A/N: Here is next chapter. Thank you for the reviews.
Disclaimer: see ch1

"And it's going to find a match now!" Stella said jumping around to look at the monitor. "Damn." She said when is reveled the 'Searching' image still. Lindsay just smiled at her friend's boredom.

"Stel the faster it finds a match, the sooner you have to go back to paper work."

"Good point." The CSI said. "Don't find a match, don't find a match." At this Lindsay said started laughing.

"Hey, hey I'm the one that's going to be here 'till 2 in the morning if I don't find a match." Lindsay said laughing.

The two were so busy laughing and joking they didn't notice their boss come in.

"Hello." Mac said making both women turn with a start.

"Mac." Stella said with a smile while Lindsay just stared at Mac.

"Lindsay, can I talk to you?" Mac said more than asked.

"Sure, Mac." She said in a small voice. Lindsay looked back at Stella then followed Mac to him office.

They walked into Mac's office and he pointed for her to sit in a chair across the desk from him. Lindsay sat down while Mac walked around to sit in his own chair. They sat in silence while they stared at each other.

"Mac…" Lindsay began when she couldn't take the silence anymore.

"So what happened?" he said leaning towards her. Lindsay just looked at him. "It doesn't take a genus to figure out something happened since you engagement party. That was less than 36 hours ago." He said looking at the youngest member of his team.

"It's one of those things that is it had been said months ago it would be OK, but since it waited this long and the way it came out." Lindsay blurted out and Mac had no idea what she was taking about.

"Lindsay, Lindsay, start at the beginning." He said looking at the distressed women in front of him. Lindsay closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"OK, it happened about six months ago when I walked in on Peyton and you. Remember?" she asked slightly wincing at the embarrassing memory. Mac just nodded, typical Mac, no reaction showing. "Well Stel and I were talking about weather you would be mad if it were one of us making out in one of the labs, and that turned into a bet of me kissing someone with you seeing, and Ste picked that 'someone' to be Danny. Well when I saw you passing I kissed him. You just kept going, making me lose the bet by the way, but Danny well, um, took the kiss as something else and kissed me, then asked me out and long story short we started going out. Stel and I just figured never to tell him 'cause it didn't really matter and probably over react." Lindsay finished and looked up at Mac. Who had a questioning look on his face.

"How did he find out if you and Stella decided not to tell him?" He asked.

"Well Stel told Flack during her during the bet, and after everyone else left last night we had a few more beers and Flack just blurted it out. Danny got pissed and stormed out.

"Oh." Mac said looking at hands. The office fell silent, until Lindsay broke the tension again.

"Mac, I am really sorry about earlier. I know we should keep our personal stuff out of the office."

"Lindsay I'm not mad at you. I knew eventually something was going to happen. You work together and you're in a relationship. I know you didn't mean for this to happen, and I know you are both professional and can work this out somehow and can at least work together again. I'd be a bit of a hypocrite if I said you can't have a relationship. But you two do need some space, that's why I sent Danny out on a case with Flack. Stella is with you on finishing up your case. Go tell her, I'm sure she will be happy to get out of paper work." Mac said with a smile as he made his way around to Lindsay. She stood up and walked started to go over to the door. As she made her way to the door Mac held the door open for her. "Give it time, Linds, it will work out." He said as she left.

Lindsay went back to the lab to find Stella staring at the computer screen.

"A watched search never finds a match." Lindsay said coming in the room behind her friend.

"How'd it go?" Stella asked with concern,

"Fine. Actually he said you get out of paper work 'cause you are helping me finish this case, and he sent Dan out with Flack, to get some space between us." Lindsay said sitting on a stool.

"Danny with Don? Is that safe?" Stella asked.

"I don't know. They've been friends forever but Danny's really pissed. The younger women said putting her head in her hands.

""Hey this isn't going to find a match anytime soon, let's get some coffee." Stella suggested looking at her friend.

"Ya, OK." Lindsay said walking out with Stella. "I just hope Danny and Don are ok."

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In a car across town,

"You son of a bitch!"

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