Title: Every Song
Author: Amanda M. Daugherty
E-mail: Country_girl_2003@yahoo.com
Rating: PG
Classification: Harm/Mac
Spoilers: NONE
Summary:

Disclaimers: Don't own JAG or the songs.


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JAG Headquarters
Falls Church VA

"Hello Col. Have you seen Captain Rabb this
morning?" Lt. Bud Roberts asked Col. Sarah Mackenzie
as she walked into JAG Headquarters that morning.
"No Bud. why is Harm missing?" Mac asked in a
worry that her former partner and ex-husband was
missing.
"No ma'am. It's just that we were do in court
this morning and I was wondering if you might have
talked to him this morning about the case."
"Bud he probably just over slept this morning."
Mac reassured Bud as she went to her office.
Mac sat down her briefcase and sat down at her
desk. Mac opened her latest case trying to get an
early start on it with no luck. She needed
something to keep her mind occupied on the case and
her partner Commander Carylon Imes was off on her
second honeymoon with civilian attorney Dalton
Lowne. They had been married ten years ago and now
they have three kids so on their tenth anniversary
Dalton thought it was time for a second honeymoon.
Everybody at JAG had gotten married. The Admiral
married his ex-wife, Bud and Harriet were married,
the Gunny married a girl from his hometown, and
Tiner was serious with a girl he met at a George
Strait concert. Of course Harm and Mac got married
not long after Dalton and Carylon, although Dalton
and Carylon had three kids Harm and Mac only had one
in seven years of marriage. They divorced five
years ago because of irreconcilable differences.
Mac read the same paragraph over about five
times before she finally put the file down for the
last time and went to see if Harm had arrived yet.
Even though they were married the Admiral got them
reassigned to different partners so they could still
be married and work at the same office. It still
applied even though they were divorced. The truth
was that they were better at being friends than
husband and wife.
"Bud has Captain Rabb arrived yet?" Mac stuck
her head out her door. Just that time Harm opened
his door of his office and poked his head out of his
door.
"You worried about me Col?" harm flashed her his
flyboy grin.
"No, I'm just worried that poor Lt. Wilson will
get off easy because you weren't ready this
morning." Mac shot back.
"Ouch. You wounded me Col." They still joked
like regular time.
"Remember to pick up Hammer up at school today."
Mac reminded Harm. They decided to name their first
and only child Harmon Rabb III in remembrance of his
grandfather and father.
"I won't. Oh and Mac I know you may not like
this, but could you take Hammer tomorrow? Kelly and
I are going out to dinner."
Kelly was Harm's latest love interest Mac
guessed. Mac was surprised how fast Harm could move
from woman to woman. It was about a year after they
had been divorced that Harm started to date other
women. It was the same time for Mac, but she didn't
have a different man every night. In fact she still
only saw herself with one man and that was Harmon
Rabb.
"I guess I can" Mac said as they moved into her
office. "Who is this Kelly person anyway?"
"Why, Mac? You jealous?"
"Not hardly Flyboy. I just want to know who will
be rising my son when you or me isn't there."
"It's not like I'm going to marry her Mac."
"Well, humor me, what's her last name?"
"Mac..."
They debated back and forth awhile Harm never
answering the question.
"You don't know her last name do you?" Mac threw
at Harm.
Harm looked at his feet and starred at the floor
shaking his head.
"I can't believe you Harm. You are going out
with a woman who you have no clue who she is. I
thought you had more class than that." Mac laid on
the attack.
"Look Mac I don't want to go. Keeter sat this
up. He use to date her and said that we'd be
perfect for each other." Harm saw a bit of
disappointment in Mac's face when he said that.
Maybe there was still hope for them to get back
together today.
"Sure I'll watch him." Mac stated and started up
again when Harm started to thank her.
"Only if you give me the detail later on." Mac
really didn't want to hear the details of Harm's
relationships, but she liked to bug him about it.
"Thanks Mac. I love ya." Harm stated and then
left to go to court.
"Only if it was true." Mac said out loud after
he left.

The Next Night
McMurphy's Bar
Washington DC

Hammer was spending the night at the Admiral's
so Mac decided to go out and maybe have some fun.
She decided to go to a local bar that all the JAG
crew went to when they wanted to have a good time.
It was a place for many happy moments of the JAG
family. Everybody celebrated their promotions
there, that's were Mac, Carylon, and the Admiral's
ex-wife's bachelorette parties were held, and that's
were Harm and Mac decided to call it quits on their
marriage.
Mac sat down at the bar after playing her
favorite song, What Becomes of a Broken Hearted, and
ordered a tonic water with a squeeze of lime. Mac
sat there sipping her drink listening to the lyrics
when she noticed Harm walk in and on his arm was a
long, skinny blond about the age of 22.
Harm and his date Kelly entered McMurphy's bar
hearing the notes of one of Harm's favorite songs,
What Becomes of a Broken Hearted. Harm decided to
take Kelly to an easy comfortable restaurant for
their first and last date. Kelly wasn't the type of
girl he was interested in. When he was younger he
might have been, but how he only liked one type of
woman and that type of woman was Sarah Mackenzie.
Harm led Kelly to a table and ordered chicken
wings for Kelly and beers for both of them. That
was another reason Mac was good for him, she didn't
let him drink as much since she didn't drink and
Harm rarely drank in front of her and never in front
of Hammer.
Their food and drinks were brought to them as a
song on the jukebox caught Harm's attention.

"I'm holdin' on to you
When I close my eyes
You're still in my arms
And we never said good-bye
And it's all that I can do
To go on with my life
But that's supposed
To be the reason
Why I'm here tonight"

Mac listened to the words of the song and how
they applied to what she felt about Harm. Just then
a man asked Mac to dance and she gladly accepted.

"In a downtown restaurant with
A friend of a friend
Well she sure like to talk and
I ain't heard a single word
She's said"

"Oh, but every now and then
I nod
And I pretend to pay attention
And I say things like, "uh huh"
And, "Yeah, you're right" and
"Are you kiddin"
And I laugh when it seems
Like it's the right thing to do
It's hard to hold a
Conversation
Holdin' on to you"

"I'd give anything
Just to hear your voice
Or see you look at me and smile
Oh but what I miss the most"

"Is holdin' on to you
Cause here I am tonight
Starin' at a woman
Who's the last thing on
My mind"

"Oh, but every now and then
I nod
And pretend to pay attention
And I say things like "uh, huh"
And "Yeah, you're right" and
"Are you kiddin"
And I laugh when it seems
Like the right thing to do
It's hard to hold a
Conversation
Holdin on to you"

"When I close my eyes
You're still in my arms
And we never said good-bye"

As Mac and the man who introduced himself as
Steven danced Mac kept looking at Harm and the blond
bimbo that he was out with.
"Sarah is something the matter? Do you want to
dance with him instead of me?" Steve asked nodding
to Harm.
"What are you talking about?" Mac asked.
"Him. You kept staring at him all though our
dance. Who is he?"
"That man over there, Captain Harmon Rabb Jr. is
my ex-husband." Mac stated as another song began to
play.

"He followed her to work this morning
He'd never seen that dress before
She seemed to sail right through
Those dark clouds forming
That he knows he's headed for"

The song was a slow one and Mac and Steve
continued to dance and talk while Harm and Kelly got
up to start to dance.
As Harm led Kelly to the dance floor he caught a
glimpse of Mac dancing and laughing with a guy.
Harm started to dance with Kelly all awhile keeping
an eye on Mac and this strange guy.

"After seven years of marriage
He wanted out
Now after seven years of freedom
It's clear that there's no doubt."

"She's gonna make it
And he never will
He's at the foot of the mountain
And she's over that hill
He's sinkin' at sea
And her sails are filled
She's gonna make it
And he never will"

"And you know it's not like she's forgot about
him
She's just dealing with the pain
And the fact that she's survived so well
without him
You know it driving him insane"

"And the crazy thing about it
Is she'd take him back
But the fool that walked out
Is the fool who just won't ask."

"She's gonna make it
And he never will
He's at the foot of the mountain
And she's over that hill
He's sinkin at sea
And her sails are filled
She's gonna make it
And he never will
She's gonna make it
He never will"

"Harm are you okay?" Harm heard Kelly say, but
didn't pay any attention to her.
"Harm, hello Harm?" Kelly waved her hand in
front of Harm's face.
"what? Oh Kelly." Harm stopped looking at Mac
and this guy she was out with.
"Who's that?" Kelly asked flipping her head to
Mac.
"My ex-wife, Lt. col. Sarah Mackenzie." Harm got
a sad look in his eyes when he talked about Mac
being his ex-wife.
"You were married? Keeter never told me that."
Kelly was angry and mad.
"I guess you also should know that I have a son,
Harmon Rabb III." Harm smiled over where Mac waved.
"You what?" Kelly screamed where everybody in
the bar heard.
"We have a son who's four." Harm stated thinking
about Hammer and how much he loved him.
Kelly stomped off and left Harm standing in the
middle of the dance floor. Slowly Harm walked to the
bar and ordered a beer. A little while later
another song came on and it too was a slow one.
Steve asked Mac if she wanted to continue to
dance. She almost excepted when she saw Harm
sitting at the bar drinking a beer alone. She
declined and started to walk to the bar.
"Where's Hammer?" Harm asked when he felt Mac
was behind him.
"He's spending the night with the Admiral."
"Mac let's dance." Harm said getting up from his
seat and lead Mac out to the dance floor where a
sort of a fast song was starting to play.

"I never saw the end in sight
Fools are kind of blind
Thought everything was going alright
But I was running out of time
Cause you had one foot out the door."

"I swear I didn't see
But if you're really going away
Here's some final words from me"


"Baby, write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you
to go
Write this down
Take my words and read em everyday
Keep em close by don't you let em fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down"

"I'll sign it at the bottom of the page
I'll swear under oath." Harm who was quietly
whispering the words to Mac smiled at this part.

"Cause every single word is true
And I think you need to know
So use it as a bookmark"

"Stick it on your firgerator door
Hang it in a picture frame up above the mantle
Where you'll see it for sure"

"Baby, write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you
to go
Write this down
Take my words and read em everyday
Keep em close by don't you let em fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down"

"You can find a chisel, I can find a stone
Folks will be reading these words long after
we're gone"

"Baby, write this down take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you
to go
Write this down
Take my words and read em everyday
Keep em close by don't you let em fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down."

"Oh I love you and I don't want you to go
Baby write this down."

"Mac"
"Harm" They started at the same time.
"You go first." Mac said.
"Mac where did we go wrong?"
"Harm..."
"Mac we need to talk and right now seems like
the perfect time. Let's go over to the table." Harm
suggested and he led Mac over to the table that he
and Kelly sat at.
"Mac I'm going to ask this again, where did we
go wrong?"
"I don't know Harm. I think both of us were
passionate about the same things and we never would
give any ground. Eventually that led to us fighting
and then the divorce." Mac stated with pain in her
eyes.
"Do you think we can we can ever get back what
we had and not screw it up again?"
"Harm I don't know, but I'm willing to give it a
chance. What about you are you willing to be less
demanding and not so pig headed?"
"Me pig headed?"
"Yes you."
"Sarah I would give anything for us to be able
to get back to where we were before."

Five months later
Annapolis Naval Academy
Annapolis MD

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may
now kiss the bride." The preacher ordered.
Harm bent his head down and carefully kissed Mac
with the same passion he did the first time they got
married.
"You may now stop kissing the bride." Keeter
yelled from the front of the church causing
everybody to laugh and Harm and Mac pull away from
each other smiling.
Harm and Mac walked arm and arm up the isle
toward the doors where Bud, Keeter and several of
Harm's friends gathered for the traditional arch of
swords.
Bud commanded the officers to draw their swords
and he announced Harm and Mac.
"For the uh...uh second time in public Captain
and Mrs.. Harmon Rabb Jr." Bud announced as Harm and
Mac started their way through the arch and at the
end Mac received a slap on her backside for the
second time.

Reception Hall

The party was in full swing as Harm and Mac
started their new life together.
"What made you pick this song?" Harm asked as
they danced to Kenny Chesney's You Had Me From
Hello.
"Harriet said she heard it on the radio and
thought it sounded like me and you." Mac smiled.
"She's right you know."
"I know"

"Hey everybody it's time to throw the bouquet
and garter." Bud yelled over the crowd.
"All the single men gather up front." Harriet
ordered.
All the men gathered up front as Harm sat Mac
down on a chair and carefully slid off the garter.
Harm flung it in the air like a rubber band and
it landed in the hands of Ensign Jason Tiner.
Next all the ladies lined up and the bouquet
landed in Tiner's girlfriend, Amanda's hands. As
Tiner and Amanda started their dance Harm and Mac
left to begin their honeymoon.
As Harm and Mac drove off the Admiral approached
Bud and Harriet.
Commander Roberts, Lt. Simms"
"Sir." They came to attention.
"At ease. I just wanted to congratulate you on a
completed mission."
"Thank you sir, but we couldn't have done it
without your help. Without that list of songs Bud
and I would never have known what to play."
"Just make sure the new Rabbs don't find out
about our mysterious DJ."

THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Song-Artist-Album

Holding On To You-Brad Paisley-Who Needs Pictures

She's Gonna Make It-Garth Brooks-Fresh Horses

Write This Down-George Strait-Always Never the Same