By:AW

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Date With Destiny II

5. The Moment of Truth

Kathryn was getting near. She had seen the doctor that day and was told that the child had moved low in her pelvis; it was only a matter of time. She was not due for another two weeks, but the doctor had said that with Kathryn’s small size, and the large size of the baby, the child just might arrive early. So she waited.

She woke up the next morning to a knock at the door. She opened the door to her room to see Tuvok standing there. She was confused, what would he want?

“Hello Kathryn.”

She looked at him, into him. “Hello, Tuvok. It’s early, is there something I can do for you?” She scrutinized him for a long time, her arms securely and
protectively around her child.

“May I speak with you for a moment?”

“Of course. What did you need?”

Tuvok wasn’t sure how to begin. He had his wife in the other room. He had discussed it with her the night before. He had told her of Kathryn’s plans to give the child up. She had told him of the bond she had shared with each of their children, and how she would not have been able to give them up. For a human with very real emotions to live with it would be far worse. Tuvok had nodded his assent and knew what he needed to do. T’Pel had volunteered to speak to her, but Tuvok had said no. He had been Kathryn Janeway’s friend and counsel for too long to let someone else have this talk with her. He supposed if he had been human he would have loved her in a way only friends can. He cared for her deeply and wished for nothing but the best for this woman who had so become a part of his life in more ways than one. So he had gone to see her the next morning to talk with her. To lend a shoulder
to cry on; to lend an ear to listen.

Tuvok looked at her. “I need you to tell me that you are sure what you are doing is in the best interest of you and the child you carry.”

Kathryn was unsure what to say. For the firs time she was speechless. “Of course it’s for the best. I’m not ready to take care of a child. Tom and B’Elanna will provide a much more stable home for her than I ever could.” Tuvok watched as Kathryn rubbed almost hypnotic circles over her distended abdomen. “I will always love her, but I’m not the right one to care for her. Not now anyway.”

Tuvok knew this would kill her but he also knew he needed to ask. Needed to get this out in the open. “What of the father? Does he not wish contact with the child?”

Kathryn’s head whipped up and she stared right at him. He knew that look. That was the Captain’s look. The protectiveness she had demonstrated for her crew all those years in the Delta Quadrant. “Leave him out of this. He has no say, no claim to my child.”

Tuvok reached out a hand and placed it on her belly. He felt the child’s unrest. He looked at her and read her emotions. He felt her uneasiness at the decision she had made, but he also felt her stubbornness and knew that she would proceed with the adoption no matter what. Just yesterday he had gotten a communiqué from Earth. B’Elanna was with child. Anyone who would look at the family would know one of the children was not the Paris’. He knew, everyone knew. Tuvok hoped one day Kathryn would not end up regretting her decision. He knew that if she did, it would kill her and it would kill the father too. He had tried and failed and wondered if it was time to get Chakotay involved. He knew she needed him, and soon, before the final decision was made, and their lives were irrevocably changed forever.

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