Vietnam Memorial
2007
"We'll just wait here and give you a few minutes alone with him." Mac said holding a tightly bundled up Jenny in her arms.
"Thank you." Harm kissed her. "But just a minute though."
Mac sat down on the bench and watched as Harm walked up to the wall and fingered his father's name. "Daddy's just going to talk to Grandpa a minute then we'll go and wish him a Merry Christmas." Mac kissed her daughter on the top of her head and held her close.
"Hey Dad." Harm whispered into the night air. "I finally did it, I got married. I've told you all about Mac for years, I finally married her today, Jenny got christened, all our friends and family were there, if not in person but in spirit. I wish you could have been here Dad, I realise now how hard going on deployment is and not being able to do anything about it. I don't want Mac to end up a widow like Mom did because of my need to prove myself in the air." Harm wiped a tear out of his eye. "I'm going to turn in my wings."
"You don't have too." Mac said from behind him. "You're minute was up."
"I think I do. I know how much it hurt Mom after Dad was shot down."
"Harm, you love flying it's part of who you are. I hate it every time you go up in the air but I would never ask you to give it up for us."
"Mac I think this is something I need to do for us."
"Do your six month quals and see how you feel after that. If you want to give up your wings after that, I'll support you if you want to give up your wings. I don't want you to make any rash decisions that you'll regret later."
"I love you Mac. You too Jenny." He said putting an arm around her in the cold night.
"That's good because we love you too." She gently kissed. "Hey Mr Rabb, Jenny and I just wanted to say Merry Christmas, and I want to thank you for whatever influence you had in bringing this sailor into my life."
"There definitely had to be some sort of divine intervention."
"Umm. Come and sit down I have something for you." Mac said shifting Jenny in her arms.
"Let me take her." He offered.
"No it's okay. You'll need your hands free." She sat on the bench and shifted Jenny on her knee and dug into her bag and pulled out two boxes.
"Mac, you don't have to give me gifts, I have everything I ever wanted with just you and Jenny."
"I know. But think of it as a wedding present, a Christmas present and a just because I love you present."
"Okay." He said smiling at her.
"Good, it comes in three parts, two you can have now one you'll have to wait for."
"Okay."
"Right this is something new." She handed him the first gift wrapped box. He gently pulled the ribbon off and opened the box. Inside there was a white plastic object in the shape of a pen. He looked at her curious to its meaning.
"The next part will explain that and the third gift too. It's something old, borrow and blue." She handed him the other box. He pulled the wrapping off to reveal the back of a book. He slowly turned over the blue covered book.
"A name book." He looked confused before the realisation dawned on him. "You're pregnant?" Mac nodded.
"I thought you might like to pick names this time."
"What? I mean how? I mean when?" He fumbled for words.
"Take a breath. For how the usual way. I'm about six weeks pregnant, I found out a couple of days ago, you're the first person to find out apart from the doctors. When we had the blood tests for the marriage license they flagged up that I was barely pregnant. When I went for Jenny's check up last week they did another blood test and I saw my OB/GYN. We're looking at somewhere around the middle of August for another little Rabb."
"Another baby?" He questioned in disbelief.
"Yeah. So are you happy?" She asked as Jenny wiggled in her arms.
"I have you, Jenny, another little baby to come and we have family and friends who love us, I couldn't be happier." He put his arm around her and kissed the top of her head.
"Let's go home." Mac whispered as snow started to fall.
"Yes ma'am."
THE END
That's it the end. Thank you for all your support and wonderful comments over the last three months and over 70 000 words. It's been a long slog and I have learnt lots about this show and all it's characters. Plus as I wrote these last two chapters I got to watch the last four episodes of season eight when my Mum managed to tape because she got Sky TV, it's a great show and I'm dying to know what happens after that plane crash. Thanks again.
"We'll just wait here and give you a few minutes alone with him." Mac said holding a tightly bundled up Jenny in her arms.
"Thank you." Harm kissed her. "But just a minute though."
Mac sat down on the bench and watched as Harm walked up to the wall and fingered his father's name. "Daddy's just going to talk to Grandpa a minute then we'll go and wish him a Merry Christmas." Mac kissed her daughter on the top of her head and held her close.
"Hey Dad." Harm whispered into the night air. "I finally did it, I got married. I've told you all about Mac for years, I finally married her today, Jenny got christened, all our friends and family were there, if not in person but in spirit. I wish you could have been here Dad, I realise now how hard going on deployment is and not being able to do anything about it. I don't want Mac to end up a widow like Mom did because of my need to prove myself in the air." Harm wiped a tear out of his eye. "I'm going to turn in my wings."
"You don't have too." Mac said from behind him. "You're minute was up."
"I think I do. I know how much it hurt Mom after Dad was shot down."
"Harm, you love flying it's part of who you are. I hate it every time you go up in the air but I would never ask you to give it up for us."
"Mac I think this is something I need to do for us."
"Do your six month quals and see how you feel after that. If you want to give up your wings after that, I'll support you if you want to give up your wings. I don't want you to make any rash decisions that you'll regret later."
"I love you Mac. You too Jenny." He said putting an arm around her in the cold night.
"That's good because we love you too." She gently kissed. "Hey Mr Rabb, Jenny and I just wanted to say Merry Christmas, and I want to thank you for whatever influence you had in bringing this sailor into my life."
"There definitely had to be some sort of divine intervention."
"Umm. Come and sit down I have something for you." Mac said shifting Jenny in her arms.
"Let me take her." He offered.
"No it's okay. You'll need your hands free." She sat on the bench and shifted Jenny on her knee and dug into her bag and pulled out two boxes.
"Mac, you don't have to give me gifts, I have everything I ever wanted with just you and Jenny."
"I know. But think of it as a wedding present, a Christmas present and a just because I love you present."
"Okay." He said smiling at her.
"Good, it comes in three parts, two you can have now one you'll have to wait for."
"Okay."
"Right this is something new." She handed him the first gift wrapped box. He gently pulled the ribbon off and opened the box. Inside there was a white plastic object in the shape of a pen. He looked at her curious to its meaning.
"The next part will explain that and the third gift too. It's something old, borrow and blue." She handed him the other box. He pulled the wrapping off to reveal the back of a book. He slowly turned over the blue covered book.
"A name book." He looked confused before the realisation dawned on him. "You're pregnant?" Mac nodded.
"I thought you might like to pick names this time."
"What? I mean how? I mean when?" He fumbled for words.
"Take a breath. For how the usual way. I'm about six weeks pregnant, I found out a couple of days ago, you're the first person to find out apart from the doctors. When we had the blood tests for the marriage license they flagged up that I was barely pregnant. When I went for Jenny's check up last week they did another blood test and I saw my OB/GYN. We're looking at somewhere around the middle of August for another little Rabb."
"Another baby?" He questioned in disbelief.
"Yeah. So are you happy?" She asked as Jenny wiggled in her arms.
"I have you, Jenny, another little baby to come and we have family and friends who love us, I couldn't be happier." He put his arm around her and kissed the top of her head.
"Let's go home." Mac whispered as snow started to fall.
"Yes ma'am."
THE END
That's it the end. Thank you for all your support and wonderful comments over the last three months and over 70 000 words. It's been a long slog and I have learnt lots about this show and all it's characters. Plus as I wrote these last two chapters I got to watch the last four episodes of season eight when my Mum managed to tape because she got Sky TV, it's a great show and I'm dying to know what happens after that plane crash. Thanks again.