Friday 2036
Harm's apartment.
Knock, knock.
"I'm coming." Harm called. "Keep your hair on." He yelled as the banging got more insistent, he wrapped the towel tighter around his waist. "Mac?" He said as he opened the door.
"Do you have a magnifying glass?" She asked pushing passed him.
"Nice to see you too Mac. Did you have a nice time at Quantico? By the way thanks for the book."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever do you have a magnifying glass?"
"Somewhere around here. I'll just go and get dressed and I'll come and find it for you. Take a seat." Mac didn't she paced up and down waiting for him to come back.
"What's got you so wired?"
"Nothing I just need a magnifying glass. If you don't have one I'm sure Harriet or even the Admiral will have one."
"I've got a magnifying glass. Sit down and I'll find it for you. Do you want anything while you're waiting."
"No just a magnifying glass." She sat in the middle of the couch and tapped her feet on the floor. Harm gave her a confused look before beginning to search for the ever-elusive magnifying glass.
Ten minutes later he found it and handed it to her.
"So what do you need it for anyway?" He asked sitting next to her.
"Just stay sitting down I don't want you fainting on me." She pushed her self off of the couch and grabbed the tape out of her bag.
"I don't faint."
"Just tell that to the Polaroid of you sprawled on the floor at the Doctor's office." She slipped the tape into the VCR and sat in front of the TV with the remote in one hand and the magnifying glass in the other.
"Just what exactly are you looking for?" He asked as he watched over her shoulder as she examined the scan with the magnifying glass.
"I need to know whether the baby is a boy or a girl, it's driving me mad. And I broke my magnifying glass when I threw it after you when you left a few weeks ago."
"Why don't you just call your doctor and ask her?" Harm suggested.
"She's on vacation in Venice for the next two weeks. I want to know now."
"Why now? You've spent the last few months telling me that you don't want to know until the baby is born. You want it to be a surprise."
"I know I did. But it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind. Damn this is no use." She threw the remote on the floor.
"Hey don't break that."
"Help me up." Harm held out his arms and pulled her to her feet. She ejected the tape.
"So why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"Long week. Do you want to come crib shopping with me tomorrow?"
"Sure. Where are you going to put it?" He asked sitting back down.
"In my room, I figure I've got at least a couple years before the baby needs it's own room so I've got a while to find a bigger place."
"We could always get a bigger place together." He suggested.
"I don't think so, it might give people the wrong impression."
"And what impression might that be?" He crossed his arms across his chest.
"That this is more than it is. You're my best friend and me getting pregnant was an accident. You're going to be a great Dad Harm, but us living together would definitely give people the impression something else was going on. Like I told the Admiral the night I got pregnant was a one off and it would happen again so it wouldn't affect our working relationship."
"Mac, this is."
"I think I'd better go home." She interrupted.
"I'll drive you."
"I drove myself over here I can drive myself home. You don't need to bother about tomorrow I'll ask Harriet to come with me."
"I'll take you. I'll pick you up at 1000."
"Don't bother." She left slamming the door behind her.
Knock, knock.
"I'm coming." Harm called. "Keep your hair on." He yelled as the banging got more insistent, he wrapped the towel tighter around his waist. "Mac?" He said as he opened the door.
"Do you have a magnifying glass?" She asked pushing passed him.
"Nice to see you too Mac. Did you have a nice time at Quantico? By the way thanks for the book."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever do you have a magnifying glass?"
"Somewhere around here. I'll just go and get dressed and I'll come and find it for you. Take a seat." Mac didn't she paced up and down waiting for him to come back.
"What's got you so wired?"
"Nothing I just need a magnifying glass. If you don't have one I'm sure Harriet or even the Admiral will have one."
"I've got a magnifying glass. Sit down and I'll find it for you. Do you want anything while you're waiting."
"No just a magnifying glass." She sat in the middle of the couch and tapped her feet on the floor. Harm gave her a confused look before beginning to search for the ever-elusive magnifying glass.
Ten minutes later he found it and handed it to her.
"So what do you need it for anyway?" He asked sitting next to her.
"Just stay sitting down I don't want you fainting on me." She pushed her self off of the couch and grabbed the tape out of her bag.
"I don't faint."
"Just tell that to the Polaroid of you sprawled on the floor at the Doctor's office." She slipped the tape into the VCR and sat in front of the TV with the remote in one hand and the magnifying glass in the other.
"Just what exactly are you looking for?" He asked as he watched over her shoulder as she examined the scan with the magnifying glass.
"I need to know whether the baby is a boy or a girl, it's driving me mad. And I broke my magnifying glass when I threw it after you when you left a few weeks ago."
"Why don't you just call your doctor and ask her?" Harm suggested.
"She's on vacation in Venice for the next two weeks. I want to know now."
"Why now? You've spent the last few months telling me that you don't want to know until the baby is born. You want it to be a surprise."
"I know I did. But it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind. Damn this is no use." She threw the remote on the floor.
"Hey don't break that."
"Help me up." Harm held out his arms and pulled her to her feet. She ejected the tape.
"So why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"Long week. Do you want to come crib shopping with me tomorrow?"
"Sure. Where are you going to put it?" He asked sitting back down.
"In my room, I figure I've got at least a couple years before the baby needs it's own room so I've got a while to find a bigger place."
"We could always get a bigger place together." He suggested.
"I don't think so, it might give people the wrong impression."
"And what impression might that be?" He crossed his arms across his chest.
"That this is more than it is. You're my best friend and me getting pregnant was an accident. You're going to be a great Dad Harm, but us living together would definitely give people the impression something else was going on. Like I told the Admiral the night I got pregnant was a one off and it would happen again so it wouldn't affect our working relationship."
"Mac, this is."
"I think I'd better go home." She interrupted.
"I'll drive you."
"I drove myself over here I can drive myself home. You don't need to bother about tomorrow I'll ask Harriet to come with me."
"I'll take you. I'll pick you up at 1000."
"Don't bother." She left slamming the door behind her.