Day after Thanksgiving
0534
"HARM!!" Mac sat bolt up right in bed at the scream from outside. She quickly looked at the empty side of the bed and rushed to the window to see the crumpled figure on the ground by the barn.
"Ma'am, what is it?" Harriet said rushing in.
"Watch Jenny Harm's hurt." She grabbed her shoes of the floor and ran outside grabbing her coat as she went. "Harm?" He tried to lift his head. "Stay still." She said rushing to his side. "What happened?"
"Mac." Harm mumbled.
"Stay still. Where does it hurt?" She asked quickly feeling him over to assess damage.
"My ankle." He managed.
"What's going on?" Trish asked rushing over to them, her gown blowing in the gentle breeze of the early morning.
"I think he's broken his ankle and he's concussion can you call an ambulance?"
"Frank." She yelled rushing back to the house.
"Harm, I need you to wake up and talk to me. Please flyboy?" She said running a hand down his face.
"Mac?" He stuttered.
"Stay still. Your Mom's gone to get help. What the hell were you doing out here at 0530 in the morning?"
"Couldn't sleep . . . taking down lights. Sorry."
"It's okay, just please stay still." She kissed his forehead. "I'll just wait and yell at you when you're better. You idiot!!"
"What happened to the no yelling?" He asked.
"I'm sorry I was just scared when I heard you scream."
"Sorry I scared you."
"The ambulance is on the way." Trish said back outside with Frank following her. "Is he going to be alright?"
"He's going to be fine." Mac said trying to reassure her. "Only Harm could use fairy lights to make a very romantic gesture then injure himself trying to take it down."
"You thought it was romantic?" Harm whispered.
"Very sappy Rabb." She kissed his forehead. "Only you could break your ankle, three and a half weeks before our wedding. I knew things were going too smoothly."
"All part of the service." He said trying to smile.
"At least I don't have to worry about the SecNav trying to send you back to a carrier group."
"Ma'am." Bud said coming out dressed. "I'm sorry to interrupt but Harriet can't get Jenny to settle. Grandma Sarah's trying but. . .."
"Sing." Mac said.
"Huh?" Bud said at Mac's answer.
"She likes love songs, sing to her or read to her, she likes the classics, it calms her down and she'll go back to sleep."
"It's off the cuff; we'll give it a try." Bud said before going back in the house.
~ ~ ~
Local Hospital
0736
"Ms Mackenzie, Mrs Burnett." The Doctor said as he came up to them. They'd taken Harm for a CT scan almost an hour before.
"Yes." Mac said standing up. "How is he?"
"He has a clean break on his ankle, which is being plastered now. The CT is clear and he has a mild concussion. He's extremely grouchy and keeps asking for someone called Mac?"
"That would be me." Mac said with a smile. "He's going to be alright isn't he? We're getting married Christmas Eve."
"As long as you don't mind a groom with a cast, who doesn't seem to like hospitals especially when we told he we were keeping him over night."
"Trish?" Mac said as the Doctor started to lead her to Harm's room.
"I'm going to go back to the house and tell everyone the news. I'll bring the rabble back later. Keep an eye my boy." Trish said squeezing her hand.
"Look after Jenny." Trish nodded before pulling her coat around her and preparing to leave.
"So has your fiancé always had such an aversion to hospitals?" The Doctor asked.
"You kind of get that way when you punch out of planes a few times and doctors say you have night blindness when you don't, then there's getting shot."
"Punching out, he Air Force?" The doctor asked.
"Commander in the Navy."
"Naval aviator interesting job." He said as they went through a set of double doors.
"Actually he's a lawyer with the JAG corps. He transferred his designator after the night blindness thing only to find out that he didn't have it. So he still has his flight status, does his quals every six months and I hope he doesn't called up by the SecNav to go flying again. But you get used to it."
"So how did you meet?" The doctor asked.
"I was his partner at JAG, before I accidentally got pregnant, I got made a judge and we got engaged."
"So you're Navy too?"
"God no, I'm a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps." She said with a smile.
"I stand corrected. I take it being a lawyer you don't see much action."
"A lot more than you'd think, I have some very nice bullet scars thank you."
"Would you cut it out I don't need my pillow fluffed." Harm yelled from inside the room. Mac pushed open the door.
"Commander, cut that out. She's only trying to help." Mac snapped in a drill sergeant tone.
"Mac, don't yell my head." He wined, putting his hand to his head.
"Well quit behaving like a baby then."
"I see he's in good hands. We'll be back to check on him later and we'll move him upstairs as soon as a bed is available." The doctor commented.
"Thank you." Mac said. "Now are you going to tell me why you felt the need to take down the fairy lights just before dawn?" She asked sitting down next to the bed.
"I couldn't sleep and I thought this way I wouldn't wake anyone up."
"Well that really didn't work did it?" She said taking a hold of his hand. "Just promise me you won't do anything else before the wedding. I mean it I'm talking to Bud, Sturgis and the Admiral about your bachelor party."
"You were going to let me have a bachelor party after what happened at Bud's?" He asked.
"I thought you'd grown up a bit since then. Besides which I would have left orders at JAG for no one to go and bail you out."
"You couldn't do that, the Admiral outranks you." He pointed out.
"If the Admiral gets arrested and his senior attorneys too someone has to take over as JAG while it's sorted out. Since I was one of the senior attorneys until three months ago I think I'm qualified."
"So you want us to get arrested so you take over as JAG. I didn't know you were power hungry there Mac." He teased.
"Well it would help with the embarrassment of my fiancé getting all the JAG staff arrested wouldn't it?"
"Okay, change of subject. Where did Mom go? I mean I remember her coming in with us?"
"She went back to the farm to fill everyone in. She'll bring everyone to visit when you're settled upstairs."
"So just us then?" He said with a twinkle in his eye.
"No way sailor. You concentrate on getting better and we'll see. But for now I'm going to go and see if this hospital has anything edible in it. You made me miss breakfast."
"Can't have that can we." He said with a grin that almost made her melt.
"Be good. I'll be back soon." She kissed him before standing. "If you're good I'll even see if I can find you a bacon sandwich." She winked at him.
"Maaacc." He pleaded as she sashayed out.
"HARM!!" Mac sat bolt up right in bed at the scream from outside. She quickly looked at the empty side of the bed and rushed to the window to see the crumpled figure on the ground by the barn.
"Ma'am, what is it?" Harriet said rushing in.
"Watch Jenny Harm's hurt." She grabbed her shoes of the floor and ran outside grabbing her coat as she went. "Harm?" He tried to lift his head. "Stay still." She said rushing to his side. "What happened?"
"Mac." Harm mumbled.
"Stay still. Where does it hurt?" She asked quickly feeling him over to assess damage.
"My ankle." He managed.
"What's going on?" Trish asked rushing over to them, her gown blowing in the gentle breeze of the early morning.
"I think he's broken his ankle and he's concussion can you call an ambulance?"
"Frank." She yelled rushing back to the house.
"Harm, I need you to wake up and talk to me. Please flyboy?" She said running a hand down his face.
"Mac?" He stuttered.
"Stay still. Your Mom's gone to get help. What the hell were you doing out here at 0530 in the morning?"
"Couldn't sleep . . . taking down lights. Sorry."
"It's okay, just please stay still." She kissed his forehead. "I'll just wait and yell at you when you're better. You idiot!!"
"What happened to the no yelling?" He asked.
"I'm sorry I was just scared when I heard you scream."
"Sorry I scared you."
"The ambulance is on the way." Trish said back outside with Frank following her. "Is he going to be alright?"
"He's going to be fine." Mac said trying to reassure her. "Only Harm could use fairy lights to make a very romantic gesture then injure himself trying to take it down."
"You thought it was romantic?" Harm whispered.
"Very sappy Rabb." She kissed his forehead. "Only you could break your ankle, three and a half weeks before our wedding. I knew things were going too smoothly."
"All part of the service." He said trying to smile.
"At least I don't have to worry about the SecNav trying to send you back to a carrier group."
"Ma'am." Bud said coming out dressed. "I'm sorry to interrupt but Harriet can't get Jenny to settle. Grandma Sarah's trying but. . .."
"Sing." Mac said.
"Huh?" Bud said at Mac's answer.
"She likes love songs, sing to her or read to her, she likes the classics, it calms her down and she'll go back to sleep."
"It's off the cuff; we'll give it a try." Bud said before going back in the house.
~ ~ ~
Local Hospital
0736
"Ms Mackenzie, Mrs Burnett." The Doctor said as he came up to them. They'd taken Harm for a CT scan almost an hour before.
"Yes." Mac said standing up. "How is he?"
"He has a clean break on his ankle, which is being plastered now. The CT is clear and he has a mild concussion. He's extremely grouchy and keeps asking for someone called Mac?"
"That would be me." Mac said with a smile. "He's going to be alright isn't he? We're getting married Christmas Eve."
"As long as you don't mind a groom with a cast, who doesn't seem to like hospitals especially when we told he we were keeping him over night."
"Trish?" Mac said as the Doctor started to lead her to Harm's room.
"I'm going to go back to the house and tell everyone the news. I'll bring the rabble back later. Keep an eye my boy." Trish said squeezing her hand.
"Look after Jenny." Trish nodded before pulling her coat around her and preparing to leave.
"So has your fiancé always had such an aversion to hospitals?" The Doctor asked.
"You kind of get that way when you punch out of planes a few times and doctors say you have night blindness when you don't, then there's getting shot."
"Punching out, he Air Force?" The doctor asked.
"Commander in the Navy."
"Naval aviator interesting job." He said as they went through a set of double doors.
"Actually he's a lawyer with the JAG corps. He transferred his designator after the night blindness thing only to find out that he didn't have it. So he still has his flight status, does his quals every six months and I hope he doesn't called up by the SecNav to go flying again. But you get used to it."
"So how did you meet?" The doctor asked.
"I was his partner at JAG, before I accidentally got pregnant, I got made a judge and we got engaged."
"So you're Navy too?"
"God no, I'm a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps." She said with a smile.
"I stand corrected. I take it being a lawyer you don't see much action."
"A lot more than you'd think, I have some very nice bullet scars thank you."
"Would you cut it out I don't need my pillow fluffed." Harm yelled from inside the room. Mac pushed open the door.
"Commander, cut that out. She's only trying to help." Mac snapped in a drill sergeant tone.
"Mac, don't yell my head." He wined, putting his hand to his head.
"Well quit behaving like a baby then."
"I see he's in good hands. We'll be back to check on him later and we'll move him upstairs as soon as a bed is available." The doctor commented.
"Thank you." Mac said. "Now are you going to tell me why you felt the need to take down the fairy lights just before dawn?" She asked sitting down next to the bed.
"I couldn't sleep and I thought this way I wouldn't wake anyone up."
"Well that really didn't work did it?" She said taking a hold of his hand. "Just promise me you won't do anything else before the wedding. I mean it I'm talking to Bud, Sturgis and the Admiral about your bachelor party."
"You were going to let me have a bachelor party after what happened at Bud's?" He asked.
"I thought you'd grown up a bit since then. Besides which I would have left orders at JAG for no one to go and bail you out."
"You couldn't do that, the Admiral outranks you." He pointed out.
"If the Admiral gets arrested and his senior attorneys too someone has to take over as JAG while it's sorted out. Since I was one of the senior attorneys until three months ago I think I'm qualified."
"So you want us to get arrested so you take over as JAG. I didn't know you were power hungry there Mac." He teased.
"Well it would help with the embarrassment of my fiancé getting all the JAG staff arrested wouldn't it?"
"Okay, change of subject. Where did Mom go? I mean I remember her coming in with us?"
"She went back to the farm to fill everyone in. She'll bring everyone to visit when you're settled upstairs."
"So just us then?" He said with a twinkle in his eye.
"No way sailor. You concentrate on getting better and we'll see. But for now I'm going to go and see if this hospital has anything edible in it. You made me miss breakfast."
"Can't have that can we." He said with a grin that almost made her melt.
"Be good. I'll be back soon." She kissed him before standing. "If you're good I'll even see if I can find you a bacon sandwich." She winked at him.
"Maaacc." He pleaded as she sashayed out.