CHAPTER SIX
Harm never strayed far from Mac in the next four days, only to go home to have a shower
and change when ordered to by the Admiral.
Harriet and Bud stopped by every day. When they were there was the only time that
Harm would go home, albeit reluctantly, but he had no choice. Orders were orders.
Harm was rarely sleeping as he spent most of the day either pacing Mac's small ICU
room, or sitting by her bedside, holding her hand and intently looking at her face for any
kind of indication that she was going to wake up, or even get better.
When anyone looked into his eyes, they could see a man whose soul had been shattered
and heart broken.
Finally the Admiral had had enough.
Stalking into the ICU, he glared at Harm.
"Get your sorry six out of that chair. NOW!" he bellowed.
Caught off guard by the sudden outburst, Harm leapt to his feet with a shocked
expression.
In a softer tone the Admiral continued, "Harm, you have to start looking after yourself.
Mac won't like it at all when she comes out of that coma to see that you haven't looking
after yourself. You are to go home, shower, change and most importantly... SLEEP.
Don't worry, I'll stay with her while you aren't here, and will ring if anything changes."
"Sir, don't you see? Without her I am nothing. She has my heart and soul, and I don't
ever want to let go of that. She makes me a whole person. What am I going to do if she
doesn't make it?" Harm spoke truthfully.
"I know that, Harm, but that's the main reason why you must go home and get some rest.
If above all, do it for her. She needs you to be 'all there' when she wakes up. By the way
this is not a choice, it's an order," he finished.
"Yes, sir," was all Harm could say.
As he was walking out the door, he paused, turned around and asked, "You will call me,
won't you, sir?"
"Yes, I will, Rabb. Now get your six home."
After Harm had left, the Admiral took his seat beside her head, and took her hand in his.
Hers' seemed so small, so fragile in his large, work weathered hands.
"You have to come out of this, Mac, 'cos if you don't, I'm not just going to lose one
senior officer but two, because Harm won't know how to live without you, Mac. Come
on, Sarah, wake up," he gently whispered in her ear.
The Admiral spent all the night like that, and was still in that position when Harm came
in the next morning, looking much more refreshed and replenished.
"You look ten times better, Rabb. Glad to see you got some sleep," the Admiral smiled
up at him.
"Yes, sir, but I would've rather been here with Mac, sir," Harm replied.
Time passed. Hours became days, days became a week, and then two, but Harm hardly
ever left her bedside, never stopped whispering words of comfort and love.
He had an aura around him that each and every nurse saw a man in love, a love not to be
reckoned with.
Her coma began to worry the doctors more. They scheduled more tests but the results
didn't point to anything as the cause. All they could be was patient and wait. Wait for
fate to take its course. To bring her back or take her away forever.
Chapter 7 will follow as soon as I get some reviews! :) By the way chapter 7 is the
final chapter! :)
Harm never strayed far from Mac in the next four days, only to go home to have a shower
and change when ordered to by the Admiral.
Harriet and Bud stopped by every day. When they were there was the only time that
Harm would go home, albeit reluctantly, but he had no choice. Orders were orders.
Harm was rarely sleeping as he spent most of the day either pacing Mac's small ICU
room, or sitting by her bedside, holding her hand and intently looking at her face for any
kind of indication that she was going to wake up, or even get better.
When anyone looked into his eyes, they could see a man whose soul had been shattered
and heart broken.
Finally the Admiral had had enough.
Stalking into the ICU, he glared at Harm.
"Get your sorry six out of that chair. NOW!" he bellowed.
Caught off guard by the sudden outburst, Harm leapt to his feet with a shocked
expression.
In a softer tone the Admiral continued, "Harm, you have to start looking after yourself.
Mac won't like it at all when she comes out of that coma to see that you haven't looking
after yourself. You are to go home, shower, change and most importantly... SLEEP.
Don't worry, I'll stay with her while you aren't here, and will ring if anything changes."
"Sir, don't you see? Without her I am nothing. She has my heart and soul, and I don't
ever want to let go of that. She makes me a whole person. What am I going to do if she
doesn't make it?" Harm spoke truthfully.
"I know that, Harm, but that's the main reason why you must go home and get some rest.
If above all, do it for her. She needs you to be 'all there' when she wakes up. By the way
this is not a choice, it's an order," he finished.
"Yes, sir," was all Harm could say.
As he was walking out the door, he paused, turned around and asked, "You will call me,
won't you, sir?"
"Yes, I will, Rabb. Now get your six home."
After Harm had left, the Admiral took his seat beside her head, and took her hand in his.
Hers' seemed so small, so fragile in his large, work weathered hands.
"You have to come out of this, Mac, 'cos if you don't, I'm not just going to lose one
senior officer but two, because Harm won't know how to live without you, Mac. Come
on, Sarah, wake up," he gently whispered in her ear.
The Admiral spent all the night like that, and was still in that position when Harm came
in the next morning, looking much more refreshed and replenished.
"You look ten times better, Rabb. Glad to see you got some sleep," the Admiral smiled
up at him.
"Yes, sir, but I would've rather been here with Mac, sir," Harm replied.
Time passed. Hours became days, days became a week, and then two, but Harm hardly
ever left her bedside, never stopped whispering words of comfort and love.
He had an aura around him that each and every nurse saw a man in love, a love not to be
reckoned with.
Her coma began to worry the doctors more. They scheduled more tests but the results
didn't point to anything as the cause. All they could be was patient and wait. Wait for
fate to take its course. To bring her back or take her away forever.
Chapter 7 will follow as soon as I get some reviews! :) By the way chapter 7 is the
final chapter! :)