We'll Always Have Sainte Claire

"…so that was a bit awkward, huh?"

"In…deed. I would not have suspected that the Hirogen would be so… fascinated with… 'dramatic' concepts."

"That's one way of putting it."

"Explain."

"Well, I'd have said that the big, bad alien hunters seemed to have a thing for 'Soap Operas'."

"What is a 'Soap Opera'?"

"Oh, these terrible old 'tv' shows that Tom used to watch on that television I built him. They often used overly dramatic and convoluted plot lines to the point of absurdity."

"Indeed. Your being a French resistance agent carrying the child of a Nazi leader while being the secret lover of the local night club singer in an attempt to ascertain to whom her loyalty lies certainly counts as 'convoluted'."

"Yeah… why do you think they made me your lover as well? Seemed a bit unnecessary."

"Unknown for certain, although accessing my cortical node, I know that apparently they had tried making the Captain my lover but I kept rejecting her and she ended up in Sickbay too many times by my hand instead of by Hirogen hands."

"Ha, well, she and Neelix certainly made for an interesting pair from what the Doctor says."

"Certainly more interesting than Commander Chakotay and Mr. Paris."

"…yeah, Tom seems to have recovered from the bruising, however I think Chakotay is still conversing with his spirit guide."

"Do you have a spirit guide, B'Elanna?"

"I did."

"And now?"

"I don't."

"I… see."

"You know, it's not fair."

"What is not fair?"

"Well, you have the ability to remember what happened in the Holodeck, I don't."

"Why would you wish to remember a time when you were forced to wear a neural inhibitor which made you believe you were the character you were 'playing' in the simulation?"

"Maybe I want to know what it's like to be pregnant or just how far I went with 'the kapitan'... or 'Mademoiselle de Neuf'."

"I think I can say with some certainty that you spent very little 'quality time' with 'the kapitan' once the simulation began."

"Oh?"

"Yes, apparently you made numerous elaborate excuses to spend your evenings at Le Coeur de Lion cafe."

"Huh."

"Indeed. You seemed to quite enjoy my rendition of "That Old Black Magic"."

"Well even I can admit you have a wonderful singing voice."

"I- thank you."

"You're welcome. So... did we actually...?"

"Engage in non-reproductive copulation? Despite the fact that you were 'eight-months' pregnant?"

"You know, you could make it not sound like a couple of targs in a nature vid by saying 'love-making' or 'sex'; but yes."

"We did make love... several times. You were particularly energetic the evening I came back to recruit Commander Chakotay and Mr. Paris to help take back Voyager."

"Really? Well... was I any good?"

"...I have no other experience to compare it to, but Mademoiselle de Neuf considered it to be, I believe the expression is, 'mind-blowing'."

"I guess that's good to know- wait a minute."

"Lieutenant?"

"Lieutenant? Nice try but that's not going to distract me Seven."

"I do not know what you mean."

"I think you do- look at me."

"..."

"Seven, you came back to get help from Chakotay and Tom AFTER your neural inhibitor was disabled."

"I- you dragged me into an unoccupied tent and... I could not resist."

"Oh... are you alright?"

"...It was not something that I did not want."

"..."

"..."

"Seven."

"Yes, B'Elanna?"

"When the Holodeck gets fixed, would you mind going to Le Coeur de Lion for dinner with me?"

"I would like that."

"I can even wear a baby bump if you want."

"You are pushing it, Klingon."

~FIN~