"So?" Harm said as he came back stairs rubbing his hair dry in a towel,
he'd changed out of his uniform into a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. Mac was
sat hugging a pillow on the couch.
"So." Mac repeated.
"I looked in on her she seems fine." Harm said sitting down on the opposite end of the couch.
"She is. The doctor says she'll be a bit sleep for a few more days but all here blood tests are normal, so are her pulse, breathing and temperature."
"So what happened?" He asked.
"I got a call from the crèche while I was in court, I took a recess and took her to the hospital because she had a fever, you're supposed to do that if they're under three months old. I read it in a book somewhere."
"Mac you're babbling."
"Sorry, they ran a few tests, put her on a drip and gave her something to take her temperature down. By the time the test results came back the Admiral had turned up, one of the lawyers in the trial told him why I'd put the court in recess. He offered to recall you, I told him not to and he stayed with us until about two in the morning."
"If he offered why didn't you let him recall me, he's our friend as well as our boss?"
"Harm, if you'd been off flying he could have recalled you just because Jenny had a virus."
"But I wasn't I was in Cuba on a pointless investigation that turned up nothing."
"But at the time you didn't know it was pointless." Mac countered. "Besides would you really want to leave your best friend in a place where they were accused of racism and somewhere it is easy to get shot if you're wearing the wrong uniform?"
"Mac, Sturgis is a grown man and a Naval Officer he can handle himself and anyone who comes after him. He would have been fine. But Mac I honestly don't think that the reason you didn't call me is to do with work, it's something else."
"Harm, I . . . ." She stopped.
"Come on Mac we've know each other a long time you can tell me anything, I mean we're getting married for god's sake or have you changed your mind?"
"No of course not. I love you and I love Jenny. It's just. . . "
"It's just what Mac?" Harm encouraged.
"I don't know. God I need therapy." She got up and flung the cushion back on the sofa and headed for the kitchen and put on the kettle.
"Mac, look at me." Harm said putting his hands on her shoulders and turning her around. "What is it? There's something going in on that head of yours and I need you to tell me what it is so I can help fix it so I can get my Marine back." He kissed her forehead before pulling her into a hug. Tears began to run down her face.
"Harm, I don't know why I keep pushing you away, honestly I don't. I can't explain it, I actually think I do need therapy to sort this out. Maybe a shrink could help me figure out why this is happening."
"If that's what you need we'll sort it out, you just need to remember we're in this together, whatever happens."
A/N: I know this is short but I've got exams coming up. Like on Monday. Does anyone know where I can find some of Mac's background, I mean like her parents, her relationship with her Uncle Matt, why she joined the Marines that sort of thing. I know about her father being an alcoholic and her marrying some guy when she was young and drunk who died, and that her Uncle Matt saved her, but I think I'm going to need some more details for the next few chapters. Thanks
"So." Mac repeated.
"I looked in on her she seems fine." Harm said sitting down on the opposite end of the couch.
"She is. The doctor says she'll be a bit sleep for a few more days but all here blood tests are normal, so are her pulse, breathing and temperature."
"So what happened?" He asked.
"I got a call from the crèche while I was in court, I took a recess and took her to the hospital because she had a fever, you're supposed to do that if they're under three months old. I read it in a book somewhere."
"Mac you're babbling."
"Sorry, they ran a few tests, put her on a drip and gave her something to take her temperature down. By the time the test results came back the Admiral had turned up, one of the lawyers in the trial told him why I'd put the court in recess. He offered to recall you, I told him not to and he stayed with us until about two in the morning."
"If he offered why didn't you let him recall me, he's our friend as well as our boss?"
"Harm, if you'd been off flying he could have recalled you just because Jenny had a virus."
"But I wasn't I was in Cuba on a pointless investigation that turned up nothing."
"But at the time you didn't know it was pointless." Mac countered. "Besides would you really want to leave your best friend in a place where they were accused of racism and somewhere it is easy to get shot if you're wearing the wrong uniform?"
"Mac, Sturgis is a grown man and a Naval Officer he can handle himself and anyone who comes after him. He would have been fine. But Mac I honestly don't think that the reason you didn't call me is to do with work, it's something else."
"Harm, I . . . ." She stopped.
"Come on Mac we've know each other a long time you can tell me anything, I mean we're getting married for god's sake or have you changed your mind?"
"No of course not. I love you and I love Jenny. It's just. . . "
"It's just what Mac?" Harm encouraged.
"I don't know. God I need therapy." She got up and flung the cushion back on the sofa and headed for the kitchen and put on the kettle.
"Mac, look at me." Harm said putting his hands on her shoulders and turning her around. "What is it? There's something going in on that head of yours and I need you to tell me what it is so I can help fix it so I can get my Marine back." He kissed her forehead before pulling her into a hug. Tears began to run down her face.
"Harm, I don't know why I keep pushing you away, honestly I don't. I can't explain it, I actually think I do need therapy to sort this out. Maybe a shrink could help me figure out why this is happening."
"If that's what you need we'll sort it out, you just need to remember we're in this together, whatever happens."
A/N: I know this is short but I've got exams coming up. Like on Monday. Does anyone know where I can find some of Mac's background, I mean like her parents, her relationship with her Uncle Matt, why she joined the Marines that sort of thing. I know about her father being an alcoholic and her marrying some guy when she was young and drunk who died, and that her Uncle Matt saved her, but I think I'm going to need some more details for the next few chapters. Thanks