Title: The Truth be Known
Author: rooster dawn
pairing: Harm and Mac
Summary: What would have really happen if Harm took the bull by the horns.
Spoiler: Lifeline to Adrift II
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part 7 You look good in leather
2120 hours
An hour later as they all sat around the waiting room curiosity got the best of the Admiral. He was wondering why Mac was wearing Harm's leather flight jacket with her uniform. Though it was highly unusual it wasn't exactly against the regulations.
"Colonel, maybe you can enlighten me?" began the Admiral.
"If I can Sir." replied Mac wondering what was wrong.
"Why are you wearing the Commander's flight jacket?" asked the Admiral.
"I'm not Sir. This is my jacket." smiled Mac as she thought back to the day she got it from Harm.
"I didn't know you were an aviator." responded the Admiral.
"I've flown many times Sir. I've even had to eject from a jet. Harm and I use to go flying in his bi-plane several times a month when the weather was nice.
He would even let me fly the plane for hours on end. I'm not quite as good as he is, but I've become a very capable pilot. He even let me take off and land his plane from time to time." smiled Mac.
"Wow! That's amazing Ma'am. The Commander has told me many times how important his bi-plane is to him. I'm sure he doesn't just let anyone fly his plane." grinned Skates.
"True, but the reason I have this flight jacket is because, Harm lost the coat I was wearing the first time I went flying with him and I got shot by the poachers. He used my jacket as a decoy.
He then put the flight jacket on me to keep me warm while he carried me back to the plane. I've kept it ever since." smiled Mac in remembrance.
"You kept his flight jacket? A pilot never lets anyone keep their flight jacket. It's not heard of." asked a surprised Skates.
"The first time we went flying he caused me pain and suffering. I was entitled to compensation of equal value. Any good lawyer will tell you that. Besides he had two leather flight jackets anyways. And you know Harm, he doesn't like to mess with marines." chuckled Mac as everyone laughed with her.
"Still I'm surprised Mac." replied Trish.
"Harm never gives away a prize possession to anyone."
"I wouldn't know anything about that Trish. That's not a side of him I see very often. As long as he can be right in the courtroom he usually lets me have my way outside it." replied Mac smiling.
Everyone sat there stunned. Everyone knew Harm and Mac's relationship was unique and special, but they hadn't realized how close they really were. They hadn't realized that even though Harm and Mac fought a lot, Mac had Harm wrapped around her little finger.
"He caters to all of your whims?" asked a surprise Trish.
"Well let me think for a minute, lets see, he cooks me dinner all the time, he lets me choose the movies we watch, when we go running he lets me win most of the time, I get to pick out the restaurants we eat at when we travel, now that I think about it, I decide just about everything we do when we're together outside of work." smile Mac.
"I guess he really does love you then." replied Frank.
"Yeah, I guess so." responded Mac.
Now it was time for the Admiral to be shock. He knew Harm and Mac probably loved each other, but this was the first time he had ever heard either one of them admit that they did or acknowledged that they knew the other loved them.
2205 hours
Within the next half hour everyone from JAG had arrived at the hospital. As usual Bud and Harriet were the first to arrive. Chloe had come along with Bud and Harriet. She had spent the night with them.
When she saw Mac in the waiting room she didn't waste any time as she ran right over to Mac to hug her. She started to cry when she asked Mac about Harm.
"Mac, where have you been? I couldn't find you last night. I was so worried. I had to go home with Harriet. Mic didn't want me around. I had to sleep in the baby's room. All he did was cry all night." whined Chloe.
"I had to get away from everyone and be by myself for awhile sweetie. I wasn't dealing very well with Harm's crash. I was in so much pain I had to leave.
Later as I began to get a grip on my feelings, I decided I needed to go out to the Patrick Henry to be there when Harm was rescued. I knew he was going to need me." replied Mac softly.
"How's Harm doing?" wailed Chloe softly.
"He broke his leg and his hip. He also fractured some vertebrae in his back because of the ejection." cried Mac now.
"He going to need surgery to fuse the damage vertebrate in his back, but right now he's in surgery having his hip and leg fixed."
"Is he going to be okay now?" asked Chloe.
"I don't know sweetie, but I'm sure he will be." replied Mac as she held onto Chloe tightly.
Everyone wanted to know how Harm was doing. But all Mac could tell them was Harm was still in surgery. That he would be in there for a few more hours.
The last ones to arrived were Mic and Renee. Mic wanted to talk to Mac about where she had disappeared to. He wanted to discuss with Mac when they could reschedule their wedding, but Mac told him not now.
It wasn't the time or place to have that conversation. They would talk later when Harm was out of surgery and was okay.
0030 hours
early next morning
A couple hours later a nurse came out from the surgical operating room. She was surprised to see so many people there. Commander Rabb must be very special to have so many people concerned about him.
She walked over to group of military personnel waiting for word. She saw Mac and asked to talk with her.
"Mrs. Rabb, may I speak with you?" asked the nurse as everyone looked at her a little surprise.
They thought it strange that she would referred to Mac as Mrs. Rabb, but then again if she came in with Harm it might be an innocent assumption.
"Of course Lieutenant. Would you mind if his parent and CO were included too." asked Mac in returned.
"No Ma'am." replied the nurse.
Mac wave Trish and Frank to come over. The Admiral came over too. After all Harm was one of his men.
"The surgery was successful. The Commander should be fine. While he was under they decided to remove the bone chips away from his spinal column that were impinging on the spinal cord. They also set his broken leg and hip. He will be sleeping for a few more hours." reported the nurse.
"Can we go in and see him?" asked Mac.
"We're moving him to a room right now. I'll come and get you when he's ready." replied the nurse.
As Mac, Trish, and Frank walked back to the others, one of their friends was curious about Mac being referred to as ... Mrs. Rabb.
"So how is the Commander doing ... Mrs. Rabb?" Carolyn asked Mac with a sly smile. Mac was caught by surprise with Carolyn's question. How did she know?
"What?" asked Mac showing confusion.
"The nurse, she just referred to you as Mrs. Rabb." replied Carolyn smiling.
"Oh ... " replied Mac now understanding. She knew how to answer this intrusion into her personal life.
"Hospital personnel always call me Mrs. Rabb anytime Harm or I get hurt and we find ourselves in the hospital. At first I use to correct them, but later I found it much easier and less confusing to them if I just ignore it.
If they think I'm Mrs. Rabb, they will usually let me into his room to see him or vice versa." responded Mac smugly.
She looked around to see if everyone believed her. It appeared to her that they all did except for Skates and her fiancee who knew the truth. That she really was Mrs. Rabb.
Which was okay because being Mrs. Rabb was the most important thing to her. It meant Harm loved her more than anyone or anything, even flying.
Mic walked up to Mac. He wanted to talk to her. He felt he had been waiting patiently long enough. He had been there for over a three hours since he had arrived.
Harm appeared to be out of surgery and was doing okay. His parents and Renee were here, they could look after him now. He and Mac should be able to talk about their future now.
"Not now Mic. I'm too tired. We'll talk about it tomorrow. I promise." replied Mac anticipating what he really wanted.
"Why don't you home and get some sleep." continued Mac.
"You should come home with me Sarah. You need to rest too in your own bed." replied Mic. He knew he need to get her as far away from here and away from Rabb as possible.
"No Mic, if I go home with you I won't get any sleep. You would want me to satisfy your own personal needs. I need to stay here.
I'm responsible for Harm. I'm listed as his next of kin. If something happens to him they would need my permission to treat him. Go home Mic." ordered Mac.
Mic mumbled something she didn't understand but knew it had something to do with Harm, Mic finally relented and went away very disgruntled. He wasn't a very happy man.
Meanwhile Renee had been waiting for her opportunity to see Harm. After all she was his girlfriend, she should be the one by his side. She should be the one Harm woke up to, but she knew she needed to get past Mac first.
"Mac, I need to see Harm. I need to see that he's alright." begged Renee.
"I'm sorry Renee, but they're only letting his family in for short visits." replied Mac.
"But they're going to let you in." whined Renee.
"That's because I'm listed as his next of kin. I have the power to make medical decisions for him." replied Mac.
"Why?" asked Renee.
"Because we travel a lot together Renee. If something were to happen to either one of us, the other one is right there to make the necessary medical decision right away." replied Mac.
"Oh, that makes sense I guess." said a glum Renee.
"Renee, go home. I'll call you if there is any change in his condition. He's going to be sleeping most of the time for the next several days.
He's going to be in a great deal of pain when he wakes up Renee. They are probably going to keep him sedated most of the time to make sure he rests." requested Mac.
After everyone had left except Trish and Frank, Mac went back into Harm's room to be with him and them.
"Trish, Frank, I have something I need to tell you now that I didn't want the Admiral or anyone else to know about yet." started Mac.
"What is it dear?" asked Trish as she stood up and gave Mac a hug.
"Harm and I ... we're married." replied Mac looking to see how Trish took the news.
"Who's we?" asked Trish.
"Harm and me." replied Mac.
"You're married? When did this happen? I didn't even know he asked you to married him?" asked a stunned Trish.
"Last week when we were at Annapolis. He asked me to marry him and we got married the next day." smiled Mac.
"Two weeks ago at my engagement party Harm finally told me how he felt. We went for a ride to the ocean. He told me that he had been in love with me for a very long time. Then he gave me the most passionate kiss I have ever had and told me he didn't want to lose me." continued Mac.
"All the feelings that I had for him that I thought I had buried, he reawaken them that night. Anyways he wanted to convinced me that he was serious about wanting me, so last Friday he drove up to Annapolis with me for a lecture I was giving.
He showed me around campus before ending up in front of the chapel. He took me to dinner at the O club where he asked me to marry him. We got married the next morning." finished Mac as she pulled up the sleeve of her jacket to reveal to Trish and Frank her ring.
Trish looked at the ring. She was shocked and didn't know what to say. All she could do was take Mac into her arms to hug her and cry.
