Making Some Arrangements
November 19th 2002
Mac had been forced to put up her talk with the admiral until the day after she'd talked to Sturgis. She'd been very nervous about the whole thing. The admiral's opinion on her was important to her and she was afraid that he would be very disappointed in her. She could understand if he was, she just hoped he wouldn't show it openly. She had just entered the admiral's office and he was looking at her in mild confusion.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" the admiral asked suspecting that this was an issue out of the ordinary.
"Admiral, I'd like to inform you of my condition. I'm pregnant, sir."
The admiral was choked to say the least. He hadn't known that she was seeing anybody, not that it was really his business, but scuttlebutt always got to his ears whether he wanted it to or not.
"May I ask who's the father?"
"Yes, sir. Commander Turner is the father, but we are not in a relationship nor will we be."
"How do you think that this will affect your work here at JAG, Colonel?"
"I'd like maternity leave from the middle of June and approximately two and a half months forward. Before that I will probably need a few months with limited duties and no travels."
"That sounds reasonable."
"Sir, we'd like to keep this quite for a few more weeks."
"You have until your first trimester is over, after that you can't go to carriers and the reason for that must be clear to everyone, as I'm sure you understand. When would that be?"
"At the end of December. I have an appointment with my OB Friday. I'd like to request leave for me and the commander."
"Granted"
"Thank you, sir, for everything," she emphasized the everything so that he understood how much she appreciated his support.
"Colonel, we'll work out some arrangements for after the baby is born at a later time. You're dismissed"
"Aye, aye, sir," Mac said came to attention and left the office relieved that the meeting had gone as well as it had. She still had to tell Harm and that might turn out to be the hardest one of them all.
As she walked past Sturgis' office she popped her head in through the doorway and said that everything was OK. It was all that was needed, since Sturgis knew what she was talking about.
TBC
November 19th 2002
Mac had been forced to put up her talk with the admiral until the day after she'd talked to Sturgis. She'd been very nervous about the whole thing. The admiral's opinion on her was important to her and she was afraid that he would be very disappointed in her. She could understand if he was, she just hoped he wouldn't show it openly. She had just entered the admiral's office and he was looking at her in mild confusion.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" the admiral asked suspecting that this was an issue out of the ordinary.
"Admiral, I'd like to inform you of my condition. I'm pregnant, sir."
The admiral was choked to say the least. He hadn't known that she was seeing anybody, not that it was really his business, but scuttlebutt always got to his ears whether he wanted it to or not.
"May I ask who's the father?"
"Yes, sir. Commander Turner is the father, but we are not in a relationship nor will we be."
"How do you think that this will affect your work here at JAG, Colonel?"
"I'd like maternity leave from the middle of June and approximately two and a half months forward. Before that I will probably need a few months with limited duties and no travels."
"That sounds reasonable."
"Sir, we'd like to keep this quite for a few more weeks."
"You have until your first trimester is over, after that you can't go to carriers and the reason for that must be clear to everyone, as I'm sure you understand. When would that be?"
"At the end of December. I have an appointment with my OB Friday. I'd like to request leave for me and the commander."
"Granted"
"Thank you, sir, for everything," she emphasized the everything so that he understood how much she appreciated his support.
"Colonel, we'll work out some arrangements for after the baby is born at a later time. You're dismissed"
"Aye, aye, sir," Mac said came to attention and left the office relieved that the meeting had gone as well as it had. She still had to tell Harm and that might turn out to be the hardest one of them all.
As she walked past Sturgis' office she popped her head in through the doorway and said that everything was OK. It was all that was needed, since Sturgis knew what she was talking about.
TBC