Kathryn and Tuvok decided to continue to live separately until the ceremony. The next morning, Kathryn was awakened by a call from the bridge. "Chakotay to Janeway. We're approaching the coordinates of the wormhole."

"I'm on my way. Janeway out."

Janeway came to the bridge and greeted the staff. "Report!" she commanded.

Lt. Paris said, "We should enter the mouth of the wormhole in 90 seconds."

The next minute and a half seemed like an eternity. Then, suddenly, a blue swirl appeared in front of Voyager, and the ship was pulled in. They sped through a conduit, and a few seconds later returned to normal space. Lt. Paris looked at the helm and said, "I'm reading that we have traveled 10,347 light years in the direction of Earth."

A cheer rang out on the bridge. Janeway was starting to feel a little dizzy because she hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so she excused herself to the mess hall. She greeted Neelix with a smile and said, "Good morning, Neelix! Could I please have one of your famous leola root muffins and a glass of apple juice?"

As Neelix handed Janeway the muffin and juice, he said, "You're looking positively radiant this morning. Would you like some coffee with that?"

"No thank you. I'm giving up coffee for the next little while; doctor's orders. It's not good for the baby."

"You're pregnant? Congratulations!"

News travels fast on a small starship, so by the end of the day, the whole crew knew that Janeway was expecting a baby. Only Kes and the Doctor knew the baby's paternity, but Chakotay suspected that Tuvok was involved. The next morning was the weekly staff meeting. After all the ship's business was concluded, Janeway said, "Tuvok and I have an announcement. We have decided to commit our lives to one another, and we are going to do this in a public ceremony of union. We would be honored if you would all attend."

Chakotay said, "You're getting married?"

Tuvok responded, "Not exactly. Since I have not divorced T'Pel, Kathryn and I cannot marry. However, we want to spend the rest of our lives together, and raise our family together. We decided that the best way to start this off is with a ceremony anyway."

The room was filled with congratulations. Neelix was the most vocal. After the meeting, he came up to Tuvok, patted him on the back, grinned, and said, "Way to go, Mr. Vulcan!"

Tuvok was not going to give Neelix the satisfaction of seeing an emotional response, so he suppressed his irritation and merely raised his eyebrow.

Later in the week, Lt. Torres organized a bridal shower. All the women on Voyager attended. They were sitting in the mess hall talking. Janeway was being subjected to the range of traditional bridal shower questions.

Ensign Wildman asked, "So, how did you and Tuvok meet?"

Janeway responded, "About 10 years ago, on my first command, Tuvok was assigned to my ship. After the mission, he chewed me out in front of several admirals for failure to follow proper procedures. I was mortified, but, he was right. It wasn't the best first impression, but we became close friends after that."

Lt. Torres asked, "When did you fall in love with him?"

"It's hard to say. It sort of built up over time. I think I first realized it when Neelix and Tuvok were fused in that transporter accident, and I thought we might not be able to get them back."

Tom Paris caught Tuvok in the hallway and said, "I'm going to organize a bachelor party for you."

"What is a bachelor party?"

"The friends of the groom get together and throw a party celebrating the last night before getting married. It usually involves alcohol, fun, and beautiful, scantily clad women."

"I have already declared my devotion to Kathryn. I have promised to be faithful to her. It would be illogical for me to spend the last evening before the ceremony becoming inebriated in the company of insufficiently clothed women."

"So what do Vulcans do before getting married?"

"The family of the groom meets to burn incense, meditate, and offer prayers of gratitude. Since I have no family aboard Voyager, you are, of course, welcome to join me."

Lt. Paris suppressed a smart remark. They took leave of one another, and Tuvok went about his business.

The day of the ceremony arrived. The crew was gathered in the holodeck, which was programmed to look like a Vulcan temple. Tuvok and Janeway were wearing traditional Vulcan robes. Tuvok wore the colors of his clan. Janeway decided that since this was the closest thing to a wedding she was going to get, she would wear white. She contemplated the irony for a moment as she saw her rounding belly.

Tuvok rang the gong, and the bridal procession moved forward. Janeway arrived, and she and Tuvok knelt across from one another. Ensign Vorik, as the only other Vulcan aboard, presided at the ceremony.

Vorik never cared much for the ancient ceremonial Vulcan language, so he updated it to use modern pronouns. "What you are about to witness comes from long ago. It is the Vulcan heart, it is the Vulcan soul."

Tuvok and Kathryn placed the first two fingers of their right hands together. Tuvok began, "Parted from and never parted..."

8 months later

Janeway was on her way to the bridge when she had a sharp pain in her abdomen. She doubled over for a moment, then caught her breath and kept going. A few minutes later, it happened again. She tapped her combadge and said, "Janeway to sickbay. I'm coming in; I think it's time."

She went to sickbay. When she got there, Kes helped her onto a biobed. The Doctor came out, ran a few scans and said, "You were right. You're in labor."

Kes called the bridge and said, "Sickbay to the bridge. The captain is in labor."

Chakotay answered and said, "Acknowledged. Bridge out."

Chakotay turned to Tuvok and said, "Lt. Ayala can take your bridge shift today. Go to sickbay."

Tuvok nodded and went to sickbay. It was a brief labor, and about 20 minutes after Tuvok got there, the Doctor said, "I can see the head."

A few moments later, he said, "Congratulations. It's a boy!"

The Doctor cleaned the baby up, wrapped him in a blanket, and handed him to Janeway. Then he looked at Janeway and Tuvok and said, "Have you decided what you're going to name him?"

They hadn't discussed names, but Tuvok and Janeway looked at each other, and at the same moment said, "Sorek."