Disclaimer: I do not own CSI:NY or the FRIENDS storylines. If I did own CSI:NY, Mac and Stella would be together.

Notes: Well, I have been thinking. I have not had a shouting match yet. Well, I guess you could call the Danny/Lindsay fight a shouting match. I mean a true shouting match. I'm actually kind of known for them. Mac and Kelly can really just go at it. Not in the pervy way because I know some of you think that. Mac and Stella are together. Get your heads out of the gutter. Gosh, you are so wrong. Anyway Kelly and Hawkes are together. Duh. You stop the Q-Tip when there's resistance. Like I said, I have not had a true fight. It is something I really enjoy writing. Plus, my all time favorite episodes are the fights between Stella and Mac. I know I'm a SMacked fan, but they always make up. It's just those two going at it keeps their friendship real. Oh and this is for you Blue Shadowdancer. I missed Stella kissing Mac on the cheek in Right Next Door. Like always, enjoy.

The One Where Higgins Was Right

"Autopsy results?" Mac asked Kelly when she walked into the layout room. She handed him the file. Looking at her watch, she saw that not only had she been at the lab for less than an hour, but also that she had five hours till lunch. She overslept and had to rush to the lab with no breakfast. It wasn't her fault that the building's power went out and her phone died. It was just one of those days. Also her hometown hockey team, the Dallas Stars, had lost the night before to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The final score was 4 to 2. Now she was in a bad mood because of that. At least her iPod was working.

"Kelly? You with us?" Stella asked. Kelly turned to her snapping out of her train of thought.

"Uh… yeah," Kelly replied. She knew she would be reprimanded for not listening, but she wasn't concerned about that.

"Okay, what's your answer?" Mac asked.

"Sorry, I wasn't listening. Didn't think it was important," Kelly shrugged. This is the part where they scold me, Kelly thought. Also the part where I don't listen, she laughed silently. She wondered if they would notice if she put her iPod in. She decided not to risk another scolding which could go dangerously close to an interrogation. To her surprise, Mac decided not to say anything. Stella didn't press it either. It was not like them to not say something to her about it.

"You okay?" Stella was concerned.

"Yeah, anything on that trace I collected?" Kelly replied. There was nothing at that time. The three CSI's looked at the crime scene photos. In the next lab over, Hawkes and Danny were processing some clothes.

"How are things?" Hawkes asked him.

"Good," Danny wasn't sure why Hawkes cared.

"I mean with Lindsay," Hawkes looked very closely at a stain on the shirt he was processing. Danny put down the tweezers when he heard Lindsay's name.

"I messed up in a big way. How am I supposed to make it up to her?" Danny asked.

"The last time I gave you advice I got in a heap of trouble with Kelly," Hawkes cut out a piece of the stain. He bagged it for trace.

"You and Kelly?" Danny asked. Hawkes realized his mistake.

"I wish," Hawkes covered his tracks quickly. Danny believed him. It had come up once or twice that Hawkes liked Kelly more than he should as a friend.

"I really don't know how to make it up to Lindsay," Danny sighed.

"Look, you messed up in a big way. You have to make it up to her in a bigger way," Hawkes advised. They got back to work. After a glance at his watch, Hawkes saw that lunch was still an hour away. He sighed but took the samples to trace.

"Hey," Kelly said from where she was sitting in the trace lab.

"I thought you were working with Mac and Stella," Hawkes turned.

"Yeah, well, I was really bored. Anyway, I need to tell you something. Actually, it's more of a bet," Kelly told him.

"What?" Hawkes asked. He knew she didn't bet unless she was guaranteed to win. Still, she had to lose sometime.

"Mac and Stella," Kelly began.

"For the hundredth time are not together," Hawkes said.

"Fine then you won't lose if you bet," Kelly replied. Hawkes saw her point.

"What will I win?" he asked.

"Two hundred dollars if I'm wrong. If I'm right, you get my rookie duties for one month," Kelly said. Hawkes agreed. They shook on it, and Kelly returned to the layout room with the trace report.

"What took you so long?" Mac asked. Adam had paged them an hour before.

"I lost track of time?" Kelly wasn't sure that would work as a good excuse. Mac and Stella looked at her funny.

"You lost track of time?" Stella repeated as a question.

"So is there a policy against betting in the lab?" Kelly asked.

"Yeah, why?" Mac wondered. Kelly looked away. Crap, she thought.

"No reason," Kelly looked at the pictures on the table. Oh well, she decided. Taking a magnifying glass in one hand and a picture in the other, she went over every little detail in that picture. Still, she found nothing new. Finally, she saw that it was past noon so she took a lunch break. She came back after an hour to work on the case. Finally, she got off.

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"Well, hello Detective Higgins," Hawkes told her when he came to pick her up for their anniversary dinner. She was wearing a red dress and heels. She had her hair down. He eyed her up and down.

"Doctor," she took his arm as he led her to his car. They arrived at Speck a few minutes before seven.

"The name on the reservation?" the host asked.

"Sheldon," Hawkes told him. Kelly looked at him.

"Right this way," the host led them to a table in the back. The lights were dimmed in the restaurant. There was a lit candle shining a flickering light on the single red rose in the long silver vase. Hawkes pulled out Kelly's chair for her, like a true gentleman.

"Thank you, Sheldon," she emphasized calling him Sheldon seeing as she never did. He blushed a little.

"If I use Hawkes, they think I'm joking. No one seems to believe it's my last name," he told her. She smiled a little. It was quiet for a minute. Neither minded the silence.

"So, did you see the game last night?" Hawkes asked.

"I really don't want to talk about it," Kelly replied smiling. It wasn't her fault that all Dallas teams seemed to choke in the playoffs. They continued to talk about sports while the waiter didn't, well, wait on them. Finally, the man got them something to drink.

"Thank you," they told him even though they were mad at their lack of service. There were barely any tables occupied. Through the annoyance, Kelly saw something that made her smile.

"What?" Hawkes asked.

"Remember that bet we made?" she was visibly excited.

"Vaguely," Hawkes gave a slight laugh.

"I hope you enjoy your rookie duties," she smiled. Hawkes turned around. There in the entrance were Mac and Stella.

"You have got to be kidding me," Hawkes also smiled.

"I say we ignore them. We came here for our anniversary. Though I do want to say something to them," Kelly admitted.

"I say you are right, but maybe not about saying something to them," Hawkes took her hand. They continued talking about sports and favorite teams. Though, it was mainly about baseball. Kelly was faithful to her hometown team, the Texas Rangers, while Hawkes was for the Yankees. The waiter took forever to get over to them to take their food orders, but he did get over there. Before he did, Kelly noticed something and laughed.

"Unbelievable," she said.

"What?" Hawkes asked confused.

"Mac and Stella are getting so much better service," she laughed softly. Even though Hawkes and Higgins got their food first, they couldn't deny that Mac and Stella were getting so much better service.

"Would you like any dessert? We have a cheesecake that is phenomenal," the waiter said.

"That's okay. We would like the check," Hawkes said. The two CSI's wondered how such a nice restaurant could have such bad service. It was laughable. They walked outside into the city streets. Not far behind them, Mac and Stella came out of the restaurant. When Kelly saw them, she stopped for a minute.

"Hold on. I have wanted to say this for like thirty minutes," Kelly told Hawkes who sighed and rolled his eyes. Mac held the door for Stella.

"I'm telling you. She really looked like Higgins," Stella told him. Mac shook his head and smiled. He kissed her lightly. Hawkes and Higgins were walking that way anyway since Hawkes made the realization that he had parked on the other corner.

"Stella," Kelly called. Mac and Stella turned towards her blushing slightly. Mac bit his bottom lip in apparent embarrassment.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Sorry, you had a criminalist on your face," Kelly told her. Hawkes was a little embarrassed.

"You had to say something. One minute. You couldn't stay quiet for one minute," Hawkes mumbled under his breath.

After notes: I'm not telling you what happens next. I won't tell you right now. I hope you liked that one shot. Poor Hawkes, but I had to put that line in. I would like to thank my reviewers: luf100, lily moonlight, Blue Shadowdancer, GregRox, CSIMiami17, and Sarryb! You guys are insanely amazingly awesome! I love all of your stories. I also am trying to not leave you all hanging. I'm going to the meetings, but you guys have rubbed off on me. Now if you please write me a review. I would really appreciate it! You guys are my heroes!