Disclaimer: Don't own CSI: NY... Just thought up Mary-Elise...

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It may end up about 5 chapters but not much more... Won't reach ten most defiently. Plus, the chapters are short...

As soon as Mary-Elise made it out of the room the dinging of the elevator caught her attention. She spun around quickly as the doors opened, a large smile presented itself over her face. She skipped over to the elevator.

In a sing-song voice she greeted the woman that stepped off the elevator, "Hi, Miss Peyton!"

Peyton was one of the only people that worked with her mom and dad often that she didn't call aunt or uncle. That was probably because she wasn't as close to Peyton and that Peyton wasn't a tight-knit member of the 'family'. The only people in the 'family' that she didn't call aunt and uncle sometimes was Stella and Mac and that was only when she felt the pressing need to entertain herself.

"Well, hello, Miss Mary-Elise. How are you?" Peyton smiled down at the little girl that was bobbling along side her.

"I am pretty good. I was bored but my dad got back and said I could FINALLY leave the room. Now, I am going to Uncle Mac and Aunt Stell-uh," she replied in, what sounded to be, one breathe.

"Well, I am heading in that direction, so if you want you can keep me company," Peyton laughed as the little girl nodded her head and then she continued, "What if Stella isn't with Mac?"

"Stella is ALWAYS with Mac and Mac is ALWAYS with Stella. Well, maybe not when they are working different cases but usually they are together," the girl rolled her eyes like it was obvious, then looked up, "Well, this is my stop. See ya, Miss Peyton."

"See ya, Miss Mary-Elise," the woman laughed as she walked off and Mary-Elise knocked on the door quietly.

"Who is it?" came from the other side of the door.

"Aunt Stella," Mary-Elise whispered throught the door, "It's Mary-Elise. Can I come in?"

"Of course," Mac's voice was the one to answer and Mary-Elise was in the door in one fluid movement.

"Hi, Uncle Mac. Hi, Aunt Stella. I was bored and daddy said that you said I could come out of the very boring room. I was SO glad 'cause there was nothing to do in there. So, when he told me I came to see you. Oh, and," she ran over and gave them both hugs, "Thank you!"

"So, what are you doing here today?" Mac asked after stiffling a laugh.

"School got cancelled and, and, and, it was at the last minute and I had no where to go," Mary-Elise stopped for a second and took a large breathe, "So, I had to come here and hanged out with everyone today but then daddy told me I had to stay in the room with my books but I got bored of all them and just laided there and stared at the wall. Then Uncle Flack came in and so I talked to him then my daddy come in and I was all like 'Daddy' so he picked my up and the Uncle Flack told him I didn't want to see him but I did and it hurt his feelings so I told him it wasn't true."

"Uh huh," Mac nodded, still amazed that such a young girl could talk this much.

"Oh, and I talked to Peyton in the hallway and I told her I was going to see you guys and she asked me what if Stella wasn't with you. That's a silly question isn't it? You guys are alway together and I told her that. Sometimes I wonder about the people in this lab," she shook her head in a serious way.

If it wasn't for what she had said Stella and Mac probably would have laughed at the four year olded seriousness.

"Have you seen your momma yet?" Stella questioned, finding her voice first.

"No," the girl sighed, "I came her and seed you guys!"

"Is she in her office?" Stella continued.

"I don't know. I am only allowed in the some-uh-times," Mary-Elise shrugged.

"Do you add 'uh' in everything?" Mac asked with a smile.

"No everything-uh!" the girl crossed her arms across her chest.

"Just most things then?" Stella laughed and Mac joined her when the girl nodded her head hard enough to make her dizzy.

"Has she drove you crazy yet?" Lindsay stuck her head in the door.

"Momma!" the girl ran over to Lindsay laughing and jumped up and down.

"Not yet," Stella shook her head.

"Okay," Lindsay smiled at Stella and Mac then turned to her daughter, "Let's go so they can get something done."

With that Lindsay took Mary-Elise's hand and headed out the door and towards her office. Once there, she grabbed a chair and instructed Mary-Elise to sit down and tell her about her day. Mary-Elise started her story full on as Lindsay sat and did some last minute paper work.

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