"Kate you right?" Nikki watched her confused 3 hours after they sailed
"I'm just feeling a little motion sickness..." she leaned against the side wall when Hammersley hit another wave
"What are you talking about? You don't get motion sickness" Nikki protested
"I know but I have been away for a month Nik"
"You sure it's not something else maybe something you ate?"
"What? The fresh banana and toast I had for breakfast"
"Is this an actual banana or…"
"Very funny" Kate rolled her eyes
"Maybe your gluten intolerant, I had a friend when I was young who'd eat bread all the time and get sick they didn't know why until she was 16"
"Nikki I have toast every morning"
"Okay.. well maybe, maybe your pregnant" she blurted out
"Pregnant? No surely not I mean..." Kates eyes widened
"I was just kidding"
"You don't think.. I mean..."
"Swain!" they both yelled out at the same time moving up the hall towards the wardroom
"Yes?" he grinned widely turning to see them fighting for room in the doorway
"You got any.. you know.." Nikki struggled
"Any?"
"Come on there's female crew on board surely you'd have some…" she motioned with her hands
"Oh.. oh! You mean..." he dug around in his cupboard pulling out pregnancy kit
"Yeah that's it" Nikki grinned
"Is it for you or..." he looked across at Kate nervously
"Ah..."
"It's for me, you know gotta rule these things out" Kate snatched the test off him quickly
"For you?" he raised an eyebrow
"Don't ask questions Swain, Kate's the CO now she can punish you for a very long time" Nikki laughed pushing Kate towards her cabin
"Duly noted" he held a hand up
"Thanks Swain!" Kate called down the hall.
"So you gonna take it now?" Nikki questioned entering the cabin after her a few minutes later
"Oh… no not now…"
"Kate you can't keep putting it off"
"Nikki I'm not Pregnant, I can't be Pregnant" she threw the test down on her desk
"I'm sorry but are you entirely sure you know just how 'sex' works?"
"Very funny"
"Unprotected, protected it's still possible"
"Okay, I don't need the run down I know perfectly well it can happen" Kate sighed taking up the seat at her desk
"Is…" she paused slightly
"What?" she questioned watching Nikki close the door before moving over to sit on her rack
"Is having kids something you want?"
"Nikki…"
"I get it's only been a few months since you and Mike were able to go public and that in it's self was pretty scary"
"Well yeah…"
"And I get that! But your marrying the guy I mean kids would be on the table pretty soon right? So why not start now"
"It's not as simple as your making it sound"
"Why not?"
"Working in the Navy and having a kid it's not…"
"My Dad was in the Navy and he managed"
"Yes but your Dad isn't the one who would be pregnant on a warship"
"You won't really know unless you take the test" she reached across picking up the box and opening it
"What if it is positive?"
"Then it's something you discuss with Mike and if it's Negative I'm sure he won't mind trying" she grinned holding out the test
"I have so much paperwork I need to do…"
"It will only take ten minutes"
"You…"
"I will stay right here" she nodded knowing what she was trying to say,
sighing softly Kate grabbed the test from Nikki and made her way over to her bathroom closing the door
"This really is rather embarrassing" Kate called from the bathroom
"And I'm sure you'd do the exact same thing for me" she grinned reading the back of the Pregnancy kit.
...
Sitting at his desk Mike placed his finished folder in the tray
"Ah Flynn how's it holding up?" Marshall questioned entering his office
"Um pretty good Sir, I thought you were in Sydney?"
"Important meeting this morning and from what I hear NAVCOM's Captain and Hammersley's CO are to be wedded in two days" he smiled sitting across from him
"Yes, yes we are"
"Are you excited, nervous?"
"Honestly?"
"Please" he nodded
"I'm shitting myself; it's just all so rushed and I want it to be perfect… if not for me at least for Kate"
"Mike, Kate would marry you anywhere, anytime she really wouldn't care if it's not perfect"
"You only get married once Steve, it has to be perfect"
"And from my understanding getting married on Hammersley's boat deck is Kate's definition of perfect"
"You think?" he shifted back in his chair
"Absolutely in the moment all that will matter is you and Kate"
"Yeah I suppose part of you is right it's just…"
"Your worried something is going to go wrong?"
"So much has happened, Maxine, Kate getting shot, my promotion not happening and then happening"
"Mike…" he sighed leaning forward "I get that this is all so… dramatic"
"Hey I work in the Navy for a living" Mike grinned getting a chuckle off Steve in return
"Yes I suppose in our line of work everything is truly over the top dramatic"
"Exactly"
"Don't let the worry of what could happen stop you from living in the moment and making a new future"
"I suppose your right" he nodded
"Of course I am, now about the wedding give me some details"
"Details Sir?"
"You know place, dress code" "
Ah well as the invitations stated last month it's on the Hammersley boat deck and the reception will be on the beach afterwards and the dress code is just formal I'll be in my whites but"
"And Kate she's picked out a dress?"
"Yeah with the help of Nikki, spent the entire day last shore leave going to the wedding boutiques around Cairns"
"Women and there shopping hey" he smirked
"From my understanding Kate was rather picky when it came to her dress wanted something that well… that represented her personality"
"And that's not her wearing her whites just like you?" he teased
"Apparently not" he smiled softly
"And do I bring a present or not?"
"Oh no, Kate and I we don't want people making a fuss"
"A fuss? Mike it's your wedding day people are entitled to make a fuss"
"Yeah well…" he began saying when his office phone started ringing
"Sorry…" he sighed reaching for the phone
"All good, I'll catch up with you later" he nodded arising from his seat,
placing the phone next to his ear "Mike Flynn" he answered into the phone when his door clicked shut indicating Marshall had left
"Flynn, I knew a Flynn once tall dark very handsome"
"Very funny, how can I help soon to be Mrs Flynn?" he smiled hearing her voice
"Just checking in, how's things on land?"
"As good as can be expected you know paperwork everywhere and Marshall dropping by asking questions about the wedding"
"Marshall's in town?" she questioned nervously
"Yep now what's the real reason for your call?" he sensed her holding back
"Well I…" she looked across at Nikki who was nodding
"Kate? Is everything okay?"
"I just wanted to tell you I love you"
"That's why you called?"
"Yeah…"
"Well I love you too beautiful but I've really gotta go, talk later?"
"Sure"
"Stay safe"
"Always" she nodded placing the phone back down;
"Why didn't you tell him?" Nikki huffed when Kate turned to face her
"I don't know…"
"Kate…"
'CO to the bridge, CO to the bridge'
"Would you look at that I'm needed elsewhere" Kate quickly moved from her chair opening her cabin door
"Avoiding the situation isn't going to make it go away" Nikki sighed arising to stand
"I will tell him.. just not over the phone" she smiled sadly
"You never were one for straightforwardness" she sighed looking across at the Pregnancy test
"Come on…" Kate waved a hand out of her cabin
"Yeah, yeah I'm coming" she moved past her towards the bridge,
taking a look back at the test Kate instinctively rested a hand on her abdomen with the words
'Positive' lighting up the little screen on the test she quickly closed her cabin door and followed after Nikki.
Sorry its a short chapter and that I haven't uploaded for awhile but I've been going through a bit I had to put my dog Bella down on the 19th. She had a big wound and the vet couldn't tell us how it happened but she had further injuries, malnourished, blind, her kidneys were failing too. Unfortunately she's crossed the rainbow bridge and I've been struggling, anyway hope you like this short update Xx
