Part 3: The Taxi-Stand
May 26th 2003
Elena's crying woke Mac up and she got up to feed her. She returned to the bed and sat down beside Harm who was now also awake. He looked at the scene in front of him and was quite convinced it was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. Mac's eyes were focused on the baby in her arms and when the girl had been burped, she met Harm's eyes.
"I don't think you two were ever properly introduced. Harm, this is Elena Mackenzie Turner. Elena, this is Harmon Rabb," as she said that, Harm touched the tiny Elena's hand with his thumb. "You want to hold her?" Mac asked and Harm just nodded in response.
"She's so little and tiny," he said totally amazed by the feeling of her.
"She has still grown a little since she was born."
"I'm sorry I wasn't there," Harm said regretfully.
"It wasn't your fault. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, but I guess there wasn't anything we could do about it then. Most of all I'm sorry we... I left things like I did before all of that happened. If we hadn't been in that place we would at least have felt the support even if it wasn't physically there," Mac felt like she had so much to apologize for and to start there was as good as any other place. Harm couldn't disagree with her, but he also didn't want her to be burdened with guilt from that.
"You didn't know what was going to happen. You did what you felt you had to do, I think," he made a pause "Can we table this conversation for later?" Even though they had now had the chance to sleep and Mac had found some release for all the tension built up in her, he still felt this was a conversation that it was safer to wait with until they got back home.
"Yeah, sure," she nodded. She had no idea how she was going to explain her strange behavior because the reasons she had had then didn't make any sense to her anymore.
"So I guess the plan for today is to have breakfast and then head over to the airport and try to catch the next plane home."
"Yeah," Mac nodded.
They met up with Gunny and Webb at a café outside the hotel. They were also going to leave today and some other agents were coming down to finish the operation. After breakfast they returned to the hotel packed up their things. As they were standing outside the hotel waiting for a taxi Mac approached the subject of their conversation again.
"You remember that chat we were going to have... about us?" Mac asked and Harm just looked her in the eyes until she continued. "There's one problem with how we've been trying to approach it in the past."
"Just one."
"No matter what comes out of that chat, there will always be an us. There always was and always will be. One way or another," Mac stated and Harm was so happy to once again hear hopefulness about their relationship coming out of her mouth.
TBC
May 26th 2003
Elena's crying woke Mac up and she got up to feed her. She returned to the bed and sat down beside Harm who was now also awake. He looked at the scene in front of him and was quite convinced it was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. Mac's eyes were focused on the baby in her arms and when the girl had been burped, she met Harm's eyes.
"I don't think you two were ever properly introduced. Harm, this is Elena Mackenzie Turner. Elena, this is Harmon Rabb," as she said that, Harm touched the tiny Elena's hand with his thumb. "You want to hold her?" Mac asked and Harm just nodded in response.
"She's so little and tiny," he said totally amazed by the feeling of her.
"She has still grown a little since she was born."
"I'm sorry I wasn't there," Harm said regretfully.
"It wasn't your fault. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, but I guess there wasn't anything we could do about it then. Most of all I'm sorry we... I left things like I did before all of that happened. If we hadn't been in that place we would at least have felt the support even if it wasn't physically there," Mac felt like she had so much to apologize for and to start there was as good as any other place. Harm couldn't disagree with her, but he also didn't want her to be burdened with guilt from that.
"You didn't know what was going to happen. You did what you felt you had to do, I think," he made a pause "Can we table this conversation for later?" Even though they had now had the chance to sleep and Mac had found some release for all the tension built up in her, he still felt this was a conversation that it was safer to wait with until they got back home.
"Yeah, sure," she nodded. She had no idea how she was going to explain her strange behavior because the reasons she had had then didn't make any sense to her anymore.
"So I guess the plan for today is to have breakfast and then head over to the airport and try to catch the next plane home."
"Yeah," Mac nodded.
They met up with Gunny and Webb at a café outside the hotel. They were also going to leave today and some other agents were coming down to finish the operation. After breakfast they returned to the hotel packed up their things. As they were standing outside the hotel waiting for a taxi Mac approached the subject of their conversation again.
"You remember that chat we were going to have... about us?" Mac asked and Harm just looked her in the eyes until she continued. "There's one problem with how we've been trying to approach it in the past."
"Just one."
"No matter what comes out of that chat, there will always be an us. There always was and always will be. One way or another," Mac stated and Harm was so happy to once again hear hopefulness about their relationship coming out of her mouth.
TBC