More Complications
April 23rd 2003
Mac never called him and when she showed up to work yesterday she had been very distanced to him and he wasn't sure if she was just ignoring the conversation they had had last time they saw each other or if she was ignoring their whole relationship. Harm had been out on an investigation most of the day and hadn't seen her long enough to start a conversation where he could find out. He had decided not to push her more by going over to her apartment the same evening and instead spent it alone wondering why everything had turned out so badly.
Today they had all been called into the conference room and the JAG-staff was gathering there now waiting for the meeting to start. He tried to make eye contact with Mac, but she turned her eyes away from him. Mac had seen how much her behavior lately had hurt Harm, but she still thought it might be for the best in the long run.
Even though they had been prepared by already being told that a Navy JAG lieutenant had been found dead, they were still shocked to learn that Lieutenant Singer was dead. Not many had liked her and being in the military meant living with the risk of losing your colleagues to death. Still a devastated air filled the room. The NCIS-investigators of course wanted to question them all.
For Mac and Harriet it got very personal, since they were both pregnant, just like Singer had been and their thoughts went out to the innocent unborn baby, who had been killed together with her mother.
Harm had reacted very aggressively and defensively to the news of Singer's death. Mac suspected that it was because of what he knew about who might be the father of the baby and it made her suspect that that person was closer to him than she had thought before.
April 25th 2003
Mac didn't know what to do. She had never been as miserable as she was this moment. She had just found out that Harm had been arrested for Singer's murder. She was standing in the middle of her office and could barely hear all of the loud voices out in the bullpen even though the door to her office was open. Her whole world was spinning around and falling apart and all she could do was stand there.
Her first reaction when she found out about Harm's own investigation to who the father was had been anger, but she had tried to hide her anger from the NCIS-investigators so they wouldn't try to use that against Harm. She had understood that they were looking at him as a suspect, but hadn't thought it would possibly go so far as to him being arrested. She knew that he was innocent, now she could only hope that they would find something that proved he was.
One second she was standing there and the next she was bent over in pain. She was forced to let out a cry and Bud and Sturgis who had been standing outside her office came in when they saw her sinking together on the floor.
"Mac, how are you? What's going on?" Sturgis asked her worriedly.
"Ma'am, is there something wrong with the baby?"
"I... I don't know" Mac
"Call for an ambulance now, Bud," Sturgis ordered and Bud wasn't slow to follow.
Within twenty minutes Mac was in the hospital being examined by a doctor and several nurses. Her pains were now mainly in her back and she was getting more and more anxious and upset.
"Ms. Mackenzie, you have to try to be calm," the doctor said and put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down "You've gone into labor," he paused again to let it sink in "The good news is that the baby seems to still be doing quite fine."
"It's too early to have the baby now," Mac said. 'This isn't happening' was all she could think. All of her thoughts were concentrated on the well being of her baby.
"It is early, but the baby would still have a big chance even if she was born today. However we are going to give you an infusion that will stop the labor pains and hopefully we will be able to postpone the birth for a couple of days or hopefully weeks. Every day counts and increases the chances of no affects from a premature birth," the doctor explained to her. "This means that you'll have to stay in bed for the remaining of this pregnancy."
Mac would have done anything for the baby and lying down was not going to be a problem for her. The doctor informed Sturgis, who had come to the hospital and had been waiting outside in the corridor, of her condition and told him to keep her from getting upset, since that might cause her to go into labor again or make the baby sick so she would have to be delivered right away. Sturgis called Bud and told him to tell the people at the office about what had happened, but that Mac and the baby were OK for now. Sturgis made the decision that Mac would be kept from all of the developments surrounding Harm's case. If she asked about it all of them would just say that the prosecution didn't have any evidence and Harm would soon be released.
TBC
April 23rd 2003
Mac never called him and when she showed up to work yesterday she had been very distanced to him and he wasn't sure if she was just ignoring the conversation they had had last time they saw each other or if she was ignoring their whole relationship. Harm had been out on an investigation most of the day and hadn't seen her long enough to start a conversation where he could find out. He had decided not to push her more by going over to her apartment the same evening and instead spent it alone wondering why everything had turned out so badly.
Today they had all been called into the conference room and the JAG-staff was gathering there now waiting for the meeting to start. He tried to make eye contact with Mac, but she turned her eyes away from him. Mac had seen how much her behavior lately had hurt Harm, but she still thought it might be for the best in the long run.
Even though they had been prepared by already being told that a Navy JAG lieutenant had been found dead, they were still shocked to learn that Lieutenant Singer was dead. Not many had liked her and being in the military meant living with the risk of losing your colleagues to death. Still a devastated air filled the room. The NCIS-investigators of course wanted to question them all.
For Mac and Harriet it got very personal, since they were both pregnant, just like Singer had been and their thoughts went out to the innocent unborn baby, who had been killed together with her mother.
Harm had reacted very aggressively and defensively to the news of Singer's death. Mac suspected that it was because of what he knew about who might be the father of the baby and it made her suspect that that person was closer to him than she had thought before.
April 25th 2003
Mac didn't know what to do. She had never been as miserable as she was this moment. She had just found out that Harm had been arrested for Singer's murder. She was standing in the middle of her office and could barely hear all of the loud voices out in the bullpen even though the door to her office was open. Her whole world was spinning around and falling apart and all she could do was stand there.
Her first reaction when she found out about Harm's own investigation to who the father was had been anger, but she had tried to hide her anger from the NCIS-investigators so they wouldn't try to use that against Harm. She had understood that they were looking at him as a suspect, but hadn't thought it would possibly go so far as to him being arrested. She knew that he was innocent, now she could only hope that they would find something that proved he was.
One second she was standing there and the next she was bent over in pain. She was forced to let out a cry and Bud and Sturgis who had been standing outside her office came in when they saw her sinking together on the floor.
"Mac, how are you? What's going on?" Sturgis asked her worriedly.
"Ma'am, is there something wrong with the baby?"
"I... I don't know" Mac
"Call for an ambulance now, Bud," Sturgis ordered and Bud wasn't slow to follow.
Within twenty minutes Mac was in the hospital being examined by a doctor and several nurses. Her pains were now mainly in her back and she was getting more and more anxious and upset.
"Ms. Mackenzie, you have to try to be calm," the doctor said and put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down "You've gone into labor," he paused again to let it sink in "The good news is that the baby seems to still be doing quite fine."
"It's too early to have the baby now," Mac said. 'This isn't happening' was all she could think. All of her thoughts were concentrated on the well being of her baby.
"It is early, but the baby would still have a big chance even if she was born today. However we are going to give you an infusion that will stop the labor pains and hopefully we will be able to postpone the birth for a couple of days or hopefully weeks. Every day counts and increases the chances of no affects from a premature birth," the doctor explained to her. "This means that you'll have to stay in bed for the remaining of this pregnancy."
Mac would have done anything for the baby and lying down was not going to be a problem for her. The doctor informed Sturgis, who had come to the hospital and had been waiting outside in the corridor, of her condition and told him to keep her from getting upset, since that might cause her to go into labor again or make the baby sick so she would have to be delivered right away. Sturgis called Bud and told him to tell the people at the office about what had happened, but that Mac and the baby were OK for now. Sturgis made the decision that Mac would be kept from all of the developments surrounding Harm's case. If she asked about it all of them would just say that the prosecution didn't have any evidence and Harm would soon be released.
TBC