FAMILY TIES

PART ONE

DDR

Disclaimer: Paramount owns all things Trek. I own the story and any of the characters which I created, however I don't make money off of this.

Summary: Just as Beverly Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard's romance has taken a turn towards marriage; Beverly must face a 16 year-old secret that she has kept from her love while harboring a new secret that brings back old memories. Also Beverly is paid a visit from her son announcing some very big changes in his life, while the Enterprise rendezvous with the Titan for some much needed shore leave.

Pairings Crusher/Picard Riker/Troi Wesley/ Isabel M.

A/N This story has absolutely nothing to do with the 80's sitcom by the same name! Seriously!

A/N A few points to remember:

Setting is approximately three years after Nemesis

Jean-Luc convinced Beverly to stay aboard on the night of her supposed departure for SFM after Nemesis.

This story says that Beverly and Jean-Luc slept together the night of the episode "The Big Goodbye"

This story gives a second reason as to why Beverly left for Starfleet Medical during season two.

Will and Deanna have one child here, Dianna (Anna) Riker

During this time Wesley got permission to rejoin Star Fleet and he now serves under Riker's command as Chief engineer of the Titan. His rank is Lieutenant.

Aboard the Titan is a Lieutenant name Isabel Manhattan, Wesley's love.

A/N I hope you enjoy the story, there will be seven more parts after this one. It is mostly a story written to explore these story lines so parts may not be too believable but please just take it as it is. Please review if you feel like it.

The Story:

CHAPTER ONE

Beverly Crusher laid silently in her bed taking in the rhythm of her lover's breathing. A smile played across her lips as she thought about the day and about the last week. A week ago the Enterprise had gone to recover any survivors from a shuttlecraft that had crashed on a desolate planet. They had recovered two survivors, a two year-old boy and a four year-old girl. The children had become attached to Beverly and, much to everyone's surprise, to Jean-Luc as well. Beverly stifled a laugh just thinking of the way that the kids had stayed with him. He was actually rather good with them. For the week Beverly, Jean-Luc and the children looked, and acted, like a family. She had to admit that was something that she wished that she didn't have to let go. Early that morning a man and woman had come to get the children. Even Jean-Luc had been reluctant to see them leave. But later that night Jean-Luc had come to Beverly's quarters for dinner and about half way through their meal, he proposed. Beverly hadn't been completely sure if he had actually done it at first, but once she realized that he had, she said yes. Jean-Luc had cried in relief at her answered after such a long silence, but that quickly subsided when Beverly kissed him. He told her that he wanted to have a family with her. Soon after that the night's events had escalated and needless to say Jean-Luc didn't go back to his quarters for the night. Now here they were content to be together.

Beverly knew that now more than ever she'd have to be open with him. She had been keeping a secret from him for a very long time now. This was the kind of a secret that could tear families apart. At the time, keeping the secret had seemed like the best and perhaps only option, but now seeing as the two were to be wed, it didn't seem right to keep something so important from him. What if she did tell him and he was mad at her for keeping it from him? He had every right to be, but what if this fact took him away from her forever? Beverly felt her insides twist at this thought. They had waited so long to be together and now a mistake that she had made 16 years ago could tear them apart. Her actions could hurt them both. She shivered and moved closer to Jean-Luc hoping to shake the thought that she may be the cause of the destruction of their world together.