"Come to Mommy sweetheart." Mac sat on the floor the next morning dressed
in one of Harm's shirts which was loosely button and a pair of his boxer
shorts. She'd spent time while Harm was away trying to teach Abi to crawl.
She was slowly getting the hang of it; she managed to move slightly forward
before she fell down or gave up. "Come on sweetheart, you know you can do
it."
"What are you doing?" Harm asked sleepily as he came down the stairs, it was Saturday so neither of them had to go to work. "It's only 0530."
"0543." Mac corrected. "Abi didn't want to go back to sleep so I thought we'd come down here so we didn't disturb you."
"So what are you doing?"
"We're working on Abi's crawling." Mac replied.
"I didn't think she crawled yet." Harm sat down next to her.
"She doesn't that's why we're working on it." Mac replied.
"That's logical, but maybe going back to bed would be a better suggestion?"
"We're fine. You can go back to bed if you want."
"No I can stay with my two favourite girls." He gave her a kiss. "You've been stealing my clothes again."
"As I've told you before flyboy they became community property. Beside which they're not so tight on my stomach and my maternity clothes are in a suitcase on the top shelf in the closet and I need you to get them down for me at some point."
"I'll see what I can do about that later." Harm said. "But you look good."
"I'm going to look like a blob." Mac reminded him.
"But I'll love you anyway."
"You'd better." Mac elbowed him in the ribs. "I have to go to the bathroom, see if you can give her a little help."
"So your Mommy wants you to crawl, shall we see if we can show her?" Harm asked dropping a kiss on Abi's nose. She smiled at him. She was already on her hands and knees. Harm put his hands in front of Abi, he wiggled the fingers on his left hand, Abi reached out her hand to touch them then stopped and wiggle the fingers on his right hand. Abi tried to stop them. Harm shuffled him left hand back a bit and Abi tried to grab it, he did the same with his right hand.
He continued with this pattern until his hands were just out her reach so the only option she had to be able to catch his wiggling fingers was to move forward. She shuffled one of her knees slightly towards him.
"Come on sweetheart, you can do it." Mac who had started to come back down the stairs saw what was happening so she turned and ran back upstairs to get the video camera and sat on the stairs and filmed it through the banisters. "That's it." Harm said as Abi was making snails pace slow movements towards him.
A tear ran down Mac's face, she was getting used to her hormones catching her out on little things. Abi finally had enough and sunk down on her stomach.
"You know your Mommy is going to be so proud of you when she comes down from sitting on the stairs." Harm said picking Abi up and holding her in the air, before bringing her in for a hug.
"How long have you known I was there?" Mac asked.
"I've told you before Mac, I always know where you are. Did you see?"
"Yes. Got it all on tape too."
"So are you coming back down?" Harm asked.
"When I stop crying."
"Okay. Since we're all up do you want pancakes for breakfast?" Harm offered realising Mac needed a little space to compose herself. "Abi and I will make them."
"That would be good." Mac said.
"Come on little Miss I'll teach you how to make the best pancakes in the world, just like Grams taught me."
#
"So what do you want to do today?" Harm asked as they at the strawberry pancakes he had made.
"We could go and visit your Dad, and then I need to find a pharmacy that is open, because I need to refill my vitamin prescription."
"I thought you were going to do that before I left."
"I didn't get around to it and I run out on Monday."
"I'm sure we can find one open somewhere. So is Krennick likely to be around long?"
"You know I can't discuss how the Article 32 hearing is going."
"So that's yes it's going to Court Martial and she'll be here a while." Harm said to Abi.
"No, it's an 'I can't discuss how the Article 32 hearing is going'. Nothing more or nothing less. "
"It's a yes Abi."
"Your Daddy doesn't know what he's talking about. The decision is up to me and I haven't heard all the evidence yet."
"I'm sure Auntie Jen will inform an opinion too." Harm told Abi.
"Of course Jen gets to inform an opinion. I just have to reach my decision before she shares it with me. Do we have any more strawberries?"
"In the fridge. You know I'm considering buying some stocks in the strawberry industry." Harm said. "We should at least get some money back for the amount that we're buying."
"Funny flyboy."
TBC
"What are you doing?" Harm asked sleepily as he came down the stairs, it was Saturday so neither of them had to go to work. "It's only 0530."
"0543." Mac corrected. "Abi didn't want to go back to sleep so I thought we'd come down here so we didn't disturb you."
"So what are you doing?"
"We're working on Abi's crawling." Mac replied.
"I didn't think she crawled yet." Harm sat down next to her.
"She doesn't that's why we're working on it." Mac replied.
"That's logical, but maybe going back to bed would be a better suggestion?"
"We're fine. You can go back to bed if you want."
"No I can stay with my two favourite girls." He gave her a kiss. "You've been stealing my clothes again."
"As I've told you before flyboy they became community property. Beside which they're not so tight on my stomach and my maternity clothes are in a suitcase on the top shelf in the closet and I need you to get them down for me at some point."
"I'll see what I can do about that later." Harm said. "But you look good."
"I'm going to look like a blob." Mac reminded him.
"But I'll love you anyway."
"You'd better." Mac elbowed him in the ribs. "I have to go to the bathroom, see if you can give her a little help."
"So your Mommy wants you to crawl, shall we see if we can show her?" Harm asked dropping a kiss on Abi's nose. She smiled at him. She was already on her hands and knees. Harm put his hands in front of Abi, he wiggled the fingers on his left hand, Abi reached out her hand to touch them then stopped and wiggle the fingers on his right hand. Abi tried to stop them. Harm shuffled him left hand back a bit and Abi tried to grab it, he did the same with his right hand.
He continued with this pattern until his hands were just out her reach so the only option she had to be able to catch his wiggling fingers was to move forward. She shuffled one of her knees slightly towards him.
"Come on sweetheart, you can do it." Mac who had started to come back down the stairs saw what was happening so she turned and ran back upstairs to get the video camera and sat on the stairs and filmed it through the banisters. "That's it." Harm said as Abi was making snails pace slow movements towards him.
A tear ran down Mac's face, she was getting used to her hormones catching her out on little things. Abi finally had enough and sunk down on her stomach.
"You know your Mommy is going to be so proud of you when she comes down from sitting on the stairs." Harm said picking Abi up and holding her in the air, before bringing her in for a hug.
"How long have you known I was there?" Mac asked.
"I've told you before Mac, I always know where you are. Did you see?"
"Yes. Got it all on tape too."
"So are you coming back down?" Harm asked.
"When I stop crying."
"Okay. Since we're all up do you want pancakes for breakfast?" Harm offered realising Mac needed a little space to compose herself. "Abi and I will make them."
"That would be good." Mac said.
"Come on little Miss I'll teach you how to make the best pancakes in the world, just like Grams taught me."
#
"So what do you want to do today?" Harm asked as they at the strawberry pancakes he had made.
"We could go and visit your Dad, and then I need to find a pharmacy that is open, because I need to refill my vitamin prescription."
"I thought you were going to do that before I left."
"I didn't get around to it and I run out on Monday."
"I'm sure we can find one open somewhere. So is Krennick likely to be around long?"
"You know I can't discuss how the Article 32 hearing is going."
"So that's yes it's going to Court Martial and she'll be here a while." Harm said to Abi.
"No, it's an 'I can't discuss how the Article 32 hearing is going'. Nothing more or nothing less. "
"It's a yes Abi."
"Your Daddy doesn't know what he's talking about. The decision is up to me and I haven't heard all the evidence yet."
"I'm sure Auntie Jen will inform an opinion too." Harm told Abi.
"Of course Jen gets to inform an opinion. I just have to reach my decision before she shares it with me. Do we have any more strawberries?"
"In the fridge. You know I'm considering buying some stocks in the strawberry industry." Harm said. "We should at least get some money back for the amount that we're buying."
"Funny flyboy."
TBC
