The doorbell rang waking Mac from sleep the next morning. She rolled over
to glance at the clock and noticed a note propped against it. She opened
it.
Sarah,
We've gone for a jog in the park so as not to wake you up. We'll be back for lunch.
Love Harm and Abi. XXX
Mac smiled as the doorbell rang again. She threw back the covers and padded down the stairs barefoot to open the door.
"Yes?"
"Aren't we in a cheery mood this morning Mrs Rabb?"
"That's aren't you in a cheery mood this morning Ma'am Keeter." Mac corrected.
"Ma'am?" Keeter questioned.
"I got promoted to full Colonel the day Abi was born, so I out rank you Commander."
"Sorry ma'am." He apologised.
"Keeter, it's Sunday morning, I'm dressed in clothes I appropriated from my husband, I think it's fine if you call me Mac and give me a hug."
"I was wondering why a Marine was dressed in a Navy t-shirt." He said as he hugged her.
"When you get married clothes becomes community property."
"So Harm borrows your clothes a lot does he?"
"If he did I'd start to worry. Come in." She stepped back so he could pass her. "So to what honour do we hold for this visit?"
"I heard you had a little girl, so I thought I better come and check she didn't look too much like Harm, seeing as I was in town and had the day off. So where is Harm?"
"He and Abi are out jogging apparently so I could sleep in." Mac replied.
"You were still asleep at 1040?" He questioned.
"1041 and 34 seconds." Mac corrected.
"I still find how you do that fascinating." He sat down on the couch.
"I was trying to sleep off my jetlag. I spent the best part of two weeks on a carrier investigating something, then the last two days at the Pentagon."
"You were investigating that thing with Italy? I thought you were a judge?"
"I am. I was helping out and overseeing a court martial, when the incident happened. The SecNav and CNO ordered me to investigate with Sturgis's help. I've spent the last two days explaining everything and recommending charges to the SecNav, CNO and anyone else who felt like stopping by and I've got to do it all again tomorrow. So through lack of sleep and jetlag I had to sleep it off."
"Ouch. So Harm was left holding the baby? How'd he cope with that?"
"Yeah. He ate a lot of take-out. The only other time he was left with her for extended periods of time was when I went back to work early, he was on leave at the time and I came home at night. Abi's fine so it worked out." The doorbell rang. "We're popular today." Mac walked over to the door and opened it. "Sturgis."
"I didn't wake you did I?" He asked noticing her attire.
"No. I was up, only just, but I was up."
"I thought maybe we could go over what we were going to recommend tomorrow."
"Come in, have yourself a little reunion." Mac encouraged.
"Reunion?" Sturgis questioned.
"Keeter dropped by to see Abi, but Harm took her out jogging with him."
"Sturgis, I haven't seen you since the wedding." Keeter said.
"Keeter, it's good to see you buddy."
"Entertain yourselves, if you want coffee Sturgis you know where everything is. I'm going to get dressed." Mac left before they could say anything.
~
Twenty minutes later Harm unlocked the door and pushed the jogging stroller in.
"Hey Harm." Keeter called when he saw him.
"Keeter? Sturgis? What are you doing here?"
"Chatting about old times." Sturgis replied.
"Please tell me you didn't wake Mac up?"
"She's upstairs getting dressed. Sorry buddy." Keeter apologised.
"I suppose at least she got a couple of extra hours sleep. So what are you really doing here?"
"I came to see if Mac wanted to go over our recommendations for tomorrow." Sturgis said.
"And I was in the area, so I thought I'd drop by and see little miss over there." Keeter added.
"I see."
"You know your wife is stealing your clothes." Keeter pointed out.
"I know. She looks better in them than I do, so what do I care?" Harm said with a shrug.
"That's kind of sweet in a weird kind of a way." Mac said as she reached the bottom stair.
"Hey how long were you standing there?"
"I just caught the last bit. Did Abi like jogging?"
"Yeah so much she fell asleep." Mac smiled.
"Good. Seems like my day off got cut short. Sturgis and I will be in the dinning room. The rest of you can visit."
"Okay. Remember we're going to visit AJ at some point this afternoon."
"The Admiral?" Keeter questioned.
"No AJ Roberts. He missed me while we were away so he and Harriet dropped by yesterday but we were kind of tied up. So I said we'd go and visit today." Mac explained. "Let's get this done Sturgis."
"Okay. Keeter we'll talk later."
TBC
Sarah,
We've gone for a jog in the park so as not to wake you up. We'll be back for lunch.
Love Harm and Abi. XXX
Mac smiled as the doorbell rang again. She threw back the covers and padded down the stairs barefoot to open the door.
"Yes?"
"Aren't we in a cheery mood this morning Mrs Rabb?"
"That's aren't you in a cheery mood this morning Ma'am Keeter." Mac corrected.
"Ma'am?" Keeter questioned.
"I got promoted to full Colonel the day Abi was born, so I out rank you Commander."
"Sorry ma'am." He apologised.
"Keeter, it's Sunday morning, I'm dressed in clothes I appropriated from my husband, I think it's fine if you call me Mac and give me a hug."
"I was wondering why a Marine was dressed in a Navy t-shirt." He said as he hugged her.
"When you get married clothes becomes community property."
"So Harm borrows your clothes a lot does he?"
"If he did I'd start to worry. Come in." She stepped back so he could pass her. "So to what honour do we hold for this visit?"
"I heard you had a little girl, so I thought I better come and check she didn't look too much like Harm, seeing as I was in town and had the day off. So where is Harm?"
"He and Abi are out jogging apparently so I could sleep in." Mac replied.
"You were still asleep at 1040?" He questioned.
"1041 and 34 seconds." Mac corrected.
"I still find how you do that fascinating." He sat down on the couch.
"I was trying to sleep off my jetlag. I spent the best part of two weeks on a carrier investigating something, then the last two days at the Pentagon."
"You were investigating that thing with Italy? I thought you were a judge?"
"I am. I was helping out and overseeing a court martial, when the incident happened. The SecNav and CNO ordered me to investigate with Sturgis's help. I've spent the last two days explaining everything and recommending charges to the SecNav, CNO and anyone else who felt like stopping by and I've got to do it all again tomorrow. So through lack of sleep and jetlag I had to sleep it off."
"Ouch. So Harm was left holding the baby? How'd he cope with that?"
"Yeah. He ate a lot of take-out. The only other time he was left with her for extended periods of time was when I went back to work early, he was on leave at the time and I came home at night. Abi's fine so it worked out." The doorbell rang. "We're popular today." Mac walked over to the door and opened it. "Sturgis."
"I didn't wake you did I?" He asked noticing her attire.
"No. I was up, only just, but I was up."
"I thought maybe we could go over what we were going to recommend tomorrow."
"Come in, have yourself a little reunion." Mac encouraged.
"Reunion?" Sturgis questioned.
"Keeter dropped by to see Abi, but Harm took her out jogging with him."
"Sturgis, I haven't seen you since the wedding." Keeter said.
"Keeter, it's good to see you buddy."
"Entertain yourselves, if you want coffee Sturgis you know where everything is. I'm going to get dressed." Mac left before they could say anything.
~
Twenty minutes later Harm unlocked the door and pushed the jogging stroller in.
"Hey Harm." Keeter called when he saw him.
"Keeter? Sturgis? What are you doing here?"
"Chatting about old times." Sturgis replied.
"Please tell me you didn't wake Mac up?"
"She's upstairs getting dressed. Sorry buddy." Keeter apologised.
"I suppose at least she got a couple of extra hours sleep. So what are you really doing here?"
"I came to see if Mac wanted to go over our recommendations for tomorrow." Sturgis said.
"And I was in the area, so I thought I'd drop by and see little miss over there." Keeter added.
"I see."
"You know your wife is stealing your clothes." Keeter pointed out.
"I know. She looks better in them than I do, so what do I care?" Harm said with a shrug.
"That's kind of sweet in a weird kind of a way." Mac said as she reached the bottom stair.
"Hey how long were you standing there?"
"I just caught the last bit. Did Abi like jogging?"
"Yeah so much she fell asleep." Mac smiled.
"Good. Seems like my day off got cut short. Sturgis and I will be in the dinning room. The rest of you can visit."
"Okay. Remember we're going to visit AJ at some point this afternoon."
"The Admiral?" Keeter questioned.
"No AJ Roberts. He missed me while we were away so he and Harriet dropped by yesterday but we were kind of tied up. So I said we'd go and visit today." Mac explained. "Let's get this done Sturgis."
"Okay. Keeter we'll talk later."
TBC
