Chapter 2: Truth or Dare

Mac sat there staring after Stella. 'Great, Mac. You just lost your best friend. You know you love her too. Go after her.' He was so busy thinking he didn't notice when Danny walked in until he saw a hand waving in front of his face.

"Mac, hello. You who, are you in there, Mac?" Danny asks waving a hand in front of Mac's face.

"What? I thought you were getting the pizza with Flack," Mac says still looking after Stella.

"It's here. What's wrong with Stella?"

"Not sure, but I think it's my fault," Mac admits, his blue eyes not able to meet Danny's.

"Truth or dare?" Danny asks.

"What? That's a game for kids, Danny, not us," Mac says angrily. 'Not another silly game.'

"Then be a kid, Mac. Truth or dare?" Danny asks again.

"Truth," Mac says sighing. 'Why did I give in?'

"Tell me everything Stella just told you."

"Basically she was just explaining her MASH game to me." Danny raises his eyebrows knowing it would take more than a MASH game to upset Stella. "Stella said she loves me and then ran out in tears."

"And you didn't go after her? Didn't even tell her you feel the same way?" Danny asks.

"Obviously not otherwise you would have seen me running after her, Danny," he replies.

"Truth or dare?" Danny asks a third time.

"Truth," Mac again replies.

""Do you feel the same way about Stella? Do you love her?"

"I've never really thought about it before now," Mac says, not wanting to tell Danny that he now realizes how he feels.

"Well, how do you feel now?" Danny asks.

"I… I love Stella," Mac answers with a small smile. "But I can't guarantee I'm over Claire. I don't want to hurt her."

"Mac, she's in pain right now."

"Why is love so difficult?"

"No clue, Mac. One last one. Truth or dare?" Danny grins at his boss.

"Doesn't the game go back and forth so I get to ask you truth or dare too?" Mac asks smiling too.

"It's supposed to. You're the one who said this is a kid's game."

"Then you're not playing fair, Danny. But who would expect you to play fairly?" Mac teases.

"Well, Mr. Perfect, I'm sure I can find out a lot about you from Stella. Just pick one," Danny says impatiently.

"Dare."

"I dare you to go into the ladies bathroom and tell Stella how you feel."

"Stella, I feel angry at Danny because he made me play truth or dare. I'm not mad at you for playing MASH anymore," Mac practices what he will tell her. "By the way, I love you."

"No, just tell her how you feel about her: you love her. Then you should probably give her a kiss," Danny adds. "Wait, all this happened because of a MASH game?"

"Yes, I mentioned that earlier. Apparently we got married and had two kids and a whole bunch of other junk," Mac shakes his head.

"You're only hurting Stella more if you don't tell her. After what she went through with Frankie, I think she's suffered enough," Danny says.

"I'm not going into the women's restroom, Danny," Mac says firmly.

"Then hold the door open and shout to her so everyone can hear you. I don't care. I'm going to get Pizza before Flack, Lindsay, and Hawkes eat it all. I suggest you hurry and get it over with or you two aren't going to get lunch," Danny heads to the door.

"I'm going to get you back for this, Danny."

"No, you're going to came out of there thanking me and Lindsay for these little games," Danny calls back.

"When are you going to tell Lindsay how you feel about her?" Mac asks receiving no answer. He sits thinking much like he was before Danny came in. 'I've got to tell her. She's been through enough. Stella's just looking for someone, and it looks like she wants me to be the one. I want to be with her too. I'll give love another shot for Stella.' Mac stands and heads out of his office thinking of a way to tell her.

A/N: So how did you like it? Please review with your thought, opinions, whatever. Next chapter's a lot longer. I'll try to get it up tomorrow or Monday. I might try to start typing my other story I'm almost finished writing. Another one about after All Access and what Stella went through. Then I have two more ideas. So the more reviews I get the harder I work to get this typed as soon as I can.