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16:00 EST

Lekberg Psychiatry

Washington, D.C.

One year later

Harm and Mac stood and smiled at the doctors, following them back to their usual meeting room and taking a seat on the sofa.

"How are the two of you feeling about this being our last session today?" Dr. Leesy asked.

"Good," Mac said. "I feel like we've really made a lot of progress and we're ready."

Harm nodded his agreement. "Besides, if we find we need assistance later down the line, we know where to find you," he grinned.

Dr. Zack chuckled. "Glad to hear you know that we'll be available if you need us."

Dr. Leesy noticed that Mac kept glancing at Harm and looked like she wanted to say something. "Mac, you seem a bit… nervous? Is everything okay?"

Harm smiled at Mac and nodded slightly to her.

Mac held her left hand up for the doctors to see her ring. "We're engaged!" she said brightly.

"Congratulations!" Dr. Leesy and Dr. Zack said at the same time, standing. They both hugged Mac and Dr. Leesy hugged Harm after Dr. Zack shook his hand, and then they all took their seats again. "No wonder you looked ready to burst," Dr. Leesy laughed.

"I hate to be the bad guy," Dr. Zack said with a slight grimace, "but have you talked about which one of you is going to leave JAG?"

Mac looked at Harm and they both smiled again. "We have decided that Harm is going to go back to an active flight squadron, since he got his eyes fixed and can fly at night again," Mac said. "I'm going to remain at JAG and start working on wedding plans. We'll have emails, instant messaging and phone conversations while he's deployed."

"We also spent the weekend moving Mac into my apartment," Harm said with a smile. "Her lease is up at the end of this month, and it made sense for her to move into my place so it won't be empty while I'm gone and we won't be paying for two apartments."

"How does it feel having a woman invade your bachelor pad?" Dr. Zack asked.

Harm kissed Mac's knuckles. "Since I know she's the right woman, it feels good. I'm happy to have her with me until I ship out, and I love the fact that I'll be coming home to her."

"When do you leave?" Dr. Leesy asked him.

"It'll take about three to six weeks for the paperwork to go through, and then it should be within two weeks after that," Harm said. "Admiral Chegwidden didn't seem too pleased at first, but when we told him we were engaged and one of us would need to transfer out anyway, he agreed this was a good solution."

"Mac, are you okay with Harm leaving for six months at a time?" Dr. Zack asked.

"I think it's going to be difficult at first, especially since we're trying to plan a wedding and we're just barely going to be adjusting to living together before he'll be gone," Mac said. "But I also know how much flying means to him, and I understand how military relationships work, so I feel like I'm ready to handle it. I feel like communication is going to play a key factor in making this work."

Harm nodded his agreement. "I honestly am amazed at how far the two of us have come in the last fourteen months in the communication department; we talk about everything now. I can hardly wait to marry this beautiful woman." He winked at Mac and again lifted their joined hands to kiss her knuckles.

19:30 EST

Admiral Chegwidden's home

McLean, VA

Following Friday

Mac laughed as she listened to Alan and Jackie Mattoni talk about their children's antics and she accepted the wine glass full of chilled sparkling grape juice that her fiancée handed her, as well as the tender kiss to her lips, taking his hand in hers as he sat beside her on the sofa.

Across the room, Mic Brumby watched the scene with a slight frown and sighed. He still didn't see what Sarah saw in that cocky fighter jock.

When Bud Roberts and his wife Harriet arrived with their baby in tow, Mac stood and took her godson from his mother, cradling him close and smiling widely.

"So Harm, are you and Mac planning to have one of those any time soon?" Caroline Imes asked with a smile and a nod in Mac's direction.

"I think we want to get married and maybe think about buying a house first," Harm laughed. "Our place is fine for the two of us, but there is no way we could fit a baby in there."

Mac sat back down beside Harm and turned baby AJ so that he could see him. "Isn't he beautiful Harm?" she asked, running a palm over the baby's soft head.

"He's a boy Mac," Harm said, "he's handsome, not beautiful."

Mac laughed and kissed his cheek. "Whatever you say."

"I was just asking Harm when the two of you were planning to have one of those of your own," Caroline Imes told her. "He said that you two want to get married and maybe buy a house first."

Mac nodded in agreement. "Our place is fine for the two of us, but there's no way we could fit a baby in there, too."

"That's exactly what Harm said," Jackie Mattoni said, surprised.

Mac smiled tenderly at Harm. "We've already talked about it and we agreed that it wouldn't be a good idea to try and add a baby to the mix until we were married and at least looking for a house. Since the wedding will probably be shortly after Harm returns from his deployment, we'll probably start looking for a house shortly after that."

"What are you going to do if you ever get transferred out of JAG HQ?" Alan Mattoni asked her.

"Depending on where the assignment is located, we'll talk about whether or not I should accept it or go into the reserves so we can stay in the D.C. area," she replied.

"I have to ask," Alan Mattoni said, "what brought about this change? You two have made such huge progress in communication and maturity; I can hardly believe that you're the same people that were screaming at each other in the bullpen just over a year ago."

Harm and Mac looked at each other and Mac nodded her consent. He briefly explained how they had been in both individual counseling and joint counseling sessions for the last fourteen months, and that they had also been doing a more intensive therapy on their own, but with the guidance of their counselors. "It's really helped us both," he said.

Before anyone else could ask any more about it, Harriet pushed a rolling cart out with a large cake on top of it. "Time for the happy couple to cut the cake!" she said brightly.

Mac handed baby AJ over to his father as she and Harm stood in front of the cake and listened to Admiral Chegwidden give the engagement toast. Then they cut the first piece of cake together and fed it to one another before they began serving it to the others.

As soon as the cake was served, AJ Chegwidden stood watching with a smile as Harm pulled Mac into his arms and began swaying gently to the music playing softly in the background.

"Are you happy Marine?" Harm asked his fiancée.

"Happier than I ever believed I could be," she told him. "Thank you."

"For what?" Harm asked, puzzled.

"For not letting me just shut you down when you suggested we try EFT and for sticking with the counseling we were doing. It's been hard for both of us, but I think it's been well worth it," she told him.

"It has; on both counts," he agreed. He gently caressed her cheek and leaned in to kiss her tenderly. "I love you Sarah."

"I love you, too," she smiled. Pulling him close for a warm hug, she placed her head on his shoulder. "I'm going to miss you when you go back to flying."

"Would you rather I not?" he asked.

"No," she answered with a small sigh. "I know how much this means to you; how much you need to do this. Just promise me that you'll be careful out there, okay Flyboy?"

"I promise," he said. "I still have to put a wedding band on that finger and I did promise you a baby, too. I have a lot of really good reasons to come back safely."

The music ended and they turned so that their arms were around each other's waists as they made their way back over to where the majority of their guests were gathered.