Part 4

Mac's Apartment
10: 00 AM

Chloe woke up finding Mac making coffee in the kitchen. Mac turned just in time to see Chloe getting up and walking over to her.

"Good morning sleepy head" Mac said kissing Chloe on the forehead

"Morning" Chloe replied before suddenly hugging Mac

Mac was surprised at the sudden hug but returned the hug and told her to take a shower.

"What am I going to wear?" Chloe asked Mac

"I have a pair of your jeans and a shirt I think you left here by mistake last time you came. Check in my closet"

Chloe nodded and headed to Mac's room to get her clothes before heading into the shower.

In the shower, Chloe looked at her bruise on the left shoulder and cried. She couldn't stop herself. She cried while taking her shower and finally got out of the shower and went into the kitchen. Mac suddenly noticed that Chloe had been crying because her eyes were all red. She made a mental note to talk to her about it later but right now she needed to make Chloe some breakfast and then go out to get some work done.

"Chloe, what do you want to breakfast?" Mac asked while drinking her coffee

"I'm not hungry" Chloe as she walked into the kitchen

"Chloe, you need to eat something. You didn't eat dinner last night either and its not good for you"

"I'm not hungry Mac"

"Chloe honey, talk to me. What's wrong?" Mac said as she motioned her to sit down on the table

"I miss him" Chloe said her eyes filled with tears.

"I know honey, do you want to call him?"

"NO! I hate him but I miss him. How is it possible? He hurt me and I miss him. I'm supposed to hate him"

"No your not, he's your dad. I know what you're going through. You know I went through the same thing your going through and I promise you that I won't let anyone ever hurt you again." Mac said as she got up to take Chloe into her arms

"I don't want to go back to him Mac. I want to stay with you. Everyone here is so nice. Can't you adopt me?" Chloe asked looking to Mac's eyes

"I need to get in touch with your dad. I'll talk to him and see what happens. But I promise not to let him hurt you, ok?"

"Promise?"

"Promise, now come on, what do you want to eat?"

"Can I have toast and tea?"

"If that's what you want" Mac said before getting up to make breakfast for the girl she loved.

Mac was in the kitchen when the phone rang and Chloe ran to pick it up.

"Hello" She said as she picked up the phone

"Good morning Chloe"

"Hi Harm"

"How are you?"

"Good"

"Where's Mac?"

"She's drooling over this new hot guy who's moving into her building" Chloe said giggling

"She's WHAT?"

Mac had heard her and yelled "Chloe, Madison!"

"Harm, he just asked her out!"

"Tell me this is a nightmare"

"Nope, oh my god, she said yes!" Chloe said, trying to hold the laughter as long as she could. Chloe could just imagine the look on Harm's face.

Before Harm could reply Mac took the phone from Chloe and said "Hey sailor"

"What the hell are you doing?" Harm said

Chloe burst out laughing and couldn't stop laughing.

"Harm, no one is moving into my building and no one asked me out, thank you" Mac said glaring at Chloe who was still laughing.

"Oh"

"Are you jealous squid?"

"Uh…why would I be?"

"Well, you sounded like you were" Mac teased

"Whatever, can we meet for lunch?"

"Why, your not meeting Renee?" Mac asked curiously

"I think she's still mad about yesterday so…tell me have dinner with me? I promise not to make meatless meatloaf" Harm said laughing.

"A marine never passes a free lunch. But do you mind if I bring Chloe?"

"Of course not, I'll see you then."

"Ok, bye"

"Ohh and Mac…"

"What is it?"

"I hope you didn't accept that date and if Chloe was really joking, tell her she's a dead meat." Harm said before hanging up the phone.

The next thing Mac heard was a dead tone but she could tell he was jealous. She hung up the phone and looked at Chloe who was sitting on the sofa.

"Chloe, that was not very nice"

"I know but it was just a way of seeing how he would react"

"Well, it worked. He seemed jealous"

"Yeah big time! I seriously think you guys need to get together already!"

"Chloe, not again please"

"But Mac…."

"Chloe, please. He's my best friend and it would ruin our friendship"

"Or it could be a beginning of a new love" Chloe said smiling

"Where do you hear all this stuff?"

"Ohh you know…TV"

"Well, you need to stop obsessing over Harm and me because it's not going to happen. He has a girl friend and it's against the regs."

"Ohh please…I'm sure the admiral can work something out. Don't forget Harriet and Bud got married and are still in the same building working" Chloe reminded her.

"Its not going to work, so stop it"

'I'm going to do something about that' Chloe thought to her self. She had to do something. She couldn't let them both thing this way. They both loved each other, why couldn't they just tell each other, damn it!

"We're going to Harm's for lunch. So before we go, I need to run to the store to grab some stuff. Do you want to come?"

"I'll pass, I think I'm finish watching the movie we started last night while you go do your stuff" Chloe replied grabbing the remote

Mac nodded and grabbed her keys and went out.

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Harm's Apartment
Noon

"It smells wonderful" Mac said as she walked into the door Chloe following.

"Thanks, its almost ready" Harm said as he let them both in.

"Hey Harm" Chloe said grinning knowing she was a dead.

"You young lady, is in big trouble"

"My sis will save me!" She said as she hugged him.

He hugged her back and kissed her forehead

"How are you?" He asked as he pulled back

"Good"

Mac and Sergei smiled at seeing both of them together. They seemed to get along so well.

Chloe walked over to Sergei and gave him a big hug. He was very glad to see her. Chloe and Sergei had gotten really close, almost like brother and sisters but more like best friends.

"I'm so glad to see you Pinky" Sergei said calling her by the nickname he had given her. Sergei called her Pinky because she was obsessed with pink while she called him "wonder boy" because she thought he was always wondering about something.

"Its so good to see you to wonder boy!" She said pulling back and smiling at him.

"I hate it when you call me that!" Sergei declared

"I know and that's why I call you that" Chloe said laughing.

"Very funny"

Ten minutes later they all had lunch. They discussed tomorrow night's plans and decided that Chloe, Sergei and Mattie would stay at Harm's place.

After they were all done eating lunch, Mac started to clear the table when Harm stopped her.

"Mac, I'll take care of the dishes. You're the guest here"

"Harm, this is like my own house, I'm not just going to sit here and let my best friend do all the work beside, you made lunch, the least I could do is do the dishes"

"How about, I wash and you dry?" Harm asked

"Ok"

Harm and Mac talked while doing the dishes and Chloe and Sergei talked laughed and seemed like they were having fun.

"I'm glad to see Chloe laughing again" Harm said as he looked at his brother and Chloe laughing

"Yeah, she is still having a hard time with everything though. I'm going to see if her father calls or not, if he doesn't call in two days, I think I'm going to submit papers to adopt her"

"I think that's a great idea. If you need any help, all you need to do is ask. I'm here for you" harm said softly.

"I know and you have no idea how much I appreciate you being here for me and Chloe"

"I'll always be here for you and Chloe is like a little sister to me. I adore her and I love her just as much as I love Sergei. Of course she has her moments with me and you but other than that, she's a great kid and seeing her laugh like this with what she just went through is great."

"I couldn't agree more" Mac said smiling

"At least we agree on something" Harm said teasing until Mac playfully slapped his arm.

To be Continued….