Author: ash9445
Disclaimer: Still don't own it. Characters, location, and show belong to Donald P. Bellisario, CBS, and Paramount.
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Especially Colie and Staz, you guys are great.
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2005 EST
OUTSIDE MCMURPHY'S TAVERN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
"Harm?"
"Mac? What happened to Brumby?"
"I don't know. I just had to get out of there before I personally gave Mic a kick in the—."
"I get it, Mac. I thought you would've been home by now."
"Nope, Mic was my ride here and I'd rather jump off a cliff than sit in a car with him. So I'm stuck here for now. What happened to Renee?"
"She keeps bringing up the fact that we are always paired up together. I told her it was none of her business and she did not take that well."
"Yeah, Mic has been bothering me with that since even before we started dating."
"She was pissed. Smacked me across the face and ended up sticking me with the bill."
"Where'd she go?"
"Last time I saw her she was heading for the ladies' room."
"Hmm. My guess is that Mic is already on his fifth beer by now...drinking away his troubles. Sometimes he can be such a jerk."
"Mm-hmm." Mac looked up at him but noticed that Harm seemed to be concentrating on his shoes rather than the conversation.
"Harm?" She waved her hand in front of his face.
"I've got it!" Without any explanation he grabbed her by the wrist and practically ran back into McMurphy's.
2115 ESTIN A BOOTH
MCMURPHY'S TAVERN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
"Harm? What the hell is going on with you?" Mac said as they were sitting down at a booth.
"Hold on, don't leave. I'm going to get more drinks and I'll be right back." He came back with two Cokes and sat down next to her. Harm looked around quickly and said, "Okay, when I tell you to, laugh your hardest like I just said something funny."
"Wha—?"
"Shh. I'll explain a sec. Okay. NOW." Mac did as she was asked and laughed. Harm began to laugh with her and pretty soon the whole bar was watching them…two people in particular.
Harm took another quick glance around the room. "Okay, good. They both know we're here."
"Who know we're here! Harm! What the hell are we doing?" This man had clearly gone off the deep end.
"Fine, fine, I'll tell you. We're going to mess around a little."
"EXCUSE ME!"
"Sorry, sorry, we're going to mess around with Mic and Renee."
"What do you mean?"
"You know how they're always giving us the "Just Partners?" speech?"
"Yeah…wait. I think I see where you're going with this."
"Good. Here's cab fare so you can make it home. Come over to my apartment later tonight and we'll go over the details. I'll make something. Does dessert sound good?"
"Fine with me, flyboy. I'll meet you at around 2215." As they stood up to leave Harm suddenly pulled Mac into a tight hug.
"Are they watching?" Harm whispered into her ear.
"I think so." She said into his shoulder.
"Good." He lifted his head and kissed her squarely on the lips, making sure that it was visible to Renee and Mic, who were now sitting together in front of the bar. It was only a peck, but just long enough to question the whole "Just Partners?" situation.
Harm quickly grabbed his cover and coat and left a very puzzled Sarah Mackenzie behind. After he'd left, she quickly regained her composure and left to hail a cab home.
This was definitely going to be fun.
AN: I KNOW it's short but I got home early today since it's the first day back to school (12PM instead of 3) so I'm writing a third chapter as we speak! "We The People" is on at 2PM on USA today instead of its usual 10AM for the US Open (Tennis) so I'm going to watch that too .