Title : Where The Sea Meets The Sky
Author : Jaggie 107
Disclaimer : JAG characters belong to DPB, CBS and Paramount. 'Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye' belongs to PAX TV - and I hope all parties will allow me to have fun for a little while, and replace them all when I'm done. Thank you. (Here's the disclaimer for NCIS, as above...I'll leave it in for the rest of the story; makes life easier when I need to 'borrow' Gibbs and his team!)
Rating : G to PG-13
Thanks go to cbw, jtbwriter, beegirl, katydid13, ninjaturtle, capriceann, starryeyes10, kirsten, soonerfan, another tracy, tomcat-all, lori4, carol, eliv.thade, alicia5, fragmentpieces, kesh, claysmvl, chicmns, skyefire, tammy-jet, abigaile, kjflygirl87, anna7, nikki, jbird7986, angelab, pineapplehead, rosa, manda, rinkrat, bard2003, laura carr, tj, sahc, kstorm, arian04, deb, lisa brown, smithknk, cmaf, cj, manda may, dd2, firedevil, youngest knight, soleil2, guitarvixen, anaika skywalker, soprano, winjan, sohard2c, amy, fiona and jackia for their reviews. As before, any reviewers I miss between posts will be added to the list for the next chapter!
Replies to previous chapter reviews :
kjflygirl87 True, all good things do come to an end, but as one door closes another opens! It's just going to take some time to open it, so please bear with me, and there will be more! Thanks so much for your support, and please keep reading!
fiona Hello and welcome to the story! I've replied to you via email, re STFBEye and for your support and review, so just to say 'thanks' again, and please keep reading! More to come!
jbird7986 Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
nikki Ask, and you shall receive! :o) More to come soon, when I get the ideas in order! Thanks for your support, and please keep reading!
skyefire I've been checking old reruns for the info on the Roberts' house, so I'll post it when I find it, if I don't get it from someone out there first! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
cbw Every story should have an epilog, and mine is no exception... besides, it's given me ideas for the next instalment in my proposed 'trilogy'! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
abigaile So glad you caught up on the chapters - so here is the last, the epilog! Hope you like it! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading! More to follow!
jackia Hello and welcome to the story! Thank you for your support, and please keep reading as there will be a third instalment!!! (Sometime! Soon! I hope!) :o)
guitarvixen Ha, ha! I'm glad the 'Tom' thing worked...I wasn't sure, but the idea came, so I went with it! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
manda may Not quite a chapter - it's the epilog - the end - kaput! At least for this instalment, next up - the final instalment in what has become my 'trilogy!' (I wonder if I can top 60 chapters! Ha, ha!) Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
arian04 I'm with you on the 'Rosslyn' thing - I remember it being 'Rosslyn' when it was Jen being helped by Harm. If I do find out, or someone lets me know, I'll post it somewhere and let you know! This is the last chapter - epilog - in this story, which has turned into the second part of a trilogy, so there is more to come! I just need to get the ideas in order, and into a file. In the meantime, thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
jtbwriter Hiya! I'm glad you enjoyed the update. Not quite 'hasta la vista', either! One more to review! For now, at least. There are plans afoot for the third instalment in what has now become my first 'trilogy' - I'm aiming for more chapters!!! Ha, ha! Seriously, I'll take it as far as I think feels right - whether I hit, or pass, 60 chapters or not! So, onto reading the blessing! I hope you like it! Thank you so much for your support throughout, as always! Re the job front, I'm in agreement, if you have to pay up front with no guarantees, no go!!! Thinking of you! BTW, I'm off on my travels to visit my hubby in Saudi again, but I'll have access to the net, so I'll have time on my hands to put part three together, and to post it too! (At least, that's the plan!) Watch this space! :o)
anna7 Hope your computer is up and running again - or is this thru a spare/a friend's/a cyber-cafe??? Thank you so much for your support throughout this story, and please keep reading - there's more to come!
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Epilog
BURNETT RESIDENCE
LA JOLLA
CALIFORNIA
THE BLESSING
It was a simple ceremony, in the garden overlooking the beach, with their family and close friends. While it had been a blessing service, it was like marrying for the first time. Although Harm and Mac had been officially married in Las Vegas, and it had been a happy occasion, it had also served a purpose at that time. This, therefore, was the time they considered to be real, with the people they loved and cared for wishing them well. Mac had been asked if she would rather wait for a ceremony after she had given birth, but she had shaken her head.
"Nope. We both want this to happen now. I feel absolutely wonderful, and Harm tells me I am gorgeous, no matter what my size, so..."
Therefore, the ceremony had been conducted, the cake had been cut.
Following the ceremony, Mac had learned that another jet was on standby to take both she and Harm to the Bahamas, and the private villa owned by Trish and Frank. At the expression in Mac's eyes, though, Harm had taken her to one side and wiped the tears from her face.
"What's going on in there, Sarah?" he asked, looking at her, into her, and Mac knew that she would never be able to hide anything from Harm - he really did see into her soul, even if he didn't always understand what he saw there.
"I would love to go to the Bahamas, Harm, but not right now. Travelling here was long enough, for the pregnancy. I don't want to risk anything more than that. Would your Mom be really upset if we found a hotel here?"
"No, of course not!" Harm smiled at Mac, dropping a kiss on her forehead, and as Trish looked over she saw something in Mac's expression that drew her to the pair of them.
"You don't want to fly any further than necessary, do you, Mac?"
"It's a wonderful gesture, Trish, but no...I don't want to risk the pregnancy right now," Mac confessed, tears welling up.
"Oh, please don't upset yourself! It'll keep! In fact, why don't you and Harm stay here, and Frank can take me on an impromptu holiday. Say, a week? That's how long AJ gave you for the honeymoon, wasn't it?"
Harm nodded, loving the idea, and as he looked from his wife to his mother, Mac smiled too.
"I'd love to take the trip to the Bahamas when I'm back to bikini size. Harm's spoken about spending his time in the Bahamas, and he made it sound so wonderful." Mac declined to add that Harm had also told her about the time in Australia when he had driven Mic Brumby's Land Rover the wrong way around a roundabout, and then parked it up on the 'wrong side' with perfect precision, before informing Brumby, and Bud, that he had learned to drive in the Bahamas. When Bud pointed out that traffic there drove on the left, same as in Sydney, the Australian had swore, knowing he'd been had by the American naval officer - again!
"Then it's settled. The pair of you stay here, and we'll shoo everyone back to the airport and go our separate ways. By the way, Mac, tell me more about the delightful young woman you threw your bouquet to...I saw you make sure she caught it!"
Mac smiled at Trish, and with Harm's arms around her waist as she spoke, she told the older woman about Sue, and her engagement to Jack. Trish's face lit up at the story, and Harm groaned, causing both Mac and Trish to look at him.
"What?" The two women asked at the same time, and Harm rolled his eyes.
"I need to warn Jack. Having Harriet on his case is one thing, but a pregnant Marine and a grandmother-to-be is going to be too much for the poor guy!"
Mac and Trish laughed out loud, and Harm caught Jack's eye as he stood with an arm around Sue as they were talking with Frank. The trio came over to join Harm, Mac and Trish. Frank spoke first.
"Don't tell me; Trish is matchmaking again?"
"In this case, the matchmaking is already done, dear. As Jack and Sue are already engaged, I can't be accused of having anything to do with that!" Trish defended herself, and Frank smiled benevolently.
"When it comes to you, darling, it's a moot point."
"Hah," Trish waved off the affectionate comment, and smiled at her husband. "Sue caught Mac's bouquet - tradition states that the one who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry!"
Sue looked at the bouquet in her hand, and then grinned at Mac.
"You are devious, Mrs Rabb."
"What can I say? My hormones are in romantic overdrive!"
"Thank you," Sue murmured, signing at the same time. Jack watched as Trish followed Sue's gesture, and he grinned at her expression.
"You don't always sign when you speak, Sue?" Trish asked, curious.
"No, it isn't always needed. Just when I want to emphasize something, or if I'm talking with another deaf person, or one who is hard of hearing. Jack signs to practice. He's practically a pro these days. Even Levi understands him!"
At that comment Mac and Harm laughed, and Jack smiled. Frank and Trish were intrigued, of course.
"Who is Levi?"
"My service dog; he's staying back in DC with my roommate, Lucy," Sue explained, and Jack added that Levi worked for Sue in much the same way as a dog worked with a blind person.
"That sounds fascinating! Why didn't you bring him, dear?"
"I didn't think it was the right thing to do, and I really don't know how he would be on an aircraft. He's a little nervous of strange noises and I don't like having to sedate him."
"What sort of things does he do for you?" Trish was just getting into her stride, and both Harm and Frank nodded mutually.
"Mom," Harm spoke up. "As much as I know Sue would love to fill you in on her abilities, and Levi's, it's time you left us 'honeymooners' alone."
"I...oh, of course! Darling, forgive me," Trish kissed Mac on either cheek, and gave her a warm hug. "You and I are going to have a long talk about my grandchildren when I get back. Thank you, Mac, for loving my son."
"Thank you, Trish, for giving me the chance to know and love such a wonderful man. I know Harm Senior will always be the man who helped create Harm, but it is Frank who helped make him the man we both love."
"Bless you for saying that, Mac, and you are right. It's taken a long time, but I think even Harm would admit that now."
"He does, Trish. Your husband is a very special man."
"Yes, he is, isn't he?" Trish acknowledged, and smiled through a few more tears, before Frank passed her a kleenex from his pocket. Trish laughed then, and looked around the small group, and beyond to the rest of their guests.
"You are our family now, Mac, but you bring with you both a wonderful family. It's our pleasure to accept them all into our lives too."
"Thanks, Mom." Harm and Mac spoke together, and smiled at each other before hugging Frank and Trish.
BURNETT RESIDENCE
LA JOLLA
CALIFORNIA
THE HONEYMOON
They had spent much of their first day alone in the house, and on the deck, but Harm had brought Mac down to the shore to watch as the sun started to set, and to point out that even on shore, there was still the same blurry line on the horizon, where the sea met the sky.
"So, Mrs Rabb, what 'else' would you like to do on your honeymoon?" Harm asked as they sat on the beach below his parents' La Jolla seafront home. Mac sat between his spread legs, leaning back against his muscled chest, feeling relaxed, loved, and very, very sated. Lifting her left hand up, she studied the rings on her third finger and smiled, turning her face up to Harm's for another kiss.
"I would like my husband to feed me, please. Hungry marine, eating for three!"
"Don't remind me!" Harm groaned good-naturedly, and then leaned down to kiss Mac. As always, it quickly grew heated, and from her current position Mac managed to turn herself around so that she was facing Harm, her thighs across his, and the bulge of her pregnancy between them.
"Ow!" Mac pulled back from another of the mind-blowing kisses her husband was so 'good' at, and Harm looked worriedly at her.
"Mac?" he questioned, unsure. However, at the sudden radiant smile on her face his look turned to one of puzzlement. "Sarah, sweetheart, what...?"
"They moved! Feel!" Mac pulled Harm's hand across her abdomen and he too felt the sudden push against his hand through Mac's sun-warmed skin. They looked at each other then, ocean into chocolate, deep into each other's very souls.
No further words were necessary...
THE END (for now?)
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A/N :
I may have rushed the babies kicking, so put it down to wrong dates / the right time for the story... yada, yada, yada... and writer's privilege!
Well, this is it folks, the end of the story - so, with my deepest thanks to you all for your reading and reviewing, and being my inspiration along the way. I'm working on continuing - making it a trilogy...but I'm going to need some time to get a story together, using the characters, so please bear with me. In the meantime, I'm going to be reading and reviewing some of your work, so watch out for my name on your review lists!
Catch you all later!
Jaggie
Author : Jaggie 107
Disclaimer : JAG characters belong to DPB, CBS and Paramount. 'Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye' belongs to PAX TV - and I hope all parties will allow me to have fun for a little while, and replace them all when I'm done. Thank you. (Here's the disclaimer for NCIS, as above...I'll leave it in for the rest of the story; makes life easier when I need to 'borrow' Gibbs and his team!)
Rating : G to PG-13
Thanks go to cbw, jtbwriter, beegirl, katydid13, ninjaturtle, capriceann, starryeyes10, kirsten, soonerfan, another tracy, tomcat-all, lori4, carol, eliv.thade, alicia5, fragmentpieces, kesh, claysmvl, chicmns, skyefire, tammy-jet, abigaile, kjflygirl87, anna7, nikki, jbird7986, angelab, pineapplehead, rosa, manda, rinkrat, bard2003, laura carr, tj, sahc, kstorm, arian04, deb, lisa brown, smithknk, cmaf, cj, manda may, dd2, firedevil, youngest knight, soleil2, guitarvixen, anaika skywalker, soprano, winjan, sohard2c, amy, fiona and jackia for their reviews. As before, any reviewers I miss between posts will be added to the list for the next chapter!
Replies to previous chapter reviews :
kjflygirl87 True, all good things do come to an end, but as one door closes another opens! It's just going to take some time to open it, so please bear with me, and there will be more! Thanks so much for your support, and please keep reading!
fiona Hello and welcome to the story! I've replied to you via email, re STFBEye and for your support and review, so just to say 'thanks' again, and please keep reading! More to come!
jbird7986 Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
nikki Ask, and you shall receive! :o) More to come soon, when I get the ideas in order! Thanks for your support, and please keep reading!
skyefire I've been checking old reruns for the info on the Roberts' house, so I'll post it when I find it, if I don't get it from someone out there first! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
cbw Every story should have an epilog, and mine is no exception... besides, it's given me ideas for the next instalment in my proposed 'trilogy'! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
abigaile So glad you caught up on the chapters - so here is the last, the epilog! Hope you like it! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading! More to follow!
jackia Hello and welcome to the story! Thank you for your support, and please keep reading as there will be a third instalment!!! (Sometime! Soon! I hope!) :o)
guitarvixen Ha, ha! I'm glad the 'Tom' thing worked...I wasn't sure, but the idea came, so I went with it! Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
manda may Not quite a chapter - it's the epilog - the end - kaput! At least for this instalment, next up - the final instalment in what has become my 'trilogy!' (I wonder if I can top 60 chapters! Ha, ha!) Thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
arian04 I'm with you on the 'Rosslyn' thing - I remember it being 'Rosslyn' when it was Jen being helped by Harm. If I do find out, or someone lets me know, I'll post it somewhere and let you know! This is the last chapter - epilog - in this story, which has turned into the second part of a trilogy, so there is more to come! I just need to get the ideas in order, and into a file. In the meantime, thank you so much for your support, and please keep reading!
jtbwriter Hiya! I'm glad you enjoyed the update. Not quite 'hasta la vista', either! One more to review! For now, at least. There are plans afoot for the third instalment in what has now become my first 'trilogy' - I'm aiming for more chapters!!! Ha, ha! Seriously, I'll take it as far as I think feels right - whether I hit, or pass, 60 chapters or not! So, onto reading the blessing! I hope you like it! Thank you so much for your support throughout, as always! Re the job front, I'm in agreement, if you have to pay up front with no guarantees, no go!!! Thinking of you! BTW, I'm off on my travels to visit my hubby in Saudi again, but I'll have access to the net, so I'll have time on my hands to put part three together, and to post it too! (At least, that's the plan!) Watch this space! :o)
anna7 Hope your computer is up and running again - or is this thru a spare/a friend's/a cyber-cafe??? Thank you so much for your support throughout this story, and please keep reading - there's more to come!
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Epilog
BURNETT RESIDENCE
LA JOLLA
CALIFORNIA
THE BLESSING
It was a simple ceremony, in the garden overlooking the beach, with their family and close friends. While it had been a blessing service, it was like marrying for the first time. Although Harm and Mac had been officially married in Las Vegas, and it had been a happy occasion, it had also served a purpose at that time. This, therefore, was the time they considered to be real, with the people they loved and cared for wishing them well. Mac had been asked if she would rather wait for a ceremony after she had given birth, but she had shaken her head.
"Nope. We both want this to happen now. I feel absolutely wonderful, and Harm tells me I am gorgeous, no matter what my size, so..."
Therefore, the ceremony had been conducted, the cake had been cut.
Following the ceremony, Mac had learned that another jet was on standby to take both she and Harm to the Bahamas, and the private villa owned by Trish and Frank. At the expression in Mac's eyes, though, Harm had taken her to one side and wiped the tears from her face.
"What's going on in there, Sarah?" he asked, looking at her, into her, and Mac knew that she would never be able to hide anything from Harm - he really did see into her soul, even if he didn't always understand what he saw there.
"I would love to go to the Bahamas, Harm, but not right now. Travelling here was long enough, for the pregnancy. I don't want to risk anything more than that. Would your Mom be really upset if we found a hotel here?"
"No, of course not!" Harm smiled at Mac, dropping a kiss on her forehead, and as Trish looked over she saw something in Mac's expression that drew her to the pair of them.
"You don't want to fly any further than necessary, do you, Mac?"
"It's a wonderful gesture, Trish, but no...I don't want to risk the pregnancy right now," Mac confessed, tears welling up.
"Oh, please don't upset yourself! It'll keep! In fact, why don't you and Harm stay here, and Frank can take me on an impromptu holiday. Say, a week? That's how long AJ gave you for the honeymoon, wasn't it?"
Harm nodded, loving the idea, and as he looked from his wife to his mother, Mac smiled too.
"I'd love to take the trip to the Bahamas when I'm back to bikini size. Harm's spoken about spending his time in the Bahamas, and he made it sound so wonderful." Mac declined to add that Harm had also told her about the time in Australia when he had driven Mic Brumby's Land Rover the wrong way around a roundabout, and then parked it up on the 'wrong side' with perfect precision, before informing Brumby, and Bud, that he had learned to drive in the Bahamas. When Bud pointed out that traffic there drove on the left, same as in Sydney, the Australian had swore, knowing he'd been had by the American naval officer - again!
"Then it's settled. The pair of you stay here, and we'll shoo everyone back to the airport and go our separate ways. By the way, Mac, tell me more about the delightful young woman you threw your bouquet to...I saw you make sure she caught it!"
Mac smiled at Trish, and with Harm's arms around her waist as she spoke, she told the older woman about Sue, and her engagement to Jack. Trish's face lit up at the story, and Harm groaned, causing both Mac and Trish to look at him.
"What?" The two women asked at the same time, and Harm rolled his eyes.
"I need to warn Jack. Having Harriet on his case is one thing, but a pregnant Marine and a grandmother-to-be is going to be too much for the poor guy!"
Mac and Trish laughed out loud, and Harm caught Jack's eye as he stood with an arm around Sue as they were talking with Frank. The trio came over to join Harm, Mac and Trish. Frank spoke first.
"Don't tell me; Trish is matchmaking again?"
"In this case, the matchmaking is already done, dear. As Jack and Sue are already engaged, I can't be accused of having anything to do with that!" Trish defended herself, and Frank smiled benevolently.
"When it comes to you, darling, it's a moot point."
"Hah," Trish waved off the affectionate comment, and smiled at her husband. "Sue caught Mac's bouquet - tradition states that the one who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry!"
Sue looked at the bouquet in her hand, and then grinned at Mac.
"You are devious, Mrs Rabb."
"What can I say? My hormones are in romantic overdrive!"
"Thank you," Sue murmured, signing at the same time. Jack watched as Trish followed Sue's gesture, and he grinned at her expression.
"You don't always sign when you speak, Sue?" Trish asked, curious.
"No, it isn't always needed. Just when I want to emphasize something, or if I'm talking with another deaf person, or one who is hard of hearing. Jack signs to practice. He's practically a pro these days. Even Levi understands him!"
At that comment Mac and Harm laughed, and Jack smiled. Frank and Trish were intrigued, of course.
"Who is Levi?"
"My service dog; he's staying back in DC with my roommate, Lucy," Sue explained, and Jack added that Levi worked for Sue in much the same way as a dog worked with a blind person.
"That sounds fascinating! Why didn't you bring him, dear?"
"I didn't think it was the right thing to do, and I really don't know how he would be on an aircraft. He's a little nervous of strange noises and I don't like having to sedate him."
"What sort of things does he do for you?" Trish was just getting into her stride, and both Harm and Frank nodded mutually.
"Mom," Harm spoke up. "As much as I know Sue would love to fill you in on her abilities, and Levi's, it's time you left us 'honeymooners' alone."
"I...oh, of course! Darling, forgive me," Trish kissed Mac on either cheek, and gave her a warm hug. "You and I are going to have a long talk about my grandchildren when I get back. Thank you, Mac, for loving my son."
"Thank you, Trish, for giving me the chance to know and love such a wonderful man. I know Harm Senior will always be the man who helped create Harm, but it is Frank who helped make him the man we both love."
"Bless you for saying that, Mac, and you are right. It's taken a long time, but I think even Harm would admit that now."
"He does, Trish. Your husband is a very special man."
"Yes, he is, isn't he?" Trish acknowledged, and smiled through a few more tears, before Frank passed her a kleenex from his pocket. Trish laughed then, and looked around the small group, and beyond to the rest of their guests.
"You are our family now, Mac, but you bring with you both a wonderful family. It's our pleasure to accept them all into our lives too."
"Thanks, Mom." Harm and Mac spoke together, and smiled at each other before hugging Frank and Trish.
BURNETT RESIDENCE
LA JOLLA
CALIFORNIA
THE HONEYMOON
They had spent much of their first day alone in the house, and on the deck, but Harm had brought Mac down to the shore to watch as the sun started to set, and to point out that even on shore, there was still the same blurry line on the horizon, where the sea met the sky.
"So, Mrs Rabb, what 'else' would you like to do on your honeymoon?" Harm asked as they sat on the beach below his parents' La Jolla seafront home. Mac sat between his spread legs, leaning back against his muscled chest, feeling relaxed, loved, and very, very sated. Lifting her left hand up, she studied the rings on her third finger and smiled, turning her face up to Harm's for another kiss.
"I would like my husband to feed me, please. Hungry marine, eating for three!"
"Don't remind me!" Harm groaned good-naturedly, and then leaned down to kiss Mac. As always, it quickly grew heated, and from her current position Mac managed to turn herself around so that she was facing Harm, her thighs across his, and the bulge of her pregnancy between them.
"Ow!" Mac pulled back from another of the mind-blowing kisses her husband was so 'good' at, and Harm looked worriedly at her.
"Mac?" he questioned, unsure. However, at the sudden radiant smile on her face his look turned to one of puzzlement. "Sarah, sweetheart, what...?"
"They moved! Feel!" Mac pulled Harm's hand across her abdomen and he too felt the sudden push against his hand through Mac's sun-warmed skin. They looked at each other then, ocean into chocolate, deep into each other's very souls.
No further words were necessary...
THE END (for now?)
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A/N :
I may have rushed the babies kicking, so put it down to wrong dates / the right time for the story... yada, yada, yada... and writer's privilege!
Well, this is it folks, the end of the story - so, with my deepest thanks to you all for your reading and reviewing, and being my inspiration along the way. I'm working on continuing - making it a trilogy...but I'm going to need some time to get a story together, using the characters, so please bear with me. In the meantime, I'm going to be reading and reviewing some of your work, so watch out for my name on your review lists!
Catch you all later!
Jaggie