Title - Shutting Off - Part 1

Author name - Carol

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Rating - G

Classification - S, R (Harm and Mac)

Spoilers - Everything

Disclaimer - I own nothing. Nor do I admit to owning anything. If I really owned anything do you think it would take me 15 years to pay back my students loans.

Summery - Working late can lead to new thoughts

Authors Note - I'm not really sure this takes place, so we'll just say sometime in Season 8.

Originally written in 2002 - Non-beta


2142 EST

JAG Headquarters

Falls Church, VA

It's late Wednesday night both Mac and Harm are sitting in Harm's office, preparing for a case the Admiral just gave them. Harm is sitting at his desk reading the file, while Mac is sitting in the chair across from him reading another file. Harm looks at Mac, takes a deep breath and say's, "Hey Mac doesn't it bother you that we are the only two left here?" He looks at Mac and awaits for a joke from her, but she doesn't respond. "Mac." Still no response. "Hey Mac!"

"What!" She finally says as she nearly jumps out of her seat.

"Are you all right?" He asked.

"Fine. Why?"

"Just wondering I called your name three times and you never answered. You must really be into that file. Wish mine was more interesting." Harm said as he put his file down on his desk and started walking around the office.

"This file isn't that interesting. I just let my mind wonder." Mac admitted as she put the file down on his desk and ran her fingers through her hair.

"What were you thinking about?" Harm asked.

"Have you ever wanted to shut your brain off?"

"You've been hanging Bud too much. You're beginning to sound like him." Harm said sitting down in the chair next to her.

"Ha-ha." She said with a slight grin on her face. "But really have you ever what to stop thinking and just do what your heart tells you to do?"

"Mac I think you need a vacation."

"Harm try to follow me. We come in here everyday, do our work, go home and start the whole thing over again. There are times when I just want to shut my brain off and do something different." Mac said looking out Harms window from her seat.

"You by-the-book-MacKenzie wants to be spontaneous?"

Mac looked at Harm and said, "I guess I do." She then turned her attention back to the

window and said, "Tell me Harm if you could do anything right now what would it be?"

Harm looked at Mac smiled and said, "I would leave the office and go flying. How about you?"

Mac didn't even think she just said, "I think I'd kiss you."

"You'd do what?" Harm said not believing what Mac just said.

"Kiss." Then Mac looked at Harm; who had the deer-stuck-in-the-headlights-look on his face; then she continued, "You know kissing. It involves two people putting their lips together and moving them around."

"I know what kissing is. But I don't think that's a good idea." Harm said.

"That's just it Harm. You're not suppose to think. You just do it."

"Mac that is something that involves thinking. I think..." Harm started to say but Mac leaned over and kissed him on the lips. Harm was shocked and did nothing in response.

Mac pulled away from him and said with a smile, "Are you sure you now what kissing is?" Then she leaned towards Harm again and kissed him. This time Harm did kiss her back. After a few seconds Mac and Harm broke the kiss and looked at each other. "See it works better when both people actually do something."

Harm smiled, chuckled at Mac's comment and said, "Yeah it does. That was nice Mac."

"Yeah it was." She said back to him as she reached for the file she as reading from his desk.

Harm stood up from the chair and walked over to the other side of the desk. He picked up the file he was reading and said, "Mac, would you ever consider shutting off your brain again?"

Mac looked up from the file and said, "Only if you do the same thing."

The end of Part 1.