Chapter Ten – I Do!
A/N – Okay so once again thanks for all the reviews and PM's regarding my FanFic, There is a few things people have asked me to clear up, some I'll explain now the rest I have planned it in the fourth coming chapters, I will try my best to explain all of the below in this and other Chapters Im sorry if it hasn't been all that clear for you.
Nav – Okay so Nav is pregnant, Josh (ET) is the father to Nikki's baby, Yes he did get killed off but he had some of his friends frozen incase anything happened to him in the near future, Nikki has now become pregnant with Josh's little friends
When Kate was in hospital it seemed to the doctor she was only a few weeks pregnant when he did an ultrasound to see her stomach ulcers, but it turned out when at the scan a week or two later she was further along than expected with her having such a small frame the doctor estimated wrong, Kate's Mom lives in a small country town outside of Melbourne with her Dad, Kate also had a brother who was Killed when she was only a teen, his name will be revealed too very soon.
Mike – The woman with Mike in earlier chapters when Kate's mom seen him I will introduce in the next few chapters, His parents are living outside of Melbourne but come to visit often now he is a dad, I will bring them in this chapter too after popular demand, Mike has a Sister and a brother who he sees often, I will bring them in too,
Dutchy - He returned fit for duty after he was shot by Madeline , The crew was given 3 weeks shore leave to cope and grieve with what they saw,
By then Mike had moved to NACOM, they had a temporary CO, Mike left Kate when his promotion was finalized and was working as the Commander for HMAS Kingston until a month before Kate's promotion came, that's when he became Commander for HMAS Hammersley, though her promotion came earlier than expected that's why she went back to work when shay was only 3 and a half months old, At that time only Sally and Chris and Nikki knew about Shay.
… Mike had taken on Swaino's advice and decided to head into the town centre to plan out an idea in his head, he walked into the town centre and walked past a wedding planners shop window, he seen an ad in the window that caught his eye –
" Is there someone out there that you love and cherish, have you considered making that person your significant other?, Well at Aussie Wedding Planners we help create and make your wedding dreams come true, come in for a chat and see what we can do for you".
Mike smiled to himself, he swallowed deeply and walked into the shop, he was greeted by a lovely woman,
"Hello Sir, My Names Katherine, How may I help you?" She asked
"Ah hello my name is Mike, I was wondering if you could help me?, I proposed about a month ago to my girlfriend Kate, she would kill me if she knew I was here" Mike giggled to himself a little before carrying on not realising how shy his voice went, "I want to make her my wife very soon and I was wondering how you maybe able to help me do it without her knowing until the moment she sees me all dressed up waiting for her at the altar?"
The woman smiled at him, "Aw I see, you're the handsome romantic type we say, Very good, now have you got an idea where you would like the wedding set or how you want it set out…" The woman and Mike continued to chat the evening away,
"Thank you very much, I can't wait to see her face?"
"No problem hope you have a great wedding day, Goodbye" Said Katherine as she walked him out the door,
Mike pulled out his phone and send a text message to all his crew it read *Emergency meeting Bridge Hammersley ASAP, sorry for the short notice* He sent the text to all crew bar Swain, Instead he sent Swain this text * Chris I need you and sally to meet on the bridge of Hammersley ASAP I'll explain all later, Mike* and one to Nikki *Nikki im sorry to interrupt your day but can you please head to the Bridge of Hammersley I have an urgent meeting we all need to attend to, please don't tell Kate all will be explained, Mike*
And within half an hour the whole crew of Hammersley, Sally and a very Pregnant Nikki were stood crowded around Mike on the bridge,
"Thank you everyone for coming such a short notice but I need your help… I'm getting married to Kate tomorrow night here on Hammersley, the thing is she doesn't know that it's one big surprise, I have a role for every one of you so listen up, Nikki and Sally, Kate has a diary in the house kept in the top drawer of the desk in the kitchen its light blue, It has her dress size and measurements in it for a wedding dress she likes, don't ask why she has them wrote down she just has, *He giggled slightly* I need you to head there now and try to steal that diary and head to the wedding shop in the high street, here is my card I've text you the pin number AND DON'T SPEND MORE THAN THE MONEY FOR THE DRESS, don't forget to adjust for her bump!, also there Is a suit with a blue tie hanging in Shays wardrobe can you grab it for me please he will need it for the wedding, Swaino I need you, Dutchy and Pete to be in charge to make sure that you're all in Dress whites, all sailors are to dress in there whites with a light blue flower attached its Kate's favourite colour, Bird I need you to cook up some grub with Ryan, RO Charge and 2Dads I need you to help set up the boat deck and the whole ship, lights and flowers anything to make it look prettier than it does now, Swain there's one last request for you, can you marry me and Kate?"
Swain Laughed in happiness "Of course I will, it will be my pleasure" Swaino still had a marriage licence after he married Sally's sister and her husband a few months back.
Mike and Chris both hugged each other patting each other's backs whilst doing so; "Now what we waiting for go go" Shouted Mike and the crew did so they all went off on each other's duties for the wedding.
"Mike one last question, tomorrow how do we get Kate in the wedding dress and down to the ship without becoming suspicious," Asked Sally,
"Well that's for you to figure out" Replied Mike,
Sally and Nikki pulled up in the car to Kate's driveway, they knocked on the door but there was no answer, "Here I have a spare key" Said Nikki, she opened the door and shouted "Kate? Kate? Hello? Are you home?" The place was empty, "Sally go get the diary quickly before she comes and spots us snooping about, I'm going to get Shay's suit ill meet you back in the car", Nikki and Sally were in and out the house with the diary and suit in no time and were heading off to the bridal shop to pick out a nice wedding dress for Kate,
Charge had placed white fairy lights along the boat deck railings and hanging off the balcony from the bridge and along the gangway, 2Dads had started to set up a mat along the boat deck to hide the hard metal flooring, meanwhile RO stood and criticized Charges movements "You know you need to be higher up on the left to make them look more even" Charge kept giving the odd death defying look to Robert to tell him to shut it.
Bird and Ryan had been to the mall and grabbed some food to help cater for everyone,
Mike was in the car outside his sister's house waiting for Kate's Mom to answer…
"Hello Linda, Its Mike, how fast can you get down to my house?"
"Why? Well im marrying Kate tomorrow it's a big surprise for her and I need you to come down, you can stay with me in the spare rooms"
"Tomorrow Morning? Brilliant the spare key is under the plant pot by the gate, Can you inform her Aunty Melia too she would love her here?"
"Brilliant, Thanks again see you tomorrow bye"
Mike hung up the phone to Kate's Mom and proceeded to walk up to Jessie's front door,
"Hey sis, can we talk its urgent?" Said Mike,
"Yeah sure, come in what's up?" Asked Jessie
"I'm marrying Kate tomorrow on Hammersley will you be there please?" Mike said with a tear forming in his eye,
"Of course I will it's about time you settled down with someone" Smiled Jessie as she hugged her brother tightly,
"Can you get in touch with Ben and tell him to be there too?" Asked Mike as Simon, Jessie's husband handed him a cup of coffee.
"Yeah I will get on the phone to Benjamin as soon as he is home from work, Oh Mike I'm so happy for you, promise me you won't mess this up?"
"I promise" Mike said, he took one last sip of his coffee, "I better go I have to go and sort out the rings for tomorrow".
"Okay, I'll see you there, ill phone Benjamin too for you he'll be so happy for you, Olivia and Robbie are at their friends house tonight so I'll surprise them tomorrow too." Said Jessie as she kissed Mike on the cheek and hugged him one last time,
Mike said his goodbyes and headed off to the car, once again he pulled out his phone and dialled a number from his speed-dial he's always kept it there just in case he needs to get in touch with them quickly…
"Hi mom, it's Mike"
"Look I know its short notice but can you come to my house tomorrow morning, dress nice you're going to a wedding" Mike smiled down the phone to his mom, something always makes him smiled when he phones her, he has always been a mummies boy whereas Jessie and Benjamin were more of a daddies choice,
"My wedding mom and before you say anything it's a surprise for Kate and she doesn't know yet"
"I know, thanks momma, I'll see you tomorrow, Linda and Jack will be there to at my place when you come, and you will travel down with them."
"I will do mom, love you bye"
Mike hung up the phone and started the car; he headed back to his place to sort out the house for them,
Meanwhile at the dress shop Sally and Nikki were looking at the dresses they had in Kate's measurements, taking into account Kate's belly is now slightly fatter, They narrowed it down to two dresses, they sat on the chairs as they looked back an forwards to the dresses on the hooks dangling from the racks,
"That one" Said Nikki pointing to the dress on the left,
"I agree" Nodded Sally, they paid for the dress and laid it out on the back seat, getting in the car they looked at each other with a smile on their faces in excitement and slight hyperness,
The Wedding Day –
Nikki stayed at sally's last night so they could both get up early for the big day for Kate, Swain stood at the bottom of the stairs in his dress whites, holding his cap in his hand and the light blue flower in his chest pocket, he looked up to see Sally and Nav walking down the stairs one behind the other, both wearing Light Blue floor length strapped dress with a dark blue sash around the waist, for Nikki she wore the same dress with the dark blue sash over her shoulders as she couldn't get one to go around her belly, Nikki had been worried since her due date was just 15 days away, scared in case she is going to drop she kept begging swain to be near her,
"You look beautiful, both of you" Said Swain,
"You don't look to bad yourself either" Laughed Sally,
"Well let's go get the bride and groom" Said Nikki,
"Have you got the blind fold Sal?" Asked Nikki,
"Yeah the dress is on the back seat still, shoes are in the foot well of the car, Flowers are still in there wrapping in the boot of the car, with our spare clothes," Replied Sally,
"Let's go get her"
Nikki and Sally got into her car with Chloe; While Swain got in his car and headed to Pete's place to meet the rest of the crew and Mike,
Kate had just woken up, she placed on her dressing gown and headed downstairs before Shay decided to wake up, She had a pretty much restless night anyways with back ache so she thought it was best to get up and sort breakfast, just as she hit the kitchen there was a knock on the door, it was Nikki and Sally,
"Hey Guys, wow you look very pretty off somewhere nice?" Kate asked still oblivious to what is going on,
"Kate I need you to turn around and close your eyes" Asked Sally as she turned Kate around facing her back, She placed the blindfold around her face,
"What's going on guys you're scaring me?" Giggled Kate,
"Don't worry you're in safe hands", Said Nikki as she shut the door behind her, she stood back when Kate was facing them in case she seen the dress and shoes lying on the bench outside the front door, they guided Kate up the stairs and took her into her bedroom,
"Guys what's going on, what you are putting me in?" she asked
Nikki looked to sally and winked, Its fancy dress and it's a surprise so just hang on will you, Now keep your eyes closed when I take the blindfold off I need to do your make up so no peeking otherwise it spoils the surprise,
An hour later Kate had her Hair and Make-up done and was slipped into the dress, Sally slipped the shoes on her feet and helped her down the stairs as Nikki went and got Shay dressed in his suit, she carried him down the stairs and sat him next to Chloe on the chair, "Chloe watch Shay keep tight a hold of him okay?"
Chloe nodded as she started to keep Shay happy, Nikki went into the kitchen and grabbed a few bottles for Shay and stuck them in the Diaper bag with a tub of baby food, she walked back into the living room, placed shay in his car seat and waited for the car to come and pick them up that Mike had previously arranged,
"Guys will you tell me what's going on? Why can't I see where im going?" Begged Kate in a laughing manner,
"We told you it's a surprise" Said Sally, Just as Sally finished the doorbell rang and it was Bird who they told to come and wait with them once she was ready, She was wearing her Sailor Whites with a blue flower in the rope that supported her blue jean collar, She sat next to Sally and Nikki and waited for the limo to arrive,
Back at Pete's place the whole crew of Hammersley were there, Mike was wearing his dress whites too, looking very dapper, as Kate would say, with his White collared uniform with the gold rounded buttons, He also had the light blue flower attached to his uniform,
"Thanks for helping me guys, it means a lot" Said Mike, he started to pace the floor backwards and forwards, Swain put a hand on his shoulder, "You okay boss?" He asked,
"Yeah I will be as soon as she says I do" He laughed,
"Always have a sense of humour in the strangest of times." Giggled Swain.
"Right boys Limo's here let's get this show on the road boys!" Shouted Dutchy as they all headed out of Pete's place and into the Limo,
The boys were heading down earlier than Kate and the others, not only for tradition but to set a few last minute pieces, Commander Marshall and his wife Emily and Commander White who visited from her part time course in Sydney, they were meeting everyone down at the docks both wearing their Ceremonial Dress Whites too.
"Our rides here girls lets go" Smiled Sally, they helped Kate into the limo and placed Shay on one of the seats and strapped him in, everyone climbed in and shouted to the driver, "Let's go", Kate was feeling anxious she felt her small bump through her dress, still wondering what she was wearing,
The lads had set up the deck of Hamersley with fold away chairs on top of a light grey mat the 2dads rolled out,
"Okay Mike this is it there on their way" Said Chris who stood in front of him,
"I know, gosh this is so nerve wrecking how did you help the nerves on your wedding day?"
"Honestly, I was shaking like a leaf mate" Giggled Swain,
He turned and walked over to his parents, "Wow, you look stunning son" Said Mikes Mom,
"Good luck Bro she's a keeper" Said Benjamin from behind, he moved forward and gave him a manly hug before taking his place back in the row of chairs, He seen Kate's mom and Auntie Melia on the dock waiting for Kate to come down in the limo,
"Here she is Chris" Shouted Melia from the docks,
"Okay guys here we go places crew!" Shouted Dutchy,
In the limo Kate was getting agitated "don't worry you can peak soon were nearly there" Said Sally
The Limo pulled up to the gangway of Hammersley, Everyone got out leaving Kate to be the last out, Sally and Chloe held Kate's hand as she stood out the car, Mike stood on the Boat deck looking down at Kate, he could feel the tears in his eyes getting to the better of him, he was seen wiping a few from his eyes, **She's come, she looks beautiful, Gosh Kate please say yes** He kept thinking over and over,
Nav and Bird took their place in the crew line before Kate's Blindfold was taken off, Kate's mom took hold of Shay so the crew could present themselves to Kate,
Kate stood at the bottom of the gangway still blindfolded, when she heard, "Hammersley, Present Arms" It was the voice of Dutchy, Sally removed the blindfold to see the whole crew of Hammersley with their arms presented all facing her, she could see her parents and a few others too, Most importantly Mike, he was stood facing her at the back of the boat, Full service dress whites with his sword and commanders hat, Mike looked over to see Kate, wearing a long, satin ivory dress, slightly tugged to fit her body shape, her hair was nicely pulled back into a curled up-do, All mike could think was how gorgeous and sexy Kate looked,
Kate was overwhelmed and started to cry, "Come on, there is more" Said Sally as she helped her up the gangway and was greeted by her Dad, he linked arms with her and walked her down the small isle to Mike, He kissed her cheek before handing her over to Mike stood by Swain,
"Hi" Said Mike, as he stood next to a very emotional Kate, "Surprise"
"Ladies, Gentlemen and Charge!" Swain said as the crowd giggled at swain's remark, Charge gave him a slightly devilish look,
"We are gathered here today to share an important moment of Mike and Kate's lives, their time together, they have seen their love and understanding of each other grow and blossom and now they have decided to spend the rest of their lives as one…" Swain continued to share some memories between them,
"Kate, repeat after me" Said Swain and she did so –
"I Katie Louise McGregor take you Michael James Flynn to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do us part.
"Mike, repeat after me" Said Swain and he too did so -
"I Michael James Flynn take you Katie Louise McGregor to be my wife to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do us part.
Mike and Kate exchanged Rings and their vows; they both stood hand in hand facing each other, whilst Swain finished the final part of the ceremony,
"It's with great pleasure that I announce you Husband and Wife, you may now kiss the bride" Said swain as he stood back slightly to allow the happy couple to savour the moment,
Mike and Kate shared a meaningful kiss which was broke apart by the sound of Hammersley roaring, someone in the bridge had let the horn blow a few times to signal that they were finally married, Meanwhile back on the deck Mike looked at Kate and whispered "I love you so much" in her ear, Kate was still in a very emotional state and all she could do was look at him and Say I love you with her eyes,
Mike and Kate headed inside Hammersley whilst the rest of the crew and family and friends headed down to the function room at the local restaurant by the beach Kate loves to walk amongst, Mike was staying in his uniform, but Kate couldn't stay in the dress any longer she had to let her bump breathe just a little easier, so she headed into her cabin and changed into a long maxi dress with a mixture of white, light and dark blue floral pattern all the way around, attached around her neck with a strap to help keep it up, She walked out of her cabin leaving her wedding dress in there, she was greeted by her husband waiting by the end of the hall outside his cabin, she looked up and smiled as he held out his arm for her too loop in, they walked out to the boat deck and headed down to the limo waiting for them, they took one last look at the place they got married on, something that will always be on her mind while their at work. As they sat in the limo next to each other they held hands with their arms interlinked,
"Hey, give me your hand?" Asked Kate as she held out her other hand for Mike to place his in, she pulled it over to her stomach, laying it on the top of her bump, "Can you feel that?" She asked,
Mike nodded in agreement, "wow, she's having a party herself in there" He laughed,
"That's the first time ive felt her kick, she's waited for a special day to let us know she's alright in there" Said Kate as she leaned into Mike and laid her head on his shoulder, he gave her a kiss on her head before laying his on top of hers, They stayed like that for the whole journey to the room, as Mike helped her out the limo and into the room they were greeted by a big cheer and round of applause from everybody.
Jessie walked over with Shay on her side, she gave Kate a kiss before handing Shay over to his mommy, She walked over to Mike and gave him another hug, "Congratulations brother" She whispered, as she let go of him everybody started to come and see them one by one, Mike's brother came over to them "Hello Kate, it's nice to finally get a chance to talk to you, sorry its taking so long for us to finally talk this length of time, Mike was always scared I would take you away from him, apparently im the good looking one out the bunch" Said Benjamin,
"Well Benjamin, I guess ive proven him wrong, it's good to finally talk to you like this" She said as she gave him a hug and a kiss,
Mike, Kate and Shay walked over to their table in the middle of the room, Kate sat Shay in front of them on her Knee, "How handsome do you look little boy?" She said,
Shay kept babbling out "Mammm, Mammm"
"I think aunty Nikki and Sally have been teaching little man how to say Mamma" Laughed Mike, They sat and continued to talk back and forwards to everyone in the room, Kate handed Shay over to Mikes mum and dad while she walked over to Swain and Sally,
"Thank you Chris" She said as she knelt down between the two of them,
"Hey what are friends for eh? Don't worry about it, it was my pleasure to marry you" Said Swaino
"Seriously, how long has he kept this a secret from me?" Asked Kate
"Seriously, that we will let Mike say" Butted in Sally before Chris could tell her,
Around 2 hours later everyone had eaten pretty much most of the buffet, not surprising when Charge and 2Dads were first in line, Dutchy hadn't really seen much of Kate the past few months so he decided to head over and see her,
"Hey Mrs Flynn" He said as he stood next to her at the bar,
"Hey Dutchy, still not quite used to hearing that yet" She laughed, "I haven't really seen you much, how have you been?"
"Yeah it's been alright, strange having Mike back as the boss, suppose it won't be for much longer, just till you come back, I have to admit it's strange not smelling your perfume around the ship anymore" Dutchy Laughed as he nudged Kate in the shoulder,
"Hey, I don't use that much do i? Anyways, Nikki will be back before I am" She said,
"Look Kate that is something I need to tell you about, Me and Nikki are dating, we have been a while, but the baby is still ET's we both agreed on it would be best, we've kept it secret for so long but when you and Mike got together we thought why can't we have something like that, Marshall and White have agreed we can still both work on Hammersley as long as we keep the romance on shore". He laughed,
"Congratulations, I don't see why Nikki never told me but anyways im happy for you and not long till little legs arrives?" She said giving him a cuddle,
"Yeah 15 days and counting, she has a midwife appointment tomorrow to see if she may need a C-section as she is so big for 38 weeks, you won't have to long before your little girl will be here?" He asked,
"Well im a little over 12 weeks, due date is the 15th of October so still have a little way to go yet". She said as she sipped her lemonade,
Mike walked over to Kate and grabbed her hand as he pulled her along to the dance floor for their first dance; Mike placed his hands on Kate's hips while she placed hers around his neck, they slowly danced away throughout the song, Mike turned his attention after the dance to his Mom, persisting she danced with him, in the meantime Kate danced with her Dad, dancing away Kate looked at her dad who had a tear in his eye,
"I'm so happy for you, Katie, He's absolutely perfect for you "He said whilst stroking the side of her face,
"Thank you daddy, im happy you like him" She said
"Katie I need to tell you something, come over here" He pulled Kate over to the benches outside the function room,
"Katie, Darling, I know this isn't the best of all days to tell you this but I don't know when I would be able to tell you before it's too late" He said,
"Dad what do you mean too late?" She asked in confusion,
"Katie, I have cancer… and its terminal" He said holding is daughter's hands tightly,
Kate looked at him in shock she didn't know what to do with the information her dad just told her, Before he could get a change to explain Kate walked off down the sand dunes onto the beach, Her dad thought it was best to leave her be and let her take in what he told her, he headed back into the party and sat back down next to his wife,
After dancing with his mum and Shay a couple of times he looked about and couldn't see his wife, He walked over to her dad and asked where she was, "She's down the beach and she's a bit upset"
"What, Why?" He asked
"I'll let her tell you that son" Said Tom
Mike took Shay on his side and walked out to the sea front, he looked about and seen Kate sat on the beach a fair bit down, she had her knees up to her chest and was just looking out to the sea, they both headed down there and sat next to her, Mike place shay on the sand to let him play in it for a bit,
"Hey honey, are you alright, everyone's wondering where you went?" He asked as he looked at Kate he could see Kate had been crying , in fact she still was, her crying got worse as Mike placed his hand on her shoulder, He leaned into her and cuddled her, comforting her until she was ready to tell him what she was crying for,
She composed herself a little so Mike could understand her better,
"My Dad, erm… He has Cancer and its terminal", Kate said as she wiped away the continuous falling tears from her eyes,
"Oh Kate, I'm sorry" Mike said as he realised the pain she must be going through,
Mike sat on the beach next to Kate and in front of Shay, comforting her until she was ready to head back into the party, no matter how long it would take her….
A/N – Slightly longer chapter this one, but much easier to write, may be some time before next chapter is completed as the next week is very jam packed for me with work and other things so please hang on, if you want to be updated when the next chapter is up please FOLLOW AND FAVOURITE THIS STORY and you will be emailed when it's up or if you would like a personal message from me telling you when it's up feel free to message me through FanFic website and I will get back to you