Mac let herself back into back into the house.
"Thank god you're back, I was just about to come looking for you. Are you okay?" Harm asked.
"I'm fine. I'm sorry I ran out and I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Krennick."
"It's okay. I guess I can understand why you didn't. Come and sit down."
"Where's Abi?" Mac asked.
"Bed." Harm replied. "So where did you go? I called Harriet."
"Back to JAG." She replied.
"Why?"
"I talked to the Admiral and explained everything about the Krennick investigation to him. I didn't want him to hear it from Faith."
"Faith had a meeting with him earlier."
"She just showed him the evidence and recommended the conduct unbecoming charge." Mac clarified. "I needed to tell him myself."
"How did he take it?" Harm asked.
"Like the Admiral. He let me babble for a while."
"You babbled?" Harm questioned.
"Yes. I think I sounded like Bud when we first met him, you know where he was constantly trying to say the right thing then backtracking to correct himself."
"That was quite funny, especially when he was trying to talk to Harriet." Harm remembered. Mac's stomach grumbled. "Sounds like someone is hungry. What do you want to eat?"
"Scrambled eggs." Mac said after a second.
"You need more than just eggs Mac."
"On toast with strawberry jam." Mac added.
"Okay, but that is disgusting. Do you want anything else?"
"I'm feeling nauseous so we'll start with that and see."
"Okay." Harm dropped a kiss on the top of her head and went to cook the food.
Mac picked up the remote and channel surfed before settling on some documentary about the Navy, she was dozing when Harm came back with her dinner. He dropped a kiss on her forehead.
"Mac honey, dinner's ready."
"Okay, I'm up." She said opening her eyes.
"Eat, then go to bed." Harm suggested.
"Can't I just eat in bed?" Mac asked.
"As long as you don't get crumbs in the bed." Harm teased. "Come on an early night seems to be called for."
#
Mac woke up at 0400 having gone to sleep before 2200 she was wide awake. She lay back at stared at the ceiling but before pushing back the covers and climbed out of bed. After checking on Abi she went downstairs and sat on the couch.
She picked up the name book and quietly read until Harm found her there an hour later.
"Mac?"
"Yeah."
"What are you doing down here?" Harm asked.
"Getting an early start on the day and trying to pick another girl's name." Mac replied.
"Did you find anything?" Harm asked sitting down next to her.
"Still nothing I can settle on."
"So why don't we ask when we can find out? That way we'll know if we need to pick another girl's name."
"Sounds like a plan."
"So are you coming back to bed? We don't have to be up for another ninety minutes."
"I'm not tired. I think I'll make breakfast, do you want some French toast?"
"Sure." Harm agreed. "If we're staying up I'm going to go and take a shower."
"Okay. I'll be in the kitchen."
TBC
"Thank god you're back, I was just about to come looking for you. Are you okay?" Harm asked.
"I'm fine. I'm sorry I ran out and I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Krennick."
"It's okay. I guess I can understand why you didn't. Come and sit down."
"Where's Abi?" Mac asked.
"Bed." Harm replied. "So where did you go? I called Harriet."
"Back to JAG." She replied.
"Why?"
"I talked to the Admiral and explained everything about the Krennick investigation to him. I didn't want him to hear it from Faith."
"Faith had a meeting with him earlier."
"She just showed him the evidence and recommended the conduct unbecoming charge." Mac clarified. "I needed to tell him myself."
"How did he take it?" Harm asked.
"Like the Admiral. He let me babble for a while."
"You babbled?" Harm questioned.
"Yes. I think I sounded like Bud when we first met him, you know where he was constantly trying to say the right thing then backtracking to correct himself."
"That was quite funny, especially when he was trying to talk to Harriet." Harm remembered. Mac's stomach grumbled. "Sounds like someone is hungry. What do you want to eat?"
"Scrambled eggs." Mac said after a second.
"You need more than just eggs Mac."
"On toast with strawberry jam." Mac added.
"Okay, but that is disgusting. Do you want anything else?"
"I'm feeling nauseous so we'll start with that and see."
"Okay." Harm dropped a kiss on the top of her head and went to cook the food.
Mac picked up the remote and channel surfed before settling on some documentary about the Navy, she was dozing when Harm came back with her dinner. He dropped a kiss on her forehead.
"Mac honey, dinner's ready."
"Okay, I'm up." She said opening her eyes.
"Eat, then go to bed." Harm suggested.
"Can't I just eat in bed?" Mac asked.
"As long as you don't get crumbs in the bed." Harm teased. "Come on an early night seems to be called for."
#
Mac woke up at 0400 having gone to sleep before 2200 she was wide awake. She lay back at stared at the ceiling but before pushing back the covers and climbed out of bed. After checking on Abi she went downstairs and sat on the couch.
She picked up the name book and quietly read until Harm found her there an hour later.
"Mac?"
"Yeah."
"What are you doing down here?" Harm asked.
"Getting an early start on the day and trying to pick another girl's name." Mac replied.
"Did you find anything?" Harm asked sitting down next to her.
"Still nothing I can settle on."
"So why don't we ask when we can find out? That way we'll know if we need to pick another girl's name."
"Sounds like a plan."
"So are you coming back to bed? We don't have to be up for another ninety minutes."
"I'm not tired. I think I'll make breakfast, do you want some French toast?"
"Sure." Harm agreed. "If we're staying up I'm going to go and take a shower."
"Okay. I'll be in the kitchen."
TBC
