Rating – GS
Paring – Harm & Mac
Spoilers – Season 2 Episode 3: Jinx
Disclaimer – JAG belongs to DPB, CBS, and Paramount
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Summary - How ‘Jinx’ (Airdate: 01/17/97) should’ve been continued when
you saw it through the eye of a shipper…
Author’s Notes-
1) Since this series will deal with an episode, which aired many years ago, it
means that we risk having a FF storyline that might seem somehow familiar.
There’s hope that our ideas are unique, but should that not be the case we
apologize and swear to our god and chocolate that we did not know it and we
did not do it on purpose. It’s also possible that we somehow ‘screw-up’
a little with the dateline, in case we’re using one. We promise to give our
best to work with the right one.
2) Please don’t forget that the episode we’re working on is the ‘actual
aired episode’. This means, nothing after said episode happened. Also know
that each TTEOAS story is a ‘Stand Alone Story’ in this series.
3) At the beginning of this series we may work more with a friendship between
Harm and Mac than a relationship, but don’t worry… as soon as it feels
right to go for a relationship, we’ll do it.
4) A huge thanks goes to our beta reader team Vered, Shoe and Gum! However,
any left mistakes are ours.
5) The rest of the ‘Through The Eye Of A Shipper’-series you can either
find at Carol’s website http://www.fanfictionofcarol.com/ or at Michi’s
website http://de.geocities.com/mp111275/
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American
Airlines, Flight 1962
En Route to Washington Dulles Int. Airport, Washington, DC
7:23 PM
Mac looked to her right and saw that across the aisle, Lieutenant j.g. Bud
Roberts was sound asleep with his head gently leaning against the headrest and
the window. Then she looked to her left at her partner, Lt. Commander Harmon
Rabb Jr. He was staring into the book he was holding in his hands. She would
have thought he was reading, but his thoughts were obviously elsewhere.
“You know, you really shouldn’t make Bud think I complain about him,”
Mac stated to Harm with a smile, remembering her partner’s comments from a
few days ago.
Back then in Miramar
, Bud wanted to
know from Harm if he wasn’t mad at him anymore, since Harm wanted his help
in the case they were working on. Harm’s only answer was that he was never
mad with the young lieutenant and that Mac was the one always complaining
about him.
Harm glanced at her before closing his book. “I wasn’t making Bud think
anything. I was stating a fact.”
“When was the last time I complained about Bud?” Mac asked, knowing that
she hadn’t done so.
Harm thought for a second. “Never, but you’ve got to admit … the look on
his face was priceless.”
Mac chuckled. “Okay, it was. But you’ll give the poor lieutenant a complex
if you keep that up.”
“Okay, I’ll try to behave myself, but sometimes it’s just too hard to do
so. He’s a good guy and easy to have fun with.”
“I’m sure he is, but you should still take it easy on him.”
“If I have to, then I think you need to do the same,” Harm told her,
wanting to make sure that Mac would follow the same rules.
Mac sighed. “I’ve never done anything rude to Bud, but I will promise not
to do anything to intimidate him too much.”
“Too much?” Harm commented with a raised eyebrow.
Mac gave Harm a grin. “Well, I am a Marine, Harm. We intimidate a lot of
people.”
Harm chuckled at her and thought about the day when Mac had picked him and Bud
up from the airfield in Leesburg. “Yeah, well I’m pretty sure he was
intimidated when he got off my plane and saw you standing there. On a Sunday
no less.”
Mac heard what Harm said, but only a few words sunk it. “That was your
plane?”
“Yeah, I restored it a few years back,” Harm said in a tone that made Mac
think he was holding something back.
“It’s a nice plane.”
“It is. She’s a good plane. Bud had a blast in her, especially when I let
him take the stick.”
Mac looked at Harm in surprise. “You let him fly it.”
“Well, I was in the back with him, so it’s not like he could have damaged
her too badly. If he did something wrong I could have easily corrected the
problem.” Harm paused. “But you know… come to think of it… he did a
good job. Maybe there is a little pilot inside Bud, just waiting to come
out.”
“So, would you let him do it again?” Mac asked.
“If we had the time. However, this time I would make sure that he didn’t
bring that damn cell phone.” Harm laughed and Mac joined him.
“I’ll admit it was pretty hard to understand him. You two must have been
screaming to hear each other.”
“Actually, we both were wearing headsets so we could talk to each other and
so I could hear the tower, in case they needed to contact me,” Harm informed
Mac. “So, have you ever been up in a bi-plane?”
“No, I’ve only been in the typical airliners and military planes,” Mac
told him.
Harm gave Mac a sly grin. “You ought to come up with me someday. We could
play hooky or go up on a Sunday.”
“Are you offering to take me flying in your bi-plane?” Mac asked, kind of
surprised at the offer.
Harm shrugged. “I believe I am. I think you would have a blast. The wind in
your hair, the feeling of the air all around you. It’s a great feeling and a
lot of fun.” Harm then decided to see how far he could go. “Or I might be
able to get a Tomcat for a few hours and we could have some great fun?”
Mac chuckled slightly. “How about we start out with a nice flight in your
bi-plane instead of a Tomcat?”
“Worried about my Tomcat flying abilities?” Harm asked.
Mac glanced at the small scar above his eyebrow from the accident a few days
ago. Harm had risked his life to prove that an F-14 squadron wasn’t jinxed
after there’ve been six fatal mid-air accidents, including one that killed
his best friend. “No, you proved yourself as a good pilot. I’m just not
too sure that I want to go up in one of those.” She then looked down at her
hands. “Plus hearing the flight was a little nerve racking.”
Harm almost made a comment, but with Mac’s words he realized that she was
scared of him getting hurt during the flight. He gently reached across the
seat and lightly squeezed Mac’s hands. “I made it out okay.”
“I know, but….” Mac paused and looked into his eyes. “But there’s
always a chance, right?”
“Pilots never want to think about that chance. We know it’s there, but
it’s something we deal with every time we go up.”
Mac smiled at him, took one of her hands and ran a finger across the red mark.
“Does it hurt?”
“It just stings a bit,” Harm said with a small grimace.
Mac looked at the mark and impulsively pulled his head down a bit. She leaned
forward and gave the small red mark a little kiss. Then she let go of his head
and returned to her regular sitting position.
Harm blushed a bit at the sweet gesture from Mac. The last time he received a
‘boo-boo-kiss’ was from his mother after he had fallen from a tree and
scratched his knee. “Nah, it doesn’t hurt at all.”
Mac gave Harm a shy grin. “Good. I’m glad to hear that.”
THE END
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