Sitting on the sun lounger Kate lent back against it the sun warm against her skin. She was wearing a long flowy white dress that was draping all over the sides of the chair. She could also feel they were skimming across the ocean her hair blowing in the breeze. But instead of a yacht the boat looked a lot like the patrol boats. Stretching out she felt the sun slightly dim. looking up she covered her eyes bocking out the sun she could see a figure stood next to her holding out a glass of Champaign

"your drink madam" he smiled

She couldn't actually see the face of the person standing next to her. He was wearing Navy officer smarts as he bent down to pass her the glass.

"thank you" she smiled sipping the drink she had just been handed.

The figure walked behind her placing his hands on her shoulders massaging the knots out. Leaning back against his hands she moaned softly he knew where to hit. Slowly his hands moved lower and he walked around standing in front of her crouching slowly out of the sunlight...

She woke with a start with her radio alarm blasting out Manic Monday by The Bangles. Leaning back against her pillow she let out a frustrated sigh, she was so close to finding out who it was haunting her dreams of the last few . It was always the same point she would wake up at just as he was about to reveal his face

"Everything alright" Nikki asked walking in

"fine" Kate sighed smacking the snooze button up to shut the radio up and stop it from taunting her

"sounds like somebody have a nice dream" Nikki grinned

"have you been listening at the door." Kate sighed grabbing her dressing gown

"no, I just got in heard you moaning in your sleep." she grinned "so who was it. One of the Hemsworth's?"

"no" Kate smiled

"Hugh Jackman?"

"no"

"umm Guy Pearce?" Nikki asked again

"no Nikki I never see they guys face. I always get woke up last minuet" she sighed walking in to the closet pulling her uniform out.

"well, if that isn't proof you need some, I don't know what is?"

"need some what?" Aimee's voice came from the door.

Kate turned to see both Aimee and Sovay standing in the door of her room in their school uniforms

"umm some new shampoo the one mummy is using is making her head itch" Kate said shooting Nikki a look pretending to scratch her head. "right let's get ready for school" she smiled heading them out of her room in to the kitchen.

"thanks for that" she mouthed as she walked out.

"your welcome now I am off to bed. I hate duty watch" she said walking up the stairs to her own room."

"night" Kate called walking towards the kitchen as she could hear the girls squabbling over the toy that was in the cereal box

"hey" Kate said reaching over both girls heads lifting it with ease from their hands.

"mum" they both cried turning around to face Kate

"right, who had it last time?" she sighed; it was the same battle every month

"Sovay did" Aimee said

"no I didn't you did" Aimee protested

"right well if you can't decide then you're going to have to have wheet-bix no toys in that" Kate said putting the little plastic toy on the side. "right be good I am only going to get dressed" Kate said heading back to her bedroom

Later that day Kate was sat in her office looking over at the patrol schedules she had just formatted for Commander Marshall. It had been just over a week since the whole puke gate with Sovay and after she had been off for the required time she was back in class and seemed to be settling in and making new friends. She was just going over the schedule for the third time making sure it was watertight and everything was right before she forwarded it to Marshall when there was a knock at her door. Looking up she was surprised to see Mike there in his DPNU's. She knew what this meant there was only one reason he would be in his DPNU's in NAVCOM when he would normally be wearing his whites.

"crash sail?" she said looking at him

"I am sorry. It's an emergency" he said sitting down in front of her. "search and rescue for a yacht that hasn't been seen for 3 days"

"its fine" she forced a smile "when do you leave" she asked

"as soon as I have seen Marshall" he said "i just wanted to tell you as I know we had plans"

"well, the navy has no sense of timing" she forced a smile walking round the front of her desk as he stood to leave.

He stepped towards her wrapping his arm around her waist pulling her in. Tucking a stray hair behind her ear he sighed resting his forehead against hers.

"stay safe" she whispered looking up in to his eyes

"i will" he said softly, brushing his thumb along her cheek.

Leaning up she teased him in to a deep kiss, it came as a shock to both of them she hadn't realised how much she liked him. Pulling away slightly she tried to avoid his gaze unsure of how she actually felt. How he felt, had she read the signals all wrong. I mean he had kissed her first, the previous week when Sovay had taken ill and up until she had the phone call informing her it looked like he was leaning in for that first kiss.

"Kate" he sighed softly stepping forward he could read where her mind was going.

"I..." she stammered her fingers lightly touching her lips "Fair winds"

"see you in a few days" he said softly placing his hand on her waist kissing her cheek before heading out.

Slipping out Kate stood on the side of the quay watching as Hammersley's huge ropes were lifted off the posts and hauled on to the deck and she slowly glided out in to the channel and the wider coral sea. She just hoped it was a simple mission and that he didn't try to be the hero and use the cowboy tactics she had heard floating around the building. Closing her eyes, she sent a silent prayer willing him to stay safe and come home.

so hope you like this and please let me know what you think.

who remembers the little toys you used to get in like rice crispies (think in oz they are rice pops?) or coco pops. i know i always used to argue with my twin over it. we had who's ever bowl it fell in to got it, then my sister got wise and dug them out or timed pouring her bowl so she would win the bit of tat.

also Manic Monday is one of my fav songs. seriously think i was born in the wrong decade as most of my music is 80s/90s hehe but hey thats all my mum would play in the car

enjoy x