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1930 Local time

JAG Headquarters

Harm and Mac were in his office talking about a case that was finishing up, and joking about their boring plans for Christmas. Most of the staff except for Bud, Harriet, Harm, and herself were already gone, trying to beat the bad weather. There was a knock on the door, and they both looked up.

“Uh, Major, there is a little boy here. He claims that he is your son…?” Bud said looking very puzzled.

“A husband wasn’t enough of a surprise Mac?” Harm joked, not taking the situation very seriously.

Mac, not looking nearly as amused, went outside the office were she saw the little boy. He smiled up at her, and she smiled back.

“Josh, honey, what are you doing here?” Mac questioned lovingly.

“I was looking for you,” the little boy looked up at her with a smile.

“Do your grandparents know you’re here?”

“No, I wanted to surprise you.”

“Mac, who is this little boy?” Harriet prodded.

Mac glanced at her worryingly and then looked back at the boy. “Come on baby, let’s go call your grandparents before they panic.” Mac picked the little boy up, and carried him on her hip into her office. The eyes of the other staff members curiously followed her in. Mac saw them and drew the blinds. She sat the boy on the edge of her desk, ran her hand through his brownish blonde hair, and picked up the phone.

Out in the bullpen, Harm, Harriet, and Bud were still standing there, looking at the closed door of Mac’s office.

“Huh,” was all Bud could say.

“Commander, did you know about this?” Harriet questioned curiously.

“No, but I can’t say it surprises me. She hid a husband from us for years. God knows what else she hasn’t told us about,” Harm said.

“Well, we’re assuming that he is her son,” Bud said, receiving confused looks from Harriet and Harm. “Well, he might just be some kid that she’s really close to.”

Harm nodded a little, and Harriet cocked her head to the side, both acknowledging that possibility. The trio continued to stand there, speechless, for the next few minutes.

“Are they coming get me?” The little boy questioned Mac with a hint of sadness.

“I talked to them. We decided to have Christmas at my house, is that okay Josh?”

The excitement was apparent on the boy’s face. “Yes! Can I stay with you forever?”

“We’ll see baby,” Mac said, knowing that she would love to have him home, and that his grandparents probably would not mind. “I missed you so much,” Mac said as she hugged him an placed a kiss on the top of his head.

“I missed you too mommy.”

Mac sank down into her chair. She looked deep in thought, and kind of sad.

“Mommy, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing baby. Mommy’s friends just don’t know about you, and I don’t know how to tell them,” Mac replied, not expecting the little boy to understand.

“Oh…Mommy?”

“What hon?”

“I am hungry and have to use the bathroom.”

Mac smiled at the simplicity of his life. “Okay, baby, come on.”

Mac took his hand, and led him out the door. Harm, Harriet, and Bud had resumed their previous activity, but all three looked up when they saw Mac leave her office with the little boy. They didn’t move, and they didn’t say anything as they watched her lead the boy towards the restroom. A few minutes later, they watched her lead him from the restroom to the kitchen at the end of the hall. Then, a few minutes after that, they watched her lead him from the kitchen to her office, with a box of cereal in his arms.

“Should we say anything?” Harriet pondered.

“No, just give her time,” Harm suggested.