Title : Where Do We Go From Here… (at last, Part III of the Trilogy!)
Author : Jaggie 107
Disclaimer : JAG characters belong to DPB, CBS and Paramount. 'Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye' belongs to PAX TV – and I hope all parties will allow me to have fun for a little while, and replace them all when I'm done. Thank you.
Rating : G to PG-13 (Just in case!)
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La Jolla, California
While Trish and Frank watched, Harm fielded Mattie's enthusiastic return as he and Mac welcomed all three back to the house. Mattie had all but launched herself at Harm, and she was hugging him with almost a death-grip around his neck.
"Mattie…" Harm began, but the teenager was talking fast, telling him how much fun she'd had in the Bahamas, what she'd been doing, and that she couldn't wait to go back there with him and Mac, and the twins! It was Mac that finally rescued him from strangulation.
"Mattie, you might want to let Harm breathe? He's going a little blue there," she murmured, and Mattie loosened her hold, still grinning widely.
"Oops, sorry, Dad! It's just, I've got so much to tell you!" In amidst her words Harm picked up on the title and grinned himself, hugging Mattie back, but not as tightly. Mattie turned in his arms to take in Mac too, and to both her parents amusement she stopped dead. The words dried up suddenly as though a faucet had been turned off. And then…
"You've gotten bigger!" exclaimed Mattie, breaking away from Harm to hug Mac. "It's only been a week and you're huge!"
"Oh, thanks a lot, kiddo!" Mac feigned an expression of dismay, and Mattie was instantly contrite.
"I didn't mean…I mean….you've just got bigger," she ended, not able to describe Mac's increased size in any other way. Mac smiled.
"It's okay, sweetie, and yes, I've got bigger. I swear I think there's a whole football team in here sometimes, from all the movement. See, there they go again." Mac was wearing a cut off t-shirt, so her rounded stomach was exposed, and the skin was moving. Mattie was fascinated, and as she watched in silence again Harm took the opportunity to welcome his parents back too. After their greetings both Trish and Frank moved over to hug Mac and to watch as Mac placed Mattie's hand over the skin of her stomach.
"Feel them?" Mac murmured softly, and Mattie nodded her head, looking at Mac with huge eyes.
"It's incredible," she responded in a hushed tone. "Does it hurt? When they kick you?"
Mac shook her head. "No, but it's a pain to have to keep going to the bathroom when they decide to sit down on my bladder!"
The comment had the desired effect and all five of them laughed. Mac was the first to speak then.
"We've done a buffet lunch, as we didn't know what time exactly you were back, and everything is laid out ready on the deck."
As Harm helped Frank bring in the bags, Mattie followed behind. Trish put her arm around Mac's shoulders and walked with her out onto the deck.
"How are you feeling, Sarah?" she asked softly, and Mac turned to give her a most serene smile.
"I feel absolutely wonderful!" she replied, and hugged the older woman. "Although, I'm not sure what state Harm is going to be in when these two make an appearance!" she added cryptically.
"He's going overboard on the father-to-be bit, huh?" Trish observed, and Mac nodded.
"I think he knows more about delivering babies than my Ob-Gyn does!" she admitted, but then grinned. "He's the most attentive husband though," she added, and Trish nodded, smiling too. The love between her son and his wife was almost a palpable entity, and as Harm's father had been a generous man with his affections also – especially when she was pregnant with Harm – Trish knew just how pampered Mac was.
"Harm's father was the same when I carried Harm. He wouldn't let me do anything for myself; at least at night I could get my own back." Mac understood and nodded conspiratorially. Being pregnant had made her feel much more 'in the mood' as she put it, and if it wasn't for the fact that by being pregnant already she couldn't get pregnant, Mac would have been producing the football team she had been talking about in quick succession! In fact, since Harm had taken over her daily ritual of rubbing cream into her skin to avoid stretch marks, they had quickly discovered that the simple act of warming the cream in his palms and then using his fingers gently to rub it into her skin made Mac very sensitive, arousing her, and in turn arousing him too! A faint hint of color tinged Mac's skin as she recalled their most recent encounter just a few hours earlier.
"Are you okay, Mac? You look a bit hot." Mattie's concerned voice brought Mac back to the present, and her eyes opened wide, seeking Harm's for reassurance before she looked at Mattie again, and tried to bring her raging hormones back under control.
"I'm fine, Mattie, really. It's just a little hot standing out here. I'll go sit in the shade." As Mac and Trish moved over to the table and took a seat each, Harm walked over and knelt down beside Mac's chair. Mac brushed his cheek with her hand. "I'm okay, honest. I was just…" Mac began to explain, and Harm nodded. Another of their silent messages that passed between them just from the look in their eyes. Trish engaged Mattie in conversation to give Mac time to compose herself again, and Harm got to his feet, dropped a kiss on Mac's head, and went indoors to bring the food out from the kitchen. He had recalled their encounter from earlier also, completely for selfish reasons, as he knew they wouldn't be able to share the closeness until much later, behind closed doors. That didn't help his current semi-arousal, and he carried the food trays out in quick succession, hoping that no one, especially his mother – who was far too astute – would notice. When he took his seat next to Mac he grinned at her, and then began helping to serve the food around the table.
"You shouldn't have rushed, Harm. You look a little hot too, now." Trish's comment was passed blithely as she helped herself to the buffet, and Harm groaned in despair. Frank gave him a sympathetic smile, and Mac laughed softly.
Only Mattie was at a loss about what was going on around the table. "Hey guys, a little less of the cryptic conversation, huh? Teenager here, remember?"
Mac apologized and began to ask Mattie about her visit to the Bahamas.
Later that evening…"Mmmn, I've missed this," Mac murmured, her breath hitching as Harm's fingers moved around her stomach gently. Harm nodded.
"Me too," he replied in a near-whisper, looking up from the motionless mound of her stomach. "Do you suppose they're sleeping in there?" he asked, and Mac laughed softly in response.
"I certainly hope so! They seem to have been on the move most of the day." Mac stopped talking for a moment, and Harm watched her features change to a sultry look. His eyebrow rose in question, and Mac all but pulled him back up to her. Her next words were indication, and invitation, enough!
"Now it's Mommy's turn to play…"
Jack's Apartment - Washington DCJack rolled over in his sleep, put his hand out, and jumped up in the bed.
"What the…?" he yelped, and Levi jumped up on the side of the bed, his nose pushing against Jack's arm. His wet nose.
"Levi! Down!" Sue hadn't heard Jack's shout, but she realized Levi had left his spot in Jack's kitchen and had gone in search of the dog. Looking at a very dishevelled, sleepy, and sexy Jack she grinned. "Hi, honey. I'm home!"
Jack gave her a lopsided smile and returned her greeting, moving to the side of the bed and standing up. Sue moved into his embrace as he put his arms out to her, and he simply held her for a few silent moments, inhaling her scent, remembering the feel of her body. "I missed you," he murmured, pulling back so she could read his lips. Sue nodded.
"I missed you too."
"I didn't hear you come in. What time is it?" Jack looked around for his watch but gave up when Sue answered him.
"About two, I guess. I finished early, so I caught the late flight."
"How was it?" Jack was trying to fight the yawn that was twisting his lips, and Sue grinned, running a fingertip across his mouth.
"Passed, with flying colors this time! I'll tell you all about it in the morning, but you're dead on your feet, and so am I. Give me five minutes to settle Levi and I'll be back."
"I'll time you," Jack retorted softly, bussed the side of her face with a half-kiss in his sleepy state, and sat back down on the bed. Sue pushed his shoulder gently and he dropped back. His eyes were closed again before he hit the pillows, and he rolled over onto his side again. Turning away, Sue signalled to Levi and he followed her out of the bedroom and back down the hallway to the kitchen.
Checking that the apartment door was locked once more, she patted Levi's golden fur and then walked back to the bedroom. Undressing quickly she went into the bathroom, ran a brush through her hair and cleaned her teeth, and then switched the lights off before walking across the room and slipping into the bed beside Jack. Dropping a kiss on his forehead as he lay with his eyes closed, she settled down onto the pillow beside him and snuggled her way into his arms without waking him. Jack's lips tilted slightly as he felt Sue's warm body next to his, and he opened his eyes.
"I thought you were sleeping," Sue murmured, and Jack smiled at her.
"Now you're here, I will…" he answered, and dropped his lips to hers. With an unspoken understanding that the kisses were a prelude to nothing more than reassurance that they were together again, they both settled down to sleep.
Early next morning…When Sue woke up before Jack's alarm went off the next morning she turned over in bed to find him looking at her.
"Jack?" she queried gently, but he put his fingers on her lips and shook his head.
"I love watching you sleep," he murmured, and Sue felt herself blush. Even though they had been lovers for a while now, and had made the commitment to marry, sometimes Jack's words still had that effect on her. Without words, Jack proceeded to wake her up to the most wonderful sensations, and when she was ready for him, they came together.
To be continued