Title: A Mac Wedding by Chloe
Author: rooster dawn
Classification: Harm/Mac
Spoiler: the Christmas episode
Summary: Chloe gets Harm and Mac to do what they have been dreaming about.
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part 1
1900 hours
Sunday 25 June
at Mac's apartment
Mac was at home sitting in her easy chair relaxing while perusing over some case files she needed to finish before Tuesday. She had spent most of the weekend catching up on paperwork.
She and Harm had been working a few cases that had come to completion. Mac was brought out of her train of thought when the telephone rang, it was Chloe (Mac's little sister) on the telephone.
"Hello Sarah, this is Chloe, how are you doing?" asked Chloe.
"I'm doing just fine Chloe, how are you doing? How are adjusting to being out on the farm with your grandparents?" replied a happy Mac. She missed Chloe so much since she left to live with her grandparents in Vermont.
"I'm doing very well. It has been great being here on the farm. I have a pony named Scout, which I get to ride every day as long as it doesn't rain. I really enjoy that. Grandmother has been great. She tends to spoil me a little." exclaimed an exuberant Chloe.
"Have you seen your father since you been there?" asked Mac.
"He usually talks to me on the phone once a week and he did have leave for ten days a month ago. We had a lot of fun getting to know each other. He's really cool. How are you getting along with the love of your life?" laughed Chloe.
"I don't have the faintest idea who you're talking about." replied Mac as she began to blush.
"You know, your flyboy Harmon." giggled Chloe. She loved to tease Mac about her feelings for Harm. She wanted to hear Mac admit her feelings for him.
"I can't believe you said that Chloe, you know he and I are just good friends." replied Mac as her blush became a darker shade of pink.
"Yeah right. You and I both know that he the one you want spend the rest of your life with, the one you dream about, and talk about with such great affection.
He's the one who causes your heart to flutter and hyperventilate every time you see him? Everyone can see that when you are together with him. They can see you looking at him all lovey dovey." smirked Chloe.
"How can you say such a thing. You have such a vivid imagination. You know that." replied a shocked Mac. Where does she come up with such ideas? She's only ten.
"I get bored very easily. So I like to watch and study people. I like to see how they interact with each other. Whenever Harm is around, you lose focus on whatever it is you're doing. Besides I've seen the two of you looking at each other when you don't think anyone is watching." replied Chloe.
"So is there anything else you would like to talk about Chloe?" asked Mac.
"I was wondering if I could come and visit you for a couple weeks this summer? asked Chloe.
"Yeah sure, I would love to have you visit. I've missed you so much since you left. When would you like to come?" asked Mac happily.
"How about the week of the fourth of July?" replied Chloe with anticipation.
"That will be fine Chloe. I'm already looking forward to your visit. I will call you later about the details. Bye for now sweetie." replied a happy Mac.
"Bye, bye, say hello to Harm and give him a kiss for me." giggled Chloe.
0800 hours
Monday 26 June
at JAG headquarters
Mac was fiddling around her office organizing her casework. She looked up and saw Harm standing at the door with a big grin on his face. She loved the way he smiled. It would melt away any negative vibes she was feeling at the time. It always made her feel good.
They had been spending a lot of time together recently. They were working on a lot of high profile cases that needed their special attention. They were putting in fifteen hour days, six days a week. They were becoming very close.
She wished they could take their relationship to the next level, but she really didn't know how he felt about her. She knew he cared, but how much? Harm wasn't very verbal about how he was feeling.
"Good morning Harm. What are you smiling about?" asked Mac with a smile of her own.
"Good morning Mac. Oh, I don't know, maybe because I'm looking at the best looking jarhead in Washington D.C. I'm just please to see you busy as a bee." smile Harm.
"Well thank you stick boy. I had a phone call from Chloe last night. She wants to come and visit for a couple of weeks this summer. I miss her so much. I miss not seeing her regularly.
I miss doing things with her, trying to help her with her problems. It made me feel good to worry about someone else's problems instead of my own." replied a wishful Mac.
"Yeah, she is quite the special young lady. She always seems to tell it like it is, especially about you. It is nice to be there for others when they need you. There is a lot of satisfaction in helping others." agreed Harm.
Mac, who was now blushing a nice shade of red, was trying to decide whether or not to respond to his comment so as not to encourage Harm and his sarcastic wit. She decided to do so anyway because she knew that she could outwit him.
"Well if you think what she says about how I feel is funny and embarrassing you really should hear what she says about who you love and what you want out of life." smiled Mac. Now it was Harm's turn to blush.
"I bet she does. I can imagine what she said to you since you are blushing like a rosebud." chuckled Harm.
"I'm not going to tell you what she says about you, you will have to take that up with her yourself. Anyways, how would you like to go to the airport with me to pick her up?
She was asking about you. She really wants to see you. She has something she wants to talk to you about. When I asked her what it was, she said it's confidential." laughed Mac.
"Sounds okay to me, just let me know what time you want to go. Maybe we can grab something to eat after we pick her up." smiled Harm.
"That sounds like a marvelous idea. I can almost guarantee you she will be hungry when she gets here." smiled Mac happily as the thought of spending more Harm in a casual setting made her very happy.
1700 hours
Thursday 29 June
at Dulles Airport
Mac and Harm arrived early at the airport to pick up Chloe. Mac couldn't wait to see her. When they saw Chloe coming from the air terminal, they started walking over to meet her. Chloe upon seeing them ran over to them very excitedly. She hugged them both.
"Harm, Sarah I'm so happy to see you!" exclaimed Chloe.
"We're happy to see you too sweetie. We have missed you a lot. How was your trip?" asked Mac.
"It was just fine. I'm very hungry, can we get something to eat." begged Chloe.
"Yes, we can go get something to eat after we pick up your bags. Where would you like to go for dinner?" asked Harm.
"I want to go get a Beltway Burger." yelled Chloe excitedly.
Mac started to giggle when she saw the expression on Harm's face. It had the look of total disgust. He couldn't believe that Chloe wanted to go to Mac's favorite burger joint. He just shook his head in surrender. Chloe started to giggle then wondering what was happening.
"It's a private joke between Harm and me sweetie." smiled Mac. Harm stood there shaking his head mumbling
"Women, they are all the same. They always seem to want what's not good for them. Are you sure you want to go there for dinner?" whined Harm.
"Of course I do. They make the best burgers in the world." exclaimed Chloe.
"Don't worry Harm, one Beltway Burger isn't going to kill you. It might actually put some color in your face. And are you talking about dinner or me Harm?" asked Mac suspiciously.
"Huh, oh yeah, no I'm not. All right, Beltway Burgers it is. Let's go before I change my mind." growled Harm.
2000 hours
at Mac's apartment
After dinner at Beltway Burgers Harm took Mac and Chloe back to Mac's place and went home. Chloe and Mac were sitting together on the couch talking about all the things Chloe had been doing while she was away and what Chloe would like to do while she was visiting Mac.
"Mac, I would like to experience what it would be like to go on a real family vacation for a week like normal people do. You don't suppose that you could ask Harm if the three of us could go away for a week and do something together?" begged Chloe.
Chloe hoped that she would said yes, otherwise her plan wouldn't work.
"I'm sure Harm wouldn't mind doing something together with you for a week. He really does thinks that you are a special young lady who keeps him on his toes. But how is going away with Harm and me have anything to do with spending time together like a family." asked a bewildered and suspicious Mac. What is she up to wondered Mac?
"Well even though you are my big sister, I think of you more as my mother figure than a sister. You help me out so much this past year. You listen to me and try to do the things for me like my mother did before she died." replied Chloe very quietly.
"Thank you Chloe that is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. Even though you have embarrassed me at times with some of the things you say, I love you very much. You make me want to have children of my own some day, especially if they are cute and adorable as you are." chuckled Mac as she gave Chloe a big hug.
"Thank you Sarah, I love you too." whimpered Chloe with her head resting on Mac's chest.
"But how does Harm fit into all of this?" asked a puzzled Mac.
"Well I like him a lot. He doesn't take any of my b.s. Also since you love him so much you can pretend for a week to be his wife and see how it would be to have a real family with him." whispered Chloe.
She hoped that Mac would accept her idea and not say no. Mac was blushing a nice shade of red.
"How in the world can you say something like that? You know we can't have that kind of relationship if we want to continue to work together." responded Mac.
"Well I did say I wanted to pretend to have a family vacation with a mother and father. You are the closest person I have in my life to being a real mother. And Harm is the only one you want to be with. And I know he wants to be with you." explained Chloe while praying that Mac would say yes.
"You don't know that for sure." replied Mac.
Even though she was putting up a show of resistance to Chloe, she did like the idea of pretending to be Harm's wife for a week.
"Well every time I see you two together he comes across as if he loves you. He always has a goofy look on his face and seems to be fixated on you the whole time. He rarely takes his eyes off of you. You would know this if you weren't always looking away." stated Chloe.
Mac was trying ignoring Chloe's last statement. She didn't want to encourage her.
"I guess he does happen to act goofy a lot when you're around. I guess it's because he doesn't know what you are going to say. And I guess he doesn't know how to respond.
But I'm sure I can convince him to go on a little trip with us if that's what you really want to do. He does like spending time with you like I do. Is there anything else important that you would like to do while you're here?" asked Mac as she dreaded what she would hear next.
"I need to do a special project for school over the summer. It has to be about something I did during the summer. I heard about Harriet and Bud's military wedding. I would like to film one as a class project." smiled Chloe.
The first part of her plan had work. Now it was time for the second part. She prayed silently "Please, please, please say yes."
"Do you have anyone in mind or can I guess whom you want to partake in this endeavor?" asked Mac suspiciously.
"What do you man?" asked Chloe with her most innocent look.
"I'm sure that you want to film Harm and me getting married." replied Mac.
"Well I guess I was thinking about you two. You two would make a beautiful couple. It would be better if I could tell my friends that I knew the people, and that they are two of my best friends in the whole wide world.
I would be so very happy. Everyone would like me for sure then. Also I know it will fulfill your secret fantasy, marrying Harm." giggled Chloe.
"You can't be doing things just to satisfy other people Chloe. You have to be yourself, someone that you can be proud to be. You can't let other people determine who you are and who you're going to be.
That is how I ended up being an alcoholic. I was trying to please others, but in the process I lost who I was. I didn't like who I had become. Once I made the commitment to be who I wanted to be I became a happy person. I was able to achieve the goals that I set for myself." lectured Mac with love.
"But you still have a secret fantasy to marry Harm. I know it." whined Chloe.
"It is not a secret fantasy, Chloe." replied Mac.
Why is she doing this to me? Why God why?
"It is unless you've told Harm." responded Chloe.
"All right Chloe. I'll talk it over with Harm. If he says its okay with him, then I'll go along with it too." replied Mac as she gave up.
