A/N: Chapter 83 has been uploaded as the chapter it was supposed to be.
"Are you sure it's okay for us to spend Thanksgiving with you?" Harriet asked as they sat down to lunch. "I mean it will be your first together with Jenny."
"Harriet, holidays are supposed to be spent with people you love, friends and family. You, Bud and little AJ fall in to both categories, along with Sturgis, the Admiral and even Tiner. Honestly we want you to spend the holidays with us."
"If you're sure." Harriet said with a smile. "How are the wedding plans coming?"
"We're getting there." Mac pulled out a list. "Flowers are all arranged except my bouquet because beyond roses I can't decide what I want. Besides which I'm not tossing it anywhere, we're giving it to Harm Sr. I've got the dresses organised, the caterers are booked, we picked hymns. We've arranged blood tests for the license on Saturday. Basically we've just got to pick rings and find Jenny a christening outfit."
"I'm sure Trish or Mrs Rabb would have the Commander's. If not you're more than welcome to borrow AJ's."
"Thank you Harriet that would be great." Mac said grinning with the thought. "That seems like an eternity away."
"I know they grow up so fast. You have to cherish every moment while you still can."
"I know what you mean."
Thanksgiving Rabb Farm 1848
"Dear Lord, we thank you for allowing friends and family to join together for the holiday. We are grateful for the changes that have been made to our lives in the past year. We thank you for the food we are about to receive. Amen." Grandma Sarah finished. "Now we'll go round the table and say what we're thankful for. I'll start." She paused. "I'm thankful that my grandson, my soon to be granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughter could join us along with their friends and family." She squeezed Trish's hand. "Now you Harmon."
"I'm grateful for Mac and Jenny for giving me something I thought I would never have." He kissed the back of Mac's hand. "I'm also grateful that I can spend this holiday with all the people I love." They continued round the table saying what they were grateful for.
"Frank, would you carve the Turkey?" Grandma Sarah asked.
"While you do that I need to steal Mac outside for a few minutes." Mac shot him a quizzical look.
"Why?" She asked.
"You'll see." He took her hand and helped her up. "Grab your coat." Mac was confused but did as he asked. "I remembered a conversation we had that would have gotten us here a lot faster." He said once they were outside. "If I'd had the courage to say what I felt, so I thought I could rectify the situation."
"Okay." Mac said uncertain as to what he was talking about.
"Close your eyes and don't open them until I tell you to."
"Harm." She said as she followed his instructions. He took her hands.
"Trust me Mac." She nodded and let him lead her across the yard and shuffled her into place. "Stay where you are and I'll be back in a minute." He placed a kiss on the end of her nose.
"I'll be waiting." She murmured. A minute later he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
"Open them." He whispered in her ear. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at the side of the barn when tiny flickering fairy lights spelled out the word 'ETERNITY'.
"How . . . When . . . ?"
"You know they wrote eternity on the bridge for the Millennium." He whispered. Mac turned around in his arms.
"Is that how long we are going to have to wait?" She asked.
"No that's how long I'm going to love you and how long we're going to be together."
"Good answer sailor. So you finally ready to let go?"
"You bet I am." He kissed her nose.
"You're only this way with me aren't you?" She asked.
"Only with you Sarah, only with you. I love you Mac."
"I love you too Sailor and thank you. This is better than Sydney any day." She pressed her lips to his and he tightened his grip around her waste.
"So what do you say you marry me in a month?" Mac looked like she was pondering the point. "Mac?"
"I think that could be arranged." She said with a smile and kissed him again. "As much as I love this." She said as she got her breath back. "Hungry Marine here."
"Then I'd better feed you." He kissed her before looping his arm over her shoulder to walk her in.
"You might want to switch the lights off. You don't want to start a fire." Mac pointed out.
"Stay right here." He kissed her before running off to the barn to switch off the lights. "Let's go in."
"You're finally back." Trish said. "Nice surprise Sarah?" She asked.
"Just a promise of an eternity." She replied with a smile. "Let's eat I'm starving."
"Can't have a starving Marine can we?" Grandma Sarah added. "Frank, pass Sarah some turkey and trimmings."
"Thank you." She said sitting down in her chair.
A/N: I read the script for that scene and I knew it just had to end better so here's my version in with all the fun. Plus since I'm English I never celebrated Thanksgiving so I guess if anything is wrong you'll just have to forgive me.
"Are you sure it's okay for us to spend Thanksgiving with you?" Harriet asked as they sat down to lunch. "I mean it will be your first together with Jenny."
"Harriet, holidays are supposed to be spent with people you love, friends and family. You, Bud and little AJ fall in to both categories, along with Sturgis, the Admiral and even Tiner. Honestly we want you to spend the holidays with us."
"If you're sure." Harriet said with a smile. "How are the wedding plans coming?"
"We're getting there." Mac pulled out a list. "Flowers are all arranged except my bouquet because beyond roses I can't decide what I want. Besides which I'm not tossing it anywhere, we're giving it to Harm Sr. I've got the dresses organised, the caterers are booked, we picked hymns. We've arranged blood tests for the license on Saturday. Basically we've just got to pick rings and find Jenny a christening outfit."
"I'm sure Trish or Mrs Rabb would have the Commander's. If not you're more than welcome to borrow AJ's."
"Thank you Harriet that would be great." Mac said grinning with the thought. "That seems like an eternity away."
"I know they grow up so fast. You have to cherish every moment while you still can."
"I know what you mean."
Thanksgiving Rabb Farm 1848
"Dear Lord, we thank you for allowing friends and family to join together for the holiday. We are grateful for the changes that have been made to our lives in the past year. We thank you for the food we are about to receive. Amen." Grandma Sarah finished. "Now we'll go round the table and say what we're thankful for. I'll start." She paused. "I'm thankful that my grandson, my soon to be granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughter could join us along with their friends and family." She squeezed Trish's hand. "Now you Harmon."
"I'm grateful for Mac and Jenny for giving me something I thought I would never have." He kissed the back of Mac's hand. "I'm also grateful that I can spend this holiday with all the people I love." They continued round the table saying what they were grateful for.
"Frank, would you carve the Turkey?" Grandma Sarah asked.
"While you do that I need to steal Mac outside for a few minutes." Mac shot him a quizzical look.
"Why?" She asked.
"You'll see." He took her hand and helped her up. "Grab your coat." Mac was confused but did as he asked. "I remembered a conversation we had that would have gotten us here a lot faster." He said once they were outside. "If I'd had the courage to say what I felt, so I thought I could rectify the situation."
"Okay." Mac said uncertain as to what he was talking about.
"Close your eyes and don't open them until I tell you to."
"Harm." She said as she followed his instructions. He took her hands.
"Trust me Mac." She nodded and let him lead her across the yard and shuffled her into place. "Stay where you are and I'll be back in a minute." He placed a kiss on the end of her nose.
"I'll be waiting." She murmured. A minute later he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
"Open them." He whispered in her ear. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at the side of the barn when tiny flickering fairy lights spelled out the word 'ETERNITY'.
"How . . . When . . . ?"
"You know they wrote eternity on the bridge for the Millennium." He whispered. Mac turned around in his arms.
"Is that how long we are going to have to wait?" She asked.
"No that's how long I'm going to love you and how long we're going to be together."
"Good answer sailor. So you finally ready to let go?"
"You bet I am." He kissed her nose.
"You're only this way with me aren't you?" She asked.
"Only with you Sarah, only with you. I love you Mac."
"I love you too Sailor and thank you. This is better than Sydney any day." She pressed her lips to his and he tightened his grip around her waste.
"So what do you say you marry me in a month?" Mac looked like she was pondering the point. "Mac?"
"I think that could be arranged." She said with a smile and kissed him again. "As much as I love this." She said as she got her breath back. "Hungry Marine here."
"Then I'd better feed you." He kissed her before looping his arm over her shoulder to walk her in.
"You might want to switch the lights off. You don't want to start a fire." Mac pointed out.
"Stay right here." He kissed her before running off to the barn to switch off the lights. "Let's go in."
"You're finally back." Trish said. "Nice surprise Sarah?" She asked.
"Just a promise of an eternity." She replied with a smile. "Let's eat I'm starving."
"Can't have a starving Marine can we?" Grandma Sarah added. "Frank, pass Sarah some turkey and trimmings."
"Thank you." She said sitting down in her chair.
A/N: I read the script for that scene and I knew it just had to end better so here's my version in with all the fun. Plus since I'm English I never celebrated Thanksgiving so I guess if anything is wrong you'll just have to forgive me.