Baby Come Back
Chapter Twenty-one
NC-17 Version
Song is "After All" By Cher and Peter Cetra
Chapter Twenty-one
Beverly returned to her quarters that evening. She was not sure what to think or what she should do. She wanted to believe Jean-Luc. She wanted to trust him, but she could not bring herself to a diffenent decision on what she wanted to do.
Wesley walked through the doors of their quarters. “Hi, Mom. How did it go?”
“Oh, fine I guess.”
“You don’t act like it was fine,” Wesley noted with concern. “What happened?”
“Nothing really. I mean, we’re not getting divorced or at least not yet.”
Wesley looked puzzled. “What do you mean not yet.”
“Wesley, I have a lot of decisions to make.”
“Like what?”
“I don’t want to trouble you with them.”
“Well, maybe if you told me, I could help, " Wesley stated encouragingly.
“It’s not that simple, Wesley.”
“Hey, nothing with adults ever is.” Wesley shrugged. “Sometimes they act worse then us kids.”
“Yes, well what do you think about giving adults second chances?”
“I think everyone deserves another chance when they screw up the first time.” Wesley had given his honest opinion. “Why? Who are…” he began to say. Then it dawned on him. “Ah! Something tells me something happened at the hearing that made you think about giving the captain a second chance.”
“I’m just not sure.”
“Well, you have my opinion,” Wesley shrugged. “But it’s up to you what you do. I don‘t know if I‘d care either way. I know if you take him back, I‘ll get to be on the Bridge again. So, that doesn‘t really bother me.”
“How can you be so sure he’ll let you back on the Bridge?”
Wesley shrugged again. “I just am. He never said I was not an acting ensign anymore before we left.”
Beverly looked at him with puzzlement. She was not sure how her son could be so sure that he had not been thrown off the Bridge of the Enterprise permanently.
“Anything else you want to know?” Wesley asked his mother.
She thought for a moment. “How do you feel about Jean-Luc?”
Wesley shrugged once more. “As a captain, he’s ok, but as a step-father or father, he really has a lot to learn about kids. In some ways, he‘s a big kid himself.”
“What?” Beverly asked with amazement.
“You know, the way he and I would get into it,” Wesley respond. “Most of the time, he would totally lose it and end up acting like a kid himself.”
Beverly could not help but think to herself, “Out of the mouths of babes!” She remembered that she herself had told Jean-Luc to grow up the day she and Wesley left.
Beverly did not feel like she had her answer yet, but she was glad to hear what Wesley thought. She just was not ready to ask the big question yet, which was how Wesley felt about her and Jean-Luc possibly getting back together. Then she thought, “Or did he already answer that question while we were talking?”
“Well, if there’s nothing else on your mind, I have some studying to do.”
“Um, no. You go ahead,” Beverly replied still deep in thought. She was still not sure what to do. She knew she still loved Jean-Luc, but she was not sure if she was ready to take him back just yet. Or ever, for that matter.
She decided to call Deanna as she had asked. She was hesitant at first, but then as her mixed emotions began to increase again, she decided it was not a bad idea to at least talk to Deanna.
“Troi here.”
“Deanna, it’s me.”
“Beverly!” Deanna could still sense that Beverly was overwhelmed by the events of the day and she was still indecisive. “Are you alright?”
“Deanna, I don’t know what to do.” Beverly's voice was filled with anxiety.
“Well, first of all, why don’t you take a deep breath,” Deanna told her friend calmly. After Beverly took a few deep breaths Deanna asked, “What is on your mind?”
“I don’t know if I can believe Jean-Luc,” Beverly stated. “I want to believe him, but there is a part of me that is scared to believe him with all that has happened.”
“Do you want to give him another chance and come back to him?”
“I do, but I’m just not sure if that’s the right decision to make.”
“I can’t tell you what to do, Beverly. You know that. This is a decision you are going to have to make yourself.”
“Yes, but you’re the empath. Can’t you at least tell me if he is really sincere in what he says?”
“Beverly, if I did not think that he was truly willing to work on the problem that started this mess, I would not have recommended that he stay in therapy for a while.”
“Oh, Deanna!“ Beverly looked like she was about to cry. “I can‘t let him go! I have to tell him that I‘m willing to give him another chance“
“Well, you better tell him soon, because the upgrades are almost completed,” Deanna told her friend. “We’ll be leaving the dock sometime tomorrow.”
Beverly began to panic. “Deanna, I’m going to go see him now, before it’s too late.”
“Wait! Beverly, why not tomorrow morning?”
“I have to be on duty at 0800 hours.” Tears started to roll down Beverly’s face.
“Mom, are you alright?” Wesley asked with concern as he walked out of his room.
“I’ll be fine,” she insisted, as she quickly wiped the tears from her face.
“Is there anything I can do to help?”
Beverly almost told her son ’no’, but then thought for a moment. “Yes, there is something you can do for me.”
“What’s that?”
“First I need to know if you’ll be alright for a while, while I take care of an emergency,” Beverly inquired of her son. “I don’t know when I’ll be back though.”
“Sure Mom, you’ve left me alone many times while you took care of emergencies on the Enterprise,” Wesley reminded her. “I know what to do if I need anything while you’re gone, except I’m not so sure this time, because we’re not on the Enterprise.”
“No, but you can still contact Deanna if you need anything. They are still at space dock,” Beverly informed her son anxiously. Then she turned back to Deanna. “That is, if it’s alright with you?”
“I don’t see any problems with that,” Deanna responded. “In fact, I can come there if you like. Then you can stay as long as you need to stay.”
“OK, then there’s no problem, Mom!” Wesley told his mother excitedly. “I can handle things here just fine! Plus, if Deanna comes here, I‘ll have someone to talk to. I haven‘t seen Deanna for a while now.”
“You won‘t feel like you have a babysitter?”
“No, it’ll be like an old friend visiting me.”
“Deanna?” Beverly asked.
“You go ahead. I’ll be there as soon as I can,” Deanna told Beverly. “But are you sure this is what you want to do?”
“Yes!” Beverly insisted as she hurriedly put on her boots. “I have to go see him.”
“Who?” Wesley asked curiously. “And where is the emergency? I never heard the comm system alert us to any calls.”
“The Enterprise!” she announced as she ran out of their quarters.
“Go Mom!” Wesley excitedly exclaimed as she disappeared. Then he turned towards the comm to talk to Deanna.
Jean-Luc was in his quarters dressed in lounging attire as he sat forlornly on the couch. He heard the chime to his door ring. “Surely this is not Deanna or Will. They knew I was not expecting either of them to be returning to ‘baby-sit’ me,” he thought to himself. The word ‘baby-sit’ came out like vilely as he thought about Will and Deanna watching over him like a child. He was not a child nor was he so emotionally distraught that he was going to do something completely stupid. He resented being watched by them.
The bell rung again and he grumpily said, “Alright, I’m coming! What did you do? Forget….” When Jean-Luc opened the door to his quarters he was surprised to see who it was. It was neither Will nor Deanna, but rather Beverly.
“Beverly!” he exclaimed softly.
She had tears in her eyes. “Oh, Jean-Luc, can you ever forgive me?”
He allowed her to enter their formerly shared quarters. He did not answer her immediately. He wanted to look at her and touch her. He could not believe that she was here. He thought that seeing her at his door had to be a dream.
He turned to face her as he softly spoke. “Beverly, it is I who should be saying sorry.”
“No, that’s not what I meant,” Beverly told him earnestly. “I’m sorry for not telling you about the baby.”
“Oh?” Picard was surprised. He thought they had already discussed that earlier today.
“I’m sorry I put you through all of this. If I had known sooner that you were honestly seeing Deanna to help our relationship, I would have…” She was not sure what she would have done.
“You would have what?” Jean-Luc was confused.
“I’m calling off the divorce,” she suddenly informed him. “I don’t really want it. Not if you’re really going to try like you said.”
Jean-Luc was surprised. He did not know what to say to her, so he just stood there looking at her.
She tried to wipe her tears away again and regain control of herself. When she felt she had some composure she said softly and uneasily, “I had to tell you before the Enterprise left space dock tomorrow. I really do want to give you a second chance.”
Jean-Luc was still in shock. He was still trying to figure out if he was dreaming or if she was really standing in front of him and telling him that she wanted to give him another chance.
When Jean-Luc said nothing, Beverly began to feel uncomfortable. “Well, I guess I should go.”
She turned to leave. Now Jean-Luc began to panic. He was not about to lose her again. Not when she had come to see him and give him a second chance at their marriage. He felt that if she walked out that door now, this would be his last chance to see her ever again. He had to know if this was really happening and he had not fallen asleep.
“Beverly!” he said quickly as he rushed to stop her from leaving. “Wait.”
Beverly stopped for a moment and Jean-Luc stepped in front of her path. “Please, don’t go.”
“What?”
He looked at her and smiled. He had longed for the moment to look on her beautiful face once again and now she was standing right there before him. He reached up with his hand and caressed her cheek. Happy that she was there.
Suddenly, he threw his arms around her and hugged her close to him. “Oh, Beverly!” He cried. “I’ve missed you so much! I don’t want you to go!” Then he pulled back just enough to look in her eyes, but yet still hold her tight. “I mean, I know you have to go back eventually, because of your duties at Starfleet Medical, but if you would not mind that is, please stay a while.” Then he hugged her close to him again.
Beverly did not know what to say. She just drowned in his embrace and the smell of his cologne. She had missed his musky smell and wanted to be enveloped in it again. She did not want this moment to pass.
“When you left me, it just killed me!” He told her as tears rolled down his face. All the feelings from the past few months were pouring out of him. “I don’t think I could stand another day without you. I would die without you in my life!”
Jean-Luc pulled back from her just enough to give her a deep passionate kiss. One that said he was not going to fail her and let her go ever again.
When the kiss ended, he begged, “Please stay awhile.”
“I‘m not going anywhere!” She replied breathlessly as he picked her up and carried her to his bed without a care in the world.
When Jean-Luc gently laid her on the bed he felt like his princess had come back to him. His happiness and joy had returned. He could not refrain from touching her repeatedly to make sure it was not a dream. He had to know if she was really here and wanting to return to him.
He kissed her again passionately. His mouth devoured hers hungrily. He had to feel her near him to be sure he was not a dreaming. It all seemed surreal to him.
Jean-Luc gently and loving explored her body with his hands as he kissed her. His tongue explored her mouth with great urgency, until one of his hands reached her stomach.
He sudden realized that it was real. It definitely was not a dream to him anymore. His wife was in his arms again and her stomach had gotten a little rounder since he last saw her as she was now. He smiled with joy.
“What’s wrong, Jean-Luc?” He still had one hand on her stomach and was looking away from her face, so she could not see his bright smile.
“My baby!” He exclaimed as tears of joy rolled down his face. “I’m really having a baby!”
“Correction, ‘we’ are having a baby!” Beverly laughed. “If you want to be honest about it, I’m the one who is giving birth in a little less than five months.”
He raised her maternity uniform shirt up to get a better look at her round belly. He felt like the happiest man in the world as he leaned over and kissed Beverly’s stomach. Beverly giggled at the touch of his lips on her stomach.
“Oh, Beverly!” He said as he turned to face her again. He still had tears of joy in his eyes. “You have just made me the happiest man in the universe. I have you back and I’m going to be a father!”
Beverly did not have to ask if he had forgiven her not telling him about the baby. She just knew in her heart that he had.
He kissed her lovingly once more, only this time he did not just stop with just kissing her. He adored her body and smothered her with his love.
He caressed her breasts as he probed her mouth with his tongue. Then he kissed her cheek as he made a path down to her neck, giving her gentle love bites.
He helped her out of her shirt and then he slowly made his way to one of her breasts with his mouth and suckled it. His tongue teasing her nipple as he used one hand to caress the other breast. His other hand caressed her most intimate region.
Beverly moaned with pleasure was he gave her his loving and undivided attention. Then he returned to her mouth to kiss her. He started to move his whole body on top of her, but then stopped.
“We’re not going to harm the baby doing this are we?” He asked. “I don’t want to hurt you or the baby like this.”
“Jean-Luc just shut up and kiss me!” She said with a smile.
Jean-Luc smiled, leaned over and kissed her deeply and lovingly. He rubbed his still clothed groin against hers as they devoured each other with their mouths.
Her hands moved up under his shirt and she caressed his strong muscular chest. It was not long until she removed his shirt and his bare chest was exposed. She pushed him over and began licking and sucking on his nipple. Then she did the same to other as he groaned with pleasure for the first time in months.
Then she slowly moved down his body with gentle and loving kisses. It was not long until she undid his pants and exposed his manhood. She kissed it ever so gently and then enveloped it with her mouth. While it was in her mouth her tongue circled it and caressed it passionately.
Jean-Luc was drowning in her ministrations and voiced his pleasure with an audible moan.
Then she used her lips to caress his manliness. She moved her mouth up and down gently on it. Teasing it and all the while giving Jean-Luc the pleasure of a dream come true.
He pulled her gently up to his mouth and they kissed once again. Then he gently pushed her back on the bed and continue giving her his attention by suckling and caressing her breasts.
Soon all of her clothes were also off and Jean-Luc caressed her womanhood with his hand. Her desire for him was building and was becoming stronger by the minute.
She wanted him more than she had ever wanted him. She wanted him to take her then and there. She did not want to wait any longer to feel him deep within her.
Jean-Luc wanted to take her so badly. He wanted to be one with her again. His excitement was also building and his manhood was long and hard as he made his way down to her belly again with his mouth.
He finally reached her most desired spot with his mouth and he teased her pleasure point with his tongue. She moaned out her pleasure with an, “Oh yes, Jean-Luc!”
He teased her womanliness with his mouth and tongue a little while longer until he knew she too could wait no longer. Then he made the return journey back up to her mouth with another trail of kisses.
Once there he kissed her as he entered her and they became one with each other. Beverly again voiced her loved for her.
“Jean-Luc! Oh, yes!”
They were not only one again physically, but they were also one again in heart and soul as they began to move rhythmically with each other. Their gyrations became faster and more excited as they were near the height of their love for one another. It was not long until they were both singing praises of love to each other.
Jean-Luc released his love for her as they thrust together as one. Both had reached the climax of their love for each other and both had been filled with each others love.
Jean-Luc relaxed his body on top of hers, mindful not to put his full weight on her. Beverly wrapped her arms around him. They continued to stay joined as one for a few minutes and basked in each other's love.
When Jean-Luc caught his breath, he rolled off of her. Then he wrapped her in his arms and pulled her close to him. They then quietly laid in each other’s arms and continued to enjoy the afterglow of what they had just done.
Finally, Beverly spoke. “Did you really mean it when you said you loved me more than any star ship Starfleet could give you?”
He kissed her forehead. “Yes, I did and I do.”
“I love you too, Jean-Luc. I really do.”
With their love renewed and their souls rejoined as one, they continued to hold each other. They vowed never to leave each other ever again. They knew that their love was forever and soon they fell asleep in each other’s arms until the early morning hours.
Continue to Chapter Twenty-two