Chapter 10

"I have no problem with that Colonel and I wasn't going to protest that you were in my chair. In fact that seat looks good on you. Someday I can picture you belonging behind that desk, with your name on the door. You'll make a fine JAG."

"Why thank you Sir, but why were you staring at me just now?"

"Because, this past week I've been living with you in my house."

"Pardon me Sir?"

"Well your twin...or I guess I should say a younger version of you."

"I'm afraid I still don't understand."

"Do you remember when you first met Harm and he was telling you that you looked so much like someone else he knew?"

"Yes Sir, it was rather scary."

"Well I just had that experience this week. My niece came to visit me and brought a friend along. Darla looks just like you."

"Well they say everyone has a twin somewhere in the world, maybe you just met mine," smiled Mac.

Thinking that he wished that was ALL that he had done was 'met' her instead of what really happened, AJ said, "I wondered if she was a relative of yours, but I knew you were an only child and your Uncle Matt didn't have any children. Then I wondered if she could be a relative of this girl Harm knew."

"You mean Diane Schonke?"

"Well, since Darla's last name is Schonke, I guess she'd have to be. I wonder if Harm knows if she had a sister or some other relative?"

"I'll ask him when he comes in."

"It was disconcerting to see your face on someone else."

"I imagine it would be strange."

Shaking his head and walking past her to the desk he muttered, "You have no idea."

Turning to leave, Mac shook her head and whispered, "I hope that never happens to me. I don't know what I'd do with the temptation."

Coming across the bullpen Mac caught up with Harm, "Good Morning, Flyboy. I have a question for you."

"Yes you can ravish my body any time you want Mac," Harm replied.

Bud had come up behind Harm and heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "You better not let the Admiral hear you say that, but I wish some one would ravish my body. Harriet hasn't been in the mood lately, what with being pregnant with the twins.

"Sorry to hear that Bud, but maybe when Mac's done with me she might have enough energy left for you, but I usually don't like to share.

"There'll be no ravishing of bodies and no sharing today or any other day for that matter. A big RED LIGHT to you both."

"I didn't suggest anything Ma'am," Bud protested his innocence.

"If you didn't want my body what did you want Mac?"

Thinking that she wanted AJ's body, not Harm's, but knowing she better not say that either, she went back to the original question. "The Admiral's niece brought a friend with her when she visited last week. Her name was Darla Schonke and we wondered if she was a relative of Diane's?"

"Well I knew she had an older brother, but I never met him and after her death I didn't have any reason to stay in contact with her family."

"So there is a good chance she could be her niece."

"Well it's not a common name, but I'm sure there are others out there with it. Why do you ask?"

"The Admiral wanted me to ask and because she looked like me and Diane. We wondered if there was a connection."

"I really don't have any way of knowing, Mac I'm sorry."

"Well it's just disconcerting to keep being told that there are women out there that look like me," replied Mac turning and going into her office.

The rest of the morning passed quickly and it was just a little before noon when the elevator doors opened and Darla walked into the bullpen.

"Wow, you do look like Mac...I mean Colonel Mackenzie!" Bud exclaimed.

With a frustrated sigh Darla looked at the man before her and said, "I keep getting told that, but I'm here to see AJ."

"AJ? Do you mean the Admiral?" asked Bud.

Mac came out of the break room just in time to hear Darla say, "Well I'd hardly call him by his rank, but I'm here to have lunch with AJ Chegwidden."

To Be Continued...