked about needs and wants! Now stand that little ass of your up and walk over to Mr. Nelix and get yourself some lunch. Then come back here and eat and I will see what I think about getting you some coffee to drink."

Later that afternoon Kathryn was sat in her ready room feeling like she was about to drop off to sleep, partly because she had only had two cups of coffee all day as well as the fact that she had slept very little over the last two nights. Her eyes were slowly beginning to shut when her door chime went.

"Come in" she called barely opening her eyes.

"Coffee time" came Chakotay's bubbly voice as he entered. "Looks like you need it too!" He smiled warmly at her as he placed the hot mug in front of her.

"Yes thank you Chakotay." She said as she picked up the mug and began to drink from it.

"Kathryn"

"Humm?"

"When your shift ends at 16:00 hours your going take your little self straight off to your quarters and your going to get in that big bed of yours and go to sleep."

"No I am not!"

"Your not? I think you find you are. I want you to sleep for a few hours then report to me at 20:00 hours in hollodeck 1, you have a lesson to be taught." raising his eyebrows causing the tattoo over his left eye to raise too.

"No I am not." She repeated.

"Kathryn!" Chakotay warned in a stern voice.

"What?" she spat.

"Are you being a naughty little girl?" He asked her in a very patronising tone.

"No Commander, I am just refusing to go to bed at 16:00 hours!" she hissed at him standing up to make herself appear taller.

"Fine."

"Fine?" she repeated she hadn't expected it to be that easy.

"Yes, just fine, do as you wish my love but you wont be needing this." Chakotay said as he leaned over and took the mug of coffee from her grasp.

"Chakotay please!" she looked in horror as he tipped the full mug of coffee into her recycler, it was gone.

"Did that tight little mouth of yours have something else it wanted to say my Kathryn?"

Without another word Kathryn closed her mouth and sank back into her chair and stared at her hands. After all she had agreed to this game and now she saw that Chakotay meant what he said, he was very prepared to deny her coffee for her 'bad behaviour' over the next three weeks. 'Damn, I really am walking a very fine line here, and he is just so damn sexy when he talks to me like that.'

Chakotay walked in front of where his Kathryn now sat, he took her chin in his right hand and gently tiled her head far back so that her blue eyes were gazing into his own where he stood towering above her. With his thumb he stroked her lips several times lovingly as he gazed into her eyes so lovingly.

"You are a beauty to behold my woman warrior," he told her gently as he stroked her hair from her forehead with his left hand. He then took the forefinger on his left hand and slowly and gently ran it from the bridge of her nose to the tip and tapped the tiny tip of her nose saying;

"I think that naughty tongue of yours needs to watch it's self, otherwise it might find it's self being punished mercilessly." He then placed his forefinger gently on her still closed lips as though trying to silence her while still tilting her head far back using his right hand. The two gazed into each other's eyes for a few seconds, neither wanted to move.

"Tuvok to Janeway" her comm badge chirped.

Very swiftly Chakotay let go of his captains face and stepped back from her, standing with his hands behind his back.

"Janeway here, is there a problem Tuvok?" Kathryn asked as she tapped her comm badge just as swiftly as Chakotay had stepped back from her. She had broken eye contact with Chakotay and had now turned her back to him and had moved up to the upper level and was facing out of her ready room window.

"Uncertain Captain, we are picking up some strange readings of the port bow, source unknown, Captain."

Standing up as tall and straight as the little woman could Kathryn took the bottom hem of her uniform jacked and pulled hard trying to straighten it out and regain some of the command posture she had just lost under the touch and words of her first officer. She then reached up to straighten out her hair and then slowly turned to face her first officer who was now stood some distance away from her, between her and the door to the bridge watching her with his hands still firmly behind his back the devilish twinkle in his eye gone. Kathryn took in an intake of breath, breathed out heavily trying to compose herself, nodded at her first officer and said to the Vulcan still connected via the comm line;

"On our way Commander, Janeway out."

Tapping her comm badge to close the connection she began to walk towards the doors leading to the bridge knowing she would have to walk past her first officer who was stood watching her, not moving as she approached him. When Kathryn had moved close to him he stepped to one side allowing her to move in front of him, as he always did, letting her enter her bridge before him. Chakotay took his rightful place as her first officer, walking just behind her left shoulder. They moved almost as one towards the doors leading to the bridge.

Just before they approached the doors Chakotay placed one of his large hands on his captains 'beautiful little ass' as he loved to call it. He then leaned in closer to her ear, close enough for Kathryn to feel his warm breath on the side of her neck making her shiver as he whispered to her from behind;

"I expect you to report to me at 20:00 hours, hollodeck 1. And get some sleep first if you know what's good for you my dear."

He gave her bottom a playful tap with his hand. Chakotay then quickly stood up straight just as the doors swished opened and the two walked onto the bridge of her Starship giving Kathryn no chance to respond or argue. Her bridge crew were still completely unaware of what had just taken place in her ready room or that indeed the first officer had the captain just where he liked her, in his pocket so to speak.

"Report" the captain braked at the crew as she made her way to her command chair and settled nicely in it, closely followed by the first officer who took his seat next to her and started tapping things into the screen that separated them. Neither looked at each other as they worked. In this situation she was Captain and voyager was hers and he served under her, at her side, but always just behind her as her ever faithful first officer.

End of chapter 7….. Chapter 8 NOW UP!...