Home of Trish and Frank Brunette
La Jolla, Ca.
The Next Day

When Mac arrived at the house the next afternoon she found the party was already in full swing. She rang the doorbell twice and when nobody answered she walked around back and laughed at what she saw. Frank was at the grill cooking the hamburgers, Trish was setting food on the table, other guest were talking, but Spoon and Harm busy trying to soak each other with water guns. They were like two five years olds.
Mac stood back watching the man she'd known for five years act in a total different manner. The normal serious, take charge man was no longer there. Instead it was a care-free and spirited child. She only popped out of her thoughts when two strong arms wrapped around her.
"Ha! Can't get me now, Big Brother. Don't want to mess with your big bad marine." Spoon hid behind Mac.
Spoon continued to fire water at Harm from behind her. Mac noticed a pretty blond walking by and the next thing she knew Harm had pulled the blond in front of him shielding all the water from him.
"Now I've got your big bad Marine." Harm taunted back.
"Boys if you're going to play go over there." Trish pointed to part of the yard where no guest were at. "And get those girls some guns too. They at least need to defend themselves."
"Alright mom." Spoon said running off into the to the pool house and coming back out with two more water guns.
He threw one to the blond and one to Mac and they ran off to the section of the yard where no one occupied.
"Oh by the way Mac this is Captain Alexandra Jenson, my fiancée." Spoon introduced the two. "Ice this is my brother's partner, Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie."
"Nice to meet you ma'am." Ice stuck out her hand which Mac shook.
"Well, Captain if I have this right were either going to be fighting against or with each other so call me Mac."
"People call me Ice."
"Let me guess a pilot." Mac asked.
"Yep. Hornets."
Mac groaned. "Great Harm. You, two of your brothers, and your future sister in law are a pilots. Any others around here I should know about?"
"Oh yeah, but first were going to have some fun before all the family introductions, Jarhead." Harm squirted her full blast with the gun and took off running.
"You're going to pay squid!" Mac yelled and took off after him with Spoon and Ice following.
Trish Brunette looked up from the table and laughed at her children, especially her oldest. She hadn't seen him this happy for a long time and she was sure that the dark headed marine had something to do with it. Trish made a mental note that if she was the cause for the change in her son, she was definitely not letting her go.

THE END PART 4

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