Sitting on the deck Kate staired out at the water in front of her. The checks on Hammersley were taking longer than expected as no one could figure out what was causing the system error on the navigation systems or if it even had affected the ship. Leaning back in her seat she closed her eyes enjoying the cool breeze blowing up of the river and the warm spring sun beating down on her skin.

"hey" Mike called walking out behind her

"Hey" she smiled turning in her seat watching as he walked round sitting next to her placing his cap on the table." So what did Maxine what?" she asked. They had been planning to spend the day exploring the Crystal Cascades and Fairy Falls however Maxine had called and asked to meet mike and it was going to be a all day thing as they needed to get to the bottom of things with the error on several of the patrol boats.

"not much really just getting to the bottom of how the error was able to go unnoticed by so many." He filled a empty glass from the jug of iced tea Kate had on the table.

"So have they finally sorted Hammersley" she smiled

"Yeah. It was a simple issue and Hammersley wasnt even affected. Basically it was a bug with the maps so everything was the wrong way round. North was registering as south and east was west."

"so what have marine tech been doing with Hammersley for almost 2 weeks? It cant have taken that long to figure out something wasnt wrong, I mean I had been using the systems until we were recalled ." Kate looked up

"who knows but we sail tomorrow" he smiled

"what time?" Kate asked

"12:00 and I also have other news"

"what?" she asked

"well Maxine said she had posted your name for the promotions board and brass are considering you for promotion and command of Hammersley"

"really" a smiled grew across her face. "do you know who else has been put forward?"

"no I have never heard of any of the other candidates, but I am sure you will be fine. I know you can do it"

"thanks. So what are we going to do with our last few hours before we have to go back to being professional"

"well we could go for a bite to eat and then see" he smiled

Later Kate slid in to bed next to mike smiling she rested her head on his shoulder. Closing her eyes she drifted off to sleep.

Opening her eyes Kate stood at the door looking out she could see Mike running round after a little girl of about 5 with blond hair trailing behind her. The little girl changed direction running towards the open door.

"mummy" she sang "can I have a ice cream daddy says I have to ask you otherwise he will be in trouble" the looked up and Kate could see she had mikes steel blue eyes.

"go on then" Kate smiled how could she say no to that sweet innocent looking face.

Mike walked over wrapping Kate in to a hug. "I thought the rule was no ice cream before dinner" he grinned. "so that's well and truly spoilt Kaylee's dinner hasn't it"

"yes but how could I say no. Besides its baking and too hot to eat proper food."

"speaking of which how are you and the baby" Mike asked

Looking down she realised she was pregnant and not far from full term. "fine apart from its way too hot, this little one clearly has navy watches in his blood as he is awake and moving at random times and currently using my bladder as a trampoline so just excuse me" she dashed inside. The house was dark and cool. There were pictures hanging on the wall, pictures of Kaylee as a baby, a wedding photo of her and mike and one with all the Hammersley crew.

Returning in to the main living room she sat on the sofa pulling her feet up resting a cold towel she had brought out with her on her ankles. Walking over mike handed her a huge glass of water and lifted her feet up resting them on his lap. Kaylee ran in climbing on to join her parents.

"Kate" Mike smiled

"yeah" she looked up from the book Kaylee was showing her

"I love you" he smiled looking at them both.

Kate rolled over smiling at the visions she was seeing. There was light at the end of the tunnel. It may be a dream but she hoped it was a vision of the future. A future she and mike would hopefully share. Knowing that he was always going to be there for her helped and she knew they could over come anything. Snuggling down she felt Mikes arm wrap around her waist and pull her in. She was confident that she had fought the nightmares and was winning. The power of I. Love. You. Was enough to make her believe that she could do anything and win. Especially coming form mikes lips.

so this the end and I hope you enjoyed it. so a few notes. Kates dream is a unspecified amount of time in the future. the daughters name Kaylee is a variant of my own and I got a card which says it is a aboriginal word for a boomerang in 1832 (something is leading me to oz lol ) I possibly wont post a new fic till after xmas although you never know :D. if I dont then I hope you all have a super Christmas filled with happiness and joy. to my readers in Australia stay safe in the heat and I hope it gets bearable in the uk its raining so no white Christmas for us :(. anyway hope you enjoy and let me know what you think xx