'The Weekenders - Part 6'

"Orion's Reach" Ranch House
McDaniels Family Residence
Appalachian Mountains, VA

Mac tapped Harm on the arm and motioned to come away from the door, they had been standing there listening to Clay and Casey.

They walked towards the stables, Harm plonked his body down on a bale of hay resting his head against the stable door.

"You think Casey will be OK?" he asked

Mac smiled.

"I'm sure she will be, she has Clay to help her through. He cares about her  a lot doesn't he?"

Harm nodded.

"He's her partner." 

He said by way of explanation.

Mac smiled at Harm.
"Partners so if I had been in Casey's situation...what would you have done?"

"I never would have let you go out on your own to start with."

He said adamantly.

"But, I guess I would have the same reaction Clay did."

Mac nodded, inside the thought of Harm holding her the way Clay had been holding Casey sent a frision of excitement through her.

"Have you checked out the horses yet?"

Harm smiled.

"Nah, haven't been on a horse in years not since Buckley's threw me."

"Buckley's?"

"My Grandma Sarah's horse. He was called Buckley's because anyone but Grandma had Buckley's chance of riding him."

"You mean the great Harmon Rabb Jr was defeated by a mere animal?  Oh I would have PAID to be there for that." 

She said laughing.

"Oh you think that's funny Marine? " Harm said rising to his feet.

Mac nodded, but backed away a little, Harm had that predatory look on his face. Harm made a lightning fast grab for her and caught her by the arm, he swung her up into his arms and walked towards the horse trough.

"Y' know Marine you could use a shower after that run, but since we're outside, a bath will have to do"

"Harmon Rabb Jr don't you dare!" 

Mac squealed.

Mac grabbed hold of Harm's neck and held on tight.

Harm grinned at her.
"Oh I dare Marine...I dare!"

With a squeal Mac was thrown into the horse trough, but as she  went in she pulled Harm in after her.

Clay and Casey came racing out the back door when they heard the scream and then the splash.

They tried not to laugh at the sight of two JAG Lawyers lying in a horse trough.

"Oh...to have a camera" 

Clay said to Casey with a grin.

Despite the tears that stained her face, Casey smiled.
Clay had a feeling that everything was going to be OK.

"Y' know Squid...you're a lot heavier than you look." Mac quipped.

Harm grinned.

"Y' know I'd get up , but I'm real comfortable." He said laughing. "Yup,  think I might just stay here all day."

Mac wriggled beneath him, getting her trapped arm free she tickled him.

Harm squirmed.

"Hey cut that out"

"Nope. Not til you get off me."

"Maybe I don't wanna get off you." He said.

"May I remind you that I am a Marine? If I want you off me, you're off."  She said grinning.

Harm looked at his Marine, lying in the horse trough with a piece of straw stuck in her hair, and she was still talking tough. He reached up to pull the straw out of her hair, as he did his fingers brushed her cheek, and almost involuntarily he traced the line of her face stopping at her chin.
Her skin was so soft.  He had never felt so attracted to a woman as he was right now to Mac.
He wanted her more than he could ever express in words.

""It's been 3 years Rabb what are you waiting for?""

Clay's words echoed in his head.

'No more waiting' he thought 'it's now or never'

He was startled out of his reverie by Mac.

"Harm?"

"Mm hmm?"

"Are you planning on kissing me?" she asked

Harm looked deep into her eyes.

"Thought you'd never ask." 

He said with a smile.

"But...I...that's not....mmmft "

Her protest was muffled by Harms lips.

Casey and Clay stood by the back door watching them kissing in the horse trough.
Clay chuckled to himself.

"About time Rabb." 

He muttered.

Casey smiled.

'Way to go Mac!' she thought to herself.

"C'mon lets go inside and give these two some privacy." 

Casey said pulling Clay back inside.
In the kitchen Clay began putting dishes in the dishwasher.

"Admit it Case, I am a genius." 

Clay said grinning.

"Clay, I would willingly admit to a foreign government that I was a United States Spy before I would EVER admit that YOU were a genius."

Casey laughed and dodged the kitchen sponge Clay threw at her as she made her way up the stairs to get changed so they could go riding.

"Women!" 

Clay said with a grin.