A/N: I figured I would get this out before I find out that Harm and Mac aren't together and I thoroughly lose my muse. I totally blame the other girls in my group for the inspiration for this specific story. One in particular, and she knows who she is! Hope you all enjoy it!

JAG HQ

Falls Church, VA

Mac walks into JAG HQ in dire need of a cup of coffee. She didn't get much sleep last night. Partly from the research of the girls' latest project, but more due to the fact of the dreams that such research conjured up.

Harriet enters JAG OPS a few minutes later, also exhibiting signs of lack of sleep.

Fifteen minutes later, Carolyn Imes walks in looking worse than something the cat drug in.

It isn't until after 10am, when Sturgis and Harm are facing off in court, that the girls end up together in the break room in search of liquid caffeine. They look at each other, and all three sport wide grins, remembering yesterday's debate at lunch after a certain Commander walked by looking absolutely delicious in Navy Summer Whites.

******Flashback to lunch yesterday******

Harriet, Carolyn, and Mac are enjoying a leisurely lunch in the courtyard in front of JAG OPS. They are discussing this and that, and giggling amicably, when Harm parks his crimson red vintage Corvette in his designated spot. He exits the drivers' side and then bends over to retrieve his briefcase from inside the car. Carolyn inhales sharply and her whole face turns beet red. It takes Harriet and Mac a minute to notice what she is staring so intently at.

Harriet questions, "Nice view, Carolyn?"

Carolyn breaks out of her musings, "OH…YES! Wait, What?"

Harriet and Mac smile at her discomfiture. Across the parking lot, Harm notices them and starts walking over, before he is intercepted by Sturgis. Harm ends up standing there, in his wide legged stance with all three ladies glancing over at him.

Harriet asks, "What do you think ladies? Does he dress to the right or to the left?"

Mac looks at her quizzically, "What do you mean?"

Carolyn laughs outright, "What she is truly asking is do you think it hangs to the left or to the right?"

Mac spits out her water, "You are kidding me, right?"

Harriet grins with a gleam in her eyes, "So…which do you think? I'm thinking he leans to the left."

Carolyn smiles, "Nah, I think it's to the right.

Both ladies look at Mac for the tiebreaker. Mac stands up to gather her lunch, "I am not looking at my partner that way, and I have no comment to add to this discussion!"

As Mac walks back into JAG HQ, Carolyn and Harriet turn their eyes back to the subject of discussion. Carolyn raises her eyebrow in question. Harriet coyly replies, "Oh yeah, she was definitely looking!"

******End Flashback******

Carolyn is the first to break the ice, "So Mac, are you still going to deny looking yesterday?

Mac confesses, "Yes! But, after our talk yesterday, I decided that I needed to do a little research. So, I went home and spent a good half an hour looking through my photo albums staring at "that" specific region. I also discovered that his cover seems to be conveniently covering that area in many of the pictures. Even after scrutinizing several, with a microscope I might add, I honestly couldn't make a determination.

Harriet chimes in, "A half hour! I looked for over 2 hours! I even invited over my real estate agent, who called him "quite the hunk", to assist and we couldn't come up with a definitive answer either. "

Carolyn laughs, "You are a happily married woman, you shouldn't have spent 2 minutes, let alone 2 hours on this."

Harriet grins mischievously, "Hey what can I say? My husband is deployed and I needed a little excitement. Besides, I can look all I want, I just can't touch."

Mac chuckles, "Ok, I'll be sure to remind Bud of that the next time he is on a topless beach."

Harriet starts at her flabbergasted, "You will not!"

Carolyn teases, "So, what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander."

Harriet relents, "Touché."

Mac asks, "Carolyn, you are looking a little under the weather today, what's the matter?

Carolyn sports a wide grin, "I spent all night looking for an answer, and I didn't get any sleep!"

Mac isn't sure whether to be jealous of another JAG lawyer scrutinizing her partner so intently or not, "All night?"

Carolyn slyly remarks, "Yes, there are many angles to examine. I had to make sure that every contour and ridge of the evidence was inspected."

Harriet chuckles, "UM, I don't think any of my pictures could have shown that much detail since he was clothed in all of them, is there something we should know?"

Carolyn sighs, "I wish! I'm not that lucky! However, since we can't look too closely in person without it becoming painfully obvious what we are doing, there is a simple solution to this dilemma."

Simultaneously Harriet and Mac ask, "What's that?"

Carolyn smiles like the cat that ate the canary, "Someone just needs to run their hand up the inside of his thigh on one side and see if they run into anything. Either that or find an excuse to put your hand in one of his pockets."

Mac stares at her with disbelief, "Are you kidding me!?"

Carolyn innocently replies, "Nope, and Mac, you will have to be the one to do it."

Mac starts shaking her head vehemently, "Why me?"

Carolyn responds, "Because, you are the person he is closest to. Harriet can't do it because she is married, and I wouldn't have a reasonable excuse for going into his pockets or touching his leg."

Mac exclaims, "I can't do that!"

Harriet chuckles, "And here I thought Marines didn't back down from a challenge!"

Mac just raises her eyebrow, and smiles as she walks out of the breakroom.

TBC

So what do you think, is this Marine up to challenge?