I do not own any of these characters, but I wouldn't mind borrowing Commander Rabb for a few hours J. This is my first JAG fic so please be nice.
Come Hell or High WaterLt. Cynthia Jameson was brought in on the investigation because the Admiral thought it would be good to have an objective eye on the case. He fully trusted his people but he also knew that this was personal. He didn't want some hotshot lawyer saying the investigation had been comprised. After all the Petty Officer had decided to retain civilian counsel.
"Lieutenant It's nice to have you on the case," Harm said as he got out the information they had gathered so far.
"Yes I'm glad to be here," the Lieutenant said casting a flirtatious smile in Harm's direction. Although Harm may not have noticed this action, it didn't escape Mac's eye. She didn't worry about the Lieutenant though. Mac completely trusted her husband.
"Well, let's go over what we have so far," Mac said, getting the Lieutenant's attention back on the case. "The biggest question we have to answer is how the Petty Officer got in possession of the gun he used to shoot Mary Gallagher and Admiral Riggs."
"Have you interviewed the guards that were in charge of the Petty Officer?" Lieutenant Jameson asked Harm, completely ignoring Mac's presence in the room.
"We have. Well we have interviewed one of them. The other has somehow disappeared. Since the day the incident took place Michael Lansing has been missing. His mother lives in New York. We're thinking he might have gone there. He also has a sister in Orlando; he might have gone there too. We have contacted both the mother and the sister but neither seems to want to cooperate with us. Our next course of action is to go visit the Petty Officer's relatives in person."
"The Admiral has told us we will leave tomorrow. Lieutenant, you will accompany me to New York, and the colonel will be going to Orlando. Any further questions Lieutenant?" Harm asked.
"No thank you sir, I'll just review this file and if I have any other questions I'm sure I'll be able to find you," the lieutenant said with a smile.
"Well then if there are no other questions. We'll break for lunch."
"So Squid you seem to make friends pretty easily," Mac teased at they sat outside eating their lunch.
"What does that mean?"
"Didn't you notice the way the Lieutenant was looking at you? If you were edible you'd be gone in a second."
"Mac I don't think she was really looking at me that way. I mean I didn't notice it and usually I notice everything," Harm said in his defense. He didn't believe that the Lieutenant seemed interested, but to him it didn't matter. He was married to most intelligent, beautiful, sexy woman on earth.
"Hey what's so funny marine?" Harm asked as Mac had descended into a fit of laughter.
"You, good at noticing things like this? I love you Harm, but you have no clue how you seem to effect members of the opposite sex."
"Really? Ok give me an example of a time when I didn't notice something like this," Harm said.
"Perfect example, our honeymoon. I swear we had just spent sixteen hours on a plane, we were both exhausted and you still managed to have the woman at the check in desk falling all over you. It wasn't until I stepped up to stake my claim that she backed down," Mac said smiling as she thought back to their honeymoon in Tahiti.
"You're kidding right?" Harm asked shocked. He must not be paying attention. Actually that wasn't true. He was paying attention. He was just paying attention to a certain beautiful Jarhead.
"Oh let's not forget the time you came to visit me in the hospital after the twins were born. Harriet told me that when you got to the nurses station to ask them where I had been moved too you didn't exactly get the answer you were looking for. According to Harriet none of the nurses seemed to be saying much. They were just staring at you with their mouths wide open."
"Well this may all be true my beautiful marine but I'm not the only one who gets noticed," Harm said matter-of-factly.
"Oh really?"
"Yes In fact I've had to stake my claim, as you put it a few times too."
"When would that have been," Mac asked now intrigued.
"Remember when we went on the cruise with Bud and Harriet?"
"Yes, what about it."
"I was sitting on the deck with Bud when he got up to go get himself another drink. Then you and Harriet walked on deck wearing that new bikini you wanted to surprise me with. Let's just say I wasn't the only one who was surprised. The guy sitting next to me asked, 'What do you think it takes to get a woman like that?' I just told him that whomever she was with, he must be pretty damn lucky. That's when you came over and sat on the chaise with me. When you leaned over and gave me a kiss, I thought the guy was going to fall off his chair. Then when you got up to go look at something with Harriet he just got up turned to me and mumbled a pretty damn lucky bastard," Harm said with a smile. He loved it when he knew that she was his for life. He had the opportunity to enjoy her in all her beauty twenty-four hours a day for the rest of his life.
"I think our daughter's going to have the same problem when she gets older. She already has the beautiful looks of her mother."
"Yes, well she's only three and she already has you wrapped around her little finger," Mac pointed out.
"What can I say? I'm a sucker for Mackenzie woman." Mac just laughed at this comment. It was in that moment that Lieutenant Jameson decided to approach their table.
"Do you mind if I join you? I don't really no anyone else here," the lieutenant said again ignoring Mac's presence.
"Sure Lieutenant, pull up a seat," Harm said.
"Anyway Colonel, have you talked to Lieutenant Sims about the Annabelle Marie case?" Harm said to Mac. The Lieutenant was starting to give him an uneasy feeling and he didn't feel like discussing his personal life in front of her.
It took Mac a second to realize that Harm was talking about the double birthday party they were holding for their daughter and Bud and Harriet's daughter.
"I spoke to Lieutenant Sims and she told me that research she was doing had been completed. She already sent out the information to us and it looks good."
Translation: Harriet had already finished booking
everything and the invitations had already been sent out and there had been a
good number of positive responses so far.
"That's good to hear
Colonel. Remind me to thank the
Lieutenant later for all her hard work."
Both the Rabb's and the Roberts had wanted to hold a joint birthday
party but Mac and Harm had been so busy at work lately, it seemed that the idea
might never have gotten started. That's
until Harriet volunteered to do the planning.
She reminded Harm and Mac how she loved to plan parties. Neither could deny this fact and they both
thanked Harriet for her generous offer.
"Well Lieutenant Jameson if you're done we have work to do," Mac said to the woman who was blatantly staring at her husband.
"Yes Ma'am," The Lieutenant said reluctantly as she got up and followed the two senior officers into the building.
The rest of the day was pretty un-eventful. They didn't seem to find any new pertinent information and it looked as if Michael Lansing's relatives did not want to cooperate so that meant they would be traveling to New York and Orlando. Harm and Mac were both hoping to avoid having to travel. Harm didn't want to have to go to New York with the Lieutenant and Mac didn't want him going anywhere with Lieutenant. She didn't trust her and Harm had this uneasy feeling around here ever since Mac pointed out her obvious attraction.
Well it didn't matter now because they had to travel. They were just glad they would only be gone about two days.
"Hey marine, you ready to go yet?" Harm asked as he went into Mac's office.
"Yea I'm ready," Mac said with a smile, as she got ready to leave for the day.
"Good because I decided that tonight I was going to make my famous meatless meatloaf."
"Meatless meatloaf? On the second thought maybe we should pick up something on the way home," Mac said with a look of disgust on her face.
"I already called and asked Grace to put it in the oven so it would be ready when we got home."
"Remind me why I married you again?" Mac teased.
Harm and Mac got home to be bombarded by three small bodies as soon as they got in the door.
"Mommy, daddy!" Three highly excited children cheered at once.
"Come here," Harm said as he scooped up his five-year-old twin sons spinning them around, the little boys squealing the whole time. He then set them down and gave his three-year-old daughter a hug and a kiss on her forehead. She was defiantly daddies little girl. At the age of three she already had Harm wrapped around her little finger.
"Something smells good," Mac commented as she stepped inside disposing of her briefcase and cover.
"That would be my meatless meatloaf," Harm said proudly. "But don't worry it's only half meatless the other half has that dead cow substance you like to eat," Harm said a look of disgust on his face.
Mac just laughed at this comment. Their difference in food tastes had always been a source for constant teasing. Mac walked into kitchen where their housekeeper Grace, a sweet old English woman, met her.
"Hello, ma'am. Dinner's ready when you are," Grace said with a smile on her face.
"Thank you Grace. I'm sure the children behaved themselves today."
"They were little angels as always."
"Angels, I'm not too sure about that. Sometimes they can be little devils," Mac said thinking about her boys' decision to redecorate their room last weekend. They had decided that they wanted to change the color of the walls. So they took out their art sets they had been coloring with earlier and decided that the walls of their bedroom would be their new canvas. Harm had caught them before too much damage had been done, and since it was washable paint it easily came off the walls. When Harm had walked in they had proudly displayed their artwork.
"Daddy, do you like what we did so far?" The two had asked.
"Ummm… Mac, I think you should see this," Harm had said.
When Mac walked in she was stunned to say the least. It was not what she expected.
"Harmon Joseph! Robert Matthew! What have you done?" Mac asked her sons. But as soon as she saw the smiling faces of her sons, she couldn't stay mad at them for long. "Ma'am are you ok?" Grace asked Mac.
"Yes Grace I'm fine. I was just thinking about what the boys did to their room last weekend."
"That was an adventure wasn't it?" Grace said with a smile. She remembered seeing the look on Harm's face when he found out what they had done. He didn't know what to do. That's when he called in the Marine's for backup. Surely they'd know what to do .Mac was brought out of her reverie by the sound of her husband asking her if she was ok.
"Sarah are you ok? You spaced out there for a second."
"Yes I'm just a little tired that's all."
"Well jarhead maybe after your fed, you'll feel better. You know how you get when you don't eat," Harm said teasing. It worked as a small smile crept on Mac's face. "Let's eat Marine!"
Once everyone was seated at the table it was Harmon's turn to say Grace.
"Dear Lord, thank you for this food and please let there be plenty of cake on Annabelle's birthday on Saturday. Amen."
"Amen," everyone said as Harm and Mac smiled.
"Okay let's eat!" Mac said as she passed around the food.
Lieutenant Cynthia Jameson sat watching the TV in her hotel room. She was too excited to sleep. Tomorrow she would be taking a shuttle to New York with that Sexy Commander and she couldn't wait. What was going between him and the Colonel though? She noticed the relaxed demeanor and the glances they would pass each other. And how he had a special smile he reserved only for her. What ever it was she was sure it wouldn't be a problem. I mean she had to deal with instances where a couple was married and she'd managed too still get what she wanted. She would be patient. It was only a matter of time till the Commander would be hers.
"They tried the glass slipper on Cinderella and it was a perfect fit. The Prince had finally found his Princess and they lived happily ever after."
Harm looked down at his sleeping daughter as he placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Sleep my Princess," he said as he turned off the light and headed to his bedroom.
"Hey Mac what you reading?" Harm asked as he crawled into bed beside Mac.
"The latest Tom Clancy novel. You know they guy he writes about that CIA agent Jack Ryan. Harrison ford played his character in the movies."
"Don't tell me these books are going to give you some idea that it would good to run off with a dashing CIA agent like Webb?" Harm teased her.
"Hey you never know?" Mac teased back.
"Come here you," Harm said as he reached for Mac tickling her sides, one of her weakest spots. For a marine she wasn't too tough when it came to being tickled. She didn't stand a chance.
"Harm please stop…"
"You want me to stop?"
"Yes, please," Mac pleaded.
"Ok on one condition," he said.
"Ok what is it?"
"You let me do this instead," Harm said as he leaned in and gave Mac a kiss.
"Counsel accepts your offer," Mac said with a smile.
"Bud did u see the Lieutenant brought in to help on the Richardson case?" Harriet asked her husband as they cleared the dinner table.
"Yea, she seemed like a nice person," Bud answered his wife.
"I mean did you see they way she was acting around the Commander?"
"What do you mean Harriet?"
She loved her husband, she really did. But sometimes he could be really dense.
"I saw her flirting with the Commander. He didn't even seem notice." 'Hence that's why he is a male' Harriet thought to her self.
"She had the nerve to flirt with him in front of the Colonel. I don't know Bud but I think she's trouble," Harriet said as she finished loading the dishwasher.
"Harriet don't you think you could be overreacting? Maybe the Lieutenant was just being friendly," Bud said as he shook his head. He knew his wife loved to be a part of any office gossip and loved any offices dramas that might arise, but sometimes he just thought she had a highly overactive imagination.
"Never mind Bud. It useless discussing this with you." I'll just have a chat with the Colonel tomorrow and see what she thinks.
The next day it was the usual morning run around in the Rabb house. The twins were up dressed and were now eating their breakfast as they waited for the bus. Annabelle was dressed and as soon as the twins were off, Mac and Harm would drop her off at pre-school.
"Mommy the bus is here," Harmon as he grabbed his book bag.
"Ok guys let's go," Harm said as got their stuff together.
"Now remember me and daddy have to go away for a few days. We will be back on Thursday. But if you need anything Grace can call us at anytime ok?"
"OK mommy," the twin boys said as they ran to give their mother a hug.
"Hey do I guys get one of those too," Harm said as he sons giggled and ran to give him a hug.
Once the boys were on their way to school it was time to drop Annabelle at pre-school.
"Okay Grace we should be back sometime Thursday afternoon. Harm we'll probably be back before me. We'll have our cells with at all times and I left the numbers of the hotels we will be staying at on the fridge."
"Don't worry ma'am everything will be just fine."
Harriet had gotten back RSVP's from all the invitations she had sent out. IT looked there would be a good turnout out of the thirty invitations she sent out she got twenty-five positive responses. Now she just had to tell the Colonel and the Commander.
"Ma'am," Harriet said as she knocked on Mac's door.
"Yes Harriet? Come in."
"I just wanted to let you that I'm expecting about twenty five to show up for the party on Saturday."
"That's great Harriet, thanks for all your help. Me and Harm have just been so busy lately and didn't have the time to plan the party."
"Do mention it ma'am I enjoyed planning the party. Did you hear from the Commander's parents? I know they were going to try to come out for the party."
"Actually I have to call Trish again. She said her and Frank had been planning on coming out to visit anyway."
"Well ma'am I have to get back to work but I hope you have a safe trip and if the kids need anything I'm always here."
"Thanks Harriet," Mac said as she picked up the phone to give her mother-in-law a call."
"Hello," Trish Burnett said as she picked up the phone.
"Trish it's Mac."
"How are you dear. How are my grandchildren?"
"They're good. That's why I'm calling. Annabelle's birthday party is going to this weekend. I know you said you and Frank were planning on coming out here anyway."
"That's a wonderful idea. Frank is New York right now but he should be coming back on Thursday," Trish told her daughter-in-law.
"Really? Harm is leaving for New York later this afternoon. Maybe the two of them could fly back to New York together."
"That's a great idea dear. I'll talk to Frank I'm sure that won't be a problem."
"Great I'll just ask Harm, wait here is let me ask him," Mac said as Harm walked into her office.
"Whose on the phone?"
"Your mother. Her and Frank we're going to come out for Annabelle's birthday. Frank is in New York and isn't coming back till Thursday so I suggested that he fly back here with you."
"That's a great idea. Let me talk to my mother." Mac Handed Harm the phone. "Mom, how are you?"
"Oh I'm fine Harmon. How are you treating that family of yours? They're all doing well I assume."
"Yes mom the family is fine. Don't you trust me?" Harm said trying to pretend he was hurt by her comment.
"Honey it took you long enough to finally settle down I'm just making sure."
"Don't worry mom everything is fine. I will give Frank a call on his cell and I will see what we can do about him coming back with me."
"That's great dear, oh if you can't reach him on his cell he is staying at The Palace Hotel room 240."
"Okay mom. I'll see you this weekend. Love You."
"Love you too Harmon I'll see you this weekend."
Harm hung up the phone and turned to his wife.
"I have to leave in an hour but I'll you as soon as I get to New York."
"Ok squid, I'll call when I get to Orlando."
"Love ya Ninja Girl," Harm said with hi trademark grin and a wink.
"Love you too stick boy," Mac said with a smile. Taking a quick look to make sure the blinds were closed Harm leaned in and gave Mac a kiss goodbye.
Harm's shuttle had landed about twenty minutes ago and now him and the Lieutenant were on their way to the hotel. After they checked in, Harm decided he would give Frank a call.
"Palace Hotel How my I help you?"
"Yes Can I please have room 240, Mr. Burnett's room please."
"Sure," the receptionist said as she transferred Harm's call.
"Hello," Frank said as he answered the phone.
"Frank it's Harm."
"Harm how are you? Your mother called and told me that you were going to be in New York."
"Actually I just got in a little while ago."
"How about we meet for dinner tonight?" Frank asked.
"Sure, I'll meet you at your hotel at say seven?"
"Sounds good I'll see you then."
Harm hung up the phone and decided he would give Mac a call.
Mac had just stepped off the plane when her cell phone rang.
"Colonel Mackenzie?"
"You wouldn't happen to be a Marine Colonel would you? See because I was looking for this cute Marine Colonel I met once," Harm said with a smile.
"Hey Harm, how was your flight?"
"Not too bad. I had to keep my headphones on the entire time. If I even took them off for a second, the Lieutenant would try to bombard me with questions. Then we got to the hotel I got out my wallet to pay the driver and she noticed the picture I have of the kids.
"Are those your children?" she asked me.
"Yes, aren't they beautiful."
"I swear Mac she got this disgusted look on her face as she said 'oh yes they're beautiful.' Anyway, other than that, things are going pretty good. We plan on going to visit Lansing's mother in about an hour then I'm meeting Frank for dinner."
"That's nice, well I have to go I need to find a cab."
"Ok I'll talk to you later sweetheart."
"I love you Harm."
"I love you too Sarah."
As expected, an hour later there was a knock on Harm's door.
"It's time to leave sir," Lieutenant Jameson said.
"Yes it is Lieutenant. Well let's go and get this over with."
Twenty minutes later they were at the home of Michael Lansing's mother. Home wasn't the appropriate word, Harm thought as he looked up at the thirty million dollar town house. They we're let in by a butler to the main sitting room. Mrs. Lansing soon joined them.
"What I can I help you officers with? I thought I already spoke to you on the phone."
"I know ma'am but we need to ask you a few more questions."
"If you're asking me where my son is, I have no idea. He should still be in Virginia no? I mean that is where he serves."
"Ma'am your son is suspected to have helped a prisoner escape and acquire a hand gun which resulted in the deaths of two people. This is a serious charge. If you know where your son is, you must tell us. You would do your son more good by turning him in now. It's better now then later."
"Again Commander I do not know where my son is and I do not appreciate you coming into my home accusing me of harboring a criminal. My son is not a criminal and I have no idea where he is. If you will excuse me I have an appointment."
"I don't think she is telling the truth sir," Lieutenant Jameson said as they left Mrs. Lansing's townhouse.
"I think your right Lieutenant but there is nothing more we can do. If she won't tell us where her son is we can't get the information out of her. Maybe the Colonel will have better luck."
The Lieutenant noticed how Harm's face seemed to soften as he mentioned Mac. 'Well his marriage can't be going too well if he's thinking about the Colonel. This should be a piece of cake.'
"What are your plans for this evening sir? I thought maybe we could get some dinner."
"Actually I already have plans. I'm meeting my step father for dinner," Harm said glad he already had plans. Spending the evening with the Lieutenant didn't look too appealing.
"Oh well maybe another time sir," the Lieutenant said with a gleam in her eyes.
Harm tried not to notice the look that the Lieutenant was giving him.
Mac had unpacked her bags and had headed out to speak with Corporal Lansing's sister. She had spoken to Harm a little while ago and it seemed he struck out with the mother. She hoped she had better luck with his sister.
Mac pulled up to the house that was situated in a nice upper middle class suburban neighborhood.
Mac knocked on the door and waited till a woman in her mid thirties answered the door.
"Mrs. Jackson? I'm Colonel Mackenzie-Rabb."
"I know who you are, you're one of the officers trying to arrest my brother. Well as I told you and that Commander Rabb who called me earlier, I don't know where my brother is. And even if I did who says I would give him over to the likes of you?" Mrs. Jackson was about to close the door in Mac's face when Mac caught glimpse of someone coming down the stairs in back of the woman. The person coming down the stairs was Corporal Lansing. Mac had a feeling earlier that she might find something when she came so she had two MP cars waiting down the block. With her signal they came rushing in to arrest Corporal Lansing. Once Corporal Lansing had been arrested and was being escorted back to D.C. Mac decided to call Harm.
"Harm," he said as he answered his phone.
"Hey it's me. Lansing is in custody and on his way back to D.C."
"You found him?"
"Yea he was stashed at his sisters house."
"Good work Marine, now we'll be able to head back a day early."
"Actually I was able to get a flight for later this evening."
"I have to talk to Frank but I'm sure he won't mind leaving tomorrow instead of Thursday."
"Ok we'll I have to go. I have to pack and head over to the airport my flight leaves in three hours."
"Ok we'll safe travels Marine and say hi to the kids for me. I'll call home later to tell Annabelle her bedtime story."
"Ok Love you," Mac said with a smile.
"Love you too," Mac could picture his perfect flyboy grin as she hung up the phone.
It was seven-thirty when Mac finally got home.
"Hi Grace how are the kids doing?" she asked as she put her bags down.
"They're good ma'am. Annabelle refuses to go to sleep without her bedtime story though."
"Well her father should be calling soon to tell her a story."
Ring, Ring.
Speak of the devil Mac thought as she answered the phone.
"Hello."
"Hey sweetheart. How was your flight?"
"It was good, I just got back about five minutes ago. How is your evening going?"
"Good, me and Frank are just waiting for a table. How's my little princess?"
"She refuses to sleep unless she gets read her bedtime story. She's quite a stubborn little child. Must have inherited that from your side of the family."
"Me stubborn? Never." Mac just laughed. "Well I thought she wouldn't be asleep that's why I called. Why don't you bring the portable upstairs and put it on speaker."
"Ok," Mac said as she brought the phone to her daughter's room.
"Hi mommy," Annabelle said as Mac sat down on her bed next to her.
"Annabelle someone is on the phone for you."
"Fa me?"
"Yup."
Annabelle took the phone from her mother. "Hi," she said into the phone.
"How's daddy princess doing?"
"Daddy?!!" The girl squealed into the phone.
"Yes princess it's me. Now I want to you to get under those covers so I can tell you a story ok?"
"Ok daddy."
Frank smiled as he listened to Harm tell his granddaughter a bedtime story. He could still remember when Harm had flown out to see him right before the twins were born. He had said that he wanted to thank him for giving him everything he'd ever needed when he was kid and he was sorry for not treating him better. Harm had also told him that he would be the only grandfather his children would ever know. He wanted him to be a big part in their lives. Frank had been touched. He had always considered Harm to be his son. And like any father he was proud that he was going to be a grandfather.
"Goldilocks was very sleepy and made her way upstairs to take a nap. When she got upstairs…" Harm stopped as heard Mac whisper that Annabelle had fallen asleep.
"Goodnight night my Sarah, till we meet again."
"Goodnight squid," Mac said with a laugh.
Lieutenant Jameson sat in her hotel room thinking about what she was going to do with Commander Rabb. She wondered what his wife looked like. She had to admit, his three children we're beautiful. She wasn't too worried though. She'd faced situations worse than this before and she had always come out the victor. Lieutenant Cynthia Jameson always got what she wanted.
The Next morning Mac had just entered her office when there was a knock on the door.
"Ma'am can I come in?" Lieutenant Harriet Sims asked.
"Sure Harriet what can I do for you?"
"Well ma'am I wanted to ask you a question regarding the new Lieutenant that came in to help with your case." Mac let out a sigh that did not go unnoticed by Harriet.
"Ma'am I noticed the way she acted around the commander. I tried to ask Bud about it last night but you know how men are he didn't have a clue as to what I was talking about. I just didn't like the looks she was giving the Commander and in front of you I couldn't believe it."
"Well Harriet believe or not Harm didn't notice her actions either until I pointed them out to him. I'm not sure if she realizes that we're married but that should change after today."
"Ma'am?"
"Harm and Frank get in today around four so I'm going to pick up the kids from school then go pick them up from the airport."
"Good idea ma'am. Stake your claim!" Mac laughed at Harriet's statement.
"What's so funny ma'am?"
"I said that same phrase to Harm yesterday and he thought it was funny."
"Well ma'am I thought I would just tell you what I saw."
"Thank you Harriet I always value what you have to say and I definitely have to agree."
"Flight 116 New York to Washington D.C. has just landed," the announcer said over the public address system.
"Where is daddy?" Robert asked his mother.
"Is grandpa coming too?" Harmon asked.
"Yes he is, now let's look… there they are."
"Daddy!!!," a squealing three year old Annabelle said as she ran up to her father.
"Hey sweetie. How is daddy's princess?" Harm asked as he picked up his daughter.
"Good daddy," she said with a huge smile on her face. Then she noticed Frank standing behind Harm. "Grampa."
"Hello Annabelle," Frank said as he picked her up.
Lieutenant wanted to throw up at the sight before her. Well isn't this just the cute family reunion. Then she noticed Mac standing with a little boy at each side. She then watched Harm come up gives his kids a hug then she watched him give Mac a passionate kiss. So she's his wife. Well we're just going to have to do something about that.
"So squid to you miss me?"
"You bet I did marine," Harm said as he gave Mac another kiss. Mac knew that this show did not go unnoticed by the Lieutenant and Mac couldn't wait to tell Harriet what happened. Mac looked over at the Lieutenant and to suppress a laugh. The woman looked like she was about to puke.
"That's good to hear navy," she said. Then whispered in his ear. "You should see the look on the Lieutenant's face it's a classic." With that Harm subtly turned around and tried his best not to burst out laughing.
Later that night after everyone had gone to bed, Mac stayed up to finish the novel she was reading. All of a sudden of a wave of nausea hit her and she bolted to the bathroom colliding with Harm who had just gotten out of the shower.
"Whoa Mac slow down," but Mac wasn't listening as she shoved Harm out of the way as she headed for the toilet.
"Mac are you ok?"
"I'll be fine. I don't know what happened. I've been a bit queasy for the past couple of days. At first I thought it was the climate change when I went down to Orlando. Now I'm not sure."
"Maybe you should make an appointment with the doctor?"
"I'm sure I'll be just fine."
"Now whose side of the family does Annabelle get her stubbornness from? Please promise me that your see the doctor?"
"Ok I'll call the doctor first thing tomorrow morning."
Mac had called the doctor's office and she had made an appointment for later in the day. She went down to the Admiral's office to make sure that was ok.
"Sir, Colonel Mackenzie here to see you," Tiner said over the intercom.
"Send her in Tiner."
"Sir."
"Have a seat Colonel what can I do for you."
"Well sir for the past couple of days I haven't been feeling well and Harm suggested that I make an appointment for the doctor. I called and they had an opening around noon. Permission to leave for the appointment."
"Of course Colonel. Just let me know how it goes."
"Yes sir and thank you sir."
"Dismissed Colonel."
Mac sat in the examination room waiting for the doctor to come back with the test results. Five minutes later the doctor came in with a smile on her face. Looking at the doctor's face Mac felt relived. At leas its not something too terrible I hope.
"Mac I have good news. You feeling the way you do has nothing to do with food poisoning or travel."
"Then what's wrong with me?"
"Actually nothing is wrong with you. You're pregnant. Congratulations!"
"Thank You doctor," a stunned Mac said.
The whole way back to the office Mac was trying to figure out how she would tell Harm the news. As soon as she got back, there was a knock on her office door.
"Come in," she said not looking up to see who it was.
"Hey Mac, how did it go at the doctor's? Is everything ok?" Harm asked.
"Yes Harm everything is fine."
"Then why were you paying homage to the porcelain god?" Harm laughed.
"Well I know the reason for that but I don't want to tell you in the office I'll tell you when we get home."
"Come on Mac tell me?"
"Sorry squid but you'll have to wait till we get home."
"Ok, anyway do you want to go out for lunch?"
"Sure, where do you want to go?"
"Well they did just open this great little Italian restaurant about five minutes from here," Harm said.
"Sounds good just give me about twenty minutes to finish this up."
"Ok I'll be back," Harm failing miserably at trying to imitate Arnold Schawrtzenager.
On cure exactly twenty minutes later Harm was knocking on Mac's door.
"I have to say squid you're getting better at this being on time thing."
"Why thank you I'm trying. Now let's eat!"
Once they were in the parking lot Harm couldn't help asking Mac what she wanted to tell him. He had been thinking about fro the last twenty minutes. If she was going to tell him what he thought she was then he was ecstatic.
"Ok Mac so what did you want to tell me?"
"I said I'd tell you when we got home."
"You said you wouldn't tell me when we were in the office. Technically we are no longer in the office we are the parking lot."
"You know you're a pain in my six!"
"I know marine but you love me anyway," Harm said with a smile.
"I know isn't that strange? OK you want to know," with Harm's nod she continued. "Ok… I'm pregnant."
With that admission Harm jumped back and yelled "You're what."
Mac had to fight off tears. She didn't expect Harm to be upset. I mean they had never discussed exactly how many children they were going to have. They had just said the if God decided to bless them with another child then that would be wonderful. Mac was just about to say something when Harm grabbed her an d staring spinning her around the biggest smile on his face.
"You're not mad?" Mac said after finally put her down.
"Mad? Why would I mad? This is the best news I've heard all week!!! I love you so much," and with that Harm leaned in and gave Mac a kiss.
Lieutenant Jameson had forgotten something in her car. On her way out to get she saw the Commander and the Colonel standing in the middle of parking lot. Then she saw the Commander jump away from the Colonel like he had been burned. Hmmm maybe a lover's quarrel. This could be good. She said to herself a wicked smile on her face. Her face though when she saw the Commander pick up the Colonel and spin her around finally putting her down for a kiss. Well hat kiss is defiantly goes against regulations. She thought the situation with the two working in the same chain of command was against regulations but she didn't say anything. Obviously she was unaware of Admiral's Privilege.
Admiral AJ Chegwidden was looking out his office window admiring the lovely weather. He then noticed two of his officers spinning around the parking lot. He would definitely have to ask them what was going on when they got back.
When Harm and Mac got back from lunch they were immediately summed to the Admiral's office.
"Sir, ma'am the Admiral would like to see you both ASAP."
"Thanks Tiner."
"What did you do this time squid?"
"Me why are you looking at me I didn't do anything."
"Whenever the Admiral wants to see us ASAP its usually because of something you did!" Mac teased.
"I'm hurt marine. I can't believe you said that."
The pair made their way down to their CO's office.
"Commander Rabb and Colonel Mackenzie reporting as ordered sir," Harm said.
"At ease."
"So are congratulations in order?"
"Sir?" Mac asked.
"I said are congratulations in order Colonel. I saw that little display earlier in the parking lot."
Mac blushed. "Well yes sir. I'm pregnant."
The Admiral noticed the huge smile that was plastered on the Commander's face.
"I would say that's something to celebrate."
"Actually sir we wanted to ask you a question?"
"Yes Colonel?"
"Well sir me and the Commander were wondering if you would be the child's godfather?"
"I would be honored. Now the two of you get out of here. You have rest of the day off"
"Aye, aye sir," Harm said as the happy couple exited their CO's office.
As soon as Harm and Mac exited the Admiral's office, Harriet could defiantly tell that something was going on. She had a sharp eye and nothing slipped past her.
"Excuse me ma'am sir," Harriet said as she saw them heading for Mac's office.
"Yes Harriet," Harm said with that silly grin still on his face.
"I couldn't help but noticed that unusually large grin on your face sir. Are congratulations in order?"
"Actually yes Harriet, I'm Pregnant."
"Oh Congratulations ma'am," Harriet said as she gave Mac a hug. Soon the whole office was a buzz with the good news. Mac and Harm left about five minutes after their encounter with Harriet and already the whole office knew.
"She works fast doesn't she?" Mac said.
"Fast and efficient, that's why she's Navy," Harm said with a smile.
When Harm and Mac got home they found a note taped to the fridge. "Went to go puck up Trish… Borrowed the vette be back in a little while J"
"I think Frank likes the vette as much as you do."
"So Mrs. Rabb, what are your plans for the rest of the afternoon?"
"Well I have the rest of the day off, so I thought I'd call this pilot I know. Pretty cocky fellow but he's also pretty cue too. So what are your plans?"
"Well there is real sexy marine that I know, maybe I can call and see if she's free," Harm said with a smile.
"I'm sure she can make room in her schedule for you," Mac teased as Harm leaned down for a kiss. The closing of the front door interrupted their kiss.
"They must be back"
"Harmon, Mac what are you two doing home?" Trish asked.
"Well the Admiral gave us the afternoon off after we found out some interesting news," Mac said.
"Are you two alright?" Trish asked immediately fearing something bad had happened.
"Yes we're fine. In fact Mac is more than fine," Harm said with that grin still plastered to his face.
"What are you talking about dear," his mother asked.
"Mac's pregnant!"
"Oh that's wonderful," Trish said as she gave her son and daughter-in-law a hug.
Lieutenant Jameson had heard through office scuttlebutt that the Colonel was pregnant. How wonderful. She thought to herself.
Well I'm just going to have to start taking some drastic measures here. Lieutenant Jameson left for the day thinking about what she was going to do next.
Trish was sitting in the living room playing tea party with her granddaughter while her husband played video games with his two grandson's. Mac and Harm had decided to go out for dinner to celebrate the good news.
"So squid what are you getting?"
"I'm not sure but definitely some kind of sushi."
"Sushi? You think that is better for you than the dead cow I eat?"
"Mac anything is better than that dead cow you eat"
"What ever you say stick boy," Mac said sticking a chop stick out at Harm.
"So how do you think the Lieutenant took the good news," Harm asked.
"Well if her reaction at the airport is any indication I think she must have taken it pretty well," Mac said with a laugh.
"I know when I turned around and saw her face. It took all I had not to burst out laughing."
"I know that look on her face was priceless. I swear I thought she was going to throw up at any moment."
"You should have seen the look she gave me Tuesday night. After we got back from Mrs. Lansing's place she asked if I wanted to have dinner with her. I told I already had plans with Frank and she just got this look on her face like it didn't bother her too much cause she'd have her way with me eventually. The she said well maybe another time then. In her dreams." Just then Harm's cell hone rang.
"Rabb."
"Harmon you need to come home right away."
"Mom what is it? What's wrong?"
"Someone through a brick into the living room window. Annabelle was sitting next to the window when it happened. Class shattered all over her. Frank called an ambulance. She looks ok but she might need some stitches."
"Ok mom, were on our way."
"Harm what's wrong?"
"It's Annabelle she's hurt their taking her to the hospital."
"What's wrong with her?"
"I'll explain on the way let's go."
Harm and Mac got back to the house just as the ambulance did. Harm and Mac went with the ambulance to the hospital while Trish and Frank brought the boys in Harm's SUV.
It turned out that Annabelle need a total of ten stitches. Three on her arm, four on the back of her neck and three on her leg.
In the waiting room Mac was in tears.
"It's ok sweetheart she's fine."
"I know but who would want to do something like this? Who would want to hurt our little girl?"
"I don't know sweetie, I don't know."
When they all got home Mac found the tires on her vette were slashed and the front window was smashed in.
What else will happen to the Rabb family? What will Lieutenant Jameson think of next?
Reviews would be appreciated J.