Chapter 37
(In a park in San Francisco, Naomi is playing in a sand pit when another little girl (Molly O'Brien, who is four) comes up and also starts to play)
Naomi: Hi, I'm Naomi. What's your name?
Keiko: Don't be afraid sweetie.
Molly: I'm Molly
Naomi: Hi
Miles: Alright then, Molly you play nicely with Naomi here while mummy and I go and sit on that bench over there, ok.
(Molly nods her head)
Miles: Good girl
(Miles and Keiko go and sit on a bench next to Sam and Gresk just over 3 metres from the sand pit)
Sam: Miles! Is that you?
Miles: Sam!
Keiko: Miles, do you know this woman?
Miles: Yeah Sam and I were neighbours when I moved over here from Ireland
Keiko: Oh hi there, I'm Miles' wife, my name's Keiko.
Sam and Gresk: Hi
Miles and Keiko: Hello
Sam: This is my husband Gresk.
Miles and Keiko: Hello
Sam and Gresk: Hi
Gresk: I see your daughter is playing with ours.
Miles: Oh, she's yours
Sam: Yeah, her name's Naomi's, what about your little one she's so cute.
Miles: Thanks, her name's Molly, she's just gone 4.
Sam: (smiles) So what are you up to these days?
Miles: Me and Keiko live and work on Deep Space 9, after moving there from the Enterprise. Infact we were on board the Enterprise when it escorted Voyager home.
Sam: Really!
Miles: Yeah, they were taking us to Earth for the rare holiday time we'd scheduled.
Sam: Holiday!
Miles: Sorry it's the Irish in me, I mean vacation,
(The two laugh. At Mark's house which he used to share with Captain Janeway)
Captain Janeway: It looks the same
Mark: Yeah not much has changed since you were last here. C'mon I bet you anything they'll be in the Kitchen.
(She laughs and he leads the way. In the kitchen they walk in to see the two dogs in their beds. They both lift their heads and get up. Roxy goes to Mark and Mollie goes to Janeway, and recognises her)
Captain Janeway: I've missed you too
Mark: Katherine, this is Roxy, she just turned 7 last week.
Captain Janeway: Hi there
(She strokes Roxy while Mark goes over to the drawers to get two pictures)
Mark: This one is from when the pups were first born and this one is when they were about 4 weeks old.
Captain Janeway: So she had 7 pups in the end.
Mark: Yeah 3 boys and 4 girls
Captain Janeway: What did you call them?
Mark: This one's Jack, that's Toby and then you've got Bruno, Sadie, Honey, Roxy and finally Kathy.
Captain Janeway: You named one Kathy
Mark: Yeah, and they all live pretty close too, within about 15 miles.
Captain Janeway: That's nice ... so how are you?
Mark: I'm ok
Captain Janeway: Good, oh and thank you for letting me stay.
Mark: Your welcome
End of Chapter