Chapter 1: Mac's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Kiss and tell

By: Mac

Disclaimer: I don't own JAG or any of its characters, they're owned by CBS, and Donald Bellsario. I also don't own CSI or any of its characters' they're owned by Jerry Bruckheimer. I'm just playing with them for a while; I do plan on giving them back…eventually. Lol. Oh, BTW, I own Gabriel Cross and his goons and Jamie Callahan…well I guess I don't really own her any more, but ne wayz, on with the story.

Author's Note: I like messing with the characters, so bear with me. Hee~hee. insert evil grin here Oh, and because I'm pretty sure that a few people will be confused by me using military time, I'll change it to normal. So don't sue me because I have 2:45 instead of 1445. thanks.

Spoilers: none

Summary: Tensions mount; and sparks fly among CSI and JAG members, but could those sparks mean more for Harm and Mac?

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Thursday, July 14, 2002

7:45 pm

Gabriel Cross' Penthouse

Las Vegas, Nevada

"Please don't hurt me!" a woman begs.

"I'm sorry sweetie, but you know too much already." The man asserts.

"No, I-I don't honest!" she pleads.

"You know about my smuggling drugs onto the Navy's carriers in California," he retorts. He signals for two of his goons to take her away. They grab her, and as they're dragging her out the door, he says, "Oh, by the way…you're cover's been blown. Take care."

She struggles to free herself from her captors, but is not successful.

"Guys, make sure she doesn't come back. Got it?" he asks. The two thugs nod in affirmation, as the door closes.

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Friday, July 15, 2002

8:45 am

Mac's Apartment

Georgetown

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

"What?" I mumble as I start to come out of a sleepy haze. I glance at the alarm clock only to realize that I'm forty-five minutes late for work. I leap out of bed hoping that if I go fast enough I can still make it to work without being severely tardy. THUD! "Ouch!" I yelp as I topple over the pile of clothes right next to my bed. I hop up, unscathed, and rush to the bathroom to brush my teeth. After that, I turn the curling iron on, and quickly jump into the shower to start washing up.

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8:55 am

Mac's Apartment

Georgetown

"Ok Sarah, you can do this." I tell myself while trying to get dressed. I go back into the bathroom to start tackling my rebellious auburn tresses. I go to pick up the curling iron, and burn myself while doing so. "Crap!" I run cold water over my burnt finger for a few minutes, and then try to curl my hair again. Thankfully this time I'm successful, and now I can move onto the next job—shoes. Luckily they're by the door so I slip them onto my feet on the way out the door. While walking down the hallway to the elevator, my heel breaks, and I'm forced to go back to my place for another pair of shoes. By now it's 9:15, and I rush to my car, and hope that nothing else goes wrong before tomorrow can come.

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Friday, July 15, 2002

10:05 am

Jag Headquarters

Falls Church, Virginia

"Oh my God, can't I just skip today?" I mumble to myself as I hurry towards my office, all the while trying to avoid seeing people I know.

"Hey Mac, wait up!" Obviously that was a less than successful attempt.

"Hey Harm," I say as I plaster a fake smile on my face, hoping he doesn't notice.

"You're late, you know that don't you?" he asks.

"Yeah, I know." I say a little too harshly.

"What's wrong?" obviously I've been blessed with a partner that knows me too well.

"Nothing," I say, slightly unsure of myself.

"Ok." I know he can tell that I'm lying, but he doesn't push the subject, and I'm grateful for that.

"Well, I just wanted to know if you had the Spencer file, I needed to finish working on it."

"Yeah sure, it's on my desk…somewhere," I really should straighten up a bit. I start moving a few files around, and a few minutes later, I bump into one of the many mountains of paperwork, and it tumbles to the floor.

"Crap!" I exclaim.

"Oh, let me help you with those," Harm politely offers; always the gentleman. I think he's suffering from knight in shining armor disorder.

"Thanks," We both bend down to start reorganizing, and we bump heads…hard.

"Ow!" we both yelp. That really hurt, I muse while nursing my injured noggin.

Then being the weirder of the two of us, I start laughing.

"What's so funny?" Harm asks, while rubbing his forehead.

"Nothing, it's just that today has always been my unlucky day." I say while trying to catch my breath.

"Oh?" He says, while standing up. He stretches his hand out to help me up; which I gratefully accept.

"Well," I start after he helps me up,"ever since I can remember,—"

"Sir, Ma'am, the Admiral would like to see you in his office, As soon as possible."

"Thanks Tiner, We'll be right there," Harm says. Tiner salutes and walks back to his desk.

"Great kid, just awful timing," I say.

"Yeah," my handsome partner agrees.

"So what exactly did you do this time?" I joke, as we venture towards the Admiral's office.

"Me?" he says surprised.

"Yeah you, what did you do that will ultimately have us doing paperwork for the next three weeks?"

"Hey, you're the one having the bad day, what makes you think it'll be my fault?" He counters. We both start laughing as we near the Admiral's office.

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10:25 am

"Enter!" we hear as we reach the door. We enter as commanded, and stand at attention waiting for further instructions.

"At ease," The Admiral sighs, as he sits on the edge of his desk. Harm and I both notice that he is rubbing the bridge of his nose; something that he often does when extremely stressed out.

"Permission to speak freely sir?" Go Harm, always the brave one.

"Granted," he sighs once again.

"Are you okay sir?" Harm wonders, genuinely concerned. Isn't that so sweet? I sigh.

"No Commander. One of our own has been killed on an undercover assignment."

"Who sir?" we both ask simultaneously.

"Lt. Commander Jamie Callahan."

"How sir?" I inquire.

"That's what you two are going to figure out." He says while regaining his composure. "You'll be leaving at 9:45 am on Monday. You have the rest of the morning off to regroup, and you'll be meeting Mr. Webb at McMurphy's around 2:00. You're dismissed." We salute and exit his office.

"So I guess I'll see you later?" Harm questions, as we stop walking.

"Yeah, um…do you want to take one car to McMurphy's?" I query.

"Uh, sure, I'll pick you up at 3:30?"

"Ok, I'll see you then." I turn towards my office, and start packing up my stuff to leave.

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3:40 pm

Mac's Apartment

Georgetown

"You're late" she quickly says. How did I know she was going to say that?

"So what else is new?" I flash her one of my trademark grins, and notice she sways a bit; and she says I don't have that effect on her…ha! Liar.

"Ok Harm just let me get my bag." She turns to go grab her bag and I take this time to take in her appearance. She's wearing a light blue tank-top, and a pair of blue jean shorts. She also has little blue butterfly clips holding her back a few pieces of her normally unruly bangs.

"Let's go." She says while shutting the door to her apartment.

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3:58 pm

McMurphy's Bar

Georgetown

"So why do you think she was killed?" I asked Mac as we entered our usual hangout.

"Who knows? Webb was involved, therefore anything could've happened." She sighs. I see Webb sitting in a booth in the corner. We go over to the booth and sit down.

"So Webb, I hear news of another one of your stings that flopped?" I mock, as we order drinks.

"As much as I hate to indulge you Harm, yes, it did." He surrendered without a fight. That's not like Webb at all.

"Ok, Clay, you're supposed to be letting us in on the details so we can start our investigation." Mac inserts while sipping her iced tea.

"Yeah," he sighs. "Ok let's see. Have either of you heard of Gabriel Cross?"

We shake our heads no. "Well he's the biggest drug lord in Las Vegas. It's been rumored that he's been sending drugs to California; and from there, they're smuggled onto the Navy's carriers to be sent overseas." He pauses, and I take this opportunity to interject.

"So what does that have to do with Jamie Callahan?" I voice.

"I was getting to that. We sent her undercover to find out if these rumors were true. She was to go in as a showgirl that wanted to get 'better acquainted' with him, if you know what I mean. She was just supposed to get close to him and find out if he was smuggling the drugs overseas. Somewhere in there, her cover must've been blown. So I'm supposed to send in JAG's 'dream team' to find out exactly what happened to her." He finishes his monologue, and looks at us for confirmation that we understand.

"So, let me get this straight." Mac starts. "You expect us to go to Las Vegas, for you, and clear up this whole mess, which if I'm assuming correctly, is completely your fault?" She boldly asks.

"Yeah," he says while playing with his napkin.

"You're paying us for this right?" She finishes. I kick her under the table and she turns to me and says," What? I think this qualifies as extra-curricular." She can be so cute sometimes…ok more than sometimes.

"So when do we leave for Vegas," I wonder.

"Monday morning. You'll be working with the local CSI's on this case, so be nice." He adds.

"Do you expect anything less?" I declare. He starts to say otherwise and I interrupt by saying," That was rhetorical." Mac of course giggles slightly at this, but I say nothing further.

"Oh, and you're allowed to wear civilian attire for the length of this case." Webb adds. I don't know why he doesn't tell us this stuff to begin with.

"Exactly how long are we talking about?" Mac slides in.

"Um…However long it takes." He sees us looking at him murderously, and takes this time to say farewell and quickly leaves before there is bloodshed.

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