Title: The Beginning
Author: Winnie Bear
Rating: PG
Classification: Story, Romance (H/M) (Others)
Spoiler(s): Just a little bit here and there
Archive: Fine by me but please let me know first.
Disclaimers: All characters of JAG belong to Bellisarius Productions and Paramount Pictures; no copyright infringement intended.
AN: The story is the prequel of my previous "History Repeated Itself". If you have not read it, you might want to read it first to avoid confusion especially with the kids' names.
There will be one storyline for each Rabb child. The first storyline will be about Trey Rabb and Grace Webb. I haven't decided how many chapters it will be for this storyline but I will let you know if I shift the storyline to other characters.
Lastly, I would like to thank my beta-reader, Sigma Zed and then recently, Amy Berger, for their help.
Previous story can be found at Fanfiction.net (Under my name) or ExLibris or BTL Archive.
Enjoy the story, guys.
1000 EST
Mother's Day 2006
Rabb's Residence
McLean, Virginia
"Baby!" The happy two-year-old squealed in delight as he saw the two almost-two-month-old infants in the playpen.
Harm smiled and picked up the toddler, his son, Trey Rabb. "Yeah, it's a baby. You are a big brother now, son."
"Me! Big!" Trey grinned proudly as he pointed at his own chest.
Harm chuckled again and put him down near the babies. "You think you can watch them for mommy, buddy?"
A grin and an excited nod was his answer. Across from them in the living room, sitting on the sofa, Sarah Rabb and Susan Webb smiled at the beautiful scene. Harm had insisted that the 'boys' could do the job of taking care of the little ones on Mother's Day.
Now, if Harm had asked most two-year-olds to take care of the babies, he'd have been making a big mistake, but Trey Rabb was...different from other two-year-olds. He certainly wasn't a member of the 'terrible twos.' Despite being incredibly stubborn sometimes (which surprised no one, considering who his parents were), Trey usually was a sweet little boy who hardly ever gave his parents any trouble.
"Susan, where's Clay?" Harm asked as he turned to the ladies on the sofa.
"He's picking Jeremy up at his grandmother's, but he should be here soon."
"He'd better be! I swear he said he'd help me with the kids."
"Can't handle them on your own, sailor? Are you planning on taking back your promise to take care of the kids for today?" Mac couldn't resist teasing him.
"No way! Both of you deserve the break. I can handle them! Are Harriet and Bobbie coming? I thought you said you're all going to the mall."
"Bobbie's on her way. Mikey was a bit fussy this morning, so Harriet will be late, but she said she'd get here before lunch."
Before long, the doorbell rang as the Admiral, Meredith, Clay and Jeremy arrived.
"Hey, come on in." Harm greeted as he opened the door. "They're all in the living room."
The group quickly made their way there, and Jeremy immediately found his playmate, Trey. Soon, both boys were engrossed in their Lego set.
"To think I told him to babysit the babies." Harm said in mock disapproval.
"Come on, Rabb. He is only a toddler!" AJ Chedgwidden grinned.
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1330 EST
Rabb Residence
Lunch flew by, and the ladies were off to the mall, leaving five grown men with six children.
It wasn't long before Harm realized that Trey had disappeared on him. He glanced around the living room, but the boy wasn't anywhere to be found. Gradually, he began to panic, and he grabbed the nearest adult.
"Clay, have you seen Trey?"
"He was just there with Jeremy." Clay pointed to far corner of living room, but he could only see his son, alone, engrossed in some game.
"Clay, help me find him!"
By now, the other men had noticed what was wrong. Sturgis and Bud volunteered to look outside, while the admiral offered to watch over Clay, Jr. and AJ Roberts, in order to allow Harm and Clay to continue their search throughout the house.
"Mac will kill me!" Harm said frantically.
"We'll find him, Harm. He most likely wandered off to find more of his toys."
"I should have watched him more closely."
"Let's try the nursery. He might be there." Clay offered, trying to distract the guilty father.
"All right, let's go."
They had just reached the nursery when they saw movement through the slightly ajar door. Fearing the worst, Harm slowly pushed open the door, while Clay waited outside.
As the door swung open, Harm found his son standing on the table top near the babies' crib, leaning forward over the infants. He was obviously concentrating hard on whatever it was that he was doing, considering he didn't even notice his father coming up behind him.
"Clay, he's here." Harm sighed in relief as he strode towards the boy. "Trey. You almost gave me a heart attack, son."
The youngster glanced up at his father with a grin. "Gacey plway awplane!" (A/N: Gracie play airplane)
Harm and Clay peeked into the crib where Matthew Rabb and Michael Roberts were sleeping undisturbed by Trey, but Grace Webb, on the other hand, was wide-awake and waving her hand aimlessly at the soft stuffed airplane that Trey had showed her.
"I think your son's found a new friend, Harm." Sturgis stood, grinning, in the doorway. "When we didn't find him outside, Bud suggested we looked in the nursery. Apparently, he was right."
"He seems to like Grace, Clay." Harm smiled slyly.
"Don't give your son any ideas, Harm! My daughter will not get involve with your son, who, it's safe to bet, will one day be a naval aviator like his father. No, never! You are crazy if you think we'll ever be in-laws." Webb looked slightly horrified at the thought.
TBC…..
