JAG HQ
Falls Church, Virginia
"Morning, ma'am." Harriet greeted Mac as she passed her on her way to the Admiral's office.
"Morning, Harriet." Mac answered before knocking on the door. She opened the door when she heard the muffled command to enter. "Major Mackenzie reporting as ordered, sir." She said as she stood at attention.
"Yes, Major, have a seat." When she did he continued, "You will be taking your old office. Tomorrow I will give you a case, but for today I just want you to get used to being around here again. So get your office set up I will give you a case tomorrow. Dismissed."
"Yes, sir." Mac came to attention again and walked out the door into the noisy organization of the bullpen.
Harm spotted her coming out of the Admiral's office when he was coming back from the break room. "Hey, Mac."
"Hey, Harm."
"So what's your schedule for today?"
"Well, the Admiral said he wanted me to get used to the office again and to set up my office and everything. How about you?"
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to grab lunch and maybe help me with a case if you have time."
"Sure. Just come and get me whenever you're ready." Mac answered before turning to enter her old office.
Mac was in her office all of ten minutes before there was a knock on her door.
"Enter."
"I'm sorry to bother you ma'am, but I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute." Harriet said as she poked her head in the office.
Mac smiled and said, "Sure, Harriet, come on in."
Harriet did so and closed the door behind her before taking a seat across from Mac.
"What's up, Harriet? You look nervous."
"Well, I am, ma'am."
"About what?"
"I don't know how Bud's going to react when I tell him I'm pregnant again. I mean, we haven't really talked about having more kids and—"
"That's so great, Harriet! Congratulations!" Mac said interrupting her and coming around the desk to give her friend a hug.
Harriet was caught off guard but recovered quickly enough to return the hug. "Thank you, ma'am, but I still don't know how Bud's going to react."
Mac pulled back and looked Harriet in the eye while she asked, "Harriet, does Bud love you?"
"Yes, ma'am. I've got no doubt about that."
"Does he love AJ?"
"He adores AJ, ma'am."
"Then why, Harriet, are you worried about him not wanting, let alone loving, this baby?"
"I don't know, ma'am. It's just that we haven't talked about having more children. I don't know how he is going to react."
"Harriet, listen to me. Bud loves you, he loves AJ, and he is going to love this child. Okay?"
Harriet stood up straight and said, "You're right ma'am. I don't know what I was thinking. It's probably all the hormones."
Mac smiled and said, "Now, if that's all, I have to get to work and organize this office. Unless, you want to stay and help."
Harriet looked around at the boxes and said, "You know, I'd love to ma'am, but I think I do enough cleaning at home."
Mac chuckled as Harriet left and turned to survey the damage around her. Wow! Maybe if I'm lucky I'll get the desk set up before lunch.
Same DayJAG HQ
Harm's Office
Harm looked up from he report and glanced in the direction of Mac's office. How am I supposed to get anything done when she is only 10 feet away? He looked at his report then at his watch. This is hopeless! There's no way I'm going to get anything done right now! With that Harm got up and walked into the bullpen. When e reached Mac's office he noticed that she was in the middle of putting her Marine Corp. poster on the wall. He decided not to say anything and instead leaned against the doorframe waiting to be noticed. He tried not to laugh out loud when she struggled to reach the top right corner.
"You know, if you're laugh the least you can do is help me." Mac said, looking over her shoulder.
"No, I think I like the view I have." Harm said, looking at her lower features.
"Shouldn't you be doing your work?" Mac asked, turning around and walking towards him.
Harm stepped further into the office and closed the door behind. "How can I work when I know that the woman that I love is less than fifteen feet away?"
Mac glanced towards the windows to make sure that the blinds were closed before moving into his arms. "I guess what they say is true."
"What's that?" Harm murmured against her lips.
"That Marines have more self control than squids do." When he would've pulled away to make a retort she gripped his hair and pulled his mouth down to hers. The kiss was slow at first, almost tentative. But it only stayed that way for about three seconds, then it changed to one of pent up passion and need, like someone had flipped a switch. If it hadn't been for the fact that they were at JAG she would've pulled down onto the floor and gone a little farther. It was for that reason that she pulled away slowly before saying, "You're bad for me. I'm never going to get any work done when I know you can kiss like that."
"All day long all I've been able to think about is how your lips feel against mine, the way your body molds perfectly to fit mine. The way your eyes look right after I kiss you, I can see the need you have and the love that you feel for me. God, I love you, Sarah. I hope that you know that; that I would give my life for yours." Harm pulled her close and held her for what seemed like ever, but in reality was only a few seconds. "I want to see you tonight." He said once he pulled away.
"Okay, we could come over."
"No, just you. No kids. Somewhere where we won't be interrupted; so I can show you just how much you really mean to me."
Mac shuddered at the tone of his voice and the meaning behind his words. "I want that too, but Harm, you we can't just leave the kids alone for a night. How would they get to school in the morning? We need a whole weekend to ourselves."
"What we need is a lifetime together. So I could show you every night. But, I guess a weekend will do…for now. But it has to be soon."
"How about this weekend? We could ask Harriet to watch them for us. Then we could go somewhere, I don't care, just somewhere." Mac suggested with a certain urgency in her voice.
"Then it's settled, you ask Harriet and I will make the plans. Just four more days, Sarah." With that he kissed her again and walked out of the office.