Still in Past:
"Have you told Mike?" Jake asked as they were driving back to The Navy base
"I called, I texted, I called some more and his number is disconnected" Kate replied resting her arm on the doorframe
"Will you keep it?" he asked a little hopeful
"Where am I going to raise a baby at base? I can't exactly take one to class everyday" Kate answered sadly
"Do you want to keep it?" he asked
"I don't know if I can look at someone face every day who will remind me of someone who broke my heart" Kate replied confused
"But…" Jake asked looking at her before focusing back on the road
"This baby is part me, and I'm scared that one I meet it I'm not going to be able to help myself but fall in love with it" Kate answered
"As strange as this sounds I can always raise the baby while you do school" he said hopeful
"You? Raising a baby?" she asked confused
"I raised you didn't I" he said smirking at her
"I'm 18 Jake what do I know about being a parent?" Kate said sadly
"But together we'll have enough experience between the two of us" he replied smiling
"I'm lucky to have you" Kate said nudging his arm slightly
"I'll be here to support you, whether you decide to keep it or not" he said reaching a hand over as he grabbed hers
"Did I mention I'm kind of excited to be an uncle?" he said squeezing her hand
"It's written all over your face at how much you want this to happen" Kate said smirking
"You're going to have to let Mum know" he said softly
"I know but I haven't made a decision yet, so there's no point" Kate said letting go of his hand
"What's your heart telling you to do?" he asked knowing she listens to her heart more than her head
"My heart is telling me I really want this baby, and my head is saying what if I never get the chance again, what if this is my one shot?" she said looking at him sadly
"You'd make a great Mother" he said winking at her "You really think so?" she asked softly
"I know so" he said reassuring her.
Present:
Hammersley was about 20 minutes away from Bright Island when Kate was manning the bridge her phone started to ring, Swaine and Nikki looked around before saying
"Not mine" as Kate pulled hers out of her pocket
"Sorry I've got to take this" Kate said moving out of the Captain's chair as Nikki nodded
"Navigator has the bridge" she said as Kate moved towards the hatch she placed the phone next to her ear
"Hi baby" she answered as she made her way out
"Baby?" Nikki said looking at Swaine confused
"Don't look at me" he said grinning.
Out on deck Kate was sitting in the lookout chair as a soft voice replied through the phone
"Happy birthday for yesterday Mummy!" he said softly as Kate smiled thanks
"Thanks Baby, are you being good for Grandma?" Kate asked through the phone
"We got Macca's for breakfast" he replied loudly
"Oh wow! Your lucky aren't you" Kate said softly through the phone
"Guess what!" he said in reply
"What?" Kate said excited
"It's my birthday tomorrow!" he said laughing
"I know! How old are you turning 3?" Kate said grinning
"No Mummy I'm a big boy now I'll be 5!" he yelled
"There's no way my little boy is turning 5 tomorrow" Kate replied laughing
"When will you be back?" he asked sadly
"Hopefully tonight baby, can you put Grandma on for me?" she asked
"Ok, love you Mummy" he said snickering into the phone
"I love you too Buddy" she replied smiling widely.
"Katherine I thought you were home for the next week?" she asked as the phone was handed to her
"I know we got crash sailed, I should be home tonight" Kate replied sadly
"Logan was really looking to seeing his Mum for his birthday" she said through the phone
"I'll be home before tomorrow until then just make yourself comfortable, spare keys in the pot plant" Kate answered sadly
"You sure you've got room for us to stay?" she asked
"Absolutely, I didn't rent a place with a spare room for nothing" Kate said softly
"XO to the bridge, XO to the bridge at the rush" was heard through the phone
"I guess that's your que" her Mum replied
"Yeah, I'll see you guys tonight" Kate said moving off the lookout chair
"Stay safe Katherine" her Mum said through the phone
"I will, give Logan a hug for me" she said moving towards the hatch
"Will do" her Mum answered before the line went dead.
"Sir?" Kate asked as she entered the bridge
"Man the bridge X, I'll be taking this one" he said as he moved towards the exit
"Yes Sir" Kate answered reaching for the intercom
"Hands to Boarding stations, Hands to Boarding stations" she said before placing it back down
"Very good" Mike replied as he left the bridge
"Full Astern both Engines Swaine" Kate replied
"Full Astern both engines Ma'am" Swaine answered as he did what he was told.
A few minutes later Kate watched the RHIB crash along the water as it headed towards Bright Island
"X?" Nav said as she indicated for her to follow up on deck
"Swaine, you have the bridge" Kate said following Nikki
"Yes Ma'am" he said as Kate followed Nikki up on deck,
"Do you think he knew it was her?" Nikki asked looking through the binoculars
"It's bright island who else would it be?" Kate said smirking at her
"So baby huh?" Nikki said turning to face her
"That's why you called me up here?" Kate asked moving to stand next to her
"Partly, I also wanted to spy on the Boss" Nikki said laughing
"It's not what you're thinking" Kate said leaning against the railing
"What that you've got some secret boyfriend" Nikki said nudging her slightly
"Yeah right…" Kate said sighing
"You can tell me Kate I mean we're friends aren't we?" she asked hopeful
"You barely spoke to me when I first started on board" Kate said confused
"Sorry about that" Nikki said sadly
"It's okay, but we're friends now right?" Kate asked smiling at her
"Yeah of course, best friends" Nikki said softly
"So if I told you something you wouldn't tell anyone?" Kate asked as the RHIB began making its way back to the boat
"I don't do gossip Kate" she replied
"Yeah…" Kate answered as the RHIB stopped next to the boat
"So? You going to tell me?" she asked as Mike and Ursula made their way along the deck
"Maybe another time" Kate said softly seeing Mike place his hand on Ursula's back
"Kate!" Nikki yelled as she made a quick escape back to the bridge.
"X, how long until we reach home port?" Mike asked as she passed him in the corridor
"7 hours Sir" Kate replied stopping to face him
"Very good, are you manning the bridge?" he asked
"My watch is finished Sir, Swaine and Charge are up there" she said desperately wanting to leave the conversation
"Um Kate… we have a few things to discuss when we get back to port, can I meet you for a drink?" he asked hopeful
"I have plans with someone" Kate replied as Mike sighed
"After?" he asked again
"Maybe some other time Sir…" Kate said moving towards her cabin as she turned to see Mike talking and looking very cosy with Ursula, Kate began feeling physically sick.
7 hours later Hammersley pulled into home port after doing everything that needed to be done Kate made her way along gangway as Nikki ran after her
"Kate McGregor! You and I are not finished out conversation" Nikki said grabbing her arm to stop her
"Nikki I have to go…" Kate answered softly
"Is there something wrong?" Nikki asked as Kate turned to look at Mike who was standing on the deck watching her
"No its….",
"MUMMY!" someone yelled before Kate could continue as a little boy was running towards them Nikki looked at Kate confused as Mike watched on from the deck surprised when Kate knelt down as the little boy jumped into her arms and hugged her tightly.
"Who's this?" Nikki asked as Kate arose with the little boy in her arms
"Nikki, this is my baby Logan" Kate said softly as Logan hugged his Mum tightly
"This is baby?" she asked grinning as Kate nodded
"Logan this is my friend Nikki" she continued saying as Logan turned to face Nikki he smiled
"Your pretty" he said grinning
"Well thank you Logan, it's a pleasure to meet you" she said smiling as he extended his hand to shake hers as a woman made her way over
"Katherine" she said hugging her carefully
"Nikki this is my Mum" she said introducing them as Kate turned to look at where Mike was seeing he had disappeared
"So this is the thing you wanted to tell me?" Nikki asked softly
"Yeah, I'm sorry it's not exactly how I wanted you to meet" Kate answered brushing the hair out of Logan's face as he rested his head against Kate shoulder while still hugging her
"Why the big secret?" Nikki asked as they began to walk towards the carpark
"I don't know, he doesn't live with me because of the Navy so I guess I didn't want people to feel sorry for me or judge me for the choices I've made" Kate replied as she shifted to get a better grip of Logan who wasn't willing to let go of his Mum
"No one would ever think or do that" Nikki said sadly
"I get your trying to be nice Nikki but it's more complicated than you know" Kate said sadly
"Try me" she answered stopping to look at her
"I…" Kate began saying as she spotted Mike making his way over
"Another time" she said before quickly walking off
"X!" Mike yelled as he stopped next to Nav
"Sir…" Nikki said sadly as he turned to look at her
"Who was that?" Mike asked confused
"Oh that's Kate's son Logan" Nikki said watching as his expression changed
"A son?" he asked confused
"Yes Sir…" Nikki answered watching the way he was looking at Kate as she walked off Logan waved at them and smirked.
Just a few notes:
Kate kept the baby, Next Chapter when I go back into the Past I'll probably skip forward to Kate going into Labour. Jake helped Kate raise her son and when he passed he went to live with her mum, when Kate went back home for Jakes funeral her son was staying with kates Auntie (Kate's mum sister) because she didn't want her son having to go to a funeral at such a young age. Kate doesn't have custody of her son because she figured it was best having him live in a stable home where he wouldn't be constantly moving around or kate having to find someone to watch him while she was at sea.