A Grave New World
Part 2

By: AW
Date: July 2018
Length: 1800 words
Summary: What would have happened if during Gravity it had been Janeway and Chakotay on that mission instead of Tom and Tuvok?
What if it had've been six months instead of two weeks?
What would have happened between J/C?

It had been two hours since she had finished her conversation with Tuvok. She had to speak to Chakotay about this matter.

She sighed and reached her hand up to her combadge. "Janeway to Chakotay."

"Yes Captain."

She sighed, "Could you meet me in my quarters?"

"Of course, Captain. Be right over."

Two minutes later her door chimed. "Come in Chakotay."

He slowly walked into her quarters. "Hi."

Kathryn almost laughed at how unsure he sounded. "Hi."

"Well what happened?"

She bowed her head. "He said he has been expecting something like this to happen for a while and he was surprised that we were able to hold off this long."

Chakotay chuckled under his breath, "I guess that's that then. Kathryn this is going to happen. We're going to have this baby and it is going to happen soon." He paused and placed a hand on her belly, "I love you and this will start the progression of the crew. Remember two years ago we spoke of the crew pairing off and starting to have children? This is it. We're starting it. We're going to be the beginning of the changes to this ship whether we meant to be or not."

Kathryn let her hand fall to her belly. "Well we'd better decide how we're going to break this to the crew and to the senior staff."

Chakotay stared at her, "Let's break it to the senior staff first at the morning meeting. I say you just come in, in a maternity uniform and let the cards fall where they may." He moved closer to her. "B'Elanna already knows and she was supportive. Harry knows and he was surprised, but its Harry. I think you broke his idea of the Captain not needing to have sex or companionship."

She laughed, "He did seem awfully surprised by this,"

"Maybe it was a good thing that he found out early, we won't have to watch him shatter at the morning meeting with everyone else."

Kathryn wrote a note to the senior staff stating that there was going to be a meeting tomorrow morning at 0800 hours.

"Well Chakotay I've gotten the ball rolling." She paused bringing her lips up to his. "Let's go to bed. It's 2200 hours and tomorrow is going to be a day of firsts."

Chakotay nodded and went to leave the Captain's quarters. "Where are you going? Before too long everyone is going to know, let's have a sleep together. This is it. This is our life now and I won't have our child growing up in a broken home."

Chakotay nodded and followed her into the bedroom.

[8 HOURS LATER – JANEWAY QUARTERS]

Kathryn rolled over in bed and knew she was going to be sick.

Even if they wanted to keep this a secret, there was going to be no hiding morning sickness.

She rushed to the bathroom and was amazed at how she could be so sick even though she had nothing in her stomach.

She heard Chakotay coming to the bathroom and pulling her hair back so that it would not be in the way as she emptied her stomach. "I am never going to survive another five months of this."

Chakotay stared sympathetically at Kathryn, "The Doctor said he could give you something now that we're on Voyager that could help with the morning sickness."

She sighed, 'What if it's dangerous for our little one."

Chakotay shook his head," I don't think that the Doctor would give you anything that could be harmful to you or the baby."

"I suppose not." She walked up the replicator and ordered a coffee. She brought it up to her mouth and the smell made her stomach revolt.

Kathryn rolled her eyes, "I finally get to have coffee and the baby won't tolerate it."

Chakotay walked over to the replicator and got the Captain some ginger tea. He replicated some dry toast for her. "Here, try this."

Kathryn gratefully took the food and the beverage and sipped the tea gingerly.

Chakotay stared at the mother of his child." Do you want to make your way to sickbay before the meeting?"

Kathryn glared at him. "I'm going to be wearing a maternity uniform, so you really want to be seen by anyone until we've had a chance to at least tell the senior staff?"

Chakotay stared at Kathryn, "I guess not; but promise me after this becomes public knowledge that you will at least go see the Doctor about this."

Kathryn nodded and went up to the replicator. "One maternity uniform, command red – size 4."

Kathryn took the offending garment out of the replicator and proceeded to the bathroom. She came out – in Chakotay's opinion - looking a whole lot more comfortable. "Feel better?"

She pulled the shirt out showing how much room there was. "This thing is huge."

Chakotay laughed, "And soon you will fill it out."

Kathryn rolled her eyes, "Oh that's great."

"Finish your toast then we'll transport to the briefing room."

Kathryn nodded and finished her 'breakfast',

[20 MINUTES LATER – BRIEFING ROOM]

Kathryn sat the head of the table with her hand in Chakotay's. "What are they going to say?"

"It's about time. Come on Kathryn, even Tuvok saw the chemistry between us."

She sighed, "I guess but it feels so weird."

The senior staff began filling the briefing room and Kathryn smiled at them all as they entered.

Soon everyone was there.

"Well let's begin." She looked every one of them in the eyes, "Some of you know what this is about. The rest of you this is the official announcement."

Kathryn stood up smoothing the maternity uniform over her baby bump. "The Commander and I are going to have a baby."

There were surprised gasps, and then looks of understanding. "Because of the time differential, we were there six months and thought we were going to be there alone for the rest of our lives. If you want the details, please feel free to read the official report and then

She looked at each of them and then stared at the Commander. "Dismissed."

The senior staff slowly filed out of the conference room. "Well the first part of the announcement is done. How do we want to handle to rest of the crew?"

Chakotay stared at her, "You promised you would go see the Doctor after you made this announcement."

She looked at him, "So I did."

"Should I just let the rest of the crew see what happened? Most of them won't be privy to what went on, on the planet."

Chakotay walked up to her and enveloped her in a hug, "Does it really matter what the rest of the crew thinks? Even Tuvok told you that he had been waiting for something like this to happen."

She pulled his hand down to feel the baby moving within her. "I guess the two of us weren't as discreet about hiding our feelings as we thought."

He looked at her. "What I told you on the planet about there was never anyone but you – I meant every word of it." He drew in a deep breath, "Just because we were stuck as the only man and woman on the planet twice, does not mean if there was someone else there that I would choose them. If there were a hundred other women on that planet I'd have eyes still only for you Kathryn."

Kathryn grabbed his hand. "Let's go see the Doctor."

Chakotay nodded and they left the conference room. "Tuvok you have the bridge."

Tuvok nodded and the command couple made their way to sick bay.

[SICKBAY]

Kathryn and Chakotay slowly walked back into the sick bay. "Computer activate the EMH."

The Doctor appeared. "Please state the nature of the – oh Captain, Commander." He stared at Janeway's uniform. "So the regular uniform was getting a little snug I see."

Kathryn glared at the Doctor. "You said you could give me something for the morning sickness if we were on Voyager. Well now we are."

The Doctor stared at her. "I can give you something." He put a hypospray to Kathryn's neck. "There, that should help."

Kathryn rubbed her neck, "Thank you Doctor."

The Doctor stopped her, "And I need to see you next week for your sixteen week check-up."

The Captain nodded, "Yes Doctor."

The Doctor stared at the couple and handed them a padd. "And now that we're back on Voyager, I need you to read this information. I need to make sure you're prepared for the baby. Some of this is what to expect for the rest of your pregnancy, there are things on the actual birth – lots of important stuff." He handed her the hypospray. "And this should keep the morning sickness away until you come for your check-up. When you come, I will refill it for you if you're still having symptoms."

The couple nodded, took the padd and proceeded to the mess hall.

[MESS HALL]

Kathryn and Chakotay walked up to where luckily Neelix was still serving breakfast. "Hi Neelix."

"You look wonderful Captain. It's such great news about the baby." He began filling a plate for the Captain. "Eggs?"

Kathryn nodded, "Plain eggs are fine Neelix, and fruit juice please."

Chakotay whispered in her ear. "Adventurous."

Kathryn gave Chakotay a death glare. "The baby needs nutrients. Something besides dry toast."

Chakotay nodded. "No coffee?"

"I wish. You saw how my stomach revolted when I went to get coffee this morning."

He laughed, "If I had've known this was all it was going to take to rid you of your coffee addiction I would have knocked you up years ago."

"Very funny Commander."

He led her over to the back corner where they sat and began eating breakfast. "Well it's staying down so far."

Chakotay smiled at Kathryn. "I am so happy you went through this for me."

Kathryn raised an eyebrow. "I don't think I had much of a choice Chakotay."

"I know this is hard on you Kathryn, but thank you anyway."

She took his hand in hers. "In some ways I'm glad this happened. It pushed the issue that I didn't have enough courage to confront. I have loved you for a very long time, but until that time on the planet, never had the courage to let you know."

He smiled at her, "I have known for a very long time too Kathryn."

END PART 2
TBC IN CHAPTER 3