Running his hand across her side of the bed the next morning Mike's head shot up in surprise when he noticed it was empty
"Kate?" he called out in confusion when he heard the toilet flush and the bathroom door open with Kate standing there a toothbrush hanging out of her mouth
"This is your fault" she sighed before grabbing the tooth brush and moving back towards the sink
"Morning sickness?" he shifted grabbing his discarded boxers from the floor he pulled them on before moving towards the bathroom
"Like clockwork" she spat the toothpaste in the sink
"I don't get it, did you not the least bit suspect you were Pregnant?" he leaned against the doorframe admiring the view of Kate in his shirt
"I had my guess I mean the first time I did a test was two months ago but it came up negative" she shrugged
"So why was this time any different?" he watched her rinse her mouth out with water before spitting in the sink
"Your sister, she said I looked like I'd put weight on so I brought a test but the same outcome I mean I was always all over the place with my periods so when I didn't get it I didn't even begin to question it" she wiped her mouth on the hand towel
"Trust Cleo to be the one to suspect" he grinned
"Very observant that sister of yours" she smiled moving towards him
"I still wish you had of told me, even if it was only suspecting" he grabbed her shirt and pulled her closer
"I didn't want to disappoint you, if it was something you really wanted and it turned out to be negative" she sighed wrapping her arms behind his back
"But it's not negative Kate, we're going to have a baby" he brushed the loose hair out of her face
"You'll be here for it this time right?" she asked sadly
"I'm here through it all from the waking me up for midnight cravings to the crying because I forgot the milk, I'll be here" he rested his hand against her cheek
"Speaking of cravings" she laughed
"Okay what is it?" he tried to hide his grin
"It's nothing bad"
"I'll be the judge of that, come on spit it out" he waved his hand
"Mango's and ice cream" she rested her head against his chest
"Well that's not what I was thinking, wait don't you hate Mango?" he asked confused
"I know!" she moved back with a laugh
"Well how would you feel about some Mango's and ice cream for breakfast on French toast of course so it's kind of healthy?" he smiled down at her when he noticed the colour in her face drain
"I…"
"Kate?" he asked confused before she pushed him back and ran towards the toilet bowl once again this time having Mike there to hold her hair out of her face even when she tried to push him out of the room.
"Dad, can I ask you a question…" Sophie asked from her place at the kitchen table while Mike busied himself with making Kate some breakfast for when she got out of the shower
"Go for it Kiddo" he smiled
"When the baby comes along will Cleo and I have to leave?" she replied fiddling with her spoon that rested in her coco pops
"Why would you think that?" he said surprised
"Because, when it comes along you won't have time for us" she shrugged
"Soph…"
"I mean I get it Cleo's your sister and you've known her her whole life and me for only months…" she paused when she felt a hand on her shoulder
"Sophie, just because your Mother and I are having another kid doesn't mean we'll love you less" he knelt next to her chair
"But…"
"You are our little girl and we wouldn't change that for the world, we may have not been there from the start but we're here now and Skipper well he isn't going to change the way we feel about you" he brushed his hand through her hair
"Skipper?" she giggled
"Don't tell your Mother" he brushed his thumb across her nose
"Skipper really Mike?" her voice answered
"I think she already knows" Sophie laughed as Mike turned around to see a dressed Kate digging into the cut up Mango on the bench
"We won't ever love you any less remember that" he whispered to Sophie kissing her forehead before he moved to go over near Kate.
"Everything okay?" Kate asked reaching for another piece of Mango when he stopped next to her
"I think so" he assured her with a grin
"What?" she smirked
"Oh nothing, do you want me to get you a bowl?" he smiled
"No I'm fine" she shrugged picking up another piece
"So what's the plan for today then?" he placed a hand on her abdomen while he looked over at Sophie who was eating her breakfast again
"Nothing really although I was thinking I should inform Commander White" she sighed
"So soon, I mean don't you normally tell people these things at the five month mark?" he shrugged
"Well yeah but…"
"Why don't you wait, just until it's…"
"What?" she asked with a grin
"Noticeable" he moved his hand under her shirt
"What are you up to Mike Flynn?" she replied turning to face him
"Absolutely nothing I promise" he placed a kiss on her cheek before moving to put some toast in the toaster,
no Mike Flynn wasn't up to anything however the BRASS well he wasn't sure if informing them at this present time was such a good idea given the news that Maxine had told him the previous day;
smiling at Kate he watched her pick up the plate of Mango and move to sit at the table with Sophie as they disgusted possible baby names, Sophie giving her opinion that he should be called Skipper and not just as a nickname.
2 Months later… (6 Months Pregnant)
"Mango with some ice cream for the lady" Mike passed Kate a bowl over the back of the couch
"Thank you" she smiled taking it and placing it against her stomach with the way she was laying on the couch
"That is really impressive" Cleo laughed from her spot on the floor next to Sophie
"You know it's all fun and games until Skipper decides he's going to play football" Kate laughed
"Skipper?" Sophie asked with a grin while Mike busied himself with getting everyone else just plain ice cream
"You can blame your father for that" she motioned to Mike
"Last time I had something on my stomach he didn't like it and it went flying all over your Brother" Kate grinned
"Oh?"
"Yeah and I was really looking forward to drinking that milo" Kate winked at her as Mike placed two bowls next to Cleo and Sophie on the floor before lifting Kate's feet up and sitting next to her placing them across his legs
"So Mike do we have any milo?" Cleo smirked as Kate tried to hold back her laugh
"Really?" he rolled his eyes at Kate before digging into his own ice cream.
Thankful for her small figure Kate was able to hide her Pregnancy until the end of her 5th Month, when she told Maxine she was happy but also Kate could sense a bit of disappointment in her voice because if she'd been adding it out correct Kate would have fallen Pregnant before she'd left Hammersley.
The guy that the BRASS had sent to NAVCOM to keep an eye on Kate had heard the Navy rumours about her being Pregnant with Mike Flynn's child and he immediately started bugging her for answers including if there was going to be a Navy wedding anytime soon,
with the constant early mornings or midnight calling's for Mike to go and get her food they came to a mutual agreement that maybe it was time they moved in together though Kate still wasn't ready for marriage he deeply loved the fact he could wake up next to her and not a cold bed so he was willing to give up the idea of proposing again for now.
When Kate started crying with the hormones over having to find a whole new place and her mural in Sophie's room she worked on would have to stay behind Mike agreed that it was best if him and Cleo moved into Kate's house with her study being converted into Cleo's bedroom.
"So how was Maxine today?" he swallowed his mouthful
"She was Maxine" she shrugged
"And the BRASS guy, he hasn't tried asking you anymore questions?"
"No thankfully, I get a bad vibe from that guy and I'm pretty sure Skipper agrees I mean every time he's around he starts moving like crazy" she scowled when Mike stole a piece of Mango from her bowl
"Maybe it's misplaced"
"Oh what on you, you mean?" she grinned placing a spoonful of Mango and ice cream in her mouth
"Did I say me? No! I mean Maxine" he replied
"Maxine?" she frowned
"I mean has she even said congratulations since you told her?" he asked
"Well no…"
"Maybe Skipper can sense her jealousy" he smiled
"Maybe but if Skipper is as stubborn as you it could be possible he just misses his Daddy"
"Yeah…" he said sadly lifting her feet before moving to stand
"Mike I didn't…" she shifted to sit up
"It's okay, look it's late I might just head off to bed" he cleared his throat
"It's only nine o'clock" Cleo piped up
"I sail tomorrow afternoon need the rest" he replied in a huff discarding his still half full bowl on the bench before moving down the hall
"What's got him in a grump?" Cleo sighed as she moved to sit next to Kate
"Me" she rolled her eyes resting her head into the back of the couch while Cleo contently ate her ice cream while reading on the floor.
"You two still arguing about Hammersley?" she asked grabbing Kate's bowl and placing it on the coffee table next to hers
"We're not arguing, I try discussing and he storms off not arguing" Kate smiled sadly
"Kate…" Cleo placed her hand against her unborn nephew
"It's not like I'm asking him to leave Hammersley because I would never do that I just…"
"You're worried"
"What if he doesn't come home one day, it's not just Sophie or you he's got to think about now" she placed her hand next to Cleo's that rested on her stomach
"But he's CO it's not as dangerous at being the XO or anything else"
"You obviously don't know how much that brother of yours bends the rules" Kate sighed
"He'd never do anything stupid especially if it meant he wouldn't get to come home to this; to his family" Cleo tried to assure her
"I hope your right" Kate smiled
"And I think Skipper agrees with me" she grinned when he started kicking
"Soph come here" Kate held her free hand out as Sophie moved to stand
"What?" she asked stopping in front of them
"Feel this" she smiled grabbing Sophie's hand and placing it on her abdomen
"Is that Skipper?" she giggled at the feeling of her baby brother kicking under her hand
"Mike loves you he's just a stubborn fool" Cleo piped up
"Thanks Cleo" Kate placed a kiss on her forehead,
Mike watching from the hallway as the three most import woman in his life all huddled around their newest addition who was yet to arrive.
After putting Sophie to bed just after the whole Skipper kicking debacle Cleo kept her company until she went to bed herself at around 10 having been left alone for the past hour Kate decided to work on some paperwork for a while,
finally slipping into her own bed just after 11 almost immediately feeling Mike roll over and wrap his arm around her from behind resting on their unborn child
"Have you slept at all?" she asked placing her hand on top of his
"No" he pulled her back against his chest
"I would never force you to leave Hammersley if you don't want to" she sighed
"I know" he mumbled against her golden hair
"But you have a family you've got to come home to Mike you can't just go out a risk your life without thinking of the consequences"
"I know"
"I just want you to be around to watch Skipper grow up" she replied stroking his hand with her thumb
"I know…"
"And I know you know but you're not doing anything about it" she pulled his hand off her stomach as she shifted out of the bed
"What do you want me to say Kate?" he sat up turning on the lamp
"I don't know" she shrugged picking up her pillow
"Nothing I ever say will be the right thing that you want to hear" he said annoyed
"I'm not asking you to leave Hammersley but not having you here for months on end it's killing me Mike" she sighed moving towards the door
"Where are you going now?" he moved out of the bed
"To sleep on the couch!" she yelled back at him
"Kate…" he was cut off by the slamming of the bedroom door.
...
Staring up at the ceiling 15 minutes later Kate screwed her face up when something dug into her back moving her hand underneath she struggled before pulling out a boat toy that was painted pink that 2Dads had given Sophie months ago the first time he'd met her
"God Soph" she sighed throwing it across the room as it landed in the toy pin next to the TV
"Pretty impressive in the dark" Mike's voice chuckled from near the hallway
"I'm not talking to you" she huffed pulling the thin blanket over her head as his footsteps got closer
"Kate, at least come back to bed the couch can't be doing anything good for your back" he sighed stopping next to her faint moon light coming through the curtain as it shown across the couch
"I'm fine where I am" her voice mumbled from under the blanket
"Don't be so stubborn" he knelt next to her pulling at the blanket
"Pfft the only stubborn one in this relationship is you" she spat back instantly closing her eyes tight when he managed to pry the blanket away from her
"Kate" he whispered moving his head closer
"Go away"
"You can't ignore me forever" he brushed his nose against her neck
"I'll settle for until you get back from Patrol" she shrugged
"That's a whole week of no talking" he moved along her neck
"So…"
"No emails" he brushed behind her ear
"I'm pretty sure I'll mange"
"No sexting" he whispered in her ear
"I personally didn't see the appeal in it anyway" she replied her breath hitching slightly
"No dirty pictures" he moved along her cheek
"Never did like a dick pic" she said with a slight grin
"No sex when I come back" he stopped near her lips noting the small grin she was trying to hide
"Honestly sex is the last thing on my mind right now" she replied when his lips brushed softly against hers
"Really…" he mumbled against them
"Mm-hmm" she moaned when his hand ran across her chest
"Well if you're sure" he shrugged moving back slightly she opened her dark emotional green eyes met with his desirable blue ones
"Mmm-sure" she struggled to say moving her head up and meeting his lips in a passionate kiss Mike's hand moving to cup the side of her head deepening the kiss when hers gripped at his shirt.
"I'm sorry…" he pulled away minutes later resting his forehead against hers to catch his breath
"No… I should be the one apologising…"
"It's okay" he smiled at her tangling his hand through her blonde hair
"These hormones there…"
"Kate, stop it's okay and besides you did actually make a valid point" he moved his head back
"Really?" she said surprised
"I can't stay out at sea forever and if there's a good enough reason to leave it would be you, our kids and even my pain in the arse sister" he grinned massaging the side of her neck with his thumb
"Mike…" she gripped his shirt tighter in her fists
"When you hit your nine month mark I'll apply for a shore posting"
"But you love being on Hammersley" she whispered
"I love you way more than some silly boat" he answered noticing she'd began to tear up
"I…"
"Hey now don't go getting emotional on me" he moved his hand from her hair to brush the tear that escaped off her cheek
"I'm sorry" she laughed slightly covering her face with her hands
"It was never you or Hammersley Kate, because it was always going to be you" he tried to pull her hands off her face
"God these Hormones" she mumbled through her hands
"Let me see those gorgeous emerald green eyes of yours" he moved her hands off her face without her resisting
"I'm sorry" she repeated as he looked deep into her emotional filled eyes he smiled
"I love you Kate" he moved his head down placing an emotional filled kiss against her lips she grinned taking the kiss deeper than before
"Let's get you back to bed" he sighed pulling away from the kiss and moving to stand holding out a hand for Kate he pulled her up with him
"Mmm-tired" she yawned
"Yeah I know" he kissed the top of her head quickly grabbing her pillow he slowly began walking her down the hall towards the bedroom.
Here it is, the second chapter I promised currently working on a third but won't be posting that tonight! So enjoy these 2 updates and don't forget to review! Xx