Chapter 11.
1230 ZULU
ROSELAKE HOTEL
8TH OCTOBER
"Could you help me do up my zipper Courteney?" Harriet asked the young woman who had already gotten into her bridesmaids dress and done her hair, and who had just finished Chloe's, pinning it up with diamond hairclips.
"Sure." the young woman replied going over to Harriet and doing it up. "Mac aren't you gonna get into your gown?" she then asked noticing that though her hair was done she was not yet dressed.
"Yeah in a minute, I'm just waiting for..."
There was a knock at the door and Sydney entered with her medical bag.
"Sarah you ready?" Sydney asked.
Mac nodded and followed Sydney to the door, her wedding gown in her arms.
"You can use my room, it's just next door. Jack's getting ready with Harm and Bud." Courteney told them throwing a puzzled glance at Harriet and Chloe who was trying to do a pair of
strappy sandals up.
"Thanks." Sydney replied leaving the room with Mac in tow.
"Chloe do you know what's up with Mac?" Harriet asked the child going over to the little moses basket where her new baby daughter Sarah Mae was asleep.
"Nope." the child replied. "But could you please do these sandals up, they are really getting on my nerves."
Five minutes later the women were all ready and had gone out onto the landing to wait for Mac. They had on lilac bridemaids dresses with white and lilac flowers sewn on to them, and tiny ones on the straps. There were tiny diamonds sewn onto the dresses in the shape of tiny flowers and each had a tiara on, their hair pinned up in curls which fell around them.
Bud and Jack left the room in which they had been changing to come and see why the women were all waiting on the landing. Bud looked at his wife, the moses basket carrying his the tiny form of his sleeping daughter in her arms.
"You look beautiful honey." he told her, putting his arms around her waist.
"So do you sexy." she replied adoringly.
"You're a stunner Court." Jack told his wife.
"You too sailor." she replied smiling.
"So why are you all out here, and where's the Colonel?" Bud asked.
"Sydney's checking her out." Harriet told him.
"Well is everything okay?"
"Bud honey we really don't know." Harriet replied giving her husband a kiss.
Sydney opened the door to the room and left.
"Syd is everything okay?" Courteney asked.
"I think that's for Mac to tell you herself." Sydney replied going to get changed herself.
Mac came out of the room, now in her gown which she had taken into the room with her. It was a long flowing ivory gown with tiny red roses and little planes, affectionately representing her husband to be's love for flying sewn on in little diamonds. She had a tiara on the same as the bridesmaids diamond earrings anmd a diamond neckalce and anklet.
"Wow you look great, I bet Harm can't wait to get you out of that dress." Chloe told her cheekily before bursting into tears. "You're not gonna die are you." she asked relating to Sydneys giving Mac a check up.
"No silly of course not." Mac replied picking the younster up and giving her a cuddle.
"Then what's going on, I mean you're not sick are you ma'am?" Bud asked concerned taking his now awake daughter into his arms and rocking her back to sleep.
Mac motioned for everyone to follow her into the room where the women had peviously been getting ready.
"If I tell you guys something will you promise not to tell Harm? I want to tell him at the reception." Mac asked them all settling down on the bed with Chloe on her lap.
"Yeah."
"Sure."
"Uh huh."
"Okay." Mac took a deep breath "Guys, I'm pregnant. I've been feeling nauseous for a couple of weeks now, Sydney just confirmed it."
"You're having Harms baby. Cool." Chloe stated hugging Mac.
"Yeah it is." Mac replied patting her stomach. "But I want to tell him okay, so keep your mouths zipped."
Courteney and Jack walked over and gave Mac a hug.
"Congratulations ma'am." Bud said smiling going over to the Colonel and giving her a hug.
"Yeah ma'am congratulations." Harriet told her sweetly going over to her and giving her a hug also though being careful not to squish the little child in her arms. "You're gonna have endless dirty diapers, sleepless nights, no time to yourselves, breasts the size of...You're gonna love it." Harriet finished looking at the tiny form in her arms.
"Yeah, I think I am." Mac answered sincerely looking at her little namesake and remembering baby A.J when he was a newborn and how she loved him like he was her own .
"If it's a girl will you call her Chloe?" Chloe asked with a cheeky grin.
"I think we'll have to wait and see." Mac told the young girl, pushing a stray curl out of her face. "Do you think Harm's going to be happy about this?"
"Are you kidding?" Bud told her. "He's been playing with A.J most of the morning, you should see him in his little suit, he's so cute." Bud told them.
"Who A.J or Harm?" Mac joked.
"Seriously Mac he's been cooing over A.J all morning, he'll be over the moon." Jack told her.
There was a knock at the door and a little head came round the side next to Harms, he was carrying A.J in a little aeroplane position.
"We wondered where everyone had got too." he told them putting A.J on his shoulders "Everything okay?" he asked the baby patting Harm on the head like he was hitting a drum.
The inhabitants of the room giggled.
"Cute!" Chloe remarked making them giggle even harder regarding Macs earlier remark about Harm and fatherhood.
(END OF PART ELEVEN)
1230 ZULU
ROSELAKE HOTEL
8TH OCTOBER
"Could you help me do up my zipper Courteney?" Harriet asked the young woman who had already gotten into her bridesmaids dress and done her hair, and who had just finished Chloe's, pinning it up with diamond hairclips.
"Sure." the young woman replied going over to Harriet and doing it up. "Mac aren't you gonna get into your gown?" she then asked noticing that though her hair was done she was not yet dressed.
"Yeah in a minute, I'm just waiting for..."
There was a knock at the door and Sydney entered with her medical bag.
"Sarah you ready?" Sydney asked.
Mac nodded and followed Sydney to the door, her wedding gown in her arms.
"You can use my room, it's just next door. Jack's getting ready with Harm and Bud." Courteney told them throwing a puzzled glance at Harriet and Chloe who was trying to do a pair of
strappy sandals up.
"Thanks." Sydney replied leaving the room with Mac in tow.
"Chloe do you know what's up with Mac?" Harriet asked the child going over to the little moses basket where her new baby daughter Sarah Mae was asleep.
"Nope." the child replied. "But could you please do these sandals up, they are really getting on my nerves."
Five minutes later the women were all ready and had gone out onto the landing to wait for Mac. They had on lilac bridemaids dresses with white and lilac flowers sewn on to them, and tiny ones on the straps. There were tiny diamonds sewn onto the dresses in the shape of tiny flowers and each had a tiara on, their hair pinned up in curls which fell around them.
Bud and Jack left the room in which they had been changing to come and see why the women were all waiting on the landing. Bud looked at his wife, the moses basket carrying his the tiny form of his sleeping daughter in her arms.
"You look beautiful honey." he told her, putting his arms around her waist.
"So do you sexy." she replied adoringly.
"You're a stunner Court." Jack told his wife.
"You too sailor." she replied smiling.
"So why are you all out here, and where's the Colonel?" Bud asked.
"Sydney's checking her out." Harriet told him.
"Well is everything okay?"
"Bud honey we really don't know." Harriet replied giving her husband a kiss.
Sydney opened the door to the room and left.
"Syd is everything okay?" Courteney asked.
"I think that's for Mac to tell you herself." Sydney replied going to get changed herself.
Mac came out of the room, now in her gown which she had taken into the room with her. It was a long flowing ivory gown with tiny red roses and little planes, affectionately representing her husband to be's love for flying sewn on in little diamonds. She had a tiara on the same as the bridesmaids diamond earrings anmd a diamond neckalce and anklet.
"Wow you look great, I bet Harm can't wait to get you out of that dress." Chloe told her cheekily before bursting into tears. "You're not gonna die are you." she asked relating to Sydneys giving Mac a check up.
"No silly of course not." Mac replied picking the younster up and giving her a cuddle.
"Then what's going on, I mean you're not sick are you ma'am?" Bud asked concerned taking his now awake daughter into his arms and rocking her back to sleep.
Mac motioned for everyone to follow her into the room where the women had peviously been getting ready.
"If I tell you guys something will you promise not to tell Harm? I want to tell him at the reception." Mac asked them all settling down on the bed with Chloe on her lap.
"Yeah."
"Sure."
"Uh huh."
"Okay." Mac took a deep breath "Guys, I'm pregnant. I've been feeling nauseous for a couple of weeks now, Sydney just confirmed it."
"You're having Harms baby. Cool." Chloe stated hugging Mac.
"Yeah it is." Mac replied patting her stomach. "But I want to tell him okay, so keep your mouths zipped."
Courteney and Jack walked over and gave Mac a hug.
"Congratulations ma'am." Bud said smiling going over to the Colonel and giving her a hug.
"Yeah ma'am congratulations." Harriet told her sweetly going over to her and giving her a hug also though being careful not to squish the little child in her arms. "You're gonna have endless dirty diapers, sleepless nights, no time to yourselves, breasts the size of...You're gonna love it." Harriet finished looking at the tiny form in her arms.
"Yeah, I think I am." Mac answered sincerely looking at her little namesake and remembering baby A.J when he was a newborn and how she loved him like he was her own .
"If it's a girl will you call her Chloe?" Chloe asked with a cheeky grin.
"I think we'll have to wait and see." Mac told the young girl, pushing a stray curl out of her face. "Do you think Harm's going to be happy about this?"
"Are you kidding?" Bud told her. "He's been playing with A.J most of the morning, you should see him in his little suit, he's so cute." Bud told them.
"Who A.J or Harm?" Mac joked.
"Seriously Mac he's been cooing over A.J all morning, he'll be over the moon." Jack told her.
There was a knock at the door and a little head came round the side next to Harms, he was carrying A.J in a little aeroplane position.
"We wondered where everyone had got too." he told them putting A.J on his shoulders "Everything okay?" he asked the baby patting Harm on the head like he was hitting a drum.
The inhabitants of the room giggled.
"Cute!" Chloe remarked making them giggle even harder regarding Macs earlier remark about Harm and fatherhood.
(END OF PART ELEVEN)