Mac got up and stumbled to the shower. His sleep had been restless after his girlfriend fell back to sleep. It wasn't that he couldn't sleep, it was more that he was worried that Sarah wasn't okay and he needed to be there for her. He just hoped the warm water would wake him up.
While it did do something to wake him, Mac was still tired when he made his way into the kitchen. Bozer looked up when he entered, and then passed over the cup of coffee he had just made. Mac took it, gratitude in his eyes.
"Rough night?" Bozer asked.
"A little," Mac agreed. "Sarah didn't sleep well." He didn't really want to add any more than that at this stage.
"Did she have an early shift?" Bozer asked, looking out the window for her car.
"Yeah." he would have said more but just then his phone chimed. Mac picked it up quickly, glancing down at the sender.
'Please tell me you're coming in today.' Sarah had sent.
Mac frowned at the phone, the message not reassuring him.
'I'll be there in about half an hour. Should I come up to you?' He sent back.
"Boze, are you ready to go?" He called out.
There was a shout and then Bozer came back in, pulling on shoes. "Am now. Is she okay?"
Mac pursed his lips. "I'm really not sure, but she said she'll be ok for now, so …." He trailed off.
"Come on, man. Let's go to work and take it from there."
They both left for the Phoenix Foundation. At least Mac knew he could get to her quickly if he was in the building. When Mac and Bozer arrived at the Phoenix foundation, they both headed to their own laboratory space. Matty hadn't said that they were needed for a mission yet, so they were free to work on their own projects. It was mid-morning and Mac had left the lab to look for a reagent kept in a different space. As he was walking, he came across his boss, Matty Webber.
"Please don't tell me we have a mission," Mac called out as Matty walked up to him.
"No mission," she replied. "What's got you so worried, blondie?"
Mac shook his head. "It's nothing. Just…" he trailed off. "Do you know where Sarah's working today?"
"Wherever she had been rostered on," She told him. "I know what's going on in the foundation, but I don't know where every single employee is."
"But you would have been notified if she'd asked to swap shifts with someone, yeah?" Mac asked.
"Yes, I would. What's gotten into you?"
The tension in Mac's shoulders lessened a little hearing this. "Just thought I'd surprise her for lunch. Wanted to make sure I knew which lab she was in."
"You lie terribly," Matty told him, but she let it go.
It was just before lunch time when Mac's phone received a message. He checked it, still discussing the best way to do the robotics for the drone they were working on. Bozer watched Mac's face go from curious to worried and then perfectly blank.
"I have to go," he told them, pocketing the phone and turning to leave.
Riley looked after him in worry. "Is everything okay?" she asked with a frown.
"Yeah," Bozer said then stopped. "Maybe not," he amended.
"I've never seen him that worried except for the time Nikki was badly injured," Jack said. "Oh."
Bozer nodded. "Yeah, Mac said Sarah hadn't slept well but…"
"You think it's a bit more serious than that?" Jack asked.
Bozer nodded. "Yeah, but I also think we should let Mac handle this."
The other two nodded their assent.