Sorry for not updating sooner, but I completely forgot to check my mail. :S Thanks again for all of the reviews, you're great! Now enough brabbling, I know you wanna read. ;) Number four.

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23:42 local
Mac's Apartment
Georgetown

As soon as they were inside and Harm had closed the door, Mac pulled him to a kiss again. As they parted, their bodies where still very close and they rested the foreheads together.

"I love you, I have since the day we met" Mac said simply, expressing all the dammed up feelings in only a few words.

Harm replied breathlessly: "Me too. I love you more than anything else in the world."

Mac exhaled audibly and then laughed: "I can't believe it took a circus to get us to saying that!"

Harm just kissed her again, a kiss not only full of love and desire, but of hopes and expectations.

When Mac slowly dragged him to the bedroom, Harm hesitated a second, but Mac pulled him further, still kissing him. So he decided to 'give in' and they disappeared into the bedroom.

Sunday, 11:14 local
Mac's Apartment
Georgetown

Chloe silently turned her key in the door and slowly opened it. As she had not heard a noise she figured Mac was still asleep and she didn't want to wake her sister up. Inside the apartment she noticed Harm's shoes lying on the floor and since he wasn't lying on the couch a thought came to her mind. 'They didn't…' She was curious to know what had happened and therefore made her way to Mac's bedroom. What she discovered made her smile happily: There they were, lying in Mac's bed, cuddled together, both asleep.

Mac woke up, remembered the night and placed a kiss on Harm's cheek. She didn't notice her little sister watching her.

Harm awoke, too, and beamed at the woman in his arms. Suddenly he realized Chloe was stood in the door frame. Mac followed his glance and found Chloe grinning at them.

Chloe said: "So, you finally made it, yeah?"

Mac shouted, half angry, half laughing: "Chloe, get out of here!"

"Okay, I'm already gone."

Chloe left the room but Harm and Mac could hear her jumping through the apartment happily.

They smiled at each other for a while and then Harm started to talk:

"Mac – Sarah… I would like to wake up with you like this every morning for the rest of our lives. Will you marry me?"

This question had given him a hard time and when Mac inhaled sharply, he feared she could refuse. But then she began to smile broadly and answered "Yes."

Only one simple word, three letters, that meant everything to him and changed their lives forever.

They laid in their bed a little longer and finally got up, Harm putting on his boxers and Mac a pair of shorts and a top.

Harm went into the bathroom heading for the shower and Mac walked into the kitchen to prepare breakfast only to find Chloe there staring at her with pure joy in her eyes.

Mac decided to tease Chloe a bit and therefore didn't say anything. Chloe waited impatiently but then realized that her big sister wouldn't start.

"Mac! Say something!"

"What do you want me to say?"

"What did you two do tonight? What happened?"

"I don't know what you're talking about" she teased again.

Chloe became slightly angry: "Oh, come on, Mac!"

Mac gave in.

"Alright… Well, you saw us and I'm pretty sure you can imagine what we did last night."

"That's not what I'm talking about! Or is this everything…"

Mac decided not to tease her any longer; besides, she desperately wanted to talk to somebody about it.

"Okay, come here" she said.

They sat down on the couch, Chloe watching Mac with big eyes.

"I have to tell you something. Last night, Harm and I went to the circus, just like we had planned. But when we got into the car to drive home, there was something between us. I can't describe it. It just felt wonderful. We stared at each other and then… then we kissed."

Chloe let out the breath she had subconsciously been holding.

Mac continued: "Well, one thing led to another, and then you stepped in this morning."

Chloe sensed that this wasn't all Mac wanted to say, so she encouraged her sister: "And…"

Mac's smile grew bigger.

"And a few minutes ago, he proposed to me!"

Chloe just embraced Mac and whispered in her ear:

"That was something I've dreamt of for such a long time now!"

Mac, with tears in her eyes, also whispered: "Me too."

Mac stopped hugging her little sister to look at her face only to discover tears in Chloe's eyes, too. They both had to laugh at themselves crying.

Harm exited the bathroom to find both girls looking at each other with tear-traced faced.

"Hey, what are you two doing there?"

Chloe stood up, embraced Harm, too, and said:

"I just heard about it and I'm so happy! Congratulations, Harm."

Harm hugged her back. Afterwards they prepared breakfast together, each of them enjoying the events silently.

About fifteen minutes later, at the breakfast table, Harm broke the silence:

"What do you say? We all get out of this apartment this evening and I take my fiancée and my future sister-in-law to a great restaurant?"

"That sounds terrific" Mac answered

Chloe just nodded, her thoughts somewhere else. Harm and Mac were too much in love to notice Chloe's mood had changed, she was quieter.

After breakfast, Chloe disappeared into her room whereas Mac and Harm cleared the table.

"Something's going on with Chloe. I don't know what it is, but she definitely acts different" Mac initiated.

Harm was of the same opinion:

"Yeah, I noticed it, too. She was happy about us at first, but later, during breakfast, she was really silent."

"I better talk to her."

"Okay, go. I'll take care of the dishes."

Mac replied "Thank you", kissed him and then went to Chloe's room. She knocked but got no answer.

"Chloe, I'd like to talk to you. Can I come in?"

Still no one answered.

"I'm coming in now."

Mac opened the door to find Chloe lying on her bed. She closed the door from the inside and sat down next to Chloe on the bed.

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Well, that was a whole lot of shippering. grins See ya, Isa