Chapter 18 – epilogue
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The next few weeks passed and there were no dramas. The triplets started pre school so that gave Mike and Kate more time to sort the house out and what not. It seemed so much quieter without the three of them and Kate didn't like that idea she wanted all her babies with her and it felt weird that they weren't there but after all she couldn't wrap them up in cotton wool for any longer.
The children enjoyed pre school and couldn't wait to get back the next day, much to Kate's horror but she was glad they liked it because it got them used to being away from Kate and Mike ready to start school next year.
Kate's real parents were steadily involved in both Kate and the children's life. They got on well with Mike's parents even though there was a considerable age difference between the pair. But it was nice having two sets of hands helping with the baby sitting and that. At first they all found it difficult to trust them because they hadn't been involved in Kate's life they were unsure at first around them. But getting to know them has proved that they were trustworthy people and can be trusted alone with the children and not kidnap them as you hear stories like that.
Mike was back at work full time now and left Kate with the two children even though he never wanted to, he couldn't stand leaving them. Kate had gone back to work part time even though the children were two months old, but she had the children in her office with her most of the time so it wasn't too bad, some the of the time Mike's parents had them or Kate's parents, but it was mainly Kate which meant Mike could see them at any time.
Becca and spiders wedding went well. Kate, Nikki, Jessica, Sally, Chloe, Lucy, Olivia and the two Josh's were Bridesmaids and page boys. Both Becca and Spider wanted a big wedding and with all their families; Spider's and the Hammersley, it was bound to be a big wedding. Becca invited her mum who she had just started talking to again but not the rest of her family. For her, her family was the Hammersley. Her wedding was beautiful, it was all done in ivory and red and it was Jess that caught the bouquet.
The night of the wedding, after much prodding from Kate, Buffer approached Bird and asked her to dance. Kate thought it was easy to get Buffer to ask her to dance because he had always waited for the girl to approach him, but considering Jessica wasn't going to approach him, Kate had to get him to ask her to dance. Which he did but only after an hour of Kate persuading Buffer that she did actually like him. A few weeks after the wedding, Buffer asked her out on a date and they are still dating to this day. Maybe it is lucky with love if you catch the bouquet.
Nikki and little Josh are still going strong. Nikki still didn't find love after ET, but who would, she loved him to pieces and she vowed never to look for love again. She had little Josh now and she loved him so much and he loved her too. Nikki's business is going strong and she has always said it was the best decision to make. She did the babysitting for the people in the navy and made an absolute fortune out of it. People trusted her with their children because they knew how trustworthy she was in the navy and they have seen what she is like with little Josh and all the others. So she had a constant flow of business. But one day she received a few letters in the post saying that they had all heard about her babysitting business and would they babysit their children. At first she ignored them, but more and more people emailed her, sent letters, phoned her. So one day she decided that she would start a nursery, so she opened up a business not far from her house, and because it had grown so much, she had to employ staff, she hired Kate's mum who gave up the hospital job, Mike's mum, and also Commander Marshall's wife. Nikki also moved into a bigger house for when children of the navy stayed over while their parents were at sea. Mike and Kate's children attended the nursery every day. Nikki was in her element and it was the best career choice she had made in a long while.
Sally and Swain hadn't really done much since the last few month. But they were enjoying life, they had two beautiful girls and were planning in having more children in the future. Swain especially wanted a boy. But for now he was enjoying having his three beautiful girls around. Swain had thought about getting a desk job to spend more time at home with his wife and children, but he knew deep down that he would never be suited to a desk job and Sally advised him against it saying that she wanted him to enjoy what he did and he enjoyed himself on the ships and therefore that is where he should stay.
2Dads on the other hand was still as wild as anything. Still living life to the full, gambling and what not. With no actual plan for the future except to party more. He had no plans to settle down or find a partner to settle down with and he definitely didn't want any kids, especially not yet. That meant he would be tried down and he didn't want that. Right now he was free to come and go whenever he wanted to. But with kids and a family he would have to stay put and that wasn't his style to do so.
The End.
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