Sorry about the cliffhanger, I was feeling adventurous! That doesn't mean I won't do it again.
So, now B'elanna's story!
B'elanna began her story, "We were both seven and going to the same elementary school. She was on Earth spending some time with her father. I was an outcast because of the whole half-Klingon thing, and boy did I have a nasty temper. She was made fun of and had no friends because she was half-Vulcan and smarter than all of us combined, so she got special tutoring. We kind of bonded as the misfits of the class, you know?"
"Well let's hear one of the marvelous misadventures of Miss No-Emotion and Miss Hot-Head!" Tom jested.
B'elanna smiled. "Oh, sure! So, there was a kid named Daniel in the class who would call me 'miss turtle head.' I wanted so bad just to punch him in his smug little face. We had studied Vulcans in class before, so we knew they were a lot stronger than us."
Tuvok interrupted her. "The average Vulcan is 4.7 times stronger than the average human."
She sighed lightly. "So anyways, Daniel never called me names in front of Holly, 'cause he was afraid of her I guess. Well one day, we were walking back to my house to play after school. This was back when my parents were still together."
"I thought your mother didn't like having people over. And besides, what would you play?" Tom said, then turned to Harry snickering at their inside joke. Obviously, they were making some sort of lesbian joke. B'elanna was not amused and continued.
"We played Kadis-Kot and watched cartoons, Tom. Now, my mother liked Holly because she was 'courageous and honorable.' I just needed a friend, so I didn't care about my mother's Klingon pride with holly. Well Daniel and his little buddies rounded the corner and surrounded us. Daniel started blabbing on and on about how we shouldn't be in a human school, and 'go back to your own planets', blah, blah, blah. I was just getting angrier and angrier while it was as if she couldn't hear him."
"She always had never-ending patience with bullies." The captain muttered.
B'elanna continued. "So when holly got tired of his mouth, she completely butted in and told Daniel, 'We have been extremely patient in listening to your mindless babble. But now I'm afraid we must go, so if you would please step aside, we'll be on our way.'"
Everyone chuckled at the Vulcan's past bluntness.
B'elanna went on. "So she grabbed my hand and she tried to shoulder past them gently. Daniel shoved Holly back and told her, 'I don't think so freak. Boys, I think we need to teach elf ears here a lesson.' Well, at calling her 'elf ears', I freaked out. I got one small punch to the kid's gut in before Holly pulled me back and attempted diplomacy one more time. I'll never forget what she whispered to me, 'there is another way, B'elanna, always.'"
The captain nodded knowingly and Tuvok seemed proud. B'elanna was having the most fun with the story, though.
"So she stepped back a little and smiled that fake human smile she did to please adults and her father. Her mother and father were separated, by the way, so she was living with her dad then. So she smiled and told him, 'Why Daniel, elf ears? What a humorous joke! B'elanna, did you get the fly you were aiming for that was on his shirt? No? Oh, well. Thank you for the⦠stimulating conversation, Daniel. We must be going now, or we could be late for dinner.' She was like an angel, never ending patience. This time she shoved through them all with force and dragged me with her towards my house. As we were walking away and I was laughing quietly, Daniel yelled back, 'If miss turtle head ever touches me again, I'll knock her block off!'"
B'elanna was just about to get to the good part, and they knew it. Everyone in the room was on the edge of their seats in anticipation. B'elanna left them hanging until Chakotay said, "Well? What happened?!"
B'elanna smiled and leaned back in her chair, having fun torturing them.
"Hearing the 'miss turtle head', Holly stopped. Like, dead halt. She let go of my hand and turned around, striding right up to them all. I ran up behind her, ready to fight, but again she used words. 'Please direct your Neanderthal insults towards me. I do not mind. But please do not use slang glib towards my friend.' I was sure we were going to be best friends ever since then."
The captain, Tom, Harry, and Chakotay were still all bouncing with anticicpation. Tom spoke up when B'elanna didn't say anything after that.
"So what happened?" Tom nearly shouted, throwing his hands up in the air. B'elanna beamed and kept going.
"Daniel didn't like 'her tone' and told her 'I'll call miss turtle head whatever I want!' That was when I was sure she would deck him. I was wrong again. She spoke loud then so all of his buddies could hear. 'You enjoy games, Daniel? Well I can play. Joshua!'"
B'elanna stood, acting this part out, pointing to a random spot on the wall.
"'Joshua, You still don't know who told the whole class about your parents getting divorced, which you kept secret from all but one. Daniel. Well, Daniel told everyone during lunch. Will!'" B'elanna pointed to another point on the wall. "'Daniel was the one who told the other children you enjoy the color pink, resulting in endless ridicule! Matthew, Daniel was the one who stole your cupcake from your lunch on your birthday.'"
B'elanna pointed to different random places on the wall as she listed the children's names. After a couple of examples, she sat and went on with the story.
"Holly went on, listing all of the horrible things this kid had done. They all turned and dog piled on Daniel, beating the crap out of him, while we flipped around and ran all the way home, with her smiling and me laughing. So, when we got home, I asked her. 'Daniel really did all of those things?' She smiled her little Vulcan smile and told me, 'Approximately 40 percent of the things I listed actually happened. I knew Will liked pink, and someone had told the others, but it was not Daniel.' So we laughed about that and I asked her, 'Why didn't you just beat him up or something?' And she told me the wisest thing anyone has ever told me."
B'elanna paused for dramatic effect.
"'I could have, but I do not enjoy touching filth. Nevertheless, B'elanna, always remember they are below you and me. And we need them alive.' I had no idea why so I asked. 'Why would we need them?' And she said, 'Because, when we are rich and famous, or high ranking officials, or business owners, or Fitzen Prize winners, we will need someone to shine our shoes and serve us food and clean the bathrooms. So frankly, people like Daniel can eat our dust and kiss my ass.'"
Everyone smiled and laughed. Tuvok just stated, "An inspiring tale." Seven, who was sitting next to him, chimed in, "Indeed."
Everyone seemed to be impressed...
I hope you like it all so far. Please review!
