by Dragonrider
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This story is a continuation to 'Unrequited Love' and is
also a challenge using mistletoe for the Christmas story. Enough of this,
onto the story.
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I got up showered, dressed, threw the messy sheets into the fresher and
hurried out to the lift. I told the lift to go to the bridge wondering if
I was on report for oversleeping. As I walked onto the bridge, Captain
Janeway looked at me sarcastically.
"Nice to see that you could join us, Mr. Kim." I could
feel my face begin to get red with embarrassment as the whole bridge crew
looked up at me. Tom was at his usual place at the conn grinning in
amusement. I gave him an I'll get you back look which
only made the grin wider.
"Senior Staff meeting in my ready room in five." She got
up and left the bridge.
Tom looked at me with those beautiful blue eyes and I just about melted
with desire. I nodded my head and he smiled. We both got up and followed
the Captain into the ready room. Tom took his seat beside Commander
Chakotay and I took my regular seat beside B'Elanna, who smiled at me
and gave Tom that I'm going to either kiss you or kill you
look, and I wondered what he had done now while feeling relieved that she
was glaring at him and not me. Just then the doors slid open and Neelix
and Kes walked in. The Captain signaled that it was time for the meeting
to begin.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. I have called all of you together to
discuss our first Christmas party here in the Delta Quadrant. I think that
it should be up to the senior staff to see that this will be a very
spirit-lifting party. Any ideas on how we can do this?"
"Captain, what is a Christmas party and how can Neelix and I
help?" Kes asked.
"Christmas time is a time right before the New Year which started
out as a religious holiday and as religion slowly became less important we
kept the holiday as an excuse for families to get together and give
presents to one another," I began.
"Mr. Kim will you kindly give Kes and Neelix a history lesson on
your own time?"
"Yes, Captain."
"Good! Let's continue with the plans for the party."
Tom suggested the holodeck skiing lodge program and it was agreed upon.
B'lanna suggested food and drinks and also that I should play my
clarinet and I agreed somewhat reluctantly. Chakotay also put in that Tom
could sing some songs and that we should have an old-fashioned sing-a-long
and Tuvok just sat in his chair trying not to look amused as the rest of
us got increasingly more excited about planning this very important party.
By the time we were finished discussing it everyone had a job including
Tuvok, Neelix and Kes. As we were dismissed Tom caught up with me and
B'Elanna.
"Harry, how about us getting together for supper and talking
about this Christmas Party? Hi, B'Elanna." Tom grinned.
"Sure, I've got a lot of replicator rations saved up. What do
you want for supper?"
"How about Pizza and I'll bring the wine."
"Can I come too?"
"Sure B'lanna the more the merrier as I always say."
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That night when Tom walked in I noticed that he was wearing that delicious
cream-colored sweater that made his skin look so pink and his beautiful
eyes even bluer, if possible, and a pair of tight jeans. I was wearing a
beautiful turquoise shirt and leather pants which I knew showed off my
butt to perfection. I had been told that my butt was one of my best
features and the turquoise shirt made my skin glow.
"Har, you look absolutely breathtakingly marvelous."
"Thanks, I think that you also look beautiful."
At that we both blushed and I felt that my pants were becoming too tight
and I cursed myself for not wearing something a little looser.
I walked over to the replicator to order the pizza and I thought that I
felt Tom's eyes on me but by the time the pizza had arrived and I
turned around he was poring the wine. Just then the door chimed.
"Come"
B'Elanna walked in. We started eating and discussing our
assigned tasks for the party. I don't remember much except for
the fact that I couldn't take my eyes off of Tom. Tom looked up from
his pizza and gave me that famous 'Paris' smile and I caught my
breath. I found myself wanting to kiss him from that beautiful head of
shining hair to the tips of his feet.
"What are you going to play, Har?"
"I thought that I would start with an old Twentieth Century song called
"Song Bird" and then I'm going to fade into some
really good Christmas songs that would lead us into the sing-a-long.
"That'll be great, Har."
After that we decided to go to Sandrine's for a game of pool and drinks.
"Harry, When are you going to tell Tom that you are in love with
him?" B'Elanna confronted me as I was getting drinks.
"What? I'm certainly not in love with my dearest and best friend,
B'Elanna. Why are you saying this?"
"Because you couldn't keep your eyes off of Tom all night."
"Was I that obvious?"
"Yes, you were and I think that it is perfectly delightful. What can I
do to help you get together with Tom?"
"B'Ela, I don't even know if he feels the same way?"
"Harry, Tom has told me that he loves you but he just won't
say anything because he thinks that you still love Libby."
"Yeah, I still love Libby but that seems like such a childish
love next to my feelings for Tom."
B'Elanna and I sat down and started discussing what we could do to get
the two of us together.
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The following week we started gathering in the holodeck for the most
fantastic party that I had seen in a long time. I played my clarinet
beautifully and we progressed into the sing-a-long. Toward the end of the
party, I noticed that B'Elanna had positioned Tom under the
mistletoe, just as we had planned. I walked up to discuss some engineering
problems with her and she pointed to the mistletoe.
"I'm under the mistletoe, Harry and Tom. You two better lean
in and kiss me on both cheeks at the same time." As I leaned in
to give her a kiss on the one cheek and Tom leaned in at the same time to
kiss the other cheek, B'Elanna stepped back and I found myself
giving Tom a kiss full on those luscious lips and I wondered if he was going to
pull back, but he just pulled me closer, put his arms around me and
deepened the kiss.
"I love you, Harry. Merry Christmas."
"I love you too, Tom. Merry Christmas."
We went to my quarters to open our new found presents.
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