Disclaimer: Not mine. Do you really think the first six episodes of this season would have gone down the way they have if it was mine? Get real!
Harm's Apartment - 2745 ZULU
(Ok, which one of us is going to open up the subject?)
"Mac?"
(Well, will wonders never cease, looks like he's going to do it.) "Yeah, Harm?"
"What did you want to talk to me about?" (As if I didn't already know.)
"I wanted to talk about promises."
"Um, promises, Mac? Well, they're pledges to do or not do something." (Bright, Rabb, give her the dictionary definition.)
"Well, thank you Webster. Harm, are you intentionally being dense or do you know what I mean and just not want to discuss it."
At this point, Mac turns to leave the apartment.
(Ok, I screwed that up royally. So do I say something or let her leave? Can't let her leave the apartment, last time I did that she ended up with Webb in Paraguay. Gotta talk to her.)
"Mac? I'm sorry, I'm not being dense or not wanting to talk to you, I'm just a little nervous. I don't know how to say things right when it comes to you and I thought a joke might loosen things up a little."
^sighs^"Maybe we should just forget this and go back to our normal lives."
"No! I mean, I don't think we should just forget it, at least, not without talking about it first. Please, Mac?"
"Ok, you try this time."
(Oh, man! What do I say now?) "Promises, right? Ok. We currently have a long-standing promise that's time-limit is up. Do we want to keep that promise or let it go?" (Wow, I got through that whole sentence without having a coronary.)
(Wow. He got straight to the point.)"I want to keep it, if you do."
"Ok. Then we need to talk about a few things."
"What, specifically do you want to talk about?"
"How we're going to go about this for one, where the baby would live, who'd take care of him...or her when we're working, and last but unfortunately not least, what to tell our coworkers."
(And there is the crux of the matter, what will we say? Not to Bud or Harriet or even Sturgis, but what will we say to the Admiral. I can see it now. 'Sir, we have decided that, although we are not in a nonplatonic relationship, we would like to have a child together.' The only thing I can't quite see is who'll be in the psych ward first. What to do?)
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tbc
Harm's Apartment - 2745 ZULU
(Ok, which one of us is going to open up the subject?)
"Mac?"
(Well, will wonders never cease, looks like he's going to do it.) "Yeah, Harm?"
"What did you want to talk to me about?" (As if I didn't already know.)
"I wanted to talk about promises."
"Um, promises, Mac? Well, they're pledges to do or not do something." (Bright, Rabb, give her the dictionary definition.)
"Well, thank you Webster. Harm, are you intentionally being dense or do you know what I mean and just not want to discuss it."
At this point, Mac turns to leave the apartment.
(Ok, I screwed that up royally. So do I say something or let her leave? Can't let her leave the apartment, last time I did that she ended up with Webb in Paraguay. Gotta talk to her.)
"Mac? I'm sorry, I'm not being dense or not wanting to talk to you, I'm just a little nervous. I don't know how to say things right when it comes to you and I thought a joke might loosen things up a little."
^sighs^"Maybe we should just forget this and go back to our normal lives."
"No! I mean, I don't think we should just forget it, at least, not without talking about it first. Please, Mac?"
"Ok, you try this time."
(Oh, man! What do I say now?) "Promises, right? Ok. We currently have a long-standing promise that's time-limit is up. Do we want to keep that promise or let it go?" (Wow, I got through that whole sentence without having a coronary.)
(Wow. He got straight to the point.)"I want to keep it, if you do."
"Ok. Then we need to talk about a few things."
"What, specifically do you want to talk about?"
"How we're going to go about this for one, where the baby would live, who'd take care of him...or her when we're working, and last but unfortunately not least, what to tell our coworkers."
(And there is the crux of the matter, what will we say? Not to Bud or Harriet or even Sturgis, but what will we say to the Admiral. I can see it now. 'Sir, we have decided that, although we are not in a nonplatonic relationship, we would like to have a child together.' The only thing I can't quite see is who'll be in the psych ward first. What to do?)
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tbc