CHAPTER 10

A month later

JAG Headquarters

It took some time for everyone to get used to the changes, with a new boss and new additions of lawyers, but eventually everything was running smoothly. Well, almost everything. Jane had not been on the best terms with Mac, even though Mac couldn't understand what the problem was, other than her relationship with Harm. Jane made a point to bring up her and Harm's one time affair years back, and even though Mac would never let it show it was beginning to get to her.

Lt. Vukovic, even though the General thought very highly of him, hadn't succeeded in getting along that well with the rest of the lawyers. He was inexperienced, though he acted as though he was brilliant. What he lacked in punctuality and follow through, he made up with charm.

Even though they were all different and they had different approaches to everything, they tried to get along. Mac had gotten more responsibility around the office, while Harm was sent more and more on assignments. It was hard for Mac to see him leave all the time, but they made an effort to spend as much time as possible together when he was home.

This night was one of the rare occasions were they all were gathered in the conference room, on the table were empty pizza boxes and soda bottles, they were having a late meal together as a group. Bud, Jennifer, Sturgis, Jane, Vukovic, Mayfield, Harm, Mac and Henry.

It was past 2000 and Henry was sitting in Mac's lap, fast asleep. Mac had her arms around him and rested her chin on top of his head.

"They are really adorable when they are asleep, aren't they ma'am?" Bud commented.

Mac laughed softly. "Little A.J acting out again?"

"He's actually been on his best behaviour lately. He even cleaned up his room with me only asking him twice yesterday." Bud smiled.

"My mom used a reward system. I got a star whenever my room was tidy, and when I had gathered ten stars I would get candy. Believe me when I say that I had the tidiest room on my block." Vukovic said.

"I thought you just used your charm to get out of any difficult situation?" Mayfield commented dryly.

"It never worked on my mom, but I've had some luck with it with women in general." Vukovic gave her a charming smile.

Mayfield was about to respond, but the door to the conference room opened.

"Keep your seats." General Cresswell said before anyone could stand. "So this is where my staff hides past 2000 at night."

"It's 2000 already? I better get home." Bud stood. "Have some pizza General." He offered.

"No, thank you, I'm leaving too." He focused on Harm. "Report to my office at 0600 tomorrow morning Commander Rabb." He turned to Vukovic. "You too, Lt Vukovic."

"Yes, sir." Harm said.

"It looks like the youngest recruit has fallen asleep, Colonel." The General smiled.

"Yeah, we better get him home and into bed." Mac prepared to stand.

"I'll take him." Harm hurried to his feet and reached for Henry. He didn't want Mac to carry Henry in her condition.

"Why don't you take care of the cleaning Lt Vukovic. I'll make sure to give you a star." Mac said with amusement.

Vukovic looked like he regretted telling his story. "Yes, ma'am."

"I'll help you, sir." Jennifer offered.

Mac and Harm followed Jane and Mayfield out of the conference room and into the elevator.

"Looks like you'll be leaving again." Jane said as the doors closed.

Harm nodded. "Probably. Hopefully it won't be for long though." He directed the last part to Mac.

"Yeah, let's hope so." Mac said as the elevator stopped.

They walked into the bullpen.

"I'll just grab my stuff." Harm said as he walked to his office with Henry still in his arms.

They hurried to gather their stuff and left JAG.

Mac and Harm's apartment

A little while later

Harm had changed out of his uniform and into sweats, he walked into the living room. He found Mac on the couch flicking through channels.

"Anything interesting?" Harm sat down beside her.

"Not really." Mac turned off the TV and put the remote on the table.

Harm sat closer to her and pulled her into his arms. "You okay?"

"Yeah, just tired." Mac relaxed into his arms.

Harm kissed her cheek. "You've been quiet lately."

"I have?" Mac turned a little in his arms to look at him.

"Yes." Harm put his nose close to hers. "Everything okay with you and Jane?"

Mac rolled her eyes. "Yes." She moved away from him and stood.

"Are you sure?" Harm watched as she walked to the kitchen.

Mac disappeared into the kitchen and reappeared in the doorway with a bottle of water in her hand. "I just don't understand what her problem is."

"I can talk to her." Harm offered.

Mac walked to the couch. "You will do nothing." Mac sat down again. "It's fine."

Harm reached for her hand. "Let me help."

Mac moved her hand away from his. "Harm, I don't care about Jane. She and I are just very different people."

Harm didn't believe her. "There's something bothering you about her."

Mac hesitated. "I just don't understand why she has to bring up your past relationship all the time."

"What did she say about our relationship?" Harm questioned.

"That night all those years ago. She keeps dropping hints about it. It's very immature behaviour."

"I'm sorry. I'll talk to her about it." Harm tried to stand, but Mac grabbed his arm and he had to sit down again.

Mac let go of his arm. "Stay out of it. If she mentions it again I'll confront her about it. I can take care of myself."

Harm chuckled. "I know you can, but maybe I want to take care of you sometimes."

Mac smiled. "I know and I appreciate that, but let me deal with this."

Harm searched her eyes for a moment. "Fine."

"Good."

Harm hesitated. "Does it bother you? About her and me I mean?"

"You have a past, we both do."

Harm nodded. "Let's just focus on our future." He put his hand on her still flat stomach.

Mac smiled. "I think so too." She kissed him.

"Now, how about you and me get some sleep?" He stood.

Mac stood as well. "Let's go to bed, but I'm not in the mood for sleep."

Harm turned to her and smiled. "Let's do something else fun then." His mouth descended on hers.

Three weeks later

JAG Headquarters

Harm walked into the bullpen and headed for Mac's office. He'd been in London for three weeks and he had missed her like crazy. Hopefully he would be able to stay in town for a while now.

"Commander Rabb, my office." General Cresswell called to him.

Harm looked longingly at Mac's door, but turned to the General. "Yes, sir."

"I'll see you in ten minutes Commander." The General gave him a knowing smile.

Harm nodded. "Yes, sir." He walked over to Mac's closed office door and knocked.

"Enter."

He opened the door. "Hello."

"Harm." Mac stood. "You're back." She smiled and came to meet him.

Harm closed the door and stepped close to her. "God, I missed you." He hugged her close, before kissing her deeply.

"We should probably not be doing that in the office." Mac teased when they ended the kiss.

"Probably not." Harm stepped a little away from her and looked her up and down. "Looking good."

Mac chuckled. "Give it a few months and I'll look like an elephant."

Harm put his hand on her stomach. "You're past the first trimester, we should tell everyone."

"We probably should." Mac agreed.

"I have to see the General, and then I'm picking up Henry from daycare and we'll spend the rest of the day together."

"He's going to love that." Mac kissed Harm softly. "I'll be home early tonight."

"See you then." Harm kissed her again.

Mac watched him leave with a big smile on her face. She really had missed him.

The next day

JAG Headquarters

Cases had been divided and they were finishing up with staff-meeting.

"I guess we're done here then." The General stood.

"Actually, sir. Mac and I have an announcement to make." Harm stood.

The General nodded. "Go ahead Commander, I'll just leave you to it." The General smiled and left the room.

"We just wanted to say that we are expecting a baby in about six months." Harm smiled and looked at Mac. Mac smiled as well and stood. .

"Sir, ma'am, that's great news." Bud stood. "Congratulations." He shook both Mac and Harm's hands.

"That's wonderful news." Sturgis stood as well and shook hands with Harm, before giving Mac a hug. "Congratulations."

"Thank you." She turned to the whole group. "It won't change anything though, I'll be working as normal."

A few minutes later the conference room emptied out and everyone went back to work.

Harm followed Mac into her office. "Do you have time to talk about the Calvin case now?" He was referring to the case they were prosecuting.

"Give me about a half an hour and I'll come find you. I have some stuff I need to do." Mac sat down in her chair.

"Okay, I'll be in my office." Harm left her office.

An hour later they were in a heated discussion about the case.

"Harm, the Lieutenant stole a plane."

"He didn't actually steal it, he never managed to get it off the ground." Harm argued.

"No, he just crashed it right into a building." Mac was being sarcastic.

"There was only minor damages to the plane, and the Lieutenant has expressed remorse. He thought he'd be kicked out of the program and he just wanted to have a ride."

"Harm, the Lieutenant broke the law and he should get more than a slap on his wrist."

"You want to ruin his career? I'm not so sure about that."

"Is this some kinda pilot bonding thing?" Mac rolled her eyes.

"Why are you taking such a hard line on this Mac?" Harm questioned.

"Because I'm prosecuting the case, not defending. So are you by the way." She reminded him.

Harm ignored her. "Let's just see what defence counsel has to say."

"We are not making a deal unless it has some serious repercussions for the Lieutenant. I'm not sure he should be allowed to stay in."

"What?" Harm shook his head. "He made a youthful mistake, doesn't mean he can't be a good pilot."

Mac stood. "Come find me when you have decided to put away the pilot in you and be a lawyer."

"That won't happen." Harm stood and followed her. "I can't change who I am."

Mac stopped in the bullpen and turned to him. "I'm not asking you to do that, I'm asking you to review this case as a lawyer."

"I am." Harm argued. "You are just being too harsh."

Mac was about to respond, but was cut off.

"Problems Commander, Colonel?" The General asked.

"We're just having a disagreement about the Calvin case, sir." Harm said.

"Aren't you two on the same side?" The General was amused.

Mac nodded. "Yes, sir. We're just not entirely on the same page."

"I would say that we're not even in the same book at the moment." Harm mumbled.

"Figure it out." The General ordered. "But figure it out quietly." He mumbled as he left.

"Yes, sir." Both Mac and Harm responded.

Harm followed Mac into her office. "Let's just hear what Sturgis and Jane have to say. We can argue more after that." He suggested.

Mac chuckled. "Fine. Set up the meeting and we'll take it from there."

"Okay." Harm left her office.

Mac sat down in her chair with a smile on her face. It was fun working on a case with him again.

Later that night

Mac and Harm's apartment

Harm entered their apartment and found Mac on her training mat on the floor doing some exercises.

"What are you doing?"

"Pilates." Mac sat up. "It's good for the back and it strengthens the deep torso muscles. You should try it."

"No way, it's for girls." Harm bent down to kiss her.

"Don't get macho on me." Mac smiled.

"I can't help it, I'm a man." Harm kissed her again. "Where's Henry?"

"In his room. Something about building a castle with his blocks." Mac reached for Harm's hand. "Help me up?"

Harm dragged her to her feet. "Good thing you're still light." He teased.

Mac laughed softly. "Give it a couple of months and I'll be huge."

"You didn't get huge with Henry." Harm reminded her.

"Hopefully baby Rabb here won't be too huge either." Mac patted her still flat stomach.

Harm kissed her again. "Did I apologise for being a jerk earlier?"

"When were you a jerk?" Mac wondered.

"When I refused to listen to you about the Calvin case." Harm walked to the bedroom and waited for Mac to follow him before continuing. "I did some research and it turns out that Lt. Calvin isn't pilot material." He started removing his uniform. "He failed some of his ASTB."

"ASTB?" Mac sat down on their bed.

"Aviation Selection Test Battery." Harm put on sweats and hung up his uniform. "I talked to his CO and he's not going to recommend that he get his wings." Harm came to join Mac on the bed. "You were right."

"So we agree? No deal with Jane and Sturgis."

"We agree, we're going to sort it out in court." Harm kissed her.

"When's pizza?" Henry said from the doorway.

Harm released Mac. "Hi buddy."

"Hi daddy." Henry walked over to Harm and hugged him. "So when's pizza?"

Harm laughed softly. "Are we having pizza tonight?"

Henry nodded. "Yes."

Mac ruffled his head. "It should be here any minute now. Why don't you go wash you hands."

"Okay." Henry ran out of their bedroom.

Mac stood. "I better see that he doesn't make a mess."

Harm stood as well. "I'll go with you. I need to wash my hands too."

Mac smiled and kissed him. "I love you."

"I love you too." Harm kissed her again.