Chapter 15

When Mac got back to his office, it was already nearing the evening. Walking over to his desk he picked up the file and looked at it. Carrying it over to file cabinet he placed it inside, locking it away.

Turning back towards the door he seen her standing there. God she was so beautiful as the teardrops fell from her eyes.

"I'm sorry Mac. I'm so sorry I didn't tell you. I never meant to hurt you. I always trusted you, it was me I didn't trust enough. I didn't trust in myself that I had done the right thing two years ago. Please forgive me for making you feel like it was you I didn't trust. I love you Mac, I love you so much that it scares me."

Mac was stunned, whether she had realized what she said or not he heard her words. Walking over her wrapped his fingers in her hair, pulling her forward he whispered....

"Say it again Stella. Give me the words again."

"I love you Mac. I love you so much. It wasn't you I didn't trust, it was me. I was terrified of losing what had just began between us."

He wasn't ready to kiss her, he wasn't ready to give her the words. Not until he knew for sure.

"Is there anything else Stella? Is there anything else I should know that you are keeping from me?"

Pulling her closer he neared her lips and whispered...

"Tell me now. Is there Stella?"

"Nooooooooooo....she sighed out.

Leaning in closer, almost a caress away he whispered....."I love you too Stella."

Crushing his lips to hers he could feel their souls release in their passion. Forgetting where they were. Not caring who would or could be watching. Softly breaking the kiss they looked into each others eyes.

"Let's go home."

Walking out together they both knew their relationship would survive. They both knew they could now begin again with nothing but honesty and love in their hearts. Knowing that nothing or no one could come between them in the future. Or so they thought.

Meanwhile.....

Danny was on his way to the Hospital when he felt the headache come on again. Closing his eyes against the pain, he didn't see the car infront of him.

"Crash........"

Arriving on scene the first thing Don noticed was Danny's motorcycle. The second thing he noticed was Danny sitting at the side of the road.

"Is anyone hurt Thomas?"

"No Flack. Just a bumper to bumper. Everyone's fine."

"Don't give me that look Don. I was on my way to the Hospital. The headache hit all at once."

"You could have been killed Danny. Do you realize the risk you took? You could have killed yourself or someone else."

"I know that Don. Think I don't know that."

Leaning down to help Danny up he seen the blood coming from his inner ear.

"Danny...your ear is bleeding. Come on. We need to get you to the Hospital now."

When they arrived at the Hospital Danny was taken in right away.

"Hello. I'm . Can you tell me what the problem is?"

"I'm having really bad headaches. I've been having them since I got knocked out a while ago. I thought they were just related to the hit, but now I'm not so sure."

"He's also bleeding from the ear, and he's almost passed out three times now."

The doctor was looking from one to the other.

"Your partner?"

"Yeah. Yeah, my partner and best friend."

"Okay. I think we'll do a Scan of your brain. I'll know more once I see the results. Oh...one more thing. Have you been having nausea or sweats?"

"Nah, not that I know of. Though I'm on pain meds."

Pulling them from his pocket he passed them to the doctor.

"Oxy. Strong stuff. Okay, the Orderly will be in shortly."

tbc....