Title: Gold Wings and Dress Whites
Author: Anaika Skywalker
Author's Email: lindsay30@austarnet.com.au
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own JAG; I just like to spread my wings occasionally.
Author's note: Thank you to everyone who had reviewed, I was going to stop at this chapter and write a sequel, but now after having a break from it for a while I've decide to just keep going. So there is another chapter coming after this one. So don't stop those reviews.
Winjan: Thanks for the great review. Sorry no more surprise for now, perhaps in future chapters. So stay tuned.
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Gold Winds and Dress WhitesChapter Twelve: Conclusions
The Wall
Christmas Eve
11:30 Zulu
It wasn't unusual to find Harmon Rabb, Jr. at the wall on Christmas Eve; it was unusual to have someone with him. Or two someone's as it was on this cold, snowy night. But here he was with a woman also in Naval uniform and a teenager, all three in heavy coats.
Jenny Lake watched them from a distance, twelve months ago she'd stood near the wall and recalled her meeting with Harmon Rabb, Sr. to his son.
Sighing Jenny smiled and turned to leave, she didn't want to intrude.
Harm looked back and saw her. "Miss Lake, Jenny?"
She stopped and turned, seeing this warm smile. Returning it she walked over to them. "Hello Harm,"
"It's nice to see you again," he greeted, and then took his wife's gloved hand in his. "This is my wife Sera and my son Corey,"
Jenny was surprised to say the least. "Congratulations, last time we spoke you were spending Christmas alone,"
"Only because Sera was at sea that Christmas," he admitted with that flyboy smile of his.
"Dad spent some of it with me," Corey informed, happily.
Jenny couldn't help but grin. "You also never told me you had a son, Harm. Nor that he was handsome like his dad,"
"I only found out myself recently, you could say I got a few early Christmas presents this year."
"Harm told me how you were on the Ticonderoga the Christmas Eve his dad was shot down," Sera announced.
Jenny nodded. "I was with the USO tour, I kept going back each year until our boys came home, one way or another,"
"I know Ma'am, you did a show on the USS Enterprise Christmas Eve 1970. You signed my father's flight jacket,"
She thought back. "Your father wouldn't have been Lieutenant Ryan 'Bulldog'Mitchell by any chance?"
"Yes Ma'am," Sera said amazed Jenny Lake remembered.
"How is he?"
"He's a Rear Admiral now Ma'am, with the President's ear and a second wife,"
"Well I'm glad he's still here with us,"
"As am I, Ma'am," Sera agreed whole-heartedly.
"Well I have to go, I'm visiting my grandchildren," Jenny said cheerfully. "Have a Merry Christmas,"
"Merry Christmas," each bided before she left.
Harm turned back to the Wall, he touched his father's name with his gloved fingers. "Merry Christmas Dad," he whispered. "Look after Sera for me while she's at sea,"
Corey moved closer to his father. "We'll be fine Dad and so will Mum,"
"I know Corey,"
Sera smiled. "Come on guys it's cold, lets go home and get warm,"
"Good idea Lieutenant Commander Rabb," Harm said smiling.
"I thought so Commander Rabb," she said laughing, grinning. Then heard her son groan. "Groaning is not expectable Mr. Rabb,"
"Sorry Ma'am," he said coming to attention.
Harm laughed. "At ease Mr. Rabb, lets move out,"
"Aye sir," he smirked, happily going with his parents. This Christmas they were together. They were a family and that was all that mattered.
Day is Done, Gone the Sun,
From the Sea, From the Hills,
From the Sky, all is well.
Safely rest, God is nigh.
The end. (For now.)
Author's Extra Note: Thanks for reading and I hope you review and let me know what you think. A.S (The above Taps, is from what I remember when I was a Girl Guide, I just thought it fitted here)