"Ensign Kim, I require your assistance in astrometrics." Harry gritted his teeth as he turned to face Seven of Nine.
"Hi Seven, how can I help 'ya?" Harry replied cheerfully.
"I'd like to realign some sensors to make them longer range." Seven replies, standing behind him with a PADD. "These are some calculations I've already made." Seven handed him the PADD and he looked over it.
"Looks great, let's go." Harry followed her down the corridor towards her lab.
"Ensign Kim, may I ask you something?" Seven broke the silence.
"Seven, you can call me Harry if you would prefer, and go ahead." Harry replied, continuing tapping at his console.
"I don't see the point in 'first names', why are they used?" Seven queried.
"Well, it's hard to say, but, it brings people closer so they are better friends." Harry replied.
"Thank you…Harry." Seven answered. "And my original question was, why do the Captain and Commander, or Lieutenant Torres and Lieutenant Paris spend so much time together, if they copulate why must they 'flirt'?" Seven spoke, moving closer towards Harry. "Much like the way you 'flirt' with me Harry." He felt her hand cover his and looked up at her, puzzled.
"Seven…" Harry was unsure of what to say or do.
"Harry, I have studied the way Lieutenant Torres and Lieutenant Paris look at each other, feel about each other. I feel that way for you." Seven leaned in and kissed Harry, pressing further into him, his arms wrapped around her waist and her arms around her shoulders. They stayed this way for several minutes before Seven broke it off. "May we go to your quarters Harry?" Harry didn't even reply, he just grabbed her hand and began to walk.
"Aren't they just so cute together?" Kathryn said to Chakotay, who had his arm wrapped around her shoulders.
"I'm not sure cute is the right word. Cute cat, cute dog, judging by those scratches and bruises all over each other and that bite on Tom's face I'd say-…ow!" Chakotay looked down at Kathryn who was grinning up at him. "Did you just bite my cheek?" Chakotay asked rubbing the side of his face.
"I just wanted to do what B'ellanna did to Tom, confirm that he is hers and no other females are permitted to go within a metre of him. I own you now" Kathryn sat laughing on the step until Chakotay grabbed her cheek and bit her back, he then rubbed it away for her.
"Now, we own each other." The two sat in the warmth of the sun, watching the younger couple roll about in the sand, eventually lying back into the warm stone and watching the clouds.
"Got you pinned babe, what are you gonna do now?" Tom said, holding B'ellanna's arms and legs down.
"Not so fast flyboy" B'ellanna said, struggling to get up but failing. She thought about the one trick she had left, to regain dominance. "You've been working out…" B'ellanna said teasingly. She felt him weaken slightly, but not enough for her to push him off yet.
"Nice try babe, but it's not going to work." He said laughing, kissing her passionately.
She lifted her hips and ground them against him, making him weaken considerably, for long enough that she re-gained dominance. "Are you sure?" She said mockingly. He devised himself a new plan, and he threw all his effort into rolling over into the water, where the waves lapped up against the sand. B'ellanna, quickly jumped up off Tom and ran out into the warm water not looking back until she was far out, but she looked back and Tom wasn't there. She looked around, floating there in the water until something pushed up beneath her legs, she rose completely out of the water and was on Tom's shoulders. He reached his hands up above his head for her to hold onto and she grasped them.
"Tom, I'm gonna fall." B'ellanna shouted, laughing through her words. Chakotay and Kathryn sat up and looked over at what they were doing. "You wanna go for a swim Chakotay?" Kathryn said passionately, she walked her fingers up his legs, "I'll show you my new bikini…." She said while standing up.
"Oh, yes please!" Chakotay said, taking off his shirt to reveal his chiselled figure. Kathryn traced her lips along his chest, then suddenly ran down the steps to the water. He followed her, trying to catch her but missing a few times, he then took a different turn and arrived in front of her, scooping her up and carrying her to the waters edge. He set her down and she lifted her dress to reveal a teal blue bikini with cherries polka dotting all over it.
"So, what do ya' think?" She asked teasingly, spinning a little.
"I think…..I can't wait to take it off you later, but it does look incredibly good on you….." He faded out as he picked her up and carried her into the water.
"Aww Tom, look, don't you think they make such a good couple?" B'ellanna said, looking over the balcony, watching them having a small water fight.
"They really do Be, almost as good as us." Tom pulled her over onto his lap, and handed her a PADD. "Do you wanna go through some wedding designs and idea-" B'ellanna ground herself against him and bit along his bare chest as he undid her bikini top.
"Afterwards" was the one word she said before both of their swim costumes were lying on the floor.
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"What are they talking about?" Chakotay whispered to Kathryn as they crept up the stairs towards the other couple.
"I haven't got a clue. They already moved into their new quarters so why would they be talking about, fabrics, colours and all that kind of stuff?" Kathryn asked as Chakotay pointed at the PADD's and indicated for her to snatch one when she did.
"Be, what if we did it with Klingon and human rituals?" Tom suggested while B'ellanna thought about it.
"Yeah, I like that." She leaned it to him and lay on his chest, playing with his chest hair. "I'm so happy were doing this Tom. How does B'ellanna Paris sound?" B'ellanna and Tom laughed to each other but suddenly stopped as their PADD's with all their plans on were snatched away from them.
"Are you two-"
"Getting married?!" Kathryn finished, while scrolling through all the data.
They all remained in silence for a while until Kathryn and Chakotay eventually handed back the PADD's and sat down. Tom waved over one of the holo-waiters and ordered all of them a drink before answering their question, sipping his drink once it had arrive. He began to speak, but it wasn't long before B'ellanna took over.
"Yes, we-" Tom began.
"Yes we are. Tom convinced me that even that I should marry him, even though I don't deserve him, he said some things and then we talked, and it just kind of….happened." Chakotay nodded and Kathryn smiled brightly.
"I'm so happy for you two." Kathryn said, beaming.
"Well, Captain, I was wond-" B'ellanna started before being cut off.
"You can call me Kathryn." The Captain said cheerfully.
"Okay, thank you. Kathryn I was wondering whether you would lead the ceremony and be… my umm…..my maid of honour?" B'ellanna suddenly felt extremely embarrassed. , at least she did until Kathryn leaped around the table and hugged her until she almost couldn't breathe.
"Oh B'ellanna, I'd love to." Kathryn shuffled back around the table and leaned into Chakotay while he wrapped his arm around her.
"Chakotay, will you walk me down the aisle? I don't mean it to offend you, it's just, you're the closest thing I have ever had to a father and-"
"I would love to." Chakotay cut her off, and smiled at her across the table.
"You don't have, if you would rather be Tom's best man, because we had you down for that too in case you-"
"B'ellanna, I'll do both." Chakotay answered. "Now, I'm going to leave you two to your wedding plans, Kathryn, join me for another swim?" Kathryn nodded in reply to him and they walked hand in hand toward the sea.
"Be, you still awake?" Tom nudged her, but she just moved a little. He laid her down and ran down the steps, so he was close enough to shout to The Captain and Commander, but far enough not to wake his fiancé. "Chakotay, Captain, I think 3 hours was enough to wipe B'ellanna out, I'm gonna take us back to our quarters." Tom shouted down to the couple playing in the water.
"Okay Tom, thanks for coming. See you soon." He heard his Captain shout in reply. He gave a thumbs up and headed back up. He packed up the bag of all their stuff and picked up B'ellanna. He carried her back through all the corridors and laid her down onto their bed, he changed her into her nightwear and got changed himself, He crawled in next to her, and fell asleep almost straight away.
"What do you want me to replicate for you Kat, a coffee?" Chakotay shouted through to his partner's room.
"No, I'm in a Champagne mood, do you want some?" Kat said as she came through. Chakotay, who was pressing buttons into her ready room replicator, was unaware of the fact that she was in her bikini. She slipped her arms around his waist and he turned around to see her in her bikini.
"You still wanna take it off me?" Kat said teasingly, as she walked through to her bedroom, with Chakotay close on her tail.
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