"Does he come here often?" Meg asked as they walked to the bench.

"He always comes on Christmas Eve. Sometimes when there is something bothering him. When Trish gave him the Rabb family engagement ring, he gave it to me here as a sign of his intentions."

"A sign of his intentions?" Meg questioned.

"He wasn't ready to propose yet. So I wore the ring on my dog tags for a few weeks."

"What happened to change his mind?" Meg asked.

"It was raining and someone left an umbrella on the floor which made a puddle. I slipped and knocked myself out. I was in the ICU for twenty-four hours and in hospital for a few days. When I came home Harm moved in with me for week or so to keep an eye on me. He didn't want to leave, so he took me out to dinner and asked if he could borrow the ring back. He proposed out by the Pontomac."

"He's a romantic."

"Yeah, but he'd rather you didn't tell anyone. Excuse me a second while I make a quick call." Mac picked her cell phone out of her bag and dialled a number. "Can I speak to Al please?... Al it's Sarah Rabb are we still okay for today?.. We should be there in about ninety minutes... No I still didn't tell him, but he won't mind you know Harm... I'll see you soon Al." She hung up.

"So who is Al?" Meg questioned.

"You'll find out. You trust Harm don't you?"

"Yes." Meg said hesitantly.

"Then you'll be fine. I'll be back in a minute." Mac walked over to her family. She gave Harm a gentle kiss on the cheek.

"What was that for?" He asked.

"Being you. I love you."

"I love you too. This is a good idea."

"I know. I have an idea of somewhere to take Meg to keep her mind off of everything. But we need to leave soon."

"Where are we going?" Harm asked.

"I'm going to stick with the not telling you where we're going plan. But I can assure you you'll like it."

"I'm holding you to that." Mac ran her finger over Harm senior's name.

"Watch over them for me and we'll try and come back next weekend." She whispered.

~

"Are we going where I think we're going?" Harm asked.

"Probably." She smiled. "You haven't taken Sarah up since before I got pregnant. Meg needs some air; this is as good as any."

"What is Sarah?" Meg asked.

"My Stearman."

"You named it after Mac?" Meg questioned.

"No, she was my grandfather's. It was tradition to name it after your wife; my grandmother is called Sarah too. I guess the family tradition continues." Harm explained.

"So we're going flying?" Meg questioned.

"Well we would be but, I haven't been out here in a while it probably needs lots of checks."

"I called Al last night, he's checked everything over. It's all in working order; I double checked while we were at the Wall. You just need to carry out your traditional pre-flight checks and file a flight plan."

"So Meg you up for a little flight?" Harm asked.

"Sure." She said with slight hesitance in her voice.

"You'll be fine as long as he doesn't crash into a forest and you hunted by poachers and shot in the leg." Mac said reassuringly.

"Excuse me?" Meg said.

"We had a bad experience after I convinced her to play hooky with me and go flying not long after we met. It'll be fine."

"You're filling me with confidence." Meg said.

"It'll be fine." Harm said. "Speaking of flying, I've been meaning to talk to you about that Mac."

"You've got a date through for your carrier quals in six weeks." Mac finished.

"How did you know that?"

"I can count to six. It's okay."

"After last time I thought I should tell you early."

"How close did you tell her last time?"

"The morning he left. I was seven months pregnant at the time. Not a good idea. I take it you're going out to the Patrick Henry with Skates?"

"Yeah."

"Skates?" Meg questioned.

"Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Hawkes. She's my RIO most of the time when I'm flying."

"He crashed her into the ocean and she's still willing to go up with him."

"So you're okay with this?" Harm asked.

"I'm never going to be entirely happy with it, but it's something you need to do and I accept that. It's also useful for investigations."

"So what are you and Abi planning to do while we're occupied?" Harm asked.

"Well Abi is going to be hungry soon. Then we'll take a walk, it will be fine."

TBC