"Everything okay?" Harm asked as she came downstairs.
"Jen and Jason are going to go and find the nearest pizza place and get pizza for lunch. They're just finishing off what they're doing. Do you know where I put my purse?" She replied.
"I know you had it when we got here because you threatened to hit me over head with it when I offered to carry you over the threshold. I'm not sure where it got to after that."
"I was afraid you'd drop me. Since I'm sure it will turn up how much cash do you have on you?" She asked.
"I don't know maybe sixty bucks."
"Hand it over it should be enough." He grabbed his wallet off the mantel and handed it to her.
"You know you're going to be broke if you keep doing that." Sturgis pointed out.
"I'm hungry, I'm craving pizza and as Harm will tell you this is all his fault, the least he can do is buy everyone pizza."
"Everything is my fault." Harm agreed.
"I'm forgetting the 'what Mac wants Mac gets' rule." Sturgis said. Mac looked at Harm.
"Ma'am." Jen said coming down the stairs Tiner was right behind her.
"Here's some money." She took the money from Harm's wallet and handed it to her. "I still need to find out what everyone else wants. I'll be back in a minute."
"Good timing Jen. And Sturgis, Mac wasn't supposed to find out about that rule." Harm berated him.
"The 'what Colonel Mackenzie wants Colonel Mackenzie gets' rule sir?" Jen questioned.
"How did you know about that?" Harm asked.
"Sorry to burst your bubble sir, but she's know about it for a while."
"Is there anything you two don't talk about?" Harm questioned.
"You'd be surprised sir." A realisation just hit her. "Sir I was supposed to tell you something. I'm sorry I forgot."
"Is this a life threatening thing?" Harm asked.
"No sir. Mrs Burnett called me yesterday, she asked me to remind you to help Colonel Mackenzie if she was having problems putting on her shoes, if you make fun of the Colonel she'll be on the first flight out here to cuff you round the back of the head sir. She also asked me to remind you that she brought you up to be a gentleman." Sturgis laughed.
"Jen why exactly did my mother call you?"
"She called to speak to Colonel Mackenzie but she was taking a nap. I believe you were out of the office at the time sir."
"Jen maybe I should have asked how often does my mother call?"
"A couple times a week sir, usually to complain that you never call her." Tiner bit his lip. "Sorry sir, I should have said that, I mean that didn't come out the way it was supposed to."
"Jen just take the list and run." Mac handed her a piece of paper. "I'll deal with this."
"Thank you ma'am. We'll be back as soon as possible." She quickly head out the door, Tiner quickly followed.
"Stop making the Petty Officer blush." Mac crossed her arms.
"I only asked how many times my mother calls you."
"I talk to her a couple times a week Grams too. Do you have a problem with that?"
"No" He started.
"Good, because when was the last time you called your mother accept to talk to Frank about the money for the house?"
"Mac.."
"No. I'm not doing this now, I'm going for a walk, keep an eye on AJ." She was out of the door before Harm could stop her.
"Sturgis...."
"Go after her. Take her coat too." Harm grabbed her coat and ran out after her. The door and screen clattered behind him.
"Is everything okay sir I heard the door go?" Harriet came and asked.
"Tiner and Coates went to find a pizza place to get lunch. Mac decided to go for a walk and Harm took her her coat." Sturgis replied. Harriet knew he wasn't telling the whole truth.
"What else sir?"
"Why do you think there is anything else?" He asked.
"I'm the mother of a four-year-old sir." Harriet replied.
"Spill it Commander." Meredith said.
"Mac's having a hormonal moment."
"What makes you say that?" Meredith asked.
"I don't think Mac would normally pick a fight about how often she talks to Mrs Burnett and Mrs Rabb. But you've know her longer than me maybe I'm wrong."
"No that's the hormones talking." Harriet confirmed.
"Commander, what do you know about plumbing?"
"Not a lot ma'am." He replied.
"Why don't you go and help AJ with the washing machine while Harriet and I sit down for a minute?"
"Yes ma'am."
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"Jen and Jason are going to go and find the nearest pizza place and get pizza for lunch. They're just finishing off what they're doing. Do you know where I put my purse?" She replied.
"I know you had it when we got here because you threatened to hit me over head with it when I offered to carry you over the threshold. I'm not sure where it got to after that."
"I was afraid you'd drop me. Since I'm sure it will turn up how much cash do you have on you?" She asked.
"I don't know maybe sixty bucks."
"Hand it over it should be enough." He grabbed his wallet off the mantel and handed it to her.
"You know you're going to be broke if you keep doing that." Sturgis pointed out.
"I'm hungry, I'm craving pizza and as Harm will tell you this is all his fault, the least he can do is buy everyone pizza."
"Everything is my fault." Harm agreed.
"I'm forgetting the 'what Mac wants Mac gets' rule." Sturgis said. Mac looked at Harm.
"Ma'am." Jen said coming down the stairs Tiner was right behind her.
"Here's some money." She took the money from Harm's wallet and handed it to her. "I still need to find out what everyone else wants. I'll be back in a minute."
"Good timing Jen. And Sturgis, Mac wasn't supposed to find out about that rule." Harm berated him.
"The 'what Colonel Mackenzie wants Colonel Mackenzie gets' rule sir?" Jen questioned.
"How did you know about that?" Harm asked.
"Sorry to burst your bubble sir, but she's know about it for a while."
"Is there anything you two don't talk about?" Harm questioned.
"You'd be surprised sir." A realisation just hit her. "Sir I was supposed to tell you something. I'm sorry I forgot."
"Is this a life threatening thing?" Harm asked.
"No sir. Mrs Burnett called me yesterday, she asked me to remind you to help Colonel Mackenzie if she was having problems putting on her shoes, if you make fun of the Colonel she'll be on the first flight out here to cuff you round the back of the head sir. She also asked me to remind you that she brought you up to be a gentleman." Sturgis laughed.
"Jen why exactly did my mother call you?"
"She called to speak to Colonel Mackenzie but she was taking a nap. I believe you were out of the office at the time sir."
"Jen maybe I should have asked how often does my mother call?"
"A couple times a week sir, usually to complain that you never call her." Tiner bit his lip. "Sorry sir, I should have said that, I mean that didn't come out the way it was supposed to."
"Jen just take the list and run." Mac handed her a piece of paper. "I'll deal with this."
"Thank you ma'am. We'll be back as soon as possible." She quickly head out the door, Tiner quickly followed.
"Stop making the Petty Officer blush." Mac crossed her arms.
"I only asked how many times my mother calls you."
"I talk to her a couple times a week Grams too. Do you have a problem with that?"
"No" He started.
"Good, because when was the last time you called your mother accept to talk to Frank about the money for the house?"
"Mac.."
"No. I'm not doing this now, I'm going for a walk, keep an eye on AJ." She was out of the door before Harm could stop her.
"Sturgis...."
"Go after her. Take her coat too." Harm grabbed her coat and ran out after her. The door and screen clattered behind him.
"Is everything okay sir I heard the door go?" Harriet came and asked.
"Tiner and Coates went to find a pizza place to get lunch. Mac decided to go for a walk and Harm took her her coat." Sturgis replied. Harriet knew he wasn't telling the whole truth.
"What else sir?"
"Why do you think there is anything else?" He asked.
"I'm the mother of a four-year-old sir." Harriet replied.
"Spill it Commander." Meredith said.
"Mac's having a hormonal moment."
"What makes you say that?" Meredith asked.
"I don't think Mac would normally pick a fight about how often she talks to Mrs Burnett and Mrs Rabb. But you've know her longer than me maybe I'm wrong."
"No that's the hormones talking." Harriet confirmed.
"Commander, what do you know about plumbing?"
"Not a lot ma'am." He replied.
"Why don't you go and help AJ with the washing machine while Harriet and I sit down for a minute?"
"Yes ma'am."
TBC