Mac and Jen had cleared up everything Mac needed to deal with before she
went on maternity leave. So they were waiting around in the JAG bullpen for
the ceremony which was taking place in just over an hour. Mac was perched
on the edge of Gunny's desk because she didn't want to sit.
She let out a slow breath and concentrated.
"Everything okay ma'am?" Jen asked.
"Can you get me a glass of water Jen?"
"Of course ma'am."
"Tiner." Mac called, Jen had gone to the bathroom.
"Yes ma'am." He hurried over to her.
"Can you ask the Admiral if I can move my promotion ceremony up to now?" She asked.
"Mac what's going on?" Harm asked hearing her request.
"Can I tell him why ma'am?" Tiner inquired.
"I'm pretty sure I'm in labour."
"You're what?" Harm asked.
"Kind of having a baby here." There was a loud thud as Harm hit the floor.
"What the ...." AJ came out of his office. "Would someone care to explain why I have a Commander out cold on the floor?"
"He fainted sir. I was just sending Tiner to ask if we could the promotion up to now."
"Why?" AJ inquired.
"Sir, I'm in labour and I'd like to get it over with. As much I appreciate your midwifery skills I think we'd both rather I had it in the hospital."
"And that's why Harm fainted?" He questioned.
"Yes sir. But I'll take care of it." She picked up the glass of water and poured it on Harm's face. He spluttered as he woke up.
"Nice to have you back with us Commander." AJ said. "Tiner call Bethesda tell the Colonel Mackenzie is on her way. We'll do your promotion as soon as I find Petty Officer Coates."
"I'm here sir." Jen said.
"We're moving the promotion ceremony up to now."
"Sorry Jen." Mac said.
"It's okay ma'am. Can I get you a towel sir?" She asked as Harm wiped the water from his face.
"I'm fine. You're really in labour?" He questioned.
"I've been having contractions since last night, I just thought they were Braxton-Hicks, but they're getting stronger and they're eleven minutes 23 seconds apart. So I'm thinking yes."
"Ma'am, I just heard do you need anything?" Harriet asked.
"To promoted so I can yelled at the nurse at the hospital."
"Let's do this." Harm said.
~
"You really don't like this car do you?" Mac asked as they drove to the hospital.
"Why?" He moved into another lane.
"Because my water just broke all over the seat."
"So you're really having it now?" He said.
"That would be a yes and we still haven't picked names. Think of something."
"How about Jacob for a boy?" Harm suggested.
"Jacob Sergei." Mac breathed through her next contraction.
"I though we weren't naming it after anyone we knew."
"One of them deserves to be a Rabb. We need something for a girl and for you to be not speeding. I'd like to get there in one piece."
"I don't know. What were we tossing around?" He asked.
"I don't remember. Boy's names were this weekend, girls next. Just throw out anything you can think of at the moment."
"Umm, Shannon?"
"No."
"Melanie, Victoria, Isabelle?"
"No, no, no. Think of something else."
"Grace, Hope, Joy, Faith?"
"I don't think so." She said as she had another contraction.
"Laura, Michelle, Emily, Rachel, Zoë, Elizabeth?" He offered.
"Maybe can you think of anything else?"
"Joanne, I don't know. Abigail?"
"That would work. Abigail Rabb. We need a middle name."
"How about Rose?"
"Abigail Rose Rabb. It works for me. See we could have done this months ago."
"We couldn't agree months ago. Abi or Jake are good names."
"These contractions are getting really close together. We need to get to the hospital now."
"We're almost there. I promise."
TBC
She let out a slow breath and concentrated.
"Everything okay ma'am?" Jen asked.
"Can you get me a glass of water Jen?"
"Of course ma'am."
"Tiner." Mac called, Jen had gone to the bathroom.
"Yes ma'am." He hurried over to her.
"Can you ask the Admiral if I can move my promotion ceremony up to now?" She asked.
"Mac what's going on?" Harm asked hearing her request.
"Can I tell him why ma'am?" Tiner inquired.
"I'm pretty sure I'm in labour."
"You're what?" Harm asked.
"Kind of having a baby here." There was a loud thud as Harm hit the floor.
"What the ...." AJ came out of his office. "Would someone care to explain why I have a Commander out cold on the floor?"
"He fainted sir. I was just sending Tiner to ask if we could the promotion up to now."
"Why?" AJ inquired.
"Sir, I'm in labour and I'd like to get it over with. As much I appreciate your midwifery skills I think we'd both rather I had it in the hospital."
"And that's why Harm fainted?" He questioned.
"Yes sir. But I'll take care of it." She picked up the glass of water and poured it on Harm's face. He spluttered as he woke up.
"Nice to have you back with us Commander." AJ said. "Tiner call Bethesda tell the Colonel Mackenzie is on her way. We'll do your promotion as soon as I find Petty Officer Coates."
"I'm here sir." Jen said.
"We're moving the promotion ceremony up to now."
"Sorry Jen." Mac said.
"It's okay ma'am. Can I get you a towel sir?" She asked as Harm wiped the water from his face.
"I'm fine. You're really in labour?" He questioned.
"I've been having contractions since last night, I just thought they were Braxton-Hicks, but they're getting stronger and they're eleven minutes 23 seconds apart. So I'm thinking yes."
"Ma'am, I just heard do you need anything?" Harriet asked.
"To promoted so I can yelled at the nurse at the hospital."
"Let's do this." Harm said.
~
"You really don't like this car do you?" Mac asked as they drove to the hospital.
"Why?" He moved into another lane.
"Because my water just broke all over the seat."
"So you're really having it now?" He said.
"That would be a yes and we still haven't picked names. Think of something."
"How about Jacob for a boy?" Harm suggested.
"Jacob Sergei." Mac breathed through her next contraction.
"I though we weren't naming it after anyone we knew."
"One of them deserves to be a Rabb. We need something for a girl and for you to be not speeding. I'd like to get there in one piece."
"I don't know. What were we tossing around?" He asked.
"I don't remember. Boy's names were this weekend, girls next. Just throw out anything you can think of at the moment."
"Umm, Shannon?"
"No."
"Melanie, Victoria, Isabelle?"
"No, no, no. Think of something else."
"Grace, Hope, Joy, Faith?"
"I don't think so." She said as she had another contraction.
"Laura, Michelle, Emily, Rachel, Zoë, Elizabeth?" He offered.
"Maybe can you think of anything else?"
"Joanne, I don't know. Abigail?"
"That would work. Abigail Rabb. We need a middle name."
"How about Rose?"
"Abigail Rose Rabb. It works for me. See we could have done this months ago."
"We couldn't agree months ago. Abi or Jake are good names."
"These contractions are getting really close together. We need to get to the hospital now."
"We're almost there. I promise."
TBC