So this Chapter I'm going to skip forward to about 4 months and continue on from there... Hope you enjoy!!!
Mike went over Maxine's head to speak to the BRASS he told them everything including that him and Kate were going to be parents. He told them that while they served on Hammersley together nothing happened.
The BRASS knew of Mike's excellent career performance and assured him that he still had a job, they believed him with everything he said and knew they couldn't loose such an asset to the Navy. The BRASS gave Mike his shore posting and told him if he had any trouble from Maxine to let them know.
They promoted Kate to CO of Hammersley and Nikki as her Executive Officer, Kate was absolutely thrilled to have Nikki back on board.
Kate and Mike brought a house together close to the beach and about a 20 minute drive to the Navy docks and 30 to NAVCOM. It had 5 Bedrooms and 2 bathrooms big enough to raise a family. As soon as Kate saw it she fell in love, Mike knew it was meant to be there's.
Kate was now 6 Months pregnant, Mike was so excited to become a Father. He had yet to tell Maxine him and Kate were together, and that they were having a baby.
Kate was still on Hammersley, she was due to go on Maternity leave when she was 8 months Pregnant so she was glad to be able to still stay on Hammersley for another 2 months.
Mike had been on a shore posting for 4 month now. Hammersley was due in port tonight and he wanted to take Kate out for dinner. He was in his office going through some final paperwork when Maxine made her way in
"Mike, How's the New Job going?" she asked casually sitting across from him
"Good, what can I do for you?" he asked placing his pen down on the desk
"Ryan's birthday is tomorrow.."
"I'm aware yes"
"Well he's having a party and wanted me to invite his Dad" Maxine said smiling at him
"You can tell Ryan, I'll be there" he said picking up his pen to finish off his paperwork
"Good, I'll see you tomorrow than at 12" she said getting up to walk out
"See you then, Oh and I'll be bringing a plus one" he said smirking
Maxine went to ask who but Mike cut her off
"Sorry, Maxine I've got to go Hammersley is coming back into Port tonight and I wanted to catch up with the crew at the Pub" he said standing up and grabbing his keys ready to leave.
Maxine knew that Mike was seeing someone and was hoping it wasn't Kate, but boy was she in for a big surprise!
Hammersley arrived into Port just after 18:00, Kate was exhausted from the 2 week Patrol they had and just wanted to crash on the couch and sleep.
As Hammersley pulled along side Port, Kate had to do some final checks before she could leave, she could see Mike from the bridge waiting on the docks for her. Mike knew Kate would have some things to do before she could leave so he spoke to some of the crew that were coming off Hammersley while he waited.
Kate made her way down to the docks 20 minutes later, Mike still talking to 2Dads and Bird,
"Hey" he smiled as she made her way towards him, he gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"So how was patrol?" Mike asked
"She's been a pain Sir" 2Dads joked
Bird hit him on the arm "2Dads!, he's joking Ma'am" Bird said reassuring Kate
"It's fine Bird, I know I've been abit moody" Kate said giving them a look of forgiveness
"It's ok Ma'am, we know it's just the hormones. Good job by the way Sir" 2Dad's joked as he made his way towards his car leaving Mike speechless.
"I'm going to go to, Bye" Bird said as she left also
Kate giggled underneath her breathe, Mike hearing her he turned and gave her a bewildered look.
"Come on let's head home" Kate said patting his chest, as she made her way to the passenger side of the car
"Right" Mike said as he got in on his side.
As they arrived home Kate made her way inside, and just flopped onto the couch. Mike knew there was no way he'd be getting her off of it unless it was to go to bed.
He grabbed a juice from the kitchen for her and sat down next to her on the couch
"Thanks" she said taking the drink from him
"So do you feel like going out and getting some dinner?"
"Not really, I'm sorry" she said placing her drink on the coffee table and seeing the disappointed look in his face
"It's ok, How's my boy doing in there?" he asked rubbing Kate's tummy
"And exactly how do you know it's a boy?" she joked
"Wild guess" he said as he pulled her into a hug
Kate and Mike had both agreed that they didn't want to know the sex of the baby until the Birth, Mike was hoping for a son but Kate was hoping for a daughter.
"So Ryan's birthday is tomorrow he's having a party and I wanted to know if you'd like to come?" Mike said later that night as they were curled up in bed
"I'd love to but how's Maxine going to react when she sees this?" she said pointing to her big stomach
"She's just going to have to get used to it" Mike said as he rolled over using his elbow as leverage to hover above Kate
"Somehow I don't think Maxine is going to get used to it" Kate joked as she stroked his cheek
"That's tomorrow's issue" Mike said moving some of Kate's hair out of her face, he leaned down and kissed her lips softly
"I missed you" he said as he moved in for another kiss
"I missed you too" Kate said as she snaked her arm around Mike's neck pulling him down to meet her lips in another Passionate kiss.
Tomorrow was a new day, but how was Maxine going to react when she see's a very heavily Pregnant Kate as Mike's plus one?