AN: Hey guys! I hope you like this it's Mac and Stella all the way!
Thanks to Catie Ann Fox, Lilmissbubblz, Fruitbat00, TexasParker89 and nsc for reviewing my last story and convincing me to post this and to Fruitbat00 and Remote Control Princess for reviewing this 1st time around! Hope you enjoy…
xoxox Tricki
Stella woke up to the sound of a ringing mobile phone.
"I wish this city would learn to sleep!" She mutters grumpily.
She reached over Mac and grabbed the ringing one. The problem was they both have the same company phone so without being sure someone was calling her she couldn't very well swear her guts out at them for ringing at three in the freaking morning. But then again she can't let it ring out because she doesn't want to wake Mac. So she answers the phone.
"Stella Bonasera." She says groggily.
"Stella?" Flack asks, puzzled.
"What are you doing answering Mac's phone?" Stella freezes. Same phone she remembers.
"Is-is this Mac's phone?" She asks, playing dumb.
"We must have grabbed the wrong ones when we left work!" she says airily. Well as airily as she can at three in the morning.
"Oh. Well we've got a pretty nasty case that I need you both for so…" Yes! He bought it! She thinks gleefully. Mac wakes up and notices Stella on the phone.
"What's going on Stel?" He asks groggily. Stella shoots him a look of disbelief. Now, Mac! You had to choose now to wake up!
"Is that Mac?" Flack asks, confused.
"Anyway so where's the case Flack." She accentuates the 'Flack' so Mac knows to shut up.
"Just down the end of Broadway. You can't miss it."
"Sounds like a goodie." Stella says, interested now.
"I'll be there in like forty-five." She says, allowing for coffee and each of their showers. Flack doesn't bother to ask if he should ring Mac, he has a pretty fair idea that she'll tell him.
"See ya" Flack says with many evil ideas floating about his head. Thank God he pressed the
'Record Convo' button. He knew something would come out of that call the second Stella picked up.
"Bye Flack." She says and hangs up. She puts Mac's phone on his bedside table and glares at him.
"I hope you're happy Mac Taylor! Now he thinks we're sleeping together!" she says pointedly.
"Stel we live together!"
"That's beside the point!" she replies, not ready to drop it.
"Stel, shut up." He says as he rolls over then kisses her.
"They had to find out sooner or later I guess." Stella concedes, wrapping her arms around him.
"Find out what exactly, Miss Bonasera?"
"That I love you."
"I love you too Stella."
"You know we do have forty five minutes." She says as a cheeky grin crosses her face.
"Good. Just enough." He replies and kisses her again.
"Just enough for what?" Stella raises her eyebrow.
"To show a good reason why this city never sleeps." He says and kisses her neck.
"Hang on." Stella says and drapes herself over his stomach to get to the bedside table.
"Just let me turn off my phone…"
