Thank you noharmnojag for beta reading this for me. On the other post of chapter two there were some misspellings and some words left that she helped with so thanks again.
Disclaimer: I don't own JAG and its characters.
Rating for this is: PG and will later become something more. Maybe K-12
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From part One:
Outside in Clay's car...
After putting Natalia in her car seat Clay got in his own seat and called a number he had called numerous of times. It rang three times and was picked up. "Hey, Sergei..."
Chapter Two
"Hey Mr. Clay" said Sergei with a thick Russian accent shining through. He would always have great affection for Clay, as brother if you will, because of his diligence of getting him in the US. "How was your visit with my brother and sister?"
"It went well Sergei" Clay said with relief.
"I hear relief in your voice. I am glad everything went well." Sergei said with the same relief and then chuckled, "Natalia will be glad to know that her patience paid off."
Clay chuckled as well. He remembered as always that Natalia had a bit of a stubborn streak and would make sure things were settled in her family. "Tell her I will be there soon. Her namesake is asleep. I need to head home, but I wanted to call and let you know that everything went great! Sergei you and your wife can tell Harm and Mac now. I am glad that she pushed me to reconcile with them. Thank her for me. Good Night!"
"Good night Mr. Clay" Sergei said with a smile on his face and hung up the phone.
Mac's Old Apartment
Georgetown
0015 hours EST
Sergei hung up the phone and turned to his wife of 6 years and said "We can now tell Harm and Mac now."
Natalia shouted with glee, "I knew it would work out. We'll call them in the morning."
Sergei answered her with a kiss to seal the deal.
Next morning...
Sergei was sitting at his desk around 10 in the morning when he decided to pick up the phone and call his brother. He knew that they were getting ready for work about this time of the morning. As the phone began to ring, he wondered what Harm's reaction was going to be when he found out that Natalia was named after his wife. He had no time to wonder when he distinctly heard his brother's voice.
"Rabb"
"Hello brother" Sergei said with a smile on his face.
"Sergei this is a surprise! We have not heard from you in awhile. How are you doing?" Harm said with excitement in his voice.
"I am doing fine. You both know that I got married 6 years ago right?" Sergei asked with some hesitantly.
"Yes, we got the invitation but we were both trying to get medical done for Jo at the time. She has Down's Syndrome and we wanted to be able to provide for her needs when she was a baby as well as our own, when we get stressed over it. Why are you asking?" Harm said with a curiousness only a brother can have.
"Well, I wanted to let you know that you have a nephew that is 4 and we are expecting another one in about 3 months but the reason why I called is, to let you know that we wanted you guys to enjoy Mr. Clays visit without us warning you that he was coming."
"Sergei?" Harm was getting a funny feeling that his sister-in-law had something to do with this.
"Harmon, my wife wanted to get you guys together and she thought that the only way to do that was the outing you were having for the Down's Syndrome children and to also let you know who Mr. Clay's daughter was named after."
Harm suspiciousness grew. He started putting two and two together and getting four. " Does your wife's name happen to be Natalia?"
"Yes, she one of the reason why that Mr. Clays wife stayed with him and also one of the reason she named Natalia after my wife. Abigail was Mr. Clays wifes name, she was in ill health but Mr. Clay loved her and treated her with kid gloves through the whole pregnancy. When Abigail went into labor and after Natalia was born, they found out that she had Down's Syndrome and that Abigail would not be able to take care of her because of her own health going down hill so she named her daughter Natalia after my wife. After she died Mr. Clay named Natalia and I godparents and we helped Clay with the parenting and the support that he needed. Natalia and Abigail were very good friends so that is why Clay's daughter is named after my wife."
"Sergei, I am very touched by your story. We had a similar situation with Josephine. Mac had a difficult pregnancy with her and the doctor told us both that it would be a risk to her and any other children if we had more, so we have been trying to be really careful." Harm said with some sadness. Then turning to his wife who had something behind her back and looking like the cat that got the cream. He knew that look, it was always when she found she was pregnant. His heart dropped, he may lose her this time. "I think Mac just wanted to let me know that we are expecting as well. This scares me to know end."
"Harm, be there for her. She is going to be a high risk anyway. PLEASE make sure she starts only doing 4 hours a day per week at the office, ok" Sergei said with concern for his sister-in-law. On becoming a US citizen Sergei took the medical test that was given in the US. It was no different than in Russia. He will always love his first love of flying helicopters but when you break your knee cap on a hard landing he had to do something else.
"Ok! " Light bulb went off in Harm's head "I forgot you got your degree in family practice after your hard landing. It seems we both did different things for our country or in this case countries." Harm said with solemness. "Sergei, I have to go. The kids are getting very hungry and are wanting my dinosaur pancakes, so i will talk to later."
"Ok Harm, take care" Sergei said and then hung up. Then turned around to phone Clay. He told him that Harm and Mac knew and that Harm took the news really great.
Sergei was glad everything turned out great for them both, but was concerned about Mac and what this pregnancy would bring to them both.
