The story is set whenever you want because I wrote it so long ago when I first stumbled upon the show and my writing style has evolved since then so there's more speach than details here. Details may have been changed to suit my purpose and in case you were wondering the characters and the show don't belong to me.

JAG – Respect when deserved

11:02 Zulu

JAG Headquarters

Falls Church, Virginia

"Major General Adams is a well respected Marine officer, this article 32 hearing is going to attract a lot of attention, and the charge is sexual harassment towards a female officer. Turner and Manetti you two will be the prosecution. For the defence Baxter you are first chair, Rabb second." AJ Chegwidden announced.

"Surely the Commander would be better placed to be first chair Sir." OB said.

"The Major General specifically asked for you Major, I take it you know him."

"He was a professor at Law School, we didn't exactly get on."

"He asked for you and he's got you. Dismissed."

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"I hear you're defending Adams." Mac said walking into Ollie's office.

"He asked for me specifically, it's odd, you know that him and I aren't exactly best friends."

"I wonder why he never asked for me." Mac said sitting down.

"I'm taking an educated guess here Sarah but I get the impression that Harm doesn't know that you have a history with Adams."

"He knows I had an affair with a senior officer when I was in Law school, I never told him who the senior officer was."

"Do you think he's innocent or guilty?"

"You're his council Ollie, what do you think?"

"You know what my personal opinion is towards him, the way he treated you, his general attitude towards women. I'd be better off prosecuting him, god knows why I'm defending him."

"That's the six million dollar question." Mac said standing up.

"You realise there's a chance you could get dragged into this case."

"I know."

"I'll do my best to keep your name out of it. But if Turner finds out about the two of you he may use you or Harm could even use you. But you have my word, they won't find out from me."

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12:12

"Major General Adams I'm Commander Rabb and this is Major Baxter." Harm said.

"Baxter, I take it you know that I requested you for this case." Adams said.

"Yes Sir, do you mind if I ask why Sir?" OB asked.

"You know me Baxter, always full of surprises. As I recall you always liked a challenge, I doubt you've changed that much since law school."

"No Sir, I haven't. The question that I need answering is have you changed Sir, since we last met?" Ollie asked.

"You'll have to figure that one out for yourself."

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13:56

"So what do you think?" Harm asked Ollie.

"With regards to the defence or my personal opinion?"

"Why didn't you two get along?"

"He mistreated a friend of mine, it lowered my opinion of him and he gave me a hard time."

"Will it affect how you handle the case?"

"No sir, I'll defend him to the best of my abilities."

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The next day

14:26

"Major General Adams, is it true that you are married?" Commander Turner asked.

"Yes."

"Is it also true that you have had numerous affairs?"

"Objection. Relevance?" Ollie asked.

"Overruled." The judge said.

"Yes I have been unfaithful in the past."

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18:59

"How's it going?" Mac asked as she walked into Ollie's office where Harm and Ollie were discussing the case.

"It doesn't look good." Harm replied.

"Do you think he did it?" Ollie asked Mac.

"Do you?" She replied looking Ollie directly in the eye.

"He's a womaniser, unfaithful, manipulative."

"Personal feelings aside OB?" Harm asked.

"I honestly don't think he'd do something like this, he's used to women throwing themselves at him sure, but he values his career too much to do something as stupid as this. Sure enough the fact that he's a serial adulterer doesn't look good but it's not his marriage on trial here, he's on trial for a serious offence and I don't think he did it. Sarah?"

"It's definitely not his style." Mac replied, "I'll see you both tomorrow." She said leaving.

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"I think that he was having an affair with the Sergeant."

"Then why accuse him of doing such a thing?" Harm asked.

"When I was at law school, he was seeing a student, the only thing was he was seeing two others at the same time and his wife had just given birth. Maybe he was cheating on the Sergeant."

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22:56

Mac's apartment

"Harm, come in." Mac said opening the door.

"Thanks." He said.

"How's working with Ollie going?" Mac asked.

"It's enlightening to say the least, she's a hard worker I'll give her that much but I don't think she's telling me the whole story." Harm replied.

"Meaning?"

"She mentioned Adams having a fling with a student of his and cheating on her." Mac's heart rate started to increase.

"And?" She asked.

"I think She was the student he cheated on." Harm replied. Mac started to laugh,

"You think he was having an affair with Ollie?"

"It makes sense."

"I assure you, the last person he would be having an affair with would be Ollie. She'd rather chew her own arms off. She got married when she was twenty, there was no chance and is no chance she'd cheat on Will, she wouldn't want to, she's madly in love with Will. She had two kids before she graduated, she barely had the energy to call me some times let alone conduct an affair." Mac replied.

"Did you know he was cheating on you?" Harm asked.

"What makes you think it was me?"

"You held your breath a moment ago before I suggested that it was OB. Also you two went to the same law school, and you had an affair with a senior officer whilst you were at law school."

"Ollie promised she wouldn't say anything, the only other person who knows is Will, it's in the past. And before you say anything it has nothing to do with the case, as you know it was over years ago."

"Did you know he was cheating on you?" Harm asked.

"Ollie didn't find out about the others until after we'd finished, then she told me."

"Would he sexually assault anyone?" Harm asked.

"No, I'm with Ollie on this one." Mac replied.

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11:03

"Sergeant Frank, were you having a relationship with the General Prior to the incident?" OB asked.

"Yes Ma'am."

"Was the General cheating on you?"

"Yes." "Did you discover this after you broke up?"

"No Ma'am. I found out before we broke up."

"Isn't it true that you were so angry at Major General Adams for cheating on you that you made up the charges to simply get back at him?"

"Objection. The Major's being argumentative and speculative."

"You may answer the question Sergeant." The judge said.

"No."

"May I remind you that you are under oath Sergeant Frank. You made a very serious accusation against the General, it's your word against his and there is no physical evidence to support your claim. Did you falsify allegations against the General in order to get back at him?"

"Yes." The Sergeant said starting to cry.

"No further questions." Ollie said sitting down. The case was then thrown out of court.

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"Thank you both." Major General Adams said afterwards.

"Do you mind if I ask you a question sir?" Ollie asked.

"Why did I request you as my defence council?"

"That would be the question Sir."

"As a student you showed great potential, that's why I pushed you so hard. We never got on particularly well but personal feelings should not get in the way and they didn't. I pushed you because I know how much easier your life would have been if you gave up. You had a husband and two babies to take care of but you never complained once unlike almost everyone else in your class, I remember you showed up to an exam the day after you'd given birth. I admired you for your determination, you are one of the best students I've ever had the honour of teaching. Why did I want you to defend me? It's simple; I wanted someone I knew would do their best whatever the situation. It's why you're a good lawyer, Marine and person."

"The other day you mentioned if I'd changed since law school, I'm still the same person I was before I got married."

"And have I changed Major."

"No Sir." Major General Adams shook hands with the two lawyers and left them in the corridor.

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"What just happened back there?" Ollie asked.

"I think he just told you he was proud of you." Harm replied.

"And that he respected me?"

"I think so Major, I think so." Harm replied as they stepped into the elevator and the doors closed.