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Chapter eighteen – the cavalry arrive
About an hour had passed before everyone arrived. From the phone call Kate had just had with Nikki she thought it was just Nikki and Rebecca that were going to come, she was totally wrong.
The whole crew from Hammersley had turned up. Much to Mike and Kate's surprise.
They came bearing gifts for the three children and flowers for Kate.
Nikki was the first to speak, "can I hold them?" she asked looking at both mike and Kate.
"Course, this is Joshua – Connor looking at the baby boy," Kate said.
As she looked up as Nikki she was in tears, "Nik, what is the matter?" Kate quizzed.
"Oh sorry Kate, it is just the name Joshua, it was ET's name." Nikki said smiling through tears.
"Nik sorry we named him in honour of ET I really hope you didn't mind," Kate said.
"God no I am truly honoured and so would ET," Nikki replied.
"okay," Mike said interrupting "Joshua is the oldest but 8 minutes."
Everyone laughed.
"This is Olivia – Grace, she is the middle child." Mike added looking at her tiny face.
"And this little one that nearly didn't make it, is Lucy – Ann the youngest," Kate said.
Everyone looked with confusion.
"Nearly didn't make it?" questioned Rebecca.
"She needed resuscitation when she was born, at first we didn't know whether she was going to make it, but here she is as healthy as anything," Kate answered.
Kate looked at the children in their cots, "Meet your God parents and your two aunties," she said to the babies
Only Nikki and Rebecca knew what Kate was talking about.
"I take it Mike didn't tell you lads then?" Kate said. "Well me and Mike were wondering whether you lads" looking at Buffer, Swain, 2Dads, RO and Charge "would be God parents"
There was a loud cheer of the lads before Buffer said, "speaking on behalf of all the lads here, I can tell you we would love to be!"
Nikki and Rebecca were the first to get hold on the two baby girls while Swain went and picked up the little boy.
They all took turns on holding on to the babies, cradling them and rocking them to sleep.
Everyone was in their element especially broody Nikki and Becca.
"Well it looks like I have my fair share of babysitters," she said to Mike.
The whole crew just laughed.
But Bomber and Nav said together, "We'd love to be babysitters."
"Anytime we're on shore leave we will babysit," Becca said.
"We are going to have to make sure Commander Marshall gives Hammersley shore leave when the christening comes up, especially when all our god parents are from Hammersley," Mike laughed.
"yeah definitely," Swain said.
"That reminds me, has any one told Marshall?" Mike asked the crew.
"Erm...No, sorry should we have?" RO chirped up.
"No, no it's fine Robert, I shall do it now," Mike said.
He gave Kate the are you okay glance before walking out of the room.
Mike appeared back in the room a few minutes later.
"I've spoken to Marshall and he said congratulations. I also told him who the god parents are," Mike said looking at Kate. Mike then turned towards the crew, "He has also given Hammersley another two weeks of shore leave to spend time with their god children."
The crew all cheered again. Kate thought it was a good job the children were awake because otherwise they would have woken with that racket the crew were making.
"How did you manage that one, Sir? I mean Mike" Charge said.
"He's always had a soft spot for Kate and I told him that we needed all the help we can get at first, settling in with three new children is difficult," Mike laughed.
Kate knew Mike was hiding something else.
"So are you going to tell us what the actual reason was Mike or you going to tell us another porkie pie?" Kate laughed.
"Can you really see through me that much?" Mike Starting to laugh with Kate. The rest of the crew didn't really know what was going on.
"Well I may have slipped in somewhere that we wanted him to a god father too, so erm.. yeah that is why he is being generous," Mike said.
The crew laughed.
"I don't care what you said to him, I'm glad you got a few weeks off for the babysitters," Kate smiled and the others were just happy to be spending time with their god children.
Everyone was just sitting round and chatting amongst each other, while Kate, Mike and Nikki were holding the babies.
"Can you just imagine when you get pregnant again you could have triplets again," Laughed Rebecca.
"When?" Kate questioned. "I am not having any more children." Kate laughed.
Mike smiled knowing full well that he wants a full football team of children.
"I never really saw myself as a maternal type before, I never thought I would get engaged or have children, I thought I would be the totally obsessed workaholic. But now I know that isn't what I want, this is what a want, deep down I've always wanted it and it is like a dream come true." Kate added.
Now both Nikki and Rebecca had tears running down their faces, she had never seen Kate spill out her emotions before, they were aware of them but she has never really admitted it to them before.
Mike was still thinking about the earlier conversation starter about triplets, "Kate, seriously, were didn't the triplet thing come from, I haven't got any twins never mind triplets in my family."
"Mike I honestly have no idea, I have twins as in like second cousins or something but I don't talk to them but not triplets," Kate laughed.
"Well you are the first to start the triplets in your family, it has to start somewhere," Swain added.
Nikki was the first to notice that Kate and Mike had both become increasingly tired over the last few hours that they had been there.
"I think we should leave these two parents alone to get some sleep and spend some quality time with their new arrivals," Nikki said feeling tired herself.
"Your right, Nic, we should leave them be, we will probably end up seeing them again tomorrow," Rebecca laughed.
Kate and Mike were both glad of the company over the last few hours. Mike was also very glad for their support this morning when Kate went into labour in the shopping centre. It really had been a long day.
Both Mike and Kate woke up this morning and had been for a check up at the hospital and there was no sign of labour, she fell asleep and he painted the children's room. He now thought that it was a good job considering they have now arrived into the world.
They decided to go shopping together, because otherwise Kate had wanted to go into work. Again it was a good job she didn't, she could have been alone when she went into labour.
Mike had a tendency to over exaggerate everything sometimes as he laughed to himself.
Everyone started to say their goodbyes to Kate and Mike and also their newly arrived god children.
They also said congratulations before finally disappearing out the room.
They were finally alone, on their own with their three beautiful children.
Kate fell asleep whilst watching their three children sleep.
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