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Bina W.
Coming Home
Ch 36
Kathryn folded her arms together and glared first at her sister and then the doctor. "I want answers and I want them now." Her friends did a double take at each other and then looked at her.
"How can it be both your ideas? Who did Chakotay approach first a bout this?"
Both her doctor and her sis said. "You do not deserve a precious gift like him."
She looked like she was ready to spit nails. "My personal life is my own. I am only going to ask once more. Who came up with the idea not to tell me?"
"I did." They said it at the same time.
She rolled her eyes. "I am tired of hearing you in unison. I want the ringleader."
They both tried to answer at the same time.
"I switched the pills with sugar pills."
"I impregnated you."
She gave them a confused look. "I am so frustrated. One at a time, please."
Phoebe held up a hand to the doc. "I impregnated you."
Kathryn had a shocked expression on her face. She just blinked at her sister.
The doc shook his head. "That is not possible. You are already pregnant."
Phoebe's eyebrows disappeared under her bangs. Kathryn looked ready to hit someone.
"You both could not have gotten me pregnant and I the only one I have dated on Earth since returning was Chakotay. Please tell me it is his child at least?"
The doc and her sister nodded at the same time.
Kathryn's face turned bright red.. "I told you both not to reply at the same time. Does Chakotay know I am pregnant?"
Both looked at her with an uneasy look.
"I doubt it." The doc replied.
"I just found out right after he confronted me. I had just told him that I impregnated you."
The doc looked at Phoebe with a curious glance. "If you do not mind, what was the method?"
Phoebe put her hands over her eyes and turned around.
But Kathryn was not in the mood. She got up and turned her sister back towards the doc and her.
She refused to look at her.
"Doc, scan me again to see how long I have been pregnant."
He nodded and scanned her. He put down the medical tricorder. "You are fifteen days pregnant."
Kathryn did a double take. "You seem so sure of yourself. That means that the pills must have failed."
She held her face in her hands. "He made me take the second pill. He said that not taking the second one could cause complications for the baby and me later on."
The doc looked at her softly. "That is true."
She looked back at him. "So he knew that conception had occurred."
The doc nodded.
She started to cry. "He loved me for so long. Longer then I deserved. I know it must have killed him making me take that pill. I know he had the baby's and my best interests at stake."
She looked back at her sister. "It looks like the pills failed. You failed. But the good news is that I am pregnant. But I was horrible to him. I told him to never even come back to Earth!" She started to cry and shake.
"I switched the pills with sugar pills and I not tell anyone. You must remember that day when you caught me in your bathroom? I scanned you when you had your back turned. I did the switch less then two minutes before you walked into the bathroom."
Phoebe choked and looked at the doctor.
Kathryn was no longer shaking but still had tears coming down her face.
Her sister looked at her in agony.
"What happened between you and my former first office in the den, Phoebe? Why did he hit you?"
'Kathryn, I tried to explain. He found the syringes and the stuff and confronted me. He admitted that you were already pregnant. I called him a liar and went to hit him and tripped over his shoes. He held up his arms to shield himself from me. You misinterpreted his actions."
Kathryn's face turned white, then red, and then finally went back to her normal complexion. "I cannot believe this! Phoebe, you knew about Seska! He probably thinks I put you up to this!"
The doc raised an eyebrow at her sister. I know you were trying to be helpful as I was, but I would have thought that you would picked a different method, knowing how much Chakotay resented Seksa for what she tried to do.
Kathryn looked at both of them. They both hung their heads, in unison.
The doc looked at Kathryn. "I am sorry to have to deliver one piece of news to you."
She shook her head. "Don't I am in the mood to shoot the messenger."
"As a medical doctor, I have to tell you."
She nodded.
He shook his head. "Her trying to impregnate you could have complications."
Kathryn looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole. "Does the baby even have a chance?"
The doc exchanged looks with Phoebe and then looked back at the admiral. "It is too early to tell."
She looked so miserable. "I can hardly believe all this. The baby and Chakotay did not deserve any of this."
"I do not even know how to begin to say it. I am genuinely sorry for what I did." Her sis and doc said it at the same time…again.
The admiral snorted and looked at both of them as she wiped away the tears. "You both are not the only person who has been reckless." She gave them a sheepish look. She shook her head and moaned. "I do not even know how to begin to say all this to Chakotay. I do not deserve him. He left."
The doc and her sis both gave her a hug. "He has stood by your side so far."
"Your pregnancy will have to be closely monitored."
She looked at the doc in askance. "If complications occur, when would that most likely happen?"
The doc looked at her in hesitation. "I cannot know for sure. It is too early to tell right now."
She glared at both of them. "It would not be good for the baby to scream at the both of you. Hopefully you both realize that you went too far. This is the best example why I have to live my own life. I know you both could not have imagined the domino effect of what your so called help might cause. There is quite the possibility that the damage is irreversible. Your busybody actions could destroy three lives." She paused to glare at each of them for a moment. They looked genuinely sorry.
She looked at her sister. "I have not seen you for seven years and you are the only sister I have. Be thankful that you are not going to get disowned. You will not repeat the events of this day, or conversation to anyone, including my former crew or mother. But I suggest you stay away from me until I contact you. Please leave."
Phoebe nodded, burst into tears and left her house.
The admiral looked at the doctor. "I do not even know what to say to you, my old friend. You have the medical knowledge to know better to do what you did. But there is still a chance that the baby could be okay. I know you meant well by switching the pills. But you forgot the Hippocrates Oath. What about the part about doing no harm?"
The doc had the decency to have a look of sorrow on his face.
She took a deep breath. "I am happy and worried at the same time. I might have to terminate the baby. But I told him in no uncertain terms to get lost and not even return to Earth."
The doc squeezed her shoulder. "I bet he will come back, regardless if you are able to carry the baby to term or not."
She shook her head. "I accused him of hitting her. He said that if I really thought him capable of that, then he would walk out of my life."
The doctor got a worried look in his eyes. "What are you going to do?"
She cringed. "I am not going to contact him. I was horrible to him and words do not even explain how sorry I am."
The doc looked at her. "Give him a chance. He gave you chance after chance for more then seven years."
She shook her head. "I need you right now the most. Can I count you to be the doc you were on Voyager?"
He sat up straight. "Yes."
She smiled a sigh of relief. "I know he loves me. That will never change. But I do not want him to come back for just the baby. I do not even know if I can have the baby. I do not want to let him know I AM pregnant and then maybe lose the baby."
"What are you going to do?"
She shook her head. "You and I are going to request a leave of medical absence. I do not want to be found on Earth. I will need a doc and I need to wait until I know if I can carry have a normal pregnancy."
He looked at her. "I do not deserve a second chance. I will not fail you again and I will my best."
She patted him on the shoulder. "I know you will keep your promise. Do not be so hard on yourself. We would not be having this conversation if I had not bought the pills and if you had not switched the pills."
He smiled at her. "You are most kind."
She shrugged. "Let dispense with the effigy and focus on what is best for the baby."
He nodded.