Captain's log, stardate 54975.4: It's our second day in orbit around earth. About an hour ago I was informed that the Voyager will stay in orbit for the next two weeks. That's how long our quarantine will last. I wonder how the crew will react to these news.

Janeway sat on her couch and watched the stars go by. Her ready-room was on the ship's side where the earth couldn't be seen. She was biting into a delicious Peanut Butter Sandwich and thinking about how she liked it, when the doors went open and Chakotay came in.

"Lunch?", he asked. "More of a late breakfast.", Kathryn answered. She smiled a little and Chakotay sat down next to her. "Did you hear something new from starfleet? Do we finally leave this vessel?" "Well, ehm, no. Starfleet has put us under quarantine for the next two weeks." The disappointment in Chakotay's face was clearly visible." Come on. Two weeks are almost nothing against the seven years in the delta-quadrant", the captain said, almost amused. "You're right, but I don't like sitting around and doing nothing at all."

After that, an odd little pause arose. Finally, the captain asked her commander: "Are you going to tell her today?" Both knew she was talking about Seven of Nine. " Yes I am. It will break her heart but I can't stand it anymore." Chakotay had played Seven's lover for about three weeks now and he thought that it really sucked. After hearing that Seven was dating an holographic version of Chakotay, Kathryn had one of her extraordinary ideas. For getting Seven out of her dream world, Chakotay should begin to date her. After a while, they could break up and Seven's problem were solved. At first it was hard to persuade Chakotay because he thought of himself as a bad actor. Kathryn then told him it were a good way to hide their relationship, so he found himself asking Seven out for dinner later that day.

OOO

"So we just wait for the next two weeks to go to earth?", Harry asked with a slightly angry tone in his voice. The senior officers were sitting around their big table. Everyone had come at time, or at least almost everyone. Vorik, who was the temporally chief engineer, came almost five minutes too late and murmured an excuse and something about important business in the engine room. The others smiled respectively showed any emotion, and then they began with the meeting. There was only one point on the list after everybody said that his or her station was operating at peak efficiency. All were astonished after hearing about the quarantine. "It's not like any of us would be sick and infective.", Tom remarked. "Starfleet just wants to be secure about us.", the captain replied. Everybody sighed a little. It would be two very long and boring weeks.