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********** From part 11
"What do you think about Rose Eternity Rabb?"
"I think it's beautiful Rose for the place we first met and Eternity for how long we'll be together."
"You read my mind flyboy."
"You don't want her to have the MacKenzie name?"
"Nope I want her to have her fathers name."
"Are you sure?"
"More than sure."
They stood holding each other, looking down at their beautiful daughter Rose Eternity Rabb.
To Be Continued.
What's Meant To Be Will Be 12
Mac had finally talked Harm into going home last night, he was in need of a shower and goodnights sleep. It had taken quite a bit of persuading but she had finally managed it.
It was early the next morning she was sitting up in bed, the thought had been nagging her all night. The next thing she knew Harm was standing in the doorway, his hair tussled like he had gone from in bed sleeping to the doorway of her hospital room.
"Wha." she begun to ask what he was doing here but was stopped by Harm
"I couldn't stay away." He said still standing in the doorway, giving her one of his flyboy grins.
"So I noticed." She had intended to sound some what angry but failed miserably, all he had to do was smile at her and she was his.
"I bought breakfast with me." He said pulling a bag out from behind his back.
"Mmmm what did you get?"
"Coffee, muffins ad bagels. I know from experience that this hospital food is not good."
"You got that right."
Harm walked over toward her, putting the bag on her lap as he went past. He lent over and kissed her forehead. He whispered "I love you ninja girl" in her ear.
"I love you too flyboy."
"I'm going to go and see how Rose is doing this morning."
"Ah good, I'll come with you" she said extending her hand toward him "Help me up."
"No, you're staying here, the doctor hasn't said you're well enough to be up and walking around."
"Harm, I'm fine."
"He took her hands into his, looked into her eyes and said "I lost you once 6 months ago, and I nearly lost you again a few days ago, I'm not letting anything happen to you Sarah. Not now, not ever."
"She couldn't argue with him, his eyes were so full of love. "okay I'll stay here, but as soon as the doctor say's I can I'll be down there quicker than one of those tomcats you love to fly so much."
"Good, I'll be back soon."
MAC'S ROOM 45 minutes later
"I was about to send out the search party."
"No need, I just lost track of time, She's so beautiful."
"Awww the doting father, so have they taken her off any of those monitors yet?"
"No, she'll be on them for a while, which is what's to be expected."
"Well I just hope she's as strong as her father, you bounced back from your dip in the Atlantic virtually unscathed."
Harm lowered himself into the chair at her bedside, he's never let on but he had injured his knee pretty badly in the accident, you couldn't tell just looking at him, he was walking normally but still 8 months later running 5 miles was a chore and by the end of it he was in excruciating pain.
Mac interrupted his thoughts "Harm have you talked to Renee."
"No."
"Well don't you think you should? I'm guessing you didn't leave things very well last time you saw her and she's virtually 9 months pregnant and alone."
"Yeah I know but I have you and Rose to worry about now."
"We're fine Harm, look I think you should go and talk to her, tell her about Rose and I and help her deal with things, maybe convince her to tell the father if she hasn't already."
Okay, okay, I'll go and talk to her this afternoon."
"Good, it's the right thing to do Harm."
"Yeah I know that, but the right thing isn't always the best thing to do as I have found out."
"It'll be okay."
"Yeah I hope so."
RENEE'S APARTMENT 1600 EST Same Day
Harm slowly approached the door. He really didn't want to be there but as Mac had said 'it's the right thing to do' He knocked on the door lightly half hoping she wouldn't hear him and he could tell Mac she wasn't home. No such luck. The door swung open to reveal a very shocked and surprised Renee.
"Harm!" Her voice betraying just how surprised but happy she was to see him.
"Renee we need to talk."
Sensing that this was not a social visit she got her emotions in check and allowed him in. "Sure come on in."
Harm walked into her apartment, surprised to see that there were bags packed by the door. "Going somewhere?" he said in the general direction of the bags
"Not really, they are there in case I suddenly decide to go to my parents for a while.
"Ahhh. do you think that's wise, in ahhh. in your condition?"
"Probably not but hey."
They stood in silence for a few moments; it was Harm who spoke first breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"Why don't we sit down so we can talk."
"Yeah okay."
"Look I know that I probably shouldn't have walked out on you that night, but after what I realised I just couldn't stay. There are circumstances that you don't know about and things were very complicated. I think I need to tell you so you understand."
He paused and waited for her to speak, when she didn't he continued.
"The day you came in and told me that you were pregnant, I had said I needed to talk to you, you wanted to go first so I let you, little did I know what you were going to say would change my life."
"What was it you wanted to talk about?"
Not quite sure how to tell her this, he paused after deciding he would be straight with her. "I wanted to talk about us." He paused again letting the information sink in. he watched her for a moment she had a far away look I her eyes and he knew she was running all the events of the past 6 months through her head.
Why hadn't she seen it before, all the times she had dismissed it, telling herself she was mad, he wanted to be with her, and their child. "She left because or you didn't she?" She whispered, feeling the tears form before her eyes, but determined not to cry in front of him.
"Yeah."
"You wanted to end it with me that day because you and her had finally worked it out."
"Yeah, and once you told me you were pregnant I couldn't not then, I needed to work out what I was going to do."
"Harm, why did you stay with me?"
"Because I told Mac everything and she asked me to think about what kind of Man I was, what I stood for and what I believed in."
"So you decided to do the noble and honorable thing, determined not to let a child of yours grow up without a father like you did."
"Yeah I guess so."
"If Mac didn't say those things, would you have stayed with me?"
"At the time I honestly don't know."
"What about if I asked you now."
He had to be honest with her, taking a deep breath "No I wouldn't, there were circumstances back then that I didn't know about."
"And these would affect your decision."
"Yes, Not only did I know now that the child your having isn't mine but, when Mac left, I thought it was just because I had stood by you even though she pretty much told me what I had to do."
"But it wasn't?" She prodded, not really sure she wanted to hear anymore.
"No, the reason Mac left was because she couldn't stand to watch me stand by you and raise our child together but because she couldn't stand by and knowing that she would be raising our child alone."
He paused again, letting the words sink in. He looked over at Renee, her expression gave little indication of the feelings that she was experiencing.
"Why, then didn't you stay with her when you found out?"
"When I left the other night, I drove around for a few hours, running things over in my head, I went to the wall, and then went home. There was a message on my answering machine telling me that Sarah had been in a serious accident. I went to the hospital straight away and found the Admiral, Bud and Harriet there already; I saw her laying in the bed unconscious. I didn't know before that, that she was pregnant, she didn't want me to know."
"So you never knew."
"Not until a few day's ago. No"
"She let you stay with me, knowing that if she told you you'd go to her."
"She. yeah I guess. I don't think she believed that I would go to her."
"Huhhh. she actually believed that you wouldn't go to her, it's obvious how much you. how much you. you love each other." she chocked out.
"Renee, despite what you may believe, I did care about you. I even tried to love you but I couldn't, every woman who I have anted to love, I couldn't it was always Sarah, I finally realised that."
"I took you long enough. everyone else noticed that a long time ago. Some of us just chose not to believe it.."
"I guess I should tell you the other thing while I'm going. While I was there, something happened, all the monitors went off, and all the doctors came running in telling me to get out and. anyway, her and the baby were under some kind of stress, or pressure, anyway they had to operate to alleviate the pressure or I would lose them both, they couldn't alleviate the pressure so the only other option was to deliver the baby prematurely."
"Oh my god, how far along was she?"
"6 months."
"Is. is the baby. okay?"
"Yes she is doing really well, there hasn't been any complications but she wasn't due for another 3 months so we'll have to wait and see."
"And what about Mac?"
"She's doing fine too.'
"I'm glad they are both alright."
"There was one more thing I wanted to talk to you about?"
Oh boy, thought Renee, could this afternoon get any worse? Deep down she knew all of this was true and that her and Harm were never meant to be but she always chose not to believe it.
He waited for Renee to speak, when she didn't she took that as a sign to continue.
"Have you told the father about the baby?"
"Yeah, I called the other day, I guess I knew it was over between us and he is a good man, he deserved to know."
"So you know him well?"
"Yeah he's been a good friend of mine and the family's for a long time, if it wasn't for you I probably could have loved him."
"What about now, do you think you could make it work as a family?"
"I think I'll wait and see, I need to deal with everything first but somewhere down the track, yeah, maybe."
"We'll that's good you'll have to let me know how it all works out."
"Okay I will, and I'll expect to be invited to the Rabb-MacKenzie wedding?"
"Yeah, but I think that'll be a while away, despite what people believe things between Mac and I has never been simple, that's probably why it took us so long to work it out. There is a lot of hurt there and things that need to be resolved."
"Things are never simple with you are they?"
"What gave you that idea?"
"I heard that part of the conversation on the Admirals porch, I just never realised it's meaning."
Sensing that all that needed to be said had been, he stood up "Goodbye Renee."
"Goodbye Harm."
She watched as he walked to the door, she knew it was over but much to her surprise she was okay with it, maybe because deep down she always knew it was true or maybe because she realise that she was better off without him, after all Cyrus was a good man, one she could even come to love.
"Harm." She called out from behind him
"Yeah?" he said spinning around
"Do you think Mac would mind if I came in to see her and."
"Rose."
"To see her and Rose?"
"No problem." And with that, he turned and walked away, giving her one last famous flyboy grin.
To Be Continued.
********** From part 11
"What do you think about Rose Eternity Rabb?"
"I think it's beautiful Rose for the place we first met and Eternity for how long we'll be together."
"You read my mind flyboy."
"You don't want her to have the MacKenzie name?"
"Nope I want her to have her fathers name."
"Are you sure?"
"More than sure."
They stood holding each other, looking down at their beautiful daughter Rose Eternity Rabb.
To Be Continued.
What's Meant To Be Will Be 12
Mac had finally talked Harm into going home last night, he was in need of a shower and goodnights sleep. It had taken quite a bit of persuading but she had finally managed it.
It was early the next morning she was sitting up in bed, the thought had been nagging her all night. The next thing she knew Harm was standing in the doorway, his hair tussled like he had gone from in bed sleeping to the doorway of her hospital room.
"Wha." she begun to ask what he was doing here but was stopped by Harm
"I couldn't stay away." He said still standing in the doorway, giving her one of his flyboy grins.
"So I noticed." She had intended to sound some what angry but failed miserably, all he had to do was smile at her and she was his.
"I bought breakfast with me." He said pulling a bag out from behind his back.
"Mmmm what did you get?"
"Coffee, muffins ad bagels. I know from experience that this hospital food is not good."
"You got that right."
Harm walked over toward her, putting the bag on her lap as he went past. He lent over and kissed her forehead. He whispered "I love you ninja girl" in her ear.
"I love you too flyboy."
"I'm going to go and see how Rose is doing this morning."
"Ah good, I'll come with you" she said extending her hand toward him "Help me up."
"No, you're staying here, the doctor hasn't said you're well enough to be up and walking around."
"Harm, I'm fine."
"He took her hands into his, looked into her eyes and said "I lost you once 6 months ago, and I nearly lost you again a few days ago, I'm not letting anything happen to you Sarah. Not now, not ever."
"She couldn't argue with him, his eyes were so full of love. "okay I'll stay here, but as soon as the doctor say's I can I'll be down there quicker than one of those tomcats you love to fly so much."
"Good, I'll be back soon."
MAC'S ROOM 45 minutes later
"I was about to send out the search party."
"No need, I just lost track of time, She's so beautiful."
"Awww the doting father, so have they taken her off any of those monitors yet?"
"No, she'll be on them for a while, which is what's to be expected."
"Well I just hope she's as strong as her father, you bounced back from your dip in the Atlantic virtually unscathed."
Harm lowered himself into the chair at her bedside, he's never let on but he had injured his knee pretty badly in the accident, you couldn't tell just looking at him, he was walking normally but still 8 months later running 5 miles was a chore and by the end of it he was in excruciating pain.
Mac interrupted his thoughts "Harm have you talked to Renee."
"No."
"Well don't you think you should? I'm guessing you didn't leave things very well last time you saw her and she's virtually 9 months pregnant and alone."
"Yeah I know but I have you and Rose to worry about now."
"We're fine Harm, look I think you should go and talk to her, tell her about Rose and I and help her deal with things, maybe convince her to tell the father if she hasn't already."
Okay, okay, I'll go and talk to her this afternoon."
"Good, it's the right thing to do Harm."
"Yeah I know that, but the right thing isn't always the best thing to do as I have found out."
"It'll be okay."
"Yeah I hope so."
RENEE'S APARTMENT 1600 EST Same Day
Harm slowly approached the door. He really didn't want to be there but as Mac had said 'it's the right thing to do' He knocked on the door lightly half hoping she wouldn't hear him and he could tell Mac she wasn't home. No such luck. The door swung open to reveal a very shocked and surprised Renee.
"Harm!" Her voice betraying just how surprised but happy she was to see him.
"Renee we need to talk."
Sensing that this was not a social visit she got her emotions in check and allowed him in. "Sure come on in."
Harm walked into her apartment, surprised to see that there were bags packed by the door. "Going somewhere?" he said in the general direction of the bags
"Not really, they are there in case I suddenly decide to go to my parents for a while.
"Ahhh. do you think that's wise, in ahhh. in your condition?"
"Probably not but hey."
They stood in silence for a few moments; it was Harm who spoke first breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"Why don't we sit down so we can talk."
"Yeah okay."
"Look I know that I probably shouldn't have walked out on you that night, but after what I realised I just couldn't stay. There are circumstances that you don't know about and things were very complicated. I think I need to tell you so you understand."
He paused and waited for her to speak, when she didn't he continued.
"The day you came in and told me that you were pregnant, I had said I needed to talk to you, you wanted to go first so I let you, little did I know what you were going to say would change my life."
"What was it you wanted to talk about?"
Not quite sure how to tell her this, he paused after deciding he would be straight with her. "I wanted to talk about us." He paused again letting the information sink in. he watched her for a moment she had a far away look I her eyes and he knew she was running all the events of the past 6 months through her head.
Why hadn't she seen it before, all the times she had dismissed it, telling herself she was mad, he wanted to be with her, and their child. "She left because or you didn't she?" She whispered, feeling the tears form before her eyes, but determined not to cry in front of him.
"Yeah."
"You wanted to end it with me that day because you and her had finally worked it out."
"Yeah, and once you told me you were pregnant I couldn't not then, I needed to work out what I was going to do."
"Harm, why did you stay with me?"
"Because I told Mac everything and she asked me to think about what kind of Man I was, what I stood for and what I believed in."
"So you decided to do the noble and honorable thing, determined not to let a child of yours grow up without a father like you did."
"Yeah I guess so."
"If Mac didn't say those things, would you have stayed with me?"
"At the time I honestly don't know."
"What about if I asked you now."
He had to be honest with her, taking a deep breath "No I wouldn't, there were circumstances back then that I didn't know about."
"And these would affect your decision."
"Yes, Not only did I know now that the child your having isn't mine but, when Mac left, I thought it was just because I had stood by you even though she pretty much told me what I had to do."
"But it wasn't?" She prodded, not really sure she wanted to hear anymore.
"No, the reason Mac left was because she couldn't stand to watch me stand by you and raise our child together but because she couldn't stand by and knowing that she would be raising our child alone."
He paused again, letting the words sink in. He looked over at Renee, her expression gave little indication of the feelings that she was experiencing.
"Why, then didn't you stay with her when you found out?"
"When I left the other night, I drove around for a few hours, running things over in my head, I went to the wall, and then went home. There was a message on my answering machine telling me that Sarah had been in a serious accident. I went to the hospital straight away and found the Admiral, Bud and Harriet there already; I saw her laying in the bed unconscious. I didn't know before that, that she was pregnant, she didn't want me to know."
"So you never knew."
"Not until a few day's ago. No"
"She let you stay with me, knowing that if she told you you'd go to her."
"She. yeah I guess. I don't think she believed that I would go to her."
"Huhhh. she actually believed that you wouldn't go to her, it's obvious how much you. how much you. you love each other." she chocked out.
"Renee, despite what you may believe, I did care about you. I even tried to love you but I couldn't, every woman who I have anted to love, I couldn't it was always Sarah, I finally realised that."
"I took you long enough. everyone else noticed that a long time ago. Some of us just chose not to believe it.."
"I guess I should tell you the other thing while I'm going. While I was there, something happened, all the monitors went off, and all the doctors came running in telling me to get out and. anyway, her and the baby were under some kind of stress, or pressure, anyway they had to operate to alleviate the pressure or I would lose them both, they couldn't alleviate the pressure so the only other option was to deliver the baby prematurely."
"Oh my god, how far along was she?"
"6 months."
"Is. is the baby. okay?"
"Yes she is doing really well, there hasn't been any complications but she wasn't due for another 3 months so we'll have to wait and see."
"And what about Mac?"
"She's doing fine too.'
"I'm glad they are both alright."
"There was one more thing I wanted to talk to you about?"
Oh boy, thought Renee, could this afternoon get any worse? Deep down she knew all of this was true and that her and Harm were never meant to be but she always chose not to believe it.
He waited for Renee to speak, when she didn't she took that as a sign to continue.
"Have you told the father about the baby?"
"Yeah, I called the other day, I guess I knew it was over between us and he is a good man, he deserved to know."
"So you know him well?"
"Yeah he's been a good friend of mine and the family's for a long time, if it wasn't for you I probably could have loved him."
"What about now, do you think you could make it work as a family?"
"I think I'll wait and see, I need to deal with everything first but somewhere down the track, yeah, maybe."
"We'll that's good you'll have to let me know how it all works out."
"Okay I will, and I'll expect to be invited to the Rabb-MacKenzie wedding?"
"Yeah, but I think that'll be a while away, despite what people believe things between Mac and I has never been simple, that's probably why it took us so long to work it out. There is a lot of hurt there and things that need to be resolved."
"Things are never simple with you are they?"
"What gave you that idea?"
"I heard that part of the conversation on the Admirals porch, I just never realised it's meaning."
Sensing that all that needed to be said had been, he stood up "Goodbye Renee."
"Goodbye Harm."
She watched as he walked to the door, she knew it was over but much to her surprise she was okay with it, maybe because deep down she always knew it was true or maybe because she realise that she was better off without him, after all Cyrus was a good man, one she could even come to love.
"Harm." She called out from behind him
"Yeah?" he said spinning around
"Do you think Mac would mind if I came in to see her and."
"Rose."
"To see her and Rose?"
"No problem." And with that, he turned and walked away, giving her one last famous flyboy grin.
To Be Continued.