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Is It Too Late for Apologies?

The night was long for both Mac and Stella. She had to cry herself to sleep, Mac was in the bathroom most of the time throwing up.

Once he came out of his bedroom when he woke up he went to go put on a pot of coffee. He saw Stella on the couch.

"Why is she still here?" Mac moans, heading to his kitchen.

Stella who only had thirty minutes of sleep woke up to the smell of coffee. She went into the kitchen and saw Mac continuously stir his coffee.

"Mac?" she asked, sitting down, causing him to look up.

"I don't have anything to say to you right now."

"Then let me do all the talking," she pauses. "You must been really pissed at me, drinking yourself into a morbid depression. I know my actions caused that to happen. I don't know what I was thinking, we should have talked about the situation before it got out of hand. All I know is that I have to make it up to you, but don't know how."

"You don't have to make up for anything," he growls, going over to his couch.

She gets up and sat down next to him.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Stella frowns.

"If you have to do something, maybe this relationship, isn't meant... to work."

"Mac, I don't want to break up with you."

"You mean you can't break up with me because you will just feel sorry for yourself."

"That's not true Mac, and you know it."

"Stella, I'm not going to argue with you about this okay?"

"Fine," Stella crossed her arms.

"I hate this damn feeling of being lost. We aren't meant to be, so you might as well move on with your life Stella."

"I don't want to move on without you in my life."

"It's too late Stella. I don't want to love you if it hurts this much."

"You love me?" she frowns, water coming in her eyes.

"I do want to, but I see how that turned out. I'm better off alone anyways," he frowns looking away from Stella.

"Mac, Don said you are happiest when you are with me."

"I was but unfortunately we both lead different paths. You where your the gorgeous woman that every one loves. And I'm just the guy who gets screwed over, believing every line people give me."

"I can't let you go Mac. We will make it through all the road blocks in our life."

"I just want to have a simple relationship."

"Simple doesn't exist."

"You don't need me Stella. Just go to Jess' brother, he's in love with you."

"I don't love him Mac, I love you. I wish I told you sooner," she sighs, closing her eyes, stopping the tears from coming. "I should have told you about the James thing before you found out about it Jess' way."

"You should of told me sooner, I thought I could trust you. But I found out from Jess. You know how much that hurt me."

"Mac..."

"Let me finish what I'm trying to say. Trust means the world to me, and it takes a while for it to rebuild. Claire let me down for hiding stuff about her thought to be dead boyfriend, I don't want a relationship if I can't trust you. Just because the truth might hurt, it's better to find out sooner than later."

"Mac, I realize that now."

"I would want this to work, but if you can't be honest with me then we are wasting our time with being together."

"Well, I want to stay with you Mac, forever. And if I'm being honest, I'm going to have to tell you how James became in love with me."

"I don't want to hear the story Stella. But, are you positive you want to be in this relationship, honestly?"

"I will do anything to make this relationship work. I can't lose you Mac."

"I can't stand the thought of losing you Stella. Another reason why I drunk myself into a morbid depression, hearing he loves you made me feel that I was going to lose you."

"I wouldn't even think about leaving you Mac. I care for you too much," she rubs his back. "Are we good now?"

He nods, "I think so," he wraps his arm around her.

"I missed this so much Mac. I love you."

"I love you too," he kissed the top of her head. "So, you were going to tell me about James?"

"Only if you want, I don't want you to feel like your going to lose me any more."

"After last night, I won't ever get that way. I don't like me drunk," he smirks.

"Me either."

"So you can tell me about the James thing because I'm curious of how he got interested in my woman, which I would fight for any day."

"Well, it was New Year's Eve. I was upset because it would have been a year anniversary with Frankie. Me and James had a little too much to drink. We were the last two up after the ball dropped. We were both on the kitchen floor, he had his arm around me. I talked to him about my relationship with Frankie and me shooting him. He told me if he was there he would have protected me. I thought it was adorable of him, so we ended up kissing, but I pulled back because I couldn't do something with Jess' brother because she was my best friend and I was just doing it because I was drunk and depressed. Then I went to bed and never spoke of it ever again. Jess doesn't even know, she just thinks he likes me, because every one else does."

"And he fell in love with you because of that?" he asked and she nodded.

"I'm sorry."

"For what? You told me the truth, and I couldn't be happier that you turned him down.

"I couldn't do something I wasn't ready for."

"And now?"

"I am ready for anything you want to do," she smirks, snuggling in Mac's embrace.

The rest of the morning spent in silence, and Stella catching up on the sleep she missed. Both glad that things were back to normal between them.

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