Title : Where Do We Go From Here… (at last, Part III of the Trilogy!)

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.

Rating : G to PG-13 (Just in case!)

Thanks for the first reviews to : jtbwriter; GuitarVixen; DD2; Nikki; froggy0319; anna7; Jbird7986; beegirl; JAGFANWI; Abigaile; Judy; roxy; KJFlygirl87; mayaresi; alicia; starryeyes10; skyefire; jnp; JAGJenni; laura carr; AnniGH4ever; Arian04

skyefire – Thanks for your review. I'm getting back into my stride again with the story (I think!). Hope you like this new chapter, and please keep reading! jtbwriter – Hiya! Thanks for your review, as always. A little of Sue and Jack, and more in the next chapter, after all, they've got their own wedding to plan! Hope you like this one, and please keep reading! froggy0319 – Thanks for your review. I'm beginning to wonder if DPB fired all the original writers after the Xmas episode and installed chimps (no offence to the chimps, of course!) because since the hand-holding and 'I'll be there's' of that episode there's been absolutely nothing to indicate Harm and Mac have moved into a new phase in their 'relationship'! If anything, they're moving further apart. I know DPB always stated there may never be a 'happy ending', but he has to admit he gave a pretty good inkling that Harm wanted to help Mac, and she was willing too! I did read a spoiler recently that indicated Mac was onto Vukovic and was going to warn someone about him, but with the writing the way it is on the show, it may just be a ruse for her to move in on him! Who knows? In the meantime, I'll get down off my soapbox and get back to writing stories:o) Hope you like this chapter, and please keep reading!

Harm's Office – JAG Headquarters

"Do NCIS know about this?"

"Not yet. I wanted to run it by you first."

"I'll have a word with the Admiral, and I'll need to see the paperwork you have, to let him have the details."

"No problem. I'll courier them over."

"Actually, I can probably get over to visit your office. Let me inform the Admiral, and then I'll call you back."

"I'm here." Jack acknowledged.

Admiral's Office – JAG Headquarters

Harm knocked on the open door leading into the Admiral's private office. Chegwidden looked up from the papers on his desk and waved his senior officer forward.

"What is it, Captain?"

"Sir, I've had a call from Jack Hudson of the FBI."

"I remember him. What did he want?"

"The FBI have discovered three dead women in the Washington area over the past eighteen months. The most recent was last Friday."

"And they want your help because?"

"The deaths have all been apparent suicides, sir, but the ME has not had sufficient proof, so he's given verdicts of misadventure on all three. The reason we've been contacted is that all three women were either married to or involved with Naval personnel."

"Do NCIS know about this yet?"

"Not yet, no. Jack…Mr Hudson…wanted to let me know first."

"Nice of him. Okay, what do you want to do with this? Your caseload is quite high as you've been away, but if you think you can deal with it, you have my approval."

"Thank you, sir. What I was intending to do was collect the FBI file on the deaths, go over it with you, and involve NCIS after your perusal. As the deaths are essentially civilian, outside of military residential properties, there is no impropriety in our being contacted first."

"Very well. I trust you to juggle your caseload effectively, Captain. Keep me informed."

"Aye, sir."

"Dismissed."

Harm turned about and left Chegwidden's office, a smile on his handsome face.

Mac's Office – Judiciary Floor – JAG Headquarters

"Hi, beautiful." Harm's voice came over Mac's cell phone and she smiled at the sound.

"Hi, handsome. Where are you? I thought you were stuck in the office this morning?"

"I'm not going to be long. That call from Jack, last night; he has a case that involves Navy personnel, and I have the Admiral's permission to go collect the file. How about I bring you lunch in, on my way back?"

"You're on."

"What do you want to eat?"

"I'm not sure. My mind craves burgers, but the Team have your preferences, so you'd better make it a salad."

"Okay," Harm laughed softly, and Mac felt a shiver at the sound of his voice in her ear. "Mac?"

"Hm? Sorry, did you say something?"

"I guess 'I love you' counts as something," Harm murmured, and Mac knew she'd been caught daydreaming.

"It does, always. I love you too. I was just…"

"I know. Daydreaming. I'll be back soon, sweetheart."

"See you then, flyboy."

Harm closed his cell phone as he climbed into his SUV, turned over the engine and reversed the vehicle out of his parking bay. Turning out of the JAG parking lot, he headed for Washington DC, and the FBI headquarters.

FBI Headquarters – J Edgar Hoover Building

"Harm! Hi!" Sue got to her feet as Levi pawed at her leg and she turned to find the tall Naval officer beside her desk. Giving Harm a hug she then stepped back and grinned, but despite her words, her manner was unrepentant. "Oops, not quite the greeting of protocol, but we're not as strict here as you are at JAG."

"I'm not complaining," laughed Harm, returning the hug, and then standing up to shake hands as Jack came over.

"Do you have time to go over the file here?" asked Jack, but Harm shook his head.

"No can do. Got to be back asap."

"The Admiral?" Jack queried, reaching behind him for the file on his desk as he spoke. When he turned round he handed the folder over to Harm.

"Nope. Mac. I said I'd pick up lunch today." Sue laughed as she read Harm's lips, and Jack smiled over at her. Harm caught the look between them, recognizing it as an unspoken signal, much as he shared with Mac. "Let me take this back, speak to the Admiral, and then I'll let you know what he's decided to do. At some point NCIS will come on board, but as we worked so well the last time, I don't see it as a problem. Do you?"

Jack shook his head. His issues with Gibbs and Sue had been resolved on the previous case, and he could be totally professional about his dealings with the enigmatic head of the NCIS unit.

"Okay," acknowledged Harm, bending to give Sue's cheek a quick buss, and to stroke Levi's golden fur. "I'll be in touch."

"Look forward to it," answered Jack, and he came to stand beside Sue as Harm left their office. Beside him, Sue spoke without looking at him.

"You're really okay about involving Gibbs?" she asked. Jack nudged her shoulder, so she turned and looked at him.

"Really. Cross my heart," Jack signed, and grinned. Sue smiled and returned to her seat.

Harm's Apartment – Monday evening

"So the Admiral's looking into the case?" queried Mac, putting away the dishes from their meal. Mattie and Jennifer had been over to join them, with Mattie bringing a permission form for an orientation trip to Annapolis with her. Harm had given his promise that he would look through the form, discuss it with Mac, and get the requisite signatures to complete it. Mattie had grinned, given them both a hug and a kiss, and helped prepare the meal.

"Yes. He's got Jen checking out the relationships between the women and their respective partners, and then I can arrange to go visit them and try to find out what would have caused the deaths. On their own, they are all just tragic suicides, but when you put the numbers together based on the similarities, it seems more suspicious."

"I think you should stop there, just in case they come up in front of me."

"I guess so. I'm going to have to watch what I say around you, your Honor!" Harm murmured, and the smile on his face dispelled Mac's thoughts that he was feeling antagonistic about the new change in their working relationship.

"Well," she murmured, running a finger down the front of his open shirt, "we could find other things to talk about…"

"Yeah?" Harm went along with the teasing tone of Mac's voice, and he was more interested in where her hand was going!

Harm's Apartment – early Tuesday morning

Mac awoke to the early morning sunlight, and Harm lying beside her, looking at her.

"Good morning, beautiful."

"Good morning, handsome." Mac smiled sleepily, and put her hand up to rub at Harm's unshaven cheek. "So…what's it like making love to a judge, sailor?" she asked, grinning.

"Oh…on a par with making love to a full colonel, Colonel."

"Mmmn, hmmn."

"But not as good as making love to my gorgeous wife…" Harm added, dropping a kiss on Mac's lips.

"You say the nicest things, Harm, but I'm beginning to look like the Goodyear blimp!"

"Not in the least! You look like a very beautiful, pregnant woman, and that's a big turn-on, at least for me…"

"Oh, yeah? With a bust to rival any comic-book heroine? If I thought I was big before, I'm 'huge' now!"

"Oh, yeah!" Harm retorted softly, and Mac laughed at the leer in his voice and the look on his face.

"You don't mind I've got so big?"

"Not in the least…"

"I meant all over, Harm!"

"So did I!" Harm defended himself, even as he started an exploration of the very parts of her body she was bemoaning. Mac stretched, pushing herself further at him, and shuddering when he stroked her sensitive skin.

"You're getting a little jumpy there, Colonel."

"I know. I've never been this sensitive before," Mac murmured, her voice husky, more from Harm's ministrations than from just having woken up.

"You've never been this pregnant before," Harm responded softly, and Mac nodded. "You want me to stop?"

"Don't even think about it, sailor…" Mac laughed, and then sighed as Harm's lips replaced his hands.

They were going to be late – again!

TBC

A/N –

I'm still referring to Harm and Mac's apartments in the singular to differentiate between the two. Until they buy a house together, they still have their own apartments, although they spend most of their time at Harm's as Mattie is close by.

I don't know if there are 'orientation trips' to Annapolis, but for the benefit of my story, there is! I have a character I want to bring into the mix and this is the ideal platform to launch from.