Title: Conversations
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own any of this. The show, characters, etc, belong to
DPB and CBS.
Summary: Set after the episode Dangerous Game. The JAG team gets a new
lawyer.a Canadian. (YES!! CANADA ACTUALLY HAS A MILITARY BIG ENOUGH TO NEED
LAWYERS!!) A comment by the Admiral causes Harm and Mac to set things
straight.
Spoilers: We The People, and I THINK Yeah Baby is the episode where they
make the baby deal, but I'm not sure.
Monday, October 21, 2002 JAG HQ 0900 ZULU
Commander Harmon Rabb stepped out of the elevator, relieved to be on time for once. He just KNEW that Mac would rib him about it all week, but he didn't mind. They had been getting along very well lately, not as well a before he left to go flying again, but oh well.
Harm: (muttering) quit it Rabb. A Monday is actually starting out well for a change.
Mac: (happens to hear him muttering as she walks up to him.) What??
Harm: Nothing, what's up Mac?
Mac: Has Hell frozen over?
Harm: (confused) No.
Mac: Have they invented a VTOL (A/N Vertical Takeoff or Landing) Tomcat?
Harm: (even more confused) Not that I know of, why? (Realizing her implication) Oh. So Hell has to freeze over before I'm on time, is that it?
Mac: Kind of.
Harm: enters his office and puts his cover away and his briefcase down. So did you come here to bug me, or do you really want something?
Mac: (You for more than my partner at JAG, she thought to her self) The Admiral wants to see us.
Harm: Great. Mac, what did you do?
Mac: ME?!?!?!?
Harm: Hey, I've been too busy nailing your six to the wall in court to get in trouble.
Mac slaps Harm right before they enter the Admirals office. They both come to attention immediately.
Chegwidden: At ease. Sit down, both of you. How is Lt. Cmdr. Manetti doing?
Harm: She's doing well, Sir. I think she fits in easily here.
Mac: I agree, Sir.
Chegwidden: Good. Her new partner just phoned. He'll be here in about 10 minutes.
Harm: Anybody we know, Sir?
Chegwidden: No. He's a foreign exchange from our northern neighbors.
Mac: A Canadian, Sir?
Chegwidden: Yes, a Major Jonathan Lownds, RCAF.
Harm: A zoomie, Sir? (A/N No offense intended here, but NAVY and AIR FORCE do not get along well, if the nicknames are any indication)
Chegwidden: No, he is a qualified F-18 pilot, but not currently part of an active squadron.
Harm: I withdraw my complaint.
Manetti: (entering) Lt. Cmdr. Manetti reporting as ordered, Sir.
Chegwidden: At ease, Cmdr.
Tiner: (On the speakerphone) Sir, there's a Major Lownds here to see you?
Chegwidden: Send him in Tiner.
Tiner: Aye, Sir.
(Lownds enters, and immediately snaps to attention, saluting the admiral.)
Lownds: MAJOR JONATHAN LOWNDS REPORTING FOR DUTY SIR!!!
Chegwidden: At ease, Major.
(Lownds stands in what Canadians call "At Ease").
Chegwidden: (Sighing) Stand easy, Major.
(Lownds relaxes.)
Chegwidden: Allow me to introduce: Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie our Chief Of Staff, her partner Cmdr. Harmon Rabb, and your partner, Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Manetti.
Lownds: Ma'am, Sir,.Tracy? Is that you??
Manetti: It's good to see you too, Jon.
Chegwidden: Do you two know each other?
Manetti: We served together for a year at Dartmouth, Sir.
Chegwidden: I thought that you had never been assigned to the US before, Major.
Lownds: Dartmouth Nova Scotia, Sir. We were working out of Shearwater NAS.
Chegwidden: Don't get too involved, you have to work together.
Both: Aye, Sir.
Commander, Colonel, you're dismissed. As for you, Commander, Major, I have your first investigation.
All: Aye, Sir.
HARM: (As they leave the Admiral's office Harm asks) Didn't he tell us that once?
Mac: Tell us what?
Harm: Don't get involved, you'll be working together.
Mac: Yeah, about 7 years ago. I'm surprised you remember.
Harm: How could I forget, it's probably the only time I've listened to him in 8 years.
Mac: Same here, just 7 years not 8.
Both: *WHY THE HELL DID I LISTEN TO THAT ORDER?!?!?*
Harm: Well, maybe we should forget we heard him.
Mac: Are you nuts?!? Harm just because I'm in love with you doesn't mean we can just for get about.(did I say that out loud??)
Harm: Uh huh. And you're right. Just because the woman I want eternity with just admitted that she feels the same way doesn't mean that it can just happen.
Mac: Did you just say what I think you said??
Harm: Umm.Yeah.
Mac: So you want eternity.with me.
Harm: Is it really that hard to believe?
Mac: YES!!! I don't deserve somebody like you. Look at me; I'm an alcoholic whose only role model is in Leavenworth. Why would you want me?
Harm: The heart wants who it wants. Even IF that was a legitimate argument, I fell head over heels in love with you a LONG time ago.
(Harm sits down at his desk as he says this.)
Mac: (closing his door) so why didn't you ever say something?
Harm: You had just left JAG to go to Dalton Lowne's law firm, and the timing was never right after that.
Mac: Even in Australia?
Harm: ESPECIALLY in Australia. I tried to ask you to wait for me, but you misunderstood me, or I didn't say it right, or something. When you showed up at the airport wearing Brumby's ring, I thought that was your answer and we both know what happened after that.
Mac: Would you have done it, let me marry him I mean.
Harm: Yes, if I thought it was what you wanted. It would have felt like falling on my own sword, but that's what a knight does, even if they ride tomcats not horses.
Mac: Oh, so you're a knight?
Harm: In a way. Every soldier is, if you think about it. Now for my big question, why would YOU want ME? You deserve far better. I mean look at me, I seem to hurt you every other day, whether I want to or not. I'm.
Mac: .unbelievably stupid. How much you've hurt me in the past doesn't make you any less worthy or anything unless it was done intentionally.
Harm: Never.
Mac: Same here. See, nothing to worry about.
Harm: Not to change the subject, but have you thought of our deal lately??
Mac: Not really, why?
Harm: I want to make a couple of adjustments.
Mac: Which would be??
Harm: I want us to be married or engaged when it happens.
Mac: And??
Harm: I want to move the timetable forward a couple of years.
Mac: Trying to seduce me Commander?
Harm: Not until I can convince the Admiral to give us the day off.
Mac: Who says he needs to give us permission?
Harm: Jarhead I like the way you think.
Mac: Well let's get a move on then, we'll see if you like the way I do other things too.
Harm: Yellow light Colonel, and by the way, I KNOW I'm going to like the way you do things.
They get out into the bullpen, and Harm waves Tiner over while Mac gets her cover.
Tiner: May I help you, Sir.
Harm: Yes Tiner, would you please tell the Admiral that the Colonel and I are taking the day off. Oh, and you might want to check if the office pool is still going.
Tiner: Aye Sir. What are you saying, Sir?
Harm: You'll see Tiner, tomorrow.
Monday, October 21, 2002 JAG HQ 0900 ZULU
Commander Harmon Rabb stepped out of the elevator, relieved to be on time for once. He just KNEW that Mac would rib him about it all week, but he didn't mind. They had been getting along very well lately, not as well a before he left to go flying again, but oh well.
Harm: (muttering) quit it Rabb. A Monday is actually starting out well for a change.
Mac: (happens to hear him muttering as she walks up to him.) What??
Harm: Nothing, what's up Mac?
Mac: Has Hell frozen over?
Harm: (confused) No.
Mac: Have they invented a VTOL (A/N Vertical Takeoff or Landing) Tomcat?
Harm: (even more confused) Not that I know of, why? (Realizing her implication) Oh. So Hell has to freeze over before I'm on time, is that it?
Mac: Kind of.
Harm: enters his office and puts his cover away and his briefcase down. So did you come here to bug me, or do you really want something?
Mac: (You for more than my partner at JAG, she thought to her self) The Admiral wants to see us.
Harm: Great. Mac, what did you do?
Mac: ME?!?!?!?
Harm: Hey, I've been too busy nailing your six to the wall in court to get in trouble.
Mac slaps Harm right before they enter the Admirals office. They both come to attention immediately.
Chegwidden: At ease. Sit down, both of you. How is Lt. Cmdr. Manetti doing?
Harm: She's doing well, Sir. I think she fits in easily here.
Mac: I agree, Sir.
Chegwidden: Good. Her new partner just phoned. He'll be here in about 10 minutes.
Harm: Anybody we know, Sir?
Chegwidden: No. He's a foreign exchange from our northern neighbors.
Mac: A Canadian, Sir?
Chegwidden: Yes, a Major Jonathan Lownds, RCAF.
Harm: A zoomie, Sir? (A/N No offense intended here, but NAVY and AIR FORCE do not get along well, if the nicknames are any indication)
Chegwidden: No, he is a qualified F-18 pilot, but not currently part of an active squadron.
Harm: I withdraw my complaint.
Manetti: (entering) Lt. Cmdr. Manetti reporting as ordered, Sir.
Chegwidden: At ease, Cmdr.
Tiner: (On the speakerphone) Sir, there's a Major Lownds here to see you?
Chegwidden: Send him in Tiner.
Tiner: Aye, Sir.
(Lownds enters, and immediately snaps to attention, saluting the admiral.)
Lownds: MAJOR JONATHAN LOWNDS REPORTING FOR DUTY SIR!!!
Chegwidden: At ease, Major.
(Lownds stands in what Canadians call "At Ease").
Chegwidden: (Sighing) Stand easy, Major.
(Lownds relaxes.)
Chegwidden: Allow me to introduce: Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie our Chief Of Staff, her partner Cmdr. Harmon Rabb, and your partner, Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Manetti.
Lownds: Ma'am, Sir,.Tracy? Is that you??
Manetti: It's good to see you too, Jon.
Chegwidden: Do you two know each other?
Manetti: We served together for a year at Dartmouth, Sir.
Chegwidden: I thought that you had never been assigned to the US before, Major.
Lownds: Dartmouth Nova Scotia, Sir. We were working out of Shearwater NAS.
Chegwidden: Don't get too involved, you have to work together.
Both: Aye, Sir.
Commander, Colonel, you're dismissed. As for you, Commander, Major, I have your first investigation.
All: Aye, Sir.
HARM: (As they leave the Admiral's office Harm asks) Didn't he tell us that once?
Mac: Tell us what?
Harm: Don't get involved, you'll be working together.
Mac: Yeah, about 7 years ago. I'm surprised you remember.
Harm: How could I forget, it's probably the only time I've listened to him in 8 years.
Mac: Same here, just 7 years not 8.
Both: *WHY THE HELL DID I LISTEN TO THAT ORDER?!?!?*
Harm: Well, maybe we should forget we heard him.
Mac: Are you nuts?!? Harm just because I'm in love with you doesn't mean we can just for get about.(did I say that out loud??)
Harm: Uh huh. And you're right. Just because the woman I want eternity with just admitted that she feels the same way doesn't mean that it can just happen.
Mac: Did you just say what I think you said??
Harm: Umm.Yeah.
Mac: So you want eternity.with me.
Harm: Is it really that hard to believe?
Mac: YES!!! I don't deserve somebody like you. Look at me; I'm an alcoholic whose only role model is in Leavenworth. Why would you want me?
Harm: The heart wants who it wants. Even IF that was a legitimate argument, I fell head over heels in love with you a LONG time ago.
(Harm sits down at his desk as he says this.)
Mac: (closing his door) so why didn't you ever say something?
Harm: You had just left JAG to go to Dalton Lowne's law firm, and the timing was never right after that.
Mac: Even in Australia?
Harm: ESPECIALLY in Australia. I tried to ask you to wait for me, but you misunderstood me, or I didn't say it right, or something. When you showed up at the airport wearing Brumby's ring, I thought that was your answer and we both know what happened after that.
Mac: Would you have done it, let me marry him I mean.
Harm: Yes, if I thought it was what you wanted. It would have felt like falling on my own sword, but that's what a knight does, even if they ride tomcats not horses.
Mac: Oh, so you're a knight?
Harm: In a way. Every soldier is, if you think about it. Now for my big question, why would YOU want ME? You deserve far better. I mean look at me, I seem to hurt you every other day, whether I want to or not. I'm.
Mac: .unbelievably stupid. How much you've hurt me in the past doesn't make you any less worthy or anything unless it was done intentionally.
Harm: Never.
Mac: Same here. See, nothing to worry about.
Harm: Not to change the subject, but have you thought of our deal lately??
Mac: Not really, why?
Harm: I want to make a couple of adjustments.
Mac: Which would be??
Harm: I want us to be married or engaged when it happens.
Mac: And??
Harm: I want to move the timetable forward a couple of years.
Mac: Trying to seduce me Commander?
Harm: Not until I can convince the Admiral to give us the day off.
Mac: Who says he needs to give us permission?
Harm: Jarhead I like the way you think.
Mac: Well let's get a move on then, we'll see if you like the way I do other things too.
Harm: Yellow light Colonel, and by the way, I KNOW I'm going to like the way you do things.
They get out into the bullpen, and Harm waves Tiner over while Mac gets her cover.
Tiner: May I help you, Sir.
Harm: Yes Tiner, would you please tell the Admiral that the Colonel and I are taking the day off. Oh, and you might want to check if the office pool is still going.
Tiner: Aye Sir. What are you saying, Sir?
Harm: You'll see Tiner, tomorrow.