Author's note: Okay, here it is, the final chapter. Sorry it's so short and took me so long, but it's done now. Please review the final chapter for me. Thanks!
Before they knew it, Caleb was awake and ready to go home. Harm and Mac had explained to him why his mother and Adam were no longer with him. He thought for a moment, then explained it to them in his almost four-year old wisdom. "My mommy said everybody has to live before we go with God to learn 'bout love. Guess mommy learned it fast," he said thoughtfully as Harm and Mac exchanged a look of surprise.
"I guess she did pal," said Harm as he looked at Cal. "But Cal, now that mommy and Adam are gone, you have to live somewhere else. Would you be okay to live with Mac and I?"
"But what about mommy?" he said.
"Harm, can I talk to him for a moment alone?" asked Mac.
He didn't seem to mind as he shut the door behind him. Mac sat down by his bed and took Caleb's hand. "Caleb, I'm going to tell you something. But it has to be our secret, okay?"
He nodded solemnly as she continued. "Well, a while ago, I had a baby in my tummy. But my baby died and went to Heaven. Now that your mommy is there too, she can take care of my baby for a while until I get to Heaven. And while we're here together, I can take care of you for your mommy. Sound like an agreement?"
"Yeah. Mommy can watch your baby and you can watch me 'til I see mama again."
"That's right," she said, obviously pleased that he understood.
She went over to the door and beckoned Harm in. "He understand?" he asked in a whisper at the door while looking at Cal.
"I think he does."
The doctor had Cal signed out by lunchtime, and the first thing Harm and Mac did was to go to children social services. Once things were taken care of there, they went to lunch, and then finally brought Cal back to Harm's apartment where he immediately christened it at his new home.
Months went by, and by the time Cal turned four, he was the legal son of Harm and Mac. On the night they went out as a family to celebrate, Harm took the two of them to an amusement park. They got onto the first ride Cal saw that just happened to be the merry-go-round. Harm got down on one knee as far as possible and opened the box in front of Mac while Cal, who had known the entire time, giggled uncontrollably.
"Well, you knew I couldn't be normal and do this, so I let Cal choose where we should go. He chose here, and well, here we are."
Mac smiled and took Caleb's hand. "And?"
"And now that we've worked out most of our problems, I want to know, will you marry me?"
She grinned, then laughed and held out her hand. "I love you, you know."
"I love you too."
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Harm shuts the notebook finally. I look at him, waiting to see his reaction to anything and everything. Finally he speaks up. "I think we should give these notebooks to Cal, Jessica, and Rachel so after you and I are gone, they'll know the story of how everything happened in our life before they were born."
I nod silently with a grin creeping over my face. I always knew I loved this man. "I love you dearly, you know."
He throws a grin like he did that night in the amusement park when I agreed to become his wife. "I love you too."
