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(Saturday Afternoon)
(Josh's POV)
I'm glad this whole thing with Jim is finally coming to an end. After he gets put on trial, he'll be put away for a long time. Mac and the baby came home earlier this morning and they have been sleeping ever since. Everyone had decided to wait on a welcome home party, since Mac was so out of it, because of her medications and all.
Harm has been running up and down the stairs all morning between checking and Mac and the baby, and trying to clean up the house. Since I was out of school for the better part of the week, I spent most of the time at the kitchen table trying to do all of my make up work.
Sergei and lieutenant Singer were suppose to be coming over for dinner tonight, to talk about there whole situation and Harm's mom was suppose to be coming over to met me and see the baby. This was certainty going to be an interesting evening.
Harm was stirring the soup for lunch, when the baby started crying again. Harm let out a long sigh, and I jumped up from the table.
"I'll get him Harm."
"Thanks Josh," Harm said reaching for the Advil.
I knew he wasn't feeling good lately, and I wanted to do as much as I could to help out. I raced up the stairs to get him before Mac woke up, because I knew she wasn't suppose to be getting out of bed.
"Hey there Luke," I cooed picking him up. I was so surprised when Harm and Mac said they wanted to name the baby after my dad. "Come on pal, let's get you downstairs."
I picked up Luke just like Harm showed me how, and carefully carried him downstairs. Harm was waiting in the kitchen, with bottle in hand.
He took Luke into the family room, sat down in his recliner and started to feed him. I grabbed my book from the kitchen and sat across from him on the couch.
It was a pretty comfortable silence between us. Harm was reading the paper, while I was reading my book. Luke had fallen asleep awhile ago, and now it was just us guys relaxing until the big dinner tonight.
After awhile, Harm put Luke up to bed, and started to make dinner, while I stayed on the couch with my book. I was so involved in reading that I never heard Mac come into the room.
"Watcha reading Josh?"
"To Kill A Mocking bird."
"What is it about?"
"Well it has nothing to do with killing a mocking bird."
Mac laughed, "Very funny Josh."
"Feeling any better?"
"Yeah, I'm just ready to get this dinner over with."
"Speaking if dinner, it's just about ready," Harm said coming in the room. He dropped a quick kiss on Mac's forehead, before sitting down. They all should be here soon," he said playing with Mac's hair.
"Three more minutes and three seconds, flyboy."
"How do you do that?" I asked, confused.
"She won't tell, believe me, I've tried." Harm said laughing.
Minutes latter the doorbell rang.
"That would be them. I'll get it," Harm said getting up.
Grandma Trish, she told me to call her, Sergei, and Lieutenant Singer, were all ushered into the family room. After the coffee was passed around, we fell into a tense silence. Dinner wasn't ready quite yet, and there was really no safe topic to approach. Finally Sergei spoke.
"Brother, I do not understand. Why is it that you see me making a mistake? I am getting married and going have a baby. What is it you do not understand? I love Loren."
Harm ran his fingers through his short hair, and was about to speak, but Lieutenant Singer cut him off.
"I told you Sergei, it's because of me. He doesn't like me, and thinks you could do better. Isn't the right commander?"
"Lieutenant, if you would let Harm speak for himself, then he could tell you what he is thinking," Mac reprimanded her.
"It's not going to anyone any good, if we all lose our tempers," Grandma Trish added.
Harm sighed, and sat back in the chair. I noticed that he looked a lot paler then he did before. He rubbed his left arm in slow circles, I was about to ask him if he was okay, but Lieutenant Singer spoke again.
"You might be his big brother, but you are not his keeper. He is an American citizen, and he can make decisions for himself! You can't tell him who he can chose and who he can't!"
"That's enough, Lieutenant!" Mac yelled.
Just then the baby started crying. Before Mac got up, I volunteered to get him. I brought him back down, and gave him to Grandma Trish. It felt so weird calling her that.
Lieutenant Singer was about to say something else, but she was interrupted by the doorbell. Mac jumped to answer the door, just to break the silence.
"I'll get it," she said.
I heard the door open, but I didn't hear anything else. After a few minutes of silence, Harm finally looked up, wondering who it was, but before he could say anything, we all heard Mr. Webb coming in.
Mac followed Webb into the family room with the weirdest look on her face. Then I saw why. Standing right behind her was another man. It struck me in the weirdest way, because the man looked a lot like Harm did but older. Could it be? Could this be Harm's dad?
I looked over at Harm, but he was facing the floor breathing kind of heavily. He started rocking back and forth, clutching his arm, but managed to look up at his father. His face was deathly pale, but even that couldn't mask the shock in his eyes.
Grandma Trish, who was standing up, fainted and fell back into Sergei's arms.
Mac ran quickly to Harm's side calling out his name. When she got no answer, she told Lieutenant Singer to call 911.
"What's wrong?" Webb demanded.
"I think he is having a heart attack."
We all watch Harm as he struggled for breath, wondering if he was going to be okay, and what was taking the ambulance so long.
TBC
(A/N: You guys get the title now, right? This is a call to all who watch JAG. I missed the 11-20-02 episode, and I know basically what happened, but I want specifics. Did Harm and Mac have this big goodbye seen? What was Harm's reaction when he found out that Sergei was the father? Does anyone else know? Did Harm confront Singer about it? What happened? If anyone can help me out, please e mail me. Thanks.)
(Saturday Afternoon)
(Josh's POV)
I'm glad this whole thing with Jim is finally coming to an end. After he gets put on trial, he'll be put away for a long time. Mac and the baby came home earlier this morning and they have been sleeping ever since. Everyone had decided to wait on a welcome home party, since Mac was so out of it, because of her medications and all.
Harm has been running up and down the stairs all morning between checking and Mac and the baby, and trying to clean up the house. Since I was out of school for the better part of the week, I spent most of the time at the kitchen table trying to do all of my make up work.
Sergei and lieutenant Singer were suppose to be coming over for dinner tonight, to talk about there whole situation and Harm's mom was suppose to be coming over to met me and see the baby. This was certainty going to be an interesting evening.
Harm was stirring the soup for lunch, when the baby started crying again. Harm let out a long sigh, and I jumped up from the table.
"I'll get him Harm."
"Thanks Josh," Harm said reaching for the Advil.
I knew he wasn't feeling good lately, and I wanted to do as much as I could to help out. I raced up the stairs to get him before Mac woke up, because I knew she wasn't suppose to be getting out of bed.
"Hey there Luke," I cooed picking him up. I was so surprised when Harm and Mac said they wanted to name the baby after my dad. "Come on pal, let's get you downstairs."
I picked up Luke just like Harm showed me how, and carefully carried him downstairs. Harm was waiting in the kitchen, with bottle in hand.
He took Luke into the family room, sat down in his recliner and started to feed him. I grabbed my book from the kitchen and sat across from him on the couch.
It was a pretty comfortable silence between us. Harm was reading the paper, while I was reading my book. Luke had fallen asleep awhile ago, and now it was just us guys relaxing until the big dinner tonight.
After awhile, Harm put Luke up to bed, and started to make dinner, while I stayed on the couch with my book. I was so involved in reading that I never heard Mac come into the room.
"Watcha reading Josh?"
"To Kill A Mocking bird."
"What is it about?"
"Well it has nothing to do with killing a mocking bird."
Mac laughed, "Very funny Josh."
"Feeling any better?"
"Yeah, I'm just ready to get this dinner over with."
"Speaking if dinner, it's just about ready," Harm said coming in the room. He dropped a quick kiss on Mac's forehead, before sitting down. They all should be here soon," he said playing with Mac's hair.
"Three more minutes and three seconds, flyboy."
"How do you do that?" I asked, confused.
"She won't tell, believe me, I've tried." Harm said laughing.
Minutes latter the doorbell rang.
"That would be them. I'll get it," Harm said getting up.
Grandma Trish, she told me to call her, Sergei, and Lieutenant Singer, were all ushered into the family room. After the coffee was passed around, we fell into a tense silence. Dinner wasn't ready quite yet, and there was really no safe topic to approach. Finally Sergei spoke.
"Brother, I do not understand. Why is it that you see me making a mistake? I am getting married and going have a baby. What is it you do not understand? I love Loren."
Harm ran his fingers through his short hair, and was about to speak, but Lieutenant Singer cut him off.
"I told you Sergei, it's because of me. He doesn't like me, and thinks you could do better. Isn't the right commander?"
"Lieutenant, if you would let Harm speak for himself, then he could tell you what he is thinking," Mac reprimanded her.
"It's not going to anyone any good, if we all lose our tempers," Grandma Trish added.
Harm sighed, and sat back in the chair. I noticed that he looked a lot paler then he did before. He rubbed his left arm in slow circles, I was about to ask him if he was okay, but Lieutenant Singer spoke again.
"You might be his big brother, but you are not his keeper. He is an American citizen, and he can make decisions for himself! You can't tell him who he can chose and who he can't!"
"That's enough, Lieutenant!" Mac yelled.
Just then the baby started crying. Before Mac got up, I volunteered to get him. I brought him back down, and gave him to Grandma Trish. It felt so weird calling her that.
Lieutenant Singer was about to say something else, but she was interrupted by the doorbell. Mac jumped to answer the door, just to break the silence.
"I'll get it," she said.
I heard the door open, but I didn't hear anything else. After a few minutes of silence, Harm finally looked up, wondering who it was, but before he could say anything, we all heard Mr. Webb coming in.
Mac followed Webb into the family room with the weirdest look on her face. Then I saw why. Standing right behind her was another man. It struck me in the weirdest way, because the man looked a lot like Harm did but older. Could it be? Could this be Harm's dad?
I looked over at Harm, but he was facing the floor breathing kind of heavily. He started rocking back and forth, clutching his arm, but managed to look up at his father. His face was deathly pale, but even that couldn't mask the shock in his eyes.
Grandma Trish, who was standing up, fainted and fell back into Sergei's arms.
Mac ran quickly to Harm's side calling out his name. When she got no answer, she told Lieutenant Singer to call 911.
"What's wrong?" Webb demanded.
"I think he is having a heart attack."
We all watch Harm as he struggled for breath, wondering if he was going to be okay, and what was taking the ambulance so long.
TBC
(A/N: You guys get the title now, right? This is a call to all who watch JAG. I missed the 11-20-02 episode, and I know basically what happened, but I want specifics. Did Harm and Mac have this big goodbye seen? What was Harm's reaction when he found out that Sergei was the father? Does anyone else know? Did Harm confront Singer about it? What happened? If anyone can help me out, please e mail me. Thanks.)