Just now posting this story. I came up with the idea a while ago. It's kind of in the middle of the 7th season. I don't own them, because if I did Stella never would have left like she did.
"When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future." -Bernard Meltzer
Everyone in the room was silent as they looked back and forth between Mac and then Stella. They could feel the tension starting to rise and wondered who would break the silence first. Lindsay and Jo had moved aside and were now standing out of the way watching as the scene was about to unfold.
"Stella, why did you come?" Mac asked with a hint of frustration in his voice that wasn't lost on the other people standing in the room.
"I came because I felt like this is where I need to be right now," she said with a huff of annoyance and conviction.
"Well I don't need you here. You should go back to New Orleans, back to your new life." Mac said with a touch of sarcasm, embedded in his words for emphasis. Mac realized he was being harsh, but he still wasn't over the fact that she had left. He had decided that distance was better, so he wouldn't get hurt again.
"Did you ever think that I didn't come back for you? Danny is hurt as well. Not to mention the shape the lab is in." Stella couldn't believe the way Mac was acting. She knew that right before she left Mac and her had been on shaky ground. Their whole relationship had been shaken to the core. Not even their long history together made any difference. All those years of being there for each other and the memories they shared couldn't save them.
"Well then you should go visit Danny. I think he's in worse shape than me." Mac looked down and couldn't meet Stella's gaze because he thought he might give some sort of emotion away, something that he didn't want her to see. He also realized that he had an audience and didn't want to lose it in front of them.
"I wanted to see if you were at least alive. Now that I know you are, I'm going to go. It's nice to know that you are still the same stubborn, hard headed Mac Taylor I knew." Stella turned around and then walked out of the room. Once in the hall she turned and looked back at him and sighed. 'That went better than I thought it would,' she thought and then walked towards the ICU to see Danny.
Back inside Mac's room, Lindsay walked up to him with a disapproving look, "Don't start Lindsay."
"Mac I don't know what happened between you two, but I know that Stella just flew here to see you and you couldn't even be civil."
"Lindsay…. If you knew why….."
"That's the thing Mac. I don't know, the team doesn't know. None of us know, because you never told us. So tell us now." Lindsay saw Mac look at her and then Jo. She could tell that he was deciding on how much to tell them. Before he said anything, else Jo stepped forward.
"Mac, seeing how I don't really know her I can come back later." Jo walked towards the door and said, "I'm glad you're okay." She turned and left.
Now Mac wished that she hadn't. He had to tell Lindsay something now though because he did start it. He sighed and then started in on some backstory. "She told me that she was offered a supervisor position in New Orleans. At first, I was angry and she knew that. I didn't exactly hide it. We purposefully ignored each other as much as we could except when we had to talk to each other. It took a few days, but I could finally talk to her without yelling at her. I went over to her apartment after work one night and we talked about it for a while. We somehow managed to have a civil conversation and were repairing some of the damage that I had caused because of some angry outbursts. It was getting late and I was about to leave when she said something to me that I will never forget." Mac stopped and then looked at Lindsay, debating whether or not to tell her.
"Go on Mac, you can tell me."
Mac looked at her and then sighed. He might as well tell someone, "She said that after all these years she had slowly but surely fallen in love with me." Mac saw Lindsay smile and then continued. "I didn't know what to say, but I guess that was enough. After that she apologized and said that she shouldn't have told me and then said that I should go."
"Mac it's no surprise that you love each other."
Mac ignored that statement and continued with the story. "I was in shock and figured that I should leave. I remember walking out into the hall and after the door closed behind me I heard her crying. I did that Lindsay. I made her cry."
"How do you feel about her? Was it all just a big misunderstanding?"
Mac looked at Lindsay. "I….."
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