Hey everybody, I want to thank everyone for the wonderful feedback and emails to continue my story. I'm sorry about not updating sooner, but being a junior in high school is a lot harder than being a sophomore, but I promise to try updating a lot more. There will probably be another two or three chapters to this story and if anyone would like me to finish undercover in Florida I'll work on that as well.
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"Yes, Harm. I would love to be your wife," Mac said as Harm happily slid the ring onto her finger and picked her up in a hug. Then they both bent down and grabbed Bella who was also crying and hugged her. "Now we're really an official family," Bella said hugging Harm and Mac. Mac looked down at her ring and then up at the sky. "Thank you," she said softly.
As she said this the brightest star in the sky seemed to wink back at them and as they walked away Commander Harmon Raab Senior looked down on them smiling, that same fly boy grin that he had given his only son.
Chapter 16: Military Babies and Poor Uncle AJ
It's been six months since Christmas when Harm proposed to Mac. They were all doing great, no problems with the pregnancy for Harriet or Mac, but everyone was slowly getting used to the changes in Mac and Harriet. Their emotions were fully charged and their maternal instincts in full swing!
Mac and Harriet were both in the break room making sandwiches, when the Admiral came in, or tried to. "Sir, we'll be out of your way in just a minute." Harriet said quickly grabbing her sandwich and large bottle of juice. "Yes Sir, we're sorry. Our stomachs just seem to get in the way of everything these days." Mac said a funny smirk on her face as she grabbed her sandwich and juice as well. "It's alright. I think I got used to this pregnancy stuff the last time Harriet was pregnant. Just don't start crying. Last week when I yelled about you throwing out my lunch was bad enough." AJ said remembering the incident which had both women in tears. "Yes Sir." They said in unison. The Admiral moved out of the way so they could get through. Then he came back in and opened the refrigerator. He laughed heartily as he saw that they had put a post it note on his lasagna, which read, "Admiral's lunch, touch and die!" He took out his meal and left the room. As he walked back to his office he noticed how smoothly things seemed to be going, considering there were two pregnant women in his office.
Mac and Harriet had made themselves comfortable in Mac's office, their feet propped up on chairs and their lunches stationed on their laps. "Ma'am, I can't thank you enough for allowing me to eat and spend so much time in here with you. I know you have a lot of work to do and I really appreciate it." Harriet stated her eyes watery, but no tears had fallen yet. "Nonsense Harriet, and you're to call me Mac in here. You're my very best female friend here in the office or anywhere and you've been such a great help to Harm and I over the years. First playing matchmaker for us, then watching Bella, and now helping me to understand all this pregnancy stuff. Your more like the sister I never had." Mac said her own eyes threatening to spill over with tears. "That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. Your like a sister to me too Mac." Harriet said, rising slowly from her chair as she went over to hug Mac. The two women embraced, somewhat unsuccessfully their round bellies touching each other as the two women hugged, the babies kicked one another, almost a sign of their future friendship.
Meanwhile, Harm was in his office staring at the pages of the old, worn book that lay open in his hands. His eyes were full of emotion and unshed tears as he read the pages again and again. 'It's not possible.' He thought to himself. He knew he had to make the call, he knew it didn't seem appropriate to call her today on a day of such sadness, but in the back of his mind he needed to know the truth. Just as he picked up the phone to call her, a knock at his door forced him to put down the phone. "Come in." He said putting the book back into the box. Looking up their eyes met and despite her aging appearance he knew exactly who she was, coming around his desk he engulfed her in his strong arms. "I was just about to call you. How are you?" He asked her as he gestured for her to have a seat and he sat across from her. "I'm good Harm. I know it's a little weird, my just showing up here, we haven't seen each other in a while, and I should have come sooner, but I guess it's better late than never right." The woman said wiping her eyes with a tissue. "Well, I know why I was about to call you, but why did you drive all this way just to see me?" Harm asked clearly perplexed.
"I saw the article in the Navy Times, about you and your partner adopting that little girl a few years back, and then the court case a few months ago, I should have come sooner. When I saw her all those years ago it was like a memory from my past nagging at me, I knew I needed to come here and tell you the truth." Harm stared at the elderly woman before him. "When we moved into our new house, I found her box of letters and her diary. I never could finish the diary and I just did today. That's why I was going to call you, to see if it was true, but now that you're here it must be." Harm said shaking his head in disbelief and tears welling up in his eyes. "Would you read me that journal entry Harm?" The woman asked wiping her own tears from her eyes. "Of course." Harm said as he began to read.
"Dear Diary,
Today is my eighteenth birthday, my naval academy buddies are all here. Harm, Sturgis, Keeter, even my parents flew in. We had such a great time and then, after the guys left, Mom and Dad said they needed to talk to me about something. In the back of my mind I think I knew what they were about to say. I never told them that I had found my adoption papers in mom's desk drawer when I was sixteen. I knew I was different then them and their was always that memory in the back of my mind. I was five or six and this little girl came to our house late on night with this other woman. I heard Mom and Dad talking with the woman. She asked if her daughter Sarah could stay the night so she could try and find them some place to live. That she and her husband had gotten into a huge fight and that she was finally leaving him. Mom agreed and took Sarah up to my room. I ran back into bed and Mom put Sarah in bed with me. I heard Sarah crying so I asked her what was wrong. She said that her daddy was hurting her mommy and her. I hugged her and even in the faint moonlight that shown through the windows I knew this girl looked a lot like me, except she was thinner and had a big bruise on her arm. Anyways Mom and Dad told me about my twin sister Sarah and how that night they should have kept her with them, but they knew that her mom would never go for it. As soon as I can I'm going to try to find her. Mom says they've already tried, but who knows what will happen.
As always diary, Diane"
Harm finished reading the passage and swiped his eyes with the back of his hand. He suddenly looked up and saw Mac standing there in the door way. Mrs. Schonke caught his eyes and looked up taking a sharp intake of breath. "You look so much like her Sarah." Mrs. Schonke said staring at Mac's tear stained face. "I remember you from when I was a little girl, you took care of me and the little girl who looked so much like me. It's not possible, is it?" Mac questioned staring at Harm. Harm was just coming around the desk when Mac's face became pale. "I'm Diane's twin." She said almost inaudibly and then passed out on the floor. "Mac!" Harm yelled rushing over to her as the room suddenly became filled with panic.
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Last Chapter:
"Yes, Harm. I would love to be your wife," Mac said as Harm happily slid the ring onto her finger and picked her up in a hug. Then they both bent down and grabbed Bella who was also crying and hugged her. "Now we're really an official family," Bella said hugging Harm and Mac. Mac looked down at her ring and then up at the sky. "Thank you," she said softly.
As she said this the brightest star in the sky seemed to wink back at them and as they walked away Commander Harmon Raab Senior looked down on them smiling, that same fly boy grin that he had given his only son.
Chapter 16: Military Babies and Poor Uncle AJ
It's been six months since Christmas when Harm proposed to Mac. They were all doing great, no problems with the pregnancy for Harriet or Mac, but everyone was slowly getting used to the changes in Mac and Harriet. Their emotions were fully charged and their maternal instincts in full swing!
Mac and Harriet were both in the break room making sandwiches, when the Admiral came in, or tried to. "Sir, we'll be out of your way in just a minute." Harriet said quickly grabbing her sandwich and large bottle of juice. "Yes Sir, we're sorry. Our stomachs just seem to get in the way of everything these days." Mac said a funny smirk on her face as she grabbed her sandwich and juice as well. "It's alright. I think I got used to this pregnancy stuff the last time Harriet was pregnant. Just don't start crying. Last week when I yelled about you throwing out my lunch was bad enough." AJ said remembering the incident which had both women in tears. "Yes Sir." They said in unison. The Admiral moved out of the way so they could get through. Then he came back in and opened the refrigerator. He laughed heartily as he saw that they had put a post it note on his lasagna, which read, "Admiral's lunch, touch and die!" He took out his meal and left the room. As he walked back to his office he noticed how smoothly things seemed to be going, considering there were two pregnant women in his office.
Mac and Harriet had made themselves comfortable in Mac's office, their feet propped up on chairs and their lunches stationed on their laps. "Ma'am, I can't thank you enough for allowing me to eat and spend so much time in here with you. I know you have a lot of work to do and I really appreciate it." Harriet stated her eyes watery, but no tears had fallen yet. "Nonsense Harriet, and you're to call me Mac in here. You're my very best female friend here in the office or anywhere and you've been such a great help to Harm and I over the years. First playing matchmaker for us, then watching Bella, and now helping me to understand all this pregnancy stuff. Your more like the sister I never had." Mac said her own eyes threatening to spill over with tears. "That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. Your like a sister to me too Mac." Harriet said, rising slowly from her chair as she went over to hug Mac. The two women embraced, somewhat unsuccessfully their round bellies touching each other as the two women hugged, the babies kicked one another, almost a sign of their future friendship.
Meanwhile, Harm was in his office staring at the pages of the old, worn book that lay open in his hands. His eyes were full of emotion and unshed tears as he read the pages again and again. 'It's not possible.' He thought to himself. He knew he had to make the call, he knew it didn't seem appropriate to call her today on a day of such sadness, but in the back of his mind he needed to know the truth. Just as he picked up the phone to call her, a knock at his door forced him to put down the phone. "Come in." He said putting the book back into the box. Looking up their eyes met and despite her aging appearance he knew exactly who she was, coming around his desk he engulfed her in his strong arms. "I was just about to call you. How are you?" He asked her as he gestured for her to have a seat and he sat across from her. "I'm good Harm. I know it's a little weird, my just showing up here, we haven't seen each other in a while, and I should have come sooner, but I guess it's better late than never right." The woman said wiping her eyes with a tissue. "Well, I know why I was about to call you, but why did you drive all this way just to see me?" Harm asked clearly perplexed.
"I saw the article in the Navy Times, about you and your partner adopting that little girl a few years back, and then the court case a few months ago, I should have come sooner. When I saw her all those years ago it was like a memory from my past nagging at me, I knew I needed to come here and tell you the truth." Harm stared at the elderly woman before him. "When we moved into our new house, I found her box of letters and her diary. I never could finish the diary and I just did today. That's why I was going to call you, to see if it was true, but now that you're here it must be." Harm said shaking his head in disbelief and tears welling up in his eyes. "Would you read me that journal entry Harm?" The woman asked wiping her own tears from her eyes. "Of course." Harm said as he began to read.
"Dear Diary,
Today is my eighteenth birthday, my naval academy buddies are all here. Harm, Sturgis, Keeter, even my parents flew in. We had such a great time and then, after the guys left, Mom and Dad said they needed to talk to me about something. In the back of my mind I think I knew what they were about to say. I never told them that I had found my adoption papers in mom's desk drawer when I was sixteen. I knew I was different then them and their was always that memory in the back of my mind. I was five or six and this little girl came to our house late on night with this other woman. I heard Mom and Dad talking with the woman. She asked if her daughter Sarah could stay the night so she could try and find them some place to live. That she and her husband had gotten into a huge fight and that she was finally leaving him. Mom agreed and took Sarah up to my room. I ran back into bed and Mom put Sarah in bed with me. I heard Sarah crying so I asked her what was wrong. She said that her daddy was hurting her mommy and her. I hugged her and even in the faint moonlight that shown through the windows I knew this girl looked a lot like me, except she was thinner and had a big bruise on her arm. Anyways Mom and Dad told me about my twin sister Sarah and how that night they should have kept her with them, but they knew that her mom would never go for it. As soon as I can I'm going to try to find her. Mom says they've already tried, but who knows what will happen.
As always diary, Diane"
Harm finished reading the passage and swiped his eyes with the back of his hand. He suddenly looked up and saw Mac standing there in the door way. Mrs. Schonke caught his eyes and looked up taking a sharp intake of breath. "You look so much like her Sarah." Mrs. Schonke said staring at Mac's tear stained face. "I remember you from when I was a little girl, you took care of me and the little girl who looked so much like me. It's not possible, is it?" Mac questioned staring at Harm. Harm was just coming around the desk when Mac's face became pale. "I'm Diane's twin." She said almost inaudibly and then passed out on the floor. "Mac!" Harm yelled rushing over to her as the room suddenly became filled with panic.
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