"Here." Harm stopped. They had made it across the brook safely without
either of them getting wet this time. Mac stopped and looked out at the
view.
"It's beautiful." Mac stuttered.
"There is a better view from the tree house." He whispered from behind her. Mac took a step back and stumbled over a rock and fell into Harm his arms instantly going around her waist. "Careful. Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine. Thanks for catching me."
"I'm always here to catch you when you fall Mac." He whispered into her ear. Mac blinked not knowing what to say. She knew the statement was meant more than catching her in the literal sense.
"You said something about a tree house."
"Yeah, up there." He pointed to a tree, which was full with greenery. "It's a great place to think and it's hidden at this time of year. So Sarah can I interest you in a tour?"
"I'd like that." He released the tight grip he had had around her waist, but still had a hold of one of her hands. He stepped towards the tree and pulled gently on a rope that dangled from it. A rope ladder fell down.
"Think of it as the assault course."
"I'd kick your six on the assault course flyboy."
"I'm sure you would. Ladies first." He said shooting her his flyboy grin.
"You just want to watch my six as I climb up that ladder don't you?" Mac teased.
"And do you have a problem with that?" Harm asked.
"Not a one. We'll just call it restitution for Harriet and my little bet." As she started to climb.
"And what bet would that be?" Harm inquired.
"I suppose you could have called it research for a case." Mac justified as she reached the top and pulled herself into the tree house.
"What case?" Harm said as he climbed the ladder after her.
"Do you remember Ensign Callie Johnson and her Lt Thomas sexual harassment? Lt Thomas kept patting Callie on the bum and then she said she could feel him watching her when she walked past?"
"Vaguely. But what does this have to do with a bet?"
"I asked Harriet to assist me in a little research. So we spent the day watching the sixes of every man who walked through JAG. We had a bet on who would be most freaked out by it. It was a highly entertaining day."
"How was I not aware of this?" Harm asked as he stood up.
"You were in court most of the day and you weren't really paying that much attention when you walked through the bull pen. The Admiral didn't pay any attention to us, Sturgis came and asked us what was going on, Bud was Bud and Tiner was a little scared, it took me too hours to convince him we weren't really sexually harassing him."
"I see and did you draw any conclusions as to whom had the best six?"
"That would be classified information Commander. Wow." Mac said as she saw the view from the balcony of the tree house over the flat land to the hills beyond.
"Pretty amazing isn't it."
"Who built this place? You?"
"No, my grandfather build it as a surprise for my Dad. There have been a few repairs over the years but it's basically the same structure it was when he build about sixty years."
"Wow, that's pretty impressive. It's amazing." She smiled.
"I spent hours sat up here looking out at the view for years after Dad's plane was shot down. I guess I somehow felt closer to him."
"That's nice, this place must have had lots of good memories built here. I bet Jordan and Renee liked it here too."
"I wouldn't know. You're the first person besides immediate family that have ever been here. You're the first person I've ever brought here." Harm admitted.
"Wow. You know you should just hit a girl with things like that, she might get the wrong idea." Mac teased and smiled at him.
"What if I want you to get the wrong idea?" Harm asked.
"Harm, you shouldn't say things like that if you don't really mean them."
"What if I do?" He asked taking her hand.
"Harm, please don't tease me." Mac pleaded, as he pulled closer.
"Sarah, I'm not teasing." He crushed his lips to hers.
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"It's beautiful." Mac stuttered.
"There is a better view from the tree house." He whispered from behind her. Mac took a step back and stumbled over a rock and fell into Harm his arms instantly going around her waist. "Careful. Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine. Thanks for catching me."
"I'm always here to catch you when you fall Mac." He whispered into her ear. Mac blinked not knowing what to say. She knew the statement was meant more than catching her in the literal sense.
"You said something about a tree house."
"Yeah, up there." He pointed to a tree, which was full with greenery. "It's a great place to think and it's hidden at this time of year. So Sarah can I interest you in a tour?"
"I'd like that." He released the tight grip he had had around her waist, but still had a hold of one of her hands. He stepped towards the tree and pulled gently on a rope that dangled from it. A rope ladder fell down.
"Think of it as the assault course."
"I'd kick your six on the assault course flyboy."
"I'm sure you would. Ladies first." He said shooting her his flyboy grin.
"You just want to watch my six as I climb up that ladder don't you?" Mac teased.
"And do you have a problem with that?" Harm asked.
"Not a one. We'll just call it restitution for Harriet and my little bet." As she started to climb.
"And what bet would that be?" Harm inquired.
"I suppose you could have called it research for a case." Mac justified as she reached the top and pulled herself into the tree house.
"What case?" Harm said as he climbed the ladder after her.
"Do you remember Ensign Callie Johnson and her Lt Thomas sexual harassment? Lt Thomas kept patting Callie on the bum and then she said she could feel him watching her when she walked past?"
"Vaguely. But what does this have to do with a bet?"
"I asked Harriet to assist me in a little research. So we spent the day watching the sixes of every man who walked through JAG. We had a bet on who would be most freaked out by it. It was a highly entertaining day."
"How was I not aware of this?" Harm asked as he stood up.
"You were in court most of the day and you weren't really paying that much attention when you walked through the bull pen. The Admiral didn't pay any attention to us, Sturgis came and asked us what was going on, Bud was Bud and Tiner was a little scared, it took me too hours to convince him we weren't really sexually harassing him."
"I see and did you draw any conclusions as to whom had the best six?"
"That would be classified information Commander. Wow." Mac said as she saw the view from the balcony of the tree house over the flat land to the hills beyond.
"Pretty amazing isn't it."
"Who built this place? You?"
"No, my grandfather build it as a surprise for my Dad. There have been a few repairs over the years but it's basically the same structure it was when he build about sixty years."
"Wow, that's pretty impressive. It's amazing." She smiled.
"I spent hours sat up here looking out at the view for years after Dad's plane was shot down. I guess I somehow felt closer to him."
"That's nice, this place must have had lots of good memories built here. I bet Jordan and Renee liked it here too."
"I wouldn't know. You're the first person besides immediate family that have ever been here. You're the first person I've ever brought here." Harm admitted.
"Wow. You know you should just hit a girl with things like that, she might get the wrong idea." Mac teased and smiled at him.
"What if I want you to get the wrong idea?" Harm asked.
"Harm, you shouldn't say things like that if you don't really mean them."
"What if I do?" He asked taking her hand.
"Harm, please don't tease me." Mac pleaded, as he pulled closer.
"Sarah, I'm not teasing." He crushed his lips to hers.
TBCs