Author: xfool
Disclaimer: same sh*t different story, I don't own this song, "To the Moon and Back" by Savage Garden
Title: The Moon And Back
Author Notes(s): Okay, here is the third part of this story, it is supposed to take place a few months after the first chapter in case you needed or wanted a reference in time…Also, in chapter 2 I said brown eyes when I meant to write BLUE(yet another hint! Please tell me you have a general idea as to who this man is…) All flashbacks will be in CAPS. Hope you like this one! If you have any ideas for songs, please let me know 'cause I'm running out of good, romantic songs! Thanks!
The Moon And Back
She's taking her time making up the reasons…To justify all the hurt inside…
"He left Harriet," Mac said through mixed emotions. "I told him I was pregnant and he left…I don't know what to do, I thought he loved me…I thought he would love this child. I guess I was wrong…"
"Oh Mac, don't think like that. You two have only been intimate for, what, two or three months? Give him time…When I told Bud he was excited but also scared and angry. He's never told me why…"
"But why did he leave? I sat him down and told him…He knew I wasn't feeling well and when I told him he blew up at me…"
(FLASHBACK)
"MAC, WHAT'S WRONG?" HE ASKED, SUDDENLY BECOMING VERY NERVOUS AND FRIGHTENED.
"NOTHING, I JUST NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR TODAY AND FOUND OUT WHY I HAVE BEEN SO TIRED."
"IT'S NOT MONO RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEN I WOULD HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT WHO ELSE YOU'VE BEEN KISSING."
"NO IT'S NOT THAT…I'M PREGNANT."
HE JUMPED UP, HIS EYES SUDDENLY FILLED WITH ANGER. "YOU GET ME ALL WORRIED ABOUT NOTHING? GOD SARAH! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A LIFE OR DEATH KIND OF THING, NOT SOMETHING AS STUPID AS THIS!"
SHE SLOWLY STOOD, ALLOWING THE DIZZYNESS TO SUBSIDE. "WELL I'M SORRY THAT THIS CHILD IS GOING TO BE SUCH A BURDEN TO YOU!" HER EYES FILLED WITH TEARS AND SHE LOWERED HER VOICE. "I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE HAPPY…"
"I NEED TO LEAVE…I'LL CALL YOU…" HE SAID TO HER BACK AS HE SLAMED THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. NOT KNOWING WHAT ELSE TO DO, MAC ALLOWED HER SORROW OUT AND CRUMPLED TO THE FLOOR.
(END FLASHBACK)
Mac hung up the phone, just in case he decided to call.
Guess she knows from the smiles… and the look in their eyes…Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one…They're saying, "Mamma never loved her much"… And, "Daddy never keeps in touch, that's why she shies away from human affection"…
Everyone at work instantly knew that something was wrong with the colonel. She rarely ate and always hid herself in her office or the library. Harriet tried her best to get her to talk but Mac had locked herself in her own world and wouldn't allow anyone in.
A knock at her office door broke her concentration. "Mac, are you okay?"
She sighed. "C'mon in Strugis and close the door."
He did so and then sat across from her in the empty chair. "What's wrong Mac? Talk to me."
"I'm pregnant."
"Am I sensing that congratulations are premature?"
"Yes, because the father doesn't want anything to do with me. He and I have just recently become intimate…and I was never on the pill…so I think you know what happened next."
"I do…but how are you feeling?"
"Like I failed. We were so in love…I don't know what I did to make him this angry."
Mac was crying. Sturgis walked over to her, "Do you want me to talk to the father?"
"Would you?" She asked through her tears.
"Of course."
But somewhere in a private place…She packs her bags for outer space…
True to his word, Sturgis took the dad – to – be out to McMurphy's for a drink, and told him exactly how Mac was feeling.
"Thanks buddy. I'm going to go talk to her right now."
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come…And she'll say to him…I would fly to the moon & back if you'll be...If you'll be my baby…Got a ticket for a world where we belong…So would you be my baby?...
Mac sat on the couch, a suitcase by the door. She didn't know what she was going to say to him, or if he was even coming home.
She can't remember a time when she felt needed…If love was red then she was color blind…All her friends they've been tried for treason…And crimes that were never defined…
He walked into the apartment to see her asleep on the sofa. He walked over and shook her gently. She stirred and opened her eyes.
"You're back?"
"I could never leave. I know that I have been stupid…" he was interrupted by the honking of the taxi's horn. "Please…stay. Let's work this out."
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place, and reaching out for human faith is like a journey I just don't have a map for"…
"You made it clear when you left that you didn't want any part of this. I thought our love was strong…that we could raise this child in a home full of love…but apparently I was wrong. I have waited for so long and you throw out this whole thing like yesterday's garbage. Well, I hate to break the news to you but this baby and I are a package deal. Love me and it or say goodbye. I can't play this game anymore, the rules always change."
He stood quietly, letting what she just said sink in. He looked up to see her tears, and said to her "What do you want?"
"I want you. This was my only hope for a normal life…to have a child of my own. I want that, and everything that is included. I need to know whether or not you will be here…My worst fear has come true. Maybe this was all a mistake…" she said as she left the apartment. He walked over to the window and saw her fall to the ground yelling obscenities at the taxi pulling out of the parking lot. He grabbed a blanket and his cell phone as he rushed outside to where she had fallen.
He reached her side. "Sarah? Wake up! Please…wake up." He dialed 911. "I have a pregnant woman down…"
So baby's gonna take a dive and…Push the shift to overdrive…Send a signal that she's hanging…All her hopes on the stars…What a pleasant dream…I would fly to the moon & back if you'll be... If you'll be my baby…Got a ticket for a world where we belong…So would you be my baby?
TO BE CONTINUED! (if I get enough feed back)