Chapter 26
For the past 3 weeks things had been going well for all of them. Wo Fat had yet to make any appearances into their lives. Since then Steve had made sure that if he investigated Wo Fat it was done with only his task force knowing about it.
Evie was settling into school and starting to enjoy Hawaii and not think as much about her mother. Steve had emailed Evie's mother and told her his terms, that she would have to come to Hawaii, not see her without Steve agreeing or it being just them two. He also told her that if she did plan on leaving and not speaking to Evie again she told her face to face. But since the email Steve had yet to hear back if she was going to come to Hawaii and follow his rules or not. They had finally finished Evie's room which gave each of the kids there own space where they could do what they wanted and be by themselves.
Steve was running late from work and told Cath he would meet her for dinner. When he finally made it to the restraunt Cath was already sitting there waiting for him to come.
"Sorry I am late." Steve said walking up behind Cath giving her a kiss.
"Don't worry about it, you're here now. How has your day been?" Cath replied.
"It has been a good day, we have just finished a case. How has your day been?"
"I have something to talk to you about." Cath said, it was not the answer that Steve had expected to here. Last time this conversation had happened it was about him finding out she had children.
"Can I take your order?" The waiter came over to ask.
Why did he have to come now. I had just got the confidence to tell him.
Once he talk the order he walked away leaving them the chance to talk about what Cath wanted to tell them.
"What was it you wanted to talk to me about?" Steve asked.
"My CO came to see me today...he asked me, well more like commanded me, to go back on the Enterprise for a 3 month period." Cath said, not looking at Steve.
"Here are your drinks." The waiter said, Steve and Cath were both starting to think that they he didn't want them to have a conversation because every time they tried to talk he would interrupt them.
"They asked you to go back?" Steve asked once the waiter had left.
"Well it was more a nice order." Cath replied.
"What did you say?" Steve asked, he was unsure what was happening and what she would say.
"I told him that I promised my kids I wouldn't go away, he said but this is my job and that it will be once and while he is my CO he will make sure that this would be my last time at sea."
"Then you have to go."
"I understand that, but Jay and Chelsea re going to kill me."
"I understand that but this will be the last one time and after that you don't have to go to sea again."
"I know but I promised them that when I came home it would be for good and I wouldn't leave them again."
"Well I don't think you have much choice. When we have finished here we can go home and tell them together. It is only 3 months and then you will be back and we can be back together." Steve said, he was being really calm about this, he didn't really understand how much this would hurt his kids and how much they would hate her for it.
Later that night when they got home the kids were still up watching a DVD.
"Chelsea, Jay can I have a word in the kitchen." Cath asked when they film was just about finished.
They both got up and made their way into the kitchen. Cath knew by looking on the faces of her kids that this was going to be one the hardest things she would ever have to do.
"Before I tell you what I am about to tell you, I am really sorry about this, I don't want to do it but I have to." Cath said.
Both Chelsea and Jay looked at her confused. "Mom what's going on?" Chelsea asked.
"I spoke to my CO this morning. He is sending me back out on the Enterprise for 3 months in two days." Cath said. "I don't want to go but I have to he has promised me it would be last time going to sea.
"Are you kidding me?" Chelsea said standing up from her seat at the table. "Are you seriously kidding me right now. You promised us you never had to go out to sea again, you told me that you were back for good. You do what you always do, you come, you leave and then you lie to us, I can't believe you."
"Jay?" Cath asked, he was just looking down at the table.
"Don't even think that I am going to say anything right now, everything Chelsea has just said is true, you promised us and then you lied." Jay said still sitting at the table.
"I am going out." Chelsea said as she made her way back through the living room and out the front door before anyone could stop her.
Cath tried to follow Chelsea but by the time Jay had finished speaking Chelsea had already gone.
"Where are you going?" Cath asked Jay as he made his way to the door.
"To find my sister, because unlike you I don't plan on leaving." Jay said, that was like Cath getting a knife in the heart. Both of her kids hated her in that moment, both of them didn't want to be in the same house at her.
Meanwhile...
Jay looked at all the places that Chelsea would go and couldn't think of anywhere else. He had phoned George and his phone had rang out. He knew that if he wasn't answering his phone Chelsea was probably be with him. He just wanted to know his sister was alright. When George did reply he found out this they were down at the beach and he could come and join them. Jay made his way over to the beach and just sat down next to Chelsea and just joined her and George watching the night time sea.
"I will speak to you later. Call me if you need me again." George said getting up and giving Jay and Chelsea time to talk.
"Thank you." Chelsea said leaning up to give George a hug.
"Why can't we just be enough for her?" Chelsea asked Jay.
"I know, she promised us, why can't she just for once do something that is good for us." Jay replied. He pulled of his jacket and put it around his sister shoulders and left his arm around her neck so she could put her head on his shoulder.
"She came back and ruined everything, when Nan was here we were all happy and nothing could change that, but now she is here everything is starting to go bad." Chelsea said.
"I know, things were just starting to go well." Jay said.
That was the last thing said between them. They sat there for about an hour in silence. Both of their phones kept going off with a mixture of Steve and Cath, but both of them kept letting them ring out choosing that they did not want to talk to her right now. They want some time away from her.
"Come on, it's getting late." Jay said helping his sister up.
"I am not going home. When we were talking he said his mom doesn't mind if we stay there for the night." Chelsea said.
"Are you staying there?" Jay asked, he already knew the answer but was just making sure.
"Yeah you?"
"Yeah I think I will." Jay said.
While Chelsea was on the phone to George telling him they were on the way over, Jay text Steve just to tell him they were safe and would be home tomorrow. He knew that they would both be in trouble tomorrow for staying out, but right now she didn't care.
"Thank you for this Ella." Chelsea said as she walked into George's house.
"Any time you need somewhere to stay you are both welcome here." Ella replied.
"Thank you."
"I have set up the mattress in George's room for Jay and the guest bed is made up for you, I have left some of my clothes on your bed, I am sorry they might be a little big."
"That's great thank you." Chelsea said making her way upstairs to the guest bedroom.
"Have you told your mom that you are here?" Ella asked Jay as he was about to go upstairs. She had known Chelsea long enough to know that Chelsea would not have told her mom where she was, when she was in a mood.
"I text Steve and told him we were safe and would be home tomorrow." Jay replied.
"Okay goodnight."
"Thank you, goodnight."
Ella waited until she couldn't hear any of the kids upstairs anymore and picked up her phone. Ella had meet Cath a few times when she was on leave but never really spoke to her about anything. But she had Cath's number and knew that she had to call her and at least let her know that her kids were safe with her.
"Hello Catherine?" Ella asked when someone answered the phone.
"Yes." Cath said.
"Hi it's Ella, George's mom. I called to tell you that both Jay and Chelsea are here and are staying the night. I wasn't sure if they had told you."
"Thank you, we got a text telling me they were alright I just wasn't sure where they were. Would you like me to come and pick them up?"
"No don't worry about it, as long as you are happy they are fine here and I will drive them back over tomorrow."
"Thank you that would be great."
With that they both hung up.
"They are staying at George's for the night and Ella will drive them back tomorrow." Cath said to Steve as she lay down in bed next to him.
"I told you they were fine. Just give them time to calm down and then tomorrow talk to them about it." Steve said. "But now you need to get some sleep if you are being shipped out in two days."
"Love you." Cath said giving him a kiss and rolling over so her back was facing him.
"I love you too."
The next morning...
The kids had got up at George's house and had breakfast. Ella had told them about calling Cath and taking them back later. They had all eaten breakfast together, with Ella talking about the fact that she was their mother and that she was the only one they had.
"Come on, I will drive you home." Ella said getting up from the table and picking up her car keys.
"I will see you soon."George said to both of them before giving Chelsea a hug.
"Thank you, see you soon." Chelsea said back, walking to the car.
When they got home they said there goodbye's to Ella and she reminded them that she was there mother.
"Good morning." Cath said as she opened the door to her kids.
When neither of them replied she followed them through the back room in a hope that they could talk about this and not make her leave without saying anything too her.
"Guys, please talk to me." Cath tried again."
"Just because we came home it doesn't mean that everything is okay, it doesn't mean that you going away is okay." Chelsea said.
"I hardly ever say this but Chelsea is right, we're here because it is our home not because your here." Jay said. They put the TV and just left Cath standing in the door way. When Cath finally left, it was only because she didn't want her kids to see her crying.
Steve and Evie were sitting in the living room and when Steve saw Cath crying he made his way up the stairs after her. Evie just stayed sitting there, since she had found out what was going on she had decided to stay away, it wasn't her place to get involved and she didn't think her asking about it would help in anyway.
"Cath." Steve said as he approached her standing in the corner of their bedroom.
"I'm okay." Cath replied.
"How about we give them some time? Evie's going to her friend's house in about an hour to the night, how about me and you go out for something to eat and do something to take your mind of everything." Steve tried.
"I can't just leave them."
"They just need time to calm down. If you just give them some time to talk and think it through and then try and talk to them tonight." Steve replied, he knew through experience that when his dad sent him away all he wanted was some time to think things through, some time to just calm down and with people trying to get him to talk it didn't work.
"Fine okay." Cath said.
"I will be back in about an hour I told Evie we could go and get some Shave Ice before going to her friends."
Cath turned around and gave him a kiss before turning around and going into the bathroom.
Once Steve had left she started to pack everything she would need for her time away on the Enterprise. This was a new thing for Cath she never needed to pack a bag to go on ship, she normally just had to pack one to come off ship, everything she used to need would already be in her cabin on the ship and this was a new experience.
Downstairs...
"Chelsea whatever you are planning stop." Jay said. Since Cath had go upstairs Chelsea had been on her phone constantly and had the look on her face that made Jay know she was going to do something.
"I am not doing anything." Chelsea protested.
"I have known you long enough to know that you are about to do something, but for once please don't do anything that you will regret." Jay warned.
"If I was planning something I would believe me not regret it." Chelsea replied with a smile on her face.
"If you are planning something just leave me out of it." Jay said as he walked out of the room.
"What I have planned you won't want to miss it." Chelsea said when Jay was hearing shot.
Please review next chapter should be up soon. Sorry the chapters are getting shorted, hopefully after my exams they will get longer again.