Here's chapter 16… Hope you enjoy. Thanks to Alex for beta readin'.
Harm and Mac rose early, got dressed and headed out for their day of shopping. The first room they looked for furniture for was the master bedroom. It was decided that the bedroom furniture Mac had would go in the guestroom downstairs.
"So do you have a preference as to what type of furniture we get?" Mac asked as they walked into the store.
"Not if the package comes with a King size bed," Harm said with a smile. His comment earned him an elbow in ribs.
"Oow," he said pretending to be seriously injured.
"Flyboy get your head out of the gutter."
"Excuse me Colonel but I was going to say that we'd need the room for when we have kids. You know kid has a nightmare and in the middle of the night comes into his parents bedroom," Harm said an innocent smile on his face.
"Plus, I'm a big guy. Long Legs, I could use the extra room."
Mac gave Harm a look that said 'You expect me to believe that excuse.' But then she started laughing.
"Let's go," she said dragging him in the direction of bedroom furniture.
They had been walking around for about a half an hour with out any luck, that's when Mac saw her dream bedroom. It was from the Thomasville Ernest Hemingway Key West Collection.
"Harm come take a look at this."
As soon as Harm saw what Mac was looking at he knew this was the one.
The bed was a four-poster King size bed in a deep cheery wood color. Mac had to admit that her thoughts involving this bed had nothing to do with kids and nightmares. She laughed.
"What so funny?" Harm asked, pretty sure of what she was thinking.
"Uh nothing." Mac said blushing.
"Red Light Colonel," Harm said laughing.
"Red Light?" Mac asked laughing too.
"So, whose heads in the gutter now?" Harm asked, a triumphant smile on his face.
Mac didn't say a word. She just gave Harm her 'Marine Death Stare' which wiped the smile right off his face.
"Anyway so I really like this one how about you," Harm said changing topics.
"I love it!" Mac said excitedly.
"Great, what other pieces should we get to go in the room?" Harm asked as they looked through the other pieces in the collection.
They decided on the matching armoire and chest of drawers. They filled out the necessary paperwork and scheduled delivery for the following weekend.
"What's next on the agenda counselor?" Harm asked as they got in the car.
"Food," she said happily.
"As if I had to ask," Harm laughed. "Any preference?"
"Well I saw a nice diner down the road."
"Sounds good to me."
At the diner
"So what were your parents up to today?" Mac asked as they flipped through their menus.
"Well mom said she was going to visit some friends that own an art gallery in DC and Frank was meeting up with the Admiral for a round of golf."
"Golf? I didn't even know he played golf."
"I guess he does. I was telling Sturgis about a charity golf tournament Frank had started. The Admiral commented that he didn't know Frank played golf. So when he came to DC, The Admiral gave him a call and asked him if he wanted to play."
West Hills Country Club
"So AJ, How much trouble has Harm gotten into lately?"
AJ chuckled.
"Actually, he's been pretty good. He's been showing up to work on time, which is an utter miracle. I can't really give him all the credit though. I did order Mac to whip him into shape."
Frank laughed.
"It's about time somebody was able to do that."
"For a long time I didn't think it was going to happen," AJ said thinking back on the past several years. "I told them 'Don't get too familiar, you've got to work together.' You don't know how glad I am they didn't listen to me."
"I know what you mean. Harm seems to have a listening problem."
"I'm just glad that some sort of peace has been restored to my office. Hopefully it will last," AJ said hopeful.
Frank just laughed.
"Well at least for the next week. That would be a JAG office record," AJ said smiling.
A/N: The next chapter will focus on Harm and Mac and all their friends helping them movie into their new house. Also you will about Macs idea for a dream wedding ^_^.