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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 15: The Proposal
Please not again. As I walked into our quarters I looked around and the place was a bloody pig sty. I only cleaned it up this morning. With Tom now on night shifts he was at home all day and we would pass each other as he started shifts. Luckily we did have the same days off each week and with me being the night watch officer twice a week we also worked with each other. But on days like today, the last thing I wanted to do when I got home was clean up after his messes. There were plates and cups on the table, pads all over the desk, in the bedroom there was his underwear on the floor and a dirty towel, not to mention his dirty uniform. The bed hadn't been made it was bloody state. I went into the bathroom and saw that the sink was still full of water and let's not even talk about the toilet. I had it up to here with him so after cleaning the bathroom and then tidying the bedroom and living area I picked up his uniform and dirty underwear and walked out of the quarters heading for engineering. I entered the turbolift and said "Engineering." The turbolift began to descend and soon I landed in engineering. I walked in and saw Tom stood over by his console. I also noticed B'Elanna over by the core. I walked over to Tom and shouted "Who the hell do you think I am you're fucking slave?" He turned and looked at me shocked "Babes?" he asked. "Don't babes me. I go back to our quarters and the place looks like a fucking bomb site. Can't you ever take care of yourself? I'm sick of it Tom, either buck up your ideas or go find someone else to clean your dirty underwear." I shouted throwing his uniform and underwear at him and marching out the doors. He ran after me and said "Oi, wait just one minute. Who the hell do you think you are?" Now I was really mad. "I think I'm Jack Carter who the hell do you think you are? The king of England. No Tom you're not, I'm sick to death of cleaning up your shit and messes. I am not your fucking slave." I said. "So that gives you the right to march into engineering and embarrass the hell out of me." He said. "Yes it does, so either sort yourself out or go find somewhere else to live." I said marching off down the corridor.
I headed for the mess hall and ordered a burger with fries and a coke and sat down alone eating in silence with a moody look on my face. Not that many people were in the mess hall and Neelix could see the anger I had. "Jack what's the problem?" he asked me. "Tom." I said. "What happened now?" he said. This made me chuckle a bit. People always knew whenever I was in a bad mood tom was usually the source. "He treats me like his slave Neelix, I clean the quarters before I go to work without waking him, when I come back it's 10 times worse than what it was when I left." I told him. "Have you talked to him about this?" he asked. "Loads of times, but today just hit the point and I had a go at him in engineering." I replied. "I think..." I said trailing off. "What do you think?" he asked. "I'm starting to wonder if Tom and I are really meant to be together. He seems to take everything as one big joke. For a while I loved that but now I think I want a lot more than that." I explained. "Oh but Jack you still love each other and that's what counts." He said. "I do love him but I just wish he could understand." I said. "Then explain it to him." Said Neelix. "I plan to, tomorrow on our day off." I said. "By which point he will have no doubt annoyed you again." Said Neelix. "I can't deal with him now Neelix it has to be tomorrow." I said. "Fair enough just explain all this to him." He told me. "I will. Thanks." I said. I continued to eat and finally headed for the holodeck. I saw that it was empty and walked in. "Computer run program Jack Carter Alpha 35" I said. The scenery changed from the standard hologrid to the beach in Malaysia. I slipped off my boots and socks and rolled up my trousers and walked along the beach. I found my spot on the beach and sat and watched the sun go down. I always thought of this as the most relaxing place just listening to the sound of the waves crashing against the shore and watching the sun go down it really helped to clear my mind. I sat there for a good 2 hours just thinking about me and Tom and all the times we had shared. Why wasn't he asking me? Did he not want to anymore? When we were in the void he asked me about having children, I said I wanted to but we should be married. That was 2 years ago and we said we would do it in 2 years no matter what. The way I saw that though was for him to ask me, not me ask him. He was the manlier one out of the two of us and I just thought that could be something he would do. I eventually stood up off the beach and said "Computer end program." The holodeck grid reappeared and I left the holodeck and went back to our quarters. After having a long hot bath I curled up in bed and drifted off to sleep.
"The time is 05:30" said the computer. "Cancel alarm." I said. It's my day off. I went back to sleep but heard tom come into the quarters, strip off and get into bed. Unlike every other night we slept together he usually moved in behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist holding me. But not tonight he had his back turned away from me. Why should he be annoyed it was his fault after all? I got up making sure that I pulled the covers off him a lot and said "Computer lights maximum illumination." He groaned and said "Thanks a fucking bunch." I looked at him and said "Oh sorry did I wake you." With a Sarcastic tone in my voice. I went into the bathroom and had a nice wet shower before coming back into the bedroom. I threw my towel on the floor and left it there. I was about to show him what he did to me. I looked across and saw my underwear on the floor too. I went back into the bedroom and blow dried my hair which he hated the loudness of and then straightened it. Dressing in my gym kit, I went to the replicator and ordered a bowl of cereal with coffee. I ate and drank and left the bowl and cup on the table. I then read through a few pads on my desk and just dumped them on the side. Let's see how he fucking likes it. I left the quarters and went to the gym having a really good work out. The captain joined me part way through and we agreed to round off with a game of velocity on the holodeck. "Sure but let me change first." I said. "Same, I'll pick up some phasers and meet you in 10 minutes" she said. I went back to my quarters and stripped off again and having another sonic shower leaving all my clothes on the floor and using another towel and leaving that on the floor. I changed into a new set of clothes and left the quarters again. I arrived at the holodeck and played 2 games of Velocity with the captain before we called it a day. I won both naturally. I checked the time and saw that it was 13:00. "Fancy some lunch?" I asked. "Yeah, why don't we meet in the mess hall in say 20 minutes?" She said. "Okay you're on." Going back to my quarters again and having yet another shower and changing and just leaving everything on the floor for Tom I changed into my uniform and joined the captain in the mess hall.
We had a good talk over lunch and I told her about Tom and my plan and she said "Sounds like a good plan." After rounding off lunch I went back to my quarters to find tom cleaning up... for a change. "What the fuck is all this?" he said holding my clothes. "What don't you like cleaning up my mess?" I asked. "No clean it up yourself." He said without thinking. "AND YOU FUCKING CLEAN YOUR SHIT UP YOURSELF! YOU DON'T ENJOY CLEANING MY STUFF UP, YOU THINK I LIKE CLEANING YOUR CRAP UP? NO I FUCKING WELL DON'T!!" I bellowed. "I mean yeah if we were married that would be okay I guess, but it seems that you can't keep promises" I said taking my clothes off him and putting them in the replicator. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Oh I don't know. The void 2 years ago, you said to me do you want to have kids? I said yes but for us to be married first. You said okay in 2 years we will do it no matter what. And look Tom here we are 2 years later." I said. "I did this to give you a taste of your own medicine. You seem to think that life is one big joke when it comes to us. I don't, I want more, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life. But if you can't do that then we can't be together. I'm almost 30, I want to settle down." I went on to say. "Is that what this is about?" he said. "Yes, that and the fact that you don't ever clean up." I said. "I'm sorry I guess I thought you liked being the house husband and as for marriage, well if that's what you want let's do it." He said. "No Tom because you're just saying that because I said it. I want you to mean it." I said leaving the quarters in tears. I went up to the bridge and saw the captain sat in her chair. She saw the tears from my face and walked over and took me by the arm in to her ready room "What's wrong?" she asked. "I did it, I told him, and I don't know why I'm crying, I think I'm just hormonal." I said. "It's about time you did. So what's say you come sit on the bridge with us and you and I will re-align the lateral sensor pods. They need doing." She said to me. I smiled and nodded. "Come on then." She said leading me back onto the bridge. We went over to the engineering console and I noticed her nod at Chakotay probably just saying that I was okay. I heard him working on the arm console between his and the captain's chair while me and the captain worked on the sensors.
About an hour after I arrived on the bridge, I was beginning to feel so much better. "Neelix to Lieutenant Carter." I heard over the comm. "Go ahead." I said. "Could you come to the mess hall and take a look at something for me." He said. "On my way" I said leaving the station and heading for the turbolift. As the turbolift stopped on deck 2, the doors opened and I noticed on the floor rose petals. I looked out of the doors and saw that it was a line of rose petals. I followed them down the corridor and into the mess hall which was covered in candles and was completely empty. I heard soft music playing and I looked around to see Tom stood in the centre of the room dressed in his dress uniform. The tables had been moved and in the centre of the room was a ring of rose petals surrounded by candles. It was the most romantic thing I had ever seen. "What's going on?" I said. He held out his hand and I walked over and stepped inside the rose petal ring. I faced him and said "Tom what is this?" He remained silent. He went into his pocket and pulled out a small box. He then got down on one knee and said "Jack you are the most important person in my life." I felt a tear roll down my cheek. He snapped open the small box and inside was a white gold engagement band with diamonds all around it. "Lieutenant Jack Carter, love of my life. Will you marry me?" he said. I looked down and said "Yes." His face lit up and he got up. "What was that?" he said. "Yes, Yes I will marry you." I said hugging him and kissing him. I heard the doors to mess hall open and in walked the senior staff all clapping. Now I really was crying. I looked at the captain who came over and hugged me. Chakotay, Paris and Kim shook my hand and then I went and gave B'Elanna a big hug. When I finally went around everyone, I even got a hug from Seven, I went back and stood with Tom who took the ring out its box and placed it on my engagement finger. Neelix then went around and handed out champagne as the tears continued to flow down my face. "Did you plan this?" I finally asked Tom. "Jack my sweet I have been planning this for the last two weeks. The whole me being sloppier than usual thing was all an act. I had to recruit the help of all the senior staff in particular the captain to keep you occupied so you wouldn't twig on what I was doing." He said. "Well it bloody worked." I said punching him in the arm. I laughed and couldn't stop smiling. "Okay everyone, I would like to propose a toast to my darling fiancée who I'm hoping in one month from today will be my husband. Assuming he approves of the timetable." Said Tom. "One month, that's perfect." I said. "Cheers." Said everyone knocking their glasses together. I kissed Tom and then said "Hey Paris, it's your turn next." I said nodding to B'Elanna and they both just laughed. "And while we are here, I don't know about Tom but I already have three things in mind already. Captain will you perform the ceremony?" I asked. "I would be honoured to." She said. "Second, B get yourself over here." I said to B'Elanna. "Will you be my maid of honour?" I said. "Of course." She said. I looked around to Neelix and said "Neelix, will you get Naomi up here please?" I asked. "Of course." He said. "Well I also have three things planned" said Tom. "Firstly Chakotay will you be my best man?" asked Tom "For you my friend of course." Chakotay replied hugging Tom. It made sense as Chakotay and Tom had known each other for years. "Second, Harry would be so good as to walk Jack down the aisle as kind of like Father to the bride." He asked. "I would be glad too." Said Harry smiling at me. "And lastly Paris, would you be so good as to use your amazing holodeck wizardry to help Jack create a perfect wedding scenario." He asked. "I would love nothing more than to do just that." He replied. The doors to the mess hall opened and in walked Naomi. I went over to her and she said "You wanted to see me Jack?" "Yes crewman, I have a job I would like your help with." I said. "Oh and what would that be?" she asked. I loved Naomi, she thought of herself as the assistant captain and she was designated as Voyagers Littlest Crewmember. "Well Ensign Walker has just asked me to marry him and I have agreed. I wondered if you would be part of the wedding also by being firstly my flower girl and also as the ring bearer." I said. "Of course Jack I would love to." She said smiling up at me. "And congratulations." She said hugging me and then Tom. I smiled and said "Thank you." It seems like I have a wedding to plan I thought to myself.
Sorry it's a short one, but I wanted to write this in preparation for the next short one before the wedding.