A/N: Yes, that's right. Another good old Aussie band! This song is by Savage Garden. This is set some time before the aborted wedding.

"Two Beds & A Coffee Machine"

"You think you can get away from me Sarah? Hey?" Mic snarled at her. Advancing on her as she backed away against the wall, he grabbed her arms and pulled her roughly against him. "I – own – you!" he yelled, each word punctuated by a hard shake.

"Please, Mic ... please. Don't hurt me," she whimpered fearfully.

His answer was to drag her over to the mirror. Pushing her face into it he yelled, "You see that Sarah? That's you. Big tough Marine ..." he sneered. Pushing her to the ground, he laughed at her tear-stricken face with disdain, before stalking to the bedroom.

And she takes another step
Slowly she opens the door
Check that he is sleeping
Pick up all the broken glass
And furniture on the floor


Been up half the night screaming
Now it's time to get away

Mac went to the kids' room to wake them up. They looked so peaceful when they were sleeping, when they weren't watching their father hit their mother and scream abuse at all of them ... She went to her little girl and gently shook her awake, before going to her son's bed. "Come on baby, we're going for a drive. Wake up sweetie."

Pack up the kids in the car
Another bruise to try and hide
Another alibi to write

Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through

And there are children to think of
Baby's asleep in the back seat
Wonder how they'll ever make it
Through this living nightmare
But the mind is an amazing thing
Full of candy dreams and new toys
And another cheap hotel
Two beds and a coffee machine
But there are groceries to buy
And she knows she'll have to go home

Back to Mic, and his abuse. She would have to live with the fact that she'd brought her children into a abusive relationship, and she'd never be able to escape ... it was her childhood all over again.

Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through

"No," Mac gasped as she woke from her terrifying dream, sobbing and shaking. It was so real ... Before she realized what had happened, she had her hand on the phone and was ringing Harm.

"Rabb," his voice groaned sleepily over the phone.

"H-h-harm," Mac hiccuped, still sobbing.

Harm was awake in a flash. "Mac? Mac, are you ok?"

All Mac could do was sob.

"Hold tight Marine, I'm coming."