The Need to Feel Free Again - Part 6
Disclaimer - See part one for all important information
May 29, 2004
Anderson's Farm
The Cottage
Brattleboro, Vermont
06:57 AM
Mac slowly opened her eyes afraid that she had been dreaming again. She was delighted when she discovered she wasn't as she could feel Harm's warmth surrounding her. She was so content at that moment; she couldn't help but smile. He was spooned against her from behind, and his arms were safely wrapped around her waist while his legs were entangled with hers. She enjoyed the feel of his hot breath tickling her neck.
'This feels like heaven,' Mac thought and relaxed closing her eyes. She not only felt sated both inside and out; she felt loved. Most of all, for the first time in a long time, she felt free again.
"Oh my god," Mac whispered opening her eyes wide. She was amazed at how right it felt to be in Harm's loving arms. 'This is it. I was right all along. He really IS all I need to mend my tormented heart and make me feel whole again. How could I have let my own stubbornness blind me to the fact that his love has been right in front of me all along?'
Their lives had always been intricately woven together from the day they met in the rose garden, but she had always let her self-doubts and insecurities cloud her vision. Not any more, because she was now certain that the essential piece of the puzzle that had been missing to complete Sarah MacKenzie, was this wonderful man lying lovingly beside her.
Any reservations she harbored were instantly forgotten the moment he had touched her. It wasn't just the incredible physical joining of their bodies. It was the way their hearts swelled and united as they consummated their love while their souls magically touched and intertwined to become one.
As she lay there encircled by him, there were no words to describe the euphoria filling her heart or the peace that enveloped her soul. It was a feeling beyond anything she could have ever imagined, even in her wildest dreams. Their bonding was totally mystical.
Mac had spent her whole adult life searching for something, and that something was Harm. She was now ready to embrace her destiny.
A small whimper from outside the front door brought Mac out of her deep thoughts. She slowly and carefully untangled herself from Harm's embrace trying her hardest not to wake him in the process and gave him a light kiss on his forehead. Then she stood up from the bed and put her robe on before making her way over to the door and opened it quietly.
Mac quickly walked outside the door so that a very excited and wide awake Toby wouldn't wake up Harm.
Mac smiled and got down on her knees to rub his ears, getting wet licks all over her face and a few happy yelps in response.
"Hi, sweetie. You're hungry, aren't you?" Mac softly asked her little friend who continued yelping. "Yeah, I know. Come on. Let's get Harm's clothes into the cottage and then I'll get dressed." She got up from her knees and made her way to the lake with her new friend in tow.
"How about getting some breakfast from town?" Mac asked Toby while she picked up Harm's clothes from the ground.
"Woof."
"Yeah, I knew you would like that idea," Mac responded and started to laugh when her stomach gave her its own approval with a loud and unmistakable growl.
x
Anderson's Farm
The Cottage
Brattleboro, Vermont
03:21 PM
Waking up slowing, on his left side, the first thing Harm encountered was two brown eyes staring curiously back at him.
"Woof."
"Oh, it's nice to meet you, too. Now where's your mommy?" Harm asked still groggy from sleep while he fondled Toby's left ear getting a few thank you licks to his wrist in response.
"Mommy's over here. Well hello, sleepyhead. Welcome to the world of the living," Mac greeted him softly from behind before she sat down on the edge of the bed to give him a little kiss on his lips.
But Harm had something else in mind. He quickly slipped his hands into her hair as he angled his mouth to deepen their kiss. Mac leaned in and ran her tongue along his lips, and he instantly parted them with a little moan.
"Woof."
Their tongues dueled seeking more. Mac started to moan when Harm placed tiny butterfly kisses along her neck, throat, and every part of her shoulder he could reach without her shirt getting in the way. Mac couldn't suppress a shiver when his arms moved underneath her shirt and his fingertips touched the bare skin of her back.
"Woof woof."
Harm pulled his hands from under her shirt to the front and started to unbutton it kissing every inch of skin he exposed with wet open-mouth-kisses.
"Harm...," Mac huskily said.
"Hmmm," Harm groaned before his mouth was back on hers.
"Woof, woof."
"We have to stop," Mac tried to tell him with a whisper.
"Okay," was all she got as an answer from Harm as his hands made their way to her breasts and traced the outline of her skimpy white lace bra.
"I mean it..."
"Why?" Harm asked breathily as he tried to get the front clasp of her bra open.
"Well… for one thing… Toby is watching us," Mac told him and pointed her finger to the now slightly annoyed puppy right next to them.
Another "woof" ensued as if the Golden Retriever puppy were saying 'Damn right I am, and I don't like being ignored.'
"You're right," Harm softly said before giving her a gentle kiss on her nose. "Good morning, Sarah."
Mac couldn't hold back the giggle.
"Try again, Sailor. It's already late afternoon. Don't tell me this itty bitty marine has worn out the big bad sailor?" Mac asked with a smirk while placing a sweet kiss on his lips.
"Only in your dreams, Colonel," Harm answered flashing one of his best flyboy grins.
"One day I'll tell you what I'm really dreaming about, Commander," Mac told him huskily. "But for now it's time to get out of bed, Flyboy. Are you up for a little adventure? Or are you too tired and want to rest a little bit more?" Mac asked gentlywith a worried tone to her voice.
She had promised herself to get behind what was bothering Harm. Mac didn't miss the fact that he had come to Vermont without having brought a change of clothes or any toiletries with him.
She had been very surprised this morning on her way to town, when she caught sight of his motorcycle in the driveway. Mac couldn't believe he actually came such a long way to her with his bike. 'No wonder he's so tired,' Mac had thought. Somehow though, she still couldn't get the nagging feeling out of her system that there was much more behind his sudden burst of spontaneity.
"What did you have on your mind?" Harm asked softly while caressing her left arm gently with his thumb.
"I had planned to go camping tonight. I wanted to ride Scout to a very beautiful place I found yesterday. I would like to take you with me, Harm," Mac told him tenderly never losing his gaze. "I bought some marshmallows and juice this morning and Martha even made a few sandwiches for us. Or do you have to go back already?" Mac asked, afraid of losing their newly found 'us' already.
Giving her one of the sweetest kisses she had ever received, Harm made her fears dissolvein a heartbeat.
"No, I don't have to go back. Not until tomorrow that is," Harm assured her. "And I would very much like to spend the whole weekend with you, Sarah. If you will have me."
With the most beautiful smile he had ever seen she gave him the only answer he needed to hear. "Always! Why don't you take a shower, while I pack the backpack?"
"Good idea," Harm told her before he got out of bed, not feeling the least bit uncomfortable to walk naked in front of her. Before he reached the door of the bathroom he muttered a 'damn' loud enough for her to hear.
"What's wrong?" Mac wanted to know, worried that something had already gotten in their way.
"Nothing. I just remembered that I forgot my clothes at the lake last night. And I don't have a change of clothes with me," Harm told her without turning around, feeling a little embarrassed.
Harm didn't know Mac was standing so close behind him until he felt her hand on his back followed by a kiss between his shoulder blades.
"Don't worry, Harm. I know you didn't bring anything with you when I saw your bike parked outside this morning. Besides, Toby had made a bed for himself out of the clothes you wore yesterday, so while you were enjoying your beauty sleep, I brought them into town and had them washed. You'll find them in the bathroom. I also got you some shower gel, shampoo, a razor, shaving cream and a toothbrush. Now go shower Harm," Mac told him, but didn't let him go until she moved her hand from his muscular back to the hairs on his chest and then southward to give him a little squeeze.
"Thank you," Harm croaked still recovering from her intimate touch and nipped her lips lightly.
"Go, Harm!"
"Yes, Ma'am."
x
Anderson's Farm
The Main House
Brattleboro, Vermont
03:53 PM
"Hello, Mrs. Anderson," Harm greeted Chloe's grandmother, who came out of the house before they were able to knock.
"Please call me Martha, Commander."
"And you can call me Harm, Martha," Harm answered with a sweet smile.
"Here, Sarah. I think I've made enough sandwiches for the both of you and here is the sleeping bag I told you about."
"Thank you, Martha," Mac said before giving the older lady a hug.
"You know where to find Scout. I hope you both have a great time up there," Martha told them before she turned around to walk back into the house.
Mac and Harm walked hand in hand followed by Toby to the stall where Scout was waiting for them.
"Umm, Mac?" Harm suddenly stopped and Mac turned around to look at him.
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Harm asked her with a worried tone in his voice.
"What do you mean, Harm?" Mac asked, afraid that he changed his mind about their plans.
"I mean going riding and camping. Won't it hurt your back? Sleeping on the hard ground may not be the best idea," Harm told her demonstrating just how much he cared and worried about her.
He wished he could just wrap his arms around Mac and protect her from anything that could hurt her. But most of all, he did not want her to endure any pain because of him either directly or indirectly.
"Don't worry so much, Harm. I promise everything will be okay. I rode yesterday and didn't experience any back pain during the ride or afterwards. And do I have to remind you about last night? Did I give you any reason to think that my back is bothering me in any way?" Mac asked him with a husky voice. Just thinking about their night together was making her shiver.
"No. Not at all," Harm answered her with an even rougher voice and dragged her to him to give her a passionate kiss.
He knew at that moment, for as long as he lived, no matter what happened between them, he would always worry about her just as he always had in the past.
"Then let's go," Mac said before they entered the barn together to get Scout.