I would like to apologize to all of my readers and reviewers for not posting last week as promised. I was unable to due to a family emergency. I hope to make it up to you at some point, but for now, I can only hope this update will have been worth the wait.

Standard disclaimers apply, please read and review!

cheesmunkee: Thanks for your feedback about the music. And if you get the chance you should really check them out. And hopefully music will play a big part in explaining the kid's emotions, and in some cases their pasts. In answer to your question. I got the idea for this fic, and wrote a rough draft long before Chloe and Mattie were even a factor. I did think about writing them in, but I thought it better if I didn't. Thanks for reviewing.

ninjaturtle Thanks for reviewing, and, it will take a while for Mac and Harm's "Little brother and sister" to get used to the idea of having Harm and Mac around. But we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Thanks so much for reviewing.

tania: Thanks so much for the compliment! It's always nice to know that people are enjoying my stories. I do hope you enjoy this update.

beuwolf Thanks for the review. I had a lot (and will continue doing so) of fun writing out Webb's interaction with his young ward. Rest assured that Webb and Brady will play a major part in this fic. BTW, is you screen name in anyway connected with the story?

Chloe1 Thanks for the review and sorry that this update was so short. I write what I can and get it posted as fast as I can. Hopefully, family emergences aside, I can spend more time on this fic. Thanks again for reviewing.

Mary Kate113 Your welcome! And thank you for reviewing! I'd be happy to answer any more questions you have about this fic, or any others that I have written. Thanks again for updating.

Lauren Thanks for reviewing and for the compliment. I think Mac and harm are going to be trying their best to make this thing work out. Of course since Mac has had some experience, she'll be giving Harm a lot of pointers. Whether he likes it or not. ;)

DD2 Thanks for reviewing, and I hope you enjoy this very belated update.

et-spritus-sancti Thanks for reviewing. I'm trying to give these kids very distinct personalities, but then again, personalities that would match the volunteers personality. Rest assured that these kids will all be playing a major role in the lives of their big brother or sister.

alicia5 Thanks for reviewing, and don't worry I save the most interesting for last. I wanted to give the readers a feel of what the kids personalities are like and how they react around their big brothers or sisters. So since in the last chapter I did Webb, Jen and Tiner, this week I will be moving on to the next set of volunteers. May or may not get to Harm and Mac today, but we'll see.

AJ's POV:

I picked up Stephen from his foster care home Saturday as promised, and watched as the little boys eyes lit up with excitement. He stood up and gave me a sharp salute, and I couldn't help but smile as I saluted him in return.

Stephen Lewis was a bit tall for his age, and very shy. But I couldn't blame him for that. From what I know about him, he hasn't stayed in one place to long to open up to anyone.

I hoped to change all that. Even if took a miracle.

I knew I shouldn't have, but out of curiosity I looked up Stephen's parent's service records, and was surprised at what I found.

His father, James Lewis had died in combat when Stephen was only three and his mother, Pam Lewis died two years ago in Cuba, and ever since then, according to Carla, has been bounced around from foster home to foster home. No one seemed to want the boy. But just because no one wanted him didn't make him give up his dreams.

He wanted to join the Navy like his parents, maybe even be a Seal like his Grandfather who died when Stephen was eight. So he didn't seem to draw up any of his walls when it came to me.

I had to laugh at all of the questions he had for me about what the military was like, and was seal training hard. So I took his enthusiasm about the military and took him on a tour of the USS Roosevelt that happened to be in port. He loved it.

I knew Stephen and I were going to get a long just fine. I was already looking forward to next weekend were we had great seats to a Baltimore Orioles game. I could hardly wait.

Sturgis's POV:

I've never had much experience with children, especially those under ten. So when I went to pick Caden up for our scheduled time together, I still had no idea what kinds of things he would like to do.

Caden seemed small for his age, with big brown eyes and a sweet smile. I knew he would have all of the girls on his door step in a few years.

He had on a bright yellow tee shirt with a picture of some wild animals on them. I smiled thinking of the perfect place to take him. I knew the Baltimore zoo was a fun place for kids, so I decided to take my chances and take him there. I drive over there was silent, as I couldn't seem to draw him in to a conversation. The kid just didn't seem to want to talk to me.

"What's your favorite animal, Caden?"

But he said nothing.

"If you promise not to tell, I'll tell you what my favorite animal is."

At this he turned to me curiously.

"You see I'm afraid the guys at work are gonna laugh at me, so you gotta promise to keep this a secret. You know something that's just between you and me.

For and answer, he simply nodded.

"Well if you promise, I'm pretty partial to the porcupine."

He looked at me with wide eyes and clamped one hand over his mouth.

"No," I said laughing, "don't laugh, it's true."

But he kept on giggling. Good, I thought this is a start.

"Did you know that the porcupine has over thirty thousand sharp quills on its back? And then when the porcupine feels threatened then bury there heads into their forearms and turn around so that it's back is facing the enemy. It's basically telling the enemy to go away."

He looked at me with wide eyes while I told him more about the porcupine. And when we got to the zoo, he told me, was the first animal that he wanted to see.

It was kind of ironic, I thought, as we made our way back to Washington, with Caden fast asleep in the back seat. This whole day with Caden laughing and having a good time, was just because he was wearing an animal shirt.

I couldn't wait to see where our next adventure would take us. Maybe I'd take him to Sea World next.

Bobbie's POV:

I knew I was going to like Sam from the moment I laid eyes on her. I could tell just by looking at her that she was one determined thirteen year old. And as bad of as she was with a permanent living situation, she never showed it.

I thought she would like a tour of the Library of Congress, and a trip to the State building. And as I was filling her head with facts and numbers, I knew she was taking everything in, in her own way, as if maybe one day she saw herself walking through these doors without having to wear a visitor's badge.

Harriet's POV:

For the sake of time, Bud and I decided to do our weekend activities with our new little brother and sister together, seeing as how they were brother and sister, we were sure that they wouldn't mind But we promised ourselves that we would do separate activities next time. With my parents in town to watch little AJ and Jimmy we were glad to dedicate our weekend to these kids. But letting them pick an activity, now that was the hard part. Troy insisted on going to see the new Harry Potter movie, while Ella wanted to play in the park. And after a long argument, we decided to do both. Since the movie wasn't for another hour or so, we pushed the kids on the swing while they chatted happily on about things only kids would understand.

As I pushed Ella, my heart just broke for the things that this little girl. Carla had told us that Ella and her brother were forced to live in a car with their mom who was a junkie, and were left alone for long periods of time while their mother went searching for drugs.

I hated her. I didn't even know her, but still I hated her. How could she do such a thing to two kids as wonderful as Ella and Troy?

Harm's POV:

Even before I knew what activity I was going to with Andrew, Mac seemed to already just what I was going to do, she told me later as I finalized things with Carla.

I was going to take Andrew flying.

But of course before I could I had to cal and clear the plan with Carla, show proof of my flying licenses, and take her on an inspection of my plane and show her the special child's seat I would use to strap Andrew in. After she deemed it safe for Andrew to fly, I took the answer to the big guy himself.

"Hey buddy," I greeted as I walked into the children's center.

He just crammed his hands in his pockets and looked down at the floor.

"Listen Andrew, I was kinda thinking that maybe you would like to go flying with me today. I have a yellow biplane, that hasn't been taken up in a while, and I thought maybe you would like to help me give her a little exercise. I named her Sarah by the way."

As I watched his expression change, I could almost hear the wheels turning in his head; I knew what he was thinking.

Are you really going to take me flying?

He nodded eagerly, took my hand, and nearly dragged me out the door. Carla and I laughed at how excited he got at the though of going flying.

I might be able to make an aviator out of this kid yet.

Mac's POV:

As Harm and I sat at home hours after we dropped the kids at the children's center, I listened as he recalled the events that happened while taken Andrew flying. Harm got so excited, as did Carla when she heard that Andrew laughed for the first time since he has been in the foster care system, and while I told him about taking Ella to a roller skating rink. For a little girl who has been through so much, she seemed to have a love for life, and everything in it.

Her father's abuse and her mother's absence seem to have no effect on her. She was just one happy little girl.

As Harm and I snuggled on the couch in the late hours in front of the fireplace, I debated on whether or not I should tell Harm my little secret. We have been so busy lately with work and now this big brother, big sister's program that he seemed to be missing the subtle changes that have been happening to me.

As I turned to talk to him, I saw his eyes closing. Maybe telling him that he was about to be a father could wait until tomorrow.

TBC

There you go folks! That was a four and a half page update. I hope it was worth the wait. Please read and review.