Asking a Colonel Out
February 10th 2003
"Hi, are you heading out soon?" Harm asked popping his head into Mac's office. He had just come back from an all-day investigation in Norfolk.
"Yes, Harm, I just want to finish this first," Mac answered a bit annoyed. Everybody was worrying about her at the moment and she had gotten sick of it. She had been annoyed and irritated the whole day, especially towards Sturgis. She was blaming it all on hormones.
Harm wondered if now was the best time to ask this, but figured he could just as well. At least no one was in the office to witness this.
"So, are you doing anything on Friday?" he asked.
"Not yet, you want to hang out?"
"I was thinking about maybe going on a date."
"Oh," Mac was disappointed even if she knew she had no right to be. She had known that he would eventually start to date, but she hadn't been prepared for it to happen so soon. "I hope you'll have a good time. Who is she?"
"What do you mean 'who is she?'"
"Who do you have a date with on Friday?"
"I haven't actually asked her yet."
"Then you need to hurry most women don't keep their calendars open for late date proposals," Mac said "Maybe she's busy already," Mac realized she had uttered her secret hope aloud, but decided not to take any notice on it. She would really try to be happy for him.
"Oh, I think she's still free," Harm smiled "Mac, would you like to go out on a date with me?"
"Harm, that's not funny. Please, if you are my friend, don't make fun of me like that,"
"I'm serious," Mac still didn't look like she had realized what he was asking her. "OK, I'll try this again. Sarah Mackenzie, would you like to go out on a date with me this Friday night?" he asked her again with all the seriousness he could possibly bring out in his voice.
"Harm, I'm pregnant." she said like it would explain everything.
"I know," he said and looked at her growing stomach.
"Do you know what you're getting yourself into?"
"I have no idea."
"Why are you doing this?" Mac sensed she was getting annoyed with him and tried desperately to keep calm.
"Because you are my best friend, because you're a beautiful, desirable woman, because every time you touch me there are sparks flying through my whole body, because I've wanted to do this since the first time I met you and because I didn't like the answer I got last time I asked."
"But it was different then, things have changed."
"You are still the same person to me. The same person I wanted to ask out back then. I've dated women with children before, you know, so I realized I didn't really have a good reason not to ask you out again. But if you don't want to, I'll leave you alone. Not as a friend though, I hope we can still be friends."
Mac was stunned.
"Please, just give me an answer, Mac," she took a deep breath.
"I would love to go out on a date with you this Friday night," Mac then said just as seriously as Harm's question had been.
A loud sigh was heard from Harm.
"You had me worried there for a while. I'll let you finish up now. See you tomorrow. And I'll pick you up 1900 Friday." Harm could hardly wait until then.
'He asked me out, he asked me out' Mac was singing to herself and five minutes later turned off her computer, she couldn't possibly get anything more done.
TBC
February 10th 2003
"Hi, are you heading out soon?" Harm asked popping his head into Mac's office. He had just come back from an all-day investigation in Norfolk.
"Yes, Harm, I just want to finish this first," Mac answered a bit annoyed. Everybody was worrying about her at the moment and she had gotten sick of it. She had been annoyed and irritated the whole day, especially towards Sturgis. She was blaming it all on hormones.
Harm wondered if now was the best time to ask this, but figured he could just as well. At least no one was in the office to witness this.
"So, are you doing anything on Friday?" he asked.
"Not yet, you want to hang out?"
"I was thinking about maybe going on a date."
"Oh," Mac was disappointed even if she knew she had no right to be. She had known that he would eventually start to date, but she hadn't been prepared for it to happen so soon. "I hope you'll have a good time. Who is she?"
"What do you mean 'who is she?'"
"Who do you have a date with on Friday?"
"I haven't actually asked her yet."
"Then you need to hurry most women don't keep their calendars open for late date proposals," Mac said "Maybe she's busy already," Mac realized she had uttered her secret hope aloud, but decided not to take any notice on it. She would really try to be happy for him.
"Oh, I think she's still free," Harm smiled "Mac, would you like to go out on a date with me?"
"Harm, that's not funny. Please, if you are my friend, don't make fun of me like that,"
"I'm serious," Mac still didn't look like she had realized what he was asking her. "OK, I'll try this again. Sarah Mackenzie, would you like to go out on a date with me this Friday night?" he asked her again with all the seriousness he could possibly bring out in his voice.
"Harm, I'm pregnant." she said like it would explain everything.
"I know," he said and looked at her growing stomach.
"Do you know what you're getting yourself into?"
"I have no idea."
"Why are you doing this?" Mac sensed she was getting annoyed with him and tried desperately to keep calm.
"Because you are my best friend, because you're a beautiful, desirable woman, because every time you touch me there are sparks flying through my whole body, because I've wanted to do this since the first time I met you and because I didn't like the answer I got last time I asked."
"But it was different then, things have changed."
"You are still the same person to me. The same person I wanted to ask out back then. I've dated women with children before, you know, so I realized I didn't really have a good reason not to ask you out again. But if you don't want to, I'll leave you alone. Not as a friend though, I hope we can still be friends."
Mac was stunned.
"Please, just give me an answer, Mac," she took a deep breath.
"I would love to go out on a date with you this Friday night," Mac then said just as seriously as Harm's question had been.
A loud sigh was heard from Harm.
"You had me worried there for a while. I'll let you finish up now. See you tomorrow. And I'll pick you up 1900 Friday." Harm could hardly wait until then.
'He asked me out, he asked me out' Mac was singing to herself and five minutes later turned off her computer, she couldn't possibly get anything more done.
TBC