- Thank you for all the kind reviews. I'm glad you're liking the story. :) Originally I planned to tell the story from Danny's point of view as well, but as it turns out, I can't switch off Kara. :)

3. The morning after

Kara was lying on her bed on her belly, just a blanket covering her from the waist down. She woke up smiling and thinking of last night. It had been the most passionate night of her life so far. She never thought it would be like that. He had totally rocked her world and now she had her answer, the sex was too good. She wondered whether it had been that good because of the obvious chemistry between them or was it that he knew exactly how to please her. Perhaps it was a combination of both. Suddenly she felt some weight on her and smiled when Danny was placing light kisses on her back following her spine up towards her neck. "Good morning beautiful." She heard him whisper as he placed kisses behind her ear. She couldn't help but smile and turn towards him so that she was lying under him right now. He looked at her and she could feel something firm between her thighs. "Good morning." She replied with a kiss to his lips. "Was this on your mind when you had me come over yesterday?" He asked. She felt a little hurt that he might have come over just hoping for this. But the sex had been so satisfying that she didn't allow anything to change her feelings about last night. "It might have crossed my mind but it wasn't the main reason." She said while studying his face and trying to get a hint if he was here just for pleasure. She felt a sting of nervousness come over her when he replied "Good, because this wasn't the reason why I agreed." She smiled at him and he began kissing her neck and moving down towards her breasts.

It was already noon. They had slept pretty late which she usually didn't do. Well technically they hadn't been sleeping that much. She was sitting on the sofa holding a cup of coffee and thinking what was going to happen next. She hadn't planned to spend the night with him but she was happy she had. It had been amazing and the way he made her feel was something she never thought she would experience. Now she definitely had something to fantasize about on her deployments. But what was the next step? She would be leaving tomorrow and so was he. They hadn't talked about their future deployments at all, she wondered if they both tried to avoid the subject by not talking about what was going to happen.

"Have you been up long?" She heard him ask when he walked to the room wearing just his boxers. "Not long. There is coffee if you want." She said staring at him as he walked to the kitchen, took a cup from the shelf and poured some coffee into the cup. "Do you have milk?" He asked and was opening the fridge to have a look. "Not sure, trying not to buy so much because I am going to be away for a couple of months." She decided to say and bring the elephant in the room as a topic of discussion. He poured the leftover milk to his coffee and came to sit on the sofa next to her, kissing her cheek when he sat down. She felt the warmth of his lips on her cheek and began thinking why couldn't they have met three weeks ago. She then heard him let out a sigh as if he was preparing himself to tell her something, not sure how to say it. "This might sound a little strange, given that we just have met but I don't expect you to take a chance on me and make a promise that you will wait for me nor will I ask that from you." He said rather bluntly and she felt puzzled by him. What did he really mean? Was he hoping she would ask him or was he secretly trying to end this by not asking himself? She should be thrilled that he wasn't asking her to wait for him. Because he knew exactly what it meant, to ask someone to wait for the other as they were away on a mission. Communicating only by emails, phone calls that weren't private enough or in the worst case not having a possibility to communicate at all. But she also felt sadness that he didn't ask her to wait for him. She was thinking about it, if they should take a chance. She had only nodded to him as an response. She didn't know what to say and was already regretting that she didn't have the courage to speak her mind. Perhaps she should just be happy with this one unforgettable night and move on.

He left shortly after their talk and Kara was in her bedroom packing some last minute things in her bag when she heard the doorbell. She rushed to the door and was hoping it was Danny. She opened the door and saw Alisha. She probably looked a little disappointed that it was only Alisha. "Hi." Alisha said and walked in. "Hi, were we suppose to meet?" She was looking at Alisha trying to remember if she had forgotten they were meeting today. "So.. Who was the guy?" Alisha turned and had a teasing smile on her face. "What guy?" She was blushing wondering whether Alisha had seen Danny. "You know. The tall blonde guy that I saw leaving this place a few minutes ago." Alisha sat down on the sofa and looked at her. So she had seen Danny. "Oh he.. he was a guy I met yesterday." She smiled and sat next to Alisha. "And..?" Alisha was definitely after some gossip. Kara filled her in on how they had met and what had happened afterwards.

"So if he was that amazing why didn't you ask him to wait?" Alisha gave Kara a wondering look. "I don't know, perhaps I am afraid of what might happen. What if it doesn't work out. And then there is the frat rules to think about. What if we end up on the same mission?" She looked at Alisha. "He's a SEAL. You rarely have any contact with them nor are they on your ship that often. I think you're just scared to open your heart and let him in." Alisha said with a serious tone. Kara sighed. Perhaps Alisha was right. She wasn't the easiest person to date. "I have his number. So we can stay in contact." She said and felt a little hope growing inside of her. Perhaps he would want to stay in touch.

"So are you disappointed that you aren't on shore duty?" Kara gave a look to Alisha while she finished packing her clothes. They have never been deployed on the same mission before and tomorrow they both would be on the Nathan James sailing away. "I guess I should be excited to have a real mission instead of shore duty but leaving Sarah behind is going to be hard." Alisha sat down on Kara's bed. Looking sad. Even though Sarah was in Wisconsin, they had managed to travel back and forth pretty often Kara thought. But now Alisha would be away for months. "Well then we can both be miserable together while at sea." She sat down next to Alisha placing her hand around her back and resting her head on Alisha's shoulder.