Let's Put It Back Where it Belong
by: AW
Part VI
Rated: MA
Pairing: J/C, P/T
Summary: Re-write of everything after Equinox
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or episodes, but the story however twisted is mine.
Date: November 2002
Length: 387 words
Author's Note: This happens after Equinox, but assumes that the rest of the series didn't happen as it did.
Two months later, Kathryn checked her co-ordinates. They were just outside of the Beta Quadrant.
Soon they would be home. Kathryn looked and gave it, according to Seven of Nine's and Tuvok's estimates, three more months.
Five weeks until they hit the outermost Federation Colony.
Life was good.
In most respects.
Kathryn's social life, or lack there of, still left her depressed during most of her off-duty hours.
Everyone looked happy...except for her.
Everyone seemed to have moved on with their lives...except for her.
Life went on, for everyone, except for her.
Chakotay for his part was ecstatic they were almost home. He had a baby on the way, a girlfriend half his age, and Kathryn saw that he didn't have anything standing in the way of his happiness...or so she thought.
Then one day it all came to a head. After months of ignoring her, Chakotay finally confronted Kathryn through a message sent to her computer terminal.
Kathryn,
This is crazy. It's been months and we really need to talk before we hit the Alpha Quadrant.
I've laid my demons to rest and I miss you.
Meet me in Holodeck Two at 1800 hours.
Dress casually,
Chakotay.
Kathryn stared blankly at the note. It had been months; he had moved on, what could he want to talk about?
On top of everything, she loved him. And to add insult to injury she would have to look at all the happy couples and pretend that everything was okay.
Kathryn couldn't do it.
Everything wouldn't be okay.
But she was the Captain and had to make her appearance.
Her hand went to the communications terminal and numbly she entered her response.
I'll be there, 1800 hours.
Kathryn.
She pressed the send button and proceeded to the bridge.
Four hours and she would see what this was all about.
Four hours of waiting and wondering.
END PART VI
TBC in Part VII