Say Something

By: mj0621

Disclaimer and stuff: see earlier chaps…

Author's Notes: I watched the Run Silent Run Deep rerun, saw Apollo13 this early morning(1:30am), watched Forest Gump (I have to say Gary really made me laugh with his role! So not him to have a funny role...:P) and an unknown cop movie with Gary again…sigh And with your awesome PMs and reviews, I will post this simple Epilogue…I love ya guys! thanks! …nice to meet new reviewers…:) makes me wanna post a lot of fics..lol on to the Epilogue, glad you like this fic as much as I do… you guys rock and SMacked and M&Ms rule!

Epilogue: Friday Night at Rakuza

Mac Taylor, grasping a pile of files and folders, strode towards his office along with his partner (in many ways…literally) Stella Bonasera who was holding a couple of mugs full of coffee. He glared at all the employees who gave them a what-did-we-miss look as they pass by.

Yeah, I'm glowing and he's the reason…deal with it!

/Stare all you want, I don't care that much anymore. She's mine and I'm glad she is. I would announce it to all of you with pride but that's not really none of your business./

Mac was about to steal another glance at the woman beside him but a newbie lab tech, Marion Heatherwood, appeared blocking their way with a knowing smirk and twinkling eyes.

"Hey hey Stella! Mac!...I see you're finished with your oh-so-famous case eh?" making quotation marks with her fingers, toned sarcastic, then returned back to the bubbly way she was earlier. "I didn't doubt that…that's a piece of cake for the two best detectives…plus one and two more… in this building! You get the point…I see you decided to do paperwork together…how sweet!"

This girl is something…cute…makes me smile and wonder at the same time.

He raised his brow "Is there something else you like to tell us besides making our heads big?"

Marion felt a smile in his tone.

"Of course oh so powerful Sir Mac." she bowed a bit in front of him making Stella giggle.

She's doing the things I do to Mac… in a 'daughterly' way. And he doesn't mind like he does with me…cute…

Mac looked at the giggling woman beside him and shook his head. "Ok, what happened to Danny and Lindsay?"

The lab tech replied, bouncing making her ponytail move that way as well "Cool! Ya figured it out! You're really good!...oh…ok, as you know the two have URL today…-"

Mac interrupted "Are you getting classes from Stella or something like that?"

Marion rolled her eyes, smirk turning into a wide grin.

So I found my protégé eh?

"As I was saying, a guy tech told me he heard the two shouting at each other…well, Linds was." She thought for a minute before continuing. "to think of it, they're still in the locker room now. They started when you guys went in the break room. "

"Where do you get these things?"

Stella's giggle evolved into a laugh as Marion shrugged and walked into the lab to continue her work. She turned to Mac (whilst feigning to be serious) and whispered "There's something about that girl which makes her different from other techs here…"

Mac snorted "You said you like here a million times today. I'll say, you just found your student. Hyper like someone who had too much sugar…" then he faced her with a slight grin "like you…"

/Another Stella in the making that girl…/

He received a not-so-gentle slap on the arm from her…then nodded "maybe you're aright…" They started walking again when he spoke "I am right and you know that…"

"So if she's like me, you like her too?" He shrugged again. He does alright. She gave him a smile "So you wanna see the couple with URL?" Mac looked at the files in his possession (and Stella's pouting face) "Let's put these down first on my table shall we?" he sighed.

/Things I do for this woman./

Score! Gotta love this man!

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"Just clear it up for me will ya? Why are you so damn pissed? "

Lindsay Monroe gave him a disbelieving look. "You know damn well Messer."

"If I knew, I wouldn't be asking would I?" Danny Messer leaned on his locker door, hands in his pockets.

Lindsay spat back, voice lowered so no one but him could hear. "You…You're so cold you know that? Cold! You came home with me last night…then this morning I didn't even see you except for a note!"

-I know I'm not making sense that much but I'm so really pissed at him right now.-

"I don't remember a damn thing Danny! And the note didn't help either! It just said 'See you at work.' How am I suppose to understand what happened? I was hoping you would explain but you didn't!"

/Oh, so this is what it's all about…for crying out loud…I didn't get that for a sec…the H.A.W.'s getting to her I see…here goes nothing./

Danny walked towards her, toe to toe, and he felt her tense up. "Nothing happened. I didn't want anything to happen until it's not the right time. You were drunk and I don't want to take advantage of that Lindsay. Is that the answer you were looking for?"

-Aw…he's so sweet…wait, I'm pissed. Nah, I lost, give up. You didn't make any sense anyway.-

"Uh, yeah…that's it." She was about to move back but he snaked his arms around her hips and buried his face on her Tropical scented hair "Lindsay, I want everything to be right between us. I love you, you know that right?"

She mumbled "Sorry for being irrational Danny." She looked up to his face. "Yeah I know that. I do too. You know, you are surprisingly sweet sometimes." She smiled. His arms tightened around her, eyes glaring at hers. "Sometimes?"

"Yeah." She smirked as he moved his lips closer to hers when…

"Ahem…"

Lindsay blushed and immediately pushed Danny away from her.

"As much as we're happy to see you solve your little URL, techs are gossiping about both of you and little newbie tech was worried and so are we so…"

Stella was leaning on Mac's side arms on hips, as he leaned on the door jamb.

Danny cleared his throat "Reenacting last night or just getting back for what I did?"

"If she was, she would've waited for you two to kiss…" Mac gave him a soft glare.

Sheldon came running and stood behind Mac, and groaned. "Aw! Why didn't you wait for me!"

Stella turned to him as the couple in the room straightened up themselves. "Where did you hear?" The CSI gave her a cheeky grin "Heard from Carl, ballistics, telling Marion about them so I thought, I'd check it out for myself…I mean to stop…"

Stella rolled her eyes as Lindsay snorted. "Yeah right."

"Noob knows eh?" Danny said as they all walked out of the room and paced towards the break room. Mac nodded "Yes, our newbie tech, Marion Heatherwood."

Lindsay looked at Stella "So you plan to help her?...to be a CSI I mean."

"How'd you-?"

Sheldon patted her "Your little favorite student …that's who she'll be."

Mac barely smirked "That's right."

"You asked her of she wants to be Stell?" Stella turned to Lindsay smiling "I plan to…"

Danny laughed "Excited to get out of the newbie spot eh Montana?"

"You bet yeah! No more garbage duty for me."

Flack called them from the DNA lab "Hey guys!"

They turned around to see him, holding a folder, hanging out with Marion who was on the computer. The gang entered the room waiting for the detective to answer their unspoken question. "How 'bout Friday night?"

They smiled (barely for Mac). "Sure, I'm guessing Miss Heatherwood and yourself are joining?" Stella inquired.

"Yup." Marion answered her 'un-proclaimed' teacher, eyes not leaving the computer screen.

"A reservation for seven people in Rakuza?" Danny smiled sweetly at Flack. He bobbed his head, "My treat this time…" He whispered to Mac "Mac I need help with that reservation." He just nodded and said "You really like that place huh?"

"Of course Taylor we do! It's a special one." as Stella secretly entwined her fingers with his. Sheldon announced "I need a date then! I refuse to be the seventh wheel!"

"I know someone, I'll call her…" Danny offered.

"Deal man!"

Stella giggled again. "I think we know who that is…"

"Yep, her." Sheldon looked at Stella "She hot?"

Stella tilted her head "Go ask a guy will ya?" None of the guys answered but they know she was his type.

Marion looked at them then asked "Why the long face Linds? Don't like?"

Lindsay waved her hand at Marion "Oh no Mari. I like. I do, just let me get over this damn H.A.W.!"

Flack mumbled "She's waiting for it to go away to get another one again." He received a flying marker which he caught just in time before it hit his face. "Hey!"

"Friday night at Rakuza then. Now, of you may, we have a mug of cold coffee waiting fr us in my office. With files and folders to fill up by the side."

Danny smiled "Yum. Anyway, Linds, wanna get one for ourselves?"

"Yeah, let's."

Marion jumped off her stool and leaned on the working table. "You guys just want to be alone."

Mac turned to her "Is there a problem with that?"

She gave him a mischievous smile "Nope. Not at all. I just see small things."

Stella said as they started walking out of the lab, "And one of these days, you'll be paid for doing so."

With that, they left the lab tech with her jaw hanging looking at the shrugging detective beside her.

Mac wrapped his arm around Stella's hips while walking in the corrector and whispered "I bet she'll pass the test in one trial and be a level two not more than two years."

Stella looked at him "What's on the line here?"

"A certain diamond ring."

Stella made sure no one was looking before kissing him on the cheeks "You have no bet, you have a promise." Little they know a lab tech and a detective saw and heard everything. Who looked at each other with an evil smirk.

"I bet that wouldn't take a year."

"I bet it'll take not more than six months."

"What'll I win?"

"A sacrament with me."

"You have a deal then."

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Finished! Hope ya liked that guys! I enjoyed doing this and I hope for your reviews! Tell me, should I write more? Update my other fics? Banish me in this genre and return to the other ones? Tell me…:D I would like to know… mj(wgf)