AN: The next one is the last one.
Part 32: Sick?
April 30th 2004
Mac was woken up by Elena's crying early in the morning. Elena had once again caught one of the daycare-bugs, so Mac had stayed in Elena's room on a mattress to be close if she needed something. Sturgis was out of town on an assignment, the transfer had fallen through and at least for the foreseeable future he was staying at JAG, so Mac had to take care of Elena alone this time. Harm tried to relieve her by carrying a larger burden of the other things that needed to be done in the household.
"They should have warning signs on those day-care facilities 'Warning for dangerous infections' would be good," she said to her self as she picked Elena up from the bed.
"Darling, Darling. Don't you want to sleep a little more?" Mac tried to convince Elena "At least you're not at all as warm as you were yesterday," she said a little happier after she had touched her skin.
"She didn't get much sleep tonight either, did she?" Harm came into the room rubbing his eyes. Elena wasn't crying anymore, but she still kind of squealed uncomfortably.
"Not really, no," Mac said.
Mattie had spent the night at her father's place for the first time. She had suggested it because she had slept so badly with Elena screaming all of the previous two nights, but she had also been quite excited about it. She was happy about the chance she had gotten to get to know her father again as a different man, but she was also afraid of pushing Harm and Mac away. They had been there for her when she needed it and she was still so insecure about her father that she needed the safety of the home she had with them.
"It's kind of weird that Mattie isn't here," Harm said. "But I guess we're going to have to get used to that."
"I guess so. It's hard to let go of her even if this is what's best for her."
"Yeah," Harm agreed with her.
Suddenly Mac gave Elena over to Harm and rushed over to the bathroom. Harm followed her only to hear her throwing up. He went to the kitchen to get her a glass of water and tried to pat her back at the same time as he still held on to Elena.
"Is there anything you want to tell me?" He wondered if the reason for her throwing up was the one he thought and felt that he had to ask.
"No," she said as she leaned back against the bathtub still sitting on the bathroom floor.
"You're not pregnant?" he asked still concerned.
"No," Mac exclaimed not being able to think of a reason why he would think she was.
"Are you sure?"
"I've just caught whatever it was that Elena had," Mac had realized what had made Harm concerned and "Harm, you know I'm on the pill."
Harm sighed in relief, but still felt like he had to defend his question.
"And that's how Elena's here."
"I don't think that will happen twice, so you don't have to worry," Mac said actually quite surprised that he seemed so afraid that she would be pregnant. They hadn't talked about this, but she had thought that he would still want to have more children or a child of his own, which way you wanted to look at it.
'I'm not worried' Harm wanted to say, but he remained silent and just helped Mac up to her bed wondering if he should stay home and try to help her take care of Elena now that she was sick herself as well.
TBC
Part 32: Sick?
April 30th 2004
Mac was woken up by Elena's crying early in the morning. Elena had once again caught one of the daycare-bugs, so Mac had stayed in Elena's room on a mattress to be close if she needed something. Sturgis was out of town on an assignment, the transfer had fallen through and at least for the foreseeable future he was staying at JAG, so Mac had to take care of Elena alone this time. Harm tried to relieve her by carrying a larger burden of the other things that needed to be done in the household.
"They should have warning signs on those day-care facilities 'Warning for dangerous infections' would be good," she said to her self as she picked Elena up from the bed.
"Darling, Darling. Don't you want to sleep a little more?" Mac tried to convince Elena "At least you're not at all as warm as you were yesterday," she said a little happier after she had touched her skin.
"She didn't get much sleep tonight either, did she?" Harm came into the room rubbing his eyes. Elena wasn't crying anymore, but she still kind of squealed uncomfortably.
"Not really, no," Mac said.
Mattie had spent the night at her father's place for the first time. She had suggested it because she had slept so badly with Elena screaming all of the previous two nights, but she had also been quite excited about it. She was happy about the chance she had gotten to get to know her father again as a different man, but she was also afraid of pushing Harm and Mac away. They had been there for her when she needed it and she was still so insecure about her father that she needed the safety of the home she had with them.
"It's kind of weird that Mattie isn't here," Harm said. "But I guess we're going to have to get used to that."
"I guess so. It's hard to let go of her even if this is what's best for her."
"Yeah," Harm agreed with her.
Suddenly Mac gave Elena over to Harm and rushed over to the bathroom. Harm followed her only to hear her throwing up. He went to the kitchen to get her a glass of water and tried to pat her back at the same time as he still held on to Elena.
"Is there anything you want to tell me?" He wondered if the reason for her throwing up was the one he thought and felt that he had to ask.
"No," she said as she leaned back against the bathtub still sitting on the bathroom floor.
"You're not pregnant?" he asked still concerned.
"No," Mac exclaimed not being able to think of a reason why he would think she was.
"Are you sure?"
"I've just caught whatever it was that Elena had," Mac had realized what had made Harm concerned and "Harm, you know I'm on the pill."
Harm sighed in relief, but still felt like he had to defend his question.
"And that's how Elena's here."
"I don't think that will happen twice, so you don't have to worry," Mac said actually quite surprised that he seemed so afraid that she would be pregnant. They hadn't talked about this, but she had thought that he would still want to have more children or a child of his own, which way you wanted to look at it.
'I'm not worried' Harm wanted to say, but he remained silent and just helped Mac up to her bed wondering if he should stay home and try to help her take care of Elena now that she was sick herself as well.
TBC