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I'm sorry it took me so long to post the second chapter but I've been very very busy and I wanted to write the whole ff (4 chapters) before posting another chapter… so, here it is!  Enjoy! I'll post the whole story this week.

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"Morning Commander."

"Good morning Harriet." – He gave her a small smile and looked around looking for Mac. "Have you seen the colonel?"

"Yes. She was in her office, but..." - She gave a quick look around. - "... I think she went to get a coffee."

"Thank you." – Harm entered his office, left his jacket and went to the coffee room to find Mac.

"Hey! You are early today, what's wrong?" – She laughed.

"Very funny marine. I want to look at my notes before my client comes."

"How is it going?"

"I think I'm going to win this." – He winked at her. They shared a moment of silence.

"How are you Mac?"

"I'm okay."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"How many times are you going to ask me that today??"

"Ok, ok, I get the message." – Mac finished her coffee, smiled one more time to Harm and waved at him.

"See you later and good luck."

She started walking to her office when she heard Harm…

"Hey Mac, do you want to have lunch with me?"

"Sure."

"Good."

Harm stayed in the break room few more minutes, he had been looking on the internet many methods of having children, when the traditional way wasn't possible, and he wanted to talk about it with Mac, but he wasn't sure how she was going to react. He just wanted to probe her that it was still possible, that she could still have children. Even if it wasn't with him.

After a long morning Mac was starving, but she was waiting for Harm. He had been acting strangely around her since she told him about her endometriosis. He called every night to see if she needed anything, asked her thousand of times how she was feeling… he even insisted in going with her to her last appointment with the doctor. He was being extremely protective and she was enjoining it. It was so good to noticed that he cared for her… but she was feeling a little pressured.

Then she heard a knock on the door.

"Hey, I'm sorry it took me so long. Are you ready?"

"Yes, I was waiting for you." – She took her jacked and went to meet him in the door. He was leaning in the door frame looking at her with and intensity that wasn't normal. Like he was hiding something.

"What?"

"Nothing. Let's go."

"So, where are you taking me?"

"Not to Beltway burgers if that's what you have in mind."

"You should try it someday."

"But not today."

They shared a nice lunch, in a small place near the JAG headquarters, till Harm decided to talk….

"Hey, I've been reading many articles about endometriosis and well, there are plenty of ways to have children."

"You've what?"

"I've been looking on the internet and someone recommended few books.." – He couldn't explain anything more.

"You told someone about this???"

"Oh, no Mac. I didn't say it was you, I just said it was for a friend."

"Of course of course, and you have SO many female friends!" – She was starting to get nervous and really mad. She couldn't believe that he had told someone about her problems, it was something so private.

"So who knows????" – She crossed her arms waiting for his answer.

"Chegwidden."

"The Admiral???? You told our CO??"

"Well, technically he is not out CO anymore…"

"When?"

"What?"

"When did you tell him?? He has been retired for 2 weeks."

"That doesn't matter Mac, really. He won't tell anyone."

"It matters to me, when Harm?"

"The night of his retirement."

"The night I told you…" – She was really angry, he couldn't keep it to himself more than 5 minutes. – "I can't believe you told someone right after I told you."

"Calm down Mac, we are in a restaurant." – He was trying desperately to calm her and keep his voice low but she had been yelling at him for a while now and people were staring at them..

"Don't worry, not anymore 'cause I'm leaving." – She took her jacket and left as fast as he could. She didn't give him time to follow her since he had to pay.

There he was in the door of the restaurant looking in every possible direction searching for Mac, but he didn't know where she was, so he decided to go back to the JAG office, after all she had to go there at some point.

After almost 2 hours Mac finally arrived to the office. She looked very sad. He didn't remember last time he had seen her like that and it broke his heart.

The moment she saw him staring at her she entered her office and closed to door before Harm could follow her in.

Everyone saw what happened and they knew that a big storm was coming…

He knocked and opened the door.

"Did I say you can come in?"

"Listen Mac, I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have told anyone." - He closed the door.

"Are you finished?" – He took few steps forward.

"No. I'm not finished."

"Harm I don't want to talk right now. It's not the place neither the moment."

He sat in one of the chairs of her office looking at her. She wasn't so angry anymore, she was just… sad. And he didn't know what was worst.

"I'm sorry Mac. Just don't make a big deal of this, I never thought this would hurt you so much."

"No, you never think."

"No need to be sarcastic."

"Harm this is my problem, this is my life and you have nothing to do with it."

The moment she said the words she regretted them… but she was so angry and hurt that the last thing she thought about was not hurting him. The worst thing was that part of her knew that those words were going to hurt him and she said them anyway.

For a moment Harm just sat there in silence, looking at her, then he got up of the chair and started walking to the door. He opened the door and turned around.

"You are right. It's not my problem."

Then he was gone. She hated him. Now she was feeling bad for him and she was supposed to be the one to be hurt and angry and dissapointed and frustated and... She watched him stand outside her office with his hands on his hips looking at the ceiling. He stayed there few minutes and then looking one more time at her through the blinds he was gone.

Finally she was alone, but then she saw him again… he was coming back. Why????

"You are wrong you know."

"Harm I said I don't want to talk about this."

"It is my problem. And you know why?"

"Harm please…" – The door was still open and everybody was looking at them. The last thing she needed was that the whole JAG team finding out about her problems.

"We had a deal and since that day I haven't pictured myself having children with anybody else. And now…" – He looked down for a second just to return with an even more intense gaze, if that was possible. – "Now that possibility is fading away." - "So excuse me if I'm not sorry for trying to find all the ways to be a father someday. Cause I just want it with you."

With that he through few papers at her desk, turned around, closed the door and got into the elevator, leaving her speechless.

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