"Ok! 1! 2! 3!" Nikki threw the bouquet in the wild pack of women, all whom were squirming around to catch the bouquet. Two such women were in the middle, right in the path of the bouquet.

"I got it!" cried Kate, holding up the bouquet of pink roses.

"No! I caught it!" cried Bomber. "You grabbed it off me!"

"What?! I did not Rebecca Brown!"

Bomber made a grab for the bouquet, but Kate ducked and ran in the direction of Mike, hiding behind him like a child would when playing tiggy.

"Hey that's not fair!" cried Bomber.

Kate laughed. "Who said it was fair? After all I caught the bouquet."

Bomber rolled her eyes, making her way back to RO, who was admiring her from the table he was seated at.

Mike smirked, turning around to look down at Kate. "I should be giving you a time out if you're going to act like such a child Kate."

Kate smiled sweetly, fingering at the buttons of his tuxedo. "Well, if you're going to give me time out, we could start – Charge?" She looked concerning at the oldest member of the Hammersley from around Mike's arm.

Mike frowned turning around. Charge was leaning heavily over the table he was at, coughing loudly and uncontrollably into a napkin.

People everywhere turned and rushed to the most senior member of the Hammersley crew. There were questions of: "are you ok?" and that of: "can I get you something to drink?"

Charge just shook his head, gasping for air as one does when they are having a coughing fit. Kate and Mike walked over to him concerned. Kate placed a soothing hand on Charge's back, and Mike unlike everyone else, bothered to get him a drink without asking.

Kate took the drink off Mike and held it to Charge's lips. "Drink," she instructed.

Charge took a sip, not wanting to object to his second in command. "Are you feeling better Charge?" Kate asked once he had stopped coughing.

Charge wiped his mouth with the back of his hand before giving Kate a smile. "Yeah I'm fine, I just got something stuck in my throat that's all."

Kate frowned. "If you're sure...

Charge nodded. "I'm fine," he assured her.

"And why don't I believe you?"

"I don't know ma'am. Excuse me; I think it's my turn to congratulate the married couple." He moved away quickly over to Nikki and Josh, who too questioned if he was ok.

Kate shook her head and sighed, turning to Mike. "I'm tired."

"We can go back to my place if you want," said Mike, a smirk forming on his lips.

Kate smiled back at him. "It sounds like a plan, but I think we should stay here a little while longer."

"Do we really have to?" he whined, tugging at her hand.

"Mike, we're not even allowed to touch each other, so don't push it," replied Kate, removing her hand from his grip and moving towards Bomber, leaving Mike pining for her touch once more.

"So Nikki told me you and the boss had a make out session just before," stated Bomber, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Kate's eyes widened. Giving Bomber a warning look, she slowly and angrily said through gritted teeth, "Nothing. Happened. Between. Me. And. Mike."

Bombed scoffed. "As if."

Kate rolled her eyes. "I saw that you and RO were getting cosy before when you didn't the bouquet..."

Bomber didn't say anything, except resorting to opening and closing her mouth as she tried to come up with a comeback. Finally the words formed.

"Shut up," she said before turning on her heel and returning to RO.

Kate smiled. That's one more battle that I've won. She looked at Nikki and ET, then to Swain and Sally, Chefo and Jen, Bomber and RO... She sighed. Maybe it's time I have spend some time alone with Mike... Walking over to Nikki and ET, Kate told them that she had to leave, remember that she something important to attend to.

"I hope you have a good time on your honeymoon, and I'll see you both when you come back to the Hammersley...Commander Marshall is very kind...allowing you both to get married and serve on the same ship..." she added, more to herself then to the happily married couple.

Kate smiled, turning around and walking in the direction of Mike. Taking his hand in hers, she led him outside.

"Are we going now?" he asked, sounding like they were already married.

Kate smirked, letting go of his hand as they came to his car. "What about your car?" he asked.

Kate frowned. "My car is at home Mike. I arrived here in a limo, and was driven to the church in one too."

An 'Oh' formed on his lips, and he quickly jumped into the driver's side as Kate got into the passenger's.

In the car there was nothing but silence. It was unbearable for both, unable to think of anything to say. Finally, Mike reached out for her hand, taking it firmly in his and kissing it softly.

Kate smiled, unable to look anywhere else but at him. It was like a dream, like they had never parted and had always been together. It was like they were a married couple, just leaving yet another friend's wedding, heading home to what would await them.

"Mike, what's going to happen?" she asked.

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It happened in an instant. A look. A step. And then... A touch. A kiss. And all of sudden they had crashed through the front door and Kate found herself being thrown against the wall as Mike's lips came crushing down upon hers, his hands unzipping her dress and sliding against her soft skin.

Her breathing became rigid and uneven; even more so when Mike started to slip his hand down her back.

"Mike," she moaned, grabbing at his hair, as he started to carry her up the stairs.

Mike growled, throwing her on the bed, and climbing atop her. Kissing her gently on the lips, he moved down her jaw line, all the while, slowly slipping her dress off.

Kate started to arch into him, eliciting a groan. She started to run her hands over his shoulders, inching slowly towards the bowtie still tied around his neck. Pulling at it with both hands, she threw it across the room, her mind already filling with Mike's kiss.

Regaining some sort of consciousness, she started to unbutton his shirt, revealing quite an amount of chest hair.

"Mike," she whispered, "take of your shirt off."

Mike happily obliged, removing his shirt and discarding it over his shoulder, before leaning down to kiss Kate once more.

Kate started to giggle as Mike's hands moved elsewhere, closing her eyes as they finally became one.