Kate awoke early the next morning she didn't get much sleep not with her Daughter only metres away in the spare bedroom, pulling on her dressing gown she made her way downstairs making her way into the kitchen she saw Rosie sitting at the bench looking at the collage Kate had made

"Morning…" Kate said softly as she moved opposite side of the bench

"Did you make this?" Rosie asked with tears in her eyes

"Yeah..." Kate said softly not sure how she was going to react

"Where did you get all the photos? I mean there's one of me every year" Rosie said placing it down as she wiped away the tears

"Maxine, collected one for me every year" Kate said smiling at her

"Why did you leave?" Rosie blurted out

"I had to, I didn't have a choice" Kate said softly

"We could have come with you, I was 7 and I needed my Mother" Rosie said as tears began to fall down her cheeks

"I couldn't put you and your Father in danger, I was on the run for my life I'm not going to tell you why but know that I never wanted to leave you or your Father" Kate said leaning over the bench and placing her hands on Rosie's.

"But you did for 7 years" Rosie said looking over at Kate

"Come with me" Kate said moving around the bench and holding her hand out

"Where are we going?" Rosie asked as she took Kate's hand.

Kate led her upstairs to her bedroom moving into the cupboard she pulled a loose floorboard up and pulled out a box.

"Here" Kate said handing it to her

"What's this?" she asked confused

"Hopefully some answers" Kate said smiling as they moved towards her bed, Rosie looked at her for a second before taking the lid off and tipping the contents of the box out of the bed.

Several things fell out photos, little trinkets, a blue scarf, a pair of ruby red shoes and more photos that looked like surveillance photos

"What's all this?" Rosie asked as she picked up the shoes

"Each year I'd come back in secret too see your Dad and you, he didn't know I looked on from afar. These shoes I brought for you before I left I didn't get to give them to you and this scarf was the last thing Mike gave me as a gift for getting Promoted to CO of Hammersley" Kate said as she wiped away a stray tear

"But you didn't get to start as CO"

"No I didn't because I had to leave" Kate said weakly, Kate went to speak again as there was a knock at the door

"I'll be back" Kate said as she shifted off the bed and made her way downstairs.

Kate opened the door to Mike standing on the other side "She's upstairs first door on the right" Kate said as she moved aside to let him in. Kate followed him upstairs but was confused when he stopped right in the doorway in shock

"What's wrong?" Kate asked as he watched Rosie with a blank stare

"Those clothes…" he said softly

"Oh um… she didn't have anything to sleep in so I gave them to her" Kate said hoping that was ok

"She looks just like you…." Mike said looking at Rosie who was completely distracted by the contents of the box to even notice us her Dad was here.

"I remember that shirt, could never get you to wear anything else to bed" Mike joked looking back at Kate

"I'll have you know that P!nk is the best singer out there" Kate laughed as Mike couldn't help but smile at her

"Besides, you gave me that shirt" Kate said looking back at Rosie, feeling Mikes eyes on her as she did so.

Kate made her way downstairs to leave Mike to it, moving the collage off the bench she was surprised when she saw Mike standing watching her

"I thought you were with Rosie" she said surprised

"I saw your box of stuff" Mike said smiling weakly

"Mike I came back year after year but…" Kate said as he moved towards her

"You couldn't come out of hiding" he said softly

"There was one time…" Kate said softly making Mike stop "I saw you and Rosie at the park, I left a Rose on her bag" Kate said as a tear fell down her cheek

"That was you?" he said surprised as Kate nodded

"I was hoping you'd kind of know it was me" Kate said smiling at him.

"I had a hunch, seeing as when Rosie was little you'd always buy roses" Mike said moving closer to her

"I want to get to know her Mike, if she's ok with it if you're ok with it…" Kate said standing near the bench placing one hand on it,

"I'm ok with it…" Mike said placing his hand on hers as he did so he pulled the blue scarf he had taken from her box of things out of his pocket

"So you kept this?" he said smiling

"Why wouldn't I? It's the last thing you gave me" she said smiling.

Mike grabbed both ends of the scarf and wrapped it around her waist as he pulled her flush against him

"What are you doing…" Kate said confused as she looked into his eyes

"Kissing you…" he said leaning down, Kate was hesitant and pulled back slightly before thinking what the heck and interlocking her lips with his in a Passionate kiss.

It was like no time had passed Mike moved his hand from her waist to her cheek as he smiled against her lips, however neither one of them felt the spark that was there all those years ago…

They pulled away as they heard a cough "I'm totally ok with it by the way" Rosie said smiling as her Parent's tried to hide their embarrassment.

"Um… How long have you been there?" Mike asked as he kept a hand on Kate's waist

"Long enough to not be able to un see that" she said laughing

"Omg…" Kate said under her breathe as she moved out of Mike's embrace and headed upstairs to get dressed.

Kate sat on her bed trying to go over what just happened, she had been wanting to kiss Mike since she came back but when he kissed her she didn't feel anything no spark, she was startled as she heard Mike's voice

"Kate…" he said softly watching as she broke out of her trance

"Yeah…" Kate said as he entered closing the door behind him

"You felt it too?" she said as he sat next to her

"Yeah, well rather I didn't feel anything" he said looking sadly at her

"Me either…" she said confused

"I think maybe… we've both moved on" he said smiling weakly at her

"Yeah I don't think I realised that until…"

"Now…" he said agreeing with her "I'll agree to be friends and co-parent's if you follow your heart" Mike said watching Kate expression change

"Co-parents?"

"Yeah Rosie needs her Mum" Mike said smiling

"Then I agree to the same" Kate said smiling as she arose from the bed

"So… you going to go get him?" Mike said as he smiled

"Who?" she asked confused

"Dutchy, I know about what happened between you two and I'm not mad" Mike said arising from the bed "I guess the heart wants what the heart wants and if he's good to you then that's all I care about" he said pulling her into a hug

"It might be too late" Kate said softly.

"Why?" Mike asked confused

"I told him I was still in love with you"

"And?"

"I love with you for giving me our daughter but I'm not in love with you…" Kate said hugging Mike back.

Both of them knowing that the kiss they shared made them finally realise that the people they were in love with wasn't each other…