A Friend's Love
By: mj0621
Disclaimer: I don't own anything unless someone gives it to me...
Rating: T
Pairings: SMacked/MacStella angst, MacPeyton
Spoilers: 3.07 Murder Sings The Blues
Summary: Whatever happens, I'm still your partner... I'll always be here for you.
Author's Notes: Well, so much for canon on last night's eppy (3.07)... I didn't even see one SMacked scene!! This Macpeyton thing is way stronger than I thought. Well, unlike my first and second Smacked angst fics, Stella won't leave but still... (TT) SMacked will prevail... in our fanatic hearts... Note: I dunno what STella exacttly said to the girl(suspect) in the interogation... and remember what's in the pink box in the eppy:D Munching on my Milkyway bar and sniffing at Mac and Peyton, I wrote this oneshot with two endings(I can't decide what to use so I posted both). (While listening Goodbye to You and Are You Happy Now by Michelle Branch)-sobs.
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Stella's POV:
It's your bitrthday and I hear it's been a tough day for you. I'm sorry i wasn't able to greet you in person. I tried but thing keep interfering...
I finally got a spare time to see you so I snatched my simple gift for you and headed to your office.
My smile faded as I see Peyton enter your office with a file in hand. I know she likes giving results but I can't help but to feel jealous... specially when she leans and whispers in your ear. I watch your lips form into a smile.
That's when it hit me...
You two are together.
I feel a ton of bricks drop unto me. I know I can't be angry nor jealous. I have no right... after all we're just partners...
Just partners...
Friends...
No more... No less...
I try to cover my sadness with our small memories together... but the scene unfolding before my eyes is painful... Why didn't you tell me?
None of my business...
I know...
Turning away from you, I headed back to Danny. Hoping the case would forget what I saw.
Staring at the pink box in hand, I walk pass the fifth floor. I thought hey, maybe I'll just keep this box and tell you about my feelings next time... I'll just greet you belated and treat you coffee tomorrow.
My jaw dropped as I see you again with her, holding a cupcake with a candle on it.
I'm such a slow poke...
If I've done what I'm suppose to do today years ago, this wouldn't happen. Things would be different.
I thought of what I said to the bachelor's "maid" earlier:
Men don't know these things... Special memories...
Now I think it's really true...
I looked at the pink box in my hand again... and threw it into the nearest trash bin as I left the building.
I'm hurting but that diesn't mean I hate you...
Whatever happens, I'm still your partner... I'll always be here for you...
Even though you have someone who's already beside you.
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Mac and Peyton leaves the building finishing the cupcake Peyton bought from the vending machine. When Mac threw the remains of the sweets, a pink box caught his attention.
"Mac? Something wrong?"
He looks at her and shakes his head. "Nothing. Give me a sec."
Seeing his name on the box's tag, he reaches for the box and opens it.
It's a figurine off a groom and a bride. The ones they put on wedding cakes.
Under that is a small note:
Happy Birthday Mac!
Hope you read my casefile today.
Lovelots,
Stella
His face turned serious. He did read about her case. One of the suspects/witness wanted to get married to the bachelor... only the guy said she was only his maid...
A thought entered his mind...
Why did she throw it away instead of giving it to me?
Only one answer came hit him...
She already knows.
He bit his lower lip and returns the note in the box and puts it in his coat pocket.
"Mac, are you okay?" Peyton saw Mac's mood change.
He gives her a peck on the cheek and said
"Let's go."
END
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ALTERNATE ENDING: (LOL sounds like a DVD featurette...:P)
She already knows.
He sighs and returns the note in the box and returns it in the trash bin.
"Mac, are you okay?" Peyton saw Mac's mood change.
He gives her a peck on the lips and said "Nothing. Let's go celebrate shall we?"
END2
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No editing done here cause I'm distracted. All mistakes are mine. Sorry. Tell me what you guys think.
-mj(wgf)