Title:
Déjà vu
Author:
Rising Sun
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Rated: PG
Summary: In the
Twilight Zone Harm is given an opportunity to change his relationship with
Mac. How many times will it take for
him to get it right?
Classification:
JAG Story
Spoilers:
JAG-A-THON, JAG-A-THON and JAG-A-THON. Did I mention that the spoiler was
JAG-A-THON?
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. Same for the
Twilight Zone… don’t own it never did, never will.
Author’s Note:
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Story Written
February 16, 2002
DAY BEFORE THE RACE - 1109 LOCAL
JAG HQ, FALLS
CHURCH, VA
The elevator doors
opened and Commander Harmon Rabb Jr. stepped out and encountered his company
mate Commander Sturgis Turner.
“Hey!” Harm greeted.
“Ah! Just the man I
was looking for.” Sturgis announced.
“Oh?” Harm was
wary.
Sturgis fell into
step as they headed for the bullpen. “I
need to pass on one of my cases…”
Harm cut across him
“Let me guess … the one I have been advising you on with Mac.”
Sturgis grinned.
Harm groaned.
+ + +
1320 LOCAL
THE BULLPEN, JAG HQ
Harm stepped out of
his office and headed for the elevator.
On his way he spotted Sturgis…
“Hey good luck in Court.”
Knowing full well
that he had palmed a case onto Harm Sturgis was gracious, “Hey you too you
too.”
Harm hesitated,
“Listen… about before…”
“What do you mean?”
“This thing with
Mac and I we’re just in a weird place right now. So don’t let it bother you all right?” Harm advised.
“OK” replied.
Harm wasn’t
convinced “It’s bothering you.”
Sturgis was
confused; “I don’t even know what you’re talking about!”
“Well you were
sensing something…” Harm insisted.
Sturgis admitted;
“Well tension.”
“There you go.”
“I don’t think
about your relationship it don’t mean anything to me.” Turner assured him.
“Right.” Harm said,
“Just don't assume anything all right.”
Sturgis snapped;
“Like what!”
”Like nothing. Whatever you're thinking you're probably wrong.” Harm was
talking but as usual saying nothing.
“If you say so
buddy.”
“…‘cause Mac and I are just friends.” Harm stated.
”Now I didn't say you weren't.” Sturgis got defensive.
“I know.”
Sturgis was
suspicious, “Is there some reason to believe otherwise?”
“No!” Harm hastened
to reply.
“Cause you seem to
be suggesting…” Sturgis continued.
“I’m not suggesting
anything.”
Sturgis was on the hunt “Were you ever a couple?”
”NO.”
The bloodhound
would not give up that easily “Did it come up? … Harm are you involved with
her?”
Harm felt like a witness in a court case “I'm not.”
”You sure?” Sturgis was unrelenting.
As the elevator door opened Sturgis spotted Mac just as Harm replied … “Look
anyone who's ever been involved with Mac is either dead or feels like they
are.” He realized that something was wrong by the look on Sturgis’s face… he
KNEW something was wrong when he heard Mac murmur, “Excuse me.”
He watched her
hurry away from them… from him. He
looked at Sturgis for understanding.
Sturgis replied to the look with “Please.”
The elevator door
closed with a helpless Harm inside.
=====================================================
DAY BEFORE THE RACE
- 1109 LOCAL
JAG HQ, FALLS
CHURCH, VA
The elevator doors
opened and Navy Commander Rabb emerged and almost bumped into Lieutenant Bud
Roberts.
“Whoa!” Harm
grabbed onto Bud as they nearly collided.
“Sir!” Bud
said. “Commander Turner is looking for
you.”
“Thank you.” Harm
replied and went in search of his company mate Commander Sturgis Turner.
“Hey!” Harm popped
his head into the office “You wanted to see me?”
“Yeah come in.”
Sturgis beckoned. As Harm sat Sturgis began to tell him the reason for the
meeting. “I need to pass on one of my
cases…”
Harm cut across him
“Let me guess … the one I have been advising you on with Mac.”
Sturgis grinned.
Harm groaned. Then frowned.
“What?” Sturgis
noted the look. “You can’t take the case?”
“No nothing like
that. I just had a feeling that I’d done this before.”
“Déjà vu.” Sturgis
diagnosed. “It happens.” They dismissed
the occurrence.
+ + +
1320 LOCAL
THE BULLPEN, JAG HQ
Harm emerged from
his office with the intension of getting a coffee fix, but he needed a book out
of the library first. He spotted
Sturgis and clapped him on the shoulder.
“Hey good luck in Court.”
“Hey you too
you too” Sturgis reciprocated.
As they walked Harm
said, “Listen… about before.”
“What do you mean?”
Sturgis asked.
Harm explained
“This thing with Mac and I we’re just in a weird place right now. So don’t let it bother you all right?”
“OK” Sturgis was
confused.
“It’s bothering
you.” Harm insisted.
“I don’t even know
what you’re talking about.” Sturgis replied.
“Well you were
sensing something”
Sturgis admitted
“Well tension.”
“There you go.”
Harm was triumphant.
Sturgis informed
his friend “I don’t think about your relationship it don’t mean anything to
me.”
Harm sobered up
“Right just don't assume anything all right.”
”Like what!” This was getting maddening.
”Like nothing.” Harm replied, “Whatever you're thinking you're probably wrong.”
Sturgis sighed in
resignation “If you say so buddy.”
“…‘cause Mac and I
are just friends.”
Sturgis informed him “Now I didn't say you weren't.”
“I know.”
“Is there some
reason to believe otherwise?” Sturgis was now curious.
”No”
He continued “Cause
you seem to be suggesting.”
“I’m not suggesting
anything.” Harm defended.
They continued
walking. The Sturgis asked, “Were you
ever a couple?”
”NO!”
“Did it come up?”
He watched a myriad of emotions play on Harm’s face “… Harm are you involved
with her?”
”I'm not.”
But Sturgis knew
Harm “You sure?”
Harm snapped, “Look
anyone who's ever been involved with Mac is either dead or feels like they
are.” He turned and came face to face with Mac.
As Mac whispered
“Excuse me.” Harm looked at his friend, all he heard was “Please.” … the
elevator door closed.
=====================================================
DAY BEFORE THE RACE
- 1109 LOCAL
JAG HQ, FALLS
CHURCH, VA
The elevator doors
opened, Harmon Rabb stepped out and headed towards the bullpen. As he headed for his office, Commander
Sturgis Turner stopped him.
“Ah! Just the man I
was looking for.”
“Then come into my
parlor…” The two men entered Harm’s Office.
“Said the spider to
the fly…’ Sturgis finished. “I need to
pass on one of my cases…”
Harm cut across him
“Let me guess … the one I have been advising … you … on… with … Mac.” He drew out the statement.
“Something wrong?”
Sturgis asked.
“No… nothing I
can’t fix.” Harm assured him. “Send the file over I’ll take care of it.”
“Will do and
thanks.”
+ + +
1320 LOCAL
THE BULLPEN, JAG HQ
Harm beat a
determined path towards his friend Sturgis and virtually grabbed and dragged
him along. This time the Twilight Zone
was going to end his way or no way.
“Hey!” Sturgis
protested.
“Hey good luck in
Court.” Harm told him.
“… you too you
too.” Sturgis replied.
So far so good Harm
thought. “Listen… about before.”
“What do you mean?”
Sturgis was not following his friend’s train of thought.
Harm explained
“This thing with Mac and I we’re just in a weird place right now. So don’t let it bother you all right?”
Sturgis shrugged
“OK”
“It’s bothering
you.” Harm observed.
Sturgis wondered
about his friend sometimes “I don’t even know what you’re talking about.”
But Harm persisted
“Well you were sensing something”
“Well tension”
Sturgis snorted.
“There you go!”
“I don’t think about
your relationship it don’t mean anything to me.” Sturgis guaranteed.
“Right just don't
assume anything all right.”
”Like what?” Sturgis asked.
”Like nothing. Whatever you're thinking you're probably wrong.”
Sturgis began to
loose interest, “If you say so buddy.”
“‘Cause Mac and I
are just friends.” Harm insisted.
”Now I didn't say you weren't.”
“I know.”
Sturgis’s eyes
narrowed “Is there some reason to believe otherwise?”
“No” Came Harm’s
prompt reply. Maybe too prompt?
“Cause…” Sturgis
drawled, “… you seem to be suggesting.”
Harm pleaded the
fifth “I’m not suggesting anything.”
Sturgis began to fire off questions “Were you ever a couple?”
”NO.”
Sturgis asked
another “Did it come up? … Harm are you involved with her?”
”I'm not.”
And another “You
sure?”
Harm recognized that so far the day had played out with enough accuracy that he
could predict the next few minutes. He had been riding the event now he needed
to take control…
On queue the
elevator door opened revealing Mac just as he said … “Any one ever tell you
that you are nosey? Look if you must
know … I’m in love with Mac … but if I told her she’d probably break my neck.”
Mac froze in the
elevator and Harm stepped in. As the
doors closed all Sturgis said was “Please.”
=====================================================
DAY BEFORE THE RACE
- 1109 LOCAL
JAG HQ, FALLS
CHURCH, VA
The elevator doors
opened, and Harm remained rooted to the spot. “Damn it!” he cursed.
“I heard that…” A
familiar female voice said, and was soon followed by Lt. Colonel Sarah
Mackenzie.
“Sorry.” He
grumbled as he stepped out. He was
disconcerted, he was so sure that his confession whould have broken the cycle.
“Sturgis is looking
for you.” She said even as she noted his discomfort.
“Of course he
is.” He grumbled.
She looked at him
hard. “You ok?”
“Where is Sturgis!”
He ignored her comment as he braced himself for the next loop of time.
“Last time I saw
him he was hovering around your office.” He walked away from her “Your
welcome!” She shouted to his reseeding back.
Harm didn’t bother
to look for his company mate. He’d eventually be found and he’d take the
case. He looked up at the sound fully
expecting to see Sturgis instead it was Mac.
This was not part
of the loop. He just stared at her.
“You ok honey?” she
asked as she closed the door after she entered.
“Honey?” He began to hope.
“What is the matter
with you!” She demanded; then her guard went up. “Of course how stupid can I
be? I’ve known you for so long yet I
still fell for it!” She turned to leave obviously annoyed.
“Mac wait! You’ve
lost me!” He called.
She turned, “You
have pulled some dirty low down stunts in your time Commander but this … this
is too low even for you.” She whispered her rage. “You tell me you love me… make love to me … and then this obvious
move to distance yourself from me!”
He grinned.
“Oh you find it
funny!” She fumed.
“No! No! You
misunderstand. I meant it… all of it. I
love you… I just wasn’t sure that you knew it.” He tried to explain. How did one explain?
She was
confused.
There was a tap on
the door and Sturgis popped his head in.
“Harm I need to see you…”
“Yes I’ll take the
case … just send the file over.”
“How’d you know?”
Sturgis was stunned.
“I’ve been hanging
out with Mac.” He grinned.
THE END