Michael, Naomi and Kimberly are lounging by the pool in Neelix's resort program. "This feels so good after a long day in Astrometrics."
"I'd much rather be in Astrometrics with Seven than with the Doctor in physiotherapy." Kimberly says with a frown at the memory. Michael runs his hand along the damaged leg. "Oh sweetie, I tried to get away to be with you but Lt. Borshetta kept giving me some stupid new orders. I swear ever since I requested some trial shifts for security detail I'm doing all the menial "leftover" jobs that always get put to the end of the list because something more important comes up."
"Maybe next time we could make my therapy a security need in case I freak out and try attacking the Doctor." Kim smiles and puts her hand on his. Michael smiles too. "I think that's a good idea. Maybe we could submit a proposal to the Captain and Lt. Tuvok." Naomi watches the way Kim & Michael look at each other in silence. After another minute Naomi stands up. "Oh for crying out loud, just kiss each other already so you'll quit just staring."
"Well if you insist" Kim says with a smile to Michael. They lean into each other and moments later their lips are locked as their tongues dance together in each other's mouth. The kiss intensifies and Naomi being the friend she is, walks away to give them privacy. Walking out she goes to the control panel beside the doors and punches in a code to lock the doors until the program is over. Kimberly ran her hands through Michael's hair pulling his head in closer so she could deepen the kiss. Running her other hand under his t-shirt she lets it glide over his toned smooth skin touching every inch until she reaches his shoulders where she grabs hold and digs her fingers in a little more to hold on as her desire and passion to feel his body on and inside her climbs to great heights. Her ragged heavy breathing and passionate moans turn him on and make him physically react sexually. He cups her breast with his hand and gently squeezes it, wanting badly to remove the bikini top she is wearing. "Kim, you're so soft yet firm too. I want to take you so bad. I'm aroused just from touching you."
"Michael, I don't care what the Doctor says, I want to have you fully and completely." Kim lifts her hips to him and raises her knees opening her legs to him. She brings her hands lower and starts taking off his shorts to make her intentions clear. "Make love to me now Michael" she groans, "please." He stops and looks down at her, reading the look in her eyes, then sits up and takes off his shirt. "Computer lock Holodeck doors authorization Michael Paris Gamma 5 2 Beta." Doors locked the computer confirms with a chime. Michael then goes over to a wall panel and punches something in coming back to Kim holding a male condom. "No more accidents" he tells her as he removes his shorts and stands in front of her totally naked. Sitting up she removes her bikini bottoms. "No more accidents." Lowering himself onto her he repositions both of them then proceeds with more foreplay before sliding himself into her and making mad, passionate, erotic love to her twice in a row.
"God Michael that was so wonderful."
"That was really wonderful wasn't it? I wish we could do it like that each and every night."
"Me too". Ensign Carter to Crewman Janeway. "Shit where's my shirt?" Kim asks Michael as they look for her combadge. Crewman respond! "Michael we got to find it."
"Here it is" he says tossing it to her. She quickly activates her badge. "Kimberly Janeway here Ensign Carter."
"Crewman why are you not in Astrometrics?" Kim's eyes grew big as she stared at Michael with worry. 'Oh crap' she mouths. "Crewman answer me."
"I will be there right away Sir." She closes the link and hastily redresses. "I totally lost track of time."
"Meet me for dinner in the mess hall tonight" he says to her, leaving the holodeck.
****
Kimberly had worked later in Astrometrics than she had planned so she was unable to meet with Michael for dinner. "We'll get together for breakfast in the morning."
"I'm sorry Michael."
"Don't be sorry Kim. I'm not."
"I love you so much Michael Thomas Owen Paris." He smiles to himself and chuckles. "I love you too Kim. Now you better get home before you're late for your dinner." "Yes Sir" she mocks, closing the link and heading back to her quarters.
***
Kathryn was still working away and Chakotay was doing his own duties too. Kim drank in the silence of her quarters and just flopped down on the couch with a sigh of joy. She closed her eyes for only a moment but opened them again when she hears a little girl shout excitedly and seconds later little hands are clutching her pant leg and tugging on them. "Evening mom" Kimberley greets the Captain.
"Evening" Kathryn replies distractedly.
"Is there something the matter?"
Kathryn picks up Katelynn and places her in a corner with toys and erects the child gate before getting to her next item of business. "How was your day today?" Kathryn asks non-chalantly.
"It was pretty good."
"Just pretty good?"
"Okay it was terrific. I got to hang out on the holodeck with Michael for like 3 or 4 hours after physio this morning."
"You were with young Mr. Paris the whole time?"
"Yes mom, the whole time. Is there a problem with me spending time with my boyfriend?" Kim's voice turns defensive.
"There is when you miss part of a duty shift and your supervising officer has to track you down and it takes almost five minutes to answer your comm. Badge."
"I wasn't that late."
Kathryn activates the padd she is holding in her hand and starts reading from it. "Miss Janeway was contacted at 1413 hours and arrived in Astrometrics at 1430, fifteen minutes late for shift." Kathryn looks up at Kimberley silently waiting for an explanation.
"It wasn't an actual shift. I just said I would help with some readings. It's no big deal."
Kathryn's eyes flared with a spark of anger and much agitation. Her voice grew hard and her hand automatically came to rest on her hip while she held up the other hand waving the padd in the air for emphasis. "When I get a report like this it is a very BIG deal!"
"If it had been about anyone else on this ship you would never have even seen that report! It would have gone straight to daddy!" Kimberley had raised her voice too, her quick temper flaring up. Kathryn could see the anger in Kim's eyes and she knew that she had hit a sensitive subject.
"Well then I feel very special that I got to see it." Kathryn said in a calmer voice while giving Kim a sarcastic smile before tossing the padd down on her desk. "Go wash up for dinner please."
***
Later that night Kim laid in bed talking to Michael while Kathryn sat at the computer on her desk going over the latest fuel consumption reports, food provision reports, and the scans of the upcoming system that they are going to be passing through for the next couple months. "It's odd Michael. I thought for sure I was going to be thrown into the brig or at least confined to quarters for talking back to mom the way I did but... she hasn't said anything more about it since dinner."
"And that worries you?"
"yes that worries me. She can hold this in reserve for another time when she wants to get mad at someone but can't, then she can be mad at me for this."
"That's crazy. She wouldn't do that."
"Want to bet? The following months after Chakotay pissed her off with the Borg/Species 8472 war, I can't tell you the number of times I got yelled at for not having my room perfectly spotless or leaving one stray reading padd sitting on the table." Kim looked up and saw the tired look of frustration in the way Kathryn sat in her chair and rubbed at her eyes while yawning. "Michael, I'm going to go now. Meet for lunch tomorrow?"
"Okay sleep well. I'll be dreaming of you."
"I love you." Kim closes her computer and goes out to the living room. "Whatcha doing mom?"
"Nothing that concerns you Kimberley. I thought you had gone to bed." Kathryn ran her hand along her brow closing her eyes for a moment.
"I – I couldn't sleep... my lower back is bothering me" she lied.
"Do you need to go to Sickbay?" Kathryn's voice immediately shows concern.
"No!" Kim answers quickly. "No I'll be okay but maybe you should go have him give you something for your headache."
"I'll tell you what. If I go to Sickbay for a headache then you are coming with me to get something for your back."
Kim looks at her mom then turns away. "Okay you win, no Sickbay". Kathryn smiles. "I knew you'd see things my way."
"Mom, I'm sorry I was late for Astrometrics. It was just...."
"... you were spending time with your boyfriend, I know. I was young and in love once myself. You have to learn how to divide your time better. That's all."
"Are you still mad at me?"
"No honey I'm not mad. Just don't let it happen again or you will face punishment."
"Yes ma'am" Kimberley answers heading back to her room. Kathryn watches Kim go and a smile pulls at the corners of her mouth. "Sweet dreams" she softly says to her daughter before turning back to the reports strewn across her desk.
****
Voyager had once again found another area of space where the inhabited species weren't of the overly friendly variety. Kathryn is literally working around the clock and dragging herself down therefore when a cold virus starts going around the ship, she easily falls victim to it. Kimberley wakes up one morning and is surprised to find that Kathryn is still in bed asleep. "Computer what is the body temperature of Captain Janeway?"
"Captain Janeway's core body temperature is currently 103.9 degrees Fahrenheit."
"Kim Janeway to Commander Chakotay"
"What is it Miss Janeway?"
"The Captain is feeling under the weather and has a slight temperature. I think it would be best if she stays in her quarters and gets the rest she needs to ensure a fast recovery."
"I will have Tuvok see to it that the Captain is not to be disturbed. Thank you Miss Janeway. Chakotay out." It was nearly noon when Kathryn finally wakes up. Rolling over she looks at her alarm and when she sees the time she leaps out of bed and hurriedly gets dressed then does her hair and makeup. Damn why did he let me oversleep? she asks herself as she races down the hall, taking a swing by the mess hall to grab herself a cup of coffee on the way.
"Ah, Captain are you feeling better now?" Neelix asks in his always cheerful voice.
"I feel fine Neelix thank you." When Kathryn arrives on the Bridge, Chakotay stands with a smile on his face. "Afternoon Captain." Giving a pleasant smile back she nods her head to him and sits down in her chair. "Commander." She receives a report and checks the Navigation sensors then settles back in her chair. Looking straight ahead out the view screen she lowers her voice to ask Chakotay a question. "Why didn't you contact me when you saw I wasn't here for Alpha shift?"
His voice was just as quiet. "Kimberley told me you weren't feeling well and it would be better to just let you rest. You know if you were needed I would have alerted you immediately."
Kimberley came back to her quarters at lunchtime to check on Kathryn but she wasn't there. "Computer locate the Captain" she orders with an edge of panic in her voice.
Captain Janeway is on the Bridge.
Kim started to leave to go to the mess hall to eat but Katelynn's cry caught her attention. "Katie? Katie what're you doing here all by yourself?" Kim picked up her sister and noticed she felt hot against Kim's skin. Going to the desk in the main room she picked up a tricorder and scanned Katelynn. "Ooh man Katie you are hot you got a fever. We need to get you better." Kim goes to the bathroom and runs cool water into the bathtub and adds some of Kathryn's 'relaxing' aromatherapy oils to the water. Next she changes into her bikini quickly then undresses Katelynn and gets in the tub with her, holding onto her sister with one hand while using her other hand to scoop up water and pour it over her sister's skin. She keeps Katelynn in the water for over an hour, until her poor little body is vibrating with shivers from the cool air on her damp skin, but she's no longer crying. Getting a tricorder Kim checks Katelynn's temperature again. "It's not great but it's down from earlier. Let's get you out now." Wrapping her sister in a towel she takes her back to the nursery and gets a diaper on Katelynn then gets a light blanket from the crib and wraps her in it. "There is that better? Oh you're still shivering." Kim adds a shirt from Kathryn's closet and holds her sister close to her, rocking back and forth. When Katelynn starts nuzzling around against Kim's breast she smiles. "Sorry kid, these girls are dry. How about some of mommy's though?" Replicating a bottle of milk Kim settles down on the chair and feeds her sister while singing softly. After she's burped, Katelynn is content being held in Kim's arms as she lays her head in the crook of Kim's neck, grasping Kim's hair in her tiny little fist. She listens to her big sister's melodic singing voice as she fights to keep her eyes open but eventually the battle is lost and her breathing slows to a rhythmic pace and doesn't change.
Kim lays down onto the couch and rubs Katelynn's back to put her back asleep when she stirs from being moved. "Computer dim lights to lowest setting and lock door to Captain's quarters. Also play a selection from Captain Janeway's classical database at a quiet setting." Kim closes her eyes and slowly nods off herself. In the middle of the night Kim wakes up again and Katelynn is still warm so she gets a cool cloth and wipes down Katelynn with it then gets some juice and puts in a bottle for her. Laying back down the way they were, in Kim's room this time, Katelynn drinks the bottle while Kim keeps the cold cloth on her neck to cool her off again. They eventually fall back to sleep again. They don't hear Kathryn coming in after shift or getting ready the next morning. It wasn't until 1600 hours that Kathryn took the time to see how her baby was. Walking into her quarters she immediately got worried when Katelynn wasn't in her crib. She was about to use the computer to find Katelynn when she heard Kim in the bathroom talking and the sound of water splashing. "Kimberley, where's your sister?" Kathryn asks going into the bathroom.
"She's right here Captain." Katelynn had started splashing water everywhere as she flailed her arms and kicked her legs when she heard her mommy's voice. She let out a shrill holler and held her arms out to Kathryn who immediately grabbed her daughter from the tub. "Hello to you too my little one. You feel a little warm, are you getting sick?" Running a tricorder over her sister Kim smiles at the results. "Actually her fever has broke since last night's bath."
"She had a bath last night too?"
"Ya she was running a fever so I ran a cool bath for her and set her in it, leaving her there until she was like totally shivering everywhere then I gave her a bottle and we visited before she felt asleep for awhile."
"Did she have a fever last night?"
"Ya but it wasn't really bad and I didn't feel like it was something I should bother you with since you had gotten on duty late. I wanted to test myself to see how well I deal with a sick child. That and you still aren't 100% better so you shouldn't have to get yourself better while getting her better too."
"She's my daughter which means that I have to put you guys ahead of myself. I appreciate what you did though Kimberley."
"Could I go see if maybe Lt. Torres needs some help in Engineering now that you're here?"
"Sure. Give me a moment to get Katelynn dressed and we'll go together."
"Okay". That evening Kathryn gave Kim the night off of having to eat dinner as a family. Instead she looked after Katelynn and let Chakotay look after making dinner.