Mike opened the door to their bedroom. After a night in the spare room which was probably deserved he was hoping that Kate had calmed down enough to hear him out and possibly forgive him. Poking his head around the door he could see her leant against the pillows looking at her phone. Pushing the door fully open he walked in waving a piece of white paper and holding a mug in the other hand.
"I come in peace" he grinned
"its going to take more than a crappy cup of tea Michal Flynn" she said still with a straight face
"oh come on Kate" he sighed "how many times do I have to say I am sorry"
"you still don't get it so you. You keep saying sorry but nothing changes. You almost missed the first scan"
"but I didn't" he reminded her
"only because the hospital was running late." She said "I really needed you yesterday" tears were forming in her eyes
" but I thought everything was alright with the baby" he asked now worried
"it is but that went through all the things that could go wrong and also reminded me that my age is against me being a mother"
"well whats that suppose to mean?"
"I am 37. There is a increased risk of gestational diabetes and premature labour. Then on top of that there is a high risk of the baby being born with Downs Syndrome and they can do a test but that can increase the chances of miscarriage" tears were rolling down her face.
Mike moved right up so he was sat next to her. Wrapping his arms around her so her head were resting on his shoulders. "everything will be fine" he wiped her tears away.
"you don't know that" she sniffed
"no but we just have to have faith and believe that everything will be okay. And if and when these things happen then we can cross those bridges when we come to them" he kissed the top of her head brushing her hair off of her face.
"but what" she sat up before being interrupted by Mike
"but nothing. Don't start with what ifs. You will drive your self crazy and the stress isn't good for the baby"
"but..." she began but was silenced by mike putting her fingers to her lips.
"don't say anything okay" he kissed her in-between every word "and I have some news. Brass have finally decided on a replacement for Hammersley. They have relented and placed Nav in command until further notice. And considering she learnt from the Best CO Hammersley has had then she will be fantastic" he smiled
"that's fantastic. Who is the best CO Hammersley has ever had" she grinned
"well since you were asking.." he began before being interrupted by Kate
"choose your words widely Flynn" she smiled trying not to laugh.
"I meant you of course" he kissed her "and they have confirmed your posting to NAVCOM until your maternity leave and then you can decide to stay on shore or go back to sea" he smiled.
"great" she smiled "
" and I am truly sorry about yesterday but there was so much to sort out because of..."
"please don't. It always has something to do with her. She seems to be spoiling things and she is almost 10 thousand miles away"
"okay well I have the day off so do you what do you want to do today?"
"well I think we should just snuggle up on the sofa and binge on chick-flics" she smiled
"I like the idea of snuggling but chick-flics" he frowned
"well we don't want any comedy or horror because I may laugh so hard or get scared so much that the baby comes" Kate joked
"really" mike added a tone panic to his voice
"well I might" Kate tried to keep a straight face.
"chick flics it is then" he smiled
Several hours later Kate was lay curled up in mikes arms. He had one arm round her resting on her bump. He wished that yesterday had never happened. He hated it when they fell out.
"hey" she smiled "look what the girls got the baby" Kate reached over the side of the sofa and pulled the two boxes from yesterday out. Lifting the lid on each she revealed the baby sized navy uniforms.
"those are perfect" he grinned "although I think he or she will be the boss of us and not just a midshipman" he laughed pulling one of the epaulets out looking at the rank emblazoned on
"Kate I am sorry..."
"shhh" she kissed him "I know"
hope you enjoy and let me know what you think. the issues I mentioned in pregnancy of older woman are only what I have seen in other dramas and read about. I have never had a baby so am unsure of these things so sorry if there are some errors. I think I may fast forward a little for the next chapter.
