"Damn it! Where's Flack?" Our leads are gonna run cold!" Mac grumbled a little more than frustrated.

"Hey, go easy on him! He's a new dad. Angell just had the baby a week ago. I bet it was a hard goodbye." Stella reminded him. As if on cue, Flack bounded into Mac's office.

"What we got?" He asked curiously.

"You're late" Mac stated.

"Uh, yeah, um, sorry" Flack stuttered. A slight blush covered his cheeks.

"Aw, you're so cute! How's the family?" Stella cut in. Flack's eyes lit up. He liked that question. He very much enjoyed the fact that he now had a family to speak of.

"Good, great!" He replied excitedly.

"Can we please get focused?" Mac begged angrily.

"Yeah, sorry" Flack responded.

Mac filled Flack in on the new developments in the case and they began to get to work.

Lunch rolled around much quicker that Flack had expected and he was nowhere near ready to go home. Well he was ready, but he still had a ton of work to do. He was on his way to pick up yet another suspect. He fished in his pocket for his phone. He wanted to let Jess know he was not in fact on his way home.

"Hello!" Jess answered in a flirty tone.

"Hey" Don started as he stopped in front of the store where he would pick up the suspect. He looked in the window to make sure the guy was there. "SHIT!" he cussed loudly as the suspect exited the door, spotted him and took of running. Jess heard what sounded like static from what she assumed was don shoving the phone back in his pocket. Then the call was disconnected.

Jess went to check on the baby. She looked down into the crib at the sleeping child.

"I don't think Daddy is coming home anytime soon" She whispered.

Flack let the interrogation room with nothing more than a headache, this was how it had been all day. His phone buzzed in his hand. He looked down and saw the little envelope image floating on his screen, indicating he had a text message.

"I love you baby. Call me when you get a chance" the small font read. Flack smiled and dialed her number.

"Hey you" He said in a sultry tone as Jess answered the phone.

"Hey, are you going to cuss at me this time?" She jested playfully.

"Sorry, that wasn't directed at you. I had a runner" Don explained.

"I figured and I'm going to take a guess and say that you're not going to be home anytime soon" Jess stated.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. It's like we're on a goose chase. Every new suspect we get sends us in four new and different directions. It's ridiculous! I honestly think these tweakers are just screwing with us. I haven't even had a second to sit down until now and I'm starving" Don continued in a frustrated tone.

"It sucks trying to save the world" Jess sighed.

"I know, now I'm just waiting for the CSIs to tell me which direction to run in" Don agreed.

"I can tell you things are less exciting in this corner of the city" Jess added.

"Really? How's my baby?" Don wondered.

"Which one?" Jess joked.

"Well, both of them" Don laughed.

"Let's see, out little miracle is sleeping and I've been content just to watch her." Jess admitted. Don mentally pictured his wife standing over the crib, watching their daughter. The image pulled at his heartstrings.

"I wish I could be there" Don said barely above a whisper.

"I know, Don" Jess said, understanding her husbands longing to be at home. A soft noise in the apartment caught Jess's attention. The noise soon changed to a clearly defined cry. "Don, honey, I have to go, she's awake." Jess informed him.

"Ok, love you" Don replied.

"Love you too" Jess said before hanging up.

Don sighed. He leaned back in his chair and covered his face with his hands. Someone came up behind him and slid their arms down his chest, around his neck as if they were hugging him.

"Hard being back?" He heard Stella's voice ask. Flack readjusted as Stella came around his chair, dropping a kiss on his cheek.

"Yeah, a lot harder than I expected. I just got off the phone with Jess. The baby was crying. I wanted to be there so bad. I want to feed my little girl. I want to hold her when she cries." He sighed. "I feel like I'm missing so much" He admitted.

"Seriously Flack. You are adorable. I love seeing what becoming a dad has done to you. You seem so happy." Stella remarked.

" I am happy, unbelievably happy. I didn't think the family life would fit so well." Flack replied.

"I want to see this little girl of yours, and I want to know her name" Stella pried. Flack laughed.

"I know, I know, but you know I can't do that, Jess wants to wait until we get everyone together." He stated.

"Come on Flack; don't tell me you don't have a picture of that little girl with you. I just want a peek" Stella begged.

"Sorry Stella, no" He said with one of his genuine smiles. "Now if you'd excuse me, while I have this little downtime I'm going to grab a candy bar from the vending machine." He finished.