A/N: Hey guys, i'm reeaallly sorry i havn't got an update out sooner, no excuses but like college an stuff, i jus havnt had chance, that an my stupid internet wont work properly most of time, seems to be behavin now tho, yay, okies, so i gots some more to this story, hope you enjoys :D, to Hotchner, sorry this wasn't out earlier even tho in ur review asked so nice, so i'll try get the next one out quicker, hope u all like it, plz review i love them :D, Enjoy, Love CalleighRox
Chapter 3
She came back out about half an hour later, Mac was in the kitchen trying to find something to cook for his niece, he heard her come into the kitchen,
'what do you like to eat?', he asked her, Dannii giggled,
'what have yah got?', she asked, she walked over and stood behind him,
'not much, I didn't have time to go shopping', Dannii laughed again, and shook her head,
'lemme see', she walked over to the fridge and pulled out vegetables and chicken, and various sauces from his shelves, 'I'll make us a stir fry', she announced, Mac looked surprised, and then wary, was he going to let a seventeen year old loose in his kitchen,
'you can cook?', he asked, she shot him a look,
'of course I can', she told him, 'do you like Chinese?', she asked him, 'I make a great stir fry', she smiled, Mac chuckled,
'okay, just don't set my place on fire, I'm going to get some stuff from the shop down the street, you need anything?', he asked, Danni thought for a minute, she had all the stuff she needed for cooking, then she turned and looked at his drinks,
'do you have any drinks like fizzy pop or juice cordial?', she asked,
'no, I don't drink it that much I'll grab you some, anything else?',
'ooh, ice cream', she smiled, Mac chuckled,
'okay, fizzy pop, juice, ice cream', Dannii nodded and went to work hunting for her Uncle's Wok to make dinner. Mac chuckled and headed to the shop, he decided to walk, give her some space, she'd been on a plane for a few hours, she'd probably appreciate some space. When he got to the shop he picked up the things he needed and what Dannii had asked for, he remembered back to when she was a little kid, and how much she loved milk and cookies, he decided he'd surprise her with milk and cookies, so he grabbed some off the shelf. He walked over to the counter,
'hey Mac', the young cashier greeted him friendly,
'hey Hannah', he greeted back, he noticed her surprised look when she saw what he was buying, he chuckled, 'my niece has come up from Chicago', he explained,
'oh', she smiled, ' I loved milk and cookies too', she told him, 'my mom says I'm too old now', she told him, mock cross, Mac chuckled,
'I'll send her down to come meet you one day, she's here for couple weeks,' he told her, with a smile as he paid for his stuff, 'she'll probably need someone her own age to talk to anyways',
'thanks Mac, that'd be great, I'll show her around', she smiled, 'have a good night, tell her I say hi',
'thanks Hannah, you too, and I will, she's cooking Chinese now, see you tomorrow', he chuckled, Hannah smiled as he left and went back to reading her magazine while no one was in the shop.
Mac arrived back home to find it was still standing and a nice aroma coming from the kitchen. He wandered in to find Dannii stirring the chicken and adding the sauces and vegetables, he stood in the doorway and watched, he was sure his sister used to cook in the exact same way, her hair was up in a messy bun and she had a look of concentration on her face he saw his sister wear countless times. He smiled and put his bag of shopping down,
'smells good', he told her, she looked up, slightly surprised,
'thanks, I didn't hear you come in, sorry',
'that's okay', he told her with a chuckle, 'there's a young girl works in the corner store called Hannah, I think you'd get on well with her, she's someone your age to talk to', he told her, 'she says hi', he added, Dannii smiled,
'why, she dress like me?', she asked, Mac chuckled,
'no, but she's nice', Dannii smiled again,
'okay, I'll go meet her tomorrow then', she told him, 'when we get back from work', she added with a grin, Mac smiled and unpacked the bag.
'here's your ice cream, your juice and fizzy pop, and I got you something else', he told her, Dannii turned around curious, as he pulled out the milk and cookies, he saw her eyes light up and she squealed,
'milk and cookies, thanks Uncle Mac', and she ran and gave him a hug nearly knocking him over, Mac chuckled,
'you still love them then huh', he commented,
'yeah!', she told him, 'and dinner is nearly ready, I just need to set the table and get the plates out, by the time I do that it should be ready to be served, so go wash up and get ready', she told him, Mac chuckled, definitely like her mother. He wandered off to wash up and get ready for dinner while she put the dinner out. He decided to change into just a t-shirt and jeans, the summer heat was still warm even at this time. Then a thought hit him, it was July, what was in July?, he thought for a minute as he got changed, then it hit him, Dannii's Birthday!, he changed quickly and decided to check with her, this would be her eighteenth.
As her emerged from her room she was setting the plates down at the table, it smelt great,
'hey Dan, when's your birthday', Dannii grinned,
'you remembered' she answered, 'it's in two days', she told him,
'it'll be your eighteenth, why didn't you go with your mother?', he asked her confused,
'I just didn't want to go where they were going, and mom said she couldn't have me stay alone, even though I was nearly eighteen she said it was gonna be my birthday I shouldn't be alone, so she said she'd pay for the tickets for me to come stay with you in New York, I couldn't say no, New York!! Uncle Mac', she told him excitedly, Mac chuckled,
'well, I'll see what I can do for you', he told her,
'oh, no Uncle Mac, you don't have to' she told him, panicking now because he thought he had to do something for her birthday,
'I know I don't have to', he told her, 'I want to, you're my niece and its your eighteenth birthday, a special day, and I will make sure it is', he told her, Dannii grinned, they both sat down to their dinner and continued chatting about what they could do for her birthday. After dinner Mac insisted he wash up because she cooked, Dannii laughed but wasn't going to argue, she went over to the sofa and flopped down, she reached over for the remote and switched the TV on, it was the news about a mass shooting in a night club, Mac walked in and groaned as he realised what it meant, Dannii didn't catch on until his cell phone rang,
'Detective Taylor…Hey Flack…yeah I saw it on the news just…you called Stella, Danny and Aidan?… okay…yeah she's here…okay I'll be there soon as I can… okay bye Flack', he clicked off his phone and disappeared into his room, calling, 'get ready Dannii, we're going in now, you have ten minutes', Dannii got up and ran into her room, ten minutes, how was she going to change in ten minutes, as if he could read her mind Mac stuck his head around the open door with a defeated look as he did up his tie,
'you'll have to go as you are, we don't have time for you to change', he told her, Dannii grabbed a jacket and her bag with her mp3 player in and her book, she made sure her hair was back enough and looked okay before leaving her room and heading to the door to wait for her Uncle,
'there's water bottles in the fridge, we may be there a while, I take it you don't drink much coffee', he called from his room, Dannii smiled, and went to grab a bottle of water. About a minute later Mac exited his room again holding his crime scene kit, looking smart and more like the Detective she'd been told about, she smiled at his transformation, he saw her look and nodded,
'yeah, go on', he told her with a smile as he indicated towards the door, Mac grabbed his keys and phone, and locked up behind them.
A/N2: so waddiya thinks? did ya like it:) love it:D hate it?:S, lemme know in a review :D an thanx for reading :D love CalleighRox xx
P.S. sorry guys i'm not sure what the acent is like in Chicago, so how she talks is probably jus like common English slang mostly, lol, xx