Title : Where The Sea Meets The Sky

Author : Jaggie 107

Disclaimer : JAG characters belong to DPB, CBS and Paramount. 'Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye' belongs to PAX TV - and I hope all parties will allow me to have fun for a little while, and replace them all when I'm done. Thank you. (I forgot to include a disclaimer for NCIS last chapter, so here it is now...I'll leave it in for the rest of the story; makes life easier when I need to 'borrow' Gibbs and his team!)

Rating : G to PG-13

Thanks go to cbw, jtbwriter, beegirl, katydid13, ninjaturtle, capriceann, starryeyes10, kirsten, soonerfan, another tracy, tomcat-all, lori4, carol, eliv.thade, alicia5, fragmentpieces, kesh, claysmvl, chicmns, skyefire, tammy-jet, abigaile, kjflygirl87, anna7, nikki, jbird7986, angelab, pineapplehead, rosa, manda and rinkrat for their reviews. As before, any reviewers I miss between posts will be added to the list for the next chapter!

Replies to previous chapter reviews :

manda Welcome to the story! Thanks for your support, and please keep reading!

jtbwriter Hiya! I'm so pleased you gave the feedback on Blaise - more on him in another story...or two! I liked the part of sharing food, it's intimate, but not too excessive, no NC17, just enough to get Mac hot under her collar! Thanks as always!

abigaile Thanks for your support. Focus is shifting back stateside so the Admiral will be discovering for himself about just what his senior lawyers have been up to!

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rosa Thanks for your support! Dunstan is still in the story, but we're moving back stateside for a couple of chapters!

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TEMPORARY VOQ CABIN

USS SEA HAWK

SOMEWHERE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

"Hello Mattie, it's Mac. How are you? Where are you?" Mac asked, hearing a voice speaking over Mattie.

"We're at the airport in Bahrain, Mac. Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine. Harm's here, Mattie. I'll talk to you when you get back stateside. I asked Jen to call from the apartment when you get there."

"Okay. Talk to you soon then. Bye, Mac."

"Bye," Mac spoke into the receiver and then passed the handset to Harm, who trapped her hand between his hand and the grip of the receiver. This precluded Mac moving away, and so she seated herself on Harm's lap, leaning over to listen to his conversation with Mattie. While he was talking to Mattie, Harm was also dropping feather-light kisses on Mac's neck, and his free hand had reached around the back of her, pushing up under her uniform blouse to splay open his fingers against her smooth skin.

"Hiya, kiddo. Are you looking after Sturgis?"

"Yep. He's gone to get me a can of soda."

"By 'looking after him' I meant you do the running around, Mattie!" Harm laughed, joking, and Mattie laughed too.

"I know, but he's such a gentleman, Harm."

"So'm I!" Harm protested instantly, and Mac closed her eyes, groaning as Harm's wandering hand had reached the underside of her breast, his fingers brushing her skin through the lacy cups.

'Some gentleman!' thought Mac, as Harm's assault on her senses continued. When the opportunity to retaliate arrived, Mac was fast to pounce, dropping her head onto Harm's shoulder, and using her tongue to devastating effect on his ear. This was almost Harm's undoing, and Mattie heard a distinct groan over the cell phone at her ear.

"Harm? Are you okay?"

"I...yeah, fine Mattie. Okay, kiddo, we'd better call it a day, and we'll talk when you get back to the apartment. Say 'hi' to Sturgis for us, and ask him to let me know what mood the Admiral is in when he talks to him."

"Why? You two in trouble all ready?" Mattie laughed softly, and Harm grinned, all the more aware of why he loved having Mattie in his life. He loved Mattie, period.

"Scoot! Talk to you later. Love you, Mattie."

"Okay. Love you both," Mattie said into the receiver, and Harm held it away from his ear slightly so that Mac heard the words too. Both of them wore expressions of bemusement at Mattie's sentiment. By the time they recovered from their surprise, Mattie had closed her cell phone and disconnected. Mac tossed her cell phone somewhere on the table behind Harm, not really caring where it landed, as she returned her attention to the shell of his ear.

"Tsk, tsk, Colonel. Wanton misuse of government property carries a penalty, you know."

"Mmn? What sort of penalty, Captain?"

"The kind that could confine you to quarters for a while."

"Really!" Mac sat up and grinned at Harm. "Do you have your cell phone, Captain?" Harm nodded, handing it over to Mac with his free hand, and watched as she tossed that onto the table also, her gaze never leaving his face.

"Oops!" said Mac, distinctly unrepentant at her behavior. "I guess I'm confined to quarters, sir."

"Looks like it," Harm noted, as he got to his feet. Mac protested, but soon stopped as Harm moved her across to one of the bunks and gently pushed her down to sit on the edge. "If you're going to be in here a while, you might as well get comfortable, Colonel."

"Good idea," Mac agreed, and lifted her legs up, so that she was laid on her side, looking up at Harm. "Now what?" she asked.

"Well, you have to be advised of your rights under the UCMJ."

"Are you going to read me my rights, Captain?" Mac queried, her eyes on his face, but her hand wandering lower.

Harm grinned. "Oh, yeah..."

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To be continued

A/N - So sorry it's a short chapter. Real life intrudes, but I wanted to post something before I go out of town. Better than nothing! More on Monday!