Author's note: Have you ever written a story that sorta just writes itself? This is turning out like nothing I'd set out for in the beginning. Ha ha, maybe one day I'll write the story I meant to write.
Chapter 4
Mac heard a weird little noise and looked around. She spotted a little piece of folded up paper at her door and slowly got up, walked over and picked it up. She then walked back around to her desk, sat down and unfolded it. The note was very simple. It had three little squares in a downward row. The top square had 'yes' written next to it, the middle square had 'maybe' written next to it and the last square had 'no' written next to it. Mac laughed nervously. Beneath the three squares were written:
Do you like me?
- H
'Harmon Rabb, you silly man, what is this?' she thought as she stared at the paper. As far as she knew he was still dating Renee and besides, hadn't he told her that there was nothing between him and Mac? Mac sighed in frustration. Should she answer? What was he up to? She considered answering 'yes'. She also considered walking over there and yelling at him, demanding to know what he was up to. She then considered opening the door to her office and shouting a big, resounding 'YES' into the bullpen and seeing what he would do. She put an X in the 'maybe' box. Then she walked over and after a few seconds of hesitation she walked back and added 'Do you like me? – M' underneath his note. Then she walked back over and slid the note under the door.
Inside his office Harm was pacing the floor. Maybe she thought it was silly. Maybe she didn't like him and didn't know what to say. Maybe she was going to come in here and punch him for being an idiot. Suddenly a little note was slipped under the door. Harm's heart suddenly started beating faster. He considered leaving the note there or just picking it up and throwing it in the trash. He contemplated his options for a minute, but then finally picked it up and unfolded it. 'Maybe … Hmm, that's better than no I guess.' 'Do you like me? – M' 'Well, duh, of course I do' he thought. But then he thought what if maybe is closer to no than to yes? What if maybe really meant no, but she just didn't want to hurt him? 'What if maybe means 'yes', but she is unsure how you feel, stupid?!' said a little voice in his head. Strangely it sounded like Renee. Harm opened his laptop and found IM. He pressed Mac's screen name and typed 'YES' and quickly hit send before he could think twice.
To be continued…