A/N: Thanks for the all the reviews guys! Here's the first part of the quiz, the next will follow in chapter eight. Major thanks for Staz. Girl, without you, this wouldn't have happened.

Mansion ''Snowdrop''

Somewhere in Tennessee

2130 hours local

Tonight was the big night. Tonight was the big night where the couples got the chance to reveal how good they really knew each other. Now, here they were. The four last couples of the show. Vanessa and Roman McGraw, Audrey and Matthew Bell, Megan and Ethan Turner and, of course, Harm and Sarah Rabb.

The couples were standing opposed each other; the men dressed in suits on one side, the women in evening dresses on the other side. Harm thought that Mac looked amazing in her lime-green cocktail dress. Her long hair fell over her shoulders in soft curls. She hadn't put much make-up on, just some eye-liner, mascara and lip-gloss. But it was enough for her.

Ronnie and Brent had kept a close eye on the Rabbs. So far, opinion polls had shown that they, along with Roman and Vanessa, were the favorites of the show. Ronnie had gathered as much after all she'd seen in the past month. They were convincing. Almost as if they'd been waiting for the chance to be normal people and get their feelings open in the out.

Brent had asked Mac about the reason why she was turning him down all the time. He'd tried to seduce her more then once, but he never got the response he wanted.

FLASHBACK

'Hey Sarah?' Brent ran up to Mac who walked up the stairs, ruffling through her purse, looking for something.

Mac inwardly sighed, wondering what he wanted now. She'd told everyone to call her Mac, because it felt so special when Harm called her Sarah. It made the shivers run down her spine every time. And he used Sarah a lot now.

'Brent, how many times have I told you to call me Mac?'

Brent was taken aback by her outburst. 'You don't want me to call you by your given name?'

'No, I don't. Mac is just fine. I told you to call me Mac, so please, humor me okay?' She ran up the stairs, still going through her purse.

But Brent wouldn't be Brent if he gave up like that. 'Can I ask you something…Mac?' he tried again.

'I don't have a lot of time, but sure, go ahead'. Anything to make him go away. Mac felt the cameras in her back. Great, they were taping this.

'Why is it that you keep turning me down?'

Mac stopped dead in her tracks, feeling her anger towards this man grow. 'Jeez, Brent, why do you think I keep turning you down? Maybe because I have a husband? 'Cause I vowed that I would be faithful till death does us part?'

'Why? We both know that he's…'

'Wrong' Mac shot back. 'He is. Always has been, always will be the man who will have my heart. Nothing will ever change that. That's why I keep turning you down. Because I love that man with every single fiber in my being and I know he loves me back. End of the complete story isn't it?'

'He loves you?' Brent sounded defeated in his own ears too.

'More then he will be ever able to show or explain to me. You don't stand a chance against everything Harm has to offer me'. She finally dug her key up. 'Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date'.

And she left for her room.

END FLASHBACK

Brent made eye contact with Mac. She dared him to make a comment about the way she looked. But Brent didn't make a comment. Didn't want to after he saw the threatening look in Harm's eyes.

Ronnie cleared her throat and let Brent know that he had a show to make. He grinned back at all eight. 'All questions have been answered. No turning back now. Which couple knows each other best? Megan and Ethan? Vanessa and Roman? Harm and Mac? Or Audrey and Matthew? Let's find out…'

The couples had been asked questions they had to answer for their partner, such as 'What's his/her favorite food?', 'Favorite thing to do after a long week?' and all that. The answers had been written on white cards.

'Here's the first question' Ronnie started. 'What is the outfit your spouse likes best on you?'

Harm and Mac looked at each other and smiled. This was one of the easy questions. 'Harm and Mac? Why don't we start with you?'

Harm turned his card around for Mac and the rest to read. 'Mess dress' he said.

Ronnie turned to Mac. 'Is that correct Mac?'

'Oh yeah. Dress whites are highly overrated but mess dress is just… yummy'. Her face broke into one big smile.

'And what had you written down Mac? What does Harm like best on you?'

Mac picked her card up and flipped it around. 'Cranberry red dress with low-cut back'.

Harm gulped when he remembered the dress she was talking about. 'The one you wore to the Senator's Ball two years ago?' A soft moan escaped his lips. 'That was a mean move Marine. You were done seconds before we had to go, and when I figured out how low that back was, I couldn't wait to get you out of it. Pure torture that entire night because you were off limits'.

'Oh, I saw the look in your eyes when you finally registered what I was wearing. Ever since you've been asking me every single time when we went out to dinner if I was going to wear that dress. So tell me Flyboy, is it really your favorite? Or do you like my uniform better?'

When Mac looked up she saw that Harm's eyes had turned dark. She grinned. 'You're right Sarah. Cranberry red dress with low-cut back is my favorite'.

The other three couples noticed the looks that passed between the Rabbs. That was pure passion; lust if that was how you wanted to call it. This couple had a fire burning for each other that was long from burning out.

Brent nodded in approval. 'Seems as if the Rabbs know what they like on each other. Let's see if the McGraws know as well. Roman, what does Vanessa likes to see you in?'

Roman turned his card around. 'Tux' he answered.

The grin on Vanessa's face was about as wide as Mac's. 'Yup. Especially a white one… That was what you wore when you proposed to me anyway'.

'And Vanessa, what does he like to see on you?'

'Black silk-with-lace nightgown'.

Roman rolled his eyes and turned to the other guys. 'It's a very good thing they are only supposed to wear those inside the bedroom, right guys? The later they pull them over their heads, the sooner we get to peal them off again'.

Since this was one of the simple questions every couple answered correctly. Harm and Mac answered the next question (Favorite food?) also correct, since that was Beltway Burgers and veggie lasagna. After all the dinners spent together, they knew what the other liked. It wasn't until the fifth question that Harm made a mistake.

'What would your spouse like to do after a stressed week?'

It had taken Harm a while to come up with an answer, and this was the only one he wasn't sure about, so he hesitantly turned his card around. 'This is the only one I'm not sure about Marine. We usually have low-key weekends after a stressed week, or go to Grandma, but I wasn't sure which one to pick, so I opted for Grandma Sarah'.

Mac smiled. 'I like going to Grandma but that is not the thing I would want to do after a stressed week. There is no way you could've known this anyway 'cause I never told you. But, the thing I would like to do is get home on Friday and not leave the apartment until Monday morning'.

Harm gave her a devious smile. 'And you're telling me after three years? You know how many weekends we've lost already?'

'You know how many there are to come?' Mac threw back. 'Anyway, I don't really care because I know you'll make it up to me…' She batted her lashes. 'Won't you?'

How could he deny her anything when she looked at him like that? 'You know I promised to give you everything you wanted Sarah, so I'm not going to deny you that'. He winked. 'And what do I want to do after as stressed week?'

Mac flipped her card around. 'Take "Sarah" up for flying'.

Harm rolled his eyes. 'How come you know me so good?'

'Because I'm your wife sailor. Your partner, best friend, wife… The most important person in your life, the one you started to share everything with about and month after we met…'

'You've made your point counselor'. Harm sighed.

'I'm glad' Mac said and blew him a kiss.

When Ronnie asked the next question, Harm and Mac locked eyes. And held. 'What is the scariest event in your relationship?'

They didn't really listen to the answers the Bell and Turners gave. When Vanessa turned her card around, Mac registered the tone in her voice. 'Hospital 2000'.

Mac broke her eyes away from Harms and turned her head to Vanessa. The tears were visible in her eyes. Roman turned his card around as well and the others read the same words. "Hospital 2000".

The couple looked at each other and Vanessa softly started to speak. 'We were on a holiday to the Bahamas, to celebrate our second anniversary, and having a good time and everything… We were swimming when Roman got cramps in his leg. He almost drowned and lost consciousness so I had to pull him all the way to shore…' She started to cry and Mac, Audrey and Megan rushed over to her to comfort her.

Roman took over. 'For some reason I kept seeing her face… At some point I saw her broken down in the hospital, I saw the doctor going over to her and telling her I died… I couldn't do that to her… Not to my parents, my little brother and sister, but especially not to Nessa. Not to the one I love more than life itself'.

'It was partly out of your hands Roman' Harm softly said as he looked up to Mac. 'Cramps happen'.

Mac knew what Harm was thinking about. 'So was what happened to me on the Watertown Harm. It wasn't your fault he assaulted me'.

'I never said it was' Harm protested.

'You're thinking it' Mac answered. 'I can see it in your eyes every time someone brings up the case that brought us back on track. You look at me with that intense look in your eyes and I can just see you think that you take blame for happened to me back then'. She walked over to him where he was standing with his hands in his pockets, slumped shoulders and head down.

Lifting his head up, she looked into his eyes. 'Yeah, you were scared. So was I. But you saved me Harm. I'm still here and I'm not going anywhere for a very, very long time'.

'I came so close to losing you that time Sarah…' His voice chocked with emotion.

Mac nodded. 'Like I came so close to losing you when you crashed two years ago. And for that I am to blame, because if I hadn't made you promise to come back…'

Harm shook his head. 'It was still my decision to fly back that night Sarah. I made the decision to get into that plane, to get into that storm… The fact that I crashed was out of your hands'.

Now Mac was the one who started to cry. 'But if I hadn't made you promise…'

'I still would've come back that night. Brumby be damned Sarah… I would've come back to you. For you. The thing that kept me trying in the freaking ocean, the thing that kept me breathing was you. Like Roman said, I couldn't do it Mom and Frank, couldn't do it to Grams, but especially couldn't do it to Sarah. To my Ninja-girl. To the person I love more than life itself'. He brushed a tear of her cheek.

Whatever he had wanted to say next was lost, because Mac pressed her lips to his in a searing kiss. Ronnie and Brent looked at each other. Brent knew that his battle was a lost one, because no one would ever own Sarah's heart than Harmon Rabb Jr.

Ronnie on the other hand would not yet accept that the battle was over. So, they were a great couple of actors. They were still playing a part. Although a little, sneering voice in the back of her head said that Harm and Mac weren't as much playing as she would like to believe they were.