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JAG HQ

Falls Church, VA

1210 hours local

'Coates! I want Rabb and Rabb in my office right now!'

Jen frowned. 'I assume you mean Commander Rabb and Colonel Mackenzie sir?'

AJ shook his head. 'That's what I said isn't it?'

'You said that you wanted Rabb and Rabb in your office sir'.

'That's pretty much the same'. He shrugged. 'Well, what are you waiting for?'

Jen nodded and went to get the two. 'Colonel? Commander? The Admiral would like to see you in his office ASAP'.

Harm sighed. 'He couldn't wait till after lunch?'

'Apparently not sir'. Jen smiled. 'Were you heading out for lunch sir?'

'Never mind him Jen. He's a bit grumpy 'cause he just lost his case against me'. Mac pushed Harm out of her office. 'Didn't you Flyboy?'

'There is no need to rub salt in the wound Mac'.

Mac winked at Jen. 'He owes me breakfast tomorrow morning. My place. That's why he's grumpy. It means that he has to get up in time'.

'Who wouldn't be Marine? I barely make it on time to the office every day and then you want me to make you breakfast at your place tomorrow morning? How do you think I was going to do that?'

Jen shook her head at the two senior officers. They were so funny. And then knew each other so well. She wondered what the Admiral had to do with them.

'At ease. Take a seat'. AJ was smiling from ear to ear. 'I got a request the other day to let you two participate in a TV-show called ''The Couple''. I also gathered that the lovely Lt. Simms sent the application letter?' He was laughing. He loved this.

Harm and Mac looked a bit uneasy. Brown had asked their CO permission?

'Sir...' Mac began.

'No Colonel' AJ stopped her. 'No. You did see Mr. Brown yesterday didn't you?'

'Yes sir' they said in unison.

'Good. Then you know what it means'. He looked at his watch. 'Mr. Brown is expecting you downstairs in ten minutes. He'll take you to a jeweler shop for wedding rings. After that, you'll go shopping. They'll pick your wardrobe for over there'.

He rose and Harm and Mac followed. He had to laugh at their faces. 'I'm asking this as your friend and not as your CO. Why are you two looking scared to death about this?'

'We...never... Do we really make that impression on people sir?' Harm asked, a bit afraid of the answer.

'What impression? And drop the sir'.

'Do we really look like a couple? To other people I mean?'

AJ cleared his throat and leaned against his desk. 'I think you better take those seats again'.

They obeyed and gave him expectant and slightly scared looks.

'Do you two have any idea what happens on a Friday night and Harm comes in later then you Mac? And there are some other guys interested in dancing with you or they just want to come over and flirt?'

'No' Mac confessed. She had no idea, and neither did Harm.

'They back off. And you know why?'

'No'.

'Because they see that he touches you and orders your drink and he stands right next you. And you let him. You don't tell him to back off, now do you?'

'I don't'. She fidgeted with her fingers. 'But that doesn't prove that we're together'.

AJ sighed and shook his head again. 'Have you seen the way you two dance?'

'I don't think that would be possible. If we're dancing there is no way we'd see it ourselves'. Harm had no idea where AJ wanted to take this.

The Admiral rose from his position on his desk and walked around it, where he opened a drawer. 'Take a look at this'.

He showed them a couple of pictures. Harm and Mac couldn't see who the people in the pictures were, but they were definitely a couple.

'Do these two look like a couple to you?'

The woman was sitting on a stool near the bar and the man was standing next to her, his hand placed on the other side of her on the bar. They were standing close. The woman was leaning a bit in his embrace for support.

'Yes sir' they answered.

'Good. These two?'

The couple stood embraced, apparently on the dance floor. He had his arm around her waist to pull her close and she'd laid her head on his shoulder.

'Yes sir'.

'Good'. He showed them a last picture. 'This one was taken during a shopping trip'.

Arms wrapped around each other, bags in the free hand of the guy. She was holding on to his hand and adoringly looking up to him. The picture was still to far away to know who they were.

'Well? Do they?'

'It's pretty obvious they are sir' Harm stated.

'You just answered your own question Harm'.

Harm and Mac frowned, confused. 'What do you mean?'

'Didn't you want to know if you really make the impression of being a couple Commander?'

'Yes sir, but I don't see...'

AJ handed Mac the photos. 'All these pictures were taken from one couple. You'.

JAG HQ

Falls Church

1240 hours local

'You two took your time'. Evan glanced over Mac. 'May I say that you're looking beautiful out of uniform Colonel?'

Mac smiled. 'As long as you don't take it any further then that Mr. Brown... Thank you'.

'You're welcome'. He threw Macs duffel bag in the trunk of the limousine and then took Harms. 'Don't worry, your cars will be picked up and brought back to your apartments'.

He showed them in and talked a bit about the shop on their way. 'You two are awfully quiet today. Something happened?'

'You know, I still don't believe the Admiral let Harriet take all those pictures' Mac said, looking up to Harm.

'I don't really think he asked her either. I'm sure she had them and just carried that camera everywhere she went. Just in case she'd see us'.

'But they live in Rosslyn and we live in Georgetown'.

'Washington Mac' Harm reminded her. 'You live in Georgetown and I live in Washington. Last time I checked we didn't suddenly move in'.

Mac pocked him between his ribs. 'You're right. But still... I mean, why didn't anyone tell us?'

'Why would they try? We're lawyers Mac; we don't believe people without evidence or at least a dozen testimonies. They had neither one of them'.

'True' Mac agreed. 'And on the other hand, we're so used to acting this way that we don't know any different'.

Harm nodded. He was staring out of the window. Evan had followed their conversation with interest. So Harriet had shown them the pictures? All of them or just a few? He was anxious to ask but he didn't.

'Evan?' Mac broke her gaze away from Harm.

'Yes?'

'What about the wedding rings? You were talking about it before Harm and I got lost in our own little world again'.

'Right, about the wedding rings. You don't have to hold yourself to a certain thing. You can pick whatever you like and whatever you think is beautiful. And before I forget, the jeweler doesn't know you're the non-existent couple, so the whole pretending- thing starts right here'.

She smiled. 'That's good to hear isn't it Flyboy?'

'I guess so Mac'.

Mac leaned in closer to her partner and placed her hand over his knee. 'What's bothering you? You don't want to do this? You can still back out you know'.

Harm shook his head. 'I don't want to back out of it; it suddenly just hit me why people always ask if you're my wife when they see the picture on my desk. You know, the one they took outside the church after Jimmy's christening?'

'I know that one. You, me, Jimmy and Chloe right?'

'Yeah, that one. I never thought about it and now I suddenly understand why'. He winked at her. 'Don't worry about me Ninja-girl. You know that'.

'And you know that I'll still worry Flyboy. Even when you tell me not to'.

The limo stopped and Evan shook his head. They knew all of each other. They could say things with one look at each other, or one light touch.

'Here it is'. Evan showed them to a small room in the back of the shop. 'Shirley, this is the couple. Harm, Mac, this is Shirley O'Neill. She'll help you pick out the rings'.

'Nice to meet you' Shirley said. 'Take a seat'.

Harm had to bend himself double in the loveseat. 'You'll have to help me get up later Marine'.

'Which one is it? Legs or back?'

'Legs. This thing is too low'. Harm rearranged his legs.

'Or you're legs are too long sailor' Mac remarked.

'You're not funny Mac'.

'Never said I was'. She winked at him and turned to Shirley. 'Forgive us when this happens again. We get lost in our own little world sometimes'.

Shirley smiled. 'Don't worry about it. Do you guys have any idea what kind of rings you want?'

'Plain and simple' they both said in unison.

Evan frowned at that. They hadn't even discussed this and they gave the same answer?

'Wow, finally a couple that agrees in one time'.

Harm and Mac stared at each other in surprise. 'Squid, did we just do what I think we did?' Mac asked.

Harm's face broke into a smile. 'I think so jarhead'.

'Okay'. Mac leaned back against the couch. 'White gold, yellow gold, platinum?'

'Gold would do okay for me, but I'll go with whatever you want Mac' Harm told her.

'I was thinking along the lines of platinum ones. What we could do is engrave the date, our names and a rose on mine'.

'You want a rose on your ring? Why?'

'As a symbol of the place we first met'. Her eyes met his. 'Look, the ring itself is already a symbol of eternity and...' She stopped when she realized what she'd just said.

Harm tilted her head to make her look at him. 'It's not how long we've waited Sarah, and it's not how we're gonna wait'.

Mac pressed her lips. Eternity was still a word that she'd banned out of her dictionary. 'Promise?'

'Promise'. He kissed her temple. 'You were saying that the ring itself is already a symbol of eternity and...?'

'And I want a remembrance of the place we first met. That would be a rose'.

'Babe, if you want a rose on your ring, it's totally fine with me. As long as you don't make me wear it'.

Mac took the hand that was draped along the back of the couch and let their fingers intertwine. 'I won't'.

Shirley looked up to Evan and mouthed 'They are so cute!' Then she went to get a box with rings. 'I think you mean something like this, don't you?'

She showed them the rings, made them decide what they really wanted and wrote everything down. 'You two have taste. Not that the other couples don't of course, but almost everybody I've had here in the past year went with gold ones. You're the first couple that has something else engraved then names and dates too'.

They'd decided that they would engrave the two words that described their relationship best. Trust and faith. The love-part hadn't been explored yet and trust and faith had there been from the beginning.

Harm took Mac's hand when she helped him stand up. 'Thank you'.

Mac turned to Shirley. 'Thank you so much. You made things real easy'.

'You're welcome'. Shirley smiled. 'It's totally my pleasure. You two are great'.

Harm shook her hand. 'Thanks for your help Shirley. You've made the lady very happy'.

'I didn't make her happy Harm. You did that a long time ago'. She winked.

Evan walked up behind them to the car and shook his head. 'You two really are great, you know?'

Harm and Mac didn't hear him as Harm pulled Mac close to him. 'Is that true Marine?' he said in her ear.

'Is what true?'

'Do I make you happy?'

Mac thought and bit her lip. 'I'm not sure. I really, absolutely don't know'.

Harm started to tickle her and Mac proved that she wasn't immune for his touch just yet. 'Do I make you happy Mac?'

'Harm! Get your hands away from there!' Mac tried to shake him off.

'Not until you answer me'. He pushed her against the limo and trapped her between the car and his body. 'Well? Do I?'

'More then you'll ever know'. Mac gave him a quick kiss on his lips. 'Come on, I'm sure Evan has better thinks to do then just baby-sit us Flyboy'.

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