What's Meant To Be Will Be 9
AJ found Harm starring through the paneled glass window of the nursery.
"I knew I'd find you here."
"I just couldn't stay there any longer or. or."
"Or you'd lose it." AJ offered.
Harm turned to face his CO and nodded, at first AJ was surprised to find Harm's appearance consisting of blood shot eyes and tear stained cheeks, he looked like he hadn't eaten or drinken anything in days, which was probably true, and looked like he's lost at least 5 pounds in that short amount of time. Which wasn't surprising since he had been close to a breakdown for nearly 48 hours.
"Is there any news sir?" the words were barely notable through the hum of the baby monitors on the other side of the window.
"Nothing, but I have given the nurse my pager number and she'll all if there is any news."
"I can't lose them both." He stated quietly determined not to let the unbearable pain he was going through show in his eyes.
"I know, neither could I. Mac is like a daughter to me. and you a son. And this child is loved so much by so many people, God wouldn't do that to you or any of us for that matter."
"They did it to Bud and Harriet." He stated again, if possible quieter than before."
"I now, but Bud and Harriet have AJ, and from the scuttlebutt I hear a little brother or sister on the way."
"Really!" Harm said with enthusiasm, which he hadn't thought himself capable of.
"I have nothing concrete yet, they will be here soon I suspect you can ask them your self."
"Yeah okay."
Minutes passed and silence filled the air between them, neither had the words to express their innermost feeling but both understood. The silence was broken by the wail of a little boy in the nursery.
Bought back to the present Harm voiced his thoughts out loud. "I wonder whether is a little boy of girl?"
"It's a girl." It's wasn't an assumption is was a confirmed statement
"A little girl. I have a daughter growing inside the woman I love." he trailed off and looked out upon the nursery, suddenly taking greater interest in the little bundles of pink scattered throughout the room. "Sir how do you know it's a girl?"
"Mac let it slip one day when I rang to see how she was going."
"Ohhh."
"I wanted to tell you about the baby Harm, but she was hurting so much I couldn't bare to hurt her by betraying her trust."
"I know, and I'm grateful for that, the last thing she needed was more hurt in her life, I had already done enough of that."
"If it makes you feel any better I would have made the same choice you did back in July."
"Even if it was based on false facts."
"What do you mean?"
"The child wasn't mine it was conceived in April, it couldn't have been not even a close possibility."
"The month between the engagement party and the wedding. Not surprising considering the conversation on my porch"
"Ahhh she told you about that?"
"No, after all it was my porch you so willingly ahhh. opened up."
Harm starred back to the window, wondering if he's ever get to hold the 2 now most important women in his life.
"How come you didn't realise it earlier?"
"I was hurting so much because of Mac's departure I never gave it a second thought."
"When did you realise it."
"The night of Mac's accident. I was sitting there and something didn't feel right, I did the calculations and it dawned on me, I asked Renee and she reluctantly confirmed it. I left and drove around in circles for a few hours then I went to the wall, when I came back there was a message from Bethesda and I left before it finished."
"Well I've never believed in fate or anything but it sounds to me like you made your realisation just when Mac needed you most."
"I would have come anyway."
"I know but now you don't have to worry about Renee and feel guilty about being here."
"It wouldn't be any different from any other time, I have felt guilty for the past six months."
Suddenly there was a loud beep that filled the solitude silence of the corridor. Both men looked at each other mirroring their emotions the raced off down the corridor.
To Be Continued.
AJ found Harm starring through the paneled glass window of the nursery.
"I knew I'd find you here."
"I just couldn't stay there any longer or. or."
"Or you'd lose it." AJ offered.
Harm turned to face his CO and nodded, at first AJ was surprised to find Harm's appearance consisting of blood shot eyes and tear stained cheeks, he looked like he hadn't eaten or drinken anything in days, which was probably true, and looked like he's lost at least 5 pounds in that short amount of time. Which wasn't surprising since he had been close to a breakdown for nearly 48 hours.
"Is there any news sir?" the words were barely notable through the hum of the baby monitors on the other side of the window.
"Nothing, but I have given the nurse my pager number and she'll all if there is any news."
"I can't lose them both." He stated quietly determined not to let the unbearable pain he was going through show in his eyes.
"I know, neither could I. Mac is like a daughter to me. and you a son. And this child is loved so much by so many people, God wouldn't do that to you or any of us for that matter."
"They did it to Bud and Harriet." He stated again, if possible quieter than before."
"I now, but Bud and Harriet have AJ, and from the scuttlebutt I hear a little brother or sister on the way."
"Really!" Harm said with enthusiasm, which he hadn't thought himself capable of.
"I have nothing concrete yet, they will be here soon I suspect you can ask them your self."
"Yeah okay."
Minutes passed and silence filled the air between them, neither had the words to express their innermost feeling but both understood. The silence was broken by the wail of a little boy in the nursery.
Bought back to the present Harm voiced his thoughts out loud. "I wonder whether is a little boy of girl?"
"It's a girl." It's wasn't an assumption is was a confirmed statement
"A little girl. I have a daughter growing inside the woman I love." he trailed off and looked out upon the nursery, suddenly taking greater interest in the little bundles of pink scattered throughout the room. "Sir how do you know it's a girl?"
"Mac let it slip one day when I rang to see how she was going."
"Ohhh."
"I wanted to tell you about the baby Harm, but she was hurting so much I couldn't bare to hurt her by betraying her trust."
"I know, and I'm grateful for that, the last thing she needed was more hurt in her life, I had already done enough of that."
"If it makes you feel any better I would have made the same choice you did back in July."
"Even if it was based on false facts."
"What do you mean?"
"The child wasn't mine it was conceived in April, it couldn't have been not even a close possibility."
"The month between the engagement party and the wedding. Not surprising considering the conversation on my porch"
"Ahhh she told you about that?"
"No, after all it was my porch you so willingly ahhh. opened up."
Harm starred back to the window, wondering if he's ever get to hold the 2 now most important women in his life.
"How come you didn't realise it earlier?"
"I was hurting so much because of Mac's departure I never gave it a second thought."
"When did you realise it."
"The night of Mac's accident. I was sitting there and something didn't feel right, I did the calculations and it dawned on me, I asked Renee and she reluctantly confirmed it. I left and drove around in circles for a few hours then I went to the wall, when I came back there was a message from Bethesda and I left before it finished."
"Well I've never believed in fate or anything but it sounds to me like you made your realisation just when Mac needed you most."
"I would have come anyway."
"I know but now you don't have to worry about Renee and feel guilty about being here."
"It wouldn't be any different from any other time, I have felt guilty for the past six months."
Suddenly there was a loud beep that filled the solitude silence of the corridor. Both men looked at each other mirroring their emotions the raced off down the corridor.
To Be Continued.