Part 2
1100
San Diego NAS
Harm walked out of the crowded room. It was easy to forget the less appealing things about flying. Paperwork never was his strong side. Even though he had been at JAG for a long time now, the paperwork always seemed to pile up. He had hardly seen Mac for the last couple of days. He had bee too busy melting in to the scenery, and being seen with a JAG lawyer when you're the new guy, probably wasn't a good idea. So far nothing had turned up on his end. All the people he had met so far, seemed to be either out of the loop, or very good actors. He had nowhere to start. Perhaps things were working out better on Mac's end.
*****
1110
VOQ
San Diego NAS
Mac felt like she was going to scream. She was nowhere. Not anything that she had heard had shed any light on the case. But that was not what was bothering her the most. She and Harm had gotten so close on the plane, and then they had to go their separate ways. She hadn't even had a chance to talk to him. She had wanted him to say those words to her again. 'I love you'. Why couldn't he have said them a long time ago. I could have spared them both a lot of pain. But that was all in the past now. She hadn't acted in a suitable way. He hadn't been ready, and she accepted an other man's ring just a few hours after their conversation. She was to blame as well. 'That's it. I'm going out' she thought. Just as she was leaving her room, her cell-phone rang.
"Mackenzie!" she answered.
"Hi Mac, it's me." Came Harm's voice on the other end.
She fell silent. She had wanted to talk to him, and here he was. Why did she feel nervous all of a sudden?
"Hi." Her voice trembled as she uttered the word.
"How's everything going? With the investigation I mean." He had needed to hear her voice, and now that he had her on the phone, all he could manage to say, involved the case.
"If you would say, everyone keeping their mouths shut, was a good thing. then I would say it was going great." She was going into marine-mode.
" It's not working out too well on my side either. No one seems to be aware of anything odd happening, or if they are they are as you said, keeping their mouths shut. Not even the usual scuttlebutt is telling me anything useful." Harm had heard the change in her tone, and was playing along. It was easier than the alternative. He really did love her, and now that he had managed to tell her face, her wanted to yell it from the roof-tops. But that was not an option now.
It was Mac who made the first step towards the subject.
"You want to do something tonight. I think it's safe for you to come here. I don't think that I'm being watched."
"Sure. I could stop on the way over and get some food, and maybe a movie" came his reply. He was glad she had made the first step.
"Sounds great. See you around 1900?"
"I'll be there" he hesitated before he added the rest. "Mac."
"Yeah?"
"I really do love you."
1100
San Diego NAS
Harm walked out of the crowded room. It was easy to forget the less appealing things about flying. Paperwork never was his strong side. Even though he had been at JAG for a long time now, the paperwork always seemed to pile up. He had hardly seen Mac for the last couple of days. He had bee too busy melting in to the scenery, and being seen with a JAG lawyer when you're the new guy, probably wasn't a good idea. So far nothing had turned up on his end. All the people he had met so far, seemed to be either out of the loop, or very good actors. He had nowhere to start. Perhaps things were working out better on Mac's end.
*****
1110
VOQ
San Diego NAS
Mac felt like she was going to scream. She was nowhere. Not anything that she had heard had shed any light on the case. But that was not what was bothering her the most. She and Harm had gotten so close on the plane, and then they had to go their separate ways. She hadn't even had a chance to talk to him. She had wanted him to say those words to her again. 'I love you'. Why couldn't he have said them a long time ago. I could have spared them both a lot of pain. But that was all in the past now. She hadn't acted in a suitable way. He hadn't been ready, and she accepted an other man's ring just a few hours after their conversation. She was to blame as well. 'That's it. I'm going out' she thought. Just as she was leaving her room, her cell-phone rang.
"Mackenzie!" she answered.
"Hi Mac, it's me." Came Harm's voice on the other end.
She fell silent. She had wanted to talk to him, and here he was. Why did she feel nervous all of a sudden?
"Hi." Her voice trembled as she uttered the word.
"How's everything going? With the investigation I mean." He had needed to hear her voice, and now that he had her on the phone, all he could manage to say, involved the case.
"If you would say, everyone keeping their mouths shut, was a good thing. then I would say it was going great." She was going into marine-mode.
" It's not working out too well on my side either. No one seems to be aware of anything odd happening, or if they are they are as you said, keeping their mouths shut. Not even the usual scuttlebutt is telling me anything useful." Harm had heard the change in her tone, and was playing along. It was easier than the alternative. He really did love her, and now that he had managed to tell her face, her wanted to yell it from the roof-tops. But that was not an option now.
It was Mac who made the first step towards the subject.
"You want to do something tonight. I think it's safe for you to come here. I don't think that I'm being watched."
"Sure. I could stop on the way over and get some food, and maybe a movie" came his reply. He was glad she had made the first step.
"Sounds great. See you around 1900?"
"I'll be there" he hesitated before he added the rest. "Mac."
"Yeah?"
"I really do love you."
