Warning: there will be some graphic content in the last part of this chapter. If you don't want to read such stuff, skip the last part.

Chapter 24:

Then the owner of the pub comes on to the stage and suddenly a spotlight goes on, illuminating the owner. He greets his customers and tells them that they will be in for a rare treat tonight. A band will be performing, which has played together the last time around fifteen years ago. This is the first time that they play in front of an audience after all this time. The owner then bids the customers to keep this in mind, when they listen to the performance. Without further ado, he leaves the stage and now it's Craig who says hello to their audience. He lets them know what they will be playing tonight. After the applause has died down, they start with the first song "Right here waiting" from Richard Marx. For this song, Mike uses an accustic guitar, which he plays very good. His voice is strong, but smooth. The customers take out their lighters and wave with them. Even his crew, who is astonished to see their CO up on stage singing and playing guitar, joins the other customers with their lighters.

With the performance of each song Mike gets more and more confident. His smooth baritone reveberates throughout the bar, reaching even its farthest parts. The chords coming from his guitar sound like the play from a real pro and not that of a mere patrol boat captain, who plays the guitar in his rare freetime. At the more slower songs he sits down on a bar-stool, using a head-set so that both his hands are free to use the guitar. When they play some of the more rockier songs, he gets up and moves along the small stage, showing off his tall slender frame, which is greatly accentuated by his tight dark blue jeans and the white botton-down shirt. His rolled-up sleeves and the wide open front make him look really sexy and he is, since the first song ended, the darling of the crowd, especially the female ones.

For the second to last song "Makin' Your Mind Up" from Buck Fizz, Mike is joined by Craig and two female singers from another local band. Mike and Craig take the women in their middle and then they both start to play the merry tune, whereas Mike is in the lead. Even though he is singing with three others now, his voice rings out loud and clear. While playing this fast song, both men swing their hips, but Mike is the more elegent one of the two. And the female audience can't get enough of him and his play.

During the performance of the last song, Bryan Adams "Everything I do", Mike leaves the stage halfway through and makes his way over to Kate, his eyes never leaving hers. While he is singing the last words, he goes down on one knee, gets a small box out of his pocket, opens it and holds it out to her. As the very last chords are played, Mike looks deep into Kate's eyes and asks "Will you marry me, Kate McGregor?" Kate is overwhelmed by it all, tears are flowing freely down her pale cheeks. But looking into the handsome face of the man she loves more then anything else in the world, she utters the one word, he was hoping for "Yes. – Yes, I'll marry you Mike Flynn." With a bright smile, Mike puts the ring on her finger, kisses it and gets up to kiss her longingly and fully on her lips. The crew cheers, whistles and applauds. They are all happy for their commanding officers. Charge shouts "About damn time, you two!"

Ending the kiss, Mike looks over to his crew. In his usual voice, he shouts "Alright, knock it off! You had your fun!" But instead of knocking it off, the crew cheers even louder and they are joined by the other customers, who are standing now and all are applauding them with smiles on their faces. Seeing he has no chance, Mike resumes his earlier activity and kisses Kate once more, his arms encircling her waist and pulling her to him. When the kiss gets more and more passionate and Kate feels already the hard evidence of his arousal, she reluctanty breaks of the kiss. Seeing up at him, she whispers "How about we go home and have our own celebration, while the crew has theirs?" Not needing further incentive, Mike takes her hand in his and leads her out of the pub. He goes to the backyard where his ute is parked and opens the door for her and helps her inside.

Once at his house, they go inside and lock the door. Not a moment later, Mike pushes Kate against the door and kisses her hungrily. His hands are exploring every little inch of skin he can reach. Kate reciprocates his actions, but instead of exploring, her hand goes directly for his crotch, grabbing it. At his intake of breath, she asks "I think someone is overdressed for the occasion." Mike mumbles his answer and without warning, he throws her over his shoulder and runs up the stairs to their bedroom. In there he lets her fall on the bed and enjoys the view of her lying there, panting heavily and ripe for the taking. He licks his lips and starts unbuttoning his shirt, albeit slowly, revealing his tanned chest inch by agonzing inch. Kate too licks her lips unconsciously at seeing the man of her dreams, stripping in front of her.

Finally the last button is undone and Mike takes the shirt off, throwing it careless aside. Then his hands go to the fly of his jeans. Again he opens button for button, taking his damn time. Seeing that Kate is getting impatient, he decides to up the ants a bit. Before the last button is undone, he pushes one hand under the waistband of his boxers and touches his errect shaft, stroking it. He hums softly and never losing eye contact with Kate, he undoes the last button and lets his jeans glide down his long muscular legs. He steps out of them and moves closer to Kate, still not letting go of his goods. Stopping right in front of her, Mike watches her closely. Her eyes are never leaving his crotch area. He smiles knowingly and fastens his strokes, making them firmer too. His lust is now nearly at its peak, so he is unable to hold of his moans any longer.

But as he doesn't wish to wet his shorts, he lowers them with his other hand and steps out of them too. Now he stands before Kate in all his naked glory, fully erect and about to blow off any time. With his husky voice he tells her to get up and without hesitating, Kate does so. She throws her arms around him and kisses him intently, his moans are now covered by her mouth on his. Their passionate kiss, heigthens his lust even more and moments later, after one last hard stroke, he comes. The orgasm is so intense that his knees start to buckle and he would have collapsed, if Kate hadn't kept her hold on him and manoevered him over to the bed. Totally spend he falls down on it and closes his eyes in relief. Kate lays down beside him and strokes his strong chest, covering it with chaste kisses here and there. Coming up to his face, she hears that his breathing has evened out. He has fallen asleep!

She can't believe it! There he goes, making her all horny and then he just goes to sleep. That rascal! But she can't be mad at him for long. He looks too cute while he is sleeping. With a smile on her lips, Kate kisses him goodnight and with her arm around him, falls asleep too only moments later.