"Kat, wake up." Chakotay gently shook her shoulders until she woke up. "Kat, I've got to get to the Bridge, do you want to come today, or are you going to stay here." Chakotay murmured into her ear, kissing along her neck.
"I should go, I can't leave the crew just because of our relationship change. But will you wait for me, I want us to walk out together." Kathryn rolled over to face her lover, he could barely see him in the darkness of the room. "Lights to 30%" she commanded the computer, she listened as the computer beeped away.
"Course, I'll go and replicate some breakfast, what would you like?" Chakotay said as he rolled over and out of the covers, causing cold air to draft up Kathryn's back, making her shiver.
"Just some toast." She shouted through to him. "And a coffee." She said as an addition.
"Of course." He shouted through, chuckling. He picked up all their clothes and beach items off the floor from where they had left them the previous night, and put them into a laundry basket Kathryn had. He programmed the breakfast orders, and drinks into the replicator and waited for them to arrive. He laid them out on the counter and went through to let her know it was ready. Kathryn was dressed and brushing her hair so it looked tidy.
"Breakfasts ready." Chakotay said, popping his head through the door.
"Great, on my way." Kathryn said, attaching the last of her pins to her collar line. She walked through and met Chakotay, who was already sat at the table. They chatted about irrelevant things over breakfast and prepared to leave for the Bridge. Kathryn slipped her hand through his and prepared herself. She watched as the doors hissed open onto the bridge and watched as many faces turned to look at her and her lover.
B'ellanna surfaced and looked over to see whether Tom had woken up yet. He hadn't. She looked at herself and realised he must have carried her home after she fell asleep and got her changed. She leaned over to him and stroked hair out of his face, she leaned over and kissed him on the forehead.
"Thank you, baby." She said into the quiet darkness. She must have woken him, because he began to stir.
"For what?" He said sitting up sleepily.
"I'm sorry for waking you, and for carrying me back last night." She said, turning around to face him properly. "You should have just woke me up, I could have walked back, you didn't need to carry me" she said smiling. She stroked over his face where she had bitten him and kissed over it gently. "Does it hurt?" She said, inspecting it.
"No." He replied quickly, standing up and walking across to the counter. "I came up with some guest list last night after you fell asleep, want to look over them?" Tom threw B'ellanna a PADD, and climbed back under the covers with her. She nuzzled into him and turned her PADD on.
"Lights to 45%" She spoke quietly, while arranging her pillows to be comfier.
"Okay, so I've got Harry down as my best man, Neelix as the chef, of course, I also put Tuvok down as the witness if that's okay, I thought it would be the most logical course of action" He said, impersonating Tuvok, which made B'ellanna laugh. "I also have Chakotay down as your 'father' to walk you down the aisle, and the Captain as maid of honour and to lead the ceremony. Is there anyone else you would like to get down, for main roles I mean?" He asked looking down at her.
"I would like Seven as a bridesmaid, I think it would be nice for her, and good for our friendship." B'ellanna looked up at Tom, who had a look of amazement on his face.
"Are you sure, I thought she really annoyed you?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I think so." She said, listening to Tom tap her name and role into the PADD. "Oh and maybe we could have little Naomi Wildman as a flower girl, I'm sure she would love to run along and throw petals everywhere?" B'ellanna laughed as Tom tapped it into the PADD.
"Great, I'll talk to all of them today. This is our last day off together before we both return to our stations, so what do you do?" He asked, tapping away at his PADD.
"Well, I'd like to go over a few more wedding details, if you don't mind, then I'm not sure, maybe we could go to the Holo-deck?" B'ellanna asked, sitting up and going thru some information on her PADD.
"Sounds great."
"Okay so can I ask one thing, Tom, about the wedding?" She asked nervously.
"Go ahead, babe. Whatever you want to do, I'm happy to go with, as long as it makes you happy." He said, kissing along her forehead ridges.
"Can I…..can….Can I wear a white dress, like humans do when they get married, I just really like the idea of a white dress and a veil and all that? Would that be okay with you?" She said timidly, looking away and leaning away from him.
He slipped his hands around her waist and pulled her back, he kissed her for a long time then broke off. "I think you're gonna look gorgeous in it." He said, pulling her back into another kiss.
"Seven, Seven wake up!" Harry shook her until she woke.
"Harry, what is so urgent?" Seven asked, vividly awake.
"Seven, we were supposed to be on duty half an hour ago, or at least I was!" He said hurriedly. "You have another hour. You should go and recharge. Do you want me to walk you there?" He said pulling on his shoes and fastening the pins to his collar line.
"I am capable of walking there alone, but I want you to come." Seven replied sternly, straightening his bed sheets.
"Great, if you get dressed, we can set off." Harry said while eating a piece of toast.
"I am already dressed, Harry." Seven said, mechanically. Harry spun round to look at her. She raised an eyebrow in question at his look of amazement on his face.
"Let's go then." He walked over to Seven and grabbed her hand, leading her out of the room. The corridors were busy and loud as they walked along to the Cargo Bay. When they got there Harry stepped inside as Seven stepped up to her recharging post. He stepped up and gave her a kiss.
"I'll see you later" he said as she stepped into her unit.
"Kat." Chakotay leaned in and whispered to Kathryn.
"Yeah?" She replied, also leaning in.
"Look, Tom sent us a message, he wants us to read it to the crew." He said, pointing at the computer between their two chairs. He clicked it open and they both read over the message. "Do you want me to do a ship wide Comm line or?" Chakotay said, re reading it.
"No, I'm going to tell Bridge members first, then do a ship-wide Comm line." She nodded to him as she stood up. "Can I have your attention please, just for a minute?" She looked round as the crew all began to look at her. "I have received a message from Tom and B'ellanna, they have decided they are now ready to tell you all, that they are getting married." The Captain smiled as she looked around as crew members smiled. "I am going to do a ship-wide Comm line connection now, and read out roles." She looked back to Chakotay who handed her a PADD with all the information downloaded onto it. She tapped her badge. "This is a ship-wide announcement, all crew members must listen. I have received information that Lieutenant Paris and Lieutenant Torres will be getting married, they are holding a ceremony and would like to include: Me to do the Ceremony and to be the maid of Honour, Chakotay to walk B'ellanna down the aisle, Tuvok to be the witness" She looked over at him and he raised an eyebrow in acknowledgement. "Harry Kim to be the best man, Neelix as the chef and organiser, Seven to be a bridesmaid" The Captain couldn't help but pause to look at the crew in the Bridge, who were all as surprised as she was, "and finally, little Naomi Wildman to be the flower girl. Will you all please talk to Tom or B'ellanna tomorrow when they return to duty if you would like to accept your role." She tapped off her Comm badge and went to sit down back in her chair. At that exact moment Harry Kim came panting into the Bridge, alarming everyone.
"Sorry I'm…..late….I…overslept." He said, clearly having ran here.
"Its fine Harry, is Seven okay?" Chakotay asked turning round. Harry flushed as everyone looked at him.
"She's…err…well….yeah, she doing fin-" calm down Harry, Tuvok saw you walking with her to the Cargo Bay, he reported in for you. He nodded at Tuvok in appreciation, as Chakotay turned back around. "
"Captain, there is a ship just off the port bow, and another one in front of the hull." Ensign Kim's voice broke the silence,
"On screen." Came the Captain's steady reply.
"They're Vidiian. Go to red alert." She said standing up. "Tuvok, report?"
The Vulcan looked up from his console and spoke aloud; "They are not charging weapons, 3 life signs on each ship, they are not charging weapons but they are charging-" Tuvok cut off. "Intruder Alert" The message alerted all staff members and was on every alert system throughout the ship.
"Tuvok, where are they?" Chakotay asking, standing up behind his Captain.
"Two in the Mess Hall, one at the Brig, two in Engineering and one in….. Lieutenant Paris and Lieutenant Torres' quarters." Tuvok said, doing his infamous Vulcan eyebrow raise. The Captain turned pale.
"Oh no." She looked at Chakotay worriedly. "Tuvok, assemble a security team and go to engineering, then the Brig, then the Mess Hall." He nodded as he grabbed his phaser and ran toward the turbo-lift, speaking into his Comm. "Chakotay, you're with me, they're probably only here for B'ellanna." The Captain said, indicating for Chakotay to follow her.
Tom was in his bed looking through wedding on details on a PADD when he heard a loud erupt from the living room, he ran through to find B'ellanna cowering in the middle of the room. Being held at gunpoint by a Vidiian.
"B'ellanna!" he ran in front of her as the Vidiian fired a shot at her, firing at him as he was hit. The Vidiian tumbled to the floor as Tom staggered around, bleeding badly.
"Oh my God, Tom." B'ellanna ran to the bedroom and grabbed her Comm badge. "Torres to Sickbay, Sickbay respond!"
"Sickbay here, what is it Lieutenant, is this another one of you and Tom's 'battle' wounds?" The EMH asked sarcastically into the Comm line.
"No, Doctor, Tom's been shot, it's an emergency, we need site to site transport, NOW!" She sobbed into the Comm Link. She watched as she faded out of their quarters, into Sickbay. When they arrived in Sickbay her partner had been beamed onto a biobed, and she was on the other side of the room. She ran over to him and fell down by his side. She swept the wet hair off the side of his face. She leant over and cried into his arm. He reached over and stroked her hair, until he lost consciousness from the pain. The doctor came over and nudged B'ellanna out of the way, and he began work. After an hour. B'ellanna had fallen asleep in the chair next to Tom's bed, while the doctor still worked. The Vidiian's from the ship had been sent back and had left. There was no other patients in Sickbay, but there had been two and B'ellanna watched as the doctor treated them, neither were as serious as Toms. She woke up approximately four hours later, after the Doctor had woken her up.
"Where's….Where's Tom?" She jumped up, looking around startled.
"He is back in your quarters safe and…sound?" The EMH said, although B'ellanna had already run out of Sickbay.
She ran into the Turbo-Lift and inputted the correct data, after arriving at her floor and section, she ran along the corridor. Bursting into her quarters, she saw her lover stood, rather close to her in the entrance. He turned around and swept her up into his arms.
"Oh Be, I was terrified, I'm so glad it was me not you." He said, looking deeply into her eyes.
"Thank you, baby." She said, kissing him lovingly to show her appreciation.
He broke it off and looked deep into her eyes. "For what, do you really think I'm going to let anyone hurt you? I'd die before I'd let anyone touch my Be." He spoke softly into her hair, setting her down on her sofa, he sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Do you want me to walk you to Engineering tomorrow morning, first day back?" She looked up into his eyes. "As always." She said leaning into him further.
"That was a close call, any word from the Doctor about Lieutenant Paris?" Seven asked Harry quietly, as she said, shuffling in her seat.
"Yeah, he said that he is absolutely fine and back in his quarters, here ya go Cupcake." He said, handing her a plate of food. He sat down next to her on his sofa.
"Cupcake?" Seven questioned.
"Yeah, it's a nickname. Couples use them for each other." He said, twirling some spaghetti onto his fork.
"Like Lieutenant Torres call Lieutenant Flyboy, and Lieutenant Paris calls Lieutenant Torres babe?" Seven replied, unsure of herself.
"Yeah, exactly, you'll notice nobody else calls them this, it's their own nicknames for each other. My nickname for you is Cupcake, I won't call anyone else Cupcake, it's special to you." He said, shovelling a forkful of spaghetti into his mouth. Seven sat and smiled as she thought that she was 'special'. That's something she had never been when she was in the collective, she was just another drone, and average Borg.
"What shall I call you then?" She asked, coping Harry's movement. This was the first time she had eating spaghetti.
He swallowed his food and looked at her, wiping sauce off from under her mouth. "That's up to you, you can come up with any nickname you like, but it has to be different, you can't use the same as some else." Seven though about it, concentrating hard.
"How about….. one?" She spoke softly after swallowing her food.
"One?" Harry asked quite offended, but trying not to show it.
"Yes, because you are my one of one." She said leaning in and kissing him.
"I love it Cupcake." He said pouring her some wine and passing it to her.
"Thank you, one." She said, they clinked their glasses together and drank, staring into each other's eyes happily.