Mac just continued to hold Harm in her arms, letting him cry it out. She knew this was hard on him. It was bringing up memories from his past. After a while she felt his breathing start to even out, she knew he'd fallen asleep, he needed to sleep. She needed to sleep, but the pain in her back was making that impossible at the moment. She tried to adjust herself without waking up Harm.However her efforts where in vain. The second she moved he popped open his eyes, "Sarah are you okay?"
"I'm fine; go back to sleep."
"I know your not, talk to me sweetheart."
"My back is still hurting from earlier, I think it's just stress, nothing more."
"I think we need to have this checks out, the sooner the better."
"Harm we talked about this, we have to be here for Josh, he's going to need us."
"Baby; I need you, I can't lose you or our baby girl."
"Harm I'll be fine, my doctor told me I might experience more of pain as the scaring starts to stretch."
"I'd feel better if we'd go get you checked out." He shot her the Harm I'm not messing around look.
"Fine you win; we'll go, after we talk to Josh not before."
Harm started to say something, but thought better of it, he laid back down taking Mac into his arms. She attempted to get comfortable, however her attempts where still in vain. She placed her hand on her abdomen, rubbing it. She felt Harms hand rest on top of hers, "Are you sure we shouldn't go to the hospital?"
Rubbing his hand, "I don't know; my head keeps telling me I'll be fine, my gut thinks something is might be wrong. My heart knows we need to wait, till we talk to Josh."
"In other words; your body is at war with itself?"
"Yes; I guess you might say that. Harm I don't know what todo, I know we need to be here for Josh, but I'm scarred, I'm scared at what I'm feeling."
Harm glanced at his watch, taking note that it was still early,"I'll call mom ..."
"No! Please don't. I can wait. Josh needs us."
"No we aren't going to wait, I know you need help, I'm not going to risk losing you or our daughter. I can't risk your health."
"What about Josh? Harm he needs us?"
"Baby; right now he doesn't know anything is wrong, he doesn't know Annie died." Neither one of them knew Josh was at the door, that he'd just heard everything. He turned away and started running back to his room, not looking where he was going , he ran into a table in the hallway, when he hit it, it made a loud noise. This caught Harm and Mac's attention.
"Harm what was that?"
"I don't know sweetheart; stay here I'll go see." Harm got up out of bed and made his way out of their room and into the hallway, that's when he spotted Josh sitting in floor. Harm knelt down in front of him."You okay buddy?"
"No; I kinda overheard you and Aunt Mac. I'm sorry, I just wanted to ask you if I could a glass of water, but I heard."
"Buddy what did you hear?"
"About mom, she's not coming back is she?"
"No buddy; she's not, her plane had an accident."
"Like your dads plane? Or like my dads plane?"
"I don't know all the details, I only know that your mom, died, but she loved you Josh, she loved you with everything in her, and she's still alive in your heart."
Josh looked down at the ground, "I don't want to see her."
"What do you mean?"
"Mom asked me if I wanted to see dad after he died. I said no. So I don't want to see her."
"Josh I never got see my dad, to say goodbye to him, I think if I'd had the chance I'd gone to say goodbye."
"NO! Uncle Harm; I said NO." Josh pulled his knees up to his chest and buried his head into his arms, crying. Harm reached for him pulling him into his his embrace, "I know buddy; I know better than most."
"Why Uncle Harm?"
"It was an accident; your mom never wanted to leave you, she loved you."
Josh sniffed "I wasn't nice to her all the time, I'd get mad at her."
"I used to get mad at my mom; I told her once I'd wished she'd been the one that died instead of my dad."
"I said that to mom once; but I didn't mean it. And now she really did die. I didn't want her too. Uncle Harm I didn't want her die." Josh started to cry harder, Harm pulled him into his lap holding him, allowing him to cry it out. Josh needed this, he needed to let everything out.
They stayed in the hallway for a while, Harm held him while he cried. In the meantime Mac stood and listened on the opposite side of the door, she knew they both needed each other. She also knew this was hard on Harm, deciding to take a chance she opened the door. Walking out into the hallway, she found them sitting on the floor. She attempted to sit down with them. Harm nodded his head "No" he jesters towards their bedroom, Mac took the hint and headed back.
In the meantime Harm stood up with Josh in his arms and he took him into his and Mac's room, he kicked the door closed behind him, and made his way over to the bed, he sat down with him still in his lap, Mac sat down next to them. Josh looked up at both of them,"What's going to happen to me now?"
They both looked at each other, Mac nodded her head. "Your going to live with us. I promise you that we will take care of you."
Josh looked over to Mac, "Aunt Mac,are you going to be my mom now?"
"Josh your mom, will always be your mom. No one can replace her."
"Uncle Harm is my godfather, are you my godmother?"
"If you want me to be!"
"I do, since I don't my mom anymore."
Mac reached for Josh's hand; "It's a deal." Just as she she turned it a loose she felt a sharp pain shoot through her back. She grabbed it; yelling out. Harm sat Josh down on the bed, and made his way over to Mac; taking her hands in his. "Talk to me baby?"
"Pain Harm; very bad pain."
