Disclaimer: Unfortunately for you and me, Star Trek Voyager is the property of Paramount Pictures, but we're free to add our own ideas right?

Author's Note: I posted this story on its own first, under the name "Christmas Presents", and I recieved quite a few requests for a sequel, so to all of you who wrote...you just didn't get a sequel, you got an entire Trilogy! A warning...It's probably not what you were expecting.

Special Thank You to Lyta for the title of this story, and for naming my "un-named" Trilogy:)) ::Hugz::

The Treasures of Life Trilogy~Noël De Axis

By Kathryn Murphy
July 1998

Setting: Holodeck 2, Christmas eve

They were all there, the entire senior staff, gathered in a lodge somewhere in Connecticut.

The snow was falling softly outside, "Like it's coming from Heaven" she said out loud.

"What love?" he asked, glancing at her.

"Nothing." she said, smiling, "Just thinking out loud." She sat back even further against his chest, as his arms tightened around her stomach.

"OK everyone, time to open the presents!" Tom said, coming into the room, with B'elanna following close behind, which these days, was getting harder to do. She ran her hand over her enlarged middle, while she spoke. "He's just like a little kid!" she said, giving her husband a jab in the ribs.

"Hey, I am not!. I just know that... that the Captain is anxious to open her gifts, right Kathryn?" he asked.

"Sure Tom!" Kathryn replied, giving him a wink.

The others started to move toward the large Christmas tree, but Kathryn didn't want to move. Here in his arms, she felt safe.

"Kat, you're going to have to move so I can get up." Chakotay said, kissing the top of her head.

"I know." was all she said, before moving to the tree.

***

An hour later, the presents had almost all been opened, and the group of friends were now beginning to clean up the large pile of wrapping paper around them.

All except Kathryn; she still had another gift to give.

As Tom was pushing away the paper, he noticed the last of the gifts, piled in a corner.

"Hey you guys, there are more" he said, handing them to the recipient.

"To Seven from Harry, and To Chakotay Love Kathryn." he said, stressing the word 'Love'.

She felt the warmth of the blush as it made its way up her cheeks. Damn her fair skin.

"Tom, you're embarrassing her!" B'elanna said, moving to sit next to Kathryn.

"Come on B'ela, they're so much in love that it's scary!" he retorted.

The group began to laugh as Chakotay quickly discarded the wrapping paper, and opened the box. The color in his face drained slightly, and his jaw literally dropped. Everyone stopped talking as they noticed the look on his face.

He picked up the note, written in her hand writing, and read it. At first, he didn't realize what it had said, but the longer he stared at it, the more it began to make sense. The it hit him.

"Kathryn!" was all he could get out, as he leapt up from his place on the floor, and moved to take her into his arms, swinging her around.

The group of friends looked at each other in bewilderment, as Tom moved to the open box, picked up the piece of paper, and read it out loud.

"Merry Christmas Daddy" was what it said.

Continue with the Trilogy

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