HADES -------------------- disclaimer: paramount owns it all I'm not in this for profit or anything I'm just having fun. note : I don't know every little thing about voyager, so I don't want some 'trekkie' coming up to me telling me how impossible my stories are, "i's write what I knows. and as usual i won't use capital letters unless they are absolutely imperative that I use them. DELTA DAYS II BY HADES b'elanna looked at the ceiling above her, not quite all awake she looked around her room her eyes half open. she guessed tom had already left, as she stretched she asked the computer the time," it is 0745 "it responded. "damn, I'm going too be late" she hopped out of her bed and quickly got dressed. she ran out the door about five minutes later with a replicated cup of coffee in one hand and a report padd in the other. she was in a bad mood because of tom's late holodeck game and because she was the type of person who could rise but not shine. if anyone knew one thing about b'elanna it was that her klingon side was at it's peek for any time before 0900 so most anyone would avoid asking or telling her any thing that wasn't important. only one person would dare bother her and that person was on her way towards her "lt. torres I must speak with you about some upgrades in main engineering, I am unsure abou..." " look, seven I have to get to engineering I'm already late, I'm sure that they can wait for the senior staff meeting this afternoon" "many can, but I must hav..." "seven I'm in a bad mood this morn..." seven stepped in front of her path "your mood is irrelevant, these upgrades are..." " oh shut up seven, I don't care about your stupid relevance, I have important work to do so save your little ideas for the meeting, go back to astrometrics and flirt with harry or tinker with your toys " she pushed seven out of the way with more force than intended and walked past. she had regretted what she had said, but her pride and her anger kept her walking all the way to engineering. seven of nine stood speechless in the corridor, her eyes began to get a little puffy but she fought the nerve to cry why had she said those things to me she kept thinking her mood was irrelevant and so was what see had said to her, but then why am I feeling like this she thought as she turned and walked away. she knew that b'elanna hadn't really liked her at first but she thought that they were working better together and even becoming friends. she walked into astrometrics and saw harry waiting for her she was surprised how easy it was to call him harry, it seemed to flow naturally as usual he greeted her with his grin. "morning seven" he welcomed her she liked harry he almost always made her feel welcome he had been one of the first to try to be her friend but she had no idea how to react and asked him to copulate, she know understood a bit more of his real intentions but he always seemed that he was hiding a feeling from her though she was unsure what it was. "hello harry, how are you this morning?" seven replied she was really getting the hang of the phrases that the doctor had suggested she was not always sure when to use them but she was starting to understand their need. "just fine" harry said. she had mentioned that the doc had given her some conversation advice and was happy to hear that she was getting use out of them. "well the captain wanted us to do some scans for..." he noticed that seven was only giving him half her attention witch was unusual then he saw that her eyes looked like she had or was about to cry. " seven what's wrong" " I am fine now what are we..." "come one I can see it in your eyes now tell me what is bothering..." " I...I am..." she could feel his eyes watching her. almost judging her, she looked away as a tear slipped down her cheek, she hadn't thought that one persons actions could affect her so deeply but b'elanna's words had sliced through her borglike defenses. once again harry's feelings towards seven over powered him and he walked over and held seven in his arms. she eased up in his arms and put her head on his shoulder he rubbed her back slowly and let her tears soak his uniforms shoulder. ________________________________________________________________ staff meeting was fairly uneventful after Q's little attack it had been mostly quiet the needed repairs were simple and quickly repaired. b'elanna had a hard time looking at seven but luckily for her it was over quickly and she could get away. but on her way to the turbolift she realized that seven was taking the same one. they stood in silence part of the way then seven spoke up " lt. do you really believe that I 'flirt' with ensign kim?" "look seven I'm sorry I blew up at you this morning I was tired and not thinking straight and I'm sorry" she said not quite hearing her question but just trying to get the nerve to apologize. " that was not my question, do you think that I flirt with harry?" seven repeated, that was what had really bothered her was that she was flirting with harry even though she was unsure what flirting was. "well," b'elanna was a little startled that was what seven really wanted to know she had just kind of spit it out this morning without really thinking about it. but after she had said it she began to think that she was right. she knew that harry had a crush on her but she had also noticed some things about her. she seemed more at ease with him whenever she entered the room she almost always headed for harry and she almost always worked with him if she was given the choice. she was a little surprised that she was calling him harry. "...you do seem to spend a lot of time with him and you seem so at ease when your with him..." " does this mean that I am 'flirting' with him?" seven wasn't sure about what she was saying but it was all true. she was unsure what they meant and if she could she wanted to know what these feelings were. "well yeah, it kind of does but if..." the doors opened and seven stepped out " thank you lt. you have been most helpful." " hey seven, call me b'elanna" and then the doors closed. and had anyone paid attention to seven of nine at that moment they might have seen a slight smile across her face. ________________________________________________________________ "...very well, tom, harry, I'll see you guys tomorrow good night "chakotay motioned for tom and harry to leave for the evening. they entered the turbolift tom commented on the damp spot on harry's uniform that was still damp from seven's tears. " looks like you've been looking at seven to much, your starting to drool" tom pointed to the spot on his uniform. "hey shut up tom, you know that isn't what it is " harry was surprised at how he had just suddenly yelled at one of his best friends. and he could see that tom was surprised and a little worried about him. " hey, har I'm sorry, you seem tense, why don't you join b'elanna and me on holodeck two at 1930 we'll be water skiing so wear something that you won't mind getting wet" harry nodded and by this time tom was already a little way down the down the hall. __________________________________________________________________ harry walked down to astrometrics to pick up so reports before dinner. he walked in and saw seven in there again she always seemed to be the one staying overtime. she looked better than she had this morning she seemed to regain her more borglike attitude." hey seven working late again ?" " yes harry I am, may I ask you a question ?" "uh, sure I don't know if I can answer it but I'll try" "do you think that I flirt with you?" her question hit him like a ton of bricks he had never thought about it but he was also so worried about giving her the wrong impression, and when she had done something close to flirting he had brushed it off as her lacking social skills and had never thought that she was 'coming on to him' "well I guess I don't think about what you do as flirting," he had to ask," have you been trying to flirt with me?" "I am not sure, I made b'elanna angry this morning and she said that I had been flirting with you and I began to wonder if she was right" seven had not told him why she was crying earlier and she had been trying to figure out how and when to ask him " well it's not really b'elanna's call to make it's up to you to decide if you're flirting with me or not" harry hesitated for a moment before asking "well if your not doing anything why don't you meet tom, b'elanna, and me on holodeck two at 1930" "very well, harry would this be a 'date' ?" "well sort of, but it's really more just a get together with your friends, and we'll be on a boat so you should wear something that you won't mind getting wet, uh can your implants get wet?" harry hadn't thought about them until just then he assumed they could but he could be wrong. he hoped that didn't just botch the evening. "they are waterproof " seven replied as harry let out a quick breath of relief "good, well I'll see you then, bye" "good bye" and with that harry walked out of astrometrics. ___________________________________________________________________ tom finished up his dinner deep in thought b'elanna would no doubt be mad at him because he had given up some of their time together for harry. earth's ocean was one of her favorite programs and he owed it to her after he had made her go skiing on the mountain, he knew she hated it. she was more the tropical type. but harry was their friend and she'd get over it. he was about finished when harry walked in and sat at the table with him. " hey tom, I invited seven to join us if that's OK" " sure har, the more the merrier" tom lied she wouldn't like the idea of harry their let alone seven too. " you haven't told her have you " the young ensign read tom's expression he'd seen it before. " well not exactly, but she won't mind " "sure she won't, I'm glad I don't have to tell her " he said as he got up to get a taste of neelix's new 'culinary masterpiece' tom decided to go tell b'elanna now so she could have more time to cool down. ___________________________________________________________________ b'elanna took a deep breath as she flopped down on her couch she was planning to get a little rest before she met tom on the holodeck. her door let out a chirp as b'elanna told the person to enter. she wasn't quite expecting seven to stroll in " b'elanna, I require your help are you busy ?" " oh not at all, what do you need ?" "harry invited me to join the three of you on the holodeck and he suggested that I wear something that would be appropriate for the ocean but I was unsure what would be appropriate" she said unaware that b'elanna was almost drawing her own blood with her fist so tight she had a good idea who had said I was OK you'll pay for this paris, you'll pay. " uh b'elanna, are you all right ?" " oh I'm fine " seven pulled b'elanna out of her thoughts before she could get to deep into how she would get tom back for sacrificing their evening. it wasn't really just that he'd given up their time together it was that he didn't ask her first. " you'll need a swimming suit of some kind, here we'll find some pictures of them on my computer, they walked over to her desk to start looking for an appropriate swimming suit. as they were looking the door opened and tom looked in as he saw seven standing there with b'elanna he knew that she knew. when she saw that it was tom b'elanna gave him the kind of look that could slice right through a man's every defense and attack his very being. " oh hey girls, I uh, think I left something in the mess hall I'll uh see you at the holodeck, bye " tom said nervously as he left. "lt. paris seemed agitated why is that ?"seven asked her wondering about tom. " I don't know " ___________________________________________________________________ the captain sat on the bridge reviewing her final report of the day. she let out a sigh as she turned off the padd. she turned and looked right into the eyes of chakotay who did little or nothing to hide the fact that he was staring at her "yes chakotay ?" she said with her silly almost flirtatious grin. " well, I just remembered the fact that I would be eating alone care to join me in the mess hall ?" she used her best impression of a southern women in her response, "but people would talk commaneder" "let them talk, that's why it's good to be the captain and the first officer" he gave her a quick wink and, after a quick check of the time to make sure their shift was over the two skipped arm in arm off the bridge to the turbolift. as they walked out janeway nodded at tuvok who stepped up to the captains chair. as soon as the turbolift closed then a good two third's of the bridge crew let out a small giggle. however a quick glare from tuvok and the bridge straightened up and got their minds back on their work. ___________________________________________________________________ b'elanna and seven strolled down the hall with their swimming suits on and towels around their waists few men dared to get more than a quick look at either of them. if they looked at b'elanna they would suffer the wrath of her and tom and if they looked at seven the wrath of harry and probably b'elanna would be upon them. b'elanna had chosen a one piece suit for seven, she feared if she got her a bikini she would have to pick up harry's eyes every time they popped out of his head. few borg implants remained visible other than the ones seen every day on her right arm their was a small rectangular implant that the doc was unable tho remove without damaging nerves in that arm. and an even smaller spidery implant was on her left shin. they reached the holodeck and saw that the program was already running so they opened the doors and b'elanna was walking in seven tried to grab her arm but it was too late she had gone in... ___________________________________________________________________ dinner went by quickly even though the two sat and talked for some time. kathryn suggested that they try some dessert from the replicator instead of neelix's talongian surprise, when the telaxian labeled something a 'surprise' it almost always meant that you wouldn't eat it if you knew what it really was. the two exited and proceeded down the hall to the turbolift. once at the door to her quarters chakotay said he wasn't hungry for dessert and that they should get together again some time so they each said goodnight. as chakotay turned to leave she called his name "chakotay... " he turned back to her she kissed him right on the lips he was startled at first but then he soon closed his eyes intent on enjoying this as much as he would enjoy his favorite food. they stood like that for a long time at least a long time by anyone else's standards. as they kissed vorik happened to walk by he glanced at them for a moment then caught himself and looked straight ahead masking his surprise as all vulcans did. when they finally came out of their kiss kathryn finished her sentence "... remember that next time i ask you over for dessert " and with that she walked in letting the door close in his face. ___________________________________________________________________ as soon as b'elanna's head was out of the water they were laughing at her. tom was barely able to utter " computer, hee hee add dock, hee hee ha " as soon as he finished a wooden dock appeared over head. b'elanna swam out from under it and seven helped her up onto the dock. that's when she noticed that seven was laughing as well, not as loudly but still laughing none the less. "what's so funny ?" b'elanna growled " i am sorry b'elanna but i find your appearance, humorous " by this harry and tom had cooled down enough to help the women onto the boat. tom apologized as she got on. " i'm sorry but i had to see if you would notice, besides you were planning on getting wet anyway weren't you ?" as he said this he started to chuckle again. and that was all she could take " notice this flyboy " and with a mighty shove she sent him sprawling off the other side of the boat into the water. harry started to laugh again so he didn't notice when b'elanna started to push him off. he grabbed seven's arm to try to steady him self but only ended up pulling her in with him. they all stared at b'elanna who was laughing so hard she was bent over holding her stomach. tom looked over at harry and seven " it's not as funny when we're in the water is it ?" "it is not " seven replied. tom and harry looked at b'elanna then at each other. then each started splashing as much water as they could at the laughing half klingon standing on the boat. she tried to block the water her laughing now the high pich squealing of a young girl. she was happy, real happy.