Ok everyone here you go finally an update for you all on this story. I do hope you like what I have done. I'm still nto sure where I am going with this story so if you have any ideas fire them my way :)

Jim was not impressed when he found out that Mike and Kate were married. He started to wonder why Kate had never said anything about it before they spent a good six months together even shared a bed a number of times and spent time at his house, but then he remembers that he never got a chance to stay at her house, he started to wonder if she had always loved Mike and her house had pictures of him around. He wanted to know what it is that kept those two together

Jim is brought out of his thoughts by Mike arriving.

"Jim we'll transport your men at 0600hours tomorrow, make sure they are ready to go and I have asked Bird to have breakfast for you and your men ready at 5am so you can eat then do what you need to do."

"Thank you Mike"

"No Problem Jim"

Mike heads off.

Late that evening Jim goes in search of Mike, and finds him in his cabin, Mike lets him enter then he shuts the door behind him.

"Mike can I ask something?"

"Sure, go ahead Jim"
"You and Kate"

"What do you want to know?"

"Um I'm just trying to figure all this out, because as you know a few years ago Kate and I had a relationship, she never mentioned anything about you two being anything more than colleagues, I knew she had some sort of feelings for you when you saved my life and got the shrapnel in your leg. Still then she never said she knew you before Hammersley."

"When Kate became my XO we both agreed at the time to be professionals and that was it, we agreed to not bring up the past, and to put it behind us."

"Why didn't you guys get divorced when you split up?"

"I'm not sure why she never did but I just couldn't bring myself to do it."

"Why now? Why not sort it out when she first came here?"

"Circumstances have changed in the last few years since you have seen her Jim, we've both been through a lot, making us both realise a few things, and one of them was we want to work this out."

One last thing Mike how long have you two been together?"

"Ten years Jim."

"Thank you Mike, and I'm sorry for how I have reacted earlier today it was not very acceptable of me"

"It is ok Jim; it would have been a shock to you. And thank you for your apology."

They are then interrupted by Mike being paged to the bridge

"Duty calls" comes from Mike before they both leave his cabin, Jim heads back to his men Mike to the bridge.

Mike arrives on the bridge to Find, RO, Kate, and Swain already up there.

"What we got?"

"Sir we have this vessel here, it's been just going up and down this line for the last 20mins, then just before we called for you another vessel which came from the direction of Toby Island has met up with it, we have them on the EOD, they look like they transferring something."

"X pipe boarding stations, Command State Oscar is in force." Kate gives him that look

"X no your still on light duties for a couple more days, and this being a night time boarding I prefer you to stay here. Leave Bird here she got an early start and pipe Jim to come with us. We taking both RHIBS"

"Hands to boarding Stations, Hands to boarding Stations, Hands to boarding Stations. CO, Dutchy, Charge, Harpy, Swain, 2Dad's, White, RO, Jones, Thomas, Captain Roth report to the boarding room at a rush. Nav, Parker to the bridge at a rush" Rings out within the ship

Why am I being called to go on a boarding Jim thinks to himself he goes to the boarding room to speak to Mike.

"Mike?"

"Jim you're here, Dutchy kit him out please."

"Why do you need me?"

"We doing a boarding, one of the vessels has come from Toby Island thought you might want to join us to get any Intel you can use from them?"

"Thanks" Jim replies with a smile on his face.

RO, 2Dads have your cameras rolling as soon as we hit the water."

"Yes Sir" They both reply

"Now guys were deploying both RHIB's. Dutchy you go with Jim, RO, Jones, Thomas; I will have Charge, Swain, Harpy, 2Dads, and Ryan in the port RHIB."

"Yes Boss" replies Dutchy.

The team head off to do the boarding.

Fifteen minutes later the teams have boarded both Vessels, the small craft tried to make an escape but the RHIB was faster than it, plus it was also lighter too.

Kate sits on the bridge playing with her finger while waiting for news from the CO.

"God I hate sitting here, he is in so much trouble for making me stay behind, regardless of him being the Co and my husband he will pay." she says loud enough for Nav to here. And she starts to laugh."

"Nav"

"Sorry ma'am it's just so you though." They both have a slight laugh then the bridge comes to life.

They do their normal communications.

Mike informs Kate that they found a load of Drugs on both boats, and that she needs to contact Navcom, and they need to contact the feds, He is post guards on the boats overnight and bringing over the men to put in austere.

An hour later everything has been set up, the men are in austere. Mike and Kate get some down time, while doing up their reports, in the senior officers mess. The door is slightly closed.

"Mike"

"Yea" He says briefly looking up from his paperwork.

"How often do you see her?"

"Whenever I can. But sadly it's not near enough." He replies with a smile on his face.

"How does she know I'm her mother?"

"I've told her about you, right from the start she has always known who her mother is, I even gave her a few photos of you to her, and so she knew what you looked like." Mike looks at her and sees a few tears rolling down her face.

"Hey come here honey." She does as he asks, and he pulls her into his lap.

"Shh it's all right honey."

"I'm pleased she's with you. But why did you not change her name? I was told that always happens?"

"I couldn't, to me it felt like I was taking away the only thing her mother had been able to give her, her name, the only thing I added was Flynn on the end."

"I'm sorry I was so hard on you, it was a shock to see her after all this time, even more so because I had no idea where we stood."

"No need to be sorry I should of told you that I had our daughter living with my parents." Jim hears this, daughter they have a child together. Nar I must be hearing things. HE then wonders back to his men.

"But I can understand why, I said I never wonted contact, even though I did, I just didn't want to be reminded of what I had lost."

"Hey you're not lost me at all, we just had to spend some time apart to realise what we meant to each other and then four years working together, to come to terms with the fact we still love each other. Though I am happy that we had that bust up on the boat the other day it made me realise one thing."

"What's that?"

"I've never stopped loving you and that I want you living in my house with me."

"Mike don't you think." He places a finger over her mouth to stop her talking

"Nope not too early to be honest we should have been living together years ago and we should have been doing the whole parent and happy ever after thing a long time ago."

"But Ally?"

"Mum and Dad are moving to Cairns, they informed me of this before we left, they already sold their house. So they house shopping at present in Cairns. They look after Ally because it's easier that way. I pay for everything she needs. It's been working so far well, so no need to change it."

"But how will I fit into all of this?"

"Right where you should be, right beside me. But anyway we should be doing this paperwork; it won't do itself you know."

"Yea no matter how much I wish it would."

"Hey don't complain I have far more than you, you can only complain when you become CO."

They get back to do their reports and paperwork for the last boarding. Around 2300hours they both head off to bed knowing they will be up early for the 0600hour transfer of the SAS troops.