Being So Close

Pt2 A Sisters Confessions and More

When Chakotay arrived at his cousins home Seven was already there waiting for him. She had obviously gone shopping because she had several shopping bags next to her. She smiled at Chakotay when she saw him. She leaned into him and buried her face into his chest. "I have been waiting forever Chakotay what took you so long?"

Chakotay peeled Seven from his chest and grinned at her. "I ran into a friend of mine and I just lost track of time."

Seven gave him a puzzled look. "Why didn't you invite them to come with you? I am anxious to try out some new conversation techniques with some new people."

Chakotay sighed. This was the aspect of this relationship that he didn't enjoy. Explaining everything to Seven was time consuming and usually frustrating. Even thou she was an adult she was also very immature when it came to intimate relationships.

"This isn't my home Seven. It is not considered acceptable behavior to invite guests over to another's house when you are the houseguest."

Seven clearly didn't understand. "But this house belongs to your cousin and that makes them family and doesn't family always come first."

"Yes Seven family comes first but that doesn't give you an open invitation to be ungrateful to your hosts." Do you understand what I am trying to say to you?"

"I believe I still need practice in some of these social areas, they are still rather unfamiliar to me."

"It's alright Seven to be honest with you the friend that I ran into is only an acquaintance and I really don't know them anymore. I think I would be just as uncomfortable as you would have been."

Seven looked at Chakotay again. "So why did you not just tell them that you didn't wish to speak with them?"

"Because that would have been rude Seven."

"Oh." Seven sighed again. "I think rudeness is irrelevant." Chakotay shook his head as they walked up the stairs and rang the bell.

That night back in Indiana Kathryn received a call from her sister. They were having a lengthy conversation when Kathryn blurted out that she had run into Chakotay.

Phoebe's eyes got bigger than her mouth. "Really and what did he have to say?"

"Well to be honest with you Pheobe he was pretty rude and I was pretty fed up with it so I basically called him an ass."

"You did what!" Kathryn grinned at her sister.

"Good grief Kathryn what did he say?"

"Well that's the amusing part. He basically told me that if we had ever slept together I would have been the ass for waiting for so long to be with him!"

Pheobe began to laugh uncontrollably. She tried to catch her breath but she nearly fell out of her chair.

"Geez sis what in the world is so funny." Pheobe finally caught her breath and smiled. "Kathryn its just that I have seen him and well I have to tell you, If that man would have ever said that to me his ass would have been on the ground and we would have gone at it right there!"

"Pheobe!"

"Hey you asked. The truth is if he would have ever looked at me with those sultry eyes and used that sexy voice we would already have 8 kids and 1 more on the way!"

"Pheobe you don't even like kids, you were never the mother type!" "That's very true Kathryn but sometimes things happen with a handsome man like that!"

"Pheobe a relationship has to be more than just sex!"

"Get a grip Kathryn I know that, but with a man as sexy as that sex is bound to happen."

This time it was Kathryn's turn to laugh. "Pheobe you are incurable!"

Pheobe bowed in front of the screen. "Thank you I do my best."

"But on a serious not Kathryn why in the world did you never go out with some a handsome guy?"

"Pheobe you know the answer to that, I was engaged to Mark."

"Mark was a swine. As soon as your ship was lost it took him about a week to replace you! When they finally made contact with your ship again, Mark broke up his marriage and pretended that he was still in love with you and that he had made a mistake for not waiting for you."

"You never told me that before Phoebe. Well I didn't think that it was relevant until now."

"Please don't use the word relevant or irreverent it gives me a headache Pheobe!"

"Ok I didn't think that it was pertinent at the time. Besides we really didn't have good communication yet with voyager." "Honestly the way that you talked about that man Kathryn we all thought that you would be married to him by the time you got back to the alpha quadrant."

"Ohh Pheobe I really wanted it to be that way. But sometimes things are so close but so far away. After he started to date someone else I really didn't have the heart to tell him how I felt. I mean after all I was the one who made him wait in the relationship."

"So why don't you tell him now Kathryn?" "It's apparent that the man is still crazy about you!"

"How do you figure that Pheobe?"

"Are you deaf and blind Kathryn? The man basically gave you an open invitation today!"

"Why don't you go shopping and buy yourself a new dress Kathryn and ask him out to dinner?"

"Because he has a girlfriend Pheobe, and she is more than half my age!"

"When has anything ever stopped you from getting what you want Kathryn?'

Kathryn gave her sister the death glare. "When did you get so smart Pheobe?"

Pheobe smirked back at her. "The day I started reading your diary."

"Pheobe you are dead!"

TBC