Chapter 5 Tomorrows Another Day

Kate and mike walked into the restaurant, as Mike led Kate out onto the balcony were he had a special table for the two of them, candles, champagne the whole lot, Kate couldn't believe her eyes.

They both took the opportunity to talk about their future together, and with two bottles of champagne later they still couldn't decide what to do, they were going to leave it up to fate.

Mike and Kate stumbled into her apartment full as a boot, Mike hooking Kate over his shoulders carrying her into her room were they came to rest on her bed, Mike laid beside Kate resting his hands on hers.

Kate rolled over to rest her head on mike's chest asking a question that was on both of their minds.

"what are we going to do?" pondered Kate.

"only time will tell" replied Mike.

It was 7am when Mike and Kate heard a knock on the door, Kate slowly got out of bed sighing as she walked down the hallway to see who it was, and it was no surprise it was Nikki. With a big smile Nav walked in with coffee and muffins the smell attracting mike out of the bedroom and into the kitchen.

Mike knowing it was safe to come out of Kate's room, he strolled into the kitchen following the smell of the food he was met with the sight of Nav. Mike walked over to Kate, kissing the top of her head, Nav giving Kate and Mike some privacy as she heated up the muffins and rummaged around for some plates.

Leaving Nikki and Kate to talk, Mike headed to the bathroom for a shower and headed off to NAVCOM for a few hours, leaving the girls to chat and gossip.

Kate and Nav went shopping for some new clothes, glad to be on shore leave for a week Nikki wasn't going to waste it, she had everything planned out today with Kate and the rest of the week with ET.

The Hammersley crew all gathered at the pub Mike and Kate the last to arrive, letting out a big cheer 2Dads and Spider both drunk, Nikki ran over to give Kate giving her a big hug.

Nikki noticing how happy Kate was as she bought some wine over, separating themselves from the rest of the group.

"so spill, what is going to happen with you and Mike?" asked Nav.

" were leaving it up to fate, it put us together and were not going to rush it " replied Kate leaving it at that.

It was 11pm and Kate was ready to go home to bed, the rest of the crew heading off to go clubbing on their shore leave tradition, Nav and ET also heading home to bed with their big day tomorrow they would need all the sleep they could get.

Mike leading the way, Kate settled down on the couch waiting for some wine she turned on the TV, flicking through the channels there was nothing to watch except Letterman and she couldn't stand him.

Weeks flew by like there was no tomorrow and Kate only had 2 weeks medical leave left.

"its gone too fast" Kate thought to herself. Mike was due home at anytime and she couldn't wait to see his face, they had been separated for 17 days this patrol and that was long enough. Mike walked through the door placing his bags by the couch and walking into the kitchen with the beautiful sight of Kate.

He picked her up sitting her on the bench, Kate wrapped her arms around his neck as her lips met his, he picked her up and carried her into the bedroom crashing on top of her, kissing her passionately, he gently removed her top and his own, skin meeting skin.

It was 6am and Mike was wide awake, not wanting to wake Kate he slowly slid out of bed trying not to disturb her to take a shower, 10 minutes later he heard the bathroom door open it was Kate. She jumped in the shower with him were they stood for an hour.

Later on Kate and Mike went for a walk on the beach when Mike stood in front of Kate as her knelt down onto his knees pulling a ring out of his pocket.

"will you marry me?" Mike asked nervously.

"yes of course I will" replied Kate, as Mike slid the ring onto her finger tears started to pool in Kate's eyes. Mike stood up lifting Kate up and twirling her around in the air a massive smile on his face, he was now engaged to the woman of his dreams.