A/N: This isn't really a chapter it's what AJ was up to while Harm was in Nebraska

About Part 41. Joubert was convicted of killing Christopher Walden, not sure why I typed Martin.

Jimmy is about 16 months old at this point in the story.

Since my beta is currently out of town this was beta'd by WordPerfect 10 Grammatik, which I'm sure isn't nearly as cool as Carol's MS Office Kitty!

JAG Headquarters

0946 Hours

10/06/2004

Mac hurried into the bullpen hoping to make it to her office before the Admiral noticed how late she was. She wasn't that lucky.

"Colonel Mackenzie." The admiral called out.

Mac froze and came to attention. "Yes, sir."

"In my office, Colonel."

Mac followed the admiral in his office and stood at attention waiting for him to speak.

"Weren't you supposed to be in court at 0900?" The admiral asked.

"Yes, sir. I called Captain Sebring and explained why I would be late. He said he'd pass the information on since I had my hands full." Mac answered.

"He called and said you'd be late. He also said he couldn't explain why without laughing. So would you care to explain why?"

Not really Mac thought but knew she didn't have a choice.

"Yes, sir. AJ was trying to help out this morning. He changed Jimmy diaper for me. Well actually he didn't change the diaper. He took Jimmy's diaper off. He then put it down the garbage disposal."

The admiral's eyebrows shot up. "He did what?"

"He put it down the garbage disposal. Said he thought it would smell better in than when we just leave them in the trash."

"Was he right?" The admiral asked.

"Not really, the diaper was only 1/3 of the way in when the garbage disposal broke and started smoking." Mac responded dryly.

"I can see why Sebring found it funny. Dismissed."

"Yes, sir."

Mac thought she could hear the admiral chuckling as she left the office.

It was going to be a long day.

Harm and Mac's house

0831 Hours

10/09/2004

Mac rolled over in bed and opened her eyes. She hadn't slept well, which was unusual for her since she'd become part of this little family. After taking a moment to reset her internal clock Mac sat up with a start.

The boys never let her sleep this late on a Saturday! Not only that but Mattie had spent the night at her dad's! Jumping from bed, Mac snatched up her robe and headed down the stairs.

Mac found Jimmy and AJ in the family room watching Cartoon Network.

"Do you boys want breakfast?" Mac asked from the doorway.

"We already had breakfast. I made it." AJ told her proudly before going back to watching cartoons while petting the dog.

Mac turned and headed to the kitchen with some trepidation. When she arrived, the kitchen didn't look too bad. Apparently Roo had also had breakfast as the dog food had been opened and quite a bit spilled on the floor in an attempt to fill the food bowl.

Cereal bowls were placed next to the sink. Mac could tell that they had Fruit Loops for breakfast but one thing bothered her, there was no milk left in the bowls.

Mac decided to ask AJ about that before fixing her own breakfast.

"AJ!"

"Yes, Aunt Mac!"

"Did you and Jimmy put milk on your cereal?"

"NO! I couldn't lift it so we used water."

For the first time Mac could remember she lost her appetite.

Harm and Mac's house

1621 Hours

10/10/2004

"Hey Mac! You need to come here right now!" Mattie yelled at the top of her voice.

Mac came flying down the stairs.

"What's wrong, Mattie?"

"Listen to this, we might need to know what country AJ called." Mattie handed the phone to Mac.

Mac listened to the phone for a minute before asking a question in Russian. She got a quick answer and hung up the phone after apologizing for her godson. She then sat down and pinched the bridge of her nose trying to relieve the tension headache that was quickly developing.

"Any idea why AJ called Romania?"

"I think he was trying to call the number that Harm left for the VOQ, not sure how he ended up calling Romania. He brought the phone to me in the kitchen when he couldn't understand what the lady was saying." Mattie responded.

"When Harm gets back, I'm leaving town." Mac told Mattie with a wry grin.

Mattie just laughed, "Looking forward to going back to work tomorrow?"

"Yes!"

Mattie laughed.

"Not funny, by the way, we're ordering out for dinner. I have no desire to cook after this weekend."

Mattie just laughed harder.