Chapter 10- Okay so I get stuck on what to do with shore leave so i've kinda skipped to them being at sea again.
As Kate boarded the ffv she felt a wave of nausea, as she went to speak she ran to the side of the boat and vomited.
Dutchy came to her side.. "X, X are you okay?..".
Kate brushed him off, he took the hint to continue with the men.
"Everyone to the back of the boat.." He demanded, the men obliged, he told 2dads and RO to keep them there and to check the paperwork. Himself, Kate and Swain went below.
Swain was down first followed by Dutchy then a poorly Kate. The smell hit her hard. Her stomach churned, she stopped herself from being sick again. "Ma'am are you alright?" Swain asked, she nodded as she held her hand to her mouth.
"What do we have?." She managed to speak. She took a look around as they did.
"Shark fins.." Dutchy said lifting one up.
"RO, we need the camera down here.." Kate spoke through the radio. The boat starting to sway a little more, the sea getting a little more rough. That was all her stomach needed, she doubled over, finding a bucket she vomited once again, Swain was by her side, holding her hair out of her face. "I'm fine, i'm fine.." She said before he could even ask. She stood up. "Right get this on the video then get it over board.." She walked back up to the deck.
After explaining to the men that they were to go back over the line and had given them a verbal warning they made there way back to the ship. She was praying to herself not to be sick again. Today hadn't been the first day she had felt sick, it had been on and off for the last week. She knocked on the door and was greeted by Swain's voice.
"Ah, X. How are you feeling now?." He said as he was reorganising the medical kit.
"A little better, I was just wondering could I have some nausea tablets and a couple pain killers. I have a huge headache". Swain nodded and sifted out the medicine he needed.
"Have you eaten anything that could have given you food poisoning?." He asked handing them to her.
"I had some seafood the other day but I just think i'm having an off day.." She tried to smile, she went to exit when he stopped her.
"X, I don't want to overstep any line but maybe you should try this.." He handed her a pregnancy test.
"I have thought about it, I really don't think I am.".. She was trying to battle with herself.
"It's just to eliminate X.." He said reassuringly.
"Okay but i'm not.." She was pleading with herself.
Back in her cabin she just stared at the test in front of her. She didn't want to take it, it could change everything. She thought about having a family with Mike, that's all she wanted, to be a wife and a mother, but was now a good time.. Kate didn't have enough time to hide the stick in her hand as Nikki walked in, her mouth half open.
"Oh god, X i'm sorry, I should have knocked.." She stepped in, looking at Kate and the test. "You wanted on the bridge.." She didn't know weather to address it or not. "Kate, are you okay?.". Nikki thought it would be best to be a friend rather than a colleague at the moment.
Kate didn't know what to say, she didn't want to admit she was too scared to the test. "I'm scared Nikki." She looked into the other woman's eyes, she had never admitted being scared before.
Nikki bent down in front of her. "Whatever the result, you'll work it out. You're strong, you're stronger than anyone I have ever met.." She placed a hand on Kate's.
Kate nodded she placed the test on the bed. "I best get to the bridge..".
She stood next to Mike as he was in his chair. "X, I heard you weren't feeling well.." He was worried but couldn't come across as unprofessional.
"Yes sir, all sorted now, I got some tablets from Swain for the sickness.". She was trying to give him as much reassurance as she could.
"I need to get on with some paperwork, i'll be in my cabin if anyone needs me. X you have the ship". With that he exited.
"I have the ship.". She sat in his chair, facing out at the ocean, she couldn't keep her mind off that little white stick. She was thinking of the pros and cons of being pregnant, why was she doing this to herself, she hadn't even done the test.
Minutes turned to hours and it was time for dinner. As she walked along the line to the front she went to take the plate but her stomach told her otherwise. "I'm sorry, I can't". She placed it back and went to her cabin for a lay down. Holding the stick once again in her hand she toyed with the idea of taking it. "Just do it Kate" she told herself as she walked into the toilet.
The minutes dragged as she paced around the small cabin. Checking every few seconds she couldn't take the anticipation anymore.
Mike had the middle watch so he had taken to having an early night. He stirred at the sound of someone at his door, he rolled over and jumped up thinking it could have been an emergency. Opening the door in his pj bottoms he saw Kate, she looked so fragile. "Kate.." Mike spoke softly, putting on his light. "Come in.." He closed the door behind her. Kate walked straight to his rack.
Mike pulled up his chair in front of her, placing his hands over hers. "Kate, what's wrong. Please sweetheart, i'm worrying.".
Kate looked into his eyes. "Mike, I don't know how else to say this." She took a moment to compose herself. "I'm pregnant.".
As soon as the words slipped out of her mouth he had stood up, his hand covering his mouth. She was pregnant, he, they were going to have a baby. He began to shake slightly, realising she was now crying on his bed, he sat next to her, pulling her in for a hug. "Katie, ssh, it's okay. We'll work this out, I promise you." He didn't know how just yet but he knew he would do his best by her.
She looked at him. "Mike, I don't know what I want to do.". She said honestly, well deep down she knew she wanted to have his baby, it was just her career, his career.
"Kate, I will support you no matter what you decide you want to do.". His mind was spinning, if felt like it could explode, in a way he was excited at the thought of being a rather and the other absolutely crapping himself.
"What do you want Mike, I need to know what you want.". She needed him to tell her it was all going to be okay, he wanted this just like she did.
"I want you, I want a family with you. It may have come earlier than what we had expected but this is our child Katie, I want to bring this baby up with you." He knew what he had wanted as soon as she told him she was pregnant.
Kate smiled, tears rolling down her face. "We're having a baby Mike." She was scared, excited and so happy. This was going to work out. They were going to work out.
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