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This story contains strong themes of homosexual content, if this offends you in any way, please refrain from reading further. If you are not of legal age to read this, please leave now. Ok as well before we start this is based on the series Star Trek Voyager but with a twist from the original story line and i hope you like it.
Chapter 5: Starting the Journey
It was 22:00 and the last two days had been trying. The captain had just given her speech to the ship telling us that we were going to be home in around 75 years and I was stood in engineering looking around. My duty shift had finished almost 3 hours ago but all staff had to be on duty. I sat down on my console and looked through a systems analysis when the main doors opened and in strode B'Elanna. She walked up to me and sat down next to me. "So, shouldn't you have finished your duty shift hours ago?" she asked with a smile. "Yeah I should of but I just want to make sure things are going okay." I replied. She put her hand on my shoulder and said "Just end the duty shift and leave I can take over for the night." I dropped my head and said "You win." She laughed and said "I always do." I stood up and looked around and said "Alpha Shift your finished for the day, please be on duty at 07:00. Gamma shift your on duty now" I ordered. At that half the crew started to leave and move out of the door. I looked at B'Elanna and said "If you have any problems then please contact me." She smiled and said "I will." At that Tom walked over and said "Ready to go" he asked. Just as we were leaving Chakotay and the captain walked in to engineering and everyone stood to attention including myself. "At ease." The captain ordered. Everyone relaxed and went back to work. The captain walked up to me and motioned for B'Elanna to do the same. "Firstly I want to say welcome aboard B'Elanna and I hope things work well between yourself and Jack and that you two can get this engine room in ship shape before we assign a new chief engineer. At the moment you two are in the poles and me and commander Chakotay will assess you two and make a choice." She paused and looked at me and said "Now Jack, I didn't get a chance to say this earlier to you but Thank you. Thank you for keeping my ship in one piece and making sure that the crew survived and got through everything and for not questioning my decision to destroy the array. You did an amazing job as temporary first officer and I wish you and your new love all the success" she said looking at Tom. I blushed and he smiled. "So you two are heading off duty and I'll see you in the morning at the staff meeting. 11:00 hours in the conference room right after the memorial" she said to me. "Yes captain." I replied.
ONE YEAR LATER
It had been almost a year to the day now since Voyager had first launched and I was really settling in I thought. I had made loads of new friends in that time and me and Tom were still going strong. But that doesn't mean that the last year hasn't been hard. I smiled to myself. The first was a fight me and B'Elanna had during the first few days in the delta quadrant after she broke my nose. And yet after that incident the captain chose to make her chief engineer. But we had settled our difference and me and B'Elanna were stronger than ever. She chose me as her Assistant Chief Engineer and decided that we should both run the Primary shift together. We were inseparable when on duty because we thought so much alike. My friend's well where do I start: The captain, Chakotay, Tom Paris, Harry Kim, Neelix, Kes, even Tuvok occasionally and then of course there was Alex and Luke we all just became close friends and I felt like I was a part of something real. Like I said me and Tom had been closer than ever and were getting along great. I was sat alone in my quarters thinking of this when the door chimed "come in" I said as I came out of my daydream. In walked Tom. "Hey baby how are you?" I said. He smiled and lay on my sofa where I was sat with his head in my lap. I played with his hair. "Relieved to see you" he said. "I can't believe you were given an extra day off. This morning was hell and this afternoon was worse. B'Elanna and I had to realign the every EPS conduit in the primary hull." He told. "Ouch I guess that hurt" I said. He nodded. "B'Elanna and I were talking about Seska as well today for the first time since she left. We just can't get over that she was a cardassian spy. We were all really good friends and she just betrayed us." He said. "I know, I liked her too but I guess you never know some people." I replied. He looked up and smiled and kissed me. "well I need to get back to engineering I'm meant to be checking a plasma conduit on Deck 7 but I thought I'd come see you on the way" he said. I smiled and said "Well get back to work Ensign, that's an order." He looked at me and I knew exactly what he was thinking. He hated the fact that I could order him around. It was actually pretty funny. "What are you doing today?" he asked. "Well I'm going to get a shower then head to the gym with Luke." I replied. He smiled and said "Okay, we on for dinner tonight?" he asked. "Erm about that there has been a slight change of plan." I said with a cheesy grin. "What?" he asked. "Well the captain has invited all the senior staff to dinner and included me and you" I said. "Why is she having a dinner party?" he asked. "To mark today, since today is the one year anniversary since this ship was launched." I replied. He nodded and said "So what time do we eat and where?" "20:00 in the mess hall, Neelix has shut it down for tonight and is giving it to us. The captain said it was informal as well and doesn't want to see any dress uniforms or uniforms of any kind. But she did say to bring our combadges." I replied. "Okay cool can I get changed here?" he asked. "You bet" I replied with a wink. He laughed and walked out the door.
I finally got up after finishing writing my monthly engineering report. B'Elanna and I always took turns in writing it as it took so long. I checked the time to see when I had to meet Luke, as I hit the chronometer it read that it was 15:25. I had to meet Luke at 15:30. I grabbed my commbadge and tapped it "Carter to Forster" I called. "Go Ahead Jack" he answered. "Luke can you meet me in my quarters, I need to take a shower before we go to the gym" I said. "What?" he said. "What's the point your just going to get sweaty at the gym" he said to me. "Fine then could you at least come to my quarters, I'm not ready" I said. "Okay well I'm just coming up to your quarters now so see you in 2 minutes" he said and ended the transmission. No sooner had I set my commbadge down the door chimed. "Come in" I said and in walked Luke in his gym kit and me there in my dressing gown. "You lazy person what have you been doing until that has you still in your dressing gown?" he asked. "Are you sure you want to know?" I replied. "Go on..." he said. "I've been awake since 09:00 and have been working on finishing the monthly engineering report and about 10 minutes ago I finished." I told him. "Ouch... well get changed and hurry up" he said with that cute smile I'd come to admire. "Okay, okay I'm going but first I have to clean up my room" I said. "You know what I'll clean up your room if you just get changed." He said with that smile. "You're on" I said. At that he pushed me into the room and he collected my clothes and put them in the replicator and ordered that they been cleaned, pressed and folded and he walked back in with them just as I dropped my boxers. "Oh my god I'm so sorry Luke" I said. He stood staring at me and said "No problem we're all the same you know" and he just carried on as if there was no problem and just looked at him. I was a bit embarrassed that everything was on display to my friend but why should I be I thought it's not like I'm ashamed of what I was born with. "Are you going to get dressed this year?" He said. "Sorry" I said. I immediately grabbed a pair of boxers from the drawer and turned around to put them on and as I turned back around to grab my shorts I noticed that Luke was checking out my arse. I said nothing and just finished getting dressed. As soon as I was ready I turned to Luke, who was sat on my bed staring into space which was directly in the path of my crotch. "Earth to Luke you ready to go?" he shook his head and said "Sorry yeah I'm ready" he said and stood up and immediately headed out the door and I ran after him. "What's wrong?" I said when I caught up with him "Nothing I was just thinking. Come on the gym should be nice and quiet" he said. We walked to the gym and when we finally arrived we walked in and stripped down to my shorts and vest top and jumped on the treadmill.
Over the next hour I went from the treadmill, to weights, to rowing, to cycling and by the time it was over I was so tired and extremely sweaty. Luke and had kept up with me the whole time and look exactly like I did. We grabbed our stuff and headed back for my quarters and we talked and laughed about different things and when we finally arrived back at my quarters he collapsed on the sofa and breathed heavily. "Do you want something to drink?" I asked. "Yeah can I have some water" he said. I got him his water and gave it to him and I had my lemonade and took a few sips and felt refreshed. I then stood up and said "Right I'm going in the shower then we can head back to your quarters unless you wanna take a shower here and transport back to your quarters when you come out?" I asked. "Sure if that's okay?" he said. "No worries I'll go in first and then you can after" I said and at that I went into the bedroom while he was sat in the living area and I thought to myself I'm going to test something so I stripped off completely and then grabbed a towel and tied it round my waist making sure that it would slip. I went back into the living area and grabbed my drink and took another few sips and just as I did my towel dropped and Luke just stood and looked at me and went red but I noticed that he was looking at my cock every now and again. "Sorry" I said "That's twice you've seen me naked it may be time for me to take my revenge and see you naked" I said. He smiled and said "Any time any place I'd beat you a mile off." I looked at him and said "We'll see." I walked out of the living area and went into the bathroom. I went entered the shower and a few minutes later I was nice and clean. I grabbed the towel and left the bathroom to see Luke sat on my bed. I threw him a towel and he went into the bathroom. I smiled as he seemed to be staring at my body. Jeez I thought to myself... this guy just can't stop himself. As soon as I heard him get in the shower I snuck back into the bathroom, and grabbed his clothes and towel and made sure he had nothing to wrap himself up with. Then I went back into the bedroom and started going through my computer beside my bed and a few seconds later I heard Luke shout "JACK." I started to laugh and he emerged from the bathroom stark naked. I stared and he said "Very funny... you happy now you've seen me naked and I've seen you. Can I have my towel?" he asked. "Why?" I asked "I like what I see" I said. I stood up and let my own towel drop before moving closer and placing my hand on his thigh and looked directly into his eyes. He put his hand on my chest and said "So it takes you this long to pick up on my hints... must be what over a year" I looked shocked and said "well what have you been waiting to do in that year." At that he kissed me and started to run his hands over my body and his tongue started to explore my mouth. My god he is a good kisser. Just then my commbadge chirped "Mess Hall to Lieutenant Carter" Oh why now I thought to myself. I picked up the badge and tapped it "Go Ahead Neelix" I said "Jack when you get a chance could you come down here, if you're not busy that is... I know I said I didn't want any help when you asked the other day but I've changed my mind I do hope that's okay." He said. "No problem Neelix I'm on my way." The badge clicked off and I looked at Luke. "So can you afford to wait another day to have me?" I asked. He smiled and nodded "Good, but if you mention this too anyone then you won't get to see is that clear?" I said "Hey discretion is part of who I am." I said. I smiled and quickly put my uniform on as Luke transported back to his quarters.
As soon as I was ready I ran out of my quarters and towards the turbolift. "Deck 2" I called out. A few minutes later the turbolift arrived on deck 2 and I walked into the mess hall to see crewman chell fussing around the kitchen. "Mr Chell if you don't leave this kitchen I'm going to call security" I heard. I walked up to the kitchen and said "Chell, out!" I said "That's an order." He looked at me and was about to reply when and I held up a hand and said "Just Out!" I told him firmly. He turned and walked out. "So Neelix where would you like me?" I asked. "Well I haven't had a chance to even set up the tables or prepare table settings etc if you don't mind" he said. "Not at all" I said. And with that I started to move chairs to one side and then moved tables around and after around half an hour I had one long table set up across the room with chairs underneath. "I've added some extra replicator rations to your supply enough for you to replicate the things that you need for the table" Neelix told me. So I went ahead and replicated a large white table cloth and laid it out. Following that I got table mats and placed them at each place. Having to feed 10 people was a rare challenge but we got them ready. I then replicated enough knives, forks, spoons, and serving spoons and laid them out around the table. I then replicated wine glasses, hi-ball glasses and champagne flutes and set them out. I then turned to Neelix and realised I'd been doing it for over two hours and said "Do you have flowers for the centre of the table?" He looked at me and said "Yes Kes has made up two wonderful bouquets that will go in the centre." I smiled and tapped by commbadge "Carter to Kes" I said. "Yes Jack" she replied. "Could you bring the flowers you have ready for tonight to the mess hall?" I asked. "I'm on my way" she said. A few moments later she arrived and we arranged them in the middle of the table. "The table looks wonderful Jack" she said. "Not quite but it will" I said. I went to the replicator and brought up the selection of candles and choose some that were perfect and arranged them in the middle of the table. I then compiled a list of music at Neelix's request and had them stored so that they would play continuously. It was a selection of classical music that everyone would enjoy. I then checked the time to see it was 19:15 and just as I did my commbadge chirped "Walker to Carter" it was Tom. "Don't worry I'm on my way babes. Carter out" I turned to Neelix and said "Okay can you manage without me?" He looked at me and said "Yes of course once you have lit the candles. You'll need time to get ready." I lit the candles and left as he was getting the replicated wine and champagne as well as the jugs of water. He really was going all out and I had no idea what he was making. I went back to my quarters and found Tom waiting outside "Where were you?" he asked. "Helping Neelix set up for tonight I've done the whole table while he's been cooking just to help him out" I said. He smiled and went into my quarters. We stripped out of our uniforms and we both headed for the shower. After having a nice relaxing shower, we came out and got dressed, I was wearing a black shirt, with some faded effect jeans and a pair of dress shoes, while Tom had on a light blue shirt with a wavy effect across the shoulders and a pair of dark blue jeans and black dress shoes. I did his hair for him with wax and hairspray and made him look gorgeous and afterwards straightened my own hair. Once I was done I checked the time and it was 19:52. "We better go" I said. We turned and walked out of my quarters hand in hand and headed for the mess, seeing some people we knew on the way.
We arrived on Deck 2 to the sound of laughter and people talking. We walked into the mess hall to be greeted by all of our friends. The captain walked up with Chakotay. She was wearing a long flowing black dress with diamond earrings and high heeled shoes, while Chakotay was wearing a white shirt with beige trousers and a beige jacket. "Good to see you Jack, Tom" said Chakotay. "You both look very handsome." Said the captain. "Thank you sir, you scrub up well yourself" I replied. She laughed and handed us each a glass of champagne. We walked over to see Tom, B'Elanna and Harry talking in the corner while Tuvok, Chakotay and the captain talked with Kes and Neelix. "Well, I'm not sure if you heard but this is for senior officers only Jack" said Paris. "Yeah we don't want lowly lieutenants dropping in on our party" said B'Elanna. I smiled as did they and said "Well for a start we were invited by the captain and second your both lieutenants yourself so get over it" I said. We laughed and talked some more when the Neelix announced "Can everyone please take their seats." We all sat round the table. The captain at the head on one end and Chakotay at the other side. I was sat next to Tom and the captain. Besides tom was Harry, then Paris rounding to Chakotay, then Kes, Neelix, B'Elanna and Tuvok. Servers went the round the table offering wine and I had a glass of white as did the captain as we spoke. "So Jack, can you believe this time last year you came to me fresh out the academy and 3 days later I made you a lieutenant commander." She said with a smile. "I know I still can't get over it." I said. Once she saw everyone had their glasses she tapped her glass with a spoon and stood up and we all went quiet. "Well this is a sight" she said as she went round and looked at everyone "As you all know there is a reason that we are having this dinner and that is too mark the one year anniversary of the launch of this fine vessel." She paused. "I know this has been a trying year, especially with us being stuck out here in the delta quadrant, but this year has given us a chance to get to know each other and becomes friends and on my behalf I think we have." She smiled and then continued "So let's get started with this wonderful meal that Neelix has made and enjoy our evening." At that the servers Neelix had, started bringing over the posh plates that Neelix had replicated and placed them down and then placed down a bowl in front of each of us. Then they brought over two baskets of rolls. "Here we have for our first course one of all our favourites, cream of mushroom soup." I smiled I love this soup and Neelix always did a good job when making it. We all dug in and were talking as a group, sharing ideas and laughing and making jokes, it was really nice.
As we rounded off the first course, the servers removed the plates and bowls and the captain said "Neelix you did a wonderful job in laying the table, my mother always said the start to a wonderful meal is making the table look presentable." I smiled as Neelix said "Well captain I wish I could take the credit but actually it was Jack that laid the table." I blushed as the captain said "Well Jack this is fabulous, you have very good taste" as everyone raised their glasses and Tom kissed me on the cheek. Just as the servers started to bring the second course out my commbadge chirped "Engineering to Lieutenant Carter" came gates' voice "Go Ahead" I said "Sir I've tried to get in touch with Lieutenant Torres but I can't reach her, I just thought I'd let you know we have an unstable plasma manifold I thought you would want to take a look" reported Gates. I looked at B'Elanna and said "What do you think?" as everyone sat and watched. "Pass me your commbadge jack" she said. "I took it off and handed it to her and she tapped it "Engineering this Torres, sorry I left my commbadge in my quarters, lock down the manifold and I'll deal with it in the morning Torres out" she said and clicked off the badge. "Sorry" I said. "No worries Jack, these problems can't be helped." Said the captain. The servers had set down the second course. "For second course, pasta with baby vegetables stir fried in basil infused olive oil". It looked wonderful and we all ate as we talked and laughed and it ended up with me being the brunt of a story that B'Elanna was telling about how I ended up getting myself stuck once in a Jeffries tube. Everyone couldn't stop laughing as she told it and I went bright red.
As the third course was being laid down she had just finished the story as Neelix spoke up "For our main course, is Roasted Chicken with all the trimmings. We have vegetables so you've got potatoes both mashed and roasted, carrots, green beans, leeks, red cabbage and broccoli all with homemade gravy and bread sauce." The servers laid down this huge plate and I looked at the captain and we both thought the same, my god this looks fantastic but I may explode. We both laughed as everyone tucked in. "So do you have any funny stories about B'Elanna?" asked Tom. I smiled he knew what I wanted to say "Actually I do." I looked at her and she almost died inside "Jack don't you dare" she said with a smile. "Well it begins on a typical Wednesday afternoon just as we were finishing a routine maintenance of the replicators and we were winding down for the day when B'Elanna went into her office and we heard a huge scream. I ran in not knowing what I would find and there she was standing on the sofa as this tiny spider ran across the carpet." Everyone just burst out laughing and B'Elanna went bright red and she said "What? I hate spiders". Well we just couldn't stop laughing. "I never knew you could be scared B'Elanna I thought you had that big tough Klingon side to you" said Paris. "Oh shut up Tom" she replied. We continued to talk and laugh and eat and we all finished up the main course. As the servers took away the plates, I felt ready to explode. The servers then stood and waited and Neelix said "Now I've made two deserts, one I know is a personal favourite of Mr Carter and the other is a personal favourite of our Captain so just pick one or both if you want. They are New York Cheesecake and Coffee ice cream." Everyone picked their choices mine was obvious, the cheesecake as the captain tucked in to her ice cream. We all really enjoyed it and as we finished up the servers took away the plates and bowls and came round with cups. They then started to pour us cups of coffee for who ever wanted it. Me and the captain made sure we had cups filled up well. We all spoke and talked for a while with our coffee cups in a constant state of being topped and in the end one of the servers brought over a pot and placed it between me and the captain as we were constantly getting our cups refilled. By the time the table had been cleared except for the flowers and the pots of coffee that had servers had left on the table. By 23:30 Harry Kim left so that he could get some sleep as he was on duty at 05:00 whilst the rest of us stayed and chatted more. Then by 00:30 Tom, B'Elanna, Neelix and Kes all left and went to their quarters. Then as 01:30 approached the rest of us that was the captain, Chakotay, Tuvok, Tom and I all left together and went to bed. Tom and I shared the turbolift with the captain as we all had quarters on the same deck and Tom and I decided that he would spend the night at mine. We got back to my quarters and we both stripped off completely naked and climbed into bed where Tom wrapped his legs around mine and cuddled up to me and we both drifted off to sleep.
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