Ally stood next to Mike's bed and still looked stern at her dad.

"Please daddy!" The girl begged and had tears in her eyes. Mike rubbed one hand over his face and tried to find the right words. Ally's facial expression reminded him so much on Kate and he just wished she would be around at that moment.

"I think there is nothing to explain honey, you are a smart girl and you can put one and one together!" Mike just said, unable to explain anything else at this moment.

"I'm smart, but I want to hear the truth dad!" Mike knew, when she just called him dad and not daddy he was in serious trouble and he deserved it.

"Ally it's difficult and I think Kate should be here as well to help explain to you everything." Mike tried again to win some time, but Ally's eyes told him something different.

"I want nana to picks me up NOW!" Ally yelled and this was the time Mike knew he missed that chance. So he called his mother, while Ally took a seat on the other end of the room and just stared out of the window.

In the meantime Kate had to do some calls and was walking through the park of the hospital.

"Hi Maxine it's Kate." Maxine was surprised to hear from Kate she thought Mike, Ally and her would spend this morning together, now that Mike was a little bit better.

"You sound worried, what's wrong?" Kate looked nervous around and was shocked, that Maxine could hear in her voice, that not everything was alright.

"It's Ally. I'm not sure what's wrong with her. One minute we are having a lovely breakfast and the next minute she acts so cold and won't speak to me. As we arrived at the hospital and entered Mike's room she asked to be alone with Mike and looked at me like I had done something wrong."

"That sounds strange and not like the Ally I know. Though maybe she just wanted to spend time with Mike, don't forget her dad nearly died and maybe she just realised, that the outcome of that incident could have been totally different. Talk to her and more importantly Mike and you have to talk to her and explain her some things." Maxine explained her thoughts and Kate nodded at her end of the phone.

"You are right Maxine." Kate hung up and made her way back to Mike's room, as she entered she could feel the icy atmosphere.

"Hi, what's wrong?" Kate asked and looked between Ally, who was sitting at the table and did just stare out of the window, and Mike, who looked terribly sad. He holds up a picture and Kate walked closer to get a proper look on the photo and horrified, she put her hand to her mouth. They both start one of there silent conversations.

"Kate, where did she get this from?"

"I have no idea … she only could have got it from my bedroom. I did look through a box of the little stuff I have from her last night and scattered the pictures on my bed. They were still lying on my bed this morning and maybe as I had a shower … I'm so sorry Mike!" Kate's eyes filled with tears and Mike grasped for her hand.

"Nothing to be sorry for, we should have talked to her already."

Kate calmed down and locked eyes with Mike, the love of her live. She turned to Ally and just wanted to talk to her as a knock on the door disturbed her plans. Mike asked the person to enter and was surprised to see the crew entering his hospital room. Normally he liked to have the crew around, they were all like family, but this time his sailors had a bad timing. Another knock silenced the sailors and Mike asked again to enter and this time it was his mum.

"Nana!" Ally nearly jumped up and hobbled into the open arms of her grandmother, who looked around between Mike and Kate. From what Mike told tell her on the phone she knew what was wrong with her granddaughter.

"Can we go home please?" Ally asked and didn't even look at Mike, who did struggle in his bed to get in a more comfortable position.

"Ally please!" He begged and the crew was quiet and they all realised, that they must have disturbed something. Though Ally didn't listen and walked out of the room. Both Mike and Kate had tears in their eyes. Helen walked over to her son and hugged him.

"Give her some time and then she will listen to you both" Helen also hugged Kate and finally followed her granddaughter. The sailors looked between their two commanding officers, but no one had the heart to ask any questions.

"Ally is our daughter." Mike finally said and looked at Kate who just nodded. The crew looked at each other and Charge was the one who found his voice back at first.

"Your daughter?" He pointed between Mike and Kate and didn't trust his ears at that moment.

"Yes, Ally is mine and Mike's daughter. It's a pretty long story and before we go explaining anything more to you lot we have to talk to Ally first. It's just that you know who Ally is!" Kate made her point clear, that she was not ready to give away more information, at least not at the moment.

"Okay! So Sir, how are you?" Swain was the one who changed the topic and Mike and Kate were thankful for that.

"I feel not so bad today. Still got a long way to go to make a full recovery." They all chatted for a while, before the crew left.

"You look tired." Kate finally said, after it was quite for a while between them.

"I'm tired and worried because of Ally. I know she is in good hands with my parents, but I wish we could talk to her right now. I never wanted to hurt her." Finally the tears, which Mike held back earlier, run down his checks and Kate couldn't hold back her tears anymore as well. She bent down to hug Mike and he returned that gesture which meant for both of them so much more than just a simple hug.

"We also need to talk." Kate whispered and Mike just nodded.

"There are only three words I won't to say. I love you" Mike said straightforward and left Kate speechless.

"I love you too." Kate bent down and hugged Mike again. "Though there are still a lot of things we have to work out." Mike knew Kate was right, but that didn't matter at this moment. All he wanted was to feel her lips on his own. So he grasped her on the collar and pulled her closer. And Kate didn't do anything against it.

"I would like to drive to your parents and talk to Ally, is that alright with you?" Mike nodded and Kate left after one more kiss. During the ride to Mike's parents Kate tried to find the right words she wanted to say to Ally.