All American Girl

Disclaimer: Nope. I don't own `em. Come to think of it, I don't own the song either.

This story involves my Rabb family from "I Loved Her First". So, yes. I guess this is a sequel. However, not everything matches one hundred percent to my first fanfic. I'm going to do what they do in Hollywood and ignore it…we'll call it an "Author's Privilege". ;-)

Rating: K

Summary: Tina and her husband, Mark, are going to have their first baby. As Harm awaits the arrival of his grandchild, he reflects on the past, present and future.

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The bright fluorescent lights in the waiting room of the Bethesda Naval Hospital were buzzing as Captain Rabb plopped down on one of the chairs. He was anxiously awaiting the arrival of his first grandchild.

*** Flashback 1 ***

Mac had just finished lighting the candles on the dinner table. Then she began her mental check list. Music – check. Candles – check. Table set – check. Dinner ready – check. One handsome sailor – MIA. Where was he? And how come he's never on time? Well, she reasoned, it's not like he actually knew she had a romantic dinner planned.

Exactly six minutes and thirty-seven seconds later, the front door opened. "Honey, I'm..." He walked in the dinning room and the table was all set and heard the soft music playing in the background. "...home," he finished. "What's all this? Did I forget something? It's not Valentine's Day...or your birthday...or my birthday...or our anniversary. Is it?" he asked alarmed.

"Relax," she calmed him, "you didn't forget anything. You're too good of a husband to forget."

"Then why all this?" he used his hands to gesture to the table.

Mac shrugged. "Because."

"Because why?"

"Later," she whispered. "I'll tell you later."

"Aww, come on, Mac. What if I guess? Will you tell me if I'm right?"

She thought about it for a moment. "Okay. I'd tell you if you guess correctly. Take your seat, but first give me your jacket." He took of his uniform jacket and handed it to her. He watched as she open the coat closet and hung it up. When she returned, she pulled out her chair, sat down and began to eat. Shortly after, Mac looked up from her food. "What?" she asked after noticing that he hasn't moved. "Aren't you gonna join me?"

"Yeah...yeah." Harm sat down and began moving the food around on his plate rather than eating it. "Did you win a big case?"

"No, not really."

It was silent. Then all of the sudden it hit him. "I know!" He exclaimed. "I know what all of this is about."

Mac swallowed a bite of food. "Y-you do?" This wasn't the way she wanted him to find out – she wanted to tell him at her own time. After dinner, perhaps, since that was "Plan A".

"Yeah! You're getting promoted - to full Colonel!"

Where on God's green Earth did that come from?! Mac wondered. "Not exactly, but I am getting "promoted"...in a sense." She continued to eat, but she stopped when he felt her husband starring at her. "You're not gonna let this go, are you?"

"Only if you tell me what's going on."

"Okay." She had to improvise quickly since he was messing up her plan. "Excuse me," she said as she stood up from the table. "I'll be right back." And with that, she went upstairs leaving one very confused Commander at the dining room table.

Mac went upstairs to the guest bathroom and put the pregnancy test she took not too long ago in a Ziploc lock bag before returning downstairs.

"Here," she whispered.

Harm took the bag and looked it over. It wasn't until he turned it over and saw that the little white stick had a plus sign on it when he added it together. "Mac." He was at a loss for words. "Is this what I..."

"Yes," she nodded. "Yes!" In spite of the happy tears were streaming down her face, she laughed and the corners of her mouth turned into a smile. "I'm pregnant!"

"For sure...?"

She nodded. "I took the test yesterday and the doctor confirmed it today, and call me crazy, but I took another one a little while ago…just to make sure. It still all seems so surreal."

"I...you... we're gonna have a baby!" he laughed. "Come here," Harm said as he pulled her into his lap and gave her a very passionate kiss on the lips. "I love you so much." Mac sniffled and Harm thumbed away his wife's tears. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong. Everything is absolutely perfect, I love you." She pressed her face against his chest and temporally didn't care about the tears that would land on his uniform. "Thank you," she murmured.

Since the day they got married
He'd been praying for a little baby
boy
Someone he could take fishing
Throw the football and be his pride in joy
He could already see him holding that trophy
Taking his team to state

*** End Flashback 1 ***

*** Flashback 2 ***

"Would you like to do the honors, Dad, and cut the cord?" the doctor asked Harm.

Mac let go of his hand. "Go on. I know you want to."

"And what about you, Mom?" The doctor started again. "Would you like to know the sex of your baby now or would you rather wait and have your husband tell you?"

"I want Harm to tell me."

Although she couldn't see his face due to the medical mask, Mac was sure the doctor was smiling. "Somehow I figured that."

Harm quickly planted another kiss on his wife's forehead, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the nurse pull a pink blanket out from the cabinet. That was when something inside of him clicked and he knew he was meant to have a daughter. Harm left Mac's side and went to the foot of the bed.

"Here," the doctor instructed as he pointed to where Harm should make the cut.

He smiled when he got to see his daughter for the first time. "She's beautiful; Mac…looks just like you."

"She? We-we have a daughter?"

"Yeah," he grinned. "We have a beautiful baby girl."

But when the nurse came in with a little pink blanket
All those big dreams changed

*** End Flashback 2 ***

*** Flashback 3 ***

Four year-old Tina was sitting happily at the kitchen table coloring in her Elmo coloring book. She was wearing her "Marine" t-shirt and "Navy" shorts. Mac, still in uniform, was sitting across from her working on some files. Harm enjoyed the scene so much that he just stood there for a minute and watched.

Tina looked up from her task. "Daddy!" She carefully climbed out of her booster chair and ran to her father.

"Hi, beautiful." He picked her up. "How are my two girls this afternoon?" he asked before giving Mac a kiss.

"Hungry." She answered with a smile.

"What do you want for dinner?"

"Tina, tell Daddy what you told me you wanted."

"French fries! From Beltway Burger!"

"Tina, did Mommy tell you to say that?"

She laughed. "That's silly, Daddy. I want `em. Please, pretty please." She gave him the puppy dog look.

He sighed. "Okay, I guess so."

"Yay!"

And now, he's wrapped around her finger
She's the center of his whole world
And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect
All American girl

*** End Flashback 3 ***

*** Flashback 4 ***

"Mom! Dad!" Tina called. "Anyone home?"

"We're out back, sweetie," Mac responded.

"Come on, Mark," she whispered. "I have someone I want you guys to meet!"
Tina pulled Mark through the kitchen and out to the deck. "Mom, Dad, this
is Mark. Mark, these are my parents, Harm and Sarah Rabb."

"Mr. and Mrs. Rabb, Tina has told me so much about you."

"She hasn't t--" Harm started before Mac cut him off.

"It's very nice to meet you," Mac said as she gave Tina a " we'll - talk - about - this - later" look.

Sixteen short years later
She was falling for the senior football star

*** End Flashback 3 ***

*** Flashback 4 ***

The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Tina announced as she made her way to the front door. "Mark!" she exclaimed. "I thought there was football practice tonight."

"There is."

"Why aren't you there?"

"Because I couldn't concentrate. All I could do was think about you."

Before you knew it he was dropping passes
Skipping practice just to spend more time with her

*** End Flashback 4 ***

*** Flashback 5 ***

The coach said, hey son what is your problem
Tell me have you lost your mind
Daddy said you'll lose your free ride to college
Boy, you better tell her goodbye

"Can I talk to you for a minute?"

Tina looked up from her books and saw Mark standing above her. "Now?" she
whispered.

"Yeah…outside, though."

"Okay." Tina gathered her books up and they exited the library.

"We need to talk," Mark said quickly.

"Uh-oh. I don't think I like the sound of that."

"I don't know how to say this."

"Spill it." She crossed her arms.

"We've been spending a lot of time together…and…in result my game has been
off. See, there's a guy coming next week, and if I don't impress him, I'll
lose my football scholarship."

"Oh," she said flatly.

"I don't think we should hang that much for a while."

*** End Flashback 5 ***

*** Flashback 6 ***

Two weeks later, Tina was walking the dog when she heard a familiar voice call her name. She turned around. "I have nothing to say to you, Mark."

"Then just hear me out."

She sighed. "Fine."

"I got the scholarship."

She turned around and started to walk away. "Good for you."

"But wait."

Hesitantly, Tina stopped and turned around.

"I'm not gonna take it."

"Why?"

He looked her in the eye. "You know the reason."

But now, he's wrapped around her finger
She's the center of his whole world
And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect
All American

*** End Flashback 6 ***

Present Day

Tina laid her head back against the pillow. "Mark…can I… ask you something?" she asked between breaths.

"Anything you want."

"You'll be honest with me, right?"

"Of course."

"Do you want a boy or a girl?"

He smiled. "That's easy."

And when they got married and decided to have one of their own
She said, be honest, tell me what you want
And he said, honey you outta know
A sweet, little, beautiful one just like you
I want a beautiful, wonderful, perfect All American

*** The Future ***

Tina, Mac, and Emily entered the Rabb home. Tina took off her daughter's jacket and shoes before telling her to go say hello to her Papa and Daddy. "Emily, baby, do you still have that birthday list you made at the toy store today?"

The five-year old nodded her head proudly. "Yes, I do!"

"Why don't you go show that to Daddy and Papa."

"Okay!" She trotted in to the kitchen to where her grandfather and father were cooking dinner. "Daddy, guess whats!"

Mark turned around and smiled at his daughter. "Oh, I don't know. "Whats" should I guess?"

"I made a birthday list!"

"Another one?" he asked.

"Yep. I wanna puppy, a new Barbie, a hula hoop, a jump rope, a kitty…"

"So I guess that means you don't want that airplane anymore, huh?"

She shook her head. "I still want that."

"Emily," Harm started. "You have hundreds of airplanes."

"But I wanna real one like you and Mommy have!"

Now, he's wrapped around her finger
She's the center of his whole world
And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful
All American girl
All American girl

*** ***

Present Day

"Hey, there, sailor." Harm snapped out of his daydream to find Mac standing in front of him with a cup of coffee. "I thought you might like this."

"Thanks," he smiled as she sat down next to him and rested her head on his shoulder. "How's Tina?"

"She's doing well. Mark said it shouldn't be much longer now."

"This sure brings back memories, Mac."

"Yes, it does. Is that what you were just thinking about – the day Tina was born?"

"Yeah…and a whole lot more."

There was a pause. "Harm?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think we'll have a grandson or a granddaughter?"

"A granddaughter," he stated matter-of-factly.

Mac stretched out her neck so that she could see his face. "You're pretty certain about that."

"Grandpas know these things," he said with a smile.

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