(Last part to this '5 year flash forward' next chapter will be a new flash forward)
Entering the house Kate placed her hat down on the peg in the hallway and fixed up her hair
"Hey! How'd it go?" Mike's voiced yelled down from the kitchen
"How'd you know it was me?" she questioned walking down the hall
"Because only you would enter ever so quietly" he grinned when she stopped next to the bench
"I wasn't exactly trying to be quiet" she shook her head and pulled herself up to sit on the bench
"So, how'd it go?"
"Um… what's all this?" she looked around at the packets of pasta and dirty pots
"Sly move, well Mrs Flynn for tonight dinner we have two options"
"And who says I'm staying for dinner?" she teased
"We've got Lasagna for celebrating, or two-minute noodles if we're not"
"Right…" she nodded
"So is it going to be yummy Lasagna" he pointed to the freshly made ready to go in the oven dish "or noodles?" he held up the packet
"Well…"
"Oh no.." he sighed when she reached for the noddles
"That Lasagna does smell pretty good"
"Does that mean?"
"I got the job"
"YES!!!" he threw the noddles across the room
"Okay a little dramatic on the food part, those were Soph's favourite" she laughed softly when he came to stand in front of her
"Ehh" he shrugged wrapping his arms around her in a hug
"There's a catch…" she placed a hand against the back of his neck
"Isn't there always?" he moved back from the hug
"I have to leave in a week, there behind with instructors and they want me to run a few other courses too"
"A week…."
"One of the instructors she's gone on Maternity leave and…"
"Kate" he interrupted seeing her getting nervous
"Yeah?"
"A week is fine" he assured her
"You sure you're okay with uprooting our lives to Sydney?" she brushed the skin on the back of his neck where her hand was still resting
"We could move to Timbuktu and I'd be happy"
"Timbuktu?" she grinned
"You know what I mean, I'd be happy because I'd be with you"
"So you're all for this?" "
A fresh start will be good for us"
"You think so?"
"Absolutely, getting away from Cairns away from all the drama here…"
"I don't think Sophie will see it that way, her friends are here, her Hammersley family"
"She's five, she'll adjust"
"So we're doing this? We're uprooting our lives to start fresh?" she raised an eyebrow
"You can go to Sydney in a week, while I sort out things from this side and then Soph and I we can follow you at the end of the month"
"How'd I get so lucky?" she pulled him closer
"I don't know sometimes I wonder" he teased wrapping his arms around her waist
"Thank you"
"You're amazing" he teased her into a kiss
"Are... we celebrating...?"
"Oh.. absolutely..." he grinned against her lips when his hands began undoing the buttons on her shirt
"Mmm.." she smirked moving her arms when he slipped the material off her form
"You have no idea how proud I am of you" he pulled back from the kiss
"Well, how about going for a round five… and you can show me" she teased slipping her hands under the hem of his shirt and across his abdomen
"You sure your not exhausted? I mean I can barely walk" he laughed
"If you're not up for it, I'm more than happy to stop" she began pulling her hands back when he pulled her forward slightly on the bench
"Do not… even think about.. stopping" he moved his arms up when she pulled his shirt off throwing it on the floor
"It's shame about the Lasagna" she wrapped her arms behind his neck
"It's a big shame" he whispered moving his head forward and brushing his lips across hers softly, pulling back slightly so he could look at her
"Is something wrong?" she gave him a confused look
"Everything is perfect, I love you Kate" he moved in again kissing her passionately making sure he held her tight against him;
afraid that if he let her go he wouldn't get her back again,
wrapping her legs around Mike's waist she groaned when he lifted her into his arms and carried her to the couch their lips never leaving as the kisses became more heated.
...
"Come on Jellybean" he pushed the door open
"Can we get some ice cream?" she asked hopeful moving inside
"I don't know, smells like your Dad's making something yummy for dinner" 2Dads looked down the hall for a sign of Mike
"Uncle Leo?" she raised an eyebrow
"Here, go put your bag away for me" he held out her school bag
"Then can we colour?"
"Homework?" he put his keys in his pocket
"Only reading, but Daddy he's hopeless"
"Really?" he laughed
"Can you do it with me?"
"If you get out of your uniform I'll meet you in the lounge deal?" he looked down at her
"Deal!" she giggled running down the hall and into her room,
walking further into the house 2Dads looked in confusion when he spotted Mike's shirt on the floor and a woman's Navy shirt on the kitchen bench
"Mike?" he called out
"Hmm" a soft mumble came from the lounge
"Is that you?" 2Dads entered the lounge room his eyes widening
when he spotted Mike asleep near the fireplace with Kate in his arms a loose couch blanket thrown over there naked form
"Mm-hmm" he cleared his throat, Kate stirring slightly but not moving
"Mike!" he grabbed a pillow off the couch and threw it
"Wha…" Mike jumped up the pillow dropping off him to the floor
"Good afternoon sleepy heads" he crossed his arms
"2Dads?" his eyes widened when he sat up nudging Kate slightly
"Let me sleep…" she sighed pushing his hand away
"Kate… we have company" Mike nudged her again
"What?" she opened one eye to see 2Dads standing there, he held up a hand in a wave
"2Dads!" she sat up holding the blanket against her chest
"Kate" 2Dads looked at the roof
"Umm.. what.. what are you doing here?"
"2Dads picks Soph up on Wednesdays…" Mike answered
"Yes.. speaking of which she's just in her room so… maybe think about getting dressed"
"Yes.. right.. where's my shirt" Mike cleared his throat
"On the floor, I'll keep Soph at bay while you… fix this…" 2Dads pointed and moved up the hall towards Sophie's room.
Leaning in the doorway a few minutes later now dressed Kate smiled at the interaction between 2Dads and his god daughter sitting on the floor reading
"Am I interrupting?" she moved off the doorframe
"Mummy!" Sophie dropped her book and jumped up quickly running over to her
"Hey Jellybean" Kate lifted her into her arms
"What are you doing here?" he questioned
"I was discussing something with your Dad" she tried to hide her awkwardness when 2Dads arose from the floor
"You smell like him"
"Ah…"
"I'm just going to.." 2Dads moved out of the room shaking his head
"Speaking of which Jellybean I need to talk to you about something" Kate walked into the bedroom and stopped next to her bed
"Did I do something wrong?" she asked confused when Kate sat her down on the bed before moving to sit down herself
"No, it's about your Dads and I" Kate brushed a piece of loose hair behind her ear
"Are you getting a divorce?" she teared up
"What?"
"I heard you and Uncle Jellyfish talking about it…"
"Oh Jellybean" Kate shifted off the bed to knell in front of her
"I don't want to have to choose between you and Daddy"
"That isn't going to happen" Kate teared up herself
"But you don't do kissy face anymore, and people… who don't.. do.. that…" she began crying
"Sophie…" Kate moved forward wrapping her arms around her in a hug
"Everything okay in here?" Mike entered
"Will you please explain to your daughter that we aren't getting a divorce" Kate reluctantly moved back from hugging Sophie so Mike could move in,
"Soph, your Mum and I we aren't getting a divorce" Mike took up Kate's place after she left the room
"But… You don't do kissy face anymore" she wiped her nose
"As a matter of fact… Your Mum and I have done a lot of that today" Mike grinned
"Really?" her eyes widened
"Absolutely and we're even thinking of starting fresh"
"Fresh?"
"New town, new house, new…"
"Baby?"
"Possibly" Mike grinned at Sophie
"I promise things from now on will be way better then before"
"You promise?" she took a quick glance at 2Dads who was standing outside the door
"I promise, now why don't you do your reading with Uncle Leo while I go check on your Mum"
"Okay" she nodded,
Mike leaning in and kissing her cheek softly before moving to stand.
Standing in the kitchen Kate leant her hands against the bench her heart breaking at seeing how much this affected their little girl
"Kate?" Mike placed a hand on her back
"Oh I'm sorry…" she stepped back wiping the tears off her face
"Don't apologise" he pulled her into a hug
"I… I didn't realise it was affecting her so much" she mumbled into his chest
"Kids are resilient, she'll bounce back" Mike leant her chin on top of her head
"I put my own selfish needs against hers because I was too mad at you"
"Kate…"
"Maybe I'm not Mother material after all" she sniffled
"Don't even think that" Mike moved back to look at her
"Why not"
"Kate, this is a minor hiccup she'll get over it and as for the not being Mother material that is crap you're the best Mother I know, who was there when Sophie was rushed to hospital with a fever, who was there when she fell off her swing and split her head open, who was there when she lost her first tooth, when she said her first word"
"I…"
"The answer is you dummy, all over her milestones and mishaps you've been there right along the way and you've always been putting that little girl first" he wiped the tears off her cheeks
"I didn't.. I didn't notice how much this was effecting her and she was living with me"
"You've got to stop doing this to yourself every time something goes wrong okay, Soph she dosen't blame you neither do I so just…" he kissed her forehead and pulled her into another hug
"I'm sorry…" she gripped the back of his shirt tightly
"It's okay, I've spoken to Soph and 2Dads well he's having a chat with her as we speak"
"What? You let 2Dads talk with her?" she pulled her head back
"He's come a long way since we first met him Kate" he looked down at her
"Yeah.. I suppose he has" she smiled sadly
"Everything will be okay" he leaned down kissing her softly.
"You were right!!" Sophie squealed from the doorway pulling her parents apart from their kiss
"Told you Jellybean, nothing to worry about" 2Dads patted her back
"Come here you" Mike held his hand out
"Does this mean we can move back home?" Sophie jumped into Mikes arms
"I don't know, Mum what do you think?" Mike looked down at Mike
"I think…" Kate looked between Mike and Sophie "I think that is an excellent idea" she laughed when Sophie wrapped her free arm around Kate's head pulling her into a hug
"I've been waiting to do this forever!" she exaggerated when her Parent's squished her into a bear hug
"Me to Soph, me too" Mike winked across at Kate, neither noticing 2Dads having made a quite exit.
(I'm on a roll!! haha, got so much more to come so stay tuned not sure if I'll upload more tonight but who knows.. anyways next chapter will be a flash forward. enjoy Xx)