"Abi you need to eat." Mac said as she tried to feed her, but Abi was stubbornly keeping her mouth shut. "Okay let's try Daddy's way." Mac made airplane noises Abi opened her mouth and ate the food. "You really are your Daddy's daughter aren't you sweetheart." Mac continued to feed her. "So Abi how do you feel about having a little brother or sister?" Mac asked. "It wasn't the plan to give you one just yet, but it seems that it's going to work out that way." Abi continued to eat her food.

"Once upon a time there were three bears. A Mommy bear, a Daddy bear and a baby bear. They lived in a house in the forest, when one day they all went out for a walk...." Mac read Abi a classic fairy tale as she rocked to sleep.

Harm found Mac asleep on the couch when he got home. She looked so peaceful... he grabbed the blanket and pulled over her and dropped a kiss on her forehead. Mac's eyes flicked open at his touch.

"Hi." He said gently. "I didn't mean to wake you."

"I shouldn't be asleep anyway. I only laid down ten minutes ago."

"You remember how tired you were for the first three months last time." Harm reminded her as she sat up.

"Dinner should be ready in about fifteen minutes." Mac said.

"Okay. Abi asleep?" Harm asked.

"Yes. She ate almost a jar of food, but only after I pretended the spoon was an airplane." Harm smiled. "She really is a Rabb."

"So are you." Harm pointed out.

"Yeah, but I have a minor aversion to flying Rabb Air, it tends to get me in trouble."

"I noticed." Harm smiled.

"After that we read Goldilocks and the Three Bears until she fell asleep. She's upstairs."

"She still steal all the porridge?"

"Only the one that's just right." Mac smiled.

"Come here." Mac moved into his arms and he gave her a hug.

"What was that for?" Mac asked.

"It's what I should have done earlier. I was just a little too shocked."

"Don't worry I was too. But I think I'm getting used to the idea." Mac said.

"So we're happy about this?" Harm asked.

"Well it wasn't what we planned, but we both want more kids and it happened. So I'm happy about it I guess, what about you?"

"I mean we can cope with one two can't be that hard can it?"

"The one bad thing is I just got back to the weight I was before I got pregnant with Abi. Now I'm going to get fat again."

"And you'll look just as beautiful."

"It's saying things like that got us to this point in the first place. Good thing I've still got my maternity uniforms too."

"So are we going to wait to tell everyone again?" Harm asked.

"I'm hoping I don't get morning sickness until at least after Jen's wedding, it's in two weeks and I'd rather not take attention away from that. But I'll tell her after she gets back from her honeymoon. I'll need to tell Admiral Morris too, but for everyone else waiting until I'm three months again is probably the best idea."

"Works for me."

"But I tell you something we're doing nice and early this time." Mac said.

"What's that?"

"Picking a name. I'm not having it be a last minute rush like with Abi."

"Well we both liked Jacob last time." Harm reminded her.

"That would still work. But I think we should probably add to what we decided on."

"I thought we picked Jacob Sergei."

"And that's great, but after Abi was born I thought about it, I never mentioned it but now it seems like a good idea."

"What does?"

"If it's a boy we should call it Jacob Sergei Frank." Mac said. "The Jacob is ours, Sergei your brother, Frank your stepfather, and Rabb your dad. The male Rabb influence."

"I think Frank would like that and Dad probably would have approved."

"Good now we've got eight months to pick a girl's name."

"I'm sure we'll think of something." He gave her a quick kiss. "I should go and change if dinners almost ready."

"Okay, check in on Abi while you're up there."

TBC