Disclaimer: Same as in the other chapters!
A/N: Okay, so this has gone on longer than I thought it would, but I think I like where it's going..smiles Read and review please? Thanks!
Bethesda Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland 1717 ZULU
Mac laid uncomfortably in the delivery room, waiting for the doctor to come in. Harm sat in a chair opposite her bed, smiling lightly. Finally, the doctor came in. "Sorry to keep you waiting." he apologized. "Ms. Singer is having some little problems in the next room." he revealed.
"Is she okay?" Mac huffed. The doctor nodded.
"She's fine." He told her. A knock at the door interrupted him.
"Looks like we have visitors." Harm smiled, as the Admiral, Harriet, the Gunny, and Sturgis entered the room.
The Admiral smiled. "How you doing, Colonel?" he asked her. "No babies yet?" he asked.
"No, sir." Mac grinned. "Ow!" she groaned. The nurse frowned with concern, looked at the visitors, and shooed them from the room.
"I'm sorry." She said. "You'll all have to wait in the waiting room." She walked over to Mac, shining a small light in her eyes. "Yes, you'll need to leave. The Colonel is nearly fully dilated."
"Bye, Colonel." Harriet waved.
The group tried to move on to Lt. Singer's room, but they were not permitted to go anywhere near it. Defeated, they quietly moved on to the waiting room.
"So much for holding the baby shower next month." Sturgis whispered.
Harriet frowned. "We can still hold the shower." She decided. "I've seen the shower done after the baby is born a few times. It still works."
The Admiral laughed. "You still planning, Harriet?" he grinned to himself. "You always were the creative one."
"Thank you, sir." Harriet blushed.
Bethesda Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland A few hours later.
The group still sat waiting in the waiting room for news on either Mac or Lauren. Harriet had nodded off several times, and Sturgis was sleeping rather peacefully on the floor. The Admiral and the Gunny had resisted any form of sleep, and still sat patiently in their chairs.
A young, blonde woman made her way into the waiting room. She smiled. "You can go see them now if you want. They are both fine." She grinned. "Just a few at a time in each room, please. They are a little tired."
"I know how they feel." Harriet smirked seriously, and four pairs of eyes glanced at her curiously. She laughed.
In Lauren's room, Sergei sat in a chair next to her bed. The TV was on, and he was watching CNN while holding one of Lauren's hands. Lauren held her baby in her arms, and dangled between the realm of sleep and.being awake.
Everyone smiled. Lauren had a baby girl.
"What's here name?" the Admiral asked.
"We named her Jessica." Sergei grinned proudly at his new daughter.
"Jessica." Gunny tried the name out. "You know what? I like it." He decided.
Sergei laughed, and Lauren blinked awake, trying to act as if she had been awake throughout the whole conversation. Sergei sighed. 'She's tired.." He whispered.
"Well, we'll go visit the Colonel." The Admiral announced, and herded the group out of the room.
In Mac's room, Harm sat similar to where Sergei was sitting in his room. He held one of the babies, and Mac held the other. She was awake, and smiling at Harm and her two new bundles of joy.
"Hello, Colonel.." Harriet smiled. "How you doing, ma'am?" she asked. "You alright?"
"I'm okay, Harriet." Mac smiled.
"What are their names?" the Admiral repeated the same question that he had asked in the previous room.
"Well, this is Sasha and Samantha." Mac pointed.
"Oh, a Russian name!" Harriet was delighted. "It's so pretty!" she clapped her hands.
"Yeah." smiled Harm. "Mac and I had talked about giving the baby a Russian name.and since we have two now, we decided, why not?" Harm shrugged for emphasis. The baby boy situated in his arms woke up, and then began to cry and squirm.
"Harm!" Mac whined.
"Sorry, dear." Harm said flatly.
Harriet's face suddenly brightened, and she whispered something first in the Admiral's ear, then in Sturgis's ear. They smiled. The Admiral cleared his throat. "Well," he sighed, "we're going to leave now. Let you get some rest, and spend some time with those little bundles of joy."
Mac smiled, and waved to the group as they made their way from the room. The Gunny was now laughing at something Harriet was whispering about. Mac's eyebrow rose suspiciously, but she had little time to say anything about it, as little Samantha decided she wanted to start crying.
"Geez.We're going to have our hands full, aren't we, Flyboy?" Mac laughed. She stroked Samantha's small little head, already full of dark brown hair. "But it's worth it." She decided happily.
"Yes." Harm nodded, looking at his little boy, and then at his little girl in her mother's arms. "Yes. It's definitely worth it." He grinned broadly.
Driving in the Car Washington, DC One hour later.
Harriet hung up her cell phone, grinning to herself. She dialed another number on her phone. It rang three times before the Admiral answered it. "Sir," she said. "It's all set for next week, sir." She reported.
"Great job, Lt." the Admiral praised her. "This was such a good idea. It will be such a good surprise for all of them." He thought out loud.
"Yes, thank you, sir." Harriet grinned, and hung up.
Tbc..
A/N: Okay, so this has gone on longer than I thought it would, but I think I like where it's going..smiles Read and review please? Thanks!
Bethesda Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland 1717 ZULU
Mac laid uncomfortably in the delivery room, waiting for the doctor to come in. Harm sat in a chair opposite her bed, smiling lightly. Finally, the doctor came in. "Sorry to keep you waiting." he apologized. "Ms. Singer is having some little problems in the next room." he revealed.
"Is she okay?" Mac huffed. The doctor nodded.
"She's fine." He told her. A knock at the door interrupted him.
"Looks like we have visitors." Harm smiled, as the Admiral, Harriet, the Gunny, and Sturgis entered the room.
The Admiral smiled. "How you doing, Colonel?" he asked her. "No babies yet?" he asked.
"No, sir." Mac grinned. "Ow!" she groaned. The nurse frowned with concern, looked at the visitors, and shooed them from the room.
"I'm sorry." She said. "You'll all have to wait in the waiting room." She walked over to Mac, shining a small light in her eyes. "Yes, you'll need to leave. The Colonel is nearly fully dilated."
"Bye, Colonel." Harriet waved.
The group tried to move on to Lt. Singer's room, but they were not permitted to go anywhere near it. Defeated, they quietly moved on to the waiting room.
"So much for holding the baby shower next month." Sturgis whispered.
Harriet frowned. "We can still hold the shower." She decided. "I've seen the shower done after the baby is born a few times. It still works."
The Admiral laughed. "You still planning, Harriet?" he grinned to himself. "You always were the creative one."
"Thank you, sir." Harriet blushed.
Bethesda Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland A few hours later.
The group still sat waiting in the waiting room for news on either Mac or Lauren. Harriet had nodded off several times, and Sturgis was sleeping rather peacefully on the floor. The Admiral and the Gunny had resisted any form of sleep, and still sat patiently in their chairs.
A young, blonde woman made her way into the waiting room. She smiled. "You can go see them now if you want. They are both fine." She grinned. "Just a few at a time in each room, please. They are a little tired."
"I know how they feel." Harriet smirked seriously, and four pairs of eyes glanced at her curiously. She laughed.
In Lauren's room, Sergei sat in a chair next to her bed. The TV was on, and he was watching CNN while holding one of Lauren's hands. Lauren held her baby in her arms, and dangled between the realm of sleep and.being awake.
Everyone smiled. Lauren had a baby girl.
"What's here name?" the Admiral asked.
"We named her Jessica." Sergei grinned proudly at his new daughter.
"Jessica." Gunny tried the name out. "You know what? I like it." He decided.
Sergei laughed, and Lauren blinked awake, trying to act as if she had been awake throughout the whole conversation. Sergei sighed. 'She's tired.." He whispered.
"Well, we'll go visit the Colonel." The Admiral announced, and herded the group out of the room.
In Mac's room, Harm sat similar to where Sergei was sitting in his room. He held one of the babies, and Mac held the other. She was awake, and smiling at Harm and her two new bundles of joy.
"Hello, Colonel.." Harriet smiled. "How you doing, ma'am?" she asked. "You alright?"
"I'm okay, Harriet." Mac smiled.
"What are their names?" the Admiral repeated the same question that he had asked in the previous room.
"Well, this is Sasha and Samantha." Mac pointed.
"Oh, a Russian name!" Harriet was delighted. "It's so pretty!" she clapped her hands.
"Yeah." smiled Harm. "Mac and I had talked about giving the baby a Russian name.and since we have two now, we decided, why not?" Harm shrugged for emphasis. The baby boy situated in his arms woke up, and then began to cry and squirm.
"Harm!" Mac whined.
"Sorry, dear." Harm said flatly.
Harriet's face suddenly brightened, and she whispered something first in the Admiral's ear, then in Sturgis's ear. They smiled. The Admiral cleared his throat. "Well," he sighed, "we're going to leave now. Let you get some rest, and spend some time with those little bundles of joy."
Mac smiled, and waved to the group as they made their way from the room. The Gunny was now laughing at something Harriet was whispering about. Mac's eyebrow rose suspiciously, but she had little time to say anything about it, as little Samantha decided she wanted to start crying.
"Geez.We're going to have our hands full, aren't we, Flyboy?" Mac laughed. She stroked Samantha's small little head, already full of dark brown hair. "But it's worth it." She decided happily.
"Yes." Harm nodded, looking at his little boy, and then at his little girl in her mother's arms. "Yes. It's definitely worth it." He grinned broadly.
Driving in the Car Washington, DC One hour later.
Harriet hung up her cell phone, grinning to herself. She dialed another number on her phone. It rang three times before the Admiral answered it. "Sir," she said. "It's all set for next week, sir." She reported.
"Great job, Lt." the Admiral praised her. "This was such a good idea. It will be such a good surprise for all of them." He thought out loud.
"Yes, thank you, sir." Harriet grinned, and hung up.
Tbc..