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Plunged Into Darkness
Part 4
Author: Mac
Disclaimers in Part 1
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B'Elanna sat down with a sigh. She hadn't meant to yell at Tom, or kick him out, it's just... She was so frustrated! She couldn't see anything and the Doctor didn't know if it would be permanent.
Permanent.
That word echoed in her brain. She wouldn't be able to work again. How could she function? She loved being Chief Engineer of Voyager and now it was going to end.
And Tom. His eyes were the most beautiful she had ever seen. She would never see them again. She would never see his smile... or their children.
Never.
Never.
B'Elanna sat down on the edge of her bed. "Computer lights off." What did she need those for?
*************
"Hey, Tom," Harry said, sitting next to his friend. "How's B'Elanna?"
Tom snorted. "How should I know!"
Harry held up his hands. "Easy, I was just asking a question."
"I'm sorry, Harry. It's just that B'Elanna won't let me get close to her. Correction, her Klingon stubbornness won't let me get close to her."
"Give it some time, Tom. Let her get over her denial."
Tom nodded and was about to say more when B'Elanna called him. ::Torres to Paris::
"Yeah?" he asked, glancing at Harry.
::Could you come to my quarters?::
"I'll be right there."
Harry smiled. "I told you."
"Don't get all cocky, Har. She's only been alone for ten minutes, who knows how much anger she has pent up."
"You're a real optimist, Tom," Harry replied, clapping his friend on the back.
Tom shrugged and turned towards the turbolift. He was so lost in thought that he hadn't noticed the Captain standing next to him. "Tom, how's B'Elanna?"
"Captain!" Tom said, jumping. "I didn't see you there."
She smirked. "Obviously."
"Sorry about that, I was just thinking. B'Elanna kicked me out of her quarters earlier and now she wants to see me. I can't decide if I'm going to need armor or not."
The turbolift stopped and the Captain moved to exit. She glanced back at Tom. "Bring the armor."
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B'Elanna heard the door open. "I'm in my room, Tom," she called. She heard a loud "oof" and winced.
"Computer, lights!" Tom came into the room, rubbing his forehead. "Thanks, B'Elanna."
"Sorry about that. Are you all right?"
He laughed, sitting next to her. "I just bumped my head on the floor. I tripped over someone's shoes."
"What part of your head?" He took her hands in his and guided them to his forehead. "Here."
B'Elanna gave it a soft kiss. As soon as she did, she began to cry. Tom wrapped his arms around her. "Shhh, everything will be all right."
"How can you be so sure, Tom?"
"I just do."
She laughed through her tears. "That's not very convincing," she replied.
"It might not sound like it, but I believe it anyway. So, do you want to get out of here. Go for a walk?"
"I don't know..."
He stood up and took her hands. "We'll go to a deserted floor."
"I new there was a reason I loved you," she answered, smiling.
"I love when you do that."
"Do what, Tom?"
He kissed her cheek. "Smile."
Plunged Into Darkness
Part 4
Author: Mac
Disclaimers in Part 1
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B'Elanna sat down with a sigh. She hadn't meant to yell at Tom, or kick him out, it's just... She was so frustrated! She couldn't see anything and the Doctor didn't know if it would be permanent.
Permanent.
That word echoed in her brain. She wouldn't be able to work again. How could she function? She loved being Chief Engineer of Voyager and now it was going to end.
And Tom. His eyes were the most beautiful she had ever seen. She would never see them again. She would never see his smile... or their children.
Never.
Never.
B'Elanna sat down on the edge of her bed. "Computer lights off." What did she need those for?
*************
"Hey, Tom," Harry said, sitting next to his friend. "How's B'Elanna?"
Tom snorted. "How should I know!"
Harry held up his hands. "Easy, I was just asking a question."
"I'm sorry, Harry. It's just that B'Elanna won't let me get close to her. Correction, her Klingon stubbornness won't let me get close to her."
"Give it some time, Tom. Let her get over her denial."
Tom nodded and was about to say more when B'Elanna called him. ::Torres to Paris::
"Yeah?" he asked, glancing at Harry.
::Could you come to my quarters?::
"I'll be right there."
Harry smiled. "I told you."
"Don't get all cocky, Har. She's only been alone for ten minutes, who knows how much anger she has pent up."
"You're a real optimist, Tom," Harry replied, clapping his friend on the back.
Tom shrugged and turned towards the turbolift. He was so lost in thought that he hadn't noticed the Captain standing next to him. "Tom, how's B'Elanna?"
"Captain!" Tom said, jumping. "I didn't see you there."
She smirked. "Obviously."
"Sorry about that, I was just thinking. B'Elanna kicked me out of her quarters earlier and now she wants to see me. I can't decide if I'm going to need armor or not."
The turbolift stopped and the Captain moved to exit. She glanced back at Tom. "Bring the armor."
***************
B'Elanna heard the door open. "I'm in my room, Tom," she called. She heard a loud "oof" and winced.
"Computer, lights!" Tom came into the room, rubbing his forehead. "Thanks, B'Elanna."
"Sorry about that. Are you all right?"
He laughed, sitting next to her. "I just bumped my head on the floor. I tripped over someone's shoes."
"What part of your head?" He took her hands in his and guided them to his forehead. "Here."
B'Elanna gave it a soft kiss. As soon as she did, she began to cry. Tom wrapped his arms around her. "Shhh, everything will be all right."
"How can you be so sure, Tom?"
"I just do."
She laughed through her tears. "That's not very convincing," she replied.
"It might not sound like it, but I believe it anyway. So, do you want to get out of here. Go for a walk?"
"I don't know..."
He stood up and took her hands. "We'll go to a deserted floor."
"I new there was a reason I loved you," she answered, smiling.
"I love when you do that."
"Do what, Tom?"
He kissed her cheek. "Smile."
