Sailing at Lake George
Rating: K+
Pairing J/C
Summary: After cheating death Janeway and Chakotay take baby Melonie to Lake George for the next thing closest to a family outing.
Disclaimer: Don't own Voyager or characters. Melonie Janeway is my creation. Don't have a Beta all mistakes are my own
Author's Note: After the downs of the last chapter I thought we'd have something happier. I took the last scene and changed the words a little to suite my AU. So enjoy.
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"Come on Chakotay, I cheated death! That's worth a celebration, don't you think? Let's get Melonie, a picnic and go for a moonlight sail on Lake George. How does that sound?" Kathryn smiled at her husband as he smiled back.
"Like something worth living for" Together they exited the ready room and went to pick up Melonie from Ensign Wildman who had offered to look after their daughter along with her own, Naomi.
"Hey sweetie, what you got there?" Chakotay grinned as he looked at his daughter 'painting' she gurgle and pointed at the picture and then at him. "Is this me and mommy?" she giggled in reply, he picked her up and thanked Samantha for looking after her. Waving goodbye to Naomi they left.
Kathryn had replicated a picnic basket and fetched and replicated things to put in it. She then changed into civilian clothes, a light blue sundress with a matching cardigan. She laid out some clothes for her daughter and waited for her husband to return.
Entering their quarters he smiled at the sight awaiting him Kathryn reading a PADD with a picnic basket on the dinner table. Kathryn laughed at the sight of Melonie and her new bolian look. After bathing and changing her into a purple and pale blue skirt and top they set off to the holodeck. It wasn't too late so they hoped Melonie would stay awake for the whole sail.
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The Holodeck looked beautiful. The moon struck the lake in just the right way as the family walked down to the pier and the boat. As Kathryn got in Chakotay noticed how beautiful she was, the moonlight made her glow her hair came alive with colours of red, gold and bronze. He was truly and lucky man. Melonie sat on her mother's lap as they made their way down the river. The couple slipped into easy conversation and were soon laughing and enjoying the rest from their duties as Captain and Commander.
As they stopped and began eating, Kathryn took a bite of a cupcake with Chocolate icing Melonie pointed and giggled, noticing the movement of his daughter he looked to see what was making her laugh, icing was on his wife's nose and clearly hilarious to the little girl. Turning to face her he kissed her nose and ate the icing
"Mmm, tasty." He smiled at the eyebrow raise of his wife. They looked at each other but were surprised when Melonie shouted.
"Silly MOMMA" The pair looked at each other and laughed with joy.
Making their way back to their quarters. They bumped into Tom and B'Elanna. Smiling at each other Melonie shouted again, desperate to show off her new skill
"Silly MOMMA" nearly poking her father's eye out. Tom and B'Elanna laughed congratulating the youngest Voyager crew member. Tom doing so with something he called a 'high five'. Reaching their destination Melonie was changed and put to bed. Where she fell asleep quickly.
Snuggling against her husband Kathryn secretly vowed never to eat cupcakes with icing in front of Melonie ever again.
Chakotay felt his wife snuggle against him and instantly wrapped an arm around her and thought to himself, the first 'outing as family was perfect even if Momma had been silly.
Author's Note: Hope you liked this. Thoughts and improvements are appreciated.
Coming soon: Another Time and Place.
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