After the romantic breakfast Mc and Christine spend the morning together cuddled up together on the sofa. Christine has fallen asleep in Mac's arms while they were watching a movie. Mac gets up and goes to the bathroom and when he comes back, he gets a conference call on his computer. He is surprised when he sees DB Russell's face pop up on the screen.

"Hey Mac, how are you?" DB asks with his always so cheerful voice.

"I'm good DB. How are you?"

"I'm good. I'm good. How is Christine doing? I heard she got home from the hospital."

"yes she came home yesterday. She's going to a psychologist tomorrow. So she is going to be all right."

"I'm so glad to hear that Mac."

"how was the trip back with Jimmy Boyd?" Mac asks in a much lower voice, so Christine doesn't wake up. He doesn't really want to talk about the case when she is around. Mac looks over at Christine to see if she is still asleep. DB notice it.

"she is there?" he asks before answering Macs question.

"yes, but she is asleep. She doesn't need to know about the aftermath."

DB nods in agreement. There is no need to tell Christine about Mac violated the rules and transported a prisoner across the country illegally to save her.

"Jimmy Boyd is out of surgery and he is in custody here in Vegas, so he is going to stand trial here." Mac is happy to hear that. He knows that besides everything that happened justices will be served for both Christine and Boyd's girlfriend who got killed and for Jimmy Boyd's brother. Mac knows he was one of the original kidnappers of Christine but while Christine was in the hospital, she had a nightmare and Mac heard she talked to Shawn Boyd. At the time it had almost sounded to Mac like she had felt bad for Shawn Boyd. Mac hadn't asked Christine about it when she woke up. He didn't see a need to rip anything painful open. Christine did what she had to do to survive. Mac knew that.

"Mac." DB snaps Mac out of his thoughts. "sorry DB."

"hey. No need to apologise I know how hard this one was on you too." Mac nods. He knows if anybody knows how he was feeling doing this case it is DB.

"have you talked to anybody about it?" DB asks. Mac look confused at him so DB elaborates. "you said Christine is going to trauma therapy tomorrow. Have you thought about doing that? Talking to someone about it. they tortured you too."

"I'm fine DB. I have worked with kidnapping cases before."

"yes but never a kidnapping of your own family. It is going to be tough to deal with if you don't talk to anyone." DB insist. Mac is starting to get annoyed with his friend. He knows DB means well but Mac feels selfish everytime anyone asks him how he is doing and he would feel really selfish and almost like he was demeaning the hell Christine went through. He was not the one who was kidnapped. He was not the one who had a gun to his head for almost 4 days.

"DB I'm fine. I can handle it." Mac says in a harder tone then he meant to. DB nods. He has known Mac for years and he knows when he should stop pushing.

"just let me know if you need to talk."

"thanks DB.

Mac looks over at the couch and sees Christine sneaking a peek up over the backrest. She is not fast enough to get down before he sees her. It makes Mac chuckle.

"Morning sleepy head." Mac says Christine sits up. She looks disappointed that he saw her. "not fast enough."

"what time is it?"" Christine asks.

"almost 3 pm."
"why didn't you wake me up?" Christine asks.

"you were so peacefully asleep.

"that is exactly why you should have woken me up."
Mac hears DB laughing on the screen. "you two sounds perfect for each other."
"yeah we do." Mac says. He used to not like when a colleague would get a glimpse into his personal life like this, but for some reason it doesn't bother him anymore.

"Who is that?" Christine asks as she walks over to Mac. He wraps her arms around him and down his chest and rests her head on his shoulder.

"Hey there. I'm DB Russell, from Las Vegas Crime Lab."
"DB is a friend and colleague of mine from far back."
"so a former marine?" Christine asks.

"no no. I'm not an American hero kind of type. "DB laughs.

"DB and I have met on forensic conventions every year since I became head of the crime lab."

"well it is nice to meet you. I'm Christine."

"nice to meet you. I am quite aware of who you are. Mac won't shot up about you." DB Says in a teasing tone.

Mac turns more serious. "DB assisted with an investigation of your kidnapping." Mac explains.

"why?" Christine asks and stands up. "they took me before I even got on the plane. I never left New York."

"I know, but… it was in Las Vegas you where discovered missing." Mac explains. Christine is confused not. Mac never told her about how he found out she was missing.

"We found blood and signs of a struggle in your hotel room in Vegas. That was how you were discovered missing." DB explains when Mac doesn't elaborate.

"what do you me we?" Christine asks DB.

"Mac and I. when we arrived at your hotel suite."

"why would you be in las vegas?" Christine asks Mac.

"you never told her?" DB asks Mac. Mac looks up at DB on the screen a little embarrassed about never mention this to Christine.

"nope."

"well I suggest you start talking Mac. And next time you two come to Vegas together dinner is on me. And the tickets will be ready for you, Mac. Just give me a call."

"thanks DB." DB hangs up. Mac looks up at Christine. She has a very determined look on her face.

"start talking. You went to Vegas?"

"yes…" Mac says a little hesitant.

"why? You said you had so much paperwork you couldn't come with me. You lied to me?" Christine asks.

"no." Mac says a little too fast. "I didn't lie. I wanted to surprise you." He finally admits. That softens up Christine a little bit and she has a small smile on her lips when Mac looks up at her again.

"it has been a rough year for us. So I figured we could use some quality time together so I took 4 days off and I went to Vegas so I could meet you at your hotel when your conference was over. I asked DB if he could help me get some tickets."
"tickets to what?"

"a concert." Mac says relaxed, in a tone that says it was nothing special. Christine fine it hard to believe that it no big deal, as Mac make it sounds like.

"what was the tickets for?" she asks again.

"Celine Dion."

Mac says. He knows how much Christine love to listen to Celine Dion, so he is overplaying the humble attitude. Christine look surprised at him.

"Mac, that is a big deal. You know how much I love Celine Dion."

"hmm… yeah I guess."

Mac stands up and walk to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Christine follows him. Mac has taken a glass out of the cabin and is filling it with water when Christines comes out to him.

"you said you took 4 days of from work. So that means you are going back to work tomorrow?" she asks in a more serious tone.

"no." Mac says and takes a sit of his water as he leans against the kitchen table. "I spoke to my chief after you were found, and I asked him to get a week off and he said I could take the time I needed so I'll go back to work when I'm ready to it." Mac says and looks down at the floor. Christine can read between the lines.

"you mean when you no longer need to take care of me."
"no." Mac look up and meet her eyes. "because then I'll never go back." Christine look confused at him until she realizes what he actually just said. "I'll always want to take care of you." That makes Christine smile.

"could you please just for once stop being so sweet and charming and just be serious for a moment?"

Mac nods and tries to be serious, but he really likes when he is distracting her like that. That is one of the things that Mac thinks make them such a great thing. They are both very serious people who are always so focused, so they sometimes need to get distracted and they are really good at distracting each other.

"when are you planning on going back to work?"

"I don't know. I have 3 weeks of vacation time I can use. So it deepens on…"

"don't say it depends on me." She says in a harsh tone.

Mac look over at her with a wondering look. "you really just don't want me to take care of you. Do you?" Mac places the glass on the kitchen counter and walks over to her and wrap his arms around her shoulder and hold her close. He kisses her on top of her head.

"remember what you told me when I was going through recovery after the shooting?" Christine look up at him with a confused look. "you said" I'm not going anywhere." And neither am I. I know you are very strong and very independent, but I am not letting you deal with this alone. I'm right here and I am not going anywhere. "
Christine places her hand behind his neck and pulls him into her for a kiss.

"I don't want you to." She says with an almost whispering tone before she kisses him again.

"you know now I am just really mad that the kidnapping happened." she says once they break the kiss. Mac look confused at her. "I would really have loved to spend a weekend in Vegas with you." She says in an almost suggestive tone. "just you and me alone for a whole weekend. It sounds almost too good to be true."

"you and I actually get to spend some quality time together… yeah I don't think that is ever going to happen." Mac continues in a sarcastic tone. "it is not like it is just you and I together alone right now. No cell phones ringing no nothing." Mac says.

Christine starts laughing, "okay I got it. it actually does happen sometimes." She looks in to his eyes and their lips meet in a slow passionate kiss. The air in the kitchen is filled with all the love they feel for each other. The kiss is interrupted when it knocks on the door. They break the kiss and look into each other's eyes. None of them once to break the moment and answer the door. But Mac ends up walking to the door to answer once it has both knocked and the doorbell has rung 3 times.