…Till Death Does Us Part Chapter IV (The Conclusion) – Part 10/12
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Saturday December 24
Harm and Mac's House
McLean, Virginia
12:21 PM
"Honey, I'm home," Mac hollered with a chuckle as she walked into the house, without forgetting to first brush off the snowflakes from her coat.
The time since Mac's return from Afghanistan had flown by and the end of the year was near.
Mac had recovered fully from the crash and only one tiny scar on her right hip was left. Thankfully, there were no lasting damages to her hand either and after the plaster cast was removed and a short time of physiotherapy it was fully healed.
"Right on time, Tiger. Lunch will be ready in five," Harm told her when he came out of the kitchen.
Mac whistled at the sight in front of her. Slowly with a sway in her move she walked closer to him, looking him over from head to toe. "Sailor, have I ever told you just how sexy you look like this?" Mac asked him with a huskily voice before bringing down his lips on hers for a passionate kiss. "This apron sure suits you, Flyboy."
Harm chuckled. "Why, thank you. My lovely wife bought it for me." He looked down at the red apron with the inscription 'I am the boss… at least in the kitchen.' "And yes, I think you told me three nights ago just how hot I look in it. If I'm not mistaken you had a ravenous appetite for pancakes in the middle of the night, so I had to get out of bed to make you a few."
Mac laughed, remembering the incident from a few nights ago. Gently she started to run her hand up and down his torso. "Seeing you wearing only this apron and nothing underneath made me forget about the pancakes in a heartbeat," she told him with a giggle before giving him yet another passionate kiss. "Now where's our son?" Mac asked as soon as they broke their kiss and looked around.
Harm raised his eyebrow and looked at Mac as if he wanted to say 'What do you think?' Then he pointed to the living room.
"Uh oh, he's still sitting there fully mesmerized?" Mac asked astonished.
Harm smirked and nodded his head. "Yup," he replied and both started to laugh.
Mac took off her coat and hung it into the closet before making her way to the living room.
"How come you had to go out this morning anyway?" Harm called behind her while finishing preparing lunch. "The weather outside isn't really inviting."
"I had a few last-minute things that needed to be done," Mac answered casually and mystically while standing in the doorway of the living room, taking in the picture in front of her.
Ty was lying on his belly on the rug right next to the fireplace with his head propped up on his hands, staring at the huge glittering Christmas tree in front of him.
Harm and Mac joked about him being mesmerized by the tree, since he obviously forgot everything around him while being in front of it. They already feared the outcome when it would be time to take the tree down.
Mac walked further into the living room before standing right next to her son. Slowly she got down on her knees and lightly started to tickle her son.
Ty giggled and turned around, now lying on his back while rolling from one side to the other one. "No, no. Mommy," Ty screamed while laughing in delight.
Mac stopped tickling him and took him into her arms. "Come on, Champ. It's time for some lunch," she told him before kissing his forehead. "Are you hungry?"
"Yeah," Ty yelled and clapped his hands. Yup, when it came to food he was all his mother.
12:55 PM
"So, what's the plan for the rest of the day?" Harm asked and took a bite of his pasta.
"Well, we still have to pack for the trip tomorrow," Mac started to explain and took a sip of her water. "And I think we should do an early distribution of Christmas presents, so Ty gets enough sleep before our flight to Pennsylvania."
"Why don't we finish lunch before taking a long walk through the park? And when we're back home you can pack our bags with Ty while I prepare everything for the distribution of Christmas presents?" Harm suggested while whipping off some pasta sauce from Ty's cheek.
"Sounds good. I'm sure this way Ty will be tired enough to take an early nap. When is our flight going again?"
"Early," Harm answered with a smirk. "Very early. 8:20 to be exact."
Mac only laughed, knowing very well what a sleepyhead her husband was. "Don't worry, honey. I'll do my best to get you up and ready," she told him huskily and winked at him, making Harm swallow up on his pasta.
7:49 PM
Shortly after their lunch they'd made their walk through the park. They had enjoyed it immensely and Harm even made a snow angel for his son and started a little snowball fight with Mac.
As soon as they were back home Mac and Ty walked upstairs to get the bags packed while Harm finished everything for the distribution of Christmas presents. One gift in particular made him smile and his heart was beating faster.
"We're ready," Mac called from the stairs and brought Harm out of his thoughts. "Everything is packed and I even prevented Ty from unwrapping the gifts for Sarah, Trish and Frank."
Harm and Mac laughed, remembering how much Ty had enjoyed unwrapping his birthday gifts months ago.
"It's about time. I can't wait to see what's in this green package over there." Harm chuckled and pointed at the present underneath the Christmas tree before rubbing his hands in excitement. "You should know that I'm just as a kid when it comes to unwrapping my gifts," he told Mac with a smirk.
Mac giggled. "Oh yeah, I remember quite well how you unwrapped your belated birthday gift this year," she started to tell him while setting Ty down in front of the fireplace. Then she got closer to Harm and leaned forward so she could whisper into his ear. "It was clearly visible to me just how much fun you had with it, too."
Harm groaned, remembering just too well what Mac was referring to. Then he smirked and embraced her before giving her a short sweet kiss. "Yeah, it sure was the best birthday gift I ever got. Do you think there's a chance to get that kind of gift for Christmas as well?"
"Hmmm, you just might," Mac said sweetly and gave him a short peck on the cheek before getting out of his reach. "Of course first I have to see what kind of Christmas gifts you have for me."
"Of course," Harm repeated her words and smiled.
The next minutes were spent with unwrapping all the Christmas presents. The green package Harm had eyed earlier held a beautiful surprise for him and it brought tears to his eyes while he looked at it.
It was a painted portrait of Mac with Ty sitting in her lap, dressed in his sailor suit and cap. They both had their most beautiful smiles on their faces and it looked to Harm like they had a lot of fun doing it.
"I thought it was impossible to get him sit still for such a long time, but surprisingly he never got cranky or fretful," Mac explained softly while Harm still adored the portrait.
"May I put it up in my new office?" Harm asked gently and looked deeply into Mac's eyes.
"I hoped you would."
"Thank you, Sarah," Harm said before giving her a hug and a lovely kiss.
"You're welcome," Mac responded with a smile. "There's actually another present for you and Ty. Just give me a minute to get it, okay?"
"Sure," Harm answered and followed Mac with his eyes, slightly confused when she left the house. "Do you know what your Mom is up to?" Harm asked his son.
The only answer he got from Ty was him shaking his head before getting back to playing with his new toys.
"No? Hmm, we'll have to wait and see then." Harm chuckled and ruffled Ty's hair. "I guess you like your gifts, huh? I see you're ignoring your old man already."
A short while later Mac returned with another wrapped box in her arms. "Sorry, guys. It took a bit longer than planned. Joey didn't want to give it out again."
"Joey? Why did the Tanner boy took care of this?" Harm asked and pointed at the box Mac was putting down in front of him and Ty.
"It's a matter of security. Merry Christmas you two," she said and kissed Ty's head before giving his dad a short sweet kiss on his lips.
"Here, want to open it, Buddy?" Harm asked Ty and placed the box in front of his son.
"Yeah," Ty squeaked in delight and started to tear open the box.
When he was done Harm took off the lid only to be greeted by an empty box. "Guess our dear neighbor Joey had too much fun with the gift, Marine. The box is empty," Harm said and showed it Mac.
"No, it's not. Take a better look," she told him confidently.
Harm took another look and this time saw the little envelope at the bottom of the box. He took it out and opened it, finding a little note written from Mac. "Open the garage door," Harm read the note out loud and first looked bewildered at Ty before moving his gaze to Mac. "Open the garage door?"
Mac only nodded.
"Let's move, Buddy. Mommy's gift says to open the garage door." Harm took Ty on one hand and they slowly moved to the garage door before opening it.
"Doggy," Ty screamed and ran to the middle of the garage, where the gift for him and his daddy was sitting. Immediately he was greeted by a little bark from the Jack Russell Terrier puppy.
Harm embraced Mac from behind before laying his head on her shoulder. Together they watched Ty hugging the newest family member. "Thank you. Merry Christmas, Sarah."
"Merry Christmas, Harm."
9:41 PM
Harm and Mac sat together on the rug in front of the fireplace. Mac was sitting in front of Harm while he was embracing her from behind. They were watching the dancing flames in the fireplace while caressing each other's fingers. Ty was already asleep in his room.
Suddenly Harm withdrew his right hand to get something out of his jeans pocket before holding it in front of Mac. "Merry Christmas."
Mac turned her head in surprise to look at Harm. "I don't understand," she said and touched the heart shaped necklace she got earlier from him as a Christmas gift. "I already got this beautiful gift."
"Just open it, Sarah."
"Okay," Mac quietly replied before taking the small box in her hands and started to unwrap it.
After she'd unwrapped the small box she took a deep breath before opening it. "Oh my god," she whispered in a total amazement. "Harm?"
Harm took the gold wedding band out of the box and slowly pulled it on Mac's finger before kissing it softly. "I thought my wife should at least wear a wedding band," he told her before they lost themselves in a kiss full of love and passion.
11:23 PM
Mac slowly walked into the bedroom from the bathroom. She was wearing her long terrycloth robe. She carefully looked at her husband who was lying in bed looking at his daily planner.
She chuckled and got Harm's attention. "We have the next week off and you're looking at your planner."
Harm looked at her and smiled. "I was trying to figure something out."
"What?" Mac asked as she sat down next to him.
"When we could have the wedding," Harm told her as he looked back at the planner.
"The wedding." Mac repeated.
He shrugged. "Well, since I finally got a ring on your finger I figured the next step would be a wedding. You know friends and family."
Mac laughed. "I know, I've been there before." She quickly joined him and was looking at the calendar. "What are you thinking?"
"I was trying to pick a date that is important to the both of us."
"That makes sense. What have you come up with?"
Harm laid the planner out and opened to the page that showed the year's calendar. "I know we want the wedding to be within the year. So the day we met is out. It would be too hard to plan for it, since it's only a few weeks away."
"Plus we never know what to expect out of the DC winter. That was a very warm January day we met."
"What about the summer?" Mac offered.
"I was thinking about August 28, since that was the day we got married, but decided against it. This needs to be a fresh wedding, almost like a fresh start."
"Good idea. How about August 19?" Mac said as she pointed the date.
Harm gave an odd look. "August 19?"
"The day of our divorcee, but we decided to stay married."
Harm crinkled his nose. "Let's try again." After a few glances at a few dates in May, one stuck out. "Little AJ's birthday, it may not have been the way we both wanted it, but we did get our five-year deal."
"I don't think that would be fair to AJ, for us to take over his birthday. Even it is was for only one day."
"Okay."
"March 15?" Mac asked.
Harm raised an eyebrow. "The same day Julius Caesar was killed at the forum."
"It's also the day the buzzards go back to Hinckley, Ohio." Mac smiled and laughed. "I'm joking. Let's keep looking."
"Since you don't want to take over AJ's birthday that takes Ty's birthday out of the question." Harm commented.
"Yeah."
"Do you want to be a June bride?"
"It doesn't matter to me, but it seems a bit over done."
"I would suggest May, but that month brings us bad luck. Plus I want to stay away from a wedding that could have a holiday theme."
Mac laughed. "You mean you don't want a wedding on the Forth of July? We could have a red, white, and blue theme."
"Not a good idea. And I think you're laughing too much about this," Harm said as he started to tickle Mac and pulled her, so she was laying on the bed underneath him. "Are you taking this seriously?"
"Yes, I am," Mac said with a giggle as Harm slowed his tickling. "Hand me the calendar." Harm moved to his side and did as requested. Mac carefully looked at the dates in front of her. "November 29."
"November 29?" Harm asked. "Why that date?"
"It's the day Ty was conceived." Mac then looked into his eyes. "It's all that little guy's fault we finally admitted we loved each other. Besides it was the first night in my life where I had everything I ever wanted and felt total love."
Harm smiled. "Sounds perfect. So on November 29, you'll become Mrs. Harmon Rabb Jr."
"I will," Mac said before their lips met in a soft and sweet kiss. "I love you."
"I love you, too," Harm said as his hand slowly untied the loose knot on her robe. Once that was done his hand slid underneath the terry cloth and came across some lace material. He lifted his gaze to his wife's eyes. "What are you wearing?"
Mac sat up and Harm lay on his back. Mac slowly took the robe off completely to reveal a very skimpy and sexy red and black lace teddy. "Your Christmas gift?" She slowly moved her hand up to the bow in the front between her breasts. "Do you want to unwrap your gift?"
Harm gave her a devilish smile and his hand soon replaced hers.
Sunday December 25
Harm and Mac's House
McLean, Virginia
4:34 AM
Harm slowly woke up and stared at the ceiling for a minute. He looked to his right and saw Mac curled up on her side. He smiled and moved over to her. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer.
"Mmmm," Mac softly moaned at the feel of her husband's warm body pressed against her.
Harm smiled and kissed her neck. He then chuckled as a thought occurred to him.
"What are you laughing about?" Mac asked as she slowly woke up.
"Nothing," Harm stated and kissed her neck again. His hands started to move around her naked body.
"Nothing, my six," Mac commented as she rolled over to face him. "That was your I-know-something laugh."
"Okay." Harm surrendered. "I was thinking that it is funny that my wife is finally wearing my wedding ring and we set a wedding date, but I never proposed."
Mac chuckled. "That is pretty funny."
Harm suddenly got a serious look on his face. "Well, that's going to change." He quickly left the warmth of her body and moved to the nightstand that was on his side of the bed. He reached into the drawer and pulled something out. He then quickly moved back to her. "I've had this for awhile." he handed the box to Mac.
Mac slowly opened the lid of the box. It gave a slight creaking sound, but the sight inside took her breath away. It was an engagement ring with a center diamond surrounded by a few smaller diamonds. She looked up at her husband.
"I love you, Sarah. Will you marry me?"
Mac laughed while a tear fell down her cheek. "Yes."
Harm slid the ring on her finger and it was greeted by the gold wedding band. Soon their lips greeted each other's. Their bodies moved closer and Mac was rested against the mattress as Harm's lips and hands started to travel down her body. Each time they were together it was the most joyous occasion. And this would have been one of those moments, but at the point where Harm was about to slide his hand over his wife's breast the baby monitor lid up and the room was filled with the sound of their son crying.
Harm stared down at Mac who was holding back her laughter. "I swear he has your timing," Mac said and laughed.
Harm joined her in the laughter and flopped down onto his back as Mac got out of bed. She pulled on her robe and walked to the door with a smile on her face. She turned around and looked at her frustrated husband. "I'll change his diaper and put him back down, then maybe we can get back to what we were just doing."
Harm smirked at her. "I might need your help getting in the mood again."
Mac gave him a sexy look. "I think I can handle that." Then she walked out of the room to tend the crying tot.
End Part 10
