Harm's Apartment
Harm was getting ready to go to work, he really wanted to get there on time. He wanted to talk to Mac about last night. He had stayed up all night thinking about what had happened. He wanted to tell Mac that he was sorry and that he shouldn't have gone to her house and made her dinner. Although he didn't really believe he knew it was the right thing.
Road to Harm's Apartment
Mac was now a few blocks away from Harm's apartment. She didn't know what she was going to do or how she was going to tell Harm that Brumby had hit her, but she did know that she needed to see Harm to talk to him. It was the only comfort she would have.
Harm's Apartment
Harm was picking up his briefcase when he heard a knock at the door. "Who could it be at this time" He said aloud to himself. When he reached the door he opened it without even asking or seeing who it was. As soon as he opened the door completely he saw who it was, Mac. What was she doing here so early in the morning, and without uniform. Se was going to be late for work, Harm thought. "Hey." Harm said. He didn't notice the bruise in her eye because Mac was wearing dark sunglasses but he did feel like something was wrong. "What's wrong?" Harm asked with deep concern in his voice. "Can I come in?" Mac asked trying to hold back tears. "Yeah, of course. I'm sorry" Mac stepped through the door and went to place her bag on the chair facing the counter.
"Harm I need to talk to you about something. But I don't know how to say it."
"Mac I need to talk to you. I feel bad about yesterday night, I shouldn't have gone to your house and made you dinner. Brumby was right......"
He was cut of by Mac. "Please don't say that." "It's the truth Mac, your married and I should respect that. I shouldn't go to your house anymore......" Harm continued and Mac wanted him to stop. Brumby was right and neither was Harm. "Harm!" The tone in Mac's voice caught Harm's attention and he turned to look at her straight in the eyes only to see her remove the sunglasses and reveal her bruise, which how now turned into a green purple color. Harm couldn't think of what to say and Mac looked down as if ashamed at what had happened. then the thought hit Harm, Brumby had done this to her because of what happened yesterday night. The rage increased within Harm every second and he started to turn red.
"Did Brumby do this to you!!?" Harm asked anger all over. "Yes...." Mac answered still looking down. That's when she began to cry. Harm walked towards her. He took his hand and raised her chin forcing her to look at him. That's when he clearly saw the bruise. Brumby had obviously used all his force to hit her. "I'm going to kill him!!!! I'm going to kill him!!!!" Harm scram. "Harm please...." "Oh my god, Mac what happened? What did he do to you? Are you alright?" All this questions suddenly filled Harms' thoughts, he didn't even know how to ask them. "Harm could I sit down." "Of course." He placed his hand on her back which brought a small groan from Mac, but Harm decided to ignore it, and lead her to the couch. Mac sat down and Harm was right next to her.
"After you left we started to argue. He said you couldn't go to our house anymore and then he accused me of cheating on him. I told him that I didn't cheat on him and that you could go to our house anytime I wanted you to. Then I told him that we should separate because I didn't love and that's when he got really mad..." Mac began to cry and Harm told her to continue. He didn't deny the fact that he was surprised that Mac had told Mic that she didn't love him, but that was he least concern right now. "He slapped me and then he punched me, and he throw me on the floor. then he started kicking me and he continued to kick and he didn't want to stop...." Mac couldn't continue she was now crying hysterically. The only thought of Brumby kicking Mac made Harm go mad. How could he hurt Mac? He was supposed to love her not hurt her. That's when Harm realized that the groan Mac had made a few minutes ago was because of the pain she was going through. "I'm sorry Mac." Harm said sitting closer to her. Mac then leaned into Harm's chest and began to cry for what seemed forever. Harm placed his hand on her back and began rubbing her back, where he believed she wasn't hit. "Its ok Mac. I'm here now, nobody is going to hurt you." Although Harm was telling Mac these words all he wanted to do was kill Brumby.
Mac continued to cry and once in a while she would tell him thank you or say other words that Harm couldn't really distinguish. Mac finally looked up at Harm and Harm say that her eyes were swollen and tears were streaming down her eyes. He gently placed his thumbs on her cheeks and wiped away the tears. "Harm could I stay here I don' t want to go back to my apartment." "Of course Mac, you didn't even have to ask. I'm going to call the admiral and tell him that we are not going to work. Hold on. I'll be right back." Harm went into his bedroom and called the admiral. He told him that Mac wasn't feeling well and that he was going to take her to the hospital. The admiral told him that they could take the day off and that if Mac wasn't feeling better the next day to stay home as well. Harm thanked him and hung up.
When Harm walked into his kitchen he saw that Mac was now standing next to his counter. "The admiral said we could take off today and tomorrow off if you didn't feel better. Don't worry I didn't tell him what happened." Mac looked up and Harm realized that she was crying again. He walked towards her and he heard her say "Can you hold me" It was so low Harm barely heard it. But he hugged her and told her that he would always be there to hold her.