Chapter Two
In the blink of an eye, Harm was at the hospital, and rushing through the ER doors. He nearly had to strangle someone before the nurse told him where Mac was.
He called the Admiral, and told him the news. Mac was in surgery. They should all come down. Twenty minutes later, they were all there, waiting in the waiting room with him.
Hours passed before they heard the sound of shuffling feet on the hospital floors. Within a few seconds, the surgeon was within view, but they couldn't guess what he was about to tell them until he was close enough so that they could see his face. He took off his hat and mask, threw them on the floor, and sighed deeply.
"I'm..sorry.."he frowned. "I'm so sorry. There was nothing we could do.."
Harriet cried. Bud struggled to comfort her, and to hold back his own tears. Sturgis blinked. He couldn't believe it. The Admiral stood still. His frown deepened as he surveyed the looks on the faces of the people before him. It was Harm that puzzled him the most.
The Commander's facial expression hadn't changed, except that his eyes had glassed over. He was now sitting on the floor, He buried his face in his hands, took a deep breath, released it, and got up and left.
The next day, he didn't show up for work. At closing time, the Admiral drove to his apartment, worried about his safety. After he had knocked three separate times, Harm came to the door.
The Commander's eyes were puffy with tears. He invited the Admiral in, and then sat down on his couch without another word.
"You know, Harm.." Sighed the Admiral, dropping the formalities, "you'll eventually have to reintroduce yourself to daylight again.."
"I know." He mumbled his reply.
"Are you going to the.." The Admiral began.
"Please don't finish that sentence, sir." Harm choked, cutting him off.
"You know..She loved you. She'd want you to be there, Harm.." Frowned the Admiral.
"I can't.." gasped Harm, finally letting more tears fall. "I just can't." he repeated in a softer tone.
"You think about it." the Admiral requested. "I hope I'll see you there..None of us WANT to go, you know.." He added before he turned and left.
Many hours after the Admiral left, the distraught Commander opened his closet and took out his dress whites. He hung them up in the bathroom before sliding into bed, and repeating the Admiral's words in his head: "You know...She loved you.."
A/N: Sorry guys! Don't hate me yet! Wait till you see what I've got up my sleeves for the next few chapters..Reviews would be cool!
In the blink of an eye, Harm was at the hospital, and rushing through the ER doors. He nearly had to strangle someone before the nurse told him where Mac was.
He called the Admiral, and told him the news. Mac was in surgery. They should all come down. Twenty minutes later, they were all there, waiting in the waiting room with him.
Hours passed before they heard the sound of shuffling feet on the hospital floors. Within a few seconds, the surgeon was within view, but they couldn't guess what he was about to tell them until he was close enough so that they could see his face. He took off his hat and mask, threw them on the floor, and sighed deeply.
"I'm..sorry.."he frowned. "I'm so sorry. There was nothing we could do.."
Harriet cried. Bud struggled to comfort her, and to hold back his own tears. Sturgis blinked. He couldn't believe it. The Admiral stood still. His frown deepened as he surveyed the looks on the faces of the people before him. It was Harm that puzzled him the most.
The Commander's facial expression hadn't changed, except that his eyes had glassed over. He was now sitting on the floor, He buried his face in his hands, took a deep breath, released it, and got up and left.
The next day, he didn't show up for work. At closing time, the Admiral drove to his apartment, worried about his safety. After he had knocked three separate times, Harm came to the door.
The Commander's eyes were puffy with tears. He invited the Admiral in, and then sat down on his couch without another word.
"You know, Harm.." Sighed the Admiral, dropping the formalities, "you'll eventually have to reintroduce yourself to daylight again.."
"I know." He mumbled his reply.
"Are you going to the.." The Admiral began.
"Please don't finish that sentence, sir." Harm choked, cutting him off.
"You know..She loved you. She'd want you to be there, Harm.." Frowned the Admiral.
"I can't.." gasped Harm, finally letting more tears fall. "I just can't." he repeated in a softer tone.
"You think about it." the Admiral requested. "I hope I'll see you there..None of us WANT to go, you know.." He added before he turned and left.
Many hours after the Admiral left, the distraught Commander opened his closet and took out his dress whites. He hung them up in the bathroom before sliding into bed, and repeating the Admiral's words in his head: "You know...She loved you.."
A/N: Sorry guys! Don't hate me yet! Wait till you see what I've got up my sleeves for the next few chapters..Reviews would be cool!