The next morning Mike awoke stretching a little he turned to look at the spot on his right where Kate was sound asleep laying on her stomach looking at her bare back he remembered the passion they had shared earlier that morning, slowly moving to lay back down he wrapped his arm over her back as he rested on the pillow Kate shifted her head slightly as she opened her eyes
"Does it hurt?" Mike asked running his fingers along her scars
"It hurt when it happened but now I don't feel a thing" Kate replied softly struggling to keep her eyes open
"Yeah…" Mike said softly moving his hand up to caress her cheek
"What time is it?" she asked softly as she snuggled more into her pillow
"Just after 7" Mike replied moving his head closer so their faces were just inches apart
"Just 5 more minutes..." was her reply as she slowly drifted off to sleep again Mike couldn't help but grin as he placed a kiss against her lips a soft moan from her in response before he moved off the bed and pulled his pants on.
Hours later Kate grinned as she felt a cold hand on her back as it slowly moved up towards her neck she felt soft kisses against her back "Mm I could get used to this" she said slowly as she felt two pairs of hands move around her waist as they flipped her over a hand moved along her waist and caressed her breast as she felt a pair of lips against hers.
She was broken out of her trance when her phone began to ring, opening her eyes she looked next to her to see it was empty brushing the hair out of her face she reached for her phone as she placed it next to her ear
"Kate McGregor hello?" she replied wiping the sleep from her eyes
"Kate, sorry to wake you but we've been crash sailed" Nikki said through the phone
"Right um when do we sail?" Kate asked looking at her watch
"An hour" Nikki replied
"I'll be there in 15" Kate said moving to sit up as she pulled the sheet with her
"One more thing, I can't raise the CO" Nikki answered
"He's not on board?" Kate asked confused looking at the empty spot next to her
"I'm not sure I'll have a look and let you know when you get here" she said
"No worries, see you soon" Kate replied as the line went dead placing her phone back down on the bedside table she moved off the bed as she made her way towards the bathroom to have a shower.
Making her way along the dock Kate pulled her bag over her shoulder as she spotted Charge walking towards her
"Charge" Kate said as he saluted her
"Ma'am" he answered as they walked to the ship together
"How are you feeling this morning?" she asked noticing he had sunglasses on something that was unusual for him
"Honestly Ma'am you can say I wasn't expecting for us to get crash sailed" he answered grinning
"Like most of the crew I'm guessing" she said smirking
"It's fair to say that most of the crew might be a bit…",
"Hungover?" Kate asked interrupting him
"Not Hungover per say more like a little slow today" he replied as they stopped next to the ship
"Go freshen up Charge, get in first with Swaine for some painkillers because I have a feeling he will be rather packed today" she said shaking her head as she spotted Spider, ET and Buffer making their way towards the ship.
Walking through the corridor Kate entered her cabin placing her bag down before making her way onto the bridge
"Morning" she said smiling as she walked over to Nikki
"Hey, how was last night?" Nikki asked from her spot in the Captain's chair
"Sorry?" Kate asked confused
"You're walk? What are you talking about?" Nikki said softly
"Oh nothing, um it was good I went for a walk along the beach" she replied
"Have you seen the Boss this morning?" Nikki asked looking at Kate
"No, why would I?" she said quickly
"Are you alright Kate you seem very jumpy" Nikki replied confused
"Yeah I'm fine, um where's Swaine?" Kate asked
"Wardroom with the Boss" she said moving out of her seat
"So he's on board then?" Kate asked talking about the earlier conversation they had on the phone
"Yeah, slept in his cabin or so he says" Nikki said as Kate moved towards the exit
"Good, I'll go check in with him then" Kate said nodding before making a quick exit.
"Sir" Kate said knocking on the wardroom door
"X, good to see you're on board" Mike replied as he looked at her
"Nikki said we've been crash sailed?" Kate asked
"Yes we're going to bright island to pick up a passenger" Mike replied as Swaine cleared his throat
"I'll leave you to it" he said as he went to move
"No it's okay Swaine, um Sir can I have a word? In your cabin?" Kate asked hopeful
"Sure…" Mike said confused moving to stand as he made his way towards his cabin
"Oh Swaine you might want to get prepared a few of the crew are a bit… Hungover" Kate said grinning at him
"Yes Ma'am" Swaine replied as Kate made her way towards Mikes cabin.
"Yes X?" Mike asked as he entered his cabin
"You disappeared this morning…" Kate said as she stepped into his cabin pulling the curtain closed
"Well we were crash sailed" Mike replied sitting at his desk
"That's not what I meant" Kate answered looking at him sadly
"I don't think this is something we should be discussing on board" Mike said softly
"Of course not Sir, sorry" Kate answered as she moved to reach for the curtain Mike moved out of his chair to stop her
"When we get back to port, we'll talk" he said hopeful
"Ok…" Kate replied sadly as she pulled the curtain back
"One more thing Sir" she said standing in the doorway
"Yes?" he asked confused
"This passenger we're picking up from Bright Island would it happen to be Ursula Morell?" Kate asked crossing her fingers behind her back hoping he'd say no
"She has some business back in Cairns that she needs to attend the Navy have been tasked with picking her up" he replied watching her expression change
"Very good Sir…" Kate replied in a hurt voice
"Kate…" he said moving towards her
"I have to get back to the bridge Sir" Kate said as she moved back and made her way towards the bridge.
Past 3 months from where we left off:
3 months had passed since everything fell apart, Mike had left without a goodbye Kate tried to call him and the first few times she got through leaving him a message but after that it was saying was disconnected Kate took this as a sign that he didn't want to see or talk to her, Kate hadn't told anyone about the break up with Mike because it wasn't a so called break up it was more of him taking the cowards way out if they asked she just told them they were doing the long distance thing.
Commander Frost had given her a probation period to prove that she deserved to be here and Heather well she hasn't stopped teasing Kate about the whole 'sleeping with her teacher' thing she was definitely using it to her advantage and it didn't seem like it was going to stop anytime soon. Jake had moved back to Cairns with the drug bosses now in jail he was free to continue on as normal as long as he didn't go back to being a drug dealer or anything that was involved with the drug scene,
Kate was currently on 2 weeks leave and had been feeling depressed and sick since Mike left even the company of her own brother wasn't enough to make her feel better it was a different kind of hurt not like when her and Max broke up but like her heart had been shattered into a million pieces and she was never going to recover, she closed herself off from everyone and put all her time into studying and attending classes this was the only time anyone ever saw her.
Jake had picked her up early to take her out for the day in hopes she would open up to him about what was going on they drove to the beach and spent most of the day sitting on the sand talking about things but it wasn't until the sun started to set that Kate actually spoke about what was on her mind
"Jake…" she said softly as she laid down in the sand
"Yeah?" he asked looking at her
"I have to tell you something…" she replied sadly as she looked up at the sky
"I'm listening" he answered moving to lay next to her
"You know how these past 3 months I've kind of been…",
"Distant, closed off, depressed?" he said interrupting her
"Yeah those things well um…" she began saying as she started to tear up
"Mike left…" she continued as a tear rolled down her cheek and into the sand
"I know…" he replied as she looked at him confused
"You were only like this once before Kate and if I remember correctly it was because of a boy" he said reaching for her hand and interlocking it with his.
"This is different Jake, this is…",
"Real heartbreak" he said squeezing her hand
"I thought he was the one, I mean he brought an engagement ring and everything" Kate said softly
"What? If he was planning to propose why did he leave?" Jake asked confused
"There's something I didn't tell you about who Mike really was" Kate said as she moved to sit up
"What is it?" Jake asked confused as he moved to sit up also
"Mike was my teacher… We got caught and it was either we broke it off, or he'd be transferred and I'd get kicked out" she said as he looked at her confused
"But…",
"Yes I know your disappointed with me" she answered moving to stand
"Of course not! I just… was the decision for you to break up mutual?" he asked pulling himself up
"No, I went to his apartment and he had gone left a note and gave this to his neighbour" she said pulling out a box from her bag and handing it to him
"Is this?" he asked opening it up to reveal the engagement ring
"He said he wanted me to have it" she answered sadly
"Oh Katie…" Jake said placing the box back on her bag as he pulled her into a hug she broke down in his arms.
A few hours later as they made their way towards the car Kate stopped
"Is something wrong?" he asked as he turned to look at her
"There's something else" she said moving towards him
"There's more?" Jake asked confused as she grabbed her bag off him and dug around in it
"I'm scared Jake…" she replied as she passed him an envelope
"Whatever it is we can work it out" he said opening the envelope
"You really think so? Because I think this changes everything" Kate said softly as he pulled out a black and white photo
"Is this?" he asked
"I'm Pregnant…" Kate replied
"How long?" he asked staring at the photo
"2 months, if the test is correct then it would have been when he came with me to Mums" Kate replied sadly
"What are you going to do?" he asked passing the photo back to her
"I don't know" she answered placing the photo back in the envelope
"Well whatever you decide, I'll be here to support you" he said pulling her into a hug before they continued towards the car.
To add a bit more drama I added Kate ending up Pregnant although I had always planned to add that.. Um, I'm not sure what will happen yet in my next Chapter so I hope you all enjoy this one. Much Love Xx