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Mac's Apartment.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming." Mac said as she pulled on her shoes and tried to open the door. "You're two minutes and 23 seconds early." She said pulling the door open.
"I thought it would make a change. Are you ready to go?" Harm asked leaning against the doorframe.
"If I knew where I was going it would have been going it would have been easier to pack." Mac stated as she bent down to put her shoe on properly.
"As long as you've got a sweater and a nice dress you'll be fine." He said with a smile.
"Well let's go then." She said tossing her bag into his arms.
"So are you talking to me again?" He asked as they walked down the stairs to his car.
"That depends am I going to need to for this mission?" She asked.
"It would be helpful."
"Tell me what's going on and where we're going and I'll work on it." She conceded.
"All that information would be classified for the moment. For what it's worth I'm sorry. Whatever it was I did I admit I'm an idiot and I'm sorry." He said as they climbed into the car.
"Admitting it to yourself is the first step on the road to recovery." Mac teased lightly.
"You know if you'd let Sturgis tell me what I did it would have been easier to fix." He said not wanting to reveal that he knew what the problem was.
"Sturgis agreed with me that you should be old enough to work out what you did wrong and to be able to fix it yourself. If he didn't he wouldn't have ordered Harriet and Bud not to tell you."
"Good point." Harm agreed.
"Besides which he's good at keeping secrets." Mac said before thinking.
"And what secrets would those be?" Harm asked.
"He's known what the problem was since Tuesday and today is Friday and he hasn't told you. I'd say for JAG that's good scuttlebutt control."
~ ~
"What time is it?" Harm asked as they were driving along a country road in the middle of nowhere.
"1629 and 45 seconds." Mac supplied instantly. They're conversation had stuttered throughout the journey.
"Good." Harm pulled the car off to the side of the road and switched off the engine.
"Harm what's going on?" Mac said as he unfastened his seat belt.
"Get out of the car Mac." He instructed.
"Why?" She demanded.
"Stop being contrary and do it."
"Fine." She flung open the door and climbed out. "Are you ready to tell me where we're going yet?"
"No. Just sit down a minute." He motioned to the hood.
"I was sat down in an air conditioned car." She crossed her arms indignantly across her stomach.
"Mac just sit and don't argue." He picked her up and sat her on the hood and then sat down next to her. Mac sat silent for a minute.
"Harm what's going on?" She asked.
"No questions Mac please. Just sit there." Mac eyed him strangely and then reached out a hand and pinched his cheek. "Oww." Harm's hand automatically went to his face. "What did you do that for?"
"Just checking you weren't Palmer again."
"I'm not. I promise I'll tell you everything but I just need you to sit there for now okay?"
"Okay." She agreed and lent back against the windscreen and closed her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming." Mac said as she pulled on her shoes and tried to open the door. "You're two minutes and 23 seconds early." She said pulling the door open.
"I thought it would make a change. Are you ready to go?" Harm asked leaning against the doorframe.
"If I knew where I was going it would have been going it would have been easier to pack." Mac stated as she bent down to put her shoe on properly.
"As long as you've got a sweater and a nice dress you'll be fine." He said with a smile.
"Well let's go then." She said tossing her bag into his arms.
"So are you talking to me again?" He asked as they walked down the stairs to his car.
"That depends am I going to need to for this mission?" She asked.
"It would be helpful."
"Tell me what's going on and where we're going and I'll work on it." She conceded.
"All that information would be classified for the moment. For what it's worth I'm sorry. Whatever it was I did I admit I'm an idiot and I'm sorry." He said as they climbed into the car.
"Admitting it to yourself is the first step on the road to recovery." Mac teased lightly.
"You know if you'd let Sturgis tell me what I did it would have been easier to fix." He said not wanting to reveal that he knew what the problem was.
"Sturgis agreed with me that you should be old enough to work out what you did wrong and to be able to fix it yourself. If he didn't he wouldn't have ordered Harriet and Bud not to tell you."
"Good point." Harm agreed.
"Besides which he's good at keeping secrets." Mac said before thinking.
"And what secrets would those be?" Harm asked.
"He's known what the problem was since Tuesday and today is Friday and he hasn't told you. I'd say for JAG that's good scuttlebutt control."
~ ~
"What time is it?" Harm asked as they were driving along a country road in the middle of nowhere.
"1629 and 45 seconds." Mac supplied instantly. They're conversation had stuttered throughout the journey.
"Good." Harm pulled the car off to the side of the road and switched off the engine.
"Harm what's going on?" Mac said as he unfastened his seat belt.
"Get out of the car Mac." He instructed.
"Why?" She demanded.
"Stop being contrary and do it."
"Fine." She flung open the door and climbed out. "Are you ready to tell me where we're going yet?"
"No. Just sit down a minute." He motioned to the hood.
"I was sat down in an air conditioned car." She crossed her arms indignantly across her stomach.
"Mac just sit and don't argue." He picked her up and sat her on the hood and then sat down next to her. Mac sat silent for a minute.
"Harm what's going on?" She asked.
"No questions Mac please. Just sit there." Mac eyed him strangely and then reached out a hand and pinched his cheek. "Oww." Harm's hand automatically went to his face. "What did you do that for?"
"Just checking you weren't Palmer again."
"I'm not. I promise I'll tell you everything but I just need you to sit there for now okay?"
"Okay." She agreed and lent back against the windscreen and closed her eyes.