CH 51
A minute later MacGyver was looking around when she saw that someone in an army uniform was running towards her, "Jim", she said shocked then smiling as she walked quickly towards him.
"June", they hug and kiss, then pulling apart they rest their foreheads together.
"What are you doing here?"
"Came to see my wife, I miss you."
"I miss you too," kissing and hugging once more.
They pull apart slightly, "Mike texted me the time that your plane leaves."
"That was good of him."
"Yeah, I miss you," he kissed her passionately then they heard the boarding call.
"I have to go, Honey."
"I know, two more weeks and we will be together."
"And I'm looking forward to it."
"Same here."
"I'll email you what items I'll need for you to pack for the weekend."
"Sure, can I pick the dress?"
"Yes, you can and I better go."
"I know, love you."
"I love you too," one more kiss and June heads to the gate. Jim watched her walk towards the plane. She turned and waved to him and he waved back.
He stayed until the plane took off then when he turned to go, two female gate agents were looking at him and checking him out.
"Your girlfriend, Sir?"
"Wife, Ma'am, she's my wife." Then he headed towards the exit and back to base.
Back at the car he sent a text off to Mike before leaving the airport. *thanks mate, spent 2 mins with her*.
Three and a half hours later the plane landed in Melbourne and everyone gathered in the gate lounge until they were all together before heading to the baggage claim. The sailors couldn't help but notice the looks they were getting from other people seeing a large group of sailors in their whites together. After retrieving their bags they walked out the exit to find the Navy minibus was waiting to pick them up and take them to where it all began for them when they joined the Navy.
When they arrived, they were shown to their assigned rooms. They had each been assigned a single room. Once settled in they got changed into their other white uniforms and were shown to one of four classrooms where they were going to be spending the next two weeks.
Over the two weeks, when they are not in class they would be studying, going to the gym or going out on the town over the weekend.
MacGyver, she would study and also go to the gym to work out for a while.
At the end of the course, they were all given a letter with their orders as to where they were going to be stationed. MacGyver opened her's and was pleased when she saw that she would be stationed in Cairns. The instructors watched the looks on everyone's shocked faces when they saw where they were going to be posted.
When they watched MacGyver, she just raised an eyebrow, After everyone opened their orders the course instructors went to each one of them and talked to them individually. When they got to MacGyver, "Petty Officer Roth."
"Sirs."
We've read your record, impressive."
"Thank you, Sir"
"We've got your final test scores."
"What are my results, Sir?"
"One hundred per-cent."
"Thank you, Sirs."
"You're the only student that we know of that's answered everything correct."
"Really? Sirs? Wow!"
"Congratulations."
"Thank you, Sirs," as she shook their hands.
"What station are you assigned to?"
"Cairns, Sirs, my posting is at NAVCOM until a ship's posting comes up."
"Are you pleased to be up in Cairns?"
"Yes Sir, that is where I'm stationed now. I was on Hammersly for over four years then transferred to Melbourne for further medic training."
"So you want ship posting?"
"Patrol boat posting would be great, Sirs, but I'll take whatever's available. If there's not one then I can be a temporary replacement for any of the patrol boats in Cairns and Darwin, Sirs."
"You prefer patrol boats over frigates?"
" I like the closeness and on patrol boats and it's always good to have an extra helmsman and medic on hand just in case something happens to the coxswain."
"But all patrol boats have two medics on board."
" Hammersley doesn't, Sir. When I was on Melbourne, my replacement only knew basic first aid. Swain, as we call the coxswain on Hammersley when he was shot, there wasn't a qualified medic on board. So they flew me onto Hammersley where I treated Swain and another sailor who was wounded. Swain being helmsman and medic was a ship stopper and now since they haven't got a replacement coxswain there is more pressure on the other patrol boats until a temporary coxswain can be found."
"Has Hammersley gotten a temporary coxswain?"
"Yes, for six weeks or until Swain gets the all-clear. NAVCOM's trying to find a qualified second medic and chef, Sirs."
"Would you return to Hammersley if asked?
"If I was asked? Yes, in a heartbeat, Sirs."
"Well, whatever happens, good luck."
"Thank you, Sirs." Then they move on to talk to another sailor.
An hour and a half later MacGyver was on the plane to Sydney, and so looking forward to seeing Jim and the family. Jim sent her a text letting her know which hotel he is at and the room number. Once she landed, got her bags and was in a taxi heading to the hotel, she texted Jim to let him know that she was on her way.
Arriving at the hotel she went up to the room, knocked on the door and waited. The door opened and she smiled when she saw Jim. Walking into the room and she put the bags down while Jim closed and locked the door. She went over to the turned-down bed, where she noticed a bottle of wine in an ice bucket, two flute glasses and a tray of different foods. Smiling as she turned around to Jim wrapping her arms around his neck, "I missed you," she said.
"I missed you too," kissing, which became passionate.
"I've been looking forward to this for the past two weeks," she told him.
"Same here, I want to make love to you right now," he said, kissing her again. "I could make an order from room service," he stopped and looked at her.
"Order? We've got everything it would appear."
"A drink?"
"I got us champaign June, what kind of drink do you want?" smiling and kissing him.
"I want to order," she says again then kissing him passionately. "Sex With the Captain.
This made Jim laugh, "OH June! You naughty girl!"
"So... can I order it?" asking as she pulled his shirt out of his pants.
"Yes, you certainly can." he began to kiss her as he started removing her clothes.
Hours later with just a sheet over them and the champagne and food gone, June was snuggling up to his side. "That was a great order I made."
Jim laughed as she looked up at him.
"What?"
"I missed your humour, June."
Then she moved until she was lying on top of him.
"I missed hearing you laugh, Jim"
"We missed out on a lot of things over the past few weeks, haven't we," he said.
"We have, but I've got some news that should make you very happy."
"And What would that be?"
"My new posting… NAVCOM and temporary replacement for any ships in Cairns and Darwin."
"You're joking."
"Nope, so while I've got a shore posting I'm going to be ordering lots of..." she kissed him, "Sex With the Captain," she said giggling.
"Oh, I love it when you order that," kissing and making love once again.
The next day they attended Val's wedding. It was at the same place where Ben got married. They got to meet their six week old niece for the first time before the wedding as well talk to other family members. When they talked to Trish, MacGyver could sense that something was bothering her, so she pulled her aside.
"Trish, what's wrong? I can tell something's bothering you."
"I had a visitor yesterday."
"Who?"
"Kim Simpson"
"What? How? When did she get out of prison?"
"You didn't know?"
"No, and I'm pretty sure that Jim doesn't know either otherwise he would have told me. When did she get her paroled?"
"The day before."
"She was supposed to be in for ten years. How the hell did she manage to get out after eight months?"
"There was another trial where some doctor told the judge that she was sick and forgot to take her meds and that is why she did what she did. She is seeing a counsellor for her mental problems. The judge said she could be released with probation for five years and she has to continue to attend counselling."
"How come Jim and I weren't informed?"
"I really don't know."
"How did you find out?"
"Court transcript."
"Ok, did she say anything about why she tried to kill Jim and me?"
Trish thought about it, "She said nothing, no apologies, nothing."
"Why did she go to see you?"
"She wanted to be friends again, I told her it was too late. She hurt my family."
"I better let Jim know… does Kim know that Jim and I are married?"
"No."
"Ok, thanks for telling me Trish. Does any of the family know?"
"Just Eric, he was fairly shocked when I told him."
"I bet he was." Then she turned and went over to where Jim was talking to a couple of cousins.
"Hi June, how have you been?" one of his cousins asked.
"I'm good thanks, and how about you two?"
"We're good. So… tell us what it is like being married to Jim here."
"Amazing."
"AHH..." they said grinning. "Jim was saying that you've been down in Melbourne."
"Yeah, just got back from doing a two-week medic training course. Medics do it every two, three years. There's always something new coming out and for us to learn."
"Ok then, so you're here for the weekend?"
"Yeah, then Cairns with Jim when he leaves."
"What ship will you be on?"
"I've got a shore posting but I will fill in whenever required for any ship where my experience and expertise are required."
"So, that means that you will be spending more time with Jim then."
"It does and we're looking forward to it," she turns and kisses Jim while their arms are wrapped around each other.
"I hope to find a woman like you, June," one of them said.
"Just find someone you love, every woman is different and one day you will just know if she's the right one for you or not," June said.
"Thanks. So, how did you two know?"
Looking at each other, they smile. "It started with a challenge then it was followed by dinner and several rainchecks. But it really became evident when we worked together as a team on a few missions. It made us realise that we work well together not just as Navy and Army working side by side but at home as well. Our love slowly grew stronger and then what made us both really realise how strong our love is, is when we were both injured and the worry that we each had for the other," June explained.
"June's right, when she was wounded and was in hospital with two broken legs, and when I got her text my stomach flipped, wondering what happened, and if she was ok. That's when I realized I was in love with June. Soon as I could talk to her alone I hugged and kissed her."
"When he did, at first I was shocked but then I realized the hell that he must have been going through, not being able to hug me or see me in person for a week, but as soon as he walked through the door in hospital, and without even a hello but a hug and kiss, I knew."
"We talked and she told me everything that happened. I was so happy that she was going to be fine"
"We talked when he was in town and not on missions and I learned that he loved me as much as I loved him and that one of the most important things in a relationship is communication."
"So true. You two sure are lucky."
"Yes, we are, thanks," Jim said.
"And speaking about communication, I need a private word with my husband, if you'll excuse us."
"Sure, we'll talk later," one of them said.
Finding an out of the way spot he noticed that she looked upset, "June what is it? Can't it wait?" Jim asked.
"Sorry Honey, but this is important. Trish just told me that Kim's out of prison."
"What?" he said shocked.
"I said the same thing. Kim got some fancy lawyer to get her a second trial and the judge reduced her sentence to time served. The lawyer's bull shit argument was that she was sick and hadn't taken her meds was backed by a doctor. She's been out since Thursday. She showed up at Trish place yesterday."
"You're joking, we should have been informed about all of this from the court. We should have been at her second trial."
"I agree, look I'll make some calls on Monday to find out how the hell this happened just in case something's not right."
"That sounds good," then Jim pulled June into his arms and hugged and kissed her. "She is not going to come between us."
"I know that Jim."
"Does anyone else know?"
"Eric knows and he was as shocked as everyone else."
"I imagine that he would be."
"Yeah. We should go and find a seat, the wedding going to start soon."
They kissed again and then walked over to where everyone was seated and sat down with the family.
