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 7

The next day after having brunch at IHOP they headed over to the Robert's mansion. They walked up to the front door and knocked on the door. Bud opened the door and stood there dumbfounded. He was surprised to see his mentor standing. Then he mumbled a greeting.

"Commander, is it really you Sir?" asked Bud.

"Yes Bud, it's me. I'm not in the navy anymore so please call me Harm. And that's an order!" laughed Harm and Mac.

After all this time Bud still had difficulty calling them Harm and Mac when they were off duty even though he considered them his mentors and best friends.

"Honey come here, there's someone here that you're going to want to see." Bud cried out to Harriet.

"Who is it Bud?" bellowed Harriet. She hated being disturbed this early on a Sunday morning.

She came out of the kitchen grumbling and saw Harm. She hurried over to him and gave him a big hug.

"Commander it's so nice to see you again. I've missed you. I thought I would never see you again." cried Harriet.

"Hello Harriet. Please call me Harm. I'm not in the navy anymore. I have no rank." replied Harm as he shook his head.

"Harm is down from Harrisburg this weekend visiting. He's working in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania now." smiled Mac with pride.

Harriet and Mac went into the kitchen to talk while Bud and Harm stayed in the living room.

"Is he here to see you Ma'am? Are you two seeing each other now that you've broken up with Commander Brumby?" asked a curious Harriet.

"Well I finally did tracked Harm down last week at his grandmother's farm. She got him to admit how he really felt about me and also how he felt about me marrying Mic.

I was sitting in the next room listening to what he had to say. It was so wonderful Harriet. To hear him say that he loved me and that he thought I was the most wonderful woman he had ever known.

Then his grandmother brought me into the room. I asked him why he could tell everyone else how he felt about me, but wasn't able to tell me. I told him that I loved him more then anybody else.

I have been waiting for him to tell me that he loved me since the first day that we met. Because that is how long that I have been in loved with him." replied Mac with tears in her eyes

"What did he have to say?" asked Harriet as she saw how happy Mac was. She was glowing and was so energized.

"He knew that we were destine to be together when he first met me, but that he needed to take it slowly because of some of his obsessions. Also he was afraid to lose me if he push too hard too fast." smiled Mac.

"So what's going to happen now?" asked Harriet.

"I called Mic on the phone to tell him how sorry I was and that I didn't love him the way I loved Harm. I couldn't marry him because I didn't love him enough and that the wedding was off.

Then I went with Harm to his new apartment where we spent the rest of the weekend talking and making love. He gave me this ring before I left. It's the same one his father gave his mother when he asked her to marry him.

Yesterday he flew down here and we spent the day together. We went flying in Harm's bi-plane. We'll be working on how we want to spend the rest of our lives together over the next several months." responded Mac with tears flowing down her cheeks because she was so happy.

"That's so beautiful Sarah. Are you going to be leaving JAG too Sarah?" asked Harriet.

"I don't know for sure Harriet, it's too soon to say. I love Harm so much. He has started a new career that he loves very much.

I don't think I want to be separated from him anymore then I have to. We have a lot of things to work through first. We'll just have to wait and see." replied Mac quietly.

Meanwhile Bud and Harm had gone out to the back yard to light the grill for a cookout.

"I want to thank you Bud for what you have done for Sarah and me." smile Harm as he slapped Bud's shoulder in appreciation.

"I haven't done anything Harm." replied a confused Bud.

"Yes you have Bud. You told her the truth about how I felt and why I couldn't tell her. It convinced her to come looking for me and confront me about my feelings for her." responded Harm thankfully.

"Thank you Harm, you two are my best friends. I couldn't let you be apart because you both were too stubborn to tell each other how you felt. I have been listening to Harriet moan and groan for three years about why the two of you couldn't get together.

That you love each other so much. We both wanted to see you and Mac happy. We wanted you to at least try to have a relationship. If it didn't work at least you could say you tried." replied Bud.

"Thank you and Harriet for caring for us so much. We feel the same way about you two even though you both act quite weird at times. I didn't know how I was going to live without her Bud. Now I have a chance of finding out how I'm going to spend the rest of my life with her. Thank you again Bud." smiled Harm.

"It was my pleasure Harm." replied Bud happily.

Harm and Mac spent the rest of the day at the Robert's mansion. They had a cookout in the back yard. They had fun catching up to what was going on in each other's lives. Harm had a fun time playing with little AJ before he and Mac went back to her place.

Over the next several months the romance between Harm and Mac bloomed. They spent their weekends together. One weekend it would be at his place the next week they would be at her place. They explored their feeling towards one another and talked about the future.

They went to Harm's grandmother farm for Thanksgiving. The whole family was there. Trish and Frank had flown in at the beginning of the week. Mac's mother and uncle had arrived on Wednesday.

They all sat down and had a wonderful dinner. They ate turkey, mash potatoes, turnip, squash, pearl onions, bread stuffing and cranberry sauce for dinner. They had cherry and apple pie for dessert.

After dinner they all went into the parlor to sit around the fire. After talking for an hour Harm stood up to address Mac.

"It is so nice to have everyone here today. We have so much to be thankful for. It was nearly a year ago I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life.

Sarah had come to me while we were in Australia. She wanted us to start exploring our feeling for each other with me. I was involved in a murder trial at the time and wasn't prepared to deal with what she wanted or needed from me at that time.

I needed a few days to think over what she had said to me and understand what she really wanted. But before I knew what was happening she was wearing another man ring on her right hand.

She told me it was only a friendship ring but I got stubborn and pigheaded. I wouldn't listen to her. Then to make matters worse after I thought about how I felt about her and what she was trying to tell me in Australia I didn't respond.

I should have sat down with her and talk it out. I responded very poorly which in turn led her to respond in a manner that wasn't really beneficial to either of us.

Then six months ago I was on the verge of losing her to another man. I had screwed up royally. Instead of telling Sarah not to marry the other man, that I loved her, I ran away with my tail between my legs.

It took a good friend and a great lady to intervene to tell me like it was and help us get squared away.

I'm very happy that a very special young lady loved me enough to not give up on me and track me down. She made me face my feelings for her. I loved her and wanted to spend the rest of my life with her." orated Harm with passion.

Harm got down on one knee and pulled out a ring from his jacket pocket. Mac gasp and put her hand over her mouth as the realization of what was about to happen.

Tears began to flow from her eyes. Her heart began to beat faster. Everyone else in the room moved to the edge of their seats. They all knew what they were about to witness and what a wonderful and special event it was.

"Sarah, I love you. You are the most wonderful woman I have ever known. You have followed me all over the world covering my six even when I didn't think I needed anyone. You have always been there for me whether I needed you or not.

I fell in loved with you the first time I saw you in the rose garden. I knew you were a very special lady and that I would have to earn your respect and love. You are my soul mate and I don't want to spend another day of my life without you in it.

Sarah MacKenzie would you do me the honor of becoming my wife. I love you so much. I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy." continued Harm as tears began to form in his eyes.

Tears were flowing freely down her cheeks now. The day that she had hope and dream for had finally arrived. She couldn't believe her dreams were finally going to come true. She was so happy.

"I would have followed you anywhere in the world just to be with you Harm. You are my life, my reason for being. I too have loved you since that first day we met in the rose garden. You looked deep into my eyes as though you were searching for my soul.

It would have been so easy to give into that special feeling I felt the first day we spent together, but you were too special to take a chance of throwing it all away before we got to know each other.

I never thought I deserved anyone as wonderful as you. But you have always made me feel special, that I was as good as anyone else. You have always been there for me. That is one of the things I love most about you.

Harmon Rabb Jr., I would be honor and very proud to become your wife and soul mate for the rest of my life. Yes, I will marry you." cried Mac.

Harm stood up and kissed Mac. Everyone got up out of their chair and came over to Mac and Harm to congratulate them with hugs and kisses. They were all very happy to be there to see such a special event.

"I'm so happy for you baby. Harm is such a wonderful man. I know he will make you very happy." cried Deanne(Mac's mother) as she held Mac in her arms.

"Thank you mom. I'm so happy that you are here to share this special day with me. I so happy right now. I don't ever want this feeling to go away." replied a very happy Mac.

"You have a right to feel the way you do. It is a very special day when a man and woman share their love for each other this way before their families.

I glad that you and Harm thought enough of me to invited me to be here today with you to share in this very special moment. I love you sweat pea." responded Deanne.

"I love you too mom." cried Mac.