Something's Stay the Same

A/N: The pairings will be SMacked and M&Ms. I hope you like it

A/N2: mj0621: this fic is totally out of the blue. We love SMacked and M&Ms so like what tf92 said, hope ya like it. Please read and review! We love them!

Summary: Changes had to be made in the crime lab that resulted tensions around the CSIs, which are almost unbearable.

Chapter 1:

Prologue

The scorching summer heat glared through the crime lab windows. Danny woke up to the sound of coughing from the break room doorway. Looking up he glared at Lindsey who was leaning against the door laughing at him

"You…have some…thing on...you're...face!" she said laughing. Danny frowned at her and looked away blushing. Lindsay was about to retort when Hawkes entered the room with a sigh "Mac and Stel's arguing... again."

Danny and Lindsey sighed "What about this time" they said

Hawkes shrugged "I didn't really hear it all... but I did hear the word undercover from Mac... Stel was really pissed."

Lindsay raised her brows "Wait, Is Mac assigning her or Mac doesn't want her to do undercover?"

"I think he doesn't want her to go from the way he was looking at her" Hawkes replied

Danny whistled, "That can't be good. Let me guess, she wants that case. Danger zone..."

Lindsay looked at Danny "Danger zone?"

Hawkes answered, "It's when both of 'em are pissed and we gotta be careful not to face it."

"Oh" Lindsey replied.

Danny looked at Hawkes and then back to Lindsey before saying "We better stay in here and pretend we don't know anything"

Lindsay whispered "Too late."

Hawkes' eyes widen "Who's coming? Mac? Stell? Both?" He turned around to see both Mac and Stella looking pissed. Mac walked in closely followed by Stella. "Right" Mac began the trio unconsciously held their breath as Mac continued "So, any progress with the case?" Neither of them spoke "I'll take that as none." Stella snorted.

"Something wrong Detective?" Mac asked.

"Nope" Stella replied "None at all Boss"

Danny shifted from his sit as Flack entered "Hey I-... whoa, is it hot in here or what..." Hawked shook his head and faced Danny and Lindsay. " I mean, it's summer so it's hot…" Flack covered

Danny nodded and sighed turning his attention back to Mac and Stella who looked like they were about to get into another heated argument.

"What do ya got Flack?" Lindsay boldly said before neither Mac or Stella could speak.

"Umm…a witness has come forward. He's just waiting to be interviewed" Flack replied.

Danny pulled Lindsay out of the room whilst Hawkes followed. "We'll do the interview." then whispered to Flack as they went out "Danger zone. Watch your step."

Flack nodded "Will do." As he walked out of the room, Mac avoided Stella's glare. "So much for that interview." She spat back "Are you saying this is my fault?" Mac went silent. "I'll take that as a yes then shall I"

Before entering the interrogation room, Flack asked, "What's with them?"

"Mac doesn't want her to do this undercover case that she wants" Hawkes said.

"And let me guess the got into another fight?" Flack asked

"Yep" Danny replied

"Shall we guys? We wouldn't want our witness to wait would we?" Lindsay said as she pushed the guys in the room.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Danny replied. The other two started laughing

"You two have some issues!" Flack whispered to Lindsay who blushed. "Ok guys, meet our suspect, Richard Brine."

"Richard" Flack started "What exactly did you see?"

Richard blurted out "I saw this guys... they were pulling this little girl in their van... then they took off..."

"Okay" Flack said writing it down "What else?"

"They had BIG guns, literally."

"Did you get the plate number?"

Richard frowned "I'm sorry, I didn't. That's all I got." Danny asked, "Did you see their faces?" "No."

"Okay that's all for now" Lindsey said

" We'll keep in touch." Hawkes added. They all walked out of the room exasperated "So that helped us how?" Flack asked no one in particular.

They all laughed. Walking down the corridor the heard a loud bang. They ran to the break room to see a cup of coffee all over the wall behind Mac. Mac was all cut down his arm from where the shards from the cup had gone.

"Oh no." Lindsay said as they went to see the whole scene.

Hawkes stood opened mouthed along with Danny and Flack. Danny being the first to recover asked, "What the hell caused you to do that Stella?" "Ask him" she replied pointing at Mac. Mac stood still in silence, which Stella caused to whisper something Greek.

"What was that in English Stel" Mac asked already knowing the answer. He just wanted to hear it. The others looked at him confused "Stella you whispered something in Greek, What does it mean in English?"

"I can't believe you even dared to ask." With that, Stella walked out of the room. "Stella! Wait!" Lindsay ran after her. Danny and Hawkes started picking up the broken glass when Flack asked "So... is this about the case?"

Danny and Hawkes nodded in reply. Flack turned to Mac who was leaning against the table breathing deeply. "Mac?" Flack asked "Yeah Flack" "Do you know what she said" Flack asked "Yeah. She said..."

tbc