Disclaimer: See first chapter.
A/N 1:
R: Wow! Our commercial worked. Five people have announced they want to beta for us!!
K: See, I told you it would work. It was my idea, my ideas always work! I'm good!
R: Oh, do shut up!
K: Hmpf..
R: Well, we thought it wouldn't be nice to just pick someone, we couldn't quite choose. So we decided to rotate the Beta-duties. :p
K: So we just start with someone...
R: The first one on the list :p
K: ...for the next chapter...
R: This one will be unbeta-ed.
K: ...and someone else will beta chapter 4... (To Rose) Would you stop interrupting me! It's very annoying! And what do you mean, unbeta-ed. We both re-read it twice...
R: Never mind. rolls eyes
K: Owkey... Anyway, on with the reviews
joanoa: Well, here's the new chapter, and, yes, the possibilities are endless... We're still trying to figure out how to get to chapter one :p
We don't get your question btw: What takes a month? - K: Do you know what takes a month? - R: No, do you? - K: No, do you think she knows? - R: I think she does, otherwise she wouldn't have asked the question. Do you think she wants to explain? - K: Hope so, 'cause else we're never able to answer that question.
Jackia: Thank you blush (K: And that also doesn't sound like a word or something that looks like a word anymore when it's written so many times. (R: She meant the 'LOLOLOLOLO etc.'part..))
SarahNROTC: R:- WHAHAHAHA, told you so, told you so. :D:P – K: Hmpf... (R: Sorry, it might help if I explain what happened earlier... Before we posted this chapter I was re-reading it and came across the point where Harm says "Um, Mac, you know you don't outrank me, do you?". So I said to Kay "She does outrank him, 'cause she was promoted a couple of months earlier etc..." Kay said: "Never mind, leave it the way it is. It looks nice this way and I don't want to change it again. Besides, who will notice... and if anyone notices they won't say anything because they'll think I'm vewy vewy vewy cute/sweet/nice etc." So I told her that if anyone told us that it was wrong, it would be all her fault. So, you said something about it, so it's all her fault :p Nananana!!!)
K: One more thing, who makes these stupidety-ing rules? I mean, come ooooooooooooon. What if Harm is promoted now, 4 months earlier then Mac, and then when they are both promoted, does Mac still outrank him? Or if.... - R: Okay, they get it, you get it, I get it, drop it
R & K: Thanks for the review BTW...
laura carr: thank you! (R: Isn't that a bit short? K: Suppose it is, but short review, so short answer, it's logic. - R: Your logic. - K: It's so not. - R: Anyone disagrees (accept for Kay) No? Going once, going twice... sold. See, now we have a really long answer for a short review :p)
Punk-Rose: K: Thanks for the review, we love it too. And who said we were crazy? - R: We did... - K: No, we said we were/are insane. Not crazy. - R: What's the difference...? - K: I don't know.... it's just different..
About the beta-ing: read A/N 1.
Abigaile: R: Thank you. We know :p - K: Wow, what did you just say? I think someone has to get her ego under control, ego-alert, ego-alert, ego-alert!!!!! – R: Heeeeeeeeeeej!!! :.. hmpf.
BrendaA7: K: wow, another one, my commercial-idea was great. - R: Who has to watch her ego now? - K: Okay, I'm sowwy. - R: About the beta-ing read A/N 1.
maidenpride21: Oooooooooooooooohw. Did you mean thaaaaaat... Why didn't you just say sow... (K: BTW: nofair, you have the sun, and maybe it's gonna rain on our New Years Eve.. :S - R: It didn't, at the end. But that doesn't matters.)
R: Shippyness in the episode. I think that 'The Four Percent Solution' had a lot of Shippyness in it. Don't you say, Kay? - K: Yes, I weally, weally, weally liked it, and CB played weally, weally, weally good. - R: Yeah, she did.. Well, we have decided that if Harm & Mac won't/don't get (into) a relationship no, we are personally gonna strangle DPB & his writers. :p (6) - K: Well, not really strangle, but at least 'do bodily harm to'. If we strangle them, there won't be anymore episodes. - R: There will be more episodes, 'cause we and aaaaaaaall the other... – K: Shippers-writers-people-thingies-somethings, you know... - R: Are gonna write them. - R & K: WOEHAHAHAHA (and more of that evil-laughter-stuff.. :p) - R: OK, we really have to cut back on the chocolate & caffeine.. K: Since when do you drink coffee? – R: I don't, but you do.. - K: I do? looks at the almost empty coffee mug Oh, right, I do. – R: Let's just continue with the rest of the responses, shall we..
willowph: R:We... - K: looks very threatening - R: thank you :d.. And again, read A/N 1.
Lila: R: Uhm.. 'Honey' at the top of this page (and the one before that, and the one before that) you can find exactly when we started writing this story... 8-) Besides, we put that little thing at the bottom of every page. – K: Remember the previous chapter and the thing about being nice to the reviewers? – R: ....oh yeah... sowwy... :$ - K: Okay, next part of this review.. Wow, someone who likes us! - R: "Us?" - K: Yes, the conversations is us, aren't they? (That wasn't a sentence :p) - R: Never mind, okay, let's go to the next part.
And (AGAIN), about the beta-ing, see A/N 1.
starryeyes10: R: We knooooooooo – K: Ahum.. – R: Thank you for this short but marvellous review. K: glares - R: Lalala :# looks verrrrry innocent.
Kellix: R & K: Hi Kell!!!! We weaaaaaaaaally love each other.. and we're veeeeeeeeeewy innocent.. :p
En over Kooymans.. DENK NIET ZO... Wie is hier nou horny :p (vunzige viespeuk:p)
A/N 2:
R: Ok. So we know we said we we're gonna try to update at least once a WEEK..
K: Yeah, we did.
R: ..but what we meant was: We are gonna try to update at least once in every TWO weeks..
K: Yeah, we do.
R: 'Cause we need some time for our Beta's to read the chapter, and some time for our homework would be nice to...
K: Ahum ahum...
R: HEY! Who is interrupting who now!
K: Sorry...
R: Anyway, this week in didn't counted, because it was Christmas and New Years eve and stuff and we didn't have school (K: YAY!!) so we hadn't have a free period on Tuesday and we couldn't answer the reviews. At the end we used the Audio function on MSN to solve that problem. (K: Don't you just love MSN (K)) Anyway, chapter 4 is almost completely typed out and we're almost finished writing chapter 5. So expect another update in two weeks :p
K: Okay, think we got it all. Do we have more things to say?
R: I don't think so... looks at 'to-do-list' Nope! We're finished!
K: Ok, on with the story then...
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Chapter 3: The Break-up & 'Friendly' Conversations.
1905 Local Time
Beltaway Burgers
Washington DC
It was 1905 and Mac was late. 'She's never late,' Harm thought. 'I hope nothing happened. Otherwise I'll kill Webb.'
Just that moment Mac walked through the door. Seeing her face made him want to get up and take her in his arm, but he resisted the urge.
Mac sat down facing him and sighed. "Have you ordered already?" she asked.
"No, I didn't. Do you want to order now?"
"Yes, I'm starved," was her response.
"Okay, I guess I could count on that, taking a marine to dinner." Harm answered with a grin. He stood up and went to the counter to order their food.
When he came back, with a burger for Mac and a salad for himself, he tried to start a conversation.
"So, Webb was okay with me taking you to dinner?" He asked casually. 'Oh, Rabb, you did it again. When do you learn to think before you open your mouth?! Open mouth insert foot.' He thought.
To his surprise, Mac answered without any trace of emotion. "Webb doesn't have anything to say anymore."
Harm felt his mouth drop open. "You broke up?!" He asked, again without thinking.
"Yes Harm, we did. Could you pick up your jaw now please. You realize we're sitting almost next to the door? People walk in and out, they might trip over it," she answered, her voice dripping with sarcasm
"Oops," was the only thing he could say. "I'm sorry Mac," he continued.
"Don't be. It had to happen someday."
"Does it have anything to do with the, uhm.. passage of words you had today?"
"Boy, do you have a talent for understatements," Mac commented dryly.
"Oh, okay." Harm decided to drop the subject since she didn't responded that much. "So, how is it going with your cases?" He asked.
"What, you're not even gonna ask?" Mac said slightly surprised.
'Okay Rabb, can you do anything right today?' he thought. "Do you want me to?"
"I don't know."
Harm looked at her confused. "Do I have to ask then?"
Mac shot him a glare that made him wince.
'Guess I can't do anything right then,' he thought. "If you want to talk, I'll listen," he decided to try.
"It was everything," Mac started.
'Wow, it looks like I finally did something right,' Harm thought, as he continued to listen.
"It started two days ago. Clay came in and announced he was going away for a month and everything else was classified. A month, a whole month. I asked some questions, but he said he couldn't answer them and everything would become clear when he came back. If he came back, I thought. So I said that and made clear I didn't like it at all. Then his phone rang. It was Kershaw, Webb wasn't going on his mission after all." Mac sighed, took a bite her burger and remained silent.
"So that's it?
"Not by a long shot. Yesterday, I uhm.." she hesitated.
"Yes?" Harm insisted.
"It's kinda awkward telling you this."
"Oh, come on Mac, it can be any worse then.. the thing I told you about when we were at, you know, and we were doing, you know." Harm looked a little uncomfortable
"Oh, you mean 'the thing'."
"Yeah."
"Okay, if you must know, yesterday I was late."
"Late for what?" Harm said utterly confused.
"Okay Rabb, now you're really acting blond. I was late. I'm never late, my.. period is always on time." She said, and saw that he understood.
"Wow, I take it back. It is more awkward. So.. you're pregnant?"
"I really don't hope so."
"I thought that was what you wanted. A good job, a great husband and lots of comfortable shoes, and then a couple of kids."
"Yeah, well, as long as I don't have the great husband, the kids are not an options. Besides Webb told me he didn't want more than one child. And certainly not now. He wants his career to go first!" Mac finished the conversation. Both were silent again.
"Why don't we eat the rest of our dinner and go take a walk trough a park." Harm suggested.
"I'd like that." Mac answered.
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2020 Local Time
West Potomac Park
When the finished dinner they drove to the West Potomac Park. Mac allowed Harm to put his arm round her shoulders and together they walked in the direction of the lake. Mac was eating an ice-cream.
'It's winter and she insists on getting an ice-cream,' Harm chuckled, lost in thought. 'That's the Mac I know.'
They didn't say anything, both lost in their own thoughts, 'till Harm broke the silence.
"Mac, I've been thinking." He started.
"Wow, you do that once in a while?" she teased.
"Mac, I'm serious, please let me finish." He took a deep breath. "If you are indeed pregnant, and you're really trough with Webb, I'll take care of you." He saw the look on her face. "Ok, don't give me that 'I'm a Marine' thing."
"Harm, I'm not even sure myself yet." Mac answered, touched.
"I know that, but I don't care. If you're really pregnant I'm not gonna let you go through it all alone. I've been a lousy friend lately and I'm gonna make up for it."
"You're too sweet" Mac said, with tears in her eyes.
"Is it okay to be friends again then?" Harm asked hesitating.
"Yeah, it is. I really want us to be friends again. I really want that." Mac answered. Then she shivered.
"See, that's the cause of that ice-cream you ate." Harm teased and began to take of his coat, to give it to Mac.
"It's okay Harm, I'm not cold." She protested.
"You know Mac, you're a lousy liar."
"Okay, so it's cold. You don't have to give me your coat."
"Well okay, but at least let me drive you home. We have to go anyway, 'cause we have to go to work tomorrow. Me, personally, would like to get a couple of hours sleep.
Mac agreed and they walked to Mac's car. "Wait, what about your car?" Mac realised then.
"Oh, right, um... I know, I'll drive right behind you." Harm said and quickly continued when he saw Mac open her mouth to protest. "Don't argue with me. I just want to make sure you get home safely. No shh," he said when Mac tried to say something again. "Just get into your car."
"Okay, okay, I'm going." Mac said slightly annoyed, but deep down, she kinda liked Harm's protectiveness.
When they came to Mac's apartment Harm walked Mac to her door.
"I'll see you tomorrow at work and thank you for being my friend Harm, I really appreciated it," she said while she walked into her apartment.
"I had a great time Mac. Lock your door okay?"
"Yes dad," Mac joked and she slowly closed her door. 'I had a really fantastic time too Harm,' she thought, while hearing him walk away.
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A/N 3: We don't know what kind of restaurant Beltaway Burgers is (In fact, we're not even sure if it really exists.) But just pretend it's like a Mac Donalds, you know, like a fast-food thingie.
A/N 4: We have no idea how Washington DC is constructed, so we just found a map on the internet and just picked a park we could find...
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Uploaded on 03-01-2005
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