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Chapter 4 Deep water
Setting out into the deep ocean once again, the Hammersley crew came across a pristine beach and with a reef near by it was Nav's time to shine, as she navigated the ship through the channel. The ship came to rest in a clear space of the ocean.
The crew taking a break with the permission of Mike, they went ashore for some fun. playing footy. 2Dads made his terrible impression of Darren Lockyer jumping and skipping about to miss the tags it worked every now and then, Bomber spearing 2Dads to the ground, winded and shocked as he slowly stood up, his team yelling and screaming at him for being such a girl.
Kate looked on as she had a pair of binoculars, her and Mike signing and smiling at each other as relayed messages to each other, luckily no-one was on the bridge at the time.
It was dinner time when the crew arrived back on the ship, Mike had some bad news for Kate, when she reached the bridge for her watch he signalled for her to follow him to his cabin.
'' What a tumour that can't be right, are they sure?'' said Kate shocked at the news.
''Yes they're sure they say its benign and but you will need surgery or your going to continue to have blackouts, I can't afford to lose you again'' replied Mike.
Kate tried to process the information, as she slowly sat down, resting on the end of Mike's rack, a million questions filling her head at once. One stood out from the rest as she blurted it out, '' will I still be able to remain on Hammersley?''
''Yes, but you will have 3 months shore leave to make a full recovery, and then you will be able to return to the ship'' Mike responded cautiously in an attempt not to upset Kate, '' until we dock in Cairns your on restricted duties'' warned Mike.
Kate nodding in response excusing herself to return to her duty watch.
6 days remained before they had to dock in Cairns, Kate was on restricted duties, Buffer was in charge of the boarding parties and that left Kate with all the paperwork. Something she looked forward to not having for the next 3 months.
A week later it was time for Kate's operation, Mike walked down the hall right beside Kate, as they wheeled her into surgery. 9 hours later she was wheeled into intensive care with the surgery a complete success.
Kate awoke to find her entire crew surrounding her bed, one face in particular bringing a smile to her pale face. The crew left Kate and Mike to be alone, as they headed down to the pub for celebrations.
1 week later
Kate arrived to a lonely and quiet apartment, everything the way she'd left it and with the slight scent of Mike still lingering around the place. She settled back into her apartment were she would spend the next 2 months recovering.
Mike was due back in port in 3 days, and Kate didn't know how she was going to get through it, immersing herself in midday movies and boring soaps in an attempt to take her mind off Mike.
The day's slowly ticked by, Kate drifting off to sleep when a she heard footsteps walking down the hallway. Mike leant down giving her a bunch of red roses and a peck on the cheek, he sat down beside her, letting her head rest on his chest, the thud of his heart filling her head, both falling asleep.
The next day Mike awoke with the aroma of Kate on his shirt and the smell of bacon and eggs, he slowly snuck up behind Kate wrapping his arms around her small figure, spinning her round so they were face to face, giggling and laughing like school kids they eventually sat down to eat breakfast.
" So what did you have planned for today?" asked Kate with a smile on her face.
" Well, I have this special woman and I was going to take her for lunch and then maybe a stroll along the beach and then possibly dinner if she would like that ?" replied mike as he slowly made his way over to Kate.
"I would love to" Kate replied with a grin on her face.
Mike and Kate settled down on the beach with a blanket, they both laid there thinking what they were going to do when it was time for Kate to return to Hammersley, neither one of them wanted a shore posting, but they couldn't bare the be apart either.
Chapter 5 : they have 2 months together, what are Mike and Kate going to do about there relationship onboard Hammersley. And what is going to happen in those 2 months left ?