I won't be around to post tomorrow, so I'll do it now, instead. I'm afraid it's just a short part, though.

Thanks again to those who left reviews!

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Part 3

"Mac," Harm hesitated, at first, "Are you sure about this?"

Mac only nodded, unwilling to break of the kiss that was getting steamier by the second.

"Mac…" Harm persisted.

Mac just ignored him and did something that would soon knock any logical thought out of his head. She backed Harm up against a palm tree, gently pushing herself against him and, at the same time, forcing her tongue hard into his mouth, letting him know, with little subtlety, that she wanted him. Now.

Before long, they had both found their way back to Harm's room at the guesthouse and they were frenziedly stripping each other of clothes.

Celebrations in the town were now almost completely wound-down and their street was virtually deserted. Even so, Harm went to close the slats of the closed French Venetian windows.

"Leave them open," Mac told him, her voice husky.

Harm didn't even question her, as he made his way back to her, picking her up in his arms and lowering them both to his bed. For the next few minutes, they just fooled around, both still in their underclothes, building up the tension, teasing each other's half-naked flesh. Even as it was going on, they both knew that doing this was crazy, it was no base to start a relationship on. But at that moment, they didn't really care.

They kissed and touched each other all over, enjoying all of the sensations that it emitted. But eventually, before he would go on any further, Harm went and closed the slats of the windows. People might pass by, on the way home from late-night partying and to leave them open would be just asking for trouble.

"Another time," Harm promised, kissing Mac deeply to placate her, "when it's less busy."

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When Mac came to,a short whilelater, Harm had collapsed on top of her, with his head cushioned against her breasts. Once their breathing had returned to normal, he remembered himself and moved to take his weight off of her, but she pulled him back.

"No," she told him, "Stay right there…"

"I'm too heavy for you," Harm protested.

"No," she shook her head, "I want to feel you right there."

Harm settled for rolling them both onto their sides, so that he was still in her arms, but so that she didn't have to tolerate his greater weight on top of her.

They fell asleep like this, until about four o'clock, the next morning. Harm had gently extricated himself from her arms to go to the bathroom. On the way back to bed, Harm noticed that the air had cooled considerably, as it was now raining outside. He went and opened the Venetian shutters and the windows, to look outside. The street was now deserted and silent. Everybody had obviously taken themselves off to bed. The partying had not lasted as late as he had thought that it would. And it gave him an idea. Mac was lying twisted up in the bed-sheets, in a sound sleep. He quietly made his way to her side of the bed and gently unravelled the sheets from around her, taking in each gorgeous inch of her unveiled skin as he did so. Her skin flushed with goose bumps as it was exposed to the cool air and she shivered, softly. Harm climbed onto the bed and straddled her, leaning down to gently kiss the skin of her neck, just below her left ear. He had noticed earlier that it had driven her wild when he nipped here, but he didn't want to wake her up just yet, so he softly ran his tongue over the skin, instead. After she had stirred a little, he pulled back and softly trailed his tongue slowly upwards, along the inside of her leg. When he reached her lower, inner thigh, he placed a nip or two against her skin, designed to both rouse and arouse. Then he trailed further northwards, leaving a series of open-mouthed kisses.

"Mmmm," she moaned, in approval.

"Want me to continue, Marine?" he asked, teasing her just a little bit more.

"You'd better," she told him, softly and Harm chuckled.

He loved bringing out the lean, mean, fighting Marine in her!

After a few deep kisses, he leaned to whisper in her ear.

"It's raining outside. Take a look, Sarah. Perfect weather for making love."

Her head shot round and her eyes widened as she saw that he had opened the windows, some time before.

"I said we'd keep them open, before, didn't I? I always keep my promises."

A thrill shot down Mac's body, from her head to her toes as she realised what he was talking about. They were about to make love with their bedroom window open and the threat of being caught only made it more exciting. The air was damp and with the sound of the rain and nature's creatures around them, Harm lowered himself down to her.

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