Hello! Sorry for the delay with the updates xD. I have a lot of things to do before the Christmas vacation -_-'
Well this chapter is corrected by SuallenParker, and now by Shopping-luva91 also
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Mac's POVI know I owe Stella an apology for my behaviour earlier. I was out of line. I overreacted.
It will be an unbearable situation at home if she is still mad at me. If she stays mad at me. We were supposed to work together on this.
"How are things going?" Flack asked me in the break room.
"Well… Okay I guess." I replied to him.
Flack just stared at me, and then began to laugh.
"No it isn't," he smirked. "You're lying!"
I glared at him.
"Oh, it looks like you invaded a dangerous area there, Flack!" Danny teased.
The two men then left the break room, laughing.
Is it that obvious? I wondered. I guess I have been a little bit absent-minded.
I've been thinking about the best way to make it up to her.
Making my way back to my office, I decided it would be best if I just grabbed some files and went home.
The door was locked when I arrived home, and all the lights were off.
Stella and Offe were nowhere to be found.
At first I thought they were out for a walk, but when an hour passed without them showing up, I grabbed my phone and dialed her number.
After a few moments of dialing sound, she picked up.
"Stella," She answered.
"Where are you?" I muttered, somewhat relieved that she had picked up, but also a little annoyed that she hadn't told me where she'd gone. She hadn't even sent me a text message!
"I'm at John and Linda's place," she told me. "Just across the street, you know."
Of course I know, I thought and felt how my heart began to pound faster.
"Great Stella," I hissed. "So you didn't listen to me, you went down there by yourself. Just perfect."
"Mac please," she sighed. "I really don't want to have this conversation again."
"Hold on a sec," she said, and I heard another voice. Another woman talking to Stella.
"Are you talking to Mac?"
"Yes, I am." I heard Stella say.
"Tell him to come over too." Now I recognized the female voice, it was Linda's. "You can both stay for dinner!"
"Did you hear that Mac?" Stella said to me. "We're invited for dinner, and it would be a shame to not accept it."
I heard her emphasize the last sentence.
"Fine," I grumbled. "I'll be over in a few"
I felt a lot calmer now that I knew Stella wouldn't be alone there anymore.
"Hi there," Stella said when I entered Linda and John's living room.
"Hi," I smiled at her, pretending everything was alright between us.
"Come and sit down," she said, and made some room for me on the couch.
I sat down and couldn't resist the urge to lay my arm around her tiny waist.
"Mac, what are you doing?" She hissed quietly so Linda wouldn't hear, and tried to struggle free.
"Nice to see you too, sweetheart." I smirked and received an angry glance from her.
I know that annoying Stella isn't really the best way to make peace with her, but I couldn't stop myself mocking her just a little bit.
Stella sighed and rested her head against my shoulder when she heard Linda was on her way to the living room.
She glanced at me and whispered "You are so going to pay for this later, Taylor."
"Oh, hello Mac" Linda said when she walked in to the living room. "So nice of you to come and join us, I've heard a lot about you."
"Hi Linda," I replied with a smile. "Glad to see you again."
I was quietly wondering what Stella had told Linda about me, I hope good things.
"Where's John?" I asked her.
"He'll be home in any minute now," Linda smiled.
"Do you want some help in the kitchen, Linda?" Stella cut in.
"No, it's okay; I have everything under control," Linda answered and headed to the kitchen.
"Stell," I whispered in her ear. I paused and gathered enough courage to continue. "I owe you an apology. I overreacted last night… I don't know what had gotten in to me. I'm so sorry Stella. I just don't want you to get hurt, I worry about you. I can't stand to see you get hurt like…"
"Mac," she cut me off and moved even closer to me. "Shh…." Stella murmured and put a finger on my lips to prevent me from speaking. "Stop rambling, I'm the one who does that."
"So we're good?" I needed to be reassured.
"Of course we are, we're fine." She confirmed and hugged me tighter.
"But I'm still not willing to let you go down here without telling me," I whispered.
"Way to go and ruin the mood, Mac." Stella teased. "We'll talk about this later, at home"
"Oh, am I disturbing anything?" Linda asked shyly from the doorway.
"No of course not!" Stella and I said in unison.
"May I use your bathroom?" Stella asked and rose from the couch.
"Yeah, sure. Go down the hallway and then to the left," Linda explained.
"Thanks."
"How's work?" Linda asked after a while.
"Good," I replied. "Though it's been a little bit busy the last few days."
"Advertising agency, huh? Stella told me."
"Yeah" I confirmed.
"How's are things around here?" I asked her, hoping that she might say something useful.
"Everything's fine here," she paused. "Stella told me you two were trying to have children."
What? I thought, are we?
"Yeah…" I mumbled. I didn't know what to say.
"It would be so nice if our kids could play together!" Linda squealed.
I heard Stella's heels clicking against the floor; she was on her way back. Thank God!
I don't know what to say, or what Stella has already said to Linda.
"So, what did I miss? Fill me in." Stella sat down next to me.
"Nothing, we were just talking about kids." Linda played with her wedding band on her finger.
I couldn't help but wonder how much longer she'd be able to do that.
"Kids…? Yeah." Stella started to play with one of her curls that had fallen out from her ponytail.
I felt very uncomfortable with the topic of conversation. It was enough with I was pretending to be married to her, and now we were apparently trying to have kids…?
"Do you have any ideas for names?"
"Ehrm…." Stella mumbled. I saw that she was equally as uncomfortable as I was. "Well, not Mackenzie or anything like that."
"Good choice," I pointed out.
"I know," Stella teased and poked my side.
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EHEHE, well I have actually finished the 15:th chapter already xD
All I have to do is to push the "update" button... Rewiev or I won't push the buttom*evil laugh* (ewww... I'm refering to a Shugababes song so... yuck.. no offense but..)
Well to be clear: please rewiev, it really makes my day!
And yeah, I've been thinking about writing a sequel to this when the case is solved. What do you think?
/Maja