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Chapter eight – maybe baby

"Kate, what are the chances of you being...pregnant?" Nikki asked.

Kate answered Shocked, "I never even gave that a thought, there is like no chance I could be pregnant, is there? I've been with Mike since I got shot and that is like now five months ago now"

"You've be throwing up for the last four weeks, you collapsed and your always tired, there is three symptoms for you," Nikki added.

"Yeah but Swain would have picked up on something like that earlier," Kate said trying to convince herself there was no chance she could be pregnant.

It isn't that she doesn't want to have children, it is the fact that this has been thrown on her that now she could be with a child.

Mike's voice came over the speaker, "I am afraid to announce that I have just been informed with NAVCOM that are patrol will be lasting another four weeks due to HMAS Kingston being out of action, that's all"

Everyone moaned in disapproval.

"What do I do?" asked Kate to Nikki.

"You will have to tell Mike considering you are engaged to him," Said Nikki as she laughed.

"Yeah I know that but I don't know for definite and considering we have another six weeks on this ship, I might be telling him for no reason." She said as she started to panick.

"Kate, calm down, Mike will want to know either way, least it will calm him down knowing that you have a reason to be sick." Said as Nikki hugs Kate to calm her.

"You're right, but I can't keep going on like this being sick all the time on this ship, everyone will start to notice. I'll start to put weight on within the next six weeks if I'm actually pregnant," Kate said.

"One I'm always right," Nav said smiling, "and two the boys on this ship won't notice, the only ones that will, will be the girls and we both know, so it is only Bomber that would be able to guess," Nav replied.

Nav left Kate to think for herself for a little while, knowing that this was a lot to get her head around for one day and she was still on light duties under Swain's orders which was also good. Kate thought that she would love to be pregnant, engaged to be married and a baby on the way, she started to get excited.

But what if she wasn't she would have got her hopes up over nothing. She could see Nav's point that she had to tell Mike, he was her fiancé after all. But he has always wanted children and what happens again if she was pregnant, he would be disappointed.

She also thought about telling him, but then he would let her lift a finger for the remaining six weeks of the patrol. And then maybe it might become obvious that something was going on between them. But deep down she knew she had to tell him.

She got dressed and noticed that her clothes had started to become a little tight, she didn't think much of it apart from she had put on extra weight on over the last few weeks, it was the only explanation she could think of till she knew for definite that she was pregnant or not. And besides if she was pregnant and had another six weeks on Hammersley how on earth was she going to fit into her clothes.

She walked up to the bridge and she had to pretend nothing was going on so in her normal tone of voice she said to Mike, "Sir, a word."

"Of course X," Mike said as he followed him to her cabin.

"What is the Matter Kate, you feeling okay? I've been worried sick about you these last few weeks," Mike added.

Kate looked at the ground not making eye contact to her fiancé. She just froze she didn't know what to say to him. Mike grew more and more worried at what she was about to say.

"Kate, in all my time I have never known you to be lost for words or hesitated to tell me something, so what is it?"

"Mike, you know how you said you would like children?" Kate said. Mike nodded.

"Is this what has been worrying you, that you don't want to have children yet. Kate it's fine we will talk about this when we get back home. Please don't worry, chick, smile."

"No Mike, I haven't been worried about anything, it's not that. It is the fact that..."Kate finished mid sentence.

"Is the fact that what Kate?" Mike now confused.

"That I think I may be Pregnant," Kate said again looking at the ground.

Mike smiled. He jumped up to hug Kate.

"I'm going to be a Dad," Mike said.

"We don't know yet nothing is for definite. I only have some of the symptoms, like sickness, fainting, tiredness," Kate mentioned.

"Oh god, I've been worried for you all this time that you were sick and really you were pregnant. Oh Kate I'm so happy about this, are you?"

Kate smiled, "Oh course I'm happy, but we have another six weeks of being on this ship and not knowing whether I am or not, I can't keep the suspense any longer it's killing me."

"Okay, do you want me to ask Swain to do a discreet pregnancy test?" Mike added.

"Erm...I think that is the only option but what happens if the rest of the crew find out I am and then it gets back to NAVCOM?" Kate said starting to panic.

"It won't come to that I promise you, first thing is we find out off Swain and when we get back to port we make an appointment at the hospital, then see commander Marshall and inform him of our engagement and possibly the pregnancy," Mike said trying to calm Kate down.

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