Title: Nunc Aut Nunquam

Author: Vesja

Genre: Hurt/Comfort/Romance.

Rating: PG-13

A/N: Well, you guys really made it easy for me. Not. There was one review telling me to go friendship or one-sided crush, and one review telling me to go romance. I guess I'll make it Jen/Harm-lover friendly. So, it has been changed to Hurt/Comfort/Romance.

Reviews:

Michi uk: I'm busy with a much longer chapter, but, if you read the A/N at the end of the story, it'll be a while before I'll update again, problems in real life. However, if you have any ideas how to continue the fic, please tell me. (This counts for everyone.)

Lynnp: Well, here you go!

Anon: Here you go as well.

Conquistador: I'll write a Harm/Jen-friendship fic in the future.

Disclaimer: I'm just borrowing them. I'll give them back before you know it! As for As It Is In Heaven (Så som i Himmelen), I don't own it. But I will be using it in my story. Just so you know. You don't have to have seen the movie to understand the story.

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Nulla Regula Sine Exceptione (There are no rules without exceptions.)

Chapter 3 – Nunc Aut Nunquam (Now or never.)

Jen sat on her bed, realizing what had just happened:

1.) The Commander and she had shared her bed that night.

2.) He was spending the day with her.

3.) The Admiral had told him to.

It was especially the last part that she found unbelievable. The Admiral, telling them to trespass the fraternization regalements. Now, there was one thing she had never thought of happening. She decided that, if it was going to happen anyway, she would make sure to have a damn good day with the Commander.

"I probably should start calling him Harm anyway," she said out loud. She stood up, stripped her clothes and took a shower.

Harm was in his apartment. Jen's 'Too bad' kept going through his mind. Had she really said that, or had he just thought it? He had never thought of himself and Jen in a romantic relationship. Not that he didn't find her attractive, no, she was beautiful. It was more that Jen was so much younger than him. And, of course, the frat regs. However, he had been ordered to make sure Jen had a nice day, and he was sure to make that happen, mostly because of Jen, partly because he was pretty sure that the Admiral would have him court-martialed for neglecting an order…

Jen stepped out of the bathroom, having dried off and put on some comfortable clothes. She walked towards the living room and got the DVD out of a cabinet. It said: "As It Is In Heaven – Så Som I Himmelen". She wasn't really sure what it was about, but Elizabeth had said it was great. And Miss Hawkes just always happened to be right. She was just putting the DVD in the player when someone knocked at her door. She went and opened it.

"Hi Jen. Told you I wouldn't be long," Harm said, smiling.

"Yeah. Come on in Harm." She let him in. Harm went into the living room.

"Now, tell me, what movie are we going to watch again?"

"As It Is In Heaven."

"And what is it about?"

"I haven't the faintest idea, but Skates said it was good." Harm jarred to a halt. Jen went over to him: "Harm?"

He managed to ask: "As in Lieutenant Elizabeth 'Skates' Hawkes, United States Navy?" Jen was flabbergasted. She nodded.

"She's been my RIO for quite a few times."

"Wow. I didn't know that. All she told me was that she had flown with a long, handsome pilot…"

"That would be me, I guess," he said.

"Well, this is a coincidence."

"Yeah…" he was silent.

"Well, I'll put the DVD in the player. Erhm, the film is Swedish, but there are English subtitles." He nodded. He sat down on the couch and motioned for Jen to sit next to him. Jen hesitated, but then she thought: 'Oh, whatever.' And she sat down next to him.

While they were watching the movie, Harm couldn't resist sneaking glances at Jen. She looked beautiful in her white turtleneck and jeans. He started paying attention to the movie again.

There were 2 friends, Daniel and Lena. She loved him, but he wasn't able to tell her he loved her. Now why did that sound familiar? He was pretty sure that Jen wanted to be at least a little more than friends. But he wasn't sure himself. Mac had been neglecting him the past weeks, spending every free moment with Bugme. He wasn't even sure if he was still in love with Mac. He had had feelings for Diane, and then for Mac, but now, he just felt…empty.

Jen subconsciously laid her head on his shoulder. He drew her close to him, felt her tense and then relax. She snuggled closer to him. On screen, Lena and Daniel were…erhm…very close. He felt Jen tense in his arms again.

"Relax," he whispered. He could feel how she was trying to relax her muscles, but it wasn't really working. He moved his left hand to her left arm and started stroking up and down her arm. That certainly wasn't helping her relax. On screen, the choir was singing and Daniel left. Jen cried. Harm almost cried. It had been a beautiful movie after all.

Harm's hand was still stroking up and down Jen, but he had moved to her side. Now he was sure. He didn't want Mac. He wanted her. But he had to know for sure if she wanted him as well. He stopped. Jen looked up at him. Her brown eyes filled with desire. Only one thought was in his mind at that moment: 'It's now or never.' And his lips crashed down on hers.

TBC

A/N: Are Ms McLellan's (Jen's) eyes brown? I honestly don't know. Please tell me if I got something wrong about a character, I hate wrong character descriptions myself. Please R&R!

A/N2: I know that this chapter is short as well, but I didn't want to leave this story un-updated for so long. However, it'll be a while before I update any story again, because real life is pretty hard on me, so I'm not really in the writing mood. And, secondly, school is taking up a lot of time. So don't think that I don't care about the fics or that I've forgotten you, it's just a little hard right now.

Vesja.