Title: Ending the Dance

Author: JAGfreak

Disclaimer: Anyone dumb enough to think I own JAG and its characters, well deserve to keep on thinking that. lol.

Chapter 1/? -It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas

Mac's Apartment

Christmas Day

Georgetown

"Can I get you anything else? more pillows?" Harm suggested,

trying his best to care for her.

Mac smiled from her place on the couch. She had been thus far propped up by many fluffy pillows personally "fluffed" by Harm as she had witnessed earlier and had barely stopped herself from laughing by biting her bottom lip.She was covered by a blanket up to her waist, her arms bent at the elbows one hand on top of the other at her stomach. Beside her was a TV tray fully loaded with goodies including but not limited to such things as the remote, a box of tissues, the phone, a glass of water, and some pain killers. She hadn't been released fromthe hospital but one hour and ALREADY Harm was driving her crazy..but in a decidedly adoreable way.

"I'm fine Harm...really, I'm just a little sore." Mac reassured, smiling at him from across the room.

"Okay...just let me know if there is anything I can get." he responded. Mac again resisted the urge to laugh at his inability to sit...heck, even stand still. He had been pacing around the room pretending to do something or getting this and that for the last 45 minutes and 11 seconds now.

"I will," Mac started teasingly "but in the meantime do u think you could sit down?"

Harm smiled back at her then and crossed the room to sit in the chair across from her. "Yeah I can do that."

Mac rested her head back on the pillows, turning her face to the right so she could see him. "Are YOU alright?" she asked, with a lopsided grin on her lips, risking the pain moving her face at all caused.

"Me? You're the one who was in the car accident." he smiled.

"Alright fine...you're just looking a little pale...that and the fact you can't sit still and up until now hadn't set down since we got here." she said pointedly.

He chuckled and looked down., then back up at her. "It's just been a long night...Iwas.... worried..." He again looked down.

Mac's tone and facial expressions became serious at his honesty. "It's okay Harm......I'm okay."

"I know....just...well" He kept studying a place on the carpet. "things could've been alot worse."

"But they weren't.." Mac interjected.

"I know......." he trailed off quietly, lost in his own thoughts.

"Harm?.." Mac asked quietly.

Harm lifted his eyes to meet hers.

Mac smiled a small smile at him, an apologetic look in her eyes. "Merry Christmas"

Harm returned her smile..."Merry Christmas Mac."

TBC...or not? you tell me. : )