Just as they get back to the table the main course arrives. Kathryn's meal is a full turkey dinner and Chakotay gets a halibut Oscar dish with garlic mashed potatoes and vegetables. Chakotay pours himself another glass of wine and tucks into his meal. Kathryn cringes as she watches Tom eat his very rare steak. She can see the blood dripping from the meat his eating. She wonders if the steak con even be hot. She also notices that Chakotay is visibly cringing watching Tom eat meat. Chakotay doesn't eat meat but he'll eat fish.
Kathryn hums along to the Christmas songs being played in the room. The only people who know she's humming are Chakotay and Seven. "While Christmas music is nice I don't understand the human obsession with it or the emotional connection everyone seems to have." Seven says in a monotone.
Kathryn blushes when she realizes why Seven mentioned Christmas music. She often hums without realizing it. She loves Christmas very much, though she'd love to be home with her mother and sister in Indiana. Chakotay intervenes and tries to explain to Seven why Christmas and the music associated with it is so special. It's difficult to explain to someone who's never experienced the holidays before. A teapot and a coffee pot full of liquid are placed on each table and the guests are encouraged to go and get dessert from the buffet table. Kathryn and Chakotay walk arm in arm to the table. The rest of the crew allow the Captain and the Commander to go first to get dessert. Chakotay asks Kathryn if she'd like to split a chocolate mousse with him. She smiles and quietly concedes. She also gets some fresh fruit, a couple of cream puffs and a slice of traditional English plum pudding. She pours a lemon sauce over her pudding and a raspberry sauce over her cream puffs. She walks slowly across the floor. She doesn't want to spill anything on the way back to her seat.
Normally she only drinks coffee, but tonight she doesn't feel like having coffee. She pours herself a cup of tea and adds a dash of cream. Without really thinking about it she pours Chakotay a cup of tea. Chakotay always drinks tea; he never drinks coffee. Chakotay smiles at Kathryn. She's so thoughtful. She bites into one of her cream puffs and her eyes open wide in surprise. "What's wrong?" Chakotay asks noticing her facial expression.
"The cream puffs are filled with peppermint cream! I wasn't expecting that!" Kathryn cries indignantly.
Chakotay starts to laugh. He knows Kathryn didn't mean to be funny, but she is all the same. "It said right on the sign next to the cream puffs that they were full of peppermint cream. Didn't you read the signs?" Chakotay asks as he tries to stop laughing.
"I guess I didn't read them. I don't think I even noticed them." Kathryn says with a puzzled look on her face.
"Oh well, try some of the mousse, at least. You don't have to eat the cream puffs." Chakotay says as he picks up his spoon and eats his first bite of mousse.
"They're actually not that bad, but putting raspberry sauce over top wasn't the greatest idea. The filling is actually quite nice." Kathryn says as she picks up her dessert spoon and tries a bite of the chocolate mousse. "That mousse is absolutely divine!"
"It's so rich! I'm so glad we decided to split one. I couldn't eat a whole one on my own." Chakotay says quietly.
Kathryn eats another spoonful of mousse slowly. She slowly and sensually pulls the spoon out of her mouth. She looks directly at Chakotay as she does this. Chakotay bites his bottom lip as he watches Kathryn's actions. Damn, he thinks, she is so sexy and she knows it too.