Meaningless Words
Part Four.
Harry Kim was bored. His bridge shift seemed never ending and there was absolutely nothing happening. Apart from routine breakdowns and requests. The Ops-station was probably the most busy station on the bridge, but even Harry was bored today. Not that this was necessarily a bad thing. It meant the crew could have some well deserved time off, and if he weren't stuck doing a duty shift, Harry would be enjoying the quiet too. He placated his restlessness with the knowledge that he only had another 30 minutes to go.
The Captain entered the bridge at the point he was thinking this, and he followed her route from past his station to her chair. As she entered the Commander stood and turned to greet her, with the smile Harry knew was saved especially for her. Tom was convinced that there was something going on between them, but Harry wasn't so sure. Their attraction to each other was obvious, but he didn't think that Kathryn Janeway would ever have an affair with her first officer. She would be too worried about her relationship with him professionally.
Little did Harry know, but he had hit the nail on the head. Much to Chakotay's sadness and frustration. On new Earth, Captain Janeway, had come close to letting him in, but protocol surrounded her every move on Voyager. She couldn't let her precious protocol go. He didn't care if she slept with him, but he wanted to be her friend at least, to be able to comfort her when she needed it, and congratulate her when it was appropriate.
She looked beautiful today he thought. As she came on to the bridge he could not help but smile at her.
"Commander"
"Captain, I was wondering if you had a moment"
"Certainly, please, join me in my ready room." The two walk across the bridge, and into her sanctuary.
"Is anything wrong Chakotay?"
"Not at all, I just wondered if you wanted to join me for dinner again this evening." She looks mildly surprised, but breaks into one of her rare full smiles.
"I would love to!" She smiles again, "I am off duty officially in fifteen minutes, but I want to have a word with Ensign Kim first, so 8.00 in the mess hall?"
"Sounds perfect. I'll send Mister Kim in?"
"Yes, please."
Harry was surprised when he looked up to find the Commander standing in front of him, he had been engrossed in a report for the Captain, he planned to give it to her before the end of his shift.
"Ensign, the Captain would like to speak with you in her ready room." Harry grew confused at this point. The Captain very rarely spoke to him alone.
"Yes, Commander, I will join her immediately."
When Harry entered the ready room, the first thing he noticed was the smell of coffee and roses. The ready room always smelt like this, and he loved it. The Captain always had fresh roses on the coffee table and a cup of coffee next to her on the desk.
"Ensign, thank you for joining me. I assume that is your weekly report?" She said, gesturing to the pad Harry had in his hand.
"Yes, Captain." He passes the padd over to her. Unusually she simply puts the padd down on the table straight away, rather than skim read it in his presence.
"Harry, please, sit down." He sits, "I wanted to ask you a favour"
"Yes, Captain?" He is wary.
"I want you to try and include seven in the evening activities on Voyager. I am worried about the lack of interaction between her and the crew"
"Is that all Captain?"
"Yes, thank you Ensign." It was a dream job!! He had been ordered to entertain the woman of his dreams! Tom would be green with envy...
Part Four.
Harry Kim was bored. His bridge shift seemed never ending and there was absolutely nothing happening. Apart from routine breakdowns and requests. The Ops-station was probably the most busy station on the bridge, but even Harry was bored today. Not that this was necessarily a bad thing. It meant the crew could have some well deserved time off, and if he weren't stuck doing a duty shift, Harry would be enjoying the quiet too. He placated his restlessness with the knowledge that he only had another 30 minutes to go.
The Captain entered the bridge at the point he was thinking this, and he followed her route from past his station to her chair. As she entered the Commander stood and turned to greet her, with the smile Harry knew was saved especially for her. Tom was convinced that there was something going on between them, but Harry wasn't so sure. Their attraction to each other was obvious, but he didn't think that Kathryn Janeway would ever have an affair with her first officer. She would be too worried about her relationship with him professionally.
Little did Harry know, but he had hit the nail on the head. Much to Chakotay's sadness and frustration. On new Earth, Captain Janeway, had come close to letting him in, but protocol surrounded her every move on Voyager. She couldn't let her precious protocol go. He didn't care if she slept with him, but he wanted to be her friend at least, to be able to comfort her when she needed it, and congratulate her when it was appropriate.
She looked beautiful today he thought. As she came on to the bridge he could not help but smile at her.
"Commander"
"Captain, I was wondering if you had a moment"
"Certainly, please, join me in my ready room." The two walk across the bridge, and into her sanctuary.
"Is anything wrong Chakotay?"
"Not at all, I just wondered if you wanted to join me for dinner again this evening." She looks mildly surprised, but breaks into one of her rare full smiles.
"I would love to!" She smiles again, "I am off duty officially in fifteen minutes, but I want to have a word with Ensign Kim first, so 8.00 in the mess hall?"
"Sounds perfect. I'll send Mister Kim in?"
"Yes, please."
Harry was surprised when he looked up to find the Commander standing in front of him, he had been engrossed in a report for the Captain, he planned to give it to her before the end of his shift.
"Ensign, the Captain would like to speak with you in her ready room." Harry grew confused at this point. The Captain very rarely spoke to him alone.
"Yes, Commander, I will join her immediately."
When Harry entered the ready room, the first thing he noticed was the smell of coffee and roses. The ready room always smelt like this, and he loved it. The Captain always had fresh roses on the coffee table and a cup of coffee next to her on the desk.
"Ensign, thank you for joining me. I assume that is your weekly report?" She said, gesturing to the pad Harry had in his hand.
"Yes, Captain." He passes the padd over to her. Unusually she simply puts the padd down on the table straight away, rather than skim read it in his presence.
"Harry, please, sit down." He sits, "I wanted to ask you a favour"
"Yes, Captain?" He is wary.
"I want you to try and include seven in the evening activities on Voyager. I am worried about the lack of interaction between her and the crew"
"Is that all Captain?"
"Yes, thank you Ensign." It was a dream job!! He had been ordered to entertain the woman of his dreams! Tom would be green with envy...