AN: Hey, I'm posting this early, because RL is going to be interfering majorly in the next day or so...Please be patient if I'm a little disorganized with my updates, but I'll try my best!

Part 13

"Good afternoon," the woman who was obviously the school nurse greeted them, "I assume that you're here for Tyler and Tiegan?"

Harriet nodded, asking the woman in the starched white uniform, "Did their teacher explain to you that they are staying with my husband and I, at the moment?"

"Yes," she woman smile as she nodded her head, "she showed me all of the paperwork, when she brought Tiegan down. I think it's really great that you and your husband have taken them on, even with so many yourself…They've been through a lot these past few weeks…"

As Harriet followed her to a corner bed to go and get Tyler and Tiegan, Mac stayed behind.

"Nurse Jenny doesn't even know the meaning of the term 'so many,'" Gerry whispered to AJ and Jamie, but loud enough for Mac to hear.

AJ and Jamie sniggered in agreement.

"Mum tells me that maybe we need to pull up the cabbage patch, out in our back garden! She says we're really going to get funny looks in the street, once this next one comes…But I can't wait, really!"

Harriet returned with a sleepy Tiegan and a poorly Tyler in tow.

"Tyler, honey?" Harriet asked as she guided him gently with her free hand, "Are you going to be okay?"

The little boy shook his head, looking worse by the second. This wasn't the first time he had felt so ill, but the fact that he had been displaced from his home and didn't have Nana Moon to hug him and make him feel better made it seem so much worse.

"Oh, honey!" Harriet placed Nicki's carrier down gently, before she stooped down and pulled him into a motherly hug, "Don't you worry; we'll get you home and tucked up into bed. Do you think you can make it to the car?"

Again, the boy shook his head, morosely.

Mac also placed the car seat with the other twin down, stooping down beside Harriet.

"Hullo, Mrs. Rabb," Tyler perked up, slightly, once he realized she was there.

"Hi Tyler," Mac smiled at him, "How about I give you a lift to the car? Does that sound better?"

The boy nodded, relieved. That sounded much better to him.

Mac dutifully lifted the boy into her arms, while Harriet picked up both of the twins. Mac waited until the rest of the children had filed into line behind Harriet, before bringing up the rear in their bizarre little convoy.

"This is just like going to the supermarket with my family!" Gerry exclaimed, brightly, "Except you guys aren't fighting over which pop and crisps we should get."

Harriet and Mac laughed at the boy's running commentary, then Mac cut off, suddenly.

Harriet looked back to see a small smile settle on Mac's face. Tyler had laid his head down on her shoulder and was now looking very comfortable…and so was Mac.