Chapter 3 added on 27 Dec 2001
Disclaimers are in part 1.
Rating: PG13
"Learning to feel Pain"
B'Elanna felt totally at ease in Tom's arms. She felt surprisingly good and discovered her desire to stay in those arms for ever. How strong they were, and how comforting. That was something she has missed ever since her and Tom had broken up, and something that Seven couldn't give her.
"Lanna, let's start over again. I miss you... and I love you", Tom suddenly said and pressed his former girlfriend even tighter to his body. All that went through his head at that time was the thought that B'Elanna might make him happy again and release him from the sad and monotonous world he had been living in ever since he and B'Elanna broke up.
"I am sorry, Tom, but I can't", B'Elanna replied in a soft voice. Tom let go of her at once so he could look at her.
"Are you with somebody else?"
"No...", B'Elanna replied, realising that she has just denied Seven. A cold shiver went over her back, but it was terminated at once due to Tom's taking her in his arms again. Now B'Elanna felt comfortable again.
Suddenly, Tom put his index finger under B'Elanna's chin with the intention to lift it up a little. She looked into his eyes, knowing very well what would follow. She gave in to his kiss, and suddenly all thoughts of Seven faded...
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"Naomi Wildman." Seven entered Astrometrics and saw the young girl pressing some keys on the keyboard.
"You didn't ask me for permission to come here. Leave!" Seven pointed toward the door.
"But Seven, I was just..."
Seven didn't give the young girl the chance to finish her sentence. "Leave!" she repeated one more time.
"Is something wrong with you, Seven?" Naomi asked quietly. Seven could her the anxiety in her voice which made her regret the way she had treated the girl.
"I'm alright," Seven said while trying to calm down. "But I still want you to leave." Naomi dropped her head and left astrometrics.
After the girl had left, Seven let herself slide to the ground. Her head was filled with thoughts about B'Elanna. Somehow she couldn't understand why she had treated her that way in mess hall, but on the other hand she knew that she was - for whatever reason - horribly afraid. She was angry, very angry, but not with Naomi whom she had just screamed at, but with herself. She was angry because she didn't treat B'Elanna the way she deserved to be treated. She was angry because she has never told the woman whom she loved what she felt for her. She was angry because she might have ruined everything that B'Elanna had built up for the two of them.
After having sat there for a while, Seven wiped away the tears that were running down her cheeks and got up to her feet. She decided to go to B' Elanna and tell her everything that the half Klingon deserved to be told.
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Seven left Astrometrics and made her way to B'Elanna's quarters. She was walking very quickly as she couldn't wait to tell B'Elanna about how she has thought everything through and about the conclusion to which she came. She wanted to feel the brunette woman in her arms again, and she wanted to feel her warms lips on every centimetre of her body. But as soon as Seven reached the corridor outside B'Elanna's quarters, that wish faded: B'Elanna and Tom were leaning against the wall, kissing each other passionately...
The End