Meaningless Words
Part two.
Disclaimer, the same as part one, everything belongs to Paramount, except my storyline. And Dirty Dancing belongs to whoever owns Dirty Dancing, I guess.
Kathryn programmed the computer to take them to an outside dance floor from the film "Dirty Dancing". If you had sent eh 20th century film you would know what I was talking about. For those not in the know, it is a dance floor underneath a big umbrella gazebo, with fairy lights strung up around it. Needless to say, it is beautiful, and set in a beautiful mountainside scene. It was dusk when Chakotay and Kathryn walk into the holodeck.
"This is wonderful!" Chakotay exclaims. He is truly shocked that Kathryn could find such a beautiful place so quickly and easily on the database. "How did you find this place?"
"It's from a film, my mother, sister and I used to watch." Kathryn felt a pang of homesickness as she says this. She misses their girly nights.
"You miss them very much, don't you?"
"yes" She smiles sadly at him. How come she could never hide what she was feeling from him? It was alarming for her to admit she couldn't shroud her emotions in secrecy from him. He was simply too perceptive. It was part of his great empathy for all living creatures. "We all miss people from back home though, and I can't wallow in self-pity"
"You don't, Kathryn", he couldn't believe he was hearing that from her of all people. "You are allowed to miss them, and you should talk about it sometimes. Even if you can't share your grief with anyone else, you can always share it with me. I hop you know that." At this he hugs her and she gratefully accepts the gesture, allowing herself for a few moments to sink into his embrace.
Suddenly, while they embrace, the band on the stage begins to play. It is a very fast tune.
"Shall we?" Chakotay asks. They dance. In fact they dance for hours. Not always with each other, but also with the holo-characters, but always they have one eye on each other. At the point we leave them that evening, we see Chakotay staring at Kathryn, who is dancing with the holographic dance teacher. He is mesmerised, and has a wide smile gracing his handsome face.
Part two.
Disclaimer, the same as part one, everything belongs to Paramount, except my storyline. And Dirty Dancing belongs to whoever owns Dirty Dancing, I guess.
Kathryn programmed the computer to take them to an outside dance floor from the film "Dirty Dancing". If you had sent eh 20th century film you would know what I was talking about. For those not in the know, it is a dance floor underneath a big umbrella gazebo, with fairy lights strung up around it. Needless to say, it is beautiful, and set in a beautiful mountainside scene. It was dusk when Chakotay and Kathryn walk into the holodeck.
"This is wonderful!" Chakotay exclaims. He is truly shocked that Kathryn could find such a beautiful place so quickly and easily on the database. "How did you find this place?"
"It's from a film, my mother, sister and I used to watch." Kathryn felt a pang of homesickness as she says this. She misses their girly nights.
"You miss them very much, don't you?"
"yes" She smiles sadly at him. How come she could never hide what she was feeling from him? It was alarming for her to admit she couldn't shroud her emotions in secrecy from him. He was simply too perceptive. It was part of his great empathy for all living creatures. "We all miss people from back home though, and I can't wallow in self-pity"
"You don't, Kathryn", he couldn't believe he was hearing that from her of all people. "You are allowed to miss them, and you should talk about it sometimes. Even if you can't share your grief with anyone else, you can always share it with me. I hop you know that." At this he hugs her and she gratefully accepts the gesture, allowing herself for a few moments to sink into his embrace.
Suddenly, while they embrace, the band on the stage begins to play. It is a very fast tune.
"Shall we?" Chakotay asks. They dance. In fact they dance for hours. Not always with each other, but also with the holo-characters, but always they have one eye on each other. At the point we leave them that evening, we see Chakotay staring at Kathryn, who is dancing with the holographic dance teacher. He is mesmerised, and has a wide smile gracing his handsome face.