Chapter 10 – Vanished
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JAG HQ
"So whats with the Dalton Lowne?" asked harm when they exited Admiral's office.
"Nothing," answered Mac. He must have seen her with Dalton in her office.
"Mac, you consider leaving JAG?"
"What?" asked Mac back as she did not know how Harm got that idea.
"Bud told me Dalton Lowne was here hiring. Do you want to join big law firm?"
"Oh, that." Now Mac knew exactly what was behind that, Harm was little jealous. "His firm wants to expand their portfolio to represent clients against military and as I was in the news he though that I could be persuaded to join them."
"And?" asked Harm with raised eyebrow.
"I said that I will consider it but that's it. I will probably let him buy me dinner or two."
Harm smiled at that this was his Marine. "So how much did he offered you?"
Mac blushed. She knew that was her weak side she always wanted comfortable life. "More than enough to nearly make it worth leaving JAG but don't worry my career and my friends mean more to me than big money."
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USS Coral Sea, Atlantic Ocean South of Bermuda Islands
Harm watched the nightly ocean and once in a while glanced to Mac. "What are you searching for?"
Mac smiled. So it came to this. "What every woman wants. A great career, a good man and comfortable shoes, lots and lots of them." Of course she already had at least some that but she had to tease Harm.
"That's why you laughed with Dalton Lowne?"
Mac shook her head no but she had to say aloud it for Harm. "Are you kidding? His shoes are way too big."
"I just hope you're not gonna do something stupid, Mac."
"Why, Harm, are you afraid you're gonna lose me?¨ said Mac with a smirk.
Harm looked deep in her eyes. 'Am I afraid?' he asked himself. "You know, before admiral paired us I had few partners that did not lasted long and one marine partner. He was a tattooed Jarhead that challenged me to arm wrestling at lunch hour once."
Mac smiled deviously. So this was Harm's problem he did not liked new partners and especially Marines. And he feared that if she left JAG he would be paired with another Marine that he would hate. "Well, I do have a tattoo, I'm a pretty good arm wrestler, and although I don't like the term, I am technically a Jarhead."
Harm's eyes widened. "You have a tattoo, Ninja Girl? How come I've never seen it? Where is it?"
Mac blushed so badly that Harm was able to seen it in the dark. "I'm afraid that's classified information."
"So I would have to do some investigation in that matter." said Harm and looked at Mac from bottom to top. There were not that many places she could have had that tattoo that the bikini did not revealed.
"Maybe... if you are good boy..."
"Maaac." He could not stand it. Mac teased him on aircraft carrier in the middle of investigation. If he did not known her he would swear that she wanted to kill him from the way she played his mind.
"Maybe you will find it as a Christmas present?" Mac answered the untold question and walked back inside the carrier leaving a stunned Harm behind her.
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Next chapter – Impact
End note: I know my updates are slow but I work on later chapter: an x-over with Stargate SG-1. And question for your reviews: Mac's tattoo – where and what? do you think it is.
