Sorry I havnet uploaded this story for so long, but my computer was broken for weeks. I also apologies for this chapter, most of it was written at 2 am. If you like it please review.
It had been a pretty uneventful day on the bridge in Chakotay's book. And he had no paper work to catch up on either. So he was left with wandering about the bridge and began hovering over Harry's work station, unlucky for him.
It was at the point in time the Doctor emerged from the Captain's ready room, without the rescued Borg baby Chakotay picked up on. Curious, he thought, the Doctor left the baby with The Captain? Having to see this for himself Chakotay downloaded one of the previous sensor sweeps they completed a short while ago and downloaded it onto a pad to use as an excuse to leave the bridge.
He rang her bell, and heard her from the other side giving him permission to enter. When the first officer walked in he could never have better imagined the site that befell him. There she was, his Kathryn, leaning back on the couch holding the baby up in front of her , while the child seemed to be staring quite intently at her, possibly trying to decide what to make of her. And Chakotay couldn't help but give a little chuckle. He had never seen this side of Kathryn before, she had always been the, Head-strong never show emotion openly woman.
Hearing him laugh the captain looked up at her visitor and seeing the amusement on his face, "Did I say something funny commander?" Kathryn asked a playful smile swept across her face.
Chakotay stumbled out a few words of apologies, which made Kathryn even more amused, she would always enjoy teasing her first officer like this. And no matter what Kathryn knew Chakotay would take it and even laugh along with her.
'That's what I love about him...But you can't Kathryn, he's your first officer and you are a Starfleet captain, you shouldn't even be thinking of things like that. Oh but if only I wasn't Captain or we weren't stuck in the Delta quadrant, so many if onlys, that the only way we would have a chance to be together it would have to be in a parallel world. "
"Captain?" Suddenly Kathryn was pulled back into the conversation.
"Yes Chakotay, what was it?"
"Nothing, it just looked like you were a million miles away."
Kathryn gave a chuckle under her breath, "Oh, only a parallel world away, not far."
"Sorry?"
"Never mind. So what can I do for you Chakotay?"
Chakotay crossed the room and joined Kathryn on the couch.
"Well, one I wanted to see if you would like to accompany me to the mess hall for dinner. I hear Neelix is cooking a special meal tonight, apparently he's found a new recipe on file."
"Of course he has, well I would love to come to dinner with you, but what was the second reason?"
"I saw the Doctor leaving without the baby and I just had to see this. Captain Kathryn Janeway, Captain of the USS Voyager, going all maternal."
Kathryn looked at him for a moment and he couldn't read the expression on her face, was she going to laugh with him or chuck him out the door, he could tell.
"I think I just changed my mind about going to dinner, then..." The paired looked at each other for a moment, both faces showing no sign of emotion, then as if on cue burst out laughing, but after a bit the room became silent again.
"I know it may seem strange, but this may be the closest I come to having a child of my own." Kathryn looked up straight into Chakotay's deep brown eyes, "I mean being in the Delta Quadrant I can't even fathom having time for a relationship let alone raising a child, and it could take us years and years to get back, and let's face it I'm not getting any younger." She looked down to the bundle in her arms, who was now asleep in Kathryn's arms.
As Kathryn was telling him this he was immersed in her beautiful eyes and he could swear he saw a little part of die inside. He had always known Kathryn had wanted children, but until now it must had been pushed aside in her thoughts, until the borg baby turned up, and brought the issue back to Kathryn's attention. And seeing Kathryn loose that hope of having children, hurt him more then he cared to realise, but he always but her needs and her pain first. She deserves to have everything, the moon the stars and especially children. He wanted her to know there was also hope and if he had anything to do with it, she'll get what she's deserves. Chakotay placed a hand on her knee. "As far as children are concerned, there's always time."