Title: V-Day

 

Author: Rising Sun

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Rated: PG-13

Summary: It's Valentine's Day and Mac has no idea who
loves her.

Classification: Romance: Harm/Mac

Disclaimer: JAG characters portrayed belong to JAG,
CBS and Paramount Television. No copyright
infringement intended.  All other characters depicted
are purely fictional and any similarities to actual
people are purely coincidental.

 

Spoiler: JAG-A-THON, Capitol Crime

 

Author’s notes: The quote is from Mac Beth by William
Shakespeare. 

 

Feedback: Would make my day!

 

Story Written January 19, 2002

 


FEBRUARY 14  - 0900 LOCAL

JAG HQ – ELEVATOR

 

“Hold it!” The DHL deliveryman shouted.  “Thanks” he
breathed as he and three others entered.

 

“I see you are making a delivery too.” A FedEx man
observed.

 

“Well it is Valentine’s Day.” DHL replied under his
weight.  “I see you have a big order too.” He looked
round and saw that there were four FedEx deliverymen
in the elevator each lost behind a bouquet of roses. 
“I’ll tell you this she one hell of a woman or the
pursuit is intense.”

 

“Mine too.”

 

Suspicion crept in. “Who are you driveling for?”

 

The eight men double-checked. “Lt. Colonel Sarah
Mackenzie.”

 

“Lt. Colonel Sarah Mackenzie.”

 

“Lt. Colonel Sarah Mackenzie.”

 

“Lt. Colonel Sarah Mackenzie.”

 

“Lt. Colonel Sarah Mackenzie.”  The response was
repeated eight times.

 

Before any one could comment the elevator doors opened
and the deliverymen stared at four men from UPS. 
“Don’t tell me let me guess.” The UPS leader said “Lt.
Colonel Sarah Mackenzie.” 

 

“Who IS this woman!” One man asked in awe.

 

“Can’t help you she isn’t in till this afternoon. See
you in a moment we have at few more trips to make.”

 

“Same here.” DHL said.

 

“Same here.” FedEx echoed.

 

The four UPS men boarded the elevator while the eight
men in single file headed for the JAG bullpen.

 

“This way gentlemen” Harriet said before any could ask
for directions. Mac’s office was already taking on the
look of a green house.

 

All work in the bullpen had ground to a halt and
speculation was running rife as to who had sent the
first wave of flowers.  In the face of another eight
the bullpen was awed into silence.

 

The JAG bullpen was known for many things… silence was
not one of them.  Admiral AJ Chegwidggen stepped out
of his office to find out why the place was so quiet.
“Ti…” The bellow died as he watched the flowers walk
past him.  It looked like a scene from a Disney movie.

 

“Isn’t it great sir!” Timer gushed at the Admiral.

 

AJ was at a loss on how to react. He thought that he
had seen all there was to see in the place, but
somehow something always came up to top the last
escapade.  This one would have the scuttlebutt
machinery in over drive till next Valentine.  “As I
did stand my watch and look upon the hill, I look’d
toward Birnam, and anon, methought, the wood began to
move.” He quoted.

 

“Sir?” Tiner didn’t understand.

 

Neither did AJ, he stood dumfounded as over the next
fifteen minutes wave after wave of flowers walked into
his office slowly but surely turning the office of his
Chief of Staff into Kew Gardens.

 

Finally he could watch no more. He returned to his
office muttering “Never a dull moment in this place!”

 

===================

 

1500 LOCAL

JAG HQ

 

Mac stepped out of the elevator and the first person
she saw was Harm.

 

“Hey Marine.” He greeted her.

 

“Hey.” She replied as she walked by.  

 

She stopped and turned as he called to her. “I didn’t
know you were into gardening.” He said.

 

“I’m not.”

 

“Ah hah.” Was all he replied with.

 

“Ah hah!” She echoed, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

 

“You’ll see.” He walked away chuckling.

 

+          +            +

 

1515 LOCAL

 

She came through the doors and encountered Sturgis

 

“Colonel” he smiled at her.

 

“Commander.” She replied.

 

“Mmm… Mac.” He hesitated.

 

Now she KNEW something was wrong.  “Out with it.”

 

“I take it that you are only now arriving?”  He
assumed.

 

“I had a deposition to take – why?”  She answered.

 

“Take a look.” He led her through the bullpen to her
office. She could feel all eyes on her.  She could
also see her office from across the public space.  It
had been converted into a green house. She groaned. 

 

“You all right?” Sturgis had heard the groan. 

 

She was about to reply then changed her mind. “Come
with me.” She entered the office, hung her coat and
dropped her case to the floor.  “Close the door.” She
instructed.

 

He complied. They remained standing as even the chairs
had been commandeered.

 

This…” She waived at the forest of roses “… began
February 1st “ She said.

 

“The flowers?” He was incredulous.

 

“Today flowers, yesterday chocolate, the day before a
model of a velociraptor, the day…”

 

“A what?” he interrupted.

 

“A dinosaur.” She explained.

 

He gaped at her. “Harm?” he whispered tentatively.

 

She snorted, “You think?”

 

“You never know… but then he only returned from Greece
yesterday.”  

 

“I know…” She reached into her desk drawer, pulled out
some papers and handed them to him.

 

He read them “Thirteen e-mails here. Romantic e-mails
I may add.”

 

“A count down to today.”

 

“Did you check for today?” he asked.

 

“No!” She moved to access her computer but the
numerous bouquets blocked her. “Damn it” she muttered.
 They placed the flowers on the floor. The computer
came on and indicated that she had fifteen messages.
Mac did a quick scan and found the e-mail of the day.

 

They both read it – it was an invitation for that
evening. 

 

“Mac you can’t go.” Sturgis declared.

 

She glared at him “This has been going on for two
weeks. I have to see this through.” She countered.

 

“Then don’t go alone.” He begged.

 

“OK” She conceded, “Come with me.”

 

“Me? Why not your partner?” He was taken aback.

 

“As you pointed out, Harm has been away. You know the
story and I’d really prefer to contain this.” She
countered off.

 

“Contain? Er Mac have you looked around? You are
standing in a couple thousand dollars worth of roses!”
he chuckled.

 

“I’d better clear up this place before the Admiral
sees it.” She said.

 

“Too late. You were the last one to see it.” Sturgis
informed her.

 

“Grrr” She replied as she prepared herself to clear
the office.

 

===================

 

1910 LOCAL

 

Sturgis pulled up next to the area indicated by the
e-mail.  “It’s the middle of February and your secret
admirer has you out in this cold?” 

 

“Where is your sense of adventure?” She teased.  “Look
…”

 

He looked in the direction indicated, “Is that candle
light?” 

 

“One way to find out.” She opened the door and stepped
out. He followed.

 

“You realize that this is where Commander Aiken was
killed?” he revealed.

 

“Yes.” She continued toward the light.

 

As she got closer she recognized the figure standing
there. She whirled in the direction of Sturgis so
quickly that he stepped back involuntarily.   “You
promised Sturgis!” She hissed.

 

“I did and I kept to it” he defended himself. When he
realized that she didn’t believe him, he insisted, “I
swear Mac.”

 

She turned back towards the silhouette. “Evening Harm”
She said.

 

“Mac… why the entourage.” He asked.

 

“Are you in your right mind Rabb?” Sturgis
interjected. “I know she isn’t as she was coming here
alone…” He sighed “But now that I’ve done my duty as
an Officer and a Gentleman. I’ll take my leave.” He
squeezed Mac on the shoulder then turned and left.

 

With Sturgis gone Mac focused on the man before her. 
“You?”

 

“Me.” He confirmed.

 

Her military mind needed answers. “But how? You’ve
been in Greece for most of the month.”

 

“Collaborators whose names I shall not release.  I
left the gifts and the dates to be delivered with
specific instructions that the delivery was not to be
seen.  It just happened to be coincidence that you
were not there when the line of roses arrived.” He
chuckled “The bullpen will never be the same, folks
could not believe the wave after wave of bouquets that
kept arriving. Even the Admiral came out to witness.”

 

“I’m glad I wasn’t there I’d have been mortified.” She
informed him.  “So after two weeks of this what now?”
The woman now took over.

 

“Well I had a further build up in mind. Hence the
snack by candle light in the park.” He enlightened
her. 

 

“That it?” She waited for the rest.

 

“Actually no.” He stepped forward slipped his arm
round her waist.  She knew what was about to happen
but didn’t stop it. He bent down and kissed. She
responded. She loved the man. She ‘d even told Sturgis
that, how could she deny herself the kiss? 

 

Harm raised his head and looked at her. “That talk
after the JAG-a-thon was unsatisfactory.  We need to
talk and I mean talk, but not here and not now.” 

 

She nodded her agreement. “What changed?”

 

“Sturgis has been on my case.” He felt her stiffen
“You ok?”

 

She controlled her anger… barely “Yes go on.”

 

“Well I’ve been pushing him and Bobbie Latham and so
he pushed back. You know how he’s always on about the
tension between us? Well every time I said Bobbie he
said Mac. One day I listened.”

 

She relaxed.  Sturgis had honored his promise while
still finding away to place Harm on the spot.  “I
see.”

 

“I don’t think you do but you will.” He smiled.
“Hungry?”

 

“Oh yes.” She sighed and she just didn’t mean for the
food on the table, but that would do for now.

 

THE END