"Come with me, there is something I want to show you." Harm said after he
has shown her the basics of the farm. "It's walk away."
"I've got all day." Mac said with a smile.
"Good, but it's not going to take that long." After a few minutes they hit the edge of a gently babbling brook. "We just have to cross here." He indicated the stepping-stones. "Be careful they're slippy." He held out his hand to help as he stepped onto the second stone.
"Harm, I'm a Marine I can handle a few little stepping stones thank you."
"Okay." He turned when he reached the centre stone. "This one is tricky. Give me your hand."
"I'm fine Harm." She batted his hand away sending him toppling into the foot deep water. Mac couldn't help but crack up with laughter. "What happened to your sea legs Rabb?" She managed.
"It's not funny Mac."
"I beg to differ Harm but it's extremely funny." She said watching him still sat in the water. "Are you okay?"
"Apart from being soaking wet, I'm fine."
"Here let me help you." She braced her feet firmly on the stepping-stone and held out her hand to help him up. Harm took her hand but instead of allowing her to help him up he gave it a quick tough making her land with a splash in lap. "Harmon Rabb Jr. You idiot." She yelled at him.
"Hey it's not my fault you weren't balanced enough to help me up." He protested.
"You're an annoying lug." She got to her feet and splashed water in his face before walking back through the water to the bank from which they had just come.
"Mac where are you going?" Harm asked as he got to his feet.
"Back to the farm to dry off." She called over her shoulder.
~ ~ ~
"Sarah what happened?" Grams exclaimed as Mac came through the door dripping on the floor.
"Your grandson fell in the brook and when I tried to help him out he decided I needed a swim too." Mac explained. "I'm going to take a shower and warm up."
"You do that and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa to warm you up."
"Thank you. Sorry about dripping on your floor." Mac said.
"It's it'll dry." Grams replied reassuringly as Mac made her way up the stairs.
"Mac." Harm called as he entered the house.
"She's in the shower." She reached up and cuffed him around the back of the head.
"Ow, what was that for?" Harm asked as he rubbed the back of the head.
"Pulling Sarah into the water. That's not a nice thing to do Harmon."
"I ended up in the water first." He protested.
"I don't care. It's still not a nice thing to do to your best friend. Now get up them stairs and get dried off before you catch pneumonia then when you're dry you can apologise to Sarah."
"Yes ma'am." Harm said as he hung his head.
~
When Harm back downstairs Mac was curled up in a chair in front of the fire with a large mug of cocoa.
"Hey Mac." He said not knowing what to say.
"Harm." She said before taking another sip.
"Look I'm sorry I pulled you into the brook. It was very childish."
"Yeah it was but your forgiven if you promise not to do it again."
"I promise."
"Good and I'm sorry I accidentally made you topple into the water. It must have brought back some bad memories." Mac said thinking about his crash into the ocean, which had stopped her wedding to Mic.
"I hadn't actually thought about it." He admitted.
"Sorry." She mumbled. "How about if we just forget all about it?"
"Sure." Harm agreed.
"Grams made you some cocoa too. I think she left it on the table when she kicked me out so she could finish making lunch. And maybe you can show me what you wanted to show me later?"
"I'll be back in a minute." He said as he went off to get the mug of warm liquid.
TBC
"I've got all day." Mac said with a smile.
"Good, but it's not going to take that long." After a few minutes they hit the edge of a gently babbling brook. "We just have to cross here." He indicated the stepping-stones. "Be careful they're slippy." He held out his hand to help as he stepped onto the second stone.
"Harm, I'm a Marine I can handle a few little stepping stones thank you."
"Okay." He turned when he reached the centre stone. "This one is tricky. Give me your hand."
"I'm fine Harm." She batted his hand away sending him toppling into the foot deep water. Mac couldn't help but crack up with laughter. "What happened to your sea legs Rabb?" She managed.
"It's not funny Mac."
"I beg to differ Harm but it's extremely funny." She said watching him still sat in the water. "Are you okay?"
"Apart from being soaking wet, I'm fine."
"Here let me help you." She braced her feet firmly on the stepping-stone and held out her hand to help him up. Harm took her hand but instead of allowing her to help him up he gave it a quick tough making her land with a splash in lap. "Harmon Rabb Jr. You idiot." She yelled at him.
"Hey it's not my fault you weren't balanced enough to help me up." He protested.
"You're an annoying lug." She got to her feet and splashed water in his face before walking back through the water to the bank from which they had just come.
"Mac where are you going?" Harm asked as he got to his feet.
"Back to the farm to dry off." She called over her shoulder.
~ ~ ~
"Sarah what happened?" Grams exclaimed as Mac came through the door dripping on the floor.
"Your grandson fell in the brook and when I tried to help him out he decided I needed a swim too." Mac explained. "I'm going to take a shower and warm up."
"You do that and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa to warm you up."
"Thank you. Sorry about dripping on your floor." Mac said.
"It's it'll dry." Grams replied reassuringly as Mac made her way up the stairs.
"Mac." Harm called as he entered the house.
"She's in the shower." She reached up and cuffed him around the back of the head.
"Ow, what was that for?" Harm asked as he rubbed the back of the head.
"Pulling Sarah into the water. That's not a nice thing to do Harmon."
"I ended up in the water first." He protested.
"I don't care. It's still not a nice thing to do to your best friend. Now get up them stairs and get dried off before you catch pneumonia then when you're dry you can apologise to Sarah."
"Yes ma'am." Harm said as he hung his head.
~
When Harm back downstairs Mac was curled up in a chair in front of the fire with a large mug of cocoa.
"Hey Mac." He said not knowing what to say.
"Harm." She said before taking another sip.
"Look I'm sorry I pulled you into the brook. It was very childish."
"Yeah it was but your forgiven if you promise not to do it again."
"I promise."
"Good and I'm sorry I accidentally made you topple into the water. It must have brought back some bad memories." Mac said thinking about his crash into the ocean, which had stopped her wedding to Mic.
"I hadn't actually thought about it." He admitted.
"Sorry." She mumbled. "How about if we just forget all about it?"
"Sure." Harm agreed.
"Grams made you some cocoa too. I think she left it on the table when she kicked me out so she could finish making lunch. And maybe you can show me what you wanted to show me later?"
"I'll be back in a minute." He said as he went off to get the mug of warm liquid.
TBC