Author's Note: I still can't believe that everyone loves this story… I really am shocked beyond words, and so grateful that you have all stuck with me through this. I have five chapters left, a B'Elanna, a Tom, a Harry, a Kes and a Neelix POV to do, or something like that… I may just end after Harry, or whatever, we'll see. But I'm thinking of doing a sequel- one for between each season. So next will be seasons two and three. They'll be shorter- I think just 3 or 4 chapters… so enjoy this while it lasts! Thanks to the reviewers! I love you guys!

She saw her sitting alone in the corner, reading something or other and sipping her cup of coffee. She looked awfully lonely, B'Elanna mused as she kept watching the Captain. Since Chakotay was still recovering in sickbay, the Captain ate by herself, and B'Elanna felt a slight twinge of guilt as she watched the Captain look over at the empty seat that was in front of her. B'Elanna decided that she was going to do this, it had been Tom's idea, and now that she was actually listening to Tom, she saw how right he had been all along about the Captain.

As B'Elanna walked toward the Captain, she thought about what Tom had said, how he had called the Captain and Chakotay "incomplete without each other". Tom had told her about what had happened in Sickbay, how she had stayed with him for hours and hours, not eating, not sleeping, just watching him. She knew there had always been something between them, and at first it had enraged her. Sure it still made her blood boil, after all she loved Chakotay, but at least she knew the Captain wouldn't hurt him, she would never harm him.

B'Elanna stood next to the Captain and spoke. "Captain, Tom and Harry- I mean Lieutenant Paris, Ensign Kim and I were wondering if well, you would, um," Damn this was hard for her. "If you would like to join us for breakfast?" she had said it so quickly, she wondered if the Captain had even heard her. There was no response from the Captain for a few moments, but then she put down her padd. "Thank you Lieuten- B'Elanna. But, I'm afraid I'll have to decline, at least until the Commander returns. I'd feel terrible if he returned to find our table deserted…" she smiled, easing B'Elanna's nerves.

"Well, in that case, um… well if you ever get lonely Captain, we sit in the back to the left."

"I know B'Elanna…"

"Oh, okay."

"But thank you anyway…"

"You're welcome Captain." She walked uneasily back to her seat next to Harry.

"So what'd she say?"

"Will you cool it Tom? I just sat down…"

"She's not coming is she?" Harry questioned.

"Obviously not Captain Obvious… what'd she say B'Elanna?"

"Something about waiting for Chakotay…" B'Elanna threw a rather aggravated glance at Tom and just continued to poke at the food that Neelix had delighted to call breakfast. Tom and Harry were busy chatting about the Captain, when the doors to the mess hall swished open, and Chakotay walked in. B'Elanna quickly got up as he walked toward the Captain, with a smile on his face. She opened her mouth to call out his name, but she felt an arm grab her own.

"B'Elanna, let him go to her."

"I just wanted to say hello to him Tom…"

"Some hello- looked more to me like you wanted to run to him and suck his face off."

"Funny Paris, real funny."

"I thought so."

"Just shut it will you." She replied.

"Aw B'Elanna, look at them…" She spun around out of Tom's grasp and her eyes landed on the pair. Chakotay had put his arm around the Captain's shoulder, and she was looking at him rather flirtatiously, as they stood by the table laughing. They were happy, Chakotay was in love with her, and B'Elanna finally saw it. So it seemed that her whole world was crumbling. Just when she thought she would have a chance with him, just when she thought they could live happily ever after, he runs right back to the Captain. Maybe it was a sign. Tom's arm found its way around her shoulder, and she felt a tear roll down her cheek. "Oh Tom, what does she have that I don't? What could he possibly see in her?"

"B'Elanna, he sees stars in her eyes, joy in her smile, and comfort in her touch. She's his world B'Elanna. You can see it in his eyes; he'd cross a thousand galaxies to be with her, maybe even a million, or a billion." Tom smiled and wiped away her tear.

"Come on B'Elanna, you couldn't have loved that big oaf that much…"

B'Elanna smiled, ever so slightly, and she knew Tom had seen it.

"But I'll never forget him…"

"You don't need to forget him; you just need to move on."

He'd cross a thousand galaxies to be with her…Tom was right; she needed to move on, to find someone who would walk a thousand miles to be with her.

Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd

And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight

It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me

'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories

'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight

If I could
Just hold you
Tonight

I didn't even think of the Vanessa Carlton song when I wrote this, but when I found it, it just seemed to stick.