The Academy Years part 5
B'Elanna and Kathryn walked hand in hand down the halls of B'Elanna's dorm getting knowing looks from passersby. B'Elanna didn't care. She was wondering the halls with her girlfriend who just happened to be an upper classmen and the adjunct to Admiral Paris. They walked up to her door and Kathryn let go of her and backed away a bit.
"What's wrong?"
"Well I don't want your room mate to jump on my ass again so."
"Oh don't worry about her."
B'Elanna wrapped her arm around Kathryn's waist and pushed her into her room. Kathryn walked to B'Elanna's side of the room and looked back toward her. B'Elanna closed the door and noticed no Anika.
"She must have gone out. Sit while I change and then we can figure out what to do."
B'Elanna grabbed new cloths from her closet and underwear from a draw. Kathryn sat back on the bed and looked around t the posters on Anika's wall and the one's on B'Elanna's. he two were so distinctively different it was amazing they became as close friends as they have. B'Elanna had posters of landscaping and a few pop bands where as B'Elanna had a few black light posters and an old metal band poster one in particular caught her eye. It was a graveyard scene with a beautiful brunette standing in amongst the headstones. Her eyes are what drew Kathryn's attention they looked very familiar yet dead. The picture had blood running down her arm from where her lips mad contact with her hand down to her elbow and onto her white gown. It was a dark but beautiful image. She must have been looking at it longer than she thought. B'Elanna wrapped her arms around her waist and rested her head on her shoulder.
"You like her?"
Kathryn nodded.
"She looks very familiar."
She felt B'Elanna's lips curl upward into the smile that attracted her to her.
"What is familiar about her Kathryn?"
Her voice was playful she knew who was the model in the poster but she wanted to see if Kathryn could figure it out.
"Her eyes."
It hit her then. She turned to look into B'Elanna's eyes and saw what it was that made the model familiar.
"You, but why did they only capture your human side?"
"Because I asked them to. I was never to happy being what I am."
Kathryn grabbed her face and ran her thumbs along her cheeks.
"Why? Both halves are what make you, you and it is one of the things that makes you beautiful."
B'Elanna looked down but Kathryn made her look back up.
"Hey if you don't want to tell me now you don't have to. I just hope you don't feel that way anymore. You are beautiful and amazing and I feel honored to be with you. The looks we were getting in the hall made me feel like I had never felt."
B'Elanna whipped the tears away and smiled.
"Hey I didn't say that to make you cry."
"I know it's just nice to hear."
B'Elanna took a deep breath and pulled Kathryn's hands off her face but didn't let them go. She lent up and gave her a brief but heartfelt kiss.
"Let's go to the club down by the bridge and have dinner and dance tonight."
"Ok what do you wanna do in the meantime?"
"Well can we go for a walk and see where we end up?"
"Sure."
Kathryn wrapped her arm around B'Elanna's waist and walked to the door. The door opened as Anika walked in and she glared at Kathryn. A tall Native American man followed her in.
"Hello Chakotay." B'Elanna greeted him.
"Hello B'Elanna hello Kathryn."
"Hi Chakotay."
"What are you doing in our room?"
Anika's words spewed out of her mouth like venom from the fangs of a viper. B'Elanna instinctively wrapped her arm tighter around Kathryn's waist as Chakotay put a hand on Anika's shoulder.
"Anika I don't know what your problem with me is but I am not going to fight with my girlfriend's roommate."
B'Elanna looked up at Kathryn with shock but quickly recovered before anyone could notice. She pulled Kathryn toward the door.
"Anika you need to stop this. Chakotay I'll see you next week same time."
B'Elanna walked Kathryn out of the room and locked the door behind her as. Kathryn started walking away and B'Elanna had to jog to catch up.
"Hey Kathryn wait up."
"B'Ella I am not going to be able to take that shit every time I come to see you. I did nothing to her."
"Honey I know just stop running please. I have a question for you."
Kathryn stopped once they were outside she sat on the wall on the side of the stairs.
"What do you wanna ask?"
"Do you really consider me your girlfriend?"