"Morning Messer." Aiden said walking into the lab with a huge smile on her face. She had taken three weeks off and now under Mac's direction she was back for half days.
"Aiden! Back in action today?"
"Only for the fun part, I still have afternoons off. And Mac says that you have to do all the heavy lifting."
"How are you feeling?" Danny asked picking up the case file.
"I'm good, it only took about three weeks to get here but I can finally make it up the stairs and Flack has started to stop worrying about me."
"How are you and Flack?"
"Good," Aiden nodded trying to leave it at that, and knowing that Danny was going to continue asking.
"Just good?" Yup, more questions. "You two were pretty into each other a couple of weeks ago. Now you're just good?"
"We are good, mind your own business." Aiden shoved Danny in a playful manner. "So what is the case?"
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"I made dinner," Flack said as Aiden walked into his apartment. "How was your day?"
"It was good and pouring cereal into a bowl is not cooking." Aiden dropped onto Flack's cushy couch. "And my day was okay. Spent most of it writing stuff down for Flack, it was pretty boring. I'm going to help Stella on her case tomorrow, working with Messer is a little taxing."
"Sounds good," Flack said passing Aiden a bowl of cereal and sitting down next to her. "Kiss?"
"Of course." Aiden leaned in and gave Flack a kiss. "Thanks for dinner."
"My specialty, mixed cereal. A little corn pops, all bran, it's all good." Flack continued eating while Aiden lay her head down on his chest. "Not hungry?"
"No, not really."
"Aiden you've barely eaten anything for the month, since the shooting." Flack ran his hand through Aiden's hair and carefully caressed her cheek. "Are you okay? Maybe you should go talk to…"
"I'm not crazy Flack, I'm just not hungry that's all." Aiden got up off the couch and went to the door. "I'm going to go home. I'll see you later." Aiden stormed out of Flack's apartment and out into the street. She couldn't believe him not wanting to go home she decided to head to the lab.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"Aiden?" Stella asked as she walked past Aiden's desk where she was sleeping.
"Stella, sorry I just..."
"Dozed off, yeah. I thought you went home." Stella passed Aiden a cup of coffee and sat down in a free chair.
"I went over to see Flack, we had a fight."
"Ah, well Mac, Danny and I were going to grab some dinner. Do you want to come along?"
"Nah, I'm not too hungry I'm going to go home and get some sleep. Working today took a lot out of me."
"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow," Stella said giving Aiden a friendly pat on the back before leaving. She, along with everyone else, had begun to worry about Aiden's well being. Ever since she had gotten shot on the job she seemed less secure in her work and in herself. Stella found her way to Mac's office and knocked on the door before walking in. "We need to talk," she said leaving no room for argument.
"Sure. What about?"
"Aiden."
"Aiden?"
"She is always tired, loosing weight, she needs to talk to someone. She needs to get help and if we don't get it for her she is going to crash and burn."
"I saw her today, she seemed fine."
"But you like to ignore problems, which is fine when they are your own but this effects not only the job but Aiden who we care about." Stella sat down at the desk and gave Mac a raised eyebrow. "You are the boss and you have to lay down the law."
"I'll talk to her tomorrow."