Peeping Tom, Shroy Tuvok ~ part ii
 
 
 
Part III ~ Seven

I can hear the Captain and the Commander as they prepare to leave the Ready Room.  Mr. Paris seems to be concealing some dialogue that he was reading at his console.  I am uncertain if this means that he was simply done reading the material or if he was involved in activities that will lead to his own amusement.  Something--I believe that it is my intuition beginning to assert itself--tells me that it is the latter option.  I look toward Tuvok:  he has noted Mr. Paris' actions as well.  I push these thoughts into the back of my mind and turn to face the Captain, who is now stopping in the center of the bridge.

Commander Chakotay's face is red and his breathing accelerated.  If the two officers who were entering the room had been Mr. Paris and Ms. Torres, I might be inclined to think that they had been engaged in intimate relations.  However, I know that this is not the case.  I did not need to use my borg implants to hear Voyager's two highest ranked officers having a very heated argument.  I have also heard numerous crewmen repeat stories of the Captain and Commander fighting throughout the past couple of weeks.  Ever since we left the colony on Planet 9910356742Alpha, which is inhabited by Species 764, they have both been on edge.

I have conjectured that it must have something to do with the last morning we were in orbit:  the morning that Commander Chakotay was late returning from shore leave.  The Captain and I noted his early departure from the banquet with Ambassador Nalawoosha.  I have been studying the Captain for many months now, and that night was the first time that she revealed any behavior that would support my hypothesis.

Her face looked sad as she watched him go:  almost as if she were about to cry.  But of course the Captain would never do this, and her smile was back within moments, before those tears even had a chance to begin.  We left the party early ourselves, and we played many, many rounds of Velocity before I finally asked if I could retire for the evening.  It was the first time that I have ever wished to discontinue participation before she did.

I believe that she loves the Commander.

"The Commander and I will be taking a shuttlecraft to scan the Nar system."  I place my hands behind my back as the Captain begins to speak.  The Captain pauses:  "Voyager will set a course for the Drith system and search for the ore there.  The Commander and I will rendezvous with Voyager in two days.  Are there any questions?"

I note that there aren't:  there rarely is when the Captain is in such a mood.  The Captain turns to Tuvok:  "Commander, you have the bridge," she leads the way to the turbolift, and Chakotay grudgingly steps in behind her.

I am glad that I will not be going on this trip with them.
 
 
 
Peeping Tom, Shroy Tuvok ~ part iv
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