AN: Thanks for the reviews. Hopefully I can start updating frequently, now that I only have two more days of school and finals. Yay! Sorry if some of you didn't like the last chapter. This is just how I'm writing it, and yea. But I promise you guys that Harm's not cheating on Mac, and the phone call was fake. Only one person guessed that it was. Yay to that person! Now on with the story!!!
Chapter 3 Starting to Investigate
Tuesday Morning
Jag Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
Harm walked in Tuesday morning completely wiped out. He had spent all of that night trying to figure out who the woman on the phone was. He had sat on his couch replaying the message over and over again and it still didn't make sense. He finally gave up and decided that this person Clarisa must have, had the wrong phone number. He spent the rest of the night thinking about ways to convince Mac that she was the only one for him. He was a little upset that Mac had not stopped to think that this woman had the wrong number, but he knew that he would probably have done the same thing if he thought that Mac was cheating on him. He slowly approached the door to the bullet pin. He opened it and walked though. As he did he looked over at Mac's office. He had half expected her to be glaring at him from the door way but surprisingly she was not in her office. In fact the door was shut tightly and the blinds were pulled. That's strange, he thought. My marine is usually in before I am.
"Good morning Commander," Harriet said as he walked by.
"Good morning. Uh…Harriet have you seen Mac this morning."
Harriet looked over her shoulder at the Colonel's office. "I haven't seen her and I guess she isn't in yet."
Harm shifted nervously, "Could you uh tell me when-
"Sure when I see her all let you now," Harriet said with a smile.
"Thanks," Harm replied, as he headed to his office.
He set the roses down, that he had bought for her and sat in his chair. A stack of paper work was awaiting him from yesterday and he started on it, but his mind kept going back to Mac. He had tried to call her about 40 times last night to explain, but all he got was her answering machine. I'll just have to catch her when she gets in, he thought. A half an hour went by and still Mac hadn't shown. Harm looked at the clock. Maybe she is running really late, he thought. The hour when by and he was starting to feel panicked. A feeling he didn't get very often. He just had a feeling that something was wrong and his worry ness grew with every passing second that he looked at her office. The blinds where still pulled tight and the door was still shut.
There was a knock on his door and he looked up expecting to see Mac, but instead it was Jennifer.
"The Admiral would like to see you and Mac in his office right away," she announced cheerfully as she walked in. "I guess that it has to do with the mission you both are going on."
"Thanks Coats, by the way have you seen Mac?" Harm asked.
"I was hoping that you had seen her, the Admiral expects both of you in his office, but she hasn't even come in yet." Jennifer added.
"Did she call in sick?"
"I don't know?" Jen said. "I guess you should just go and fill Mac in when she gets here."
"Ok, tell me if you see her," Harm said as he and Jen left his office.
Knock…..knock
"Come in said the Admiral." Harm came in and shut the door. "Where's Mac?" He asked.
"She isn't here yet."
"She isn't here? It's almost 11:30."
"Do you know if she called in sick?" Harm asked.
"I'm usually informed if someone isn't here. Wait a sec." He picked up the phone and told Harm to have a seat.
"Petty Officer McBrian, yes this is the Admiral. I'm doing good thank you. By any chance has Mac called in sick?" There was a pause. "Thank you," said the Admiral as he hung up.
"No she hasn't called in. Now she better have a good excuse tomorrow."
"It feels like something's wrong," Harm admitted.
"What do you mean? Are you getting a 6th sense like Mac?"
"No," Harm said. "It just feels like something's wrong. She is never not here without calling in. I can't remember the last time she didn't show up."
"Your right," the Admiral replied. "I give you the permission to call Mac or go over to her house to find out why she isn't here."
"Thank you sir," Harm said.
"Tell me what you find out. Now dismissed."
"Wait, wasn't there something you wanted to tell me, about the mission?"
"I wanted to tell both you and Mac at the same time, so when she comes in I'll tell the both of you."
"Thank you," Harm said as he walked out to call Mac.
End of chapter 3
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Chapter 3 Starting to Investigate
Tuesday Morning
Jag Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
Harm walked in Tuesday morning completely wiped out. He had spent all of that night trying to figure out who the woman on the phone was. He had sat on his couch replaying the message over and over again and it still didn't make sense. He finally gave up and decided that this person Clarisa must have, had the wrong phone number. He spent the rest of the night thinking about ways to convince Mac that she was the only one for him. He was a little upset that Mac had not stopped to think that this woman had the wrong number, but he knew that he would probably have done the same thing if he thought that Mac was cheating on him. He slowly approached the door to the bullet pin. He opened it and walked though. As he did he looked over at Mac's office. He had half expected her to be glaring at him from the door way but surprisingly she was not in her office. In fact the door was shut tightly and the blinds were pulled. That's strange, he thought. My marine is usually in before I am.
"Good morning Commander," Harriet said as he walked by.
"Good morning. Uh…Harriet have you seen Mac this morning."
Harriet looked over her shoulder at the Colonel's office. "I haven't seen her and I guess she isn't in yet."
Harm shifted nervously, "Could you uh tell me when-
"Sure when I see her all let you now," Harriet said with a smile.
"Thanks," Harm replied, as he headed to his office.
He set the roses down, that he had bought for her and sat in his chair. A stack of paper work was awaiting him from yesterday and he started on it, but his mind kept going back to Mac. He had tried to call her about 40 times last night to explain, but all he got was her answering machine. I'll just have to catch her when she gets in, he thought. A half an hour went by and still Mac hadn't shown. Harm looked at the clock. Maybe she is running really late, he thought. The hour when by and he was starting to feel panicked. A feeling he didn't get very often. He just had a feeling that something was wrong and his worry ness grew with every passing second that he looked at her office. The blinds where still pulled tight and the door was still shut.
There was a knock on his door and he looked up expecting to see Mac, but instead it was Jennifer.
"The Admiral would like to see you and Mac in his office right away," she announced cheerfully as she walked in. "I guess that it has to do with the mission you both are going on."
"Thanks Coats, by the way have you seen Mac?" Harm asked.
"I was hoping that you had seen her, the Admiral expects both of you in his office, but she hasn't even come in yet." Jennifer added.
"Did she call in sick?"
"I don't know?" Jen said. "I guess you should just go and fill Mac in when she gets here."
"Ok, tell me if you see her," Harm said as he and Jen left his office.
Knock…..knock
"Come in said the Admiral." Harm came in and shut the door. "Where's Mac?" He asked.
"She isn't here yet."
"She isn't here? It's almost 11:30."
"Do you know if she called in sick?" Harm asked.
"I'm usually informed if someone isn't here. Wait a sec." He picked up the phone and told Harm to have a seat.
"Petty Officer McBrian, yes this is the Admiral. I'm doing good thank you. By any chance has Mac called in sick?" There was a pause. "Thank you," said the Admiral as he hung up.
"No she hasn't called in. Now she better have a good excuse tomorrow."
"It feels like something's wrong," Harm admitted.
"What do you mean? Are you getting a 6th sense like Mac?"
"No," Harm said. "It just feels like something's wrong. She is never not here without calling in. I can't remember the last time she didn't show up."
"Your right," the Admiral replied. "I give you the permission to call Mac or go over to her house to find out why she isn't here."
"Thank you sir," Harm said.
"Tell me what you find out. Now dismissed."
"Wait, wasn't there something you wanted to tell me, about the mission?"
"I wanted to tell both you and Mac at the same time, so when she comes in I'll tell the both of you."
"Thank you," Harm said as he walked out to call Mac.
End of chapter 3
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