Inside Harm and Mac's room..
Harm picked up their bags and started to head towards the door, when Mac walked over and looked down at their sleeping baby boy. "Do we have to leave him Harm?"
"We don't have to, do you want to take him with us?"
"I know it's only for tonight. And I want to be with you, but part of me doesn't want to leave my baby behind."
Harm sat their bags down. He wrapped his arms around his wife. "Sweetheart we have the rest of our lives to be together. If you want to spend our wedding night with our son, then that's what we will do."
Mac looked down at Tommy, "I know he's in good hands here with Trish and Grams, but I'm his mom."
"Tell you what, let's take him with us."
Mac turned around in Harms arms. "You're perfect, but don't let it get around." Mac walked over and picked up Tommy, while Harm went and retrieved his carrier. After getting his stuff gathered up. They headed out and downstairs. When they reached the bottom of the stairs. Grams and Trish stoped them.
"I told ya Trish, that they'd try and sneak out with the baby."
"Grams, We don't want tot leave him."
"Harmon that little boy will be fine here for tonight. We've both raised children and can look after him for one night."
"Grams is right. You both deserve to have this night to yourself. You only get one wedding night. It's a special night that bonds you both together as a couple. You need this time."
Harm and Mac looked at each other. "Baby it's up to you."
Mac looked down at her sleeping baby boy. "I...I... know I should leave him. But I just can't, I don't want him to think I've abandoned him."
"Darling he's not going to think that." Trish said.
"It's different for me then it was for the both of you, when you got married. Neither one of you already had your child, and you didn't find yours in a basket next to a dumpster. You both got to feel your baby growing inside of you, and you have that special bond , I don't have that with Tommy. It's true I've been able to bond with him, and that's just another reason I can't leave him." Mac sat down on the stairs and started crying.
Harm went over to her, he took her in his arms. "It's okay sweetheart. We'll take him with us."
Grams and Trish just watched. "Oh Grams, we're wrong. She needs both of them tonight. They need to bond as new family as much as Harmon and Sarah need to bond as husband and wife."
Grams walked over to Mac, "Your a wife and mother now, and I can admit when I'm wrong. It's different for you than it was for me, when I got married I was a virgin. So for me I hadn't been with a man before. Times have changed since I was a young woman. If you want to take that baby with you, than you do that. After all your his mother."
Mac looked up at Grams and Trish." I really want him with us tonight. I know I only get one wedding night. But I feel that I've already had my wedding night. It was the first time I made love to Harm. He made the night so special for me. I just don't see how anything can ever top that."
Both woman went over to Mac. Trish spoke first. "Sarah darling, you do what you feel you need to do. After all this is your special day. And if you want to spend it with your husband and son. Than that's what you should do."
"Trish is right dear, after all tonight is about bonding. No matter how you go about it. Besides you've clearly already bonded very good with Harmon."
With that comment, both woman looked over at Harm. He just stood there with a deer in the headlights look. "Mom ! Grams !"
"Well you have, that's why she's pregnant."
"Grams we've taken up enough of their time. Let's; let them go. They need this time."
Mac looked up at both woman and smiled. She stood up along with Harm. Mac picked up Tommy and Harm grabbed their bags. All three of them headed out of the house to Harms Lexus.
Before he put their bags inside, he opened the door for Mac. She put Tommy and his carrier inside and strapped him in. Harm than opened the front passenger door for Mac. She lifted up the bottom of her dress getting in.
Now Harm went around to the drivers side, he opened up the other back door and placed all their bags in. Than he opened his door, getting in. He looked over at Mac "Are you ready Mrs Rabb?"
"I sure am Mr Rabb." Mac reached over and placed her hand on Harm's thigh giving it a lite squeeze. He turned and looked at her. Flashing her his Flyboy grinn.
"I guess you really are ready."
"Oh yes.. get my drift..."
"So what was all that back in the house?" Harm asked.
"I...just felt that I needed tonight with both of my guys.."
Harm leaned over and kissed Mac. After that he pulled out and they headed out for their wedding night.
Meanwhile back inside the house.
Trish and Grams sat at the dinning room table. "Grams we never should have tried to stop them from taking Tommy."
"I know it now Trish, Sarah is right. It's different for her. I remember when I was pregnant I found myself talking to my baby. I wanted it to hear my voice, to know that I'm its mother. I didn't have all the fancy medical equipment that woman have now days. I didn't know my baby was a boy until he was born. So I only had my voice to talk to him. Sarah has only had Tommy a short amount of time. She really needs all the time she get with him."
"Oh I know, I'm just worried what would happen to her if they can't keep him. They have both become so attached to him. I worry about them both. Especially Harmon, he's already lost his father. I feel that it would push him over the edge to loose that baby boy."
Grams reached for Trish's hand. "Trish dear, don't forget Sarah has a Rabb baby inside her right now. "
"I know Grams, but one baby will not replace the loss of another one. I should know. Not a day goes by that I don't think about my baby I lost."
"Have you ever told Harmon?"
"No, I just can't. I don't want to upset him. As far as he knows he's my first born."
"We should probably talk to Sarah when they get back."
"No Grams, I don't want to worry her. Besides what are the odds that she could have the same problem I have."
"I'm sure your right. Not every woman has a low egg count."
Neither woman knew that Frank had overheard their conversation. Now a lot of stuff from the past started to make since to him. He now understood why Trish never really wanted to try for baby. She had always told him,she didn't want Harm to feel like she was trying to replace him. But deep down he always felt there was more. But he never pushed her.
Frank walked into the kitchen."Hello ladies"
"Hello Franklin, what have you been up to?"
"I was just sitting on your porch Grams, I really can see why Harm loves to come up here. Trish darling we should really try and come up here more."
"You know that you're both always welcome. And with that in mind. I think I'm going to turn in for the night. You both just take one of the guest rooms upstairs. Except the one at the end of the hallway. That's the one Harmon and Sarah have been using."
"Goodnight Grams." Trish said as she watched her head upstairs."Frank I agree with you, we need to start coming here more. After all she's not getting younger."
"I know dear. Why don't we head to bed." Frank stood up and took Trish by the hand."
Woodland Bed and Breakfast
Harm pulled up to the bed and breakfast. He gently tapped Mac on her arm. She opened her eyes. "We're here sweetheart "
She looked around, "Oh Harm I've always wanted to stay at one of these. Just when I think I couldn't love you more." She reaches across and kissed him.
"Wait here sweetheart I'll go check us in." Harm got out and headed inside. Mac watched him. Than she turned sideways in her seat and looked back at Tommy. "You know we really are lucky, we've both hit gold with your daddy."
A little bit later Harm and a bell hop walked back out.The bell hop went around and opened the door removing the bags. In the meantime Harm helped Mac out and than retrieved Tommy.
He took Mac by the hand and all three of them headed inside. Once they reached their floor. Harm opened the door to their room. "Sarah wait here." He showed the bell hop where to put the bags and gave him a nice tip. He place Tommy and his carrier on the sofa than walked back out the door.
He scooped Mac up in his arms and carried into the room. Once inside he kicked the door closed behind them. He place Mac down on the floor and warped his arms around her.
"Well Mrs Rabb what do you think?"
Mac looked around at the room. She couldn't believe how beautiful it looked. There had to be at a doze bunches of red roses all around the candlelit room.
"Oh Harm, it's so beautiful. Now I see why you wanted it to be just us. I'm so sorry."
She took off running to the bathroom. Harm just stood there. Not sure what to do, until he heard her sobbing. He went after her.
Softly knocking on the door. "Sarah baby, can I come in?"
"No ( sob ) ..."
"Please baby?"
"No... I...I ruined everything.."
"No you didn't baby. Nothing has been ruined. Please let me in."
Harm stood back as the door slowly opened.He looked at Mac's red eyes and her tear stained cheeks. He immediately took her into his arms. "Tonight is not about making love, it's about us bonding. In what ever way you want to."
"I want you to make love to me Flyboy. Tonight and for the rest of my life."
