Chapter 45

Five pairs of angry eyes glared back at Doug at his question, the only ones that weren't was Harm's who was hopeful and Lena, who looked sad. AJ was about to respond to the man when Lena answered instead, "Can only take clothes off when AJ does. Make him happy and him love Lena that way."

With a firm hand AJ guided Lena into the house along with everyone else, minus the news crews. Steve was already questioning his grandmother on her sudden appearance.

"Well, I saw the live report on the news and because no one called me to tell me that AJ had been found," she gave her grandson a pointed stare before going on, "And I wanted to come over and make sure that he was alright, as well as meet Lena. Since we live so close it didn't take long to get here and it looked like I was right on time with that living together question!"

"Yes, thank you for that Wanda Jean. If Lena does prove to be the Davis girl, she should inherit her family home, as soon as she feels comfortable around modern things, she could live there," AJ told her.

"No! Lena live with AJ!"

AJ gently put his arm around her and said, "Yes Lena, you can stay here for now. We will work together to teach you the things you need to learn about this complicated world."

"She'll need schooling too AJ, how to read and write. You might want to hire a tutor for her, I doubt sending her to school would work," Wanda Jean offered.

"That's a good idea Wanda Jean, thank you.

"Sir, I need to call the SECNAV and let him know you're back, just in case he didn't catch the news broadcast," Mac stated as she moved towards the phone.

"Of course Colonel please go ahead, and when things settle down a bit I'd like you to give me an update on the week that I missed."

"Yes Sir," she smiled at him and picked up the phone.

"As much as I'd like to stay and see what happens next, I need to be in court soon," Harm announced, and then took his leave of the group.

Steve explained that he needed to get his fingerprinting kit from his car so they could officially establish Lena's identity. He left for a few minutes and AJ was there with the three women. Mac was just finishing her call to the SECNAV and Wanda Jean was staring at Lena; AJ wondered what she was thinking. Lena herself just held on to him tightly. She seemed to be able to handle the presence of so many people easier when she was making physical contact with AJ.

When Steve returned he explained to Lena what he was going to do and then held out his hand waiting for her to let go of AJ and give him her hand. Lena looked to AJ for approval and when he nodded, she held out her hand out to Steve. He touched her fingers to the inkpad and then placed them on the card. Smiling at her he told her that he was done.

Like a child would, Lena's first reaction to seeing the black ink that remained on her fingers was to put them in her mouth to lick them clean. Her grimace of distaste just as AJ reached out to stop her, told him it was to late. "YUCKY!" she exclaimed and then tried to wipe her tongue off; unfortunately she was reacting rather than thinking and used the hand with the ink on it, only making matters worse.

AJ and Steve were trying not to laugh at this rather silly problem. Mac simply rolled her eyes at them, thinking 'boys will be boys' so it was left to Wanda Jean to come to Lena's rescue.

Having been to AJ's house on several occasions, she was familiar with it. She led Lena to the bathroom telling her that she would help her get cleaned up.

And then there were only three in the living room. Steve, knowing AJ was too much of a gentleman to ask about his relationship with Sarah in front of her, was not above questions of that sort himself. Before the other two could start talking about work, Steve asked, "So AJ, you were going to explain just how Lena knows that your 'mater thing' still works as well as how you taste?"

To be continued...