K'Lara paced the main area of her quarters several times as she waited for Lataro to show. She had left a message for him at his terminal on the bridge asking to see him at his earliest convenience. He wrote back saying that he could see her the next day. Now, she paced nervously in her quarters.
Relax. I'm sure it won't be that bad, K'Lara thought as she made another round of pacing. She always paced when she was nervous. Others paced when they were bored or angry, but not her. She fought when she was angry or did something when she was bored. She thought it would calm her, but all it did was build.
What is taking so long? She didn't think she could take much more of this before she would scream.
She jumped when she heard the doorbell chime. She took a deep calming breath and said, "Enter."
The door slid open and Commander Lataro entered the room. They stared at each other for a few moments before they met each other in a bone-crushing hug.
"I missed you," Lataro whispered in her ear.
K'Lara laughed, "It has only been a day, Jon."
"To me it was a week."
K'Lara laughed harder. Only Lataro could make her laugh at the small things.
The two separated and stared at each other longingly. Finally, Lataro sat on the couch and K'Lara sat beside him.
"So what was it you wanted to see me about?"
K'Lara closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Maybe if she took the long way, she would be calm enough to say it.
"I've been having stomach pains and nausea for the last couple weeks. I finally went to see Lt. Nori yesterday after I had another episode."
Lataro looked at her with a concerned expression on his face. "Why haven't you told me about this or went to see the doctor sooner?"
K'Lara took another deep breath, "I thought it was what I've been eating. I tried to cut down, but nothing helped. Also, I've been too busy lately to bother."
"What did she say?" Lataro asked, sitting back into the couch. He could almost guess where this was going.
"I'm five weeks pregnant."
Lataro stared at her, his mouth open in shock. K'Lara almost wanted to laugh at his expression, but this was serious. It wouldn't do any good to laugh.
"There wasn't any record of it in your files."
K'Lara stared at him. Why would he go through her files? She let it go as she answered him. "She forgot to when she took those tests. I don't see how one would forget to log something that important."
"She had other tests to do, K'Lara," Lataro answered. "She had the whole male population of this ship to look over and see if there were any side-effects to what had happened."
K'Lara nodded. They've had some adventures during this mission to the Gamma Quadrant. She was more than sure there would be more.
"So what do you want to do about this, Jon?"
Lataro looked at her, his face serious, "I think we should let the captain know first. You might be stuck at the helm for the rest of the trip. No rough stuff."
K'Lara stared at him, surprised, "No rough stuff?!"
Lataro smiled, "That's right. No away missions for you."
K'Lara's eyes flashed and Lataro broke out in laughter. He knew just what buttons to push and he knew how much he could get away with. This was one of those moments and he was going to enjoy it.
"I'll show you an away mission!"
K'Lara pounced on Lataro and soon the two were a heap of laughing bodies.