The apartment door opened and Stella nearly collapsed into the apartment with laughter.

giggle 'She so fancied you Mac,' giggle

'Really,' Mac rolled his eyes the past 10 minutes would haunt him forever.

'Mac what do you mean really,'

giggle

'That granny just squeezed your,'

giggle

'ass, I wish I had had a camera,'

giggle

'your face was soo…'

'OK Stel you've had your fun now stop teasing!'

'Spoil the fun why don't you Captain!' Stella pouted, 'I'm sorry, here,' She stepped forward and kissed him, 'is that better?'

'Mmmm, I'm not sure I might need another one…' Mac raised an eyebrow as Stella kissed him again.

Mac brushed his tongue along Stella lips and Stella moaned in pleasure as Mac's tongue began to explore her mouth. When the need for oxygen became unbearable they reluctantly broke apart.

'Tea?' Stella asked as she walked into the kitchen. Since Stella had introduced Mac to the English beverage he couldn't get enough of it. 'Maaccc we haven't got any milk can you go get some,' She popped her head out of the kitchen, 'please?'

Mac sighed, 'Ok, I'll be 10 mins.'

When he arrived back the apartment was quiet and there were no lights on. 'Stel?' He began to walk further into the apartment and when he finally reached the bedroom he found that that was also empty. He was about to turn around when he felt a gun being pressed up against his back. His heart began to race.

'Strip Captain', Mac did as he was told, 'Sit…' Mac looked around the room and saw a chair that was never usually in the room which had been placed in the centre of the room. Again he obeyed the command.

Stella was still stood behind Mac and tied him to the chair with those black fluffy handcuffs that Danny had given him as a joke many months ago. She then put a blind fold over his face and had a little fun.


It was the day after the lab visit and Stella had been at her desk filling out paperwork, it was only 8:00am and she was bored already. She had come in early with Mac and was now regretting the decision as she had been sick twice since she had arrived.

'Great, I'm allowed back in the lab and a may be coming down with something!' Stella said out load to an empty office.

The door opened and a familiar female's voice echoed around the room, 'Morin' Stel I brought coffee!'

Stella didn't really feel like coffee at the moment, it was making her want to run to the bathroom for the third time so she politely put it on the desk. 'Thanks Linds, so what have you been up to while I wasn't here?'

'Erm you know the usual it's been a bit boring really' Lindsay sighed, 'Oh I was meaning to thank you!'

'What do you mean?' Stella asked a little surprised.

'I won the lab pool, $550 I got all together!' Lindsay was still couldn't believe how much she had gotten. 'I think it's been going for a few years!'

'Really? And when are you and Danny going to tell everyone else about what you two have been doing for the past couple of months?' Stella giggled as her colleague blushed at her words.

'Oh come on Stel I only told you because I was that happy I needed to share!'

'Yeh I know, do you think Danny has told anyone?' Stella asked with a smirk.

'Noooo he didn't?' Stella nodded, 'I'm going to kill him, he was the one who didn't want to tell anyone! I'll see you later Stel I need to go and find a certain detective.'

Lindsay left Stella alone again watching the time pass extremely slowly.

10:00am

11:00am

12:00pm

12:30pm, The door opened revealing Mac he looked around and found Stella dozing on the keyboard. He looked at the screen and laughed when he saw that there was about 14 pages of Ks! 'Stel sweetheart wake up' Mac whispered shaking her awake.

'What?' Stella said quickly lifting her head up and smoothing her hair back into place.

'Sure you don't want to go back home and go to bed?' Mac questioned

'No way!' Stella suddenly fully awake, 'I was just bored!'

'Oh ok, come on lets go get some lunch' Stella practically leaped out of her seat, kissed him on the check, grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the lab.

Mac and Stella were sat in a small café on Park Avenue laughing and joking while getting ready to order.

'What can I get you sir?' The waiter asked as he walked up to the table.

'Erm two of your house sandwiches and two coffees please' Mac asked politely.

'Err one coffee please I have some water.' The waiter nodded and walked away.

'Everything ok Stel? It's not like you to turn down a hot cup of the brown stuff.' Mac asked a little concerned.

'Yeh I'm fine I just felt a little ill this morning, I'm fine with the water.' Stella entwined her fingers with his on the table and smiled, 'Honestly, I'm fine, now I want all the info on this morning DB.'

They were nearly finished when Mac's phone rang, 'Taylor…… ok I'll be there in five I'm just down the road.'

'Yesss it's my lucky day' Stella said delighted 'If I'm here with you and the crime scenes only down the road then I get to help!'

Mac dropped a few bills onto the table and stood up, Stella was already at the door, 'Come on Mac stop being slow!'

'Hey Stel' Flack shouted as Mac and Stella joined him by the DB, 'I thought you were on desk duty!'

'Yeh well we were having lunch when you rang, oh and she was whinging!'

Stella slapped him around the head, 'Ow Stel that hurt' Mac rubbed his head, 'What was that for?'

'I was not whinging a may have moaned slightly but I didn't whinge, OK?' Stella asked rubbing Macs head where she had hit him also.

'Hello guys I'm still here,' Flack said waving at his colleagues, 'you sound like an old married couple' Stella glared at him, 'Ok Bonasera keep your fists to yourself I don't want a repeat of that little nose bleed Mac gave me a couple of weeks back!'

'You hit him' Stella now glaring at Mac, 'why did you hit him?'

'Well when you were in that warehouse they were trying to stop me from coming in,' going slightly pink Mac continued, 'anyway getting back to the present ….I let you come with me and you start moaning again, I said moaning! Ok Don, what we got?'

Glancing down at the body, Flack gave Mac and Stella the info, 'from what I can gather it's a hit and run but in my opinion his injuries don't look bad enough to have killed him. Anyway I'm just going over there' he pointed to a crowd of people, 'to get statements so behave yourself.'

'Oh Flack shut up and go and do your job!' Stella ordered Flack as herself and Mac began to process the scene, 'Mac, can you do me a favour?' Stella said in a quiet and soft tone.

'Yeh, what is it?'

'Just don't leave me alone! She smiled weakly.

'I'm not letting you out of my sight sweetheart.' Mac smiled back and kissed the back of her hand.


Mac turned off the engine of his SUV as him and Stella arrived back in the CSI garage. 'Stel?'

'Yeh?' Stella her head and jumped as Mac kissed her. It was one of those soft kisses that made Stella feel special and loved. He pulled away but she kept her eyes closed savouring the moment, 'What was that for?' Stella asked finally opening her eyes.

'I don't know I just wanted to kiss you, what the hell, I could sit here all day and kiss you.' Mac smiled, so did Stella.

She leaned closer and kissed him. Mac moaned as he felt Stella's tongue move along his lips. They stayed there for about 5 minutes in a world of their own with out breaking the connection that had fused when their lips had joined. It wasn't a needy kiss well it was but it wasn't the sort of kiss they had shared the night they had gone that 'club' it was full of need for love.

In Mac's opinion there are no words to describe how he felt in those 5 minutes. He didn't know how to express what that one kiss could do to him. It was pure love, purer than the silk that a god could produce but at that moment he knew where and who he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

As they pulled apart Stella rested her forehead on Mac's, 'I love you captain'

'I love you to Stel'

He put his arm around her shoulders and she leaned into him, they stayed there for another half an hour until they decided they best get moving before someone began to look for them.