Title: Harm Leaves JAG

Author: rooster dawn

Classification: Harm/Mac

Spoiler: fifth season

Summary: How does Harm deals with the impending marriage of Mac and Brumby.

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part 5

20 July 00

JAG Headquarters

A few days later Mac received a telephone call from Grandma Sarah. Harm had called to talk to her. He was going to visit her this weekend. He was going to tell her about his new job. Mac was welcomed to come up and visit. Mac thanked Grandma Sarah for telephoning her.

The next day Mac went up to Grandma Sarah's farm. Mac spent the night talking with Grandma Sarah. They talked about how they were going to confront Harm and his feelings about her.

22 July 00

Grandma Sarah's farm

The next morning Harm decided to drive to his grandmother's farm at 1000 hours. It would give him time to visit with his grandmother before lunch.

They could talk about what was going to happen this weekend. She would help him deal with Sarah marrying Mic. He would also tell her about his new job and where he was living now.

Grandma Sarah would help him get over Sarah. She would know how to help him eased the pain of losing the most wonderful woman he had ever known and loved.

When Mac arrived at Harm's grandmother's farm she park her car behind the barn of out sight. She didn't want to spook Harm before she heard what he had to say.

She would sit in the next room and wait while Grandma Sarah talked to Harm. Grandma Sarah would get Harm to open up and express his true feelings for her.

When Harm arrived at the farm he was greeted by his grandmother with a big hug and kiss. He smiled and told her how happy he was to see her. He proceeded to tell her about his new job.

He loved it. Everyone there knew about him and his exploits as the flying lawyer. They had heard all about his great accomplishments as a hotshot naval aviator as well as a naval lawyer.

What they weren't aware of was his success rate as a lawyer, over ninety five percent. They were a great bunch of people to work with. He had a wide variety of cases to work on like he did with JAG.

He was also going to do some contract work with the state and federal government. He would probably be down in DC area for a couple days a month. He could visit his friends then.

Mac was listening to Harm talk in the next room. She smiled. She was happy to hear that Harm was adjusting so well to his new life outside the navy. She wanted to see him so much that it hurt, but she would wait until lunch to see him.

She missed him so much. She didn't like to think about her life without him in it. Mac listen very carefully when Grandma Sarah asked him who he would visit when he went back to DC.

She asked him if he would visit Sarah. She liked Sarah. She was a beautiful girl with a lot of spunk. Sort of reminded her of herself when she was younger.

"Who are you going to see when you go to DC Harm." asked Grandma Sarah curiously.

"I'll probably stop in to see Bud and Harriet to see how little Aj is doing. Maybe after some time has past I'll stop into JAG to see how the Admiral and the gang are doing." replied Harm.

"How about Sarah? She was your partner for over four years. She is such a lovely young lady. And you love her don't you?" asked Grandma Sarah.

"I don't think so grandma." replied Harm sadly.

Tears began to flow from Mac's eyes. He didn't want to see her. He didn't love her after all. She was such a fool to believe that Harm could possibly love her. She began to cry harder.

"Why not Harm? I thought you said you loved her. Did you know that she's been looking for you for the last month since you left JAG. You left without talking to her and saying goodbye.

I know you were raised better than that Harmon." responded Grandma Sarah as she tried to understand her stubborn grandson.

"I couldn't face her Grandma. I couldn't say goodbye to her. I love her too much to see the hurt and pain in her eyes knowing that another person she cared about was deserting her.

How could I go and watch the most wonderful woman I have ever known, marry another man? She's the only woman I have ever love with all my heart and soul.

How can I knowing that if I had a little intestinal fortitude she might be marrying me tomorrow instead of Brumby. It would break my heart to see Mac with another man's ring on her hand.

I don't think I could face her knowing I did nothing to prevent it. I don't think I could work with her all day knowing that she's going home to Brumby at night." wailed Harm in great emotional pain.

A smile came slowly across Mac's face. Tears of sorrow were being replaced with tears of happiness as they began to flow. He does love me after all she cried to herself. Wow!

She had been waiting for a very long time to hear Harm finally say that he loved her and only her. She was so happy that she wanted to run right into the next room and throw her arms around him. But she had to be patient and hear everything. She was finally hearing how he really felt about her.

As Grandma Sarah and Harm continue to talk Grandma Sarah went to the kitchen to start on lunch. She made a nice pasta salad with chicken and egg salad. She asked Harm to set the table for three.

He asked her if she was expecting company. She told him yes if it was okay with him. Her guest would be arriving shortly. Harm thought that his grandmother was already fixing him up with some young lady.

She always knew how to make him feel better. She put the frying pan on the stove to heat up. She put two hamburgers on to cook. The aroma of the burgers cooking set Harm's mind to thinking of Sarah and her Beltway Burgers. Boy did he miss his little ninja girl.

"Is the table all set Harm?" asked Grandma Sarah.

"Yes Ma'am. I'm all ready for you. Where's your guest Grandma?" asked Harm curiously.

"Let me put the food on the table. You can get the lemonade and put it on the table. I'll go get her. She's in the other room." smiled Grandma Sarah hopefully.

Grandma Sarah walked out of the room to talk with Mac for a few minutes before returning with Mac. When Harm saw her he was stunned. She was the last person he expected to see standing there in his grandmother's kitchen.

She was looking great as usual though it looked like she may have been crying. He didn't know whether to be angry or happy. All he knew he was happy to see her again.

"Hello Sarah, I guess I understand why grandma was cooking hamburgers now." a nervous Harm trying talk to Mac.

"Hello Harm. You know me, I need my burgers. I've been looking for you for the last month. I've needed to talk to you." replied Mac hoping Harm would stay and talk to her.

"So I've been told. I don't think we have anything to talk about Sarah." replied Harm a little hurt.

"I think we do. I've been talking to Bud. He filled me in on a lot of things." contradicted Mac.

"You can't always believe what loose lips Roberts tells you." replied Harm with a sneer.

"Come on now, be nice Harm. I know you are right about Bud most of the time, but sometimes what he has to say is true. That's why I needed to talk to you.

After hearing what you had to say with Grandma Sarah, I heard you tell her that you love me, I know Bud was right." wailed Mac.

"You were spying on me?" asked Harm angrily.

"Not exactly, but it's the only way I knew that I could find out the truth about how you feel about me. Why couldn't you have just told me how you felt Harm?" pleaded Mac softly.

"Why should it matter now? You're going to marry Brumby." mumbled Harm quietly.

"I love you Harm. I always have, but I didn't think that you loved me the same way. You never said anything to me about how you felt. Only that you couldn't let go. That's why I was marrying Mic." cried Mac.

"You really didn't give me much of a chance. You blindsided me in Australia. I was focusing on a murder trial. I wasn't expecting you to tell me you wanted to explore our feelings. We weren't exactly on the best of terms since I return.

I know you must have been thinking about it for a long time. I needed some time too to digest what you said to me and what you wanted. I wasn't prepared to make that kind of decision that night.

I needed a few days to think about it. You didn't give me any time to think Sarah. Instead you went out to dinner with Brumby a couple nights later and showed up with Brumby's ring on your hand.

I was shocked and confused. A few nights before you told me that you love me and want a loving relationship. I thought you would wait for me. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect you to leave me for Brumby or anyone else for that matter." replied Harm.

"I never expected Mic to propose to me Harm. I actually turned him down. I told him I couldn't love him that way. He understood because he knew I loved you. I only took his ring so as not to hurt him.

I was going to take it off when I got back to DC. But you made such an issue of it I decided to keep it on just to annoy you. Then you started seeing the video princess to spite me.

That's when I decided to talk with Mic more. I needed someone to make me feel good about myself after you rejected me for that blond bimbo." replied Mac as she defended herself.

"I'm sorry Sarah. I really had my head up my six. I should have talked to you later about how I felt about you. I should have made an effort to make you understand where I was at.

That I loved you, but I needed more time before making that kind of decision. It probably would have reduced the tension between us." smiled Harm as he took Mac into his arms.

"I think you are right flyboy. Mic was saying all the things that I had been waiting for you to say. He made me feel good and wanted." smiled Mac.

"So what does all this mean Sarah?" asked Harm a bit confused.

"It means that if you love me and want to marry me sometime in the future, then I'll tell Mic to take his sorry six back to Australia. I only want to be with you flyboy." replied Mac as she buried her head into his chest.

"I love you ninja girl. And if you want me, you've got me forever and ever." responded Harm as he gave her a kiss on her forehead.

"I love you too flyboy. I want to be with you forever and ever." replied Mac as they kissed so passionately that Grandma Sarah blushed.

Grandma Sarah was so happy to see them talking and working out their problems. They made such a wonderful couple. Mac was so much better for Harm than that blond bimbo Renee.

She quietly excused herself and went into the next room. She quickly called Trish to tell her the news, that Harm and Mac had made up. They both were so happy that Harm and Mac were together again.