The Captain and Kathryn: Chapter Two
Kathryn was a little nervous as she approached the mess hall the next day. Of course the whole crew had been informed of the happenings of the previous day but hearing and seeing are two different very different things. She paused for a moment to straighten her uniform and brush off the science blue shoulders. Then she stepped forward and allowed the automatic doors to slide open. She spotted Chakotay sitting with Tom B'Elanna and Harry at a table in the corner. She grabbed a tray and moved to join them, ignoring the uncomfortable glances that she was getting from the other crewmembers.
"Good morning, Kathryn." Chakotay said when he saw her.
"Good morning, Chakotay, Tom, B'Elanna, Harry," she greeted each of them.
"Good morning Kathryn," Tom and B'Elanna greeted her in unison taking the cue form Chakotay.
"Good morning, Um…" Harry floundered.
"Kathryn, Harry, my name is Kathryn." She said laughing as she sat down in an empty chair next to Chakotay.
"Yeah Har, you can say it. Kath-ryn." Tom teased Harry, breaking down the name as if teaching it to a toddler. Harry blushed beet red.
"Am I interrupting anything?" All the occupants of the table looked up to see the Captain.
"Of course not, Captain, we're just giving Harry a hard time." B'Elanna said with a smile.
"Have a seat, Captain, there's always room for one more." Tom said gesturing to the one remaining open chair between him and Chakotay.
"I might just take you up on that offer," she said sitting down.
If any of the table's occupants felt uncomfortable with the situation they didn't show it. They all chatted easily over breakfast as if there was nothing unusual about the day. Tom made some joke about how with two Janeways, the Borg didn't stand a chance and the Captain pretended not to notice when Kathryn placed her hand over Chakotay's and left it there. After a while they all left to begin their duty shifts.
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Captain Janeway didn't see very much of Commander Chakotay that day and that evening she went to have dinner at the messhall in hopes that she would find him there. He wasn't there but instead of eating by her self she took up Tom and Harry's offer for companionship, something that she rarely did, however after how well things had gone that morning she decided that maybe she should spend a little more time socializing with the crew. When Tom mentioned that they were running the Sandrien's program that night she decided that she should stop by.
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"Captain!" the holographic Sandrien exclaimed when Captain Janeway stepped onto the holodeck a couple of hours later. "Its good to see you. Why didn't you tell me you have a twin?
"A twin?"
"Yes, Kathryn." Sandrien pointed to the pool table where Kathryn was standing next to Chakotay. When the captain didn't say anything Sandrien added, "If she's as good at pool as you are the men around here don't stand a chance"
The captain still didn't say anything, she was watching Kathryn and Chakotay. Even from that distance it was obvious that they were flirting mercilessly. Chakotay was bent over the pool table to make his shot when Kathryn gave him a swift swat on the behind. He dropped his cue, spun on his heal and grabbed Kathryn around her waist to prevent her from getting away form him. As he held her in place he tickled her. The captain was beginning to think that coming to Sandrien's was a bad idea and was about to leave when he spotted her. He almost dropped Kathryn, "Captain! I didn't expect to see you here."
"Its all right Commander, I was just leaving."
"Captain, don't leave yet, you just got here." Tom said approaching her from across the room, "the maintenance overhaul you ordered has B'Elanna stuck in engineering late the least you can do is have a drink with me."
Janeways's eyes were still locked with Chakotay's as she agreed with Tom, she was going to need a drink.
The Captain sat down at the table and took a sip of the drink that Tom handed her. "How strong is this?" she inquired.
"Probably not strong enough, Captain."
"Tom, I need a friend right now, not a helmsman. Call me Elizabeth, at least for tonight."
"OK, Elizabeth," he stumbled slightly over the name, then he chuckled as another thought crossed his mind, "if it was Harry sitting here instead of me, would you have asked him to call you that?"
She smiled, "I don't know, if I did do you think he would?"
Tom laughed out right, "Probably not, he's still calling Kathryn, 'Um…'"
At the mention of the name 'Kathryn' the Captain sighed, "I suppose with the way they've been acting its probably obvious now how I feel about him."
"No, offense, Cap… Elizabeth, but it was obvious before."
The captain sighed once again as she looked back to the pool table. Chakotay had his arm around Kathryn's waist as they watched Harry take his shot. "You're right Tom, this wasn't nearly strong enough," she said and then took one last swig of her drink.
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Kathryn and Chakotay made their way down the corridors on the way from the holodeck. Kathryn intertwined her fingers with his and reviled in just being close to him. She already missed being the captain but she was now able to be with the man she loved and that pro easily outweighed any cons. They stopped and she realized that they were standing in front of Chakotay's door.
"Well I guess this I goodnight."
"Not so fast," Kathryn said playfully as she pushed him up against a bulkhead and curled her arm around his neck, "Do you know how long I have been in love with you?"
"Probably not as long as I have been in love with you." He whispered
"I wouldn't be so sure," she said then pulled his head down into a long lingering kiss.
"So do you want to come in?" he asked when they had finally pulled apart
"I thought you'd never ask."
As Chakotay lead Kathryn into his quarters neither of the noticed the captain who had come around the corner a few minutes earlier and had witnessed the entire exchange.
To be continued…
Kathryn was a little nervous as she approached the mess hall the next day. Of course the whole crew had been informed of the happenings of the previous day but hearing and seeing are two different very different things. She paused for a moment to straighten her uniform and brush off the science blue shoulders. Then she stepped forward and allowed the automatic doors to slide open. She spotted Chakotay sitting with Tom B'Elanna and Harry at a table in the corner. She grabbed a tray and moved to join them, ignoring the uncomfortable glances that she was getting from the other crewmembers.
"Good morning, Kathryn." Chakotay said when he saw her.
"Good morning, Chakotay, Tom, B'Elanna, Harry," she greeted each of them.
"Good morning Kathryn," Tom and B'Elanna greeted her in unison taking the cue form Chakotay.
"Good morning, Um…" Harry floundered.
"Kathryn, Harry, my name is Kathryn." She said laughing as she sat down in an empty chair next to Chakotay.
"Yeah Har, you can say it. Kath-ryn." Tom teased Harry, breaking down the name as if teaching it to a toddler. Harry blushed beet red.
"Am I interrupting anything?" All the occupants of the table looked up to see the Captain.
"Of course not, Captain, we're just giving Harry a hard time." B'Elanna said with a smile.
"Have a seat, Captain, there's always room for one more." Tom said gesturing to the one remaining open chair between him and Chakotay.
"I might just take you up on that offer," she said sitting down.
If any of the table's occupants felt uncomfortable with the situation they didn't show it. They all chatted easily over breakfast as if there was nothing unusual about the day. Tom made some joke about how with two Janeways, the Borg didn't stand a chance and the Captain pretended not to notice when Kathryn placed her hand over Chakotay's and left it there. After a while they all left to begin their duty shifts.
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Captain Janeway didn't see very much of Commander Chakotay that day and that evening she went to have dinner at the messhall in hopes that she would find him there. He wasn't there but instead of eating by her self she took up Tom and Harry's offer for companionship, something that she rarely did, however after how well things had gone that morning she decided that maybe she should spend a little more time socializing with the crew. When Tom mentioned that they were running the Sandrien's program that night she decided that she should stop by.
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"Captain!" the holographic Sandrien exclaimed when Captain Janeway stepped onto the holodeck a couple of hours later. "Its good to see you. Why didn't you tell me you have a twin?
"A twin?"
"Yes, Kathryn." Sandrien pointed to the pool table where Kathryn was standing next to Chakotay. When the captain didn't say anything Sandrien added, "If she's as good at pool as you are the men around here don't stand a chance"
The captain still didn't say anything, she was watching Kathryn and Chakotay. Even from that distance it was obvious that they were flirting mercilessly. Chakotay was bent over the pool table to make his shot when Kathryn gave him a swift swat on the behind. He dropped his cue, spun on his heal and grabbed Kathryn around her waist to prevent her from getting away form him. As he held her in place he tickled her. The captain was beginning to think that coming to Sandrien's was a bad idea and was about to leave when he spotted her. He almost dropped Kathryn, "Captain! I didn't expect to see you here."
"Its all right Commander, I was just leaving."
"Captain, don't leave yet, you just got here." Tom said approaching her from across the room, "the maintenance overhaul you ordered has B'Elanna stuck in engineering late the least you can do is have a drink with me."
Janeways's eyes were still locked with Chakotay's as she agreed with Tom, she was going to need a drink.
The Captain sat down at the table and took a sip of the drink that Tom handed her. "How strong is this?" she inquired.
"Probably not strong enough, Captain."
"Tom, I need a friend right now, not a helmsman. Call me Elizabeth, at least for tonight."
"OK, Elizabeth," he stumbled slightly over the name, then he chuckled as another thought crossed his mind, "if it was Harry sitting here instead of me, would you have asked him to call you that?"
She smiled, "I don't know, if I did do you think he would?"
Tom laughed out right, "Probably not, he's still calling Kathryn, 'Um…'"
At the mention of the name 'Kathryn' the Captain sighed, "I suppose with the way they've been acting its probably obvious now how I feel about him."
"No, offense, Cap… Elizabeth, but it was obvious before."
The captain sighed once again as she looked back to the pool table. Chakotay had his arm around Kathryn's waist as they watched Harry take his shot. "You're right Tom, this wasn't nearly strong enough," she said and then took one last swig of her drink.
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Kathryn and Chakotay made their way down the corridors on the way from the holodeck. Kathryn intertwined her fingers with his and reviled in just being close to him. She already missed being the captain but she was now able to be with the man she loved and that pro easily outweighed any cons. They stopped and she realized that they were standing in front of Chakotay's door.
"Well I guess this I goodnight."
"Not so fast," Kathryn said playfully as she pushed him up against a bulkhead and curled her arm around his neck, "Do you know how long I have been in love with you?"
"Probably not as long as I have been in love with you." He whispered
"I wouldn't be so sure," she said then pulled his head down into a long lingering kiss.
"So do you want to come in?" he asked when they had finally pulled apart
"I thought you'd never ask."
As Chakotay lead Kathryn into his quarters neither of the noticed the captain who had come around the corner a few minutes earlier and had witnessed the entire exchange.
To be continued…