Part 13: He's Back
September 19th 2003
Mac was sitting on one of the barstools at the counter of Harm's kitchen. He had been home for a couple of days now and it had been wonderful. He had been completely off from work. Today he had surprised Mac with cleaning her whole apartment and doing her laundry. Mac was of course very appreciative. Now he had cooked dinner for both of them and it was slowly getting ready. Sturgis was taking care of Elena so Mac was free to be spontaneous this night.
There was a knock on the door. Since Harm was pretty busy Mac went to open up. It took a few moments until she realized who was at the door.
"Hello," Mac greeted.
"Is Harm there?"
"Um, yeah. Come in." Mac said. She was a little surprised since she didn't know that this woman knew Harm well enough to come and visit him at his apartment and wondered what she was doing there.
"Oh, hey Beth. What are you doing here?" Harm asked.
"We have to go in to the agency tomorrow," Beth answered "I thought I'd tell you in person. I'm sorry if I interrupted anything."
"It's alright," Harm told her. "Mac, do you remember Beth O'Neil from..."
"I do. So you work for the CIA now?" Mac asked. Harm hadn't told her about her. They had a silent agreement not to talk about his work with the CIA. There wasn't much Harm would have been allowed to say anyway.
"Yeah. I'll get going now. We have to be there by nine tomorrow," Beth said and walked out the door.
Harm put the food on the table and he and Mac sat down to eat. Mac was quiet and later when they were sitting on the couch and drinking coffee he asked her about it.
"What's wrong Mac?"
"Commander O'Neil... It just got me thinking. In the end it all comes back to one thing."
"What?"
"One night of stupidity and our whole lives were changed. If I hadn't gotten pregnant, we'd never gone to Paraguay, you wouldn't have resigned and would still be working at JAG and everything at JAG wouldn't be so different. Do you ever wish for that, that last year simply didn't happen? I mean I don't, but I got Elena out of it. You just lost a whole lot of things."
"How can you be so sure those things wouldn't have happened anyway? A year ago, I still had the Navy, but I didn't have you, so regardless of how things are now, I wouldn't dare wishing for something else when that might mean not being with you."
"You know, Harm," Mac said "You have a way to say exactly the right things that can make me feel so much better."
"It wasn't always that way," Harm admitted as much to her as to himself.
"Today is what really counts."
TBC
September 19th 2003
Mac was sitting on one of the barstools at the counter of Harm's kitchen. He had been home for a couple of days now and it had been wonderful. He had been completely off from work. Today he had surprised Mac with cleaning her whole apartment and doing her laundry. Mac was of course very appreciative. Now he had cooked dinner for both of them and it was slowly getting ready. Sturgis was taking care of Elena so Mac was free to be spontaneous this night.
There was a knock on the door. Since Harm was pretty busy Mac went to open up. It took a few moments until she realized who was at the door.
"Hello," Mac greeted.
"Is Harm there?"
"Um, yeah. Come in." Mac said. She was a little surprised since she didn't know that this woman knew Harm well enough to come and visit him at his apartment and wondered what she was doing there.
"Oh, hey Beth. What are you doing here?" Harm asked.
"We have to go in to the agency tomorrow," Beth answered "I thought I'd tell you in person. I'm sorry if I interrupted anything."
"It's alright," Harm told her. "Mac, do you remember Beth O'Neil from..."
"I do. So you work for the CIA now?" Mac asked. Harm hadn't told her about her. They had a silent agreement not to talk about his work with the CIA. There wasn't much Harm would have been allowed to say anyway.
"Yeah. I'll get going now. We have to be there by nine tomorrow," Beth said and walked out the door.
Harm put the food on the table and he and Mac sat down to eat. Mac was quiet and later when they were sitting on the couch and drinking coffee he asked her about it.
"What's wrong Mac?"
"Commander O'Neil... It just got me thinking. In the end it all comes back to one thing."
"What?"
"One night of stupidity and our whole lives were changed. If I hadn't gotten pregnant, we'd never gone to Paraguay, you wouldn't have resigned and would still be working at JAG and everything at JAG wouldn't be so different. Do you ever wish for that, that last year simply didn't happen? I mean I don't, but I got Elena out of it. You just lost a whole lot of things."
"How can you be so sure those things wouldn't have happened anyway? A year ago, I still had the Navy, but I didn't have you, so regardless of how things are now, I wouldn't dare wishing for something else when that might mean not being with you."
"You know, Harm," Mac said "You have a way to say exactly the right things that can make me feel so much better."
"It wasn't always that way," Harm admitted as much to her as to himself.
"Today is what really counts."
TBC