Sturgis's apartment.
0809
"Harm would you stop pacing you're going to wear a hole in my floor." Sturgis groaned.
"Sorry." Harm mumbled and continued to pace. The doorbell rang, Sturgis quickly got up to get it.
"Oh thank god, maybe you can calm him down." Sturgis said as he saw the Admiral, little AJ and Bud stood at the door. "He's been pacing since 0400."
"Commander." AJ said as he saw one of his top lawyers in an agitated state. "Harm." He snapped.
"Admiral sir." Harm snapped to attention.
"Harm it's your wedding day. Drop the sirs' okay?"
"Yes sir." Harm replied.
"Nervous?" He asked.
"Petrified. I mean I've ejected from Tomcats and almost drown but I don't think I can say I've been this scared." Harm admitted.
"Bud say something good about wedding days." Sturgis whispered to him.
"Sorry sir, but I was petrified that Harriet wouldn't want to marry because she was so angry after we got arrested and we had to have Mac bail us out."
"That's not helping. Admiral you've been married say something to calm him down."
"Don't look at me Sturgis, I was really young when I got married and I was scared witless."
"You're really not helping." Sturgis said as Harm began to pace again. "Harm, stop it." He snapped. "Look Mac loves you and you love her and everything is going to be perfect. So go and get dressed and stop pacing round my apartment in your shorts."
"Hey Unca Harm, AJ help dress so we go see Auntie Mac in pretty dress." Little AJ held out his arms to Harm. Harm took the little boy.
"You think Auntie Mac's dress is pretty?" He asked, little AJ nodded. "Okay, you stay here with your Daddy, Uncle Sturgis and Uncle AJ and I'll go and get dressed." He put the little boy on the floor. "Sturgis is it okay if I use your shower?"
"Go ahead." Harm headed towards the bathroom.
"Can we give him a whisky or something?" Bud asked.
"Don't even think about it. Mac would kill me." Sturgis replied.
"He's allowed to be nervous, it's a big step. But if he doesn't get his head out of his six and get to the church on time, Mac is going to be the first in line to want to kill him."
"AJ go weddin?" Little AJ asked tugging on the Admiral's dress uniform pants.
"Yes you can go to the wedding young man." The Admiral picked him up. "You look very handsome in your suit there. So are you going to join the Navy AJ like your Mommy and Daddy?"
"Yes sir." Little AJ shot off an attempt at a salute. Sturgis chuckled,
"Got him well trained there Bud."
"Harriet and the Commander's doing I'm afraid. AJ wants to be a pilot like his Uncle Harm."
"I'm sure you'll talk him out of it." The Admiral smiled. "Now Commander do you have a pencil and a piece of paper so little AJ and I can draw some pictures?"
"Coming right up sir." Sturgis went off in search of paper.
"Come on AJ, sit on my lap." The Admiral pulled out a chair at the table and sat with little AJ on his knee. "Lieutenant, I'll keep little AJ entertained and you and Commander Turner make sure Rabb is ready to go on time."
"Yes sir."
"Harm would you stop pacing you're going to wear a hole in my floor." Sturgis groaned.
"Sorry." Harm mumbled and continued to pace. The doorbell rang, Sturgis quickly got up to get it.
"Oh thank god, maybe you can calm him down." Sturgis said as he saw the Admiral, little AJ and Bud stood at the door. "He's been pacing since 0400."
"Commander." AJ said as he saw one of his top lawyers in an agitated state. "Harm." He snapped.
"Admiral sir." Harm snapped to attention.
"Harm it's your wedding day. Drop the sirs' okay?"
"Yes sir." Harm replied.
"Nervous?" He asked.
"Petrified. I mean I've ejected from Tomcats and almost drown but I don't think I can say I've been this scared." Harm admitted.
"Bud say something good about wedding days." Sturgis whispered to him.
"Sorry sir, but I was petrified that Harriet wouldn't want to marry because she was so angry after we got arrested and we had to have Mac bail us out."
"That's not helping. Admiral you've been married say something to calm him down."
"Don't look at me Sturgis, I was really young when I got married and I was scared witless."
"You're really not helping." Sturgis said as Harm began to pace again. "Harm, stop it." He snapped. "Look Mac loves you and you love her and everything is going to be perfect. So go and get dressed and stop pacing round my apartment in your shorts."
"Hey Unca Harm, AJ help dress so we go see Auntie Mac in pretty dress." Little AJ held out his arms to Harm. Harm took the little boy.
"You think Auntie Mac's dress is pretty?" He asked, little AJ nodded. "Okay, you stay here with your Daddy, Uncle Sturgis and Uncle AJ and I'll go and get dressed." He put the little boy on the floor. "Sturgis is it okay if I use your shower?"
"Go ahead." Harm headed towards the bathroom.
"Can we give him a whisky or something?" Bud asked.
"Don't even think about it. Mac would kill me." Sturgis replied.
"He's allowed to be nervous, it's a big step. But if he doesn't get his head out of his six and get to the church on time, Mac is going to be the first in line to want to kill him."
"AJ go weddin?" Little AJ asked tugging on the Admiral's dress uniform pants.
"Yes you can go to the wedding young man." The Admiral picked him up. "You look very handsome in your suit there. So are you going to join the Navy AJ like your Mommy and Daddy?"
"Yes sir." Little AJ shot off an attempt at a salute. Sturgis chuckled,
"Got him well trained there Bud."
"Harriet and the Commander's doing I'm afraid. AJ wants to be a pilot like his Uncle Harm."
"I'm sure you'll talk him out of it." The Admiral smiled. "Now Commander do you have a pencil and a piece of paper so little AJ and I can draw some pictures?"
"Coming right up sir." Sturgis went off in search of paper.
"Come on AJ, sit on my lap." The Admiral pulled out a chair at the table and sat with little AJ on his knee. "Lieutenant, I'll keep little AJ entertained and you and Commander Turner make sure Rabb is ready to go on time."
"Yes sir."