Q walked the hallway whistling a happy little tune to himself, a bouquet of roses in his hand as he headed over to the bridge. Kathy had gotten up early that morning after falling asleep in his arms. She had gotten dressed and run off making him feel a little concern over weather she was regretting her choices last night. If she did he would do everything in his power to help her through it and let her know he wasn't the bad guy here. Passing a small group of ensigns from engineering he gave them a little smile and continued on his merry path before nearly walking right into LT. Tom Paris. The young cocky male human jumped off to the side after exiting the bridge and looked Q over with a suspicious smile locked on his chiseled face. Tom was attractive for a human male and worked on the bridge with his precious little Kathy but he had little to worry about. Kathy had better taste than Tom, he wasn't much of competition for the Q and so he had never found a reason to be snarky with him. "Well you seem chipper today Q." Tom spoke up playing the suave guy who didn't give a damn.

"Why wouldn't I be? It's a lovely day, the sun is shinning, the birds are singing, and the weather is beautiful."

"I don't know what plane of existence you are living on buddy but I wish I could join you there." Tom shot back glancing around the spaceship. He figured it was just Q being Q. After all there wasn't anything normal or settling about the omnipotent creature.

"It's all about perspective dear Tommy boy." Q quipped back patting the human on the shoulder.

"Well maybe you can share some of your optimism with the captain then. She's in a harsh mood today."

Fearing the worst Q grabbed Tom's shoulder a little harder clearly showing a look of concern. "What? Why? Did she say anything?"

"No, she's just not in a good mood, pretty quiet too. Are those flowers for her? Still trying to win her favor?"

Q looked down at the flowers feeling a little less chipper now. "Yes, still trying to win her favor it seems." Pushing past Paris he wanted to run over to Kathy and cheer her up. "Excuse me." He walked onto the bridge just as she stood up from her seat next to Chuckles and ordered the crew to set a course for a nearby planet where they could acquire supplies for their journey. So proud and noble standing up there with her hands on her hips. That air of authority and respect just rolling off her in waves. She was impressive for a human woman. Trying not to show the concern on his face he walked across the bridge to where the captain was standing, a stern expression fixed on her face. in an attempt to sneak up on her Q grabbed her arm and spun her around into his arms. The flowers pushed in her face as he dipped her back. "For you Kathy."

"Q, what are you doing on my bridge?" She growled giving him a death glare. Oh dear, she was angry with him. Was it something he had said? Still she took the flowers and pushed herself out of his arms. "My ready room, now." Biting down on his knuckles he tried running through his mind what he might have done wrong. His forced smile was starting to fade as he followed behind her like a punished pup wanting to make up for chewing his masters favorite shoes. Everyone on the bridge watched in silence while Q and Janeway vanished off into her ready room. With the door sliding shut Q stepped forward a little less concerned with showing more affection towards her. As she sat down at her desk and laid the flowers down he rushed to her side and rested his palm against the top of her chair. "Are you angry with me? Please don't tell me you feel guilty about last night?"

"It's nothing to do with you, I can't say I am completely without regret of what happened last night but I am not against what we did. I have concerns about something else." Janeway ran her fingers over the petals of the roses feeling a tightness in her chest, the urge to let her walls down and show weakness for even a moment crossing her mind. Last night was something she would remember with a certain fondness but even after what she had shared with Q she didn't trust him enough to show her softness and her fears. She couldn't rely on him for comfort which made this situation all that much harder. "Last night was an, interesting night but when I got swept up in the moment I didn't consider the repercussions. I'm certain you took last night as my agreement to have your child? I presume it's too late then to tell you I don't think having a baby on Voyager is a good idea. I can't bring a child into this world knowing it's not safe. Knowing we know nothing of this space and danger could be lurking around every corner. That I don't know if I can focus on getting my crew home and giving a child the life it deserves. I suppose it's too late to take back my choice now."

"I'm afraid so, several hours late in fact, actually in the next few weeks your chance to change your mind won't be the only thing that's late." Janeway raised a brow but remained quiet for now. It seemed her question was more than answered. Elaborated upon even. "But are you afraid you can not provide a good life for a child here?"

She paused looking at him a moment, letting out a sigh her shoulders dropped. Her brave facade faded just long enough to see a flash of fear in her eyes. "Yes, I wouldn't know if when it was born I would welcome it, or apologize. Even if we were in the alpha quadrant Voyager isn't a place for a child to grow up."

Running his hands down onto her shoulders he leaned over her and rested his chin on the back of her chair. "Kathy you worry too much. You fear this isn't the life for a child but your concern shows your love for it. You fear you won't be ready for such a small helpless little thing, to have to care for it but you are the strongest human woman I know and with my help our child with be provided everything they need to thrive. I promise you won't ever be alone. I won't let you be alone." Rubbing her shoulders he hoped to release some of the tension in her neck. She was always so tense and uptight, perhaps he could aid in working out the kinks in both her muscles and her mind. "With a snap of my fingers the little squirt can have whatever they want, I'll look after you, you''ll look after him, we will be one big happy family."

Reluctantly she leaned back in her chair trying to relax a little as his fingers worked out her tension. "Ah, Q you have magical fingers." Janeway groaned closing her eyes.

"You have no idea." He quipped. "Oh, wait you do." She opened an eye glancing at him with that look on her face as if she wasn't amused. "I'm going to make sure you relax and unwind after each day. This kind of stress can't be good for junior."

Looking back at her desk Janeway picked up one of the roses and raised it to her nose giving it a little sniff. She let a little smile show itself and closed her eyes again. Roses were not her favorite flower but the smell of them did set her mind at ease. "You know it's funny, I know I'm going to have this child but if I wouldn't have asked you about it I wouldn't have even known. How can I know?"

"Because I do." Q interrupted, her voice was starting to trail off, going a little soft as if she was talking to herself more than him. "It's like another energy signature, a really small tiny one that's mostly in sync with your own but not quite the same. Like two heartbeats in one body. You wouldn't notice, after all you are only human. I can't expect you to notice the smaller details in this vast universe." Patting her on the shoulder now he smiled down at her. "But it's still there."

"Hm, that's almost comforting." She tried to sound a bit more confident but the look on Q's face told her it hadn't worked very well. "Time I try to learn how to handle my new situation then. I'll make time for it right after I get the update on the warp cores repair, make a deal with the inhabitants of the nearest M class planet for supplies, oh and track a course around the asteroid field that is standing between us and home. I hope nothing else comes up, my plate seems rather full right now as it is." Eventually it was going to get a little more cluttered but Janeway knew she was going to have to deal with that.

"You know Kathy I could help you out a little. Just like your plucky crew, you bark orders at them all day, delegate tasks to them. Perhaps you can throw a few of those tasks to me."

"I don't bark orders." She snapped back. Normally she didn't anyways but she had to admit to being a little testy today. "I can't give you any responsibility on this ship either."

"Why not?" He moved over to her side.

Because I can't trust you with that sort of responsibility"

"But you can trust me being the father of your child? How is that logical Kathy?"

She cringed not really wanting to get into this conversation with him especially when she knew she was partially in the wrong herself. Maybe she hadn't been completely honest with him nor herself. She might have said something last night but she hadn't and now Janeway was going to pay for it. "If you want to help me out then you can start by taking some responsibility for Rowley. After all you created him didn't you? It might give you a crash course to parenting and just might change my mind on your reliability. He needs to be walked about three times a day to keep him from destroying my quarters, feed twice a day and bring him to his yard at least four times a day. It would help to play with him as well and oh, would you mind trying to teach him some basic commands. You might want to start with sit and stay. That would help me out greatly."

It wasn't really what he had expected but it was enough to hopefully gain more of her trust. "Consider it done then. I'll get right to work on that."

"Thank you Q. Maybe if you keep that sort of attitude up we just might get out of this alright."