Stopping next to the bedside table Kate slowly lifted up the photo and brushed her thumb across his smiling face,
letting out a sigh she placed it back down and placed her bag on the bed when the bathroom door opened, and Mike stepped out in a towel
"Kate?" his eyes widened
"Mike…"
"What are you doing here?" he mumbled taking the toothbrush out of his mouth
"I.. I needed more clothes what, what are you doing here?" she cleared her throat
"I live here" he placed the toothbrush on the top of the cupboard
"Right…"
"It's… your…"
"What?" she avoided his gaze
"It's good to see you…" he said awkwardly
"I'm just here to collect more stuff… Soph get to school okay?" she moved towards the walk-in-robe
"Kicking and screaming the whole way" he turned to face her
"Sounds like our Jellybean" she laughed softly grabbing a pile of clothes
"I… well I was hoping to see you this morning, but Nikki came in your place" he blocked the doorway
"Well I.." she stopped her breath hitching "had stuff to do" she cleared her throat and moved past him her arm brushing against his still slightly damp chest
"You sure you're not avoiding me?" he looked back over his shoulder
"Pfft-get over yourself Flynn" she spat placing her clothes in her bag
"So I hear from Sophie that Aden's being sticking around" he sat on the end of the bed
"Why wouldn't he?"
"You really want a felon around Soph?" he answered without thinking
"He was let out early, due to some information that was brought forward and besides he's good to Sophie" she moved around the bed and grabbed her perfume off the dresser
"Do I not get a say in it?"
"Don't start" she threw the bottle on the bed near her bag
"I'm not starting anything; I mean what's there to start we haven't communicated in a month" he bit his lip when she bent over to get something from the bottom draw
"And who's fault in that?"
"Come on Kate, I said I was sorry and you going to pretend I don't exist forever? All I've felt like since you left has been an ignorant arsehole"
"Well if the shoe fits" she went to move past him, Mike grabbed the hem of her dress and pulled her in front of him
"Kate…" he looked up at her
"Quit playing, let me go" she sighed when he interlocked his hands behind her back
"How many times can I say sorry until you believe it?" he rested his forehead against her waist
"But you don't understand what for Mike, maybe at first yeah but every other time it was just out of habit" she tried to move back
"I'm so sorry…" he moved his head back
"Mike…"
"Kissing Maxine was the biggest mistake I ever made, you Kate are the most important woman that has all my heart"
"Don't do this…" she rested her hand against his shoulder
"All I want, all I've ever wanted it has been you" he slowly ran his hands up her back
"It's not that easy…"
"Why not?"
"You hurt me Mike, do you have any idea how it feels to see the one man you love with all your heart kissing another woman, and not just any woman but the one you share a kid with; the same one we work with"
"For better or worse, those were the vows"
"Yeah and do you remember what else you promised?"
"For the rest of our years on this earth I will continue to love you, continue to grow with you, continue to become a better person because my love for you does all those things Kate, my love for you can never ever be taken away…" he teared up
"Mike…"
"Don't you remember, the day we married I made those vows Kate and I will always mean them" he pulled his head back daring to look up at her he could see the tears in her eyes
"Their just a bunch of empty promises…" a tear fell down her cheek and he quickly reached up brushing it off with his thumb before resting his hand against her cheek
"No…" he moved her back slightly when he arose to stand
"Mike…"
"Kate…" he leaned his head down hesitating in front of hers "let me show you that they aren't just a bunch of broken promises…" he ran his hand through her hair
"Please, I just came here for clothes…" her breath hitched when she slowly placed her hands against his bare chest,
wanting to push him back but losing the will as soon as her hand made contact with his skin
"I…" he brushed his nose against hers "I'm so sorry…" his breath tickled her cheek
letting out a deep breath Kate turned her head to meet his lips pausing slightly she moved her hand to his face running it across his beard
"I forgive you…" she answered when he leaned in again their lips meeting in a soft kiss,
grinning against her lips Mike moved his hand off her back and began running it down the side of her leg he slowly began lifting her dress up
"Mm-I've… dreamt of… this.." he turned them around slowly lowering her onto the bed,
pulling her head back Kate rested her hand against his chest when he hovered above her
"Mike…"
"Is… are you okay?" he brushed the hair from her face
"I just…"
"I'm pushing you…"
"No, no it's not that" she looked at him sadly
"Tell me"
"I… I love you" she bit her lip nervously
"I love you Kate, and you will never know just how much"
"Well I mean, I don't know about that" she grinned feeling him against her leg
"I've missed you…" he placed his hand against her thigh pushing her dress up again
"Care to show me how much Sailor?" she wrapped a hand behind his neck pulling him down and kissing his passionately
her free hand pulled at his towel and threw it across the room,
both of them moaning when Mike moved her underwear aside and slowly sunk into her there fiery passion sparking around the room.
...
Sitting on the end of the bed hours later Kate pushed her hair behind her ear when she began doing up the buttons on the front of her dress
"Is this you running away or just getting dressed?" Mike groaned from his place on his pillow
"Dressed, I've got an appointment in three hours" she turned to look back at him
"Three hours hey" he shifted to hover in front of her
"Mike…" she moaned when he pushed her hair aside and kissed her neck
"We have time" he placed a hand on her leg
"Hmm-no we don't" she pushed him back slightly
"This appointment, is everything okay?" he rested on his elbow to look at her
"Yeah it's just a interview…" she turned her back to him
"Like… like a job interview?"
"I asked for a transfer a month ago"
"Wow…"
"To be fair I didn't.."
"Kate"
"I didn't know that we were going to reconnect" she felt him shift to sit next to her the sheet loosely draped around his waist
"Kate, it's okay" he grabbed her hand in his
"Really?" she turned slightly so they were face to face
"This new job, where's it located?"
"If I get it, it's…"
"Oh you'll get it" he interrupted her receiving a smile in return
"It's in Sydney…"
"Doing anything in particular?"
"Funnily enough it's at Watson's Bay as an instructor in the Navigation course" she grinned
"You better not go sleeping with one of your students" he teased
"Excuse me Mr Flynn that was you, not me"
"And look how well it worked out for me" he kissed her cheek softly before moving back
"If I get the job it.. it starts in a month"
"That.. that soon?" he let her hand go
"Mike…" she sensed his hesitation
"Hmm"
"How are feeling about all of this?"
"It.. it dosen't really matter what I feel"
"Yes, it does your my Husband I want you to be okay with this" she interlocked his hand in hers again
"Kate…" he sighed deeply
"Yeah?"
"If you get the job, then I will be a hundred percent behind you"
"Really?" she said surprised
"Supporting you in your life adventures is a risk I'm willing to take"
"A risk?" she raised an eyebrow
"To be fair half of the time you never know what your doing" he teased
"I do not!" she let his hand go and reached for the pillow on the floor
"Now Kate, all is fair in love and war" he held his hand up
"Take it back"
"Or what?" he crawled backwards up the bed
"Or I'll knock some sense into you" she followed him
"You sure about that?" he grinned when he leant against the headboard
"Take it back" she hit his legs with the pillow
"Kate"
"Take it back" she repeated with a grin
"I'm sorry once it's said…" he smirked when she grabbed the other pillow
"I'm warning you" she held them both up while kneeling in the middle of the bed
"No take backs" he laughed
"Seriously, that's not how this works"
"Yes, yes it is" he held his arms up when she started hitting him with both pillows
"Take it back" she laughed continuously hitting him
"Okay! Okay"
"Say it" she pulled the pillows back
"Kate I…"
"Yes?" she let out a small squeal when he gained the upper hand grabbing her waist and pulling her onto his lap she dropped the pillows when he moved the sheet and he came into contact with her
"Oh…" Mike blushed when she straddled his lap
"I hadn't gotten that far yet…" she smirked resting her hands on his chest
"You mean your underwear isn't the first thing you put on?" he cleared his throat
"Stop moving…"
"Or what?" he teased
"I.. I can't, I…" she groaned when he moved her hips he slipped in
"Yes?" he brushed his hands under the back of her dress lifting his hips slightly
"I…" she moaned when he started moving slowly
"Another round?" he teased
"It's.. already been three…" she bit her tongue at trying to hide her moan
"Hmm…" Mike smirked
"Are.. are you trying to.. get me Pregnant.."
"Maybe I am" he immediately answered without thinking
"What?" she looked down at him in surprise
"Would it be such a bad thing?" he stopped
"Mike…" she cleared her throat when he flipped them and pinned her against the mattress
"We always talked about another kid"
"There's so much to work out, we just got back together and…"
"Kate" he tried to interrupt her
"I'm forty, I think I've reached my use by date…"
"How about, we just see what happens no commitment, no trying… Even at forty it's still possible" he looked at her hopeful
"Your serious?"
"A boy, with his Mother's blonde hair and her green eyes"
"Even if we have another it dosen't grantee it'll be a boy" she teased placing a hand against his cheek
"I'm feeling lucky"
"Oh are you just…" her laugh turned into a soft whimper when he kissed her slowly
"Take a chance with me Kate" he fully hovered above her
"I suppose another Flynn to raise wouldn't hurt"
"Really?"
"Absolutely, but I do have to be home in an hour to get ready for my interview" she looked at her watch
"An hour is all I need" he teased her into a kiss.
(Another one for this particular story line and then a flash forward! Hope your enjoying Xx)
