AN: I'm sorry this part is so short, but at least it's better than no part
at all, right? I don't want to give out any spoilers for what's going to
happen, so you will just have to wait and see. At least I hope I won't
disappoint anyone too much... All the parts of this story have been written,
they still need some work though, but I will try to post one part every
day. Total number of parts will probably be 33.
A Visit
April 7th 2003
"I'm meeting Sergei at Benzinger's tonight. Do you want to come with me?" Harm and Mac were in the break room fixing some tea and coffee.
"No, I'm sure you want to see your brother alone," Mac answered a little upset he had asked her when they were in the office. Fortunately no one had heard him.
"I thought it would be a great time to tell him about us and he's bringing his girlfriend too. I'm not sure how much English she speaks."
"I'm sure Sergei can translate for you," Mac answered shortly.
"But I'd still like it better if you came with me," Harm tried once again. He had thought she liked Sergei and wouldn't mind seeing him.
"I have some things to do," Mac ended the conversation. Being introduced to Harm's family as his girlfriend definitely wasn't a part of her plan to distance herself from Harm.
It was getting harder and harder for Harm to get to see Mac. It seemed to him like she still wasn't over Lindsey's comments and he hadn't brought it up with her either. All the time she was trying to stay busy with something else and wouldn't let him in to help her like she had before. One day she showed up at work with a new car and she hadn't asked him to come with her looking at it. The other night when he went over to her apartment she had finished paining the nursery and gotten most of the furniture in. When he asked her why she had done it all by herself when all the lifting might be dangerous for the baby, she had told him that Sturgis had helped her with all of the heavy lifts. Harm had hoped she would ask him for help and instead she had turned to Sturgis for help, which of course she had the right to do if she wanted to.
Most distanced she was at the office and around her co-workers. Then she would put so much distance between them that there were rumors going on about them no longer being together. It had only gotten worse when Lindsey's report had been spread around the office for them to make rebuttals. Maybe it would get better once the audit was quite out of everybody's mind. At least they had been saved from splitting up the office and he was grateful for that. Sometimes it could be really good to have the SecNav's 'spy' in the office.
TBC
A Visit
April 7th 2003
"I'm meeting Sergei at Benzinger's tonight. Do you want to come with me?" Harm and Mac were in the break room fixing some tea and coffee.
"No, I'm sure you want to see your brother alone," Mac answered a little upset he had asked her when they were in the office. Fortunately no one had heard him.
"I thought it would be a great time to tell him about us and he's bringing his girlfriend too. I'm not sure how much English she speaks."
"I'm sure Sergei can translate for you," Mac answered shortly.
"But I'd still like it better if you came with me," Harm tried once again. He had thought she liked Sergei and wouldn't mind seeing him.
"I have some things to do," Mac ended the conversation. Being introduced to Harm's family as his girlfriend definitely wasn't a part of her plan to distance herself from Harm.
It was getting harder and harder for Harm to get to see Mac. It seemed to him like she still wasn't over Lindsey's comments and he hadn't brought it up with her either. All the time she was trying to stay busy with something else and wouldn't let him in to help her like she had before. One day she showed up at work with a new car and she hadn't asked him to come with her looking at it. The other night when he went over to her apartment she had finished paining the nursery and gotten most of the furniture in. When he asked her why she had done it all by herself when all the lifting might be dangerous for the baby, she had told him that Sturgis had helped her with all of the heavy lifts. Harm had hoped she would ask him for help and instead she had turned to Sturgis for help, which of course she had the right to do if she wanted to.
Most distanced she was at the office and around her co-workers. Then she would put so much distance between them that there were rumors going on about them no longer being together. It had only gotten worse when Lindsey's report had been spread around the office for them to make rebuttals. Maybe it would get better once the audit was quite out of everybody's mind. At least they had been saved from splitting up the office and he was grateful for that. Sometimes it could be really good to have the SecNav's 'spy' in the office.
TBC