Title: America's Couple

Author: rooster dawn

Pairing: Harm/Mac

Disclaimers: The characters of JAG are the property of Donald Bellisario and Bellisarius Production, Inc. Used without permission. No copyright infringement intended. May be reproduce if unchanged, author given full credit, and no financial transaction is involved.

Summary: It's a New Year and the new General sees what the rest of America sees.

Feedback is greatly appreciated and welcomed.

Author's note: What is a General to do when his best team is love by all America?

Author's note 2: This is a follow up story to Number One Couple in Washington DC.

part 2

"With your permission Sir, I need Petty Officer Coates to bring something in here to illustrate my point." requested Mac.

The General called Jen into his office.

"Yes Sir." asked Jen as she reported to the General.

"The Colonel needs you to get something for her." replied the General.

"Yes Ma'am?" asked Jen.

"Could you please get the blue cart out of my office and bring it here." ordered Mac.

"Yes Ma'am." replied Jen.

Five minutes later she was back with the cart. The General looked at it and saw ten books on the top shelf. The second and third shelves were filled with magazines. There had to be over a hundred of them there.

"What is this Colonel?" asked the General wondering what she was up to.

"This is the MacKenzie/Rabb library Sir." answered Mac.

"You have a library?" asked the General in astonishment.

"Yes Sir. Ever since the first case we worked on together, we've been headline news." replied Mac.

The General gave her a look of disbelief. If he had said something it would have been 'Yeah right.'

"Do you remember the story about the theft of the Declaration of Independence Sir?" asked Mac.

"Vaguely." he replied.

Mac handed him a magazine. On the cover was a picture of Harm hanging on one of the landing struts reaching up to Mac. The caption read 'Permission to come aboard'.

"The media took that as an invitation to be a part of our lives. They have been following us all over the world ever since. They have pictures of every possible aspect of our lives Sir. It's a part of our lives. It has been for a long time." explained Mac.

"Turn to page fifty two Sir." requested Mac.

The General perused through the article of how they recovered the document before looking up at Mac. He had also seen the picture of Harm and Mac meeting in the White House Rose Garden.

"That was only the first two days that we were together Sir. The media has been following our career ever since. Harm was a news magnet long before I ever met him, but he has become even larger and more famous after I joined him." smiled Mac.

Mac handed him another magazine. The front page had a picture of Harm saluting in his dress blues. The headline read 'Commander Rabb, Navy's Poster Boy'

"Turn to page forty one Sir." directed Mac.

The General read about Harm and some of his exploits. That he was now enjoying great success in his second career choice. It also talked about him and Mac. How they successfully root out the truth no matter where it laid.

The General shook his head as he read the article. He had taken a look at the Commander's record when he first arrived, but it only gave a few highlites.

"What's with all these magazines Colonel?" he asked.

"More of the same Sir." replied Mac.

"Just how many magazines are there in your library Colonel?" asked the General.

Mac looked over to Jen.

"Last count Sir, there was one hundred and five." replied Jen.

Again he shook his head in disbelief.

"Two years ago alone Sir, there was thirty three." added Jen.

"What?" he asked.

"It would take too long to explain Sir. It all began with our tour in Afghanistan." replied Mac.

"Since when would a naval officer be serving a tour in Afghanistan?" asked the General.

"Well the quick story is we went over there for the tribunal. We found out there was a secret terrorist threat in motion. We were assigned to assist in finding out what it was.

We traveled across Afghanistan looking for the terrorist who had stolen some nuclear waste material. During that time Harm survived stepping on a landmine. We survived a bombing run on a Taliban compound.

We survived a trip through the Afghan desert with unfriendly factions firing at us. And finally Harm saved the battle fleet by having a dirty nuke chase after his six." answered Mac.

"That's an amazing story Colonel." replied an amazed General.

"Yes Sir. They even wrote a book about it." offered Mac.

"One of these books?" he asked pointing to the books on the cart.

"Yes Sir." replied Mac.

He saw the books on the cart. There were ten of them. He picked each one up and read the title. He opened the books to see a summary of each on the first page after the title page. He whistled at some of things he read.

1. Thirty Years: In Search of the Truth

Summary: A boy loses his father on Christmas Eve 1969. Follow a journey of thirty years as a young man searches and finds the truth about his father.

2. An American Hero : Bosnia

Summary: He fought the war from above. He fought to keep the peace. He saved lives by pushing another aircraft to safety with nothing but a tail hook.

3. An American Heroine : Indonesia

Summary: During an attack on an American embassy, a Marine officer takes command, retains her cool under fire to lead an embassy full of people to safety.

4. Another Chance to Fly

Summary: After a devastating crash many years ago, a Naval Aviator relives a dream he's had since he was a child. He returns to the air to fly like his father and grandfather before him.

5. Second Careers : Aviator turn lawyer

Summary: After many years as a successful aviator, a Naval Officer succeeds in a new career. Successful aviator, now successful lawyer.

6. Butch and Sundance : American Heroes in Afghanistan

Summary: They survived landing in a minefield. They survived a bombing run and a journey across the dessert of Afghanistan. They saved the fleet from an enemy nuclear attack.

7. The Languages of Lawyers

Summary: A marine of many skills, this marine defends the American truth in eight languages.

8. The Perfect Union: Jarheads and Squids can get along

Summary: Two unlikely people thrust together make the most perfect union as they defend the American way of life.

9. A Pictorial of America's Favorite Couple

Summary: The life and times of America's favorite couple. How they live and how they play.

10. The Adventures of America's Couple

Summary: The adventures of Commander Harmon Rabb and his lady, Colonel Sarah MacKenzie as they travel the world in search of the truth.

"Each one of the books has sold at least one million copies. Some have done much better than others." smiled Mac.

"Really?" mused the General.

"May I ask which ones have done the best?" asked the General.

"The pictorial has done the best, selling almost ten million copies Sir. Butch and Sundance is also a big favorite. It has sold over seven million copies. They also like reading about our adventures Sir.

It has sold over six and a half million copies. There have been talks about doing a second volume of that book. Not all of our adventures were included in the first book." smiled Mac.

"Amazing Colonel. I can see why you're not fazed by all the coverage over the holiday weekend." nodded the General.

"The former SecNav always thought the coverage was good for the Navy.

It gave a positive light of the military during a time of controversy during the war on Terrorism.

It also showed that serving in the military was a way of life not much different than civilian life. You know Sir, it was only our day job. We had a life away from the job to go home to." explained Mac.

"Well I have to admit this wasn't something I expected. I was pretty upset when I saw the newspaper and magazine articles. But I can see now that I was wrong with my assumption.

Thank you Colonel for clearing up the matter for me. If you don't mind Colonel, I would like to keep your little library here for awhile. I would like to look through them. It might give me a better insight into you and the Commander." smiled the General.

"Yes Sir. Petty Officer Coates can return it to my office when you're finish." replied Mac.

Mac returned to her office to get some work done. An hour later Harm was knocking on her door.

"Hello beautiful, how did it go with the little man?" smirked Harm.

"You really shouldn't be saying things like that around here Harm. You don't know who might be listening. Things are finally going good for us. I don't want anything to mess it up." replied Mac with a stern look.

"I'm sorry Mac, but it's hard to resist when I have to deal with him. He's like the little French poodle. His bark is worse than his bite. They bark a lot, but there's little they can do." explained Harm.

"Pretty funny for a squid. But to answer your original question he was concerned with our exposure New Year's Eve. It seems we made all the daily newspapers and several magazines. He was pretty upset." smiled Mac.

"So how did you handle him?" asked Harm. He wondered if she used the drill sergeant approach or the educator approach.

"I showed him the MacKenzie/Rabb library." smiled Mac.

"The MacKenzie/Rabb? I thought it was the Harm and Sarah library." replied Harm.

"Maybe to our close friends, but to the world MacKenzie/Rabb sounds better." replied Mac as she gave him one of her special smiles reserved only for him. The smile that melted his heart.

"I suppose when we go into private practice that will be the name." replied Harm.

"It's better than Brumby and Brumby." smiled Mac.

"True. So what did the General have to say when he saw our little library?" asked Harm.

"He was quite impress. He's going to study the literature. He hopes it will help him understand us better." laughed Mac.

"Good luck. Maybe he can help us understand us." laughed Harm.

"See you later Marine, love you." declared Harm as he left the office.

"Love you too Squid." replied Mac smiling. She couldn't wait to get home tonight.

THE END