Title: Number One Couple in Washington D.C.
Author: rooster dawn
Classification: Harm/Mac
Summary: Harm and Mac are trying to keep a low profile, but they keep ending up being shown as a couple in the society pages.
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part seven
2054 hours
7 Sept 2003
Admiral's house
Everyone in the audience was moved beyond belief. There was a small ovation that slowly grew louder with appreciation. They all felt as if they were witnessing the perfect love story.
The beautiful maiden saying goodbye to her white knight. And her knight was making a solemn promised to return to her and make her his wife. It was so beautiful. They continued to applaud through out the commercial period.
Meanwhile much of the same was going on in the Admiral's house. They all were very surprise at what they were seeing, but thought it was the most beautiful and romantic thing they had ever seen.
They were beginning to understand the reason why the Commander and the Colonel were made for each other. They had always thought the Commander and Colonel couldn't see what they saw.
But in reality what they had been seeing was the Commander and Colonel sharing with them all these years their love for one another. It was never the hard core, show it off in your face kind of love, but a more mature sensual discreet love.
They all were whispering excitedly amongst themselves about Harm and Mac when they heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen. Meredith turned to ask the Admiral what it was, but she noticed he wasn't there.
"God ... Damm!" shouted the Admiral and another loud crash.
"After all this time they never told me that they had gotten engaged. What's the matter with them!" the Admiral continued to vent.
Meredith was about to get up and go into the kitchen when Sturgis stopped her.
"Let me. Right now I think he needs another man to talk to." Sturgis quickly moved into the kitchen to talk with the Admiral.
"Sir, are you okay?" asked a confused Sturgis.
"Yeah, yeah, I am. I just needed to vent a little. You've been around here long enough to know the story between those two. They miss more than they connect." moaned the Admiral.
"Yes Sir. But I don't really see the problem Sir. From what I always have understood about the situation most of their problems would go away if they would only realize what they had between them." replied a confused Sturgis.
"Come on Commander, wake up. You've seen what happened tonight, they got engaged four years ago. Do you honestly believe that they haven't gotten married already? They probably got married shortly after he returned from flying.
They didn't say anything about it. Their behavior has never changed. Do you honestly think it will now after the truth has finally come out?" moaned the Admiral.
"Maybe not Sir, but at least now we will all understand why they do it. Maybe things will be better in the office now. Everyone won't be focus on Harm and Mac. They will spend more time doing their jobs." smiled Sturgis.
"Maybe you're right Commander, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to chew their sixes out after the show tonight." bellowed the Admiral.
"I think you're going to have to wait until Tuesday Sir. They went to Annapolis tonight." replied Sturgis.
"I think that was just a ruse Commander. I think they were well aware of what was going to happen tonight and made themselves scare." snarled the Admiral.
"Maybe so Sir, but Harm told me about what he and Mac were going to do this weekend last Tuesday. They really are going to Annapolis to go sailing and spend some time alone." confirmed Sturgis.
"Alright I'll give them this weekend. But the shit is going to hit the fan when they show up Tuesday morning." smiled the Admiral.
"Let's go back and watch the end of the show Sir." smiled Sturgis as relief set in.
When they came back from commercial break Harm and Mac once again were dressed more casual. Tom was shown whispering to them.
"Harm, Sarah, I guess what most of the audience out there and I must admit myself included ... " paused Tom.
Everyone watching could see the looks that Harm and Mac were giving each other. It was if they were carrying on a silent conversation that only they knew what was being said. They watched as Mac pulled something out from beneath her sweater.
"I guess we all were wondering, did you get married after the Commander returned from flying?" asked Tom.
Mac unsnapped the small chain holding one of her two dog tags. She removed something from it that looked like a ring or?
She snapped closed the chain and replaced it under her sweater. She then proceeded to show the audience her engagement ring. It was absolutely beautiful.
"This was the ring Harm's grandfather gave to his grandmother. When Harm's father asked his mother to marry him, his grandmother gave the ring to his father to give to his mother.
When Harm was ready to ask me to marry him, his mother gave him the ring so he could give it to me when he asked me to marry him." smiled Mac.
There was a collective "Oh ...!" from the audience.
"As for the answer to your question Tom, did we get married after Harm returned from flying?" continued Mac as she pulled out another ring and showed it to the audience. She gave the ring to Harm and he placed it on her finger.
"We were married the following September at Annapolis. We will be celebrating our third anniversary very soon." added Harm.
"We're hoping to be celebrating the birth of our first child by our fourth." smiled Mac as Harm held her hand.
There was a standing ovation from the audience. What they were witnessing was truly marvelous. They had witnessed a love story that was so beautiful that many of the crowd had tears in their eyes as they clapped.
Meanwhile back at Mac's apartment Harm and Mac were watching the show. What they feared the most had happen. Tom had shown the part of the interview they had given when they were totally relaxed and off guard.
"What are we going to do Harm?" asked Mac.
"Well we can still go away and enjoy this weekend like we originally planned. Then we can arrange to be out of the office Tuesday, maybe be in Norfolk doing some interviews." smiled Harm.
"But sooner or later we are going to have to face the Admiral Harm. You know he's going to be pretty pissed off with us. Especially since we have been married for three years now and didn't tell him." wailed Mac.
"Hey, we have the right to work together. Why should we be separated because the Navy has some archaic rules about married couples working together. America was built by couples working together.
You know, all the Mom and Pop stores. Besides Mac, I made sure all the proper documents were place in our official records. I had a petty officer put them in." replied Harm smiling.
"What were the documents Harm?" asked Mac smiling at Harm's ingenuity.
"I had a marriage certificate, a change of martial status document, and finally the piece de resistance,
I had a letter requesting permission to get married signed by the Admiral himself." smiled Harm as he gave Mac a kiss.
"How in the world did you do that Harm?" asked Mac in wonderment. "And what about Tiner?"
"You know how the Admiral can get when he doesn't wear his glasses and has a lot of papers to sign when he's been away from the office. All you have to do is point to the spot and he signs it.
He has no reason to believe otherwise. As for Tiner he happened to be on leave that week. The Admiral had someone from Norfolk here TAD for the week." smiled Harm.
"You're a genius Harm." smile Mac as she shook her head.
"Well I have the best inspiration in the world, I have you." smiled Harm as they share another kiss. They watched in silence as the last scene that they saw on TV was the pronouncement of them being husband and wife.
2055 hours
7 Sept 2003
Admiral's house
If the Admiral was angry before it was nothing compared to what he felt when he heard Harm and Mac tell everyone they were married. It took every ounce of self control he had to not lose it right there in front of everyone.
Sturgis could see him shaking almost violently. He got up quickly and asked the Admiral if he could talk to him outside on the porch. He wanted to give the Admiral an avenue to blow off steam without anyone else seeing him.
"You alright Sir?' asked Sturgis.
"No I'm not Commander. They have been married for three years, three years Commander. They should have told me Commander. I would have found a way to keep them together, but now I don't know what I can do for them except draw up court martial papers." bellowed the Admiral.
"Don't you think you're over reacting a little Sir? You're talking about Harm and Mac. They're your friends. They both are lawyers Sir. I'm sure they have thought about of all the possible ramifications before they got married.
I'm sure they must have come up with a creative solution Sir. When you saw them get engage, you knew it was a strong possibility that they were already married.
I think you should wait until you meet with them and get some answers before driving yourself nuts about all the possibilities." reasoned Sturgis.
"I wish it was that easy Commander. Within ten minutes after the show ends tonight the SecNav will be on the phone. I'll have to listen to him rant and rave for at least an hour. Then I'll have to go see him tomorrow. My long weekend is shot." moaned the Admiral.
"Then don't answer the phone. Turned off the ringer. After all you are entertaining. You didn't want the party to be disturbed." grinned Sturgis.
"Good idea Commander. Maybe we should go back inside and be with all of out friends. I'm sure they may be disappointed about not being there when Harm and Mac got married, but they will still be happy for them.
Come on lets celebrate into the wee hours of the night Commander. For tomorrow will be another day, a day of misery and despair." moaned the Admiral as he and Sturgis walked back inside.
Meanwhile inside the ladies of JAG were in tears as they watched an edited video clip of Harm and Mac's wedding. It showed Harm and Mac exchanging vows and the pronouncement of husband and wife.
They saw the kiss of all kisses as Mac melted into Harm's arms becoming as one. Finally at the end they saw them walking through the arch of swords. They saw Jack Keeter and Tom Boone at the head of the arch.
Tom Carson came on at the end and said "I hope you all enjoyed our show as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. Good night everyone, enjoy your holiday weekend."
The final scene had Harm and Mac answering the question "Does anyone know about your wedding?"
Harm and Mac both smiled before answering "We go by the don't ask don't tell policy. If you don't ask us about it, we won't tell you we're married."
"Oh my God! They're really married! How come no one knew anything about this?" shouted Harriet excitedly.
"Hymph ...! I think you all have truly underestimated the good Commander and Colonel. I think you all forgot that they are very intelligent individuals who have a knack of surprising everyone and coming out on top.
They make it their business to out think and out maneuver the opposition. Why wouldn't you believe that they couldn't do it to all of you?" smiled Sturgis.
"If I remember right Commander you were prominently involved in this why don't they just do us all a favor and just do it." snarled the Admiral.
"What Sir!" Sturgis feigning ignorance.
"You stirred up the honest nest between them for the first six months you were here. There's nothing that happens in this office that doesn't eventually find it's way to me Commander.
You came very close to having a reprimand put in your file for all your attempts of digging out information from them. You're damm lucky Commander Rabb asked me not to. The Colonel wasn't quite as noble.
She wanted me to hang your six from the highest yardarms." grinned the Admiral. Boy did he like taking the notch out of his officers' sail when their heads swelled a little too much.
"We've got to throw them a party!" chirped Harriet.
"I can help you Ma'am. I'm sure Jason would like to help too." smiled Jen Coates as she smiled at Tiner.
"Yes Ma'am." replied Tiner with a pleading look at Jen.
"At Ease people. I think it's the Rabb's responsibility to throw the party. They are the ones who got married before us tonight. They should be the ones to throw a reception." bellowed the Admiral.
"That's a good idea AJ. I can't wait to see their faces when you tell them." smiled Meredith.
"Sorry dear, but I have business to discuss with them before any of that can be discuss." bellowed the Admiral.
He then whispered to Sturgis "What I should do is have Meredith bake up some of her favorite dishes. Then put the Commander and Colonel in a room and tell them they can't come out until they eat the whole thing."
"Harm might like her cooking Sir." grinned Sturgis.
"No he doesn't. He's had the opportunity of sampling some of her cooking before. He doesn't like it anymore than I do." laughed the Admiral.
Meanwhile back at Mac's place, Harm and Mac winced when they heard the last statement they gave. And where did they get a copy of the wedding. Maybe they should plan on disappearing for awhile.
"What are we going to do Harm. The last five minutes of the show is going to condemn us to purgatory." wailed Mac.
"Maybe we can call up Wednesday morning with a family emergency. We can say that your mother is sick and under going surgery." replied Harm.
"But I don't know where she is Harm. I haven't spoken to her since the wedding." moaned Mac.
"So much the better Mac. They won't have any idea where to look for us. By the time we come back everything will have cooled down." smiled Harm.
"Yeah ... right Harm. The Admiral never forgets. He might give you the impression that everything is okay, but in reality he's looking for an opportunity to make your life a living hell." moaned Mac some more.
"It will be okay Mac. The worse he'll do is yell a little. But remember we have the ace up our sleeve. His signature is on the paperwork authorizing us to get married. He'll likely be mad but he won't be able to do anything about it." smiled Harm.
"I knew there was a reason I married you sailor. You always seem to be able to take care of us. It will be interesting to see his face when he sees the authorization papers." smiled Mac before giving Harm a big kiss before they went to bed.
