Dutchy sat awkwardly watching on as Rosie opened her present, he couldn't figure out why Rosie had said Mike and Kate were getting back together, mind you he hadn't really had the talk with Kate about whether or not they were dating?

Dutchy dismissed himself as he headed to the bathroom leaving Kate alone with Mike and Rosie.

"Why is he here again?" Rosie asked hands on her hips, Kate giggled she looked like a smaller version of herself

"Rosie! We don't ask those sort of questions" Mike said angrily

"But you were kissing this morning why aren't you back together?" she said not knowing Dutchy was listening in

"Because your Mother and I don't like each other that way" Mike said leaning against the bench

"That's not what I saw this morning"

"Your Dad and I will always love each other but not the same way as it used to be" Kate said trying to make her see sense

"But why him" she asked pointing in the direction of the bathroom

"Because I love him" Kate said smiling as Mike smiled at her

"Your Mother is happy and you need to respect that" Mike said raising his voice

"She's not my Mother if she's with him…" Rosie said as she watched Kate's heart shatter

"Rosie…" Kate said moving towards her

"No!" she said yelling at Kate as she ran upstairs to her bedroom.

"I thought we were making progress" Mike said softly

"I should go…" Kate said as she moved out of the kitchen

"I'll talk to her..." Mike said assuring her. Dutchy made his way out of the bathroom and back into the kitchen

"Are we leaving?" he asked surprised

"Yeah, I'm a bit tired…" Kate said lying

"Ok… Thanks for the coffee Mike" he said smiling as he followed Kate towards the front door

"Sure thing, and Kate don't worry…" he said as he watched them leave.

Mike closed the door behind them and growled he had never been angrier at Rosie than what he was right now…

The car ride back to Dutchy's was quite, Kate didn't say anything the entire drive she just stared out the window the whole time as she silently let the tears fall. Making their way inside Dutchy couldn't stand it anymore

"Kate… we can't see each other" he said as he placed her car keys down

"What?" she said surprised as he wouldn't turn to face her

"I'm not going to stand in the way of you having a relationship with Rosie" he said now turning to face her

"What are you going on about?" she said wrapping her arms protectively around her waist

"I heard what Rosie said"

"You were eavesdropping?" Kate said now crossing her arms

"No I overheard, Rosie needs a Mother and I'm not going to be the reason she doesn't have one" he said looking at the floor

"Dylan, I love you why are you doing this?" Kate said making her way over to him she placed a hand on his

"You should go…" he said pulling away, Kate stood her ground as she tried to figure out what was happening "Now Kate! Get out of my house…" he said yelling at her, Kate picked up her car keys and handbag

"I'll never understand you!" she said yelling back at him

"I'm trying to save you from losing your daughter again" he said softly as he watched her open the door

"It's my decision not yours! I love you I want to be with you" Kate said hoping he'd change his mind

"I don't want to be with you, I don't love you!" he said instantly regretting what he just said "Kate I…"

"Well... I'm glad I found out now before it was too late" she said walking out of his house and slamming the door behind her

"SHIT!" Dutchy yelled as he fell against the wall.

Kate made her way inside after arriving home, placing her keys down she made her way into the kitchen as she pulled out two bottles of Vodka from her handbag she had brought on her way home placing them on the bench she threw her handbag on the chair, crossing her arms she placed her head on the bench as she eyed off the Vodka,

Was it a wise idea getting drunk?

After everything?

"Fuck it" she thought after finally telling Dutchy how she felt, spending the most amazing 12hours with him for him to just walk away in order to protect her relationship with Rosie what an arsehole Kate thought as she screwed the lid off one of the bottles and took a big swig from the bottle, gritting her teeth as the liquid burnt as it made its way down her throat.

Making her way into the lounge she sat on the couch as she turned on her TV there was a knock at the door, sculling half the bottle she placed it down as she arose from the couch and made her way towards the door, looking through the peep hole she was surprised to see Mike standing on the other side

"I'm not in the mood Mike" Kate yelled through the door

"Just five minutes" he said softly, Kate sighed and opened the door allowing him to move inside.

Kate made her way over and sat back on the couch grabbing the bottle of Vodka off the table

"What do you want Mike?" she said taking a sip

"Where' Dutchy?" he asked confused

"Probably at his house, hopefully in pain!" Kate said sculling the rest of the vodka before making her way into the kitchen for the other bottle

"I think you've had enough" Mike said taking it off her

"You're not the boss of me! Neither is Dutchy so both just back off" she said pulling the bottle back off him but it slipped out of his hands and fell to the ground smashing, glass flying everywhere.

"Now look what you've done!" she said bending down to pick up the glass, picking up a large piece she cut her hand

"Come here" Mike said moving her past the glass and over to the sink, turning the tap on he moved Kate's under the water as he did so she began to cry softly

"What happened? You were so happy this morning and now you're getting drunk at lunchtime" Mike said reaching for a bandage in the cupboard next to the sink.

"Dutchy happened, he broke up with me I guess you would call it that" Kate said confused, Mike looked at her completely confused as he moved her hand out from under the tap and dried it off

"He said he overheard Rosie, didn't want to stand in my way of getting to know her" Kate said hissing in pain as Mike started wrapping her cut with the bandage.

"What?" he said as he taped down the bandage

"Well, his loss I guess" Kate said smiling weakly at him

"Kate he's crazy about you" Mike said watching her lift herself up to sit on the bench

"Apparently not" Kate said shrugging her shoulders.

"I'll talk to him"

"Please don't" Kate said interrupting him

"Ok, ok I won't but I will clean this up" he said grabbing the broom from the cupboard.

Mike left Kate's just after dinner he stayed with her until she calmed down and made sure she had something to eat, they may not be together in that way but he did care about her no matter what happened between them.

He told Kate he'd stay out of it but he couldn't help himself he just hated the thought of her getting hurt, marching up the pathway to Dutchy's house he pressed to doorbell and waited for an answer as Dutchy opened the door he punched him right in the face knocking him to the ground

"What the hell Mike" Dutchy said holding his bleeding nose

"That was for Kate!" he said shaking his hand as he turned around to walk off back to the car, Dutchy arose from the ground holding his head back trying to stop the blood as he made his way back inside.

Kate stirred as she heard her phone ringing looking across at her alarm clock it read 1:00am reaching for her pone she placed it next to her ear and answered in a groggy voice

"Kate McGregor, hello?" Mike's voice was through the other end

"Sorry to do this to you Kate, but we've been crash sailed" he said softly

"When do we sail?" she asked sitting upright in bed

"02:30 hours" Mike said through the phone

"Ok, I'll be there in 20" Kate said hanging up the phone and arising from her bed and made her way to the bathroom.

Kate arrived at the docks just after Mike pulled up "Mike!" Kate called out as she made her way over to him "So what's on the agenda this time" she said as they walked towards Hammersley

"A ship called the Sea orchid has been intercepted with no personal on board" he said looking over at her expression

"Then how did the ship end up in the middle of the Arafura?" Kate said confused

"That's what were on our way to find out" he said as they walked across the gangway.

Dutchy made his way onto the bridge as the rest of the crew made their way on board "Everyone is accounted for except the X, Sir" he said not knowing Kate was already on board

"The X is already on board Dutchy" he said pointing to Kate in the Navigators chair, "Close up cable party's" he said looking out to Sea

"Yes Sir" Dutchy said as the X reached for the radio

"Cable Party's close up, stage 3 condition voyage" she said as she placed the radio back down.

"Whoa! Dutchy what happened to your face?" 2Dad's said as he made his way onto the bridge,

Kate turned around in her chair to look at Dutchy he had a swollen nose and it was bruised badly from the top to the bottom of his eyes Kate looked sadly at him as he turned away to avoid her

"Nothing…" he said making his way off the bridge.

Kate looked back out at Sea as they pulled out of Port this was going to be a long Patrol and she didn't know how much she could take being in such close quarters with Dutchy after what happened between them…