Janeway sat on the sofa in her quarters. She couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched. She had a sense that it was Q. She got out and walked to her replicator.
"Coffee black." She watched as it appeared. She went back to her seat and sat down. She knew that she had felt something happen between her and Q but she wasn't sure what. Maybe it was just her feeling vulnerable and Q being there made her feel better. `Yes that's what it is.' With a new sense of conviction she gulped down her coffee.
"Computer what is the time?"
"The time is 19:55" she sighed, her shift finished in five minutes so there was not much point her going back to the bridge. `Dinner!' she thought to herself. As she headed over to the replicator she realised that she had just used up her last rations on that cup of coffee.
"Damn! Now I'll have to go to the mess hall."
"Now now talking to yourself Kathy, first sign of madness!" she looked around the room expecting to find Q but there was nothing.
"Q go away, I don't need you to upset me now."
"Oh but Kathy, you didn't seem to mind earlier, in fact I think you rather appreciated my company." Kathryn found herself getting angrier and angrier. `I was so right!'
"Look Q, you just caught me and a bad time, do you really think that if I was in my right mind I would let you within three ft of me. Now go away I'm going to get something to eat." With that she turned and walked out of the room. She knew that he was still watching her as she made her way down the corridor towards the turbolift. She was glad when she found the turbolift was empty. She got in ad called for the right deck.
"Oh Kathy you shouldn't try and hide your thoughts from me, I always know what you're thinking." She looked around herself puzzled.
"I wasn't trying to hide my thoughts from you." Q appeared in a flash, he had a puzzled expression on his face that made Janeway want to burst out laughing but she managed to curb it and out on her best captains mask
"But I felt it... there was a blocking, I had to push through a barrier. My dear Kathy, you are an amazing woman; no other mortal has ever had so much shielding. Your emotions are so hidden." He sighed and shook his head. Kathryn was just staring at him open mouthed. The lift came to a halt and the doors opened.
" Well tar tar dear, you go have dinner but remember I'm always watching." With that he disappeared. She pulled herself together and walked to the messhall. It was nearly empty when she entered but she wasn't really interested in company anyway. She went up to the galley and took a plate from Neelix. She couldn't for the life her decide what was and thought it best not to ask. She sat down at her usual table, at the back by the window. She gazed out at the stars. She was deep in thought, which is why she didn't notice Chakotay enter the room. He noticed her. She was obviously deep in thought. He grabbed a plate from Neelix and wandered over to her.
"Mind if I have a seat?" she jumped and turned too look at him.
"Oh commander, of course sit down." Janeway felt her heart beat ten times faster then usual, she wish she knew he was going to be here, at least she would then have been prepared. Now that she had admitted her emotions too herself it was getting harder to contain them. He sat down in front of her
"Thank you. Are you feeling better? I was kind of worried when you ran out like that." He gave her a small smile.
"I'm fine. You needn't have worried Chakotay. It was just a shock that's all." She put a hand to her mouth, she hadn't meant to say that out loud. Food forgotten he looked at her.
"What as Kathryn?" When she only looked to her plate he knew it was something big. He put his hand under her chin and lifted her face up so her eyes met his. "Please tell me, what's troubling you?"
"Oh it's nothing, just Q and his little games." Inside her head she could here chuckling.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Well... no." she realised that she didn't want to be having this conversation with him. "I have to go, early shift tomorrow, bye." She smiled at him the walked off Chakotay stared after her. He knew something had happened. He was determined to get to the bottom of it. He glanced at his watch `20:15' he knew seven had her daily supplements at half past and if he wanted to continue avoiding her he better leave. He picked up his and Janeway's plates put them in the recycle and followed where his captain had just left.
"Coffee black." She watched as it appeared. She went back to her seat and sat down. She knew that she had felt something happen between her and Q but she wasn't sure what. Maybe it was just her feeling vulnerable and Q being there made her feel better. `Yes that's what it is.' With a new sense of conviction she gulped down her coffee.
"Computer what is the time?"
"The time is 19:55" she sighed, her shift finished in five minutes so there was not much point her going back to the bridge. `Dinner!' she thought to herself. As she headed over to the replicator she realised that she had just used up her last rations on that cup of coffee.
"Damn! Now I'll have to go to the mess hall."
"Now now talking to yourself Kathy, first sign of madness!" she looked around the room expecting to find Q but there was nothing.
"Q go away, I don't need you to upset me now."
"Oh but Kathy, you didn't seem to mind earlier, in fact I think you rather appreciated my company." Kathryn found herself getting angrier and angrier. `I was so right!'
"Look Q, you just caught me and a bad time, do you really think that if I was in my right mind I would let you within three ft of me. Now go away I'm going to get something to eat." With that she turned and walked out of the room. She knew that he was still watching her as she made her way down the corridor towards the turbolift. She was glad when she found the turbolift was empty. She got in ad called for the right deck.
"Oh Kathy you shouldn't try and hide your thoughts from me, I always know what you're thinking." She looked around herself puzzled.
"I wasn't trying to hide my thoughts from you." Q appeared in a flash, he had a puzzled expression on his face that made Janeway want to burst out laughing but she managed to curb it and out on her best captains mask
"But I felt it... there was a blocking, I had to push through a barrier. My dear Kathy, you are an amazing woman; no other mortal has ever had so much shielding. Your emotions are so hidden." He sighed and shook his head. Kathryn was just staring at him open mouthed. The lift came to a halt and the doors opened.
" Well tar tar dear, you go have dinner but remember I'm always watching." With that he disappeared. She pulled herself together and walked to the messhall. It was nearly empty when she entered but she wasn't really interested in company anyway. She went up to the galley and took a plate from Neelix. She couldn't for the life her decide what was and thought it best not to ask. She sat down at her usual table, at the back by the window. She gazed out at the stars. She was deep in thought, which is why she didn't notice Chakotay enter the room. He noticed her. She was obviously deep in thought. He grabbed a plate from Neelix and wandered over to her.
"Mind if I have a seat?" she jumped and turned too look at him.
"Oh commander, of course sit down." Janeway felt her heart beat ten times faster then usual, she wish she knew he was going to be here, at least she would then have been prepared. Now that she had admitted her emotions too herself it was getting harder to contain them. He sat down in front of her
"Thank you. Are you feeling better? I was kind of worried when you ran out like that." He gave her a small smile.
"I'm fine. You needn't have worried Chakotay. It was just a shock that's all." She put a hand to her mouth, she hadn't meant to say that out loud. Food forgotten he looked at her.
"What as Kathryn?" When she only looked to her plate he knew it was something big. He put his hand under her chin and lifted her face up so her eyes met his. "Please tell me, what's troubling you?"
"Oh it's nothing, just Q and his little games." Inside her head she could here chuckling.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Well... no." she realised that she didn't want to be having this conversation with him. "I have to go, early shift tomorrow, bye." She smiled at him the walked off Chakotay stared after her. He knew something had happened. He was determined to get to the bottom of it. He glanced at his watch `20:15' he knew seven had her daily supplements at half past and if he wanted to continue avoiding her he better leave. He picked up his and Janeway's plates put them in the recycle and followed where his captain had just left.