As soon as Mac had locked the bathroom door, Abigail started to cry.
"Umm." Sturgis said not knowing what to do. "Shush, please don't cry. Mac will be back soon." But it didn't stop her. "Abigail, please. I'm a lawyer I don't know anything about babies. You're mommy will be back and I'm sure she'll know what's wrong with you."
"Oh please." Bobbie said as she walked in. She dropped a gift bag on the floor. "Give her to me." Sturgis happily handed her to him. "It's okay sweetheart. Shush." She held her against her chest so she could hear her heartbeat. "Aren't you adorable? You'd be even sweeter if you stopped crying. Shush." She gently rubbed her back. "Oh I know what's wrong with you honey. You need your diaper change." Bobbie laid her down and proceeded to change her diaper after which Abi settled down. "See what was all the fuss about?" She picked her up again.
"Where did you learn to do that?"
"I have four cousins with six children between them and some of the women on my staff have kids, who they sometime bring into the office."
"I didn't know that."
"Well there are a lot of things you don't know about me Commander." Bobbie winked at him. "So what happened to Miss Abigail's parents."
"Mac's in the bathroom and Harm's mother and grandmother dragged him shopping for pink baby clothes."
"Now that's something I'd pay money to see."
"Me too."
"Shush." Bobbie rubbed Abigail's back gently.
"Sturgis, I'm sorry but I se..." Mac said as she came out the bathroom she stopped when she saw Bobbie. "Hi Bobbie. I see you've met Abi."
"She's beautiful Mac. I changed her diaper."
"Thanks. Do you want me to take her?" Mac asked.
"No, we're fine like this." Bobbie walked slowly up and down. Mac sat back down. "So how are you feeling?"
"Sore, tired, ecstatic." Mac replied. Bobbie smiled.
"So she's worth it?" Bobbie asked.
"Definitely."
"How's Harm taking to being a parent?"
"Try to get him to leave is a problem. I practically had to order him out of here yesterday and he only went to find Trish and Grams a cab this morning. He'll be a great dad."
"If he let's her out of his sight." Mac and Bobbie both smiled.
"If he needs any help enforcing the 'she's not dating until she's forty' rule tell him to give me a call." Sturgis said.
"If I remember rightly it was fifty but I'll tell him."
"I'd better go." Sturgis said.
"You don't have too." Mac replied.
"I have to go and buy my future god-daughter a gift."
"And here I was thinking you were mister organised." Bobbie said.
"Well I thought I had another two weeks."
"Babies have their own timing." Mac said. "Or so everyone keeps telling me."
"I think I believe that now. I'll see you soon. You too Bobbie."
"Yes goodbye Sturgis."
~
"I'm still really sorry about yesterday." Harm said as he fastened Abi into her car seat. "I honestly didn't think Mom and Grams would make me go shopping."
"Harm they waited almost forty years for the next generation of Rabb's I think they're entitled to be excited and to drag you shopping." Mac countered.
"Seriously I have never seen so many pink items of clothes in my life."
"She'll grow out of them quickly. Then we can get back to normal colours."
"I did buy a little sailors suit." He said as he closed the door.
"What happened to now unfair influence?"
"Her father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all Navy. All her godparents are going to be Navy." Mac scowled at him. "And she'll grow out of it soon." Mac smiled.
"Let's go home."
"Whatever you say ma'am."
THE END (for now - TBC in Reality of Life)
A/N: Reality of Life will probably start being posted at the weekend. Thanks to everyone for their reviews and hopefully everyone will continue to enjoy the next part of the story.
"Umm." Sturgis said not knowing what to do. "Shush, please don't cry. Mac will be back soon." But it didn't stop her. "Abigail, please. I'm a lawyer I don't know anything about babies. You're mommy will be back and I'm sure she'll know what's wrong with you."
"Oh please." Bobbie said as she walked in. She dropped a gift bag on the floor. "Give her to me." Sturgis happily handed her to him. "It's okay sweetheart. Shush." She held her against her chest so she could hear her heartbeat. "Aren't you adorable? You'd be even sweeter if you stopped crying. Shush." She gently rubbed her back. "Oh I know what's wrong with you honey. You need your diaper change." Bobbie laid her down and proceeded to change her diaper after which Abi settled down. "See what was all the fuss about?" She picked her up again.
"Where did you learn to do that?"
"I have four cousins with six children between them and some of the women on my staff have kids, who they sometime bring into the office."
"I didn't know that."
"Well there are a lot of things you don't know about me Commander." Bobbie winked at him. "So what happened to Miss Abigail's parents."
"Mac's in the bathroom and Harm's mother and grandmother dragged him shopping for pink baby clothes."
"Now that's something I'd pay money to see."
"Me too."
"Shush." Bobbie rubbed Abigail's back gently.
"Sturgis, I'm sorry but I se..." Mac said as she came out the bathroom she stopped when she saw Bobbie. "Hi Bobbie. I see you've met Abi."
"She's beautiful Mac. I changed her diaper."
"Thanks. Do you want me to take her?" Mac asked.
"No, we're fine like this." Bobbie walked slowly up and down. Mac sat back down. "So how are you feeling?"
"Sore, tired, ecstatic." Mac replied. Bobbie smiled.
"So she's worth it?" Bobbie asked.
"Definitely."
"How's Harm taking to being a parent?"
"Try to get him to leave is a problem. I practically had to order him out of here yesterday and he only went to find Trish and Grams a cab this morning. He'll be a great dad."
"If he let's her out of his sight." Mac and Bobbie both smiled.
"If he needs any help enforcing the 'she's not dating until she's forty' rule tell him to give me a call." Sturgis said.
"If I remember rightly it was fifty but I'll tell him."
"I'd better go." Sturgis said.
"You don't have too." Mac replied.
"I have to go and buy my future god-daughter a gift."
"And here I was thinking you were mister organised." Bobbie said.
"Well I thought I had another two weeks."
"Babies have their own timing." Mac said. "Or so everyone keeps telling me."
"I think I believe that now. I'll see you soon. You too Bobbie."
"Yes goodbye Sturgis."
~
"I'm still really sorry about yesterday." Harm said as he fastened Abi into her car seat. "I honestly didn't think Mom and Grams would make me go shopping."
"Harm they waited almost forty years for the next generation of Rabb's I think they're entitled to be excited and to drag you shopping." Mac countered.
"Seriously I have never seen so many pink items of clothes in my life."
"She'll grow out of them quickly. Then we can get back to normal colours."
"I did buy a little sailors suit." He said as he closed the door.
"What happened to now unfair influence?"
"Her father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all Navy. All her godparents are going to be Navy." Mac scowled at him. "And she'll grow out of it soon." Mac smiled.
"Let's go home."
"Whatever you say ma'am."
THE END (for now - TBC in Reality of Life)
A/N: Reality of Life will probably start being posted at the weekend. Thanks to everyone for their reviews and hopefully everyone will continue to enjoy the next part of the story.