Cyber Cafe

Disclaimers: If I owned the characters and their ship don't you think I would have put everyone out of their misery by now? Here's to Paramount!

Rating: PG-13

Cyber Café

Kathryn was exhausted. She had only arrived on the rebuilt Dorovan six days earlier but she was already shattered. Twelve days ago she had waved goodbye to her mother and boarded the transport to take her where she was now. She was in search of first officer or ex-first officer if you were being picky. She had looked everywhere she had originally thought of and a few that came to her on the spur of the moment but had seen no sign of him. Desperately in need of new ideas she was walking along the promenade of Dorovans busiest city. Spotting a coffee bar she decided to take a well-earned break.

Walking in she noticed the consoles on every table.

Sort of like a 21st century cyber café

She laughed to herself as she sat down. Activating her console she punched in her mothers connection.

"What can I get for you?"

"Coffee. Black." She replied to the waitress who had posed the question.

"Kathryn! Hi!" a voice exclaimed from the monitor.

"Hi, Mom"

"1 black coffee for table 7"

"You what?" a young man replied.

"The lady at table 7 asked for a black coffee. Actually she said Coffee. Black.' Like she was ordering from a replicator or something."

A large man glanced up from his paperwork to see the waitress take the large mug of coffee and head towards table 7.

"How's it going Kathryn?"

"I haven't had much luck"

"Well you won't find him by drinking coffee!"

"I know but would you look at this thing," She laughed waving a huge, now empty mug at the screen, "I'm in heaven!"

"And no doubt they've already gone to get you another one!"

"Another Coffee. Black. For table 7!" the waitress shouted.

"I'll get that one!" the man stood up deserting his work.

"B'Ellana was looking for you she wanted to know if you'd had any luck."

"I'll contact her later I promised I would."

"Actually Kathryn," Gretchen Janeway said looking over her daughter's shoulder, "I have to go now. Gretchen out."

"What? Mom-"

Kathryn turned round to see what her mother had been looking at and came face to face with a very familiar tattoo.

"Typical! I search for you for six days solid and I find you in a coffee bar of all places!"

"You were looking for me?" he replied sliding into the seat opposite her.

"Yes I was. Why have you got my coffee?"

"Because I told Laura I would serve you."

"You work here?"

"I own the place"

"You're kidding! I would have thought after Voyager you would have run from the stuff!"

"I kind of acquired a taste for it! Kathryn, why were you looking for me?"

The look in her eyes told him all he needed to know and she could see he saw it but told him anyway.

"I love you Chakotay, I always have done. I want to know if you'll give me a chance."

He pulled her across the table and kissed her with all her might.

"I Love you too Kathryn Janeway I knew my coffee bar would bring you too me in the end!"

Smiling so much she thought her face would ache for days she kissed him with increasing passion.

"So you found him then!" Tom Paris' face appeared on the monitor next to them, "and about time too B'Ell has just gone into labour!"

~~~Finis~~~


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