The alarm went off at 0745. Harm reached for it and shut it off. He noticed it was hard to move and that he had to bend awkwardly to turn it off. He turn to facing forward again. He found a pleasant surprise. Harm and Loren had both rolled over during the night and were now facing each other. She was holding him close and had her face buried in his chest. Harm was amused as she slowly woke up. Her hair was a mess and she didn't have an ounce of makeup on but Harm thought she was the most beautiful women on earth. Loren suddenly realized where she was and how they were laying on the bed. She was wondering what had happened during the night. She knew she still had the shirt on and her pajama bottoms on. There was some pressure on her stomach which was lined up with Harm's waist. She was thinking oh my god he has a hard on. Loren looked up at Harm and said "Hi. I hope you behaved?"

"Always my lady. I suggest changing shirts before breakfast."

"Harm there seems to be something else awake right now?"

Harm completely missing what she was saying "What?"

"This seems to have awaken." She ever so gently grabbed him.

"Oh that, well it usually happens when there is a beautiful woman in my bed."

"I see. Well just so you know, from now on this woman is the only one allowed in said bed."

"Fine but then I am the only one allowed to do this." And he kissed good morning and she melted in his arms. God she wanted him even more now. She knew Harm wasn't ready for that yet. She wanted him to be the one to take that step. She loved the feeling of him holding her.

Harm looked at Loren and said "Let's get up and get moving. We have to get to North Island by 1100 to head to the carrier."

"If we must!"

Harm slipped out of the bedroom first making sure Loren could get to her bedroom. Which thankfully the door was closed so hopefully his mother would not noticed.

Harm was wrong. His mother had a smile on her face that Harm knew she knew. Harm approached her and said "Morning Mom!"

"How did you sleep? If I didn't know." Trish replied

"Nothing happened so leave it and mom don't say anything to Loren."

"Fine, you big meanie."

"Well for the next day you won't be seeing us. I am doing my quals so we will be back tomorrow."

"Wait Loren is going too?"

"Yeah I am going. It will be my first time on the carrier." Loren replied walking into the room. Loren found the cereal she wanted and took a cup of coffee and sat at the table.

Trish looked at Harm and said quietly to him "You better keep that one. She knows what she wants and it's you."

"How can you tell?" Harm replied

"How she looks at you and even though she is trying not to show it, her love for you is very visible."

"Is it that noticeable mom? I can't have people noticing yet."

"No I am a keen observer of that. Besides I have an interest in seeing who likes my son."

Harm shook his head and walked away. Loren noticed Harm and asked "What's going on?"

"Mom knows."

Loren's mouth hit the floor. What was this woman? A ninja or super spy? Were there cameras in the rooms? The doors had been closed so how the hell did she know. Loren's head was spinning until Harm went to get showered and changed. Trish sat with Loren and the two women talked. Loren was happy talking with Harm's mom. Tish said "Loren I promised Harm not to talk to you about anything last night and I won't. I can tell you two have feelings for each other. I know my son very well. You may have to hit him with a frying pan sometimes to make him realize what you want. His father was the same way. Just don't hit him too hard."

Loren had to laugh at that. She knew Trish was talking metaphorically but she got the point. Harm walked in while Loren was laughing. Harm's face made Trish and Loren laugh even harder. Harm had no idea what was going on so he turned around and left.

Loren quickly showered and changed into her peanut butters to head out. They arrived at North Island and Tom Boone said they had one more pilot than RIO so Loren would fly out to carrier with him. He was the CAG and could do it if he wanted. Harm wanted to argue but decided not to.

Harm was worried about nothing. The whole of Quals went off without a hitch. The surprise of the weekend came when Tom Boone announced he would be flying the other Tomcat back with Harm. He had to have a meeting with SecNav. Harm was worried but Captain Boone said not to worry about it. The other news was they would be leaving Sunday to head back to DC. Harm was hoping that the Admiral would be home when they got back, he would call him when they landed.