Title: When First We Meet
Author: rooster dawn
Rating: G
Classification: Harm/Sarah
Spoiler: We the People, Heroes, Second Sight,
Summary: Harm and Mac get trapped in a lie. Can they survive the consequences?
Disclaimer: 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.
Feedback is greatly appreciated and welcomed.
Author's note: I have always believed that one can find a way to put Harm and Mac together as in being married.
part 4 What you see isn't what's really there
Several hours later they were back on a plane to Washington DC. It was another long flight. They both fell asleep after they were served dinner. Sarah wrapped her arms around Harm's arm with her head resting on his shoulder. She had a smile on her face.
The attendant smiled. Yesterday she had asked the Commander if she could get anything for he and his wife. He had told her that the woman wasn't his wife. But now she saw the smile and the ring on Sarah's finger. They must have gotten married yesterday.
2100 hours
Harm's Residence
Harm and Sarah arrived back late at his place. They had stopped off at the BOQ first. Harm was going to leave her there. It was late and they both were tired, but Sarah insisted that she wanted to go to his place.
She wanted to stay with Harm. He didn't understand why, but in the end he relented. They picked up all her stuff and went to his place. Harm was quite surprised that she didn't want to stay at the BOQ until she found a place of her own.
It wasn't much, but it was better than what he had to offer. His place was in the process of being renovated. It was a disaster area, but she had told him that she wanted to stay at his place.
"Are you sure you want to stay with me, Sarah? The BOQ rooms are so much nicer then my place." asked a concerned Harm.
"I'm sure the BOQ rooms are nice Harmon. And I'm sure I want to stay with you at your place. Why Harmon, are you trying to get rid of me?" replied Sarah flirting.
"No, It's not that per se. It's just my place is such a mess. You said so yourself just yesterday." answered Harm.
He didn't know what to think. He hardly knew Sarah. Is this something she really wanted? Why does she want to stay here? He thought.
"I'm sure it still is, but it will get fixed up much quicker if I'm there." smiled Sarah.
"You know how to electrical work?" laughed Harm.
"No, but I'm sure it will get done sooner if I'm living there. You won't keep putting it off." smiled Sarah.
She wasn't going to be denied. After all they were married. Her place was with her husband now. As a Marine she had lived in worst conditions. She might not have liked the manner in which they got married, but she was sure she was where she was meant to be.
"That may be so Sarah, but the place is still a mess. You deserve so much better." replied Harm with reservation.
"In case you've forgotten Harmon, we're married now. Where you are, that's where I'll be." replied Sarah with as much warmth as she could muster.
"Are you sure that's what you want Sarah?" asked Harm.
"Harmon Rabb Jr, we haven't been married one day and you're trying to get rid of me." Sarah pretended to be hurt.
"That's not it Sarah. It's just we were forced into this marriage." Harm apologized for his comment.
"I wasn't forced into doing anything I didn't want to do Harm. Remember when Uncle Matt asked me where I met you?" asked Sarah.
"Yeah, You told him you met me in a rose garden." replied a perplexed Harm.
"That's right Harm. After high school while I was drying out, my uncle asked me what I wanted to do with my life, what my dreams were. I told him that I was going to college and then join the marines. Then I was going to meet the man of my dreams in a rose garden and get married." smiled Sarah.
"And he took that to mean you wanted to marry me." replied Harm.
"Not exactly, but he knew that you were the man of my dreams. The man I would marry in time. So he decided to expedite the process and marry us. Since I believe in the vows that I shared with you I'm going to stay here with you and make it work. Unless of course you don't want to be married to me Harm." replied Sarah as a very sad look came across her face.
"I didn't say that Sarah. I guess I'm still a little stun. I don't know which end is up." replied a confused Harm.
"It's okay Harm. I was a little blown away myself when Uncle Matt had the priest there to marry us. But if we take it slow and take the time to get to know each other, I think we'll be okay." smiled Sarah.
She hoped Harm agreed with her. She hoped that he would be willing to try and make their marriage work.
"Okay Sarah, if that's what you really want, but I think we better keep it quiet for now. The fewer people that know we're married the better. And as soon as I am finished fixing this place up we should think about looking into getting a house." replied Harm.
"Well I don't know anyone to tell. By the way why do we need a house Harm? I think this place will be pretty nice once you get it fixed up." asked Sarah.
"Well if we're going to have a family some day we're going to need more room. Besides we can probably justify sharing a house a lot easier to the Admiral than sharing an apartment." laughed Harm.
"I think I'm going to fall in love with you real easy Harmon Rabb." smiled Sarah as she put her arms around Harm's neck.
"Me too Sarah." as Harm put his arms around her waist to pull her close for a kiss.
They spent the weekend working on the loft. It was a lot of hard work, but they got a lot done. They figured it would take another month to get everything taken care of. The following Monday they reported to work at Jag.
"Good work Commander, Major. I see that you took care of Webb's little problem without too much difficulty." the Admiral commented with satisfaction.
"Yes Sir, we did, but the Major deserves most of the credit. She was more familiar with the Colonel and knew where to find him."
replied Harm.
"I noticed you two came in together Commander. Did you pick her up at the BOQ." asked the Admiral.
"No Sir. She's staying at my place until she finds a place of her own." replied Harm.
"What's wrong with you Commander? Don't you know how that looks?" asked the Admiral.
"Sir, it was my idea. I thought since we would be working on cases together it would make sense that I stay with him. We would be able to spend more time working on the cases together if I didn't have to return to the BOQ at night." responded a hopeful Sarah.
"I'm sure that's very commendable of you Major, but I was thinking about his place. It's such a mess. You shouldn't have to deal with it." the Admiral laughed.
"I know it a bit of a mess Sir, but since I'm new in town, I don't know where anything is. Where the best stores are, where the better restaurants are, and anything else I might need?" Sarah explained.
"Are you sure Major?" asked the Admiral.
"Yes Sir. I can also keep an eye on him and keep him out of trouble too. I heard from Mr. Roberts that it was a full time occupation." smiled Sarah.
"You're right about that. His last partner got tired of doing that and left JAG. It was too much for her to handle." laughed the Admiral.
"Not a problem for a marine Sir. I'll have him squared away in no time." smiled Sarah.
"Very well you two, dismiss." ordered the Admiral.
The Admiral laughed to himself as he imagined the Major keeping Harm in line. He had no doubts that if it was at all possible to keep Harm out of trouble, the Major was the person to do it.
Three weeks later Sarah was the defense attorney and Harm was the prosecutor for a difficult case. Harm wasn't doing too well so he tried to play a little trick on Sarah. As it turned out he ended up sandbagging her.
Or so Sarah thought, she was livid with him. How could he do that to her? He made her look like a fool in court. She thought he was finally starting to love her as much as she loved him. When they got home that night she put a pillow and some blankets out on the couch.
"What's wrong Sarah?" asked a perplexed Harm.
"What's wrong! You sandbagged me in court today. You made me look like a fool!" yelled an angry and hurt Sarah.
"No I didn't. You were looking to be led, so I led you in a different direction." replied Harm with a coy smile.
"Oh, is that what you call it. You're scum Harmon. You're sleeping out here on the couch tonight." replied a still angry Sarah.
"But Sarah, how can you learn to become a better a lawyer if you aren't exposed to some of the sneaky tricks of the trade. What goes on inside the courtroom has to be kept separate from outside of the courtroom." answered Harm pleading.
"I don't care. You shouldn't have made me look like a fool." sulked Sarah.
"I'm sorry about that Sarah. I didn't mean to, but we're going to have to learn to separate what goes on inside the courtroom and outside it. Otherwise we won't be able to do our jobs properly and to the best of our ability. It wouldn't be fair to our clients." counseled Harm.
"I understand what you're saying, and I know in my heart you're right, but I wasn't expecting you to sandbag me. I'm new around here. You're supposed to take it easy on me, take care of me. I forgive you this time, but you're still sleeping on the couch tonight." smiled Sarah as she kissed Harm good night.