Title: Rituals
Author: Anne
Rating: PG
Summary: read it and see
2pm
JAG Headquarters
‘Aunt Mac and Uncle Harm sitting in a tree,’ AJ sang.
Harm and Mac sent looks to Chloe.
‘What?! I didn’t do anything!’ she protested.
‘That’s the last time you baby sit,’ Mac growled.
‘Is this what pregnant women are like? Grouchy?’ Chloe giggled before
getting a piece of paper in her face. ‘Alright! I get the point! You don’t
have to resort to violence.’
Harm sat watching this, laughing until his nine month pregnant wife turned
and sent a glare his way. He held his hands up in mock surrender. ‘I didn’t
do anything!’
Chloe giggled.
Mac’s face quickly changed from one of happiness to one of pain.
‘Sarah, honey what is it?’ Harm asked.
‘The baby’s coming.’
‘What do you mean coming! Your water hasn’t broken!’
‘SO CHARGE ME WITH DERILICTION OF DUTY!! THE BABY IS COMING!!’ Mac cried.
‘Here? At JAG! Leuitient!’ Harm called.
Bud came scampering in, just as the lights went out.
‘Uh oh,’ Chloe said.
‘This is becoming to reminiscent of AJ’s birth,’ Harm sighed.
4pm
JAG Headquarters
‘I AM NOT READY TO HAVE THIS BABY!!!!’ Mac yelled.
Harm winced at her yelling.
‘And there is NO WAY I am having my child in the Admiral’s office!’ came
the next fast and furious call.
‘Ma’am with all due respect there is really no choice,’ Bud said and winced
as the reply came.
‘I AM A MARINE MAJOR IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS! I HAVE CHOICES!!!’
Chloe was watching wide eyed.
‘Are you going to watch Chloe?’ Bud asked.
‘Yeah, it’d be educational,’ Harm smirked.
Mac grabbed his hand. ‘I WILL NOT BE USED AS AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT!!!!’
she cried as another contraction hit.
‘It’s times like these I wish the Admiral was here,’ Harriet sighed.
‘Why?’ Tiner asked.
‘So that he could order her to hurry up and have this baby,’ Chloe
supplied.
Mac glared at her.
‘Sarah it’s time to push,’ Harm told her.
Mac groaned and pushed.
‘Great! Next push should be the shoulders and then the baby will come out
by itself,’ he told her.
Mac growled at him, ‘You are never laying a hand on me ever again Harmon
Rabb Jnr!’
She pushed and a squalling baby entered the world.
‘Is is a girl or a boy?’ Harriet asked.
‘It’s a beetroot,’ Chloe told her, thoroughly disgusted by the whole
proceedings.
Harm glared at her. ‘It’s a girl,’ he smiled showing Mac.
Mac immediately took the baby into her arms, cradling.
‘Hey Bud,’ Harm said.
‘Yes sir?’
‘I did that,’ he smiled, very proud of himself.
‘We did that,’ Mac corrected.
‘If you’ll excuse me I think I have to barf,’ Chloe groaned, running out of
the room.
Mac laughed. ‘She never did have a strong stomach.’
Harm looked at Mac, nursing their daughter. ‘I am so proud of you,’ he
smiled kissing her forehead.
‘I am proud of me too,’ Mac smiled and then she became serious again.
‘Thankyou for loving me Harm.’
‘My pleasure,’ he replied, tickling his daughter who was drowsy with sleep.
‘What are you going to name her?’ Harriet asked, smiling at the scene
before them.
‘Well, our name if it was a girl was going to be Katie,’ Mac told her.
‘Katherine Sarah Rabb,’ Harm said proudly.
‘WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!?’ Admiral Chegwidden asked.
‘Sir,’ Bud said standing up. ‘The Major just had her baby sir.’
‘So I see Leiutenent. In my office as well I see.’
‘Sir..’ Mac began.
‘Don’t worry Major. I only hope that this will not become a ritual for
either of you,’ he said, looking between Mac and Harriet.
‘Welcome back Chloe,’ Bud smiled, as a very pale Chloe entered the room.
‘I’m going to think twice the next time that you are pregnant and I come
and stay,’ she groaned.
Mac laughed. ‘Would you like to hold Katie?’
Chloe nodded.
‘Leuitent Roberts you should call an ambulance to take the Major and her
daughter to hospital. I am going to go out again and when I come back, I
would prefer this office the way it was,’ the Admiral sighed.
‘Aye sir,’ came the resounding chorus.
‘Aye sir,’ AJ Roberts grinned, standing at salute.
The Admiral sighed. Things were definetly never boring at his JAG office.
Finis
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