"So when were you going to tell me?" Nikki asked as she entered her room hours later
"Nik…" Kate said softly as Nikki moved towards the bed and pulled her into a hug
"It's good to see you Kate" she smiled as she squeezed her tightly
"You too Nikki" she grinned as she pulled away from the hug
"So twins?" she smirked at her as she sat down in the chair next to the bed
"Don't remind me, I never had that much pain with Emi" she replied as Nikki shook her head smiling
"Was it worth it?" she asked softly
"Absolutely, there just so perfect Nik" Kat smiled
"I went with Emi and Pete to the nursery earlier, how is it out of the three kids you and Pete have had only one ends up with his hair colour" she laughed
"Luck of the blondes I guess" Kate giggled
"You got any names picked?"
"We have a few but haven't decided on any yet"
"What's the top two you've got?" she asked hopeful
"Well… Joseph Morgan for the first baby after my Dad" Kate smiled
"And which baby came first?" she asked
"Blondie" Kate grinned
"And the only one with Pete's hair?"
"Justin Levi after Pete's Dad" she smiled
"Oh Kate their perfect"
"It was actually Pete who suggested the names and I loved them so"
"And how does Emi feel about being a big sister?" she asked grinning
"She was in here a few hours ago, something about now she's a big sister we can't call her pumpkin or sweetie anymore" Kate laughed
"Oh bless her" Nikki laughed along with her
"I overheard her talking to Pete this morning, she's worried we'll love her less because of the twins being planned and her being a accident" Kate sighed
"A wonderful accident, I mean for the best part of it when you found out you were pregnant it brought you and Pete back together and I mean look at you now! 7 years later and you're still together going strong; Emi knows you both love her with everything you have" she said grabbing her hand in reassurance
"Thanks Nikki, maybe you could explain that to your Goddaughter" she smirked
"I'm sure she knows I mean if you didn't love her would you really be back in Australia giving her all the opportunity's you had" she smiled
"Speaking of which Pete and I want you to be the twins Godmother as well" Kate grinned as Nikki nodded her head
"I'd be honoured!" she yelled
"Well good, because there's no other person we would want" Kate said squeezing her hand
"Are you coming back to work?" she asked changing the subject
"Work?"
"You know the Navy…" she smirked
"Oh yeah after maternity leave I'll be going to NAVCOM" she said softly
"We'll be close together again then" she smiled widely
"Yeah…" Kate answered.
A few minutes later Nikki smiled widely "So I've heard some pretty interesting information about you" she said changing the subject
"Oh really? What exactly have I done now?" Kate smiled as she playfully crossed her arms
"I have it on good authority that not only my best friend and sister had twins she also happens to be a famous singer- songwriter" Nikki said pulling out a cd from her bag
"Oh god…"
"That's all you're going to say?" Nikki smirked hitting her arm
"Ow, I'm still tender"
"Not on your arm!" Nikki laughed
"I didn't think you could get it over here" Kate said covering her face with her hands embarrassed
"Kate! How could you not tell me something like this, it's completely different to hiding a Pregnancy from me for 8 and a half months" she said placing the cd on the bed
"I wanted to be a hide in the shadows kind of singer, you know like Sia who hides behind her wigs"
"Well I means that a bit different you shouldn't be hiding your voice or your face!" she answered
"I didn't want a lecture from you lot about it all" she smirked reaching for the cd to have a look
"I mean it's a bit hard to not know it's you considering there's a picture of you on the back"
"What?" Kate asked confused flipping it over to see a photo of her and Pete snuggling with a baby Emi in her arms
"But I didn't send them a photo…"
"I think you'll find your husband did" Nikki laughed rummaging around in her handbag
"I'm going to kill him" she said shaking her head
"So can I get an autograph?" Nikki laughed
"You're a weirdo, I mean you know me personally" Kate laughed as she took the sharpie from her
"I know but this way I can prove you're actually my best friend" she winked at her as Kate shook her head and began writing away on the back of the cd before passing it back to Nikki
"I have to say my favourite is that love song, did you really write it for Pete?" she asked looking at Kate's autograph as she read over it
'To Nikki, my best friend, former Navigator and sister you and I will always be together in heart and soul I love you, Kate McGregor (Tomaszewski)'
"Yeah, back when we first got together" she smiled as a tear fell down Nikki's cheek as she placed the cd in her handbag
"Thank you, I mean all you had to do was sign it not make me cry!" she laughed brushing the tear off her cheek
"hey, you're my sister it's my job to make you cry" she shrugged smirking as Nikki moved and pulled her into a hug
"I'm glad you back Kate" she said into her hair
"Me too Nik" Kate smiled as she hugged her tightly
"So when's your next album coming out, any chance of a tour?" she grinned as she felt Kate squeeze her that little bit tighter in hopes to shut her up as she laughed trying to pull away.
"We brought them for a feed" Pete said smiling as he entered the room with Joseph in his arms and the nurse entered with Justin in hers 20 minutes later
"I'll leave you to it" Nikki smiled as she arose from the chair and winked at Kate
"Thanks for coming Nik" Pete smiled as the nurse placed the baby in Kate's arms
"No problem at all" she grinned
"Bye Auntie Nik!" Emi said hugging her legs
"Bye pumpkin" she winked as Emi screwed her nose up
"I see where she gets that from" Nikki laughed as she looked back at Kate who also screwed her nose up at her before she left the room.
"So you decided on any names yet?" Pete asked as Emi sat on the end of Kate's bed
"I want to go with the name's we discussed" she smiled as she moved Justin onto the pillow on her lap as she placed his feet near her elbow she moved his head as he latched onto her left boob
"That's great Kate, Dad do you want to do the same with this little one" she smiled as Pete moved forward putting Joseph in the same position as he latched onto Kate's right boob
"I feel like I'm a vending machine" Kate grinned as she looked down at the twins as they suckled away she supported their heads
"I'll come back in 20 minutes to check on things" the nurse smiled as she moved out of the room
"Emi" Pete motioned as she jumped into her Dad's arms he moved to stand next to Kate as they watched on
"This is Joseph Morgan" Pete smiled as he pointed to the little blonde
"And this is Justin Levi" Kate smiled as looking down at the brown haired boy
"Welcome to the world" Emi grinned widely as she looked down at her little brothers who were drinking away as Pete moved to sit in the seat Nikki had vacated with Emi in his lap as she snuggled against her Dad's chest and started to drift off.
"So did you know Nikki has a copy of my cd?" Kate asked softly as she noticed Emi drifting off
"Um yeah…" he smirked
"About that photo" Kate said raising an eyebrow at him
"I sent it to your producer, he wanted the album to have a 'family' photo on it" he grinned
"But of all the photo's you had to pick that one?" she asked
"It's my favourite Emi was a week old when we had that photoshoot"
"Yes but there's photo's all through the book why that one?" she said shaking her head
"It fitted perfectly, just like you and I"
"You're so infuriating" Kate smirked
"Maybe but I know you love me" he laughed
"Yeah you're lucky I do" she smiled
"We've done good for ourselves Katie, we got the whole lot happily ever after, kids, marriage your following your dreams and I'm following mine everyday by getting to be married to you" he said reaching a hand over as he brushed it against her arm slightly
"You think? I mean I sometimes regret my decisions" she grinned
"No you don't" he said leaning forward trying not to squish Emi
"Absolutely not" she answered as he placed a passionate kiss against her lips.
"So did you end up telling Nikki?" he asked moving back as Emi snuggled tighter against him
"I didn't get the chance, you know she asked for my autograph" she laughed
"You'll have to tell her eventually and the crew" he said softly
"I know, but maybe I was think of just surprising them"
"You mean like you did with the twins" he grinned
"Yeah" she nodded
"This isn't something that will stay a secret for long before you know it you'll be plastered on billboards everywhere"
"I was just going to wait and be like 'guess what I'm staring in a major theatre production in a year after maternity leave I've decided to leave the Navy in the past'"
"That'll go down well" Pete sighed
"What do you expect me to do abandon the crew to follow my new passion?"
"But that's the thing you're not just 'Kate McGregor of the Royal Australian Navy' anymore your 'Kate McGregor the singer-songwriter, theatre performer and ex-Navy Officer" he smiled
"So you're not mad I don't use your last name for my career?"
"Of course not! You'll always be Mrs Tomaszewski to me even if you only use it for normal everyday things" he smiled
"I love you" she winked at him
"You have no idea how incredibly proud I am of you" he said reaching a hand over as he placed it on her cheek.
Sorry it's only a short one.., Two chapters left and the last one will be a Flashforward 10 years! Just to see how things have gone for them all and if Kate has now become 'Australia' famous lol, told you it was going to be different... Enjoy!! Xx