This chapter is dedicated to all the smacked (Stella & Mac) fans around the world (we are not so much anymore). Those stories connect us in a transparent bonding.
This one it truly for my friend Lily MoonLight ,that our bonding is already golden one :D
Enjoy the moment and don't forget to leave a comment, XX Adva.
Chapter 3
"Stella, look at me, please…"
"We have nothing to talk about, all the talk finished 7 month ago".
"Please, look at me" he begged, touching her left shoulder.
She wiped away another tear and turned around, she couldn't look at him. She was too hurt.
Mac could see she was in tears, how could she be so fake? But, it was hard for him to see her like that, he hated it so much.
He touched her chin so she would meet his eyes. "Why are you crying?" He really wanted to understand.
She moved his hand from her chin "Mac, I moved on 7 months ago."
"I can see that." He looked just for a second to her belly and turned to the side. "It was just a game to you, huh?"
She looked at him trying to understand. "Don't try to be a victim, I was played. How foolish I was believing you with all those loving words you whispered in my ear when, they were all lies!"
"I really thought I knew you, Stella." He turned to her again with his tensed jaw. "All the crap you made me believe over the years with your man policy."
Her voice got louder and louder, more tears filled her eyes "Don't you dare talk to me like that, Mac! I trusted in you! And you made me feel such an idiot!"
Mac needed to take it out of his system, and answered harshly "The only idiot here is me! You…you run to …New Orleans and… laid down with the next man you meet?!"
Her ears couldn't believe what he had just said, she lifted her arm to slap him but he caught her hands and held them well behind her back, looking straight at her eyes. Their faces were within inches of each other and then in a blink although he didn't mean to, Mac kissed Stella right there on her lips.
She fought him and tried to release herself from his grip but she couldn't. She just couldn't.
Her emotions betrayed her, she couldn't resist the kiss… she wanted it just like he did. Tears fell on her cheeks when she realized how much she had missed his lips.
Several seconds passed and Mac noticed Stella's resistance was weakening, so slowly he started to released her hands, but not her lips. His hands began hugging her and pulling her body to his. Then he felt Stella's hands circling his neck to strengthen the grip.
There was no doubt they had missed each other.
That kiss intensified and each touch made them feel shivery on the sensitive spots of their bodies.
It was magical, truly, it was like in the fairy tales.
Eventually, Mac slowed the kiss and put his hands on Stella's cheeks, and their foreheads met. Her hands slipped down his back. Their lips were swollen because of that intensive kiss. Mac was the first to speak.
"I missed you, Stella. I really missed you."
Stella opened her eyes and took a little distance from his face. "You promised me you wouldn't hurt me," she said with a cry, "So, why did you disappear after the night we…we slept together?"
Mac lowered his hands to Stella's arms. "I didn't," he shook his head. "I got a call to a new case and I didn't want to wake you up. So, I left you a note by the bed."
Stella tried to remember the night. "But, I didn't see any note, Mac." Her eyes moved aside no to face him. "And you didn't answer when I tried to reach you… I thought…you regretted what we did."
He kissed her again, just a little kiss and, when they opened their eyes, she looked again at him, looking for the answer.
"How could I regret it?" Mac said. "I told you things that night I told no one else. I… I made love to you that night, Stella."
Stella closed her eyes and tightened her lips together, beginning to connect the puzzles pieces. "I got scared, Mac. I didn't want to believe I devoted myself to you and you neglected me, especially you after all those years we worked together, so I ran to the airport and swore I wouldn't talk to you ever again."
"That's why you didn't answer when I tried to call you," Mac said and she nodded at his conclusion. "I thought you regretted that night, that the alcohol made you do things you didn't really want to, and that you became a Stella I didn't even know."
"I loved you that night, Mac, I really did. And … I still do". Her deep green eyes were wet when she confessed that to him, but she couldn't deny it anymore.
He held her cheeks in his hand again "And I love you, Stella, do you hear me? I love you too, I don't regret a second of that night, that amazing night. It was so pure and special to me."
They couldn't close that love confession without a kiss.
This time, the kiss was gentle and light, both wanting to enjoy each other, slowly, to capture the moment.
So much lost time for such a stupid misunderstanding, caused by no more than a lost piece of paper.
After a minute or two, Mac remembering in something.
He slowed the rhythm, disconnected from her lips and stepped one little step back to ask Stella with caution. "Now that I know you love me, Stella, I have to ask you, who is Jim to you?"
She looked down and it made him nervous.
"He is just a good friend, Mac. Nothing more than that. He agreed to come with me, to play the part of my fiancée." She was willing to say the truth now looking steadily at him.
"And you're a having a baby with …just a good friend?" Mac asked cautiously.
Stella sighed and bit her lip. "No, Mac. It isn't his baby, it's yours," she confessed at last.
No way. Mac was stunned into silence and could only stare at her.
Stella continued quietly. "I…I lied when I said I was five months pregnant, I'm seven months pregnant with your child, Mac." Her eyes sparkled.
He tried to remember the night they spent together. "But…but we used protection..."
"I know, but it's never 100% safe. Stella gave him a rueful look. "When I found out I was carrying, I understood it must have failed. I was shocked, but the only thing I knew was that I was going to have him or her without a doubt. When Lindsay asked me to come here I was scared about the outcome, but luckily the doctor said I have a little belly so I wouldn't suffer from the heaviness…" Looking a bit guilty, she added, "And it would also look like I wasn't as far along as I am. Then I asked Jim to lie for me and he was such a gentleman and agreed." She stopped her story only to take a breath and ask in a small voice "Are you mad at me?"
"I would have been if I'd found out I have a child I don't know, with the woman I love the most," he said without any expression on his face.
It scared her. "I'll understand if you'll need time to get used to the idea…"
He cut her off immediately, taking her hands in his. "I don't need time to get used to the idea. There's nothing on earth that makes me happier than having you in my arms and knowing you're carrying our child. That night we made love I wondered how come we didn't start this before, and where we`d be if we had."
Stella couldn't be happier either, she loved hearing him say that. "I love you, Mac."
Smiling, she took his left hand and put it on her belly, and in that exact moment, the little guy inside kicked his father's hand and their laughter reached all the way to the moon.
-CSI: NY-
7 months later
"Stella…!" Mac yelled.
"What?" Her voice sounded distant.
"Can you help me? Please…?" Mac begged her.
"With what?" Her thin figure stood by the door frame.
He smiled to her, hopeless. "I can't get along with this."
She laughed at him and came closer. "It's just a diaper Mac, relax."
She managed to get in front of him "I can't believe you're the head of a crime lab, with all the forensic science, and yet one diaper is making you lost."
Mac hugged her from behind. "I'm just using you, so I don't have to deal with those things." He planted a kiss on her neck.
"You are pathetic." But she smiled at his gesture.
He continued mocking her. "Besides, I can kiss my wife at the same time her hands are busy."
Stella turned her head to him and they kissed. "I love you, you crazy one."
Stella lifted their baby boy and he smiled at his crazy in loved parents.
THE END