RANDOM BITS OF MARRIED LIFE
MISSING MATTIE
Harm sat in the office at home, staring at the picture in his hands. Mac had taken it the last time that he and Mattie went flying together. Sure, they had said they'd go again sometime but she was with her father now and Harm didn't want to get in the way of that relationship. But he missed her; he missed having her in his daily life. He even missed her teenage, rebellious attitude. He missed having a kid around. They weren't even sure if Mac could get pregnant now. Their five-year deal date had come and gone and now it was three years later. Neither of them was getting any younger.
Mac stood in the doorway, watching her husband. She knew he wanted a child, almost more than anything he'd ever wanted. In her hand, she held the pregnancy test she had just taken. Maybe it would cheer him up some, help him get out of his sadness.
"Harm?" she softly whispered.
He looked up. "Yes?"
"I'm sure she misses you too," Mac assured him, moving to stand beside his chair and look down at the picture. They were both sitting in his plane, Sarah, grinning from ear to ear.
"Yeah," he said half-heartedly.
"What if I said I had something that could cheer you up?"
"I'd wish you luck because it'd have to be something pretty big…," he trailed off as she held the pregnancy stick in front of him.
There was a blue check mark on it.
He looked at it, looked up at her, and then looked back down at it again. "Is this…are you…are we…?"
Mac couldn't help but laugh at the confused look on his face. "Yes, flyboy, I'm pregnant, we're going to have a baby!"
"You're serious?"
"Uh-huh," she nodded.
"You mean I get to be a dad?"
"Yes, Daddy."
He let out a whoop of joy, jumping out of his chair and beginning to dance around. Mac watched him, laughing at the sight.