Chapter 15
AN: You might have noticed there have been no love scenes or anything like that. That's because a) I won't write those and b) I'm a Christian girl and believe in chastity before marriage. So therefore Harm and Mac are waiting until their wedding night. And yes I know that's OC. I was going to just leave it unmentioned but it sort of came up while I was writing this chapter so I thought I'd provide an explanation. Right, I'm done now, read on!
"You're definitely full of surprises Harmon Rabb Jr.," said Mac as they returned to his apartment.
"Good surprises?" asked Harm, raising an eyebrow at her as he looked down at their joined hands, the engagement ring glittering on Mac's finger.
Mac followed his gaze with a wide smile. "Very good surprises."
Harm grinned back at her, neither having yet been able to stop smiling.
"I might have to pinch myself awake tomorrow morning to see whether this is all real," he said.
"That's what I'll be doing, but it's very real," said Mac.
"At least I think so," she said teasingly, pinching herself.
"Did it hurt?" asked Harm.
"No, I felt it though," said Mac.
Harm chuckled and pulled her closer.
"I had no idea why you'd been acting strange all evening until you got down on one knee in the Rose Garden," said Mac.
"And I thought I was being too obvious with how nervous I was," said Harm.
"Now that I know what it was that had you sweating, I think you were adorable," said Mac.
"Maaac," whined Harm. "Adorable?"
Mac giggled. "Yeah, so? You'd prefer a more manly description huh?"
Harm smiled. "I'll take it, just…"
"Don't let it get around, I know," said Mac, finishing the sentence for him.
"You read my mind," said Harm.
Mac simply kissed him in reply, and only when they had to come up for air did they pull apart again.
"You better not be planning on going anywhere Mackenzie," remarked Harm.
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here with my fiancé," said Mac.
"That sounds good," said Harm, grinning widely at the usage of the word "fianc".
He held her closer, kissing her forehead lovingly.
"I still want to wait though," said Mac, referring to their joint decision to wait for their wedding night when they had first started dating, knowing that this was the real thing.
"As difficult as that may be," added Harm.
"Yeah, it'll be special though," said Mac.
"It will," agreed Harm.
"Can I tell my Mom and Frank? I'm under strict orders to keep them posted," asked Harm.
"So they knew?" asked Mac.
Harm smiled. "Where do you think I got the ring from? Mom was excited merely by the fact that I asked for it."
Mac smiled. "I wonder what she'll do now."
"Well, I expect the kind of response that Chloe will give you when you tell her," said Harm.
"That loud huh?" asked Mac smiling.
"Not quite as loud as our little sister will be, but pretty close," said Harm.
"Oh she is going to love having you as her big brother," said Mac grinning.
"And I'll be glad to be," said Harm.
Mac kissed him. "Let's ring them both tonight," she said.
"Won't Chloe be asleep?" asked Harm.
"Even if she is, this is something she'll want to be woken up for. I promised her she'd be a bridesmaid after all," said Mac.
"Okay then. Get ready," said Harm, dialling La Jolla.
"Hello, Trish Burnett speaking," said Trish.
"Hi Mom, how are you and Frank?" said Harm, grinning at Mac and turning on the speakerphone.
"We're fine, it's good to hear from you," said Trish.
"Mom, is Frank there?" asked Harm.
"Yes, did you want to talk to him?" asked Trish.
"I wanted to talk to the both of you, can you turn on the speaker phone?" asked Harm.
"Okay," said Trish, sounding confused.
"Hi Harm," said Frank's voice a moment later.
"Hi Frank," replied Harm.
"We have an announcement to make," said Harm, taking Mac's hand.
"We?" asked Trish.
"Harmon, is Sarah there with you?" she continued, almost forgetting to breathe, as she understood what Harm could possibly have to tell them.
Harm looked at Mac who smiled at him nervously before making her presence known.
"Yes, I'm here. How are you Mrs. Burnett, Mr. Burnett," said Mac.
"We're fine dear, and please it's Trish and Frank," said Trish.
"It's nice to talk to you Sarah," added Frank.
"It's nice to speak to you both," said Mac.
"The reason we called is because Sarah and I wanted to tell you both something important," said Harm, smiling at Mac.
Mac bit her lip nervously, which didn't go unnoticed. Harm moved closer and kissed her cheek, wrapping his arm around her. Mac relaxed in his embrace and smiled at him gratefully.
"We're listening," said Trish, her voice not hiding her excitement.
"I asked Sarah to marry me tonight, and she accepted," said Harm grinning.
"Oh my goodness! I'm so happy for you both! Congratulations, " said Trish excitedly.
"That's wonderful news. Congratulations!" said Frank.
"Welcome to the family Sarah, dear. Another Sarah Rabb in the family!" said Trish.
"Thank you both," said Mac, smiling happily at the warmth projected by Harm's parents towards her.
After speaking with Harm's parents a bit longer, they hung up and Mac dialled Chloe's number.
"Kyle Anderson speaking," said the voice on the other end.
"Hi, it's Sarah," said Mac.
"Sarah, how are you?" asked Kyle.
"Fine, and you?" asked Mac.
"I'm fine. Did you want to talk to Chloe? She was just getting ready for bed," said Kyle.
"Yes, I won't keep her long," said Mac.
"Hi Mac!" said Chloe when she picked up the phone.
"Hi Chloe, how are you sweetie?" asked Mac.
"I'm good. How are you?" asked Chloe.
"I'm good too," replied Mac.
"Listen, Harm's here with me and we wanted to ask you something," said Mac. Harm glanced at Mac, surprised. "What are you going to ask her?" he mouthed. Mac merely smiled and motioned for him to wait.
"Okay, tell Harm hi," said Chloe.
"Hi Chloe," said Harm.
"Hi. Mac, am I on speaker phone?" asked Chloe.
"Yeah, sorry, I forgot to tell you," said Mac.
"That's okay, so what did you want to ask me?" asked Chloe.
"We wanted to ask whether you would be a bridesmaid at our wedding," said Mac.
Chloe shrieked loudly and Harm and Mac looked at each other with a smile.
"That is so cool! Congrats! I'd love to be a bridesmaid. When's the wedding?" asked Chloe, speaking quickly in her excitement.
"As soon as we can plan it," answered Harm.
"Cool! I want to come out and help you pick dresses Mac," said Chloe.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't pick a dress without you here," said Mac.
"Good. Wow, I'm so excited!" said Chloe.
"I know honey, we are too," said Mac.
"Can I be your big brother Chloe?" asked Harm tentatively, looking at Mac.
"Sure! I'd love to have you as a big brother. Now I'll have a big sister and a big brother," said Chloe, grinning.
"Thanks Chlo," said Harm.
"No thanks needed," said Chloe.
"We'd better let you go Chloe. Sweet dreams," said Mac.
"Yeah, I'm so glad you called and congrats again!" said Chloe.
"Thank you. Goodnight," said Mac.
"Goodnight Chloe," said Harm.
"Night guys," said Chloe, before hanging up.
"Those announcements went well," commented Mac, smiling.
"Very well," said Harm.
He hugged her close and Mac smiled into his shirt.
"We get to tell the Admiral tomorrow," she murmured.
Harm smiled. "He knows."
Mac looked up. "He does? He knew too?"
"Remember that day when we got called into the Admiral's office and my Mom had called?" said Harm.
"Yeah, and you told me there'd been a misunderstanding," said Mac.
"There had. Mom called to make sure we could get married without problems and she must have given the Admiral the idea that we were already engaged because that's why he'd called us in," said Harm.
"And then he changed his mind about needing me there. Did you send him a 'please don't say anything look'?" asked Mac with a smile.
"Oh yeah. I didn't want you accidentally finding out like that," said Harm.
"I'm glad. The way I found out was much better," said Mac, smiling and moving back into his arms.
Chapter 16 follows!