This is my continuation of the "new year's eve" story. I think it happens maybe a month after new years' eve.
Monday morning
Macs apartment 5.45 am
Mac is in the kitchen to make his morning coffee. He is looking out the window. There is snow on the street. Suddenly he feels hands around his stomach and a head against the back of his shoulder.
"morning" he says and turns around and looks at Christine who is standing right infront of him with her hair all messed up and in his blue USMC jumper over her PJ top. He is going to kiss her but she pulls away from him. He looks confused.
"trust me. You don't want to." She says with a smile and walks over ad take a glass of milk.
"that's better." She says and put the glass on the table. Mac still look confused. Then she walks over to him again and kisses him.
"how are you feeling today?" he asks with his arms around her. She smiles.
"good. If this "thing" would let me sleep in the morning it would be great." She says. Mac looks down at her stomach and smiles. There is only a smile sign of the early pregnancy.
"this thing is going to be our family." He says.
"yes. But if she is going to be a morning person. She is your responsibility." Christine says serious and then smiles. Mac look surprised.
"she? You told me you are only 8 weeks pregnant. It is too early to determine the gender of the child yet." Mac says.
"why are you knowing more about this then I do? It kind a freaks me out." She says.
"well… it is my job to know a little bit about everything." He says and gives her a quick kiss. Then his coffee is done and he moves her out of his way to get his coffee.
"you want some?" he asks.
"I have morning sickness." She says.
Mac look surprised.
"I take that as a no." he says and take a sip of his coffee. Christine lean against the table across from Mac.
"are you coming with me today?" she asks.
He looks wondering.
"I have the first scanning today. The one that…"
"…shall tell us if the baby is brain damaged." He finishes her sentences. She looks at him.
"why don't you just go by yourself? you already know it all."
Mac is not sure what to say to that. He isn't quite sure if she is joking or ignored by him knowing so much about pregnancy. She has turned her back to him while she is making a cup of hot chocolate. He walks over to her. And rest his head on her shoulder.
"I would love to come. What time is it?"
She doesn't look at him but focus on her hot chocolate.
"11 am. We can meet outside the hospital at 10.45?" she says.
"sounds great. I get to spend my lunchbreak with my beautiful pregnant fiancée. Nothing can ruin this day." He gives her a kiss on the neck. She can't help but smile when he is talking about her like that.
"when are you leaving?" she asks.
"in about 30 minutes. It is just paperwork that is waiting for me to day. What time are you going?" he asks and goes back to his coffee.
"I'm not leaving until 10 am. I'm going straight to the hospital. Jake is doing the paperwork this morning and Cody and Samantha is getting the restaurant ready to open. So I'm off until 2 pm."
Mac signs tired.
"why haven't I anyone to do the paperwork for me?"
Christine turns around and smiles at him.
"what about Jo?"
Mac smiles in amuse.
"I think she has enough with her teenage kids right now."
Christine looks wondering and wants him to continue.
"you remember how Ellie was at new year's eve?"
Christine nods.
"she is starting to hang out with some much older boys now that Jo doesn't like and her son isn't calling her back when she is calling him. A week ago she thinks she might so him with a much younger girl. so she is desperate to figure out how she is."
Christine laughs a little.
"year I she. It is so bad when a girl is hanging out with older guys. Parents never likes that."
She laughs and turns around to stir her hot chocolate. Mac walks over to the safe and puts his firearm and his badges on. then his phone bips on the table behind Christine. Christine turns around and looks at it.
"you have to go now." She concludes.
"that bad?" he asks and comes over to her. She steps away from him when he wants to hug her. He looks confused.
"gun, no hug." He looks down at his firearm that he just placed in his belt. He takes it off and place it on the table. Then she steps over to him a hugs him. She gives him a kiss.
"see you in a few hours." He says,
"don't you dare to be late." She says with a very serious tone. He smiles.
"I promise." Then he gives her a last kiss. Places his firearm and heads out the door.
Crime scene 7.00 am
When Mac arrives to the crime scene Danny is already there. To officers is escorting a young man in his twenties out in handcuffs.
"morning boss." Danny says. He is photographing the crime scene. It is an apartment upper eastside.
"what do we got Danny?" Mac asks. Danny stands up.
"next door heard fight. Called 911. Units kick door in. young woman brutally beaten up. She told me before paramedics took her to the hospital that her boyfriend did it. he denied and pretended to be the good carrying boyfriend until he lost his temper and tried to attack her. Then his story got holes and units just give him a free ride down town."
Mac looks around. Clearly signs of fight.
"any info about what the fight was about?" mac asks. Danny's shakes his head. Mac nods.
"okay. I go talk to the guy and then go process the girl. you process her and Adam is on his way to help you. It is his last case before his final evaluation." Mac informs. Then he heads out the door.
Interrogations room 8.00 am
Mac gets and rapport from a police officer outside the interrogations room before he steps in to the room where the young man Mac see get escorted out of the crime scene. He is sitting at with the table. Mac walks in and sits down in silence. He revives the rapport before he starts talking.
"why am I here?" the young man asks.
Mac just looks up at him for a short moment then he looks down in his papers again. after a moment he places the rapport on the table and then look up.
"Marcus Johnson? 23 years old. Study medicine and have 2 years left of you study before you are a doctor. Straight A's in high school. Quit impressive records you have." Mac says.
"yes. Why am I here? I didn't do anything to her." He insists.
"her? You mean your ex-girlfriend Melina Carlson?" Mac asks. Marcus nods.
"I didn't do anything."
"her neighbor heard a fight this morning. It was you she was fighting with, right?"
Marcus nods.
"do you mind telling me what the fight was about?"
Marcus looks down. A little embarrassed.
"listen. I can only help you if you tell me what this is about." Mac says. Marcus looks up.
"2 months ago she broke up with me. Out of nowhere."
"did you had any relationship problems before that?" mac asks.
Marcus shakes his head.
"no. it was just out of nowhere. We had been on vacation a few weeks earlier in the summer break. Everything was great."
"so after a summer vacation together she broke up with you with no reason, and that made you pissed?"
"no, no man. I mean… I didn't understand why she broke up with me but I wouldn't hurt her."
"so then she broke up with you 2 months ago. What happen this morning?" mac asks.
"I hadn't seen her since she broke up with me, but yesterday I meet her again. we started talking everything was great. And… hmm… in some way… we ended up in her apartment."
Mac nods. "okay I understand." Marcus is clearly unconfutable about talking about it.
"then what you were in her apartment…."
Marcus nods and pulls himself together before he continues.
"we slept together and this morning I woke up when I heard her through up. I got out of bed and to the bathroom to check on her that she was okay. That was when I see…"
He looks down.
"it was a positive test."
Mac look confused.
"what kind a test?" mac asks.
"a pregnancy test." He says. He looks down. "I now that a pregnancy test doesn't react the morning after, but… the night before she had told me that she hadn't started dating anyone new so it had to be me.
He now looks more upset.
"did she tell you that you are the father?" mac asks. Marcus nods.
"she told me that, that was the reason she broke up with me. She said that she got pregnant on our vacation but she knew that I didn't want the baby. I had already told her that."
"you had told her that you didn't want kids?" mac asks to clarify. Marcus nods.
"well not before I'm done with my education. She told me that she wants the baby so she didn't want to push me so she broke up with me so she could get the baby without me saying no."
Mac looks surprised. Lindsay comes in and tells Mac in silence to come out. Mac steps out of the room with Lindsay.
"the hospital just called." Lindsay informs. Mac looks choked.
"the victim Melina Carlson wants to check out. To units is holding her back." Lindsay informs.
"tell them I'm on my way." Mac says and leaves Lindsay to run to his car.
Hospital 9.45 am
Mac comes down the hall in hospital. He can hear a young woman yelling low about they can't hold her back. she is the victim here and she is going to sue them. There is a female doctor that is trying to talk her down while there are two police officers that is also trying to hold her back. Mac walks very fast to them.
"miss Carlson? I'm detective Mac Taylor from the New York crime lab." Mac informs.
"great another cop to hold me here." She says.
"nope. I'm not here to hold you back. you can go if you want." Mac says. The two police officers look surprised at him.
"detective, we were told to keep her here until she was processed." The police officer explains.
"I know officer. But if miss. Carlson doesn't want there to be a case and get the person responsible for this punish, then she is free to go." Mac explains. The police officer nods. He understands Macs tactic. Melina looks at Mac.
"is Marcus still arrested?" she asks.
"yes he is. I had just heard his version of what happened and now I'm here to hear yours. But if you don't want to talk to me you can go and I will call the officer holding him there to let him go." Mac says and shows with his hand that she is free to go. She looks surprised.
"look what he did to me. He is dangerous to me. You can't let him go." She sounds desperate.
"I have to if I don't get your side of the story." Mac says.
"okay. Okay I want to talk to you." She says.
The goes in to the room and closes the door. mac takes a seed next to the hospital bed. Melina sits on the hospital bed.
Outside the hospital room 10.50
Mac comes out of the hospital room after taking Melina Carlson's statement. He looks at the two officers standing next to the door.
"keep an eye on her." He orders the two officers. The officer nods and look a little confused. Mac walks away from the officers while he is taking his phone and calling Danny.
Danny is back at the Lab.
"hey boss. How did it go?" Danny asks.
"did you find any sign of blood at the scene? Blood spatter after knife cuts?" mac asks.
"no? Adam found some blood drops in the kitchen but they weren't directional. Why?" Danny asks.
"there is something that doesn't add up in Melina Carlson's story. She told me how Marcus Johnson brutally beat her up and cut her wrist with a knife. But their where something strange about her story and his behavior. It doesn't make senses. Mac says while he is looking at his watch. He realizes he is late for meeting with Christine.
"okay Adam is processing the knife know. I let you know." Danny says.
"I go meet with Christine know. I will be back in the lab at 1.30." mac informs.
"okay. See you, boss." Danny says and then hang up. Mac puts his phone in his pocket and rush down to the entrances of the hospital where Christine is waiting.
down at the entrances is Christine waiting. She is looking at her watch every ten seconds. From distances Mac can read on her body languages that she is upset. He comes out to her and she doesn't look happy.
"I know. I'm an idiot. I'm late." He says. It makes her smile a little bit.
"you are in trouble, Mac Taylor." She says.
"I know." he walks closer to her and hugs her in to him and gives her a kiss.
"I'm truly sorry. But I'm off until 1.30. until then it is just you and me."
He says and looks into her eyes. She can't help smiling even though he can clearly see that she is trying not letting him get into her.
"let's go in and after that… I promise you we go for lunch together." He says. She looks at him in disbelieve.
"it better be some lunch." She says with a smile while they walk in together.
Hospital room 10.30 am
Mac and Christine comes out from the hospital room after the scanning is done. Everything is fine. They are looking at the picture of the baby. A female doctor walks pas by them. Then she stops up and turns around.
"Mac?" she says.
Mac stops and turns around.
"hey Aubrey." He says.
"oh my god it's so long time ago. How you doing?"
"pretty good." Mac says and leans an arm around Christine. Aubrey notices the pictures in Christine's hand.
"I see. Congratulations." She says to Christine.
"thanks" Christine says and looks at Mac with a big smile.
"so how is you doing?" mac asks.
"pretty good. I'm going back to the air forces again for another tour of duty."
Mac look surprised.
"okay. ER is too boring?" mac tease.
"no. it's not. But my boyfriend is in the air forces so I'm going back in there." Mac nods understandable.
"doctor Hunter?" a nurse comes over to Aubrey.
"yes I got to go. It was good to see you again Mac and congratulations."
"thanks. And good look to you. Be safe." Mac says. Aubrey sends him a smile, then she leaves. Christine notices the way Mac is looking after Aubrey but she is not saying anything. Mac takes her hand and then they leave the hospital and goes for lunch.