Author’s note:  Yes, this series is finally coming to an end.  It has 
taken me six months and a lot of work, but it was well worth it.  This 
is not Part 15, in fact, it’s not a part at all, it’s more of an 
epilogue, where I’m tying up loose ends.  Thanks to all the Parisites, 
especially Melanie for her constant support.  Special thanks to 
Briahlen, my "sis", who listened to me bitch and whine when I was stuck, 
and to Kari, who though she doesn’t care overmuch for Trek, helped me 
when she could.  Also, thanks to the P/T Collective, Lauren Kelly, 
Heather Ferguson and Dave Tremel for posting.  And last but far from 
least, love and a thousand hugs to Robbie McNeill and Roxann Dawson.  
Without them, I would not love Tom and B’Elanna as much as I do, and 
without the, this series would have been impossible—because they make 
Tom and B’Elanna who they are.  This is the end, and I am sad to see it 
come.


Beloved B’Elanna, Epilogue
Starting Anew
by Cheile

Forget the dedication, it’s up there.


        The wedding was the best day of their lives.  Two rebels, so alike, yet 
so different, and who would have ever thought they would be together?  
They hadn’t imagined it possible, and neither had anyone else....
        Four months after the wedding, B’Elanna was pregnant.  A year later, 
their daughter, Deirdre Leann, was born.  She had an older cousin, 
Alyssa and Robert’s first child, Julia Lauren, and a younger one, Morgan 
Annette, second child and daughter to Jennifer and Nicholas....
        Kathryn and Chakotay were married five months after Tom and B’Elanna, 
and their first daughter, Daneile, was born two months after Deirdre....
        Deirdre and Daneile became best friends, though they were complete 
opposites.  Deirdre had her mother’s raven-dark hair, her father’s 
cerulean eyes and the faintest of brow ridges.  She had Tom’s charm and 
B’Elanna’s tenacity.  Daneile was a mirror image of Kathryn, except for 
her obsidian eyes, inherited from Chakotay.  She possessed Chakotay’s 
gentleness and love of nature, but Kathryn’s determination and 
temper....
        Deirdre soon became big sister to twins Hannah Rachel and Harry Thomas.  
Daneile became a big sister a year after Deirdre did, to Cherry Medina, 
and later, to Kolopak....
        Harry and Dia had three children:  Samantha, Adrian, and Derek....
        Jadzia did have a son—two of them in fact—one they named Thomas, the 
other Kanor, and later, a third daughter, Niezia K’Lara....
        Marc and D’Lena were still together, and they still fought now and 
then, but almost every time they did, they ended up laughing....
        But nothing really changed.  Tom and Harry were still best friends.  
Garak and Ziyal were still in love.  Odo still had a protective love for 
Kira, and she for him.  Tom still loved B’Elanna, and she loved him.  
Kathryn still loved Chakotay deeply, and he loved her, and everyone 
else’s opinion be damned....
        Tom and B’Elanna had gone through countless trials, and had prevailed.  
Love had kept them together—the tie that binds....
        The past had fallen behind them….the future was ahead....
        The future....
        And starting anew....


Legal B.S.  *sniff*  Paramount’s characters, *sniff* my story.  
Copyright 1997, by Cheile.  *sniff, sniff*  Dia belongs to Deirdre, 
kiddies belong to me.  We’ve reached the end!  *sob*  E-mail me?  
cheile@hotmail.com.  Waaah!