A/N: I'm sorry it took me forever to update, but I have a huge case of writers block! I promise it won't happen again (at least, I hope it won't because I don't like it!)
Anyway, here's the second part I promised. Enjoy!
Mansion "Snowdrop"
Somewhere in Tennessee
2235 hours local
There were just three more questions left to ask. The couples had moved over to the living room of the mansion, sitting close together instead of standing opposing each other. Harm had his arm wrapped around Mac's shoulder. The both of them were slightly smiling; looking at ease with everything in the world. As were Roman and Vanessa, who had held each other tight for a long time. If there was something neither of the couples wanted to go through, it was almost losing each other again.
The quiz was no longer a quiz; neither one of the couples felt the need to test how good they knew each other. The cameras had stopped rolling for a moment, giving the couples some breathing space. There was decided that because of the pretty intense moments, the last couple of questions would be answered, but there would no longer be a contest. Not tonight anyway.
Brent and Ronnie had positioned themselves across from the couples. Three more questions. Asked in a more informal way. And how they were going to pull that of? They had to figure that out for themselves. They were the hosts.
'So,' Brent started. 'Can one of you explain why all your relationships are so tight? I've never seen so many couples with a strong relationship as tonight'.
The couples looked at their spouses and the other couples.
'I think it is because we got to know each other' Audrey said. 'We've all been through a lot, together and on our own and that makes us the persons that we are today'.
'True' Ethan agreed. 'But I also think it is because we let each other be who we are. We don't try to change either one'.
Mac nodded. 'Harm is the first person who was willing to put up with all my crap. Then again, he was also the first I told everything to. But still, people I thought I could trust would run away after I shared something of my past with them… Harm wasn't and still isn't like that'.
'Oh right' Harm tried to compensate, 'as if you don't take crap of me. You know about my dad, about my 'I-need-to-be-the-superhero' complex and stuff like that. You know about all of it and still, here you are'.
'Isn't it also that we just love each other? We've come to love each other, despite our differences, despite the flaws in all our personalities and all of that' Vanessa answered. 'We've seen each other through a lot, and I take a lot of Roman's stuff because I know that half of it is not directly his fault'.
'Which doesn't mean that we always remember things or that we have the decency to just forget about something and move along' Matthew said. 'I know I've said a whole lot to Audrey that I didn't mean, but you sometimes just don't want to deal with all of that. Sometimes you're just to stuffed up with the whole deal that you do want to blame her or him. But that fact that we're still together proves that we can sometimes have a fight, but in the end, we still love each other and that is what counts'.
Harm tilted his head to one side. 'I think Matt's right. Sometimes you need to fight to get your point across, or to somehow tell the other person that you still care… I know Mac and I sometimes just fought to have a fight; so that we were able to make up afterwards. We just like arguing'.
Yeah, they liked arguing. It was probably one of the reasons they were such a good team. They were always arguing; either to find a loop or to argue what the best way to get or keep their client out of the brig was.
'Neither one of you guys have kids. Is there any particular reason for that?' Ronnie asked, trying to look as casual as possible.
'Actually' Megan said, taking Ethan hand and placing it over her lower abdomen, 'Ethan and I found out that we're expecting'.
'Oh my God! That's great!'
Everyone congratulating the couple and for a while everybody was all over them. After a while, everything clamed down again. 'Well, that narrows it down to three'.
Roman took Vanessa's hand and gave it a soft squeeze. 'Nessa and I don't have kids because we're not able to have any. And there's no need to apologize because neither one of you guys knew. We've decided that we're going to adopt'.
The couple next to them, Audrey and Matthew, were up next to answer. 'Matt and I decided not to have any kids. We like being around kids and all, both our sibling do have kids, but we don't really have a desire to have them'.
Harm's hand had slipped into Mac's and their fingers intertwined after Ronnie had asked that question. They had discussed all this. They had discussed that after the show, they were going to work on the kids' part. They already had discussed the names of their kids.
'And you guys?' Brent's question broke their eye contact; if only for a moment.
'We definitely want kids' Harm said, just loud enough for everyone to hear. 'We covered that topic a long time ago. Decided on names and everything already'.
'Really?' Megan was intrigued. She really thought Harm and Sarah Rabb were a special couple. 'Do tell'.
Harm was still looking at Mac. 'You do the honors Mrs. Rabb'.
'Are you sure?' Mac asked.
'Yeah'.
She gave him a wide grin. 'Well, if it's a girl, we're going to name her Jahzara Laeticia, and if we'll have a boy, he'll be named Kyan Sage'.
'Wow. Didn't pick ordinary names either' Ethan said. 'Why those?'
'We were on a case in Africa once, and there was a little girl named Jahzara' Mac started to explain. 'And when we asked what it meant, they told us that it meant "blessed Princess". Got us pretty convinced that our little girl, if we ever had one, should be named that'.
Harm squeezed her hand. 'And Kyan… I heard it a very long time ago, when visiting a client in the ghetto or something. His little brother was named Kyan. They were African-American, but for some reason the name stuck with me. Just glad Mac agreed that the name was great for us'.
Megan grinned. 'And we decided to stick with Benjamin Isaac for a boy and Samantha Dawn for a girl'.
'Yeah, naming them after our grandparents. The boy anyway' Ethan grinned. 'That's not what you guys did for sure'.
'Nah. For a little while I was scared that she would name our son Harmon Rabb III, but thank god she thought that was as sad for him as it had to be for me'. Harm let his breath out. 'We could've named him after Uncle Matt though'.
Mac shook her head. 'No, Kyan Sage is just perfect as it is'.
Ronnie cleared her throat. 'Sorry to interrupt, but we talked about strong relationships earlier. Dumb question; anyone ever cheated on the other?'
It was silent in the room. Absolutely silent. Where the hell did that question all of a sudden come from?
'No' came the simultaneous responds.
Ronnie rose out of her chair. 'Are you sure about that Mr. Rabb?'
Harm gave her a bewildered look. 'Excuse me Ms. Miller? Are you actually asking me if I'm sure I never cheated on my wife?'
'That's what I asked isn't it?' She gave him a seductive look and licked her lips. 'Are you really sure?'
Harm rose as well; not that he didn't want to stay close to Mac on the couch, but he felt that it would be better dealing with Ronnie standing. 'What are you talking about Ronnie?'
She gave him a soft laugh. 'Right Harm, as if you don't remember'.
Mac looked at the scene in front of her and bit her lip. She couldn't imagine Harm cheating on her… Not on anyone else for that matter. He hadn't cheated on her, had he? Not after all they had been through the past year? The past four weeks?
Ronnie trailed her finger over Harm's lips. 'Oh come on Harm, when are you going to tell her? When are you going to tell her that you cheated on her?'
Harm's eyes had grown dark with anger and he took her hand. 'I don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about Ms. Miller, but I will tell you one thing. I don't know what led you to believe that I would even be interested in you, but I'm not. I'm a happily married man. I haven't cheated on anyone in my entire life and I certainly don't plan on cheating in the future. Especially on someone as special to me as my wife'.
Ronnie pulled her hand away. 'Oh for God's sake Harm, we both know she's not your wife! You know as well as I do that you've playing the happily married couple for the past four weeks and that there's nothing true about the whole freaking thing! Stop pretending!'
'Stop pretending what Ronnie?' Harm threw his hands up in the air. 'Stop pretending that I love her? Stop pretending that she is the most important person in my life? Well, here's the truth. I can't. I can't stop loving her, I can't stop feeling that she is the most important person in my life. And about the wife part; hate to disappoint you, but she is my wife. Has been for the past three months'.
A/N: Yeah, I know, you don't want me leaving it here. I'll explain in the next chapter. I love reviews!
