4) EXT - DALTON AIR HANGAR - NIGHT

Jack and Ann are standing outside the hangar door, hand in hand.

"Hey, about the Chevelle, let's keep that just between us, OK?"

Ann eyes him curiously. "OK."

Jack leaned in and kissed her. Eventually he came up for air. "I've wanted to do that for years."

She's a bit dazed. "Wow...I think I went tilt."

He leans in and kisses her again, then pulls her close. "I'm so glad you came."

"So am I."

"I'll pick you up tomorrow and we'll take the Goose up."

"It's a date."

He lets her go and watches her drive off into the night.

Jack checks his watch: 9:30 - Mac should still be up. He walks back to his office and calls him.

"Hey MacGyver, it's Jack. How about we meet at the hangar at 7:30 tomorrow morning?"

"Excuse me, is this *Jack* Dalton, owner of Dalton Airways? 7:30? You never get up that early."

"I'm motivated."

"Apparently, and I want to hear all about it tomorrow."

"Hey Mac," Jack added.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks."

"Good night Jack, I'll see you tomorrow morning."

"Good night."

5) INT - DALTON AIR HANGAR - MORNING

Mac and Jack are working on the Goose again, but this time in companionable silence. Jack has stopped arguing about the spark plugs, and let Mac have his way.

"So," Mac starts, "how long did you and Ann date?"

"We didn't - we were just close friends."

Mac looks up, surprised. "By the way you were acting with her yesterday, I assumed you were in love with her."

"I am."

Jack put his wrench down and turned to Mac.

"Ann and I were both going through hell at home. The only people we'd ever been able to trust or rely on were each other. I didn't want to risk losing that."

"I never knew..."

"Losing her tore me in half. I acted out and nearly got thrown out of the Minnesota foster home. By the end of summer, I'd managed to lock away the pain, but I never forgot, and I never stopped loving her."

"I'm sorry Jack." Mac thought about missed opportunities, and his own friendship with Mike Forrester.

"I've been given a second chance with her, and there's no way I'm going to waste it." Jack picked up the wrench. "Let's get cracking - I promised to pick her up at 1 and take her up in the Goose."

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