Author's Note:: JAG fic. Harm/Caitlin centric. Other Characters include; Mac, Harriet, Bud. Enjoy!
Caitlin had found out earlier that day, two things in fact; the first was that Harm was to be deployed out across the border on a new mission, long with one of the special agents into Mexico. Those kind of missions were always tricky, especially for military servicemen. The second thing Caitlin had learned, other than she wanted Harm back was that she was carrying his child.
The brunette had woken up alone like she had been doing the past couple of weeks in her own bed. It was so lonely for her, to have returned back to JAG, find her feelings for Harm that had been buried deep had risen once again within her, to then have him snatched away from her. Well in all truth, she had pushed him away after her discovery, even though she still wanted him and now learning of the child growing inside her. Kate wanted and needed Harm more than ever now.
While waiting on paperwork form Harriet, Caitlin looked back to that morning. Awakening alone she had felt dizzy and nauseas, so she'd went to waken herself only to find she got sick when she arrived in the bathroom. Standing and wiping her mouth, she'd gasped when she'd noticed her chest. Her breasts had swollen slightly, she didn't even need to take the emergency pregnancy test she always kept in the cabinet above the faucet. No, Caitlin knew she was with child just from the symptoms she was showing. His child.
Letting the news sink in, Caitlin had moved back into her bedroom and perched on the bed. Her phone began to beep, alerting her of an incoming call from Harm. So, leaning across, Kate answered the phone call, "Hello?" she spoke, sounding not very interested already. As she heard his voice, she felt tears stinging her eyes.
Harm asked her how she was, in a general way before he told her about his big news, totally oblivious of Caitlin's tone and how she was feeling. Kate was still stunned at her first round of news to even contemplate anything Harm had just told her, just as she felt the silence has gone on a little too long and she was about to tell him about the baby, he hung up, giving her a curt farewell as opposed to the usually warm and inviting goodbyes. She'd wanted to cry when Harm had hung up on her and indeed she did cry.
She stood in her office, leaning against the desk with her back to the door when she let another set of tears hit her, unnoticing of the eyes upon her until the person chose to speak up, "You're pregnant aren't you?" came the voice, sounding so certain of Caitlin's present state.
Caitlin wheeled around, shocked out of her reverie and she tried to hide her tears, though both she and Mac knew she'd been crying. Kate looked to the fellow brunette, her eyes wide and yet still clouded wth tears before she swallowed, "What are you talking about?" she asked Mac.
"I figured it out…" Mac replied to Caitlin's remark.
Caitlin swallowed, "How?"
"So you are?" Mac asked Caitlin.
"I found out this morning" the brunette answered with a delicate nod, looking to Mac.
"He doesn't know does he?" Sarah MacKenzie questioned.
"No, I didn't have the chance to tell him this morning when he called about his…" Caitlin swallowed, "Did you know he was put on this new mission?"
Mac took in a deep lung full of air and exhaled it slowly, she looked to the floor and nodded softly, "I did…I was supposed to go on it with him…" Mac said gently.
"Oh you would have loved that wouldn't you?!" Caitlin hissed to her.
"I told them I couldn't do it. It wasn't right to, ever since Harriet found out Harm and I…everyone thinks I'm the bad guy…"
Caitlin scoffed, "Excuse me?! Thinks?! You are the bad guy in this!"
"Caitlin…look, I'm sorry I did that to you. That's why I couldn't go on this mission with Harm, not this time. I knew I had to stay here and explain to you what happened and apologize to you" Mac said gently, being genuine.
"Apologize? You think that's all it's going to take?!" Caitlin hissed to Mac before she continued, unaware of the Lieutenant standing in the doorway behind them, "Apologize Mac! That really isn't going to cut it! Harm's out on a mission now, I didn't even get to say goodbye to him and he doesn't know he's going to be fathering a child in a number of months!" she yelled.
The blonde Lieutenant stood in the doorway, and she gasped softly at what Caitlin had said just seconds before. Harriet frowned a little and then realized she'd been eavesdropping, "Ma'am, I'm sorry, I didn't realize this was a private conversation, I was just coming to…" she trailed off and noticed that she'd dropped the paperwork on the floor.
"Harriet, please leave!" Caitlin hissed to the blonde and watched as she scuttled off, not knowing what to do and so headed straight to the Admiral's office. Caitlin glanced back to Mac and then to Harriet outside the office, waiting to be announced to go inside, "Mac, I'll have to go, step out of my way!" she said as the brunette stood before her path, watching Harriet as she turned the handle on the door.
"Let me sort out Harriet Caitlin…I can do it, let me" Mac suggested, holding onto Kate's shoulders and looking into her blue grey eyes, "Come on, let me make it up to you" she saw Caitlin flick her eyes from herself to Harriet and she nodded, agreeing to Mac's suggestion, "I promise Admiral won't find out."
Caitlin nodded, and she watched Mac rush off to Harriet, calling her and asking her to do something for her, looking over to Caitlin as they walked away. Kate bent down to the spilled paperwork and began to collect it and place it back into the file it had dropped from as Mac grasped Harriet's arm and presumably apologized to the Admiral as she dragged the blonde away from his office.
Next time: A lot more drama happens. What will happen with Harm and Kate? Find out in the next chapter.