AN: Due to popular demand, I am going to give you a second attempt at Lonely No More. This is the Harm to Mac version of the song. Let's pretend that Harm has a time machine and got this song from the future, eh? I am also just assuming that they're both in the same hotel. Cut me some slack, I haven't seen this episode in QUITE some time. All I'm going on is the little clip from "Fair Winds and Following Seas". (cry for ten minutes, sniff) Set right after their little convo on the boat. We'll just say that instead of going to that fair or something, they go back to the hotel. I also can't remember if she is a Major or a Colonel, so if I'm wrong, oh well. :D Oh, one more note; alix33, you are going to get your wish. That's all I'll say for now. On with the show!

Spoiler: ...for the last...chapter? ;D No, this is going to be still set in Australia. Don't complain about how it might be a few years before Rob Thomas is even famous.

Disclaimer: Hum. ... I can't think of anything funny today. Just don't own 'em. Wouldn't have had multiple heartattacks over the years if I did. No ownage of the song except on CD either. Blah.


Mac sighed, crossing her arms and gazing at the bridge Harm had mentioned.

/We are going to wait that long, aren't we Flyboy? Even though it seems like it has been an eternity already, I guess it's only been a few years./ While the Major was musing, the Commander by her side was lost in thought as well, his blue eyes clouded over by confusion and his brows furrowed in frustration. He finally broke the silence in a low voice.

"Hey Mac, I ... I want to give you something when we get back to the hotel, okay?" She turned her chocolate hues on him, but he refused to meet her eyes. Shrugging, she agreed.

"Okay, Harm." Stifling a yawn she waited in the lobby for him to return once they got back to their temporary quarters. He handed her a jewel case without a word, only nodding and going back the way he came. Without even forcing a smile she took it and went her own way, using the electronic key to get into the small room.

/What could you possibly want now, Sailor/ She took her time getting changed (into the Russia nightgown, no less!) before putting on a light robe and placing the CD delicately into her personal player. She blinked at the new music reaching her ears and listened hard to the voice coming at her.

Now it seems to me
That you know just what to say
Words are only words
Can you show me something else
Can you swear to me that you'll always be this way
Show me how you feel
More than ever baby

Mac slowly sank onto the bed in her room, almost hearing Harm's voice instead of the singer. /Do you mean you're not pushing me away this time? I do swear I'll be like this, Harm. Always. I tried to show you how I feel./

I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want another lover at my door
It's just another heartache on my list

I don't wanna be angry no more
You know I could never stand for this
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure
I don't wanna be lonely anymore

/You think you're the only one that's been lonely? When I've been going home to an empty apartment for 6 plus years? There were plenty of heartaches in my past, and some of them are trying damn hard not to stay there, but I've had enough of lovers at my door; but I guess you have too, then.../ She thought of what this meant, coming from Harm, and her small wave of indignant anger dissolved. /I don't want to have to pay with more heartache, Harm./

Now it's hard for me with my heart still on the mend
Open up to me, like you do your girlfriends
And you sing to me and it's harmony
Girl, what you do to me is everything
Make me say anything; just to get you back again
Why can't we just try

Mac had to laugh softly at the lines, because it seemed he knew she opened up to Harriet more than anyone else. Despite her gossipy ways, the Lieutenant was trusty, and a great friend. Tilting her head to one side and propping herself up on the fluffy hotel pillows, Mac absently ran a finger over the CD player, wondering if she really did all that to him. (Yes, yes she did.) When she realized it was pretty much true, she grinned to herself, knowing that no other woman had made him as nervous, or as happy, or as anything as she did. /I want YOU back too, and I just asked you why we couldn't try. Is this your answer? Were you really that insecure/ It amazed her how sensitive he could be sometimes.

I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want another lover at my door
It's just another heartache on my list

I don't wanna be angry no more
You know I could never stand for this
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure
I don't wanna be lonely anymore

/Harm, you act like I want to be lonely too! How wrong could you be/ He was handsome, and smart and quick with most things, but honestly, Harm was one of the most dense people she knew when it came to feelings. How long had it taken him to give her this? Too long, really. Too long. /I'm tired of being angry with you Harm -besides the small little fight now and then. I can't stand for much more of this, either./

What if I was good to you, what if you were good to me
What if I could hold you 'til I feel you move inside of me
What if it was paradise, what if we were symphonies
What if I gave all my life to find some way to stand beside you

/If we were good to each other, we wouldn't be in this sort of mess! But I know it would be paradise to have you with me, and I would hear symphonies of music every time you were - well, every time you ARE near me, I hear angels singing. I think we've given enough to be with each other - both of us risking our lives. I think I've given my life, and you've given yours./ Mac bit back a rather naughty thought about the second line, musing on how it would be vice versa in their situation - hopefully soon!

I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want another lover at my door
It's just another heartache on my list

I don't wanna be angry no more
You know I could never stand for this
When you tell me that you love me know for sure
I don't wanna be lonely anymore

/I think we've paid our dues, and it's time we got all the facts straight and laid out on the line. I'm willing to put my heart out on my sleeve - hell, I already have! But knowing for sure about loving you? I think I've known all along - I say I don't believe in love at first sight, but I think that day in the Rose Garden was it for me./ Mac closed her eyes, seeing his face in front of her, and whispering an apology to her imaginary picture.

I don't wanna be lonely anymore
I don't wanna be lonely anymore
I don't wanna be lonely anymore

/I've done my share of waiting, you've done your share of waiting, and now, neither one of us is attached. I'm tired of going to a dark apartment, with nothing to look forward to besides work and my own company. I really don't wanna be lonely anymore, Harm. Please, don't let me be./ As the lines faded and her CD automatically stopped, Mac pulled the headphones off her ears and pulledthe light lace robe tighter around her and put her feet into white slippers, grabbing her key and intending to find Harm's room. Opening the door she froze when she saw a pair of feet in front of her. Slowly raising her brown eyes, she looked over the tall figure, knowing who it was immediately - she'd only been fantasizing about that solid body for a few years! Mac felt her pulse quicken when her eyes found his face, his eyes turned humbly down on the ground.

"Harm," she breathed, taking one step back as he leaned against her doorframe.

"You listen to the song, Mac?" He still wouldn't raise his eyes, and she nodded before realizing her couldn't see her.

"Yes."

"You get it?"

"Yes." She couldn't bring herself to speak more than that one affirming word, and mentally smacked herself. /All those thoughts before and we can't get an 'I love you' out of this! Smooth, Mackenzie, real smooth./ At this point, her brain felt like abandoning her, while her heart was beating a mile a minute, threatening to burst from her chest. It drowned out the rest of her thoughts, and at the moment she would've sworn up and down that you could've heard it in the States.

Finally, Harm's blue eyes rose, and they held anxious anticipation. "So?"

"So..." Mac paused, taking a deep breath. "So, I'm tired of being lonely. I don't want anyone at my door but you. It's hard for the both of us, having been hurt, but we've given up too much not to stand by each other. I don't wanna be angry with you, I want to be good to you, I want to be your everything and anything and your only thing. If there is one thing in this entire world that I know, I swear, that it is knowing how much I love you with every fiber of my being, every bit of my heart, every--" She didn't get to finish her eloquent speech that came from nowhere, because Harm had stepped in, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her with all he had, swinging her in a small circle before setting her down, a little out of breath.

"I get the point, Marine. I love you, too." Laughing softly together, Mac closed her eyes and laid her head against his chest, only to hear his heartbeat loud and strong. "I love you, too," he repeated, kissing the top of her head and hugging her tightly as if there were no tomorrow; and as far as they were concerned, if there hadn't been, it wouldn't've mattered. They knew they loved each other, and that was all that mattered.


AN: Blah. God, this is my first update in forevs! ;D I still will need to do like a bazillion and one song fics, besides finish all the crap I've got on here right now! The ending went blah on me again, but I hope it'll do. Leave me a review if you want me to finish some other story that you like, tell me what was wrong with this one, and I'll be seein' ya when I see you. Ta!