Hey guys, thanks for all your reviews

Hey guys, thanks for all your reviews. NB: I still don't own any of the CSI: NY characters. Oh and this is set round about six months to a year after the end of the last chapter. Please remember to review after reading, thanx.

"That was the last box." Mac said as he collapsed exhausted onto the sofa in his and Stella's new apartment next to his partner.

"And you did a fabulous job too." She added.

"Let's not forget that you did your fair share too," Mac replied as he turned to kiss her.

"Whoa, one moment, can we chat?"

"Erm, it's a bit late for that, we've just brought the apartment." He said genuinely worried

"No, not one of those chats- just a chat about stuff."

"What stuff?"

"Just stuff, like children- I mean I've known you for 10 years and I still don't know whether you see yourself as a father one day or not."

"Well, Claire and I never got round to having kids and we'd kind of presumed that it would just happen one day. Since I lost her, well, I don't know, I just realised that maybe I wasn't a dad for a reason. Our hours are hardly suitable for raising a family and being a workaholic means that I would probably screw my kids' lives up by never being there. What about you?"

"I don't really know. I mean, I suppose, that our hours aren't really suitable for kids and I would hardly be the most maternal mother in the world, would I?"

Stella had always been able to read him better than he could read her, so Mac didn't pick up the disappointment on her face when she realised that he didn't want to be a dad.

"C'mon, let's see what on our new satellite dish" Mac said

They eventually agreed on some little known foreign film that they watched until they fell asleep on each other, just like the night that Stella moved in.

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Although Stella was saddened by Mac's response to her questions, she managed to work round it until a couple of months later. She and Sheldon were working a scene, which was by no means the worst that either of them had done, but all of a sudden Stella realised that she was going to be sick. In order to not comprise the scene she dashed to the perimeter cordon before emptying her stomach into the bin. However, the sudden movement caused her to suffer a sudden bout of vertigo, which resulted in her collapsing in a heap.

Sheldon was over to her in a shot and quickly administrated first aid before radioing over for an ambulance. Naturally, this meant that Mac heard what was going on and so was able to defy physics (and New York traffic) to arrive at the scene before the ambulance did. Of course, Stella had come round by that time but was still slightly confused and mumbling away about something to do with processing fingerprints.

"What happened, Hawkes?" said Mac, getting more worried by the second.

"Honestly, I don't know. We were processing a scene as normal when Stella goes as white as a sheet, rushes over to that bin, and throws up then faints. I rushed over there and put her in the recovery position. She came round within the minute…"

"But she's still confused?"

"Yeah, that really doesn't seem like Stella. Mac, I know you and Stella are close (Stella and Mac had decided to keep their relationship private, so the team don't really know they're together). Has she seemed off recently?"

"What do you mean off?"

"Anything that's not like her- losing appetite, more tired, etc.?"

"Well, she has been a little woozy recently and she was sick yesterday. She told me she thought she was coming down with the flu."

By then the ambulance had arrived and the paramedics were ready to take Stella to the hospital.

"Det. Taylor, Det. Bonasera is ready to go. Do you want to come in the ambulance too?"

There was no need for Mac to answer as he was already by Stella's side and looked like he wouldn't be leaving it anytime soon.

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It seemed like an age before they arrived at hospital to Mac, when it couldn't have been more than twenty minutes in real life. On arrival, Stell was taken through to a cubicle and Mac was told to wait in reception, although he tried every excuse in the book (and a few that weren't) to try to stay with her.

About half an hour later, he was finally allowed to see her but was shocked to see what she looked like. For the first time she looked, scared and broken. She had evidently just been crying as her eyes were puffy and red. Stella was also hooked up to a load of machines, most of which Mac didn't know the purpose of.

"Hey, it's ok" Mac said to Stella soothingly.

"No it's not, I've ruined everything."

"You just collapsed, the case wasn't compromised. It's fine. All I care about is you, Stell"

"No, you'll hate me. You'll leave me and we'll never work together again. I'm going to lose my best friend." She replied, as she started sobbing again.

"Whoa, where did this all come from? I love you Stell, NOTHING is EVER going to change that."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"I'm pregnant."

Mac gave no reaction, apart from looking dumfounded.

"See, you hate me already."

"No, I don't Stell. You know that conversation we had- I never asked you what you wanted. What do you want, Stell?"

She just sobbed before whispering "I just want to be a mum above all."

"Oh, Stell, I'm sorry, why didn't you say?"

"I thought that you would think I was silly. You did say that you never wanted kids."

"Stell, I could never think that of you." He paused. "And, you know what- I made a mistake- I can't think anything I'd rather do than have children with you."

Originally Mac and Stella agreed that she could stay in the field until she was six months pregnant. However, Stella started to show at 2 and a half months and an incident in the interview room 2 weeks later, where a suspect (later proven to be the murderer) pushed the table into Stella's stomach meant that Mac demanded her to be put purely on lab duty that day.

Of course, Stella had argued with him, complaining that she didn't need to be wrapped in cotton wool but Mac pulled the trump card of 'I just want to protect the two people I love the most', resulting in the first argument that Mac won with. They'd also had several 'debates' over whether to tell the team about themselves, and decided to tell them that Stella was expecting, but omit who the father was. They guessed that the team would realise who it was anyway, but it would save paperwork if it was not officially known.

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