A few days later Kathryn and Chakotay had officially informed the crew of their engagement, starting with their senior staff and gradually telling the rest of the crew. The overall response was one of joy, accompanied by several 'about times.' The command couple had immediately started on the wedding preparations, with the help of B'Elanna and Tom, one of Chakotay's best men.

The couple where, now, acting as quickly as they dared, without pushing, to have the ceremony while Voyager was still in space. They had gotten Tuvok to officiate the wedding, if they didn't know better they would have thought he was excited to do it. They'd also managed to get the wedding party set, with Naomi Wildman playing double duty as both flower girl and ring bearer. Harry, the Doctor and Neelix where to join Tom, whilst Kathryn's bridesmaids where Seven, Samantha Wildman and Kes.

The couple had elected for a mix of both a Starfleet and civilian wedding. The dress code was similar to that of a civilian wedding, the men in the ceremony would be in their dress uniforms, and the women in dresses. Their wedding party was also relatively large, something Kathryn had secretly wished for. After the ceremony there would be a reception in the Mess Hall, the wedding would occur on a Holodeck version of Kathryn's childhood home, where Katie would wear a semi-traditional wedding dress, the bridal party also in formal dress. In the end they had even figured out a way to integrate Terra Delta into the ceremony, with Kathryn's bouquet being comprised of flora found on the planet.

Within a month the plans had been finalized and Neelix had been put under strict orders to follow the recipes by the book. Kathryn and Chakotay were getting more excited by the day, anxious to be a married couple. By this time there was only a week left until the ceremony, which had the holo-experts working overtime to ensure that holo-Indiana was up to the task. Kathryn and Chakotay had also been 'ordered' to stay away from the Bridge, both holo and real, so that they would be calm and collected when the 'Big Day' arrived, as the Chief Medical Officer put it.

He had just been getting ready to meditate when his door chimed, shortly after Kathryn was let into his quarters. With a sigh she settled, somewhat ungracefully, on his couch. "I'm bored," she noted, trying not to sound too pouty.

"I am too, Katie, I rather dislike not being able to get on the Bridge," he responded, smiling up at her from his place on the floor. "The Doc's just trying to help us, though."

"Yes, well, it's not helping, we won't be here much longer and this is /my/ ship," she stated, refusing to hand over the reigns of Voyager to anyone else. "Tomorrow, Chakotay, I swear that I'm going to have a few words with that Doctor of ours," she stated, getting comfortable on the floor, beside her husband-to-be.

"Until then, Katie, I'll try to help keep you sane," he gave, gently squeezing her hand.

His response caused her to raise an eyebrow in a Tuvok-esk fashion. "You're not going to argue with me?"

Chakotay shook his head. "Nope, I would win if I tried. Besides, I agree with you," he gave, pulling her closer to him. "I'll even go with you to talk with him. I can only meditate so much in one week," he offered.

"Good idea, a united front will hold up against him better than just one of us."

Chakotay chuckled. "Who knows, maybe we can convince the Doctor. But until then, I think I'd like spending the day with you," he winked, causing her to grin and nod in agreement.

For a few minutes the two sat, cuddled in a comfortable silence. Only for a few minutes, though, as Chakotay's hands found his soon-to-be wife's sides and he started tickling her, mercilessly.

Kathryn squirmed, trying, half-heartedly, to get out of Chakotay's grasp. Despite only putting up a bit of a fight, it was enough, in the end, that Chakotay had to stop in order to maintain his hold on her.

"Geeze, Katie," Chakotay said, after catching his breath. "Holding the weight of this crew on your shoulders for so long must have done you some good," he joked, knowing their weekly workouts where doing them both good.

Kathryn simply laughed and smacked his arm playfully, before getting comfortable again. Soon she felt his strong hands giving her a massage, like he did on New Earth.

"Remember the story about the Angry Warrior and the Queen?" he asked of her.

Kathryn nodded her head slightly. "Of course I do."

"Did I tell you the part where the Warrior marries the Queen?"

"No, you didn't," Kathryn answered. "Will you?"

"I won't have to. That story was my attempt at subtly telling you how I felt," he gave with an unseen, yet crooked, grin.

"Really, I had no clue," Janeway responded in mock shock. She'd known for a while how he felt, only within the last year had she admitted it to herself.

Chakotay smirked. "I never could hide anything from you, could I, Kath?"

"Yes, you could, you just never tried to," she pointed out, receiving an affirming laugh from him.

"Point, or at least not hard enough," he stated, offering a full-dimpled grin to Kathryn.

She simply grinned before casting a quick look around the room. "You were in the middle of meditating," she gave, attempting, unsuccessfully, to disentangle herself.

"About to start," he answered. "Care to join me?"

"Meditating?"

"Yes, Katie, meditating. It could do you some good," he noted, giving his bride-to-be a quick, firm hug before releasing her.

Janeway nodded her head before moving to sit across from Chakotay. She could acquiesce to his request.