Author's note: I forgot to add that this takes place when Harm is still dating Renee.
Chapter 2
Mac's POV
Mac hurried back to her office and closed the door before leaning against it and closing her eyes. She let out a huge sigh and put her coffee cup on her desk and then she sat down and leaned back in her chair. 'Get a grip, Mackenzie' she thought. 'You're acting like a highschool girl with a crush'. She started wondering when this had gone so wrong. She had been in love with Harm for ages, longer than she could even remember, but she knew that it had somehow gotten terribly out of control over the weekend. Harm had called her Friday night for no particular reason other than wanting to know what she was up to. The had talked for a little while and he had ended up coming over with take out and a movie. Crazy Stupid Love no less. They had talked, laughed and giggled. Yes, she had giggled. And he had ended up spending the night – on the couch of course. When she woke up Saturday morning, Harm had made breakfast and after breakfast they decided to go for a run. Mac liked running with Harm. Mainly because of the way he looked in shorts. Plus it had been a hot summer morning so halfway through the run, Harm had taken his shirt off and stuck it in the back of his shorts, making Mac's heart beat even faster. After the run they had gone back to her place to shower – separately unfortunately – and then Harm had suggested they go out for lunch and then a walk and somehow they had ended up at his place for dinner. After they had eaten and cleaned up and had some tea, Mac couldn't possibly think of another excuse to stay any longer and she got up to leave. Harm walked her to the door and they had hesitated. Mac recalled their conversation:
"I uh .. I guess I better go home then" she offered him a weak smile and added "I've had a great day, thank you." Harm smiled and nodded. "Yea, it was a lot of fun." She slowly turned to leave and started walking out the door, when Harm put his hand on the doorframe and said a bit hopeful "You know, you don't have to go … You can stay … If you want to …" Mac turned back to him and smiled "I'll go get my bag in the car." As she walked down the hall, Harm laughed and smiled to himself.
Nothing had happened of course, even though Mac had wanted it to, but she had to remember that Harm was still seeing Renee. They had watched a movie and eaten ice cream and then they had gone to bed – this time Mac had taken the couch.
Sunday morning had been a bit of a disaster. Mac had woken up and decided to make them breakfast this time – scrambled eggs with bread and coffee. After breakfast they had gone for another run and then they had gone back to Harm's for a shower. In fact Mac was just coming out of the shower with a towel around her when she heard a shriek. While she had been in the shower Renee had shown up. Which of course she had every right to since she was Harm's girlfriend, but now she was standing in the living screaming and yelling. Harm tried to calm her down and Mac tried to assure that they had just gone for a run and that was why she was in the shower. Mac quickly got dressed , but stopped dead in her tracks when she heard Harm say: "Renee, you don't have to worry, there is nothing between Mac and I." Mac knew that, that was what he should be saying to his girlfriend, but it still hurt and she felt the tears well up. She quickly finished dressing and hurried out the door with a muttered "I'm sorry."
Now she was sitting in her office feeling like an idiot. Why did her heart still pound so heavily when she saw him? And why did she ache so much for him when she now knew that he didn't feel the same way? And why did he nearly kiss her in the coffee room? She sighed and put her head in her hands.