Home World
By: Amy Michelle Bitter

Paramount owns the characters, I own the rest!

                                =/\= Chapter Nine =/\=

        "Chakotay.." B'Elanna began, "Chakotay was the father I never had."
        The entire crew had gathered in the Mess Hall for Chakotay's memorial
service.  B'Elanna agreed to speak about him since she had known him the
longest, and because Tom had encouraged her to.  She wouldn't have made it
through the past couple of days if it weren't for Tom.  He was always there
for her to cry on his shoulder or just to talk to.
        "He taught me so much about life," B'Elanna continued as the tears began
to fill her eyes.  "I'm sorry that I never got to tell him just how much he
influenced me."
        Captain Janeway sat listening to B'Elanna, tears streaming down her face.
She also regretted not telling Chakotay what he meant to her.