Chapter 4:
Breaking Hearts
Mac had called ahead to the hospital and told the administrator that they were coming. When they arrived, he and Stella rushed into the ER. The doctor came to take the baby back to examine her and told Mac and Stella to wait in the not-so-colorful waiting room.
They sank onto a couch and waited. Stella was still deathly white so Mac put his arm around her and pulled her close. Still, he gets almost no reaction; she only moved to get closer to him. He sighs and lays his cheek on her mass of curly hair.
Though Stella is tired, she doesn't let herself fall asleep. Every time she closed her eyes she saw the image tat would stay with her forever. She looks at the clock. It was 3:15 and they've only been here for twenty minutes, but to Stella, if feels like a lifetime.
She listens to Mac's steady breathing and realizes that he has fallen asleep. She felt terrible for waking him but she needed to talk. He would give her a comfort that she only knew when she was with him.
"Mac?" she says quietly. Then a little louder, "Mac!" and he wakes up.
"Yeah Stell?"
"I just need to talk."
"Will you be ok?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine." She pauses and then says, "Mac, when I saw that baby lying on the floor covered in blood, I felt my heart crack. I was so scared she was dead. I don't even know this baby, Mac. Why am I acting like this?"
"Because, Stella," he answered. "You've got a caring heart; a mother's heart. You saw something dramatic and it'll take you a while to get over it. My heart broke when those towers fell. I've moved on but I still see it happening sometimes."
The doctor came to get them five minutes later and told them the verdict. The case had just gotten much more complicated.
A/N: I don't know when I'll have time to update again so I figured I'd put up two or three chapters. Please R&R.
Thanks CSI Ana Lee
Oh, I'm anxiously waiting to see what happens on in the end of Season 5!!! What about you???
