Communicating on all Levels 10/10

I don't own JAG or the JAG characters. I also don't own the position of a roving inspector for the FBI. I read about that particular job in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels and it seemed the perfect position for Harm if he ever left the Navy.

A/N: Okay this is the end folks. I could drag this on for chapters with them rebuilding their relationship but camp season has approached and I don't have time to write. I promised myself if I was going to write a story more than one chapter long I would write a minimum of one chapter per week. At this time I can't keep that promise so it seems right to end the story. This is the ending I envisioned the entire time.

A/N2: I should warn you while this is a happy ending, Harm doesn't rejoin the Navy. It wasn't what I had envisioned and since this is supposed to be about Harm growing up I decided to stick with my original vision.

Sarah MacKenzie's Apartment Saturday 12/20/2003 6:00 p.m.

It's just a date. It's just like any other date. I'm repeating this mantra over and over again. Harm and I have been dating ever since the week we spent at his grandmother's farm last spring. I don't know why I'm so nervous. Like hell I don't. This is our first date where we'll be with the entire JAG crew.

Harm didn't return to the Navy. He kept the meeting with the FBI and they eventually offered him a position as a roving inspector. He's basically doing the same job he had in the Navy but without having to try the cases after the investigation. I did try and talk Harm into going back to the Navy but I'm glad he didn't.

I always thought Harm leaving JAG would be a bad thing but he was right it was the first step in shaking up his life. He's putting so much effort into our relationship. We have dinner together at least three times a week, if he's out of town for an investigation he calls every night. He writes little love notes and leaves them for me. He's trying in other areas of his life also. He spent a week visiting his mother and invited her here to see him. Harm says they've talked more in the past six months then they did during the last five years he lived at home.

The one thing that he hasn't done is spend time with the JAG crew. At least not the entire crew. He's spent time with Bud, Harriet and AJ. He's also spent some time with Sturgis playing basketball. Sturgis has commented on how much more relaxed and open Harm is now. It's really hard to explain other than to say that Harm was correct about shaking up his life helping to change his behavior. It's like Harm's personality was an effect of the uniform and once he wasn't wearing it every day a different personality was allowed to come out from under the blankets.

Leaving the Navy and JAG wasn't the only thing that Harm did to shake up his life. He sold the loft and bought a small house in Rosslyn. He fixed it up himself but nothing like what he had to do with the loft. He just painted, ripped up the carpet and refinished the floors and put a garden tub in the bathroom.

Bud and Harriet's Christmas party is tonight and we were both invited. No one from JAG knows that Harm and I are dating. We decided that this might be the time to tell them. Harm proposed last night and I really want to be able to wear my engagement ring without having to play 20 questions with everyone at the office.

When I drove to Sarah Rabb's farm, last spring I never imagined Harm and I would actually manage to work things out and begin a relationship. I really thought we'd tangled things to the point that all we could do was tie it in knots.

Harm should be here any minute to pick me for the party. I'm really glad he proposed last night because I found out this morning that I'm pregnant. I now Harm loves me but if he'd proposed after I told him about the baby I'd have always wondered if he proposed out of love or duty. Now I'll never have to wonder. I can't wait to see the look on Harm's face when he opens the baby booties on Christmas Eve.

Knock, Knock

Harm's here and he's even 10 minutes early. It's really funny but Harm's rarely late anymore. I really think his mind had been trying to rebel against the Navy for years and that's why he had such a hard time getting anywhere on schedule.

"Ready to go Marine?"

"Lead on Flyboy."

The End

To Liberty Bell: Here's hoping that we're both wrong and you dad does actually grow up at some point in time.