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Date Posted: 12:07:58 12/14/14 Sun
Author: Lace
Subject: Looking back part 2

Part two of the story...
The characters aren't mine, mistakes are...



Washington D.C 2014
Harm nodded as he turned the page in the album. “I remember this picture like it was yesterday. That was the day I came back from San Diego, and Nathan called us Mom and Dad for the first time.”
Mac touched the picture of Nathan; he was smiling widely as he held up a cookie. “I love this picture.”

London 2006
March, Harm and Mac’s house
Harm closed the door and smiled widely when he noticed the wonderful aroma coming from the kitchen. Mac had made her grandmother’s chicken casserole for dinner. He crossed the living room and entered the kitchen.
“Sorry, General Cresswell called as I was leaving,” Harm said as he sat down by the table.
“Don’t worry, we saved you some,” Mac said. “Is the General still stressed because of the JAG Conference?”
“Yeah, he’s moving it to San Diego this year too since last year was a success,” Harm looked around the table. “So, did everyone have a good day?”
“I got a B on my math test,” Mattie complained.
Harm smiled. “That’s great.”
“If I’m going to get into one of the best medical schools I need to do better,” Mattie stood. “I need to go study for my English test tomorrow.”
“Don’t forget to have some fun too,” Mattie,” Harm said as Mattie was leaving. “What about you Nathan? How was school?”
“Boring.” Nathan hesitated. “I got a note with me home.”
“Nathan and his friend Billy stole eggs from the school kitchen, climbed the school roof and threw it at passing people,” Mac said.
“What?” Harm tried to stifle a laugh. “Did you hit anyone?”
“Harm,” Mac warned.
“Sorry,” Harm sobered up. “Nathan you shouldn’t do anything like that.”
“The principal wants to see us tomorrow. Can you make it at 0900?” Mac wondered.
“I’ll be there,” Harm promised.
Mac stood and started cleaning the table. “I grounded him for two weeks, and he’s not allowed to watch TV.”
“It’s not fair,” Nathan whined as he stood. “I’m going to my room.”
“Mommy, can I go watch cartoons?” Claire asked.
“Sure, sweetie,” Mac said with a smile. Claire was transitioning nicely into the changes in her life. Nathan was finding his new life more difficult and he was acting out more and more.
“How was your day?” Harm asked.
“It was busy, but fine,” Mac said as she moved around the kitchen. “When do you have to leave for the conference?”
“The day after tomorrow. My flight is at 10.15,” Harm finished his dinner and stood. “I’m not sure I should go.”
“It’s not your choice, Harm,” Mac reminded him.
“It’s a lot to handle for you,” Harm put his plate in the dishwasher and turned to her.
“I can handle things for a few days, Harm,” Mac said.
“Claire wakes up in the middle of the night and Nathan is acting out. I worry that you’re not getting enough sleep.”
“Harm, I have never slept as much as I do at the moment. Your problem is that you worry too much,” Mac teased.
“Your problem is that you think you’re invincible,” Harm smiled as he pulled her close.
“With you I always feel invincible,” Mac said and kissed him.
Harm chuckled as the kiss ended. “Don’t think that you can distract me, Mac. I still think I should stay.”
“Harm, you’re the highest ranking JAG in Europe, you can’t be by my side every minute. I can handle this,” Mac said.
“I know you can. I just worry about you and the baby,” Harm said as he put more dishes into the washer.
“My Doctor doesn’t consider this a high risk pregnancy, Harm. I’m healthy and the baby is growing as he should. I’m taking it as easy as I can. You need to stay away from the internet, Harmon,” Mac warned him.
“I hate it when you call me that,” Harm reminded her as he closed the washer and turned it on. “I’m going to have a chat with Nathan.”
“It’s been three months, and I was hoping that he’d feel more at home by now,” Mac said.
“His world has been turned upside down and it takes time to turn it back around. If you ask my Mom how I behaved after my Dad was MIA, I’m sure she will describe me just like we would Nathan now. And I turned out fine.”
Mac offered an amused look.
“What?”
“Nothing, but let’s hope Nathan won’t turn out like you. This little guy too,” Mac put her hands on her rounded belly. “Thankfully you’ve put your career as superman behind you.”
“Look who’s talking,” Harm let out a snort. “Like you’ve never encountered danger.”
Mac chuckled. “So maybe we’ve both left behind a life of fighting evil.”
Harm laughed softly and put his hand on top of Mac’s on her belly. “I think you should give me some credit, Mac. I did give up my flight status for you.”
“I think this little guy had something to do with that too, but I’m glad.” Mac leaned in and kissed him sweetly. “Love you.”
“Love you too,” Harm kissed her again. “Let me have a talk with Nathan about his behavior. Maybe we can reach an understanding.”
Mac followed her husband into the living room and watched as he walked upstairs. Being a family man had only made him even more handsome in her eyes. He was amazing with the kids.
Harm found Nathan on his bed throwing a ball against the wall and catching it. He knocked on the open door and asked if he could enter the room.
“Are you going to send me away?” Nathan asked.
“What?” Harm walked over to the bed and sat down. “Why would you think that, buddy?”
“Because I’ve been bad,” Nathan sad, his big brown eyes wide as he stared at Harm.
“Nathan, no one is going to send you away,” Harm reassured.
“I promise I’ll be better if I just get to stay here,” Nathan promised.
“Buddy, you have to understand that your behavior won’t change the fact that both Mac and I have come to love both you and Claire very much. We understand that you’re hurting. I lost my Dad when I was five and I’m still hurting. Not every day, but sometimes I think about him and wish I could talk to him.”
“I didn’t get to say goodbye to my Dad. Did you?” Nathan wondered.
“No, I didn’t. But I know that my Dad knew that I loved him, just like your Dad knew that you loved him. Your Dad would do anything to be here to watch you grow up.”
Nathan nodded. “Harm, I promise that I’ll be good when you’re away.”
“I know you will,” Harm said and gave Nathan a hug.

Five days later
Mac didn’t know who was more excited when the front door opened, herself or the kids. They all left what they were doing and walked over to the hallway.
“Daddy!” Claire ran over and hugged Harm’s leg.
“Hey there Princess,” Harm bent down and picked up Claire. “Did you guys miss me?”
“Very much,” Mac said as she walked over to greet him with a kiss.
“I missed you guys too,” Harm said with a smile. “Grandma Trish and Grandpa Frank says hi. And your Aunt Molly sent her famous cookies and she promised to come see you guys soon.”
“Did she?” Nathan’s face cracked into a smile as Harm handed him the box of cookies.
“How was Jenn?” Mattie walked over and hugged Harm.
“She’s doing fine, but I have a surprise. Petty Officer first class Jennifer Coates will be working for me from the beginning of next week.”
“Are you kidding?” Mattie more or less yelled. “I have to call her.”
“And I talked Bud into taking the position I offered him when I first got this command, he has had a change of heart and will be starting a week from now.”
“That’s great!” Mac hugged Harm close. “I have to call Harriet.”
Harm laughed. “Bud says hi by the way.”
They all walked into the living room where Nathan opened the box. He held it out. “Mom, Dad, do you want cookies?”
Harm and Mac tried not to look too surprised when they nodded. “Sure, that would be great,” Harm reached for a cookie. “These are great, buddy.”

Later that night
Harm and Mac’s bedroom

Harm was already in bed when Mac walked out of the bathroom. She smiled as she took off her robe and got into bed with him. Harm put his hands on her belly straight away.
“He little guy,” Harm pulled Mac’s tank top aside. “I missed our little talks.”
Mac rolled her eyes in amusement. “Should I find a book and leave the two of you alone?”
Harm laughed softly and turned to look at her. “I missed you too.” He was just about to move up her body when he felt a kick from the baby. “I’ve missed that feeling.”
Mac smiled as she put her hand on his happy face. “I’ve missed you.”
Harm moved up her body and kissed her deeply. “You have no idea,” he said as he cupped her face and pulled her in for another kiss.”
Later Mac was wrapped in Harm’s arms. “So Nathan started calling us Mom and Dad while I was away, huh?”
“He asked me if it was okay while I was helping him with his homework last night. I think we’ve made some progress,” Mac looked lovingly at her husband.
“It’s crazy to think that in less than a year I’ve gotten married, have three kids and another on the way,” Harm laughed softly. “Who would have thought?”
Mac turned on her side and studied him. “Are you happy?”
Harm leaned in and kissed her sweetly. “More than I ever thought was possible.”
Mac’s eyes sparkled. “I love you.”
“I love you too,” Harm said and kissed her again.

Washington D.C 2014
They had finished looking through the album and Harm reached for a new one. He opened it and the first picture was of a newborn baby Matthew in his mother’s arms minutes after he was born.
“God, I can’t believe how little he was,” Mac said.
“I will never forget that day,” Harm turned the page and found one of him with Matthew.
“Aw, you were so good with him,” Mac remembered. “Still are.”
“When he was born I think I forgot to breathe for a moment. The feeling of seeing your son being born, holding him for the first time, nothing can top that,” Harm said as he looked into Mac’s eyes. “Finally, we went halves on a baby.”
“Finally,” Mac agreed.

London, June 2006
Harm and Mac’s house
Mac walked down from the top floor and retrieved her purse. She was two days past her due date and feeling annoyed that nothing had happened yet. The kids were at school and kinder garden, and Harm was at work, so she had decided to spend the day outside in the nice spring weather ignoring her back pains. Just as she was about to open the door the phone rang in the living room. She hesitated for a moment, thinking about ignoring the phone, but decided to answer it.
“Rabb residence.”
“Mac, still no baby?”
Mac let out a sigh. “No, nothing yet.”
“Are you sure you’re fine on your own today? Any more back pains?” Harm wondered.
“Plenty, but I feel fine, Harm. We have our check up tomorrow morning if nothing happens today, so try not to….” Mac felt something hot run down her legs.
“Mac?”
“Harm, don’t freak out, but I think my water just broke.”
“I’m walking out the door right now. Should I call an ambulance?” Harm wondered.
“Don’t be silly, this will take…” the first contraction hit her.
“Mac are you okay?” ¨
“Yeah, just a contraction. I’ll just clean up and I’ll be ready to go to the hospital when you get home, okay?”
“I’m already outside the building. See you soon. I love you.”
“I love you too,” Mac said and hung up. She headed upstairs and just as she stepped into their bedroom, another contraction hit her. “Hell, that hurt,” she said loudly as she steadied herself on the doorframe. “The contractions aren’t supposed to be that close so soon,” she mumbled, as she started undressing.
After cleaning up, and finding some new clothes she was starting to worry that the birth could be a quick one. The contractions were coming close and she could feel a pressure, almost as if she needed to have a bowl movement.
She called the hospital and she was told to lay down and call an ambulance. Mac did as she was told, but now she was really feeling pressure and the need to push. Where was her husband?
“Mac?”
“Upstairs,” Mac yelled just as another big contraction hit.
“Are you okay?” Harm looked flushed and he was breathing hard.
“No, I think the baby is coming,” Mac managed to get out. “Take off my panties.”
Harm hesitated for a second, before he did as he was told. “Mac I can see the baby’s head.” Harm jumped to his feet and hurried to find some clean sheets. “This baby is in a hurry,” he said as he hurried back to his wife.
When the next contraction hit Harm supported the head and soon he had his son in his arms. “Oh my God, Mac. He’s perfect.”
Tears were streaming down Mac’s face as Harm handed her the baby. “He’s so beautiful. We have a baby.”
Harm hurried to cover both mother and child in as many sheets and blankets he could find, before he sat down beside them. “He’s amazing.”
“Yeah,” Mac agreed. “I can’t believe how fast this happened, I was sure we’d be at the hospital for hours before he would be ready to come out.”
“I can’t believe I just delivered my own son,” Harm said with a proud smile. “I love you.”
“I love you too,” Mac said and kissed him sweetly.
Just then, the doorbell rang and Harm excused himself to let in the paramedics. “They are upstairs,” he said and showed the way to their bedroom.
“Looks like we’re a bit late,” one of the paramedics said. “Let me have a look at the baby, then we’ll make sure you’re not bleeding too much, ma’am. Have you delivered the placenta yet?”
Mac answered questions, the paramedic made sure that everything was fine with her and the baby and then they all went to the hospital.

Two hours later Harm found the time to call his mother, then he talked to Harriet about picking up Claire from kindergarten, and to stay with her and Nathan until Harm could make it home.
After finishing with the phone calls, Harm walked back to Mac’s room where she was busy feeding the baby. “Harriet will take care of everything until I get home. My Mom and Frank sends their love and Mom is booking a flight as we speak.”
Mac smiled. “I take it she was exited?”
Harm nodded. “Very,” he walked over to the bed and kissed Mac sweetly. “How’s he doing?”
“He’s perfect,” Mac smiled.
“How are you feeling?” Harm asked as he sat down in the chair by the bed.
“I’m tired, but happy.” Mac handed the baby over to her husband. “You can burp him.”
Harm smiled as he carefully put the baby on his shoulder. “He’s so tiny, I’m afraid I’ll break him.”
Mac chuckled. “Don’t worry, he won’t break that easily.” She got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom.
Harm smiled as he enjoyed the feeling of holding his son. Ten perfect toes, ten perfect fingers, and the cutest face he had ever seen.
“You’re just perfect, little man,” Harm moved over to the more comfortable chair by the window and leaned back as his newborn closed his eyes and fell asleep in his arms.

Washington D.C 2014
Harm and Mac shared a loving look. Harm pulled his wife in for a sweet kiss, letting it linger for a moment. “He was really a good baby.”
“I couldn’t believe how much he slept, and he just woke up to eat then he was asleep again. He was such an easy baby. Until he learned to walk and then he was impossible,” Mac said with laughter.
Harm laughed as well, remembering all the stressful moments with an energetic boy. “I can’t remember ever being sleep deprived, maybe a few times when he was teething.”
“But it was hectic, with three kids and trying to take part in Mattie’s last High School year. There wasn’t much time for us,” Mac smiled.

London, August 2006
The park was quiet as Harm and Mac enjoyed a nice walk in the beautiful august weather. It was lunchtime and Harm had decided to call Mac to see if she wanted to meet him for lunch, and they had agreed to eat outside since the weather was so great. Mac had Matthew in the baby wrapper, leaving her hand free to hold Harm’s hand as they walked.
“This is a nice place,” Harm pointed to the bench close to the river.
“It’s perfect,” Mac agreed as she sat down. “It must be quiet at the office since you have the time for this.”
Harm joined her on the bench and started unwrapping the basket he’d been carrying. “Nah, it’s pretty busy, but I’ve been working long hours for weeks now and I need some time with my family. Besides, I don’t want my wife to forget that I exist.”
Mac laughed softly. “Like it’s possible to forget you, Harmon Rabb.”
Harm smiled as he handed her the chicken sandwich. “This looks good. Has Matthew been behaving since you had the time to fix us lunch?”
“He’s been amazing as always. It’s a little weird that he’s so easy going, right? I remember Harriet talking about nights of screaming babies and the lack of sleep. But I haven’t noticed any of that. But your Mom said that you were an angel too when you were a baby. He must be taking after you.”
“Haven’t I always been an angel?” Harm asked teasingly.
Mac shook her head in amusement. “Always.”
“Isn’t it nice having a calm baby? You feel rested and energetic, you look amazing…” Harm leaned in and kissed her.
“It’s very nice,” Mac confirmed. “And thank you.”
“It’s the truth. I’m sorry about all the late nights, Mac. Maybe one of these days we’ll get to have some alone time,” Harm took her hand.
“Yeah, that would be nice,” she agreed. “But I know the kids miss spending time with you too, and they take precedence.”
“At least I’ll make it home for dinner tonight and this weekend I thought we could do something as a family,” Harm said.
“That sounds great.” Mac leaned back on the bench and relaxed. “Do you have to rush back to work or can we walk around for a while?”
“I have to get back, but why don’t you two follow me? I know Coates would love it if you stopped by so that she can smell Matthew,” Harm said with a chuckle.
“We can do that,” Mac agreed.

Later that night Mac put the baby down after finishing feeding him. She gave him one last kiss and walked the rounds to check on Nathan and Claire. They were both sleeping soundly in their bunk bed; Mac turned off the light and walked to her and Harm’s room.
Harm was already under the cover, looking through a file. He looked up when she walked in. “Is everything quiet?”
“Yes,” Mac said with a sexy smile as she walked over to the bed. “I was thinking that…” she climbed on top of him. “...you…” she kissed him. “…should…” she kissed him again and smiled when his hands landed on her behind. “…make love to me.” She deepened the kiss, and ran her hands down his sides to his waistline, tugging on his boxers.
He flipped her over and started some exploration of his own. “God, I’ve missed this.”
“Me too,” Mac said and lost herself in his touch.

Washington D.C 2014
Harm closed the last of the albums and leaned back on the couch. It was unusually quiet in the house he noticed. He put his arms around his wife and hugged her close.
“Do you think we were crazy to take on as much as we did?” he wondered.
Mac looked thoughtful. “I was ready for the whole package. Sure, it would have been nice to be just the two of us in the start, but I’ve been happy with our life, Harm.”
“Me too,” he agreed. “Although, we never could engage in exploratory sex all around the house,” he teased.
“I think we’ve managed to uphold a great sexlife,” Mac said and ran a finger down his chest. “I have very few complaints.”
“Should I be worried that you have some?” Harm wondered as he dragged her on top of him.
Mac laughed softly. “You know, after almost ten years of marriage I still can’t get enough of you. That should give you an answer to your question.”
Harm smiled and kissed her deeply. He pulled her into his lap and put his hands under her shirt, pushing it up. Mac took the hint and removed it completely. “God, I love you,” she said between kisses.
“I love you too,” he said breathlessly. Mac was right, after nine and a half years of marriage; they were still crazy about each other.

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[> That was just wonderful. Thanks for sharing. -- Beth, 07:59:23 12/15/14 Mon [1]


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[> Love this story, Lace, and of course already waiting for next! -- JoyZ, 08:57:51 12/15/14 Mon [1]


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