it's been a while since I posted here, but I had already written more, so here's the next part

Swallowing he realized that it was harder than he thought and quickly rushed into the men's room, hoping to solve his dilemma by splashing a lot of cold water not only into his face.

When he walked out of the bathroom again he saw Meg emerging from the elevator and smiled because she was grinning broadly. Leaning against the wall he crossed his arms and waited till she had reached him.

"Sir." Smirking she handed him the tray with coffees that she had been carrying.

"Lieutenant..." He smirked back at her as she took one of the paper cups. "One for you, three for me?" Laughing he looked at the cups that were left.

"One with cream, three black as the night." She winked and approached the Admiral's office and knocked on the door, knowing he and Krennick had a meeting there.

"Enter!" Admiral Chegwidden's slightly annoyed voice rang through the door and Meg walked inside.

"Sir..." First she handed him the coffee and then stood at attention in front of him. "The coffee machine here seems to be broken or something... the coffee was awful, so Commander Rabb sent me to get some good stuff, and while I was there..." She motioned at his cup.

Slightly surprised AJ looked at her and took a sip of the steaming liquid, deciding it was exactly like he loved it. "Thank you Lieutenant." Smiling he nodded at her, still wondering though. Something seemed to be fishy here, he just had a feeling that something was going on, and he hated not to know what was happening around him. But his thoughts were interrupted when Krennick spoke up.

"What about me?" Right away she glared at Meg.

"Oh I'm sorry Ma'am..." Apologizing Meg smiled at her and AJ started to think that the coffee run had just been another stunt from Meg and Harm to show Krennick that they didn't give a frog's fart about her, even though she was their senior officer as well. He knew that even though they respected him, they couldn't care less about the Commander. But he didn't blame them, since even though she was higher in rank, they had the wits to outsmart her anytime, and continuously made a point in proving that. "... I didn't know you were in here..." Meg continued, still with that smile on her face, "... Commander Rabb has yours."

"Well, I'll go and get it then before it's cold." Grinning she walked out of the Admiral's office, thinking Meg had just done her a huge favor.

That was something AJ couldn't believe though. Shaking his head he looked at Meg. "I'll see to it that our own coffee machine will get replaced... and if Commander Krennick somehow coaxed you into this to get out of this meeting, she won't succeed."

Laughing Meg shook her head. "With all due respect sir, the Commander couldn't coax me into telling you the world is round. I just went on a coffee run, no more, no less."

Somehow he still thought there was more to it but he decided to let it slip for now and chuckled, knowing Krennick couldn't be behind this. She really wouldn't get Meg to do anything for her. "Thank you Lieutenant, that'd be all then." He dismissed her and watched how she walked out again, still grinning broadly.

Back in the hallway Meg saw a young civilian man approach Commander Krennik. "Excuse me, could you tell me where I can find..." He looked down at the envelope in his hand. "Commander Rabb?"

"Just give it to me, I'm on my way to talk to him anyways." She smirked and signed his pad.

He handed her the envelope and left again while Meg stayed behind her, curiously watching her inspect it.

For a momentAllison Krennickconsidered if she should open it, dying to know what was in it, especially when she recognized the sender's name was the woman she had seen under his shower.

"Ma'am." Meg greeted her and then walked into her and Harm's office again, sure that she would follow.

Of course she was right and whileMeg still waswinking at Harm after entering, the dragonlady appeared in the doorframe already. "Something just got dropped off for you." She said and looked at Harm.

Meg sat down at her desk and then looked up again surprised when the Admiral entered the office as well. He just couldn't shake his feeling that something was going on, so he decided to check on them. "Commander Rabb, the Lieutenant is your partner, not your butler! Stop sending her to get coffee and stuff like that."

"Yes sir, of course." He nodded but something else had caught the Admiral's attention already.

"What's this?" Looking at Krennick now, AJ pointed at the envelope.

"For Commander Rabb, it just got delivered here. From his... girlfriend." Shooting Harm a dirty look she handed him the envelope.

With a broad grin Harm opened it and first removed the note and smirked. "Aww she misses me and wishes she could be here with me." Knowing that she was dying to read it he handed the note to Krennick and watched her read it, seeing her anger rise by the expression on her face, while the Admiral slightly smirked, peeking over her shoulder to read it as well. "Yeah, my girl is red hot." Saying that he looked over at Meg, smirking broadly.

"If you say so sir..." She smirked back at him.

"You have no idea..." With everybody looking at him curiously he now pulled the panties out of the envelope and his smirk broadened even more just because he knew those actually were Meg's.

While Commander Krennick looked like she was about to explode the Admiral had to laugh a little because Harm seemed to completely live up to his jet-jock, hot-shot reputation.

But Harm was enjoying this way too much and he knew that now he could do something he'd never get another chance to do so he put the thong over his face and deeply inhaled the scent of it. "God I miss her too..." He muttered into the soft fabric.

At that point Meg stopped grinning too and her jaw dropped as she looked at him shocked, because she knew that in fact those were her very own and that Harm was fully aware of that too. What she didn't know though was that just that was the reason why Harm did it in the first place and why he was enjoying it so much.

"I just wanted my coffee!" Furiously Krennick grabbed one of the cups, took a sip and then smashed it into the trash bin because it was without cream and then stormed out.

Her reaction amused the Admiral because he knew how hard she tried to seduce him but never succeeded. Meg's reaction on the other hand surprised him somewhat. It was obvious that she and Harm were attracted to each other, but he knew that they would never act on it because they were partners and the best of friends, who wouldn't want to risk that friendship, nor their jobs, by disobeying the fraternization rules. It just surprised him that she was showing her shock so openly, he had always thought she was able to completely control herself no matter what, especially with all the flirty banter between her and Harm. He would really hate to see their friendship turn into partnership ruled by hate and jealousy. So he decided to end Harm's little show. "Commander Rabb, get your hormones under control again!" He glared at him and stormed out of the office again.

At that Harm laughed and took the panties off his face again and grinned at Meg. "You were right! It worked!" Smirking he walked over to her and holding the thong with just his forefinger let it dangle in front of her face. "You want this back?"

"You know what Harm?" Having regained her composure again she looked up at him. "Just keep em and get enjoy..."

Now he was the one to show his surprise a little but still grinned broadly because of his new trophy. "Oh I will." Winking at her he put the thong into his pocket and went back to work, pretending nothing unusual had happened.