A/N Hey friends!!! I know it has been a while but my muse has lost interest in this story so I think I will be finishing this up soon. I know that Angell's name is Jess but I am just going to keep it at Jen for this story because I am to lazy to change it. I will the next story. There is also a scene at the end were Stella is having a conversation with Mike that sounds very similar to one she has with Mac in Consequences it is because I got the idea from the episode but I didn't want Stella in a bar.

Thanks to lilly moonlight for looking over this and being so patient with late updates.

Chapter 9

Don was starting to worry about Stella; it had been a while since she went to the bathroom. Lindsay must have been thinking the same thing because she excused herself from the table. It wasn't long before they heard a loud noise. Don, Danny, Hawkes and Mac all jumped up to go investigate. They saw Lindsay by the bar struggling with a large man.

"Hey what are you doing," Danny asked angrily, pulling at the man.

The drunken man pushed Danny, and Mac immediately pushed the man into the bar.

"You know what you just did? You assaulted two officers," Mac growled, pulling the man's arms back to cuff him.

Don turned to see Stella sitting at a booth with two other men her cheeks were red and she did not look happy. He decided to go see what was going on.

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Stella knew that she was blushing as Mike helped her sit back down and to make matters worse Don was heading her way.

"So you want to tell us how you ended up in Ty's lap or is that how you like to meet new people?" Mike asked, his brown eyes dancing with laughter.

"Hey watch your back Mike, angry looking boy friend heading your way," Tyson said, teasingly.

"That's Don he's just a good friend," Stella said, smiling as Don walked up.

"Stella are you ok? What are you doing?" Don asked, as he stepped in front of Mike.

Mike took a step back. Don was at least three inches taller than him and just a little bit broader

"I'm fine. I was heading to the restroom when a man at the bar grabbed me. That was when I stumbled backwards and fell on to this man's lap," Stella explained, still blushing a little.

"He was probably the guy that just assaulted Lindsay and Danny. I'll make sure to add you to his charge," Don said.

"Are they ok?" Stella asked.

"Yeah they'll be fine," Don said.

"Well I'm glad you didn't hit the floor and I'm glad that my lap was soft enough to keep you from getting hurt. I was going to see if my sister and her kids had arrived when I saw you stumbling back and decided to stay put," Tyson said, grinning.

All of a sudden they heard a little voice behind them.

"Uncle Ty!" came an voice excitedly from behind then.

"Hey Tabby cakes," Tyson said, standing up and scooping the little girl up.

"Stella what are you doing?" Tabby asked, curiously.

"Your Uncle was helping me. Thank you for helping me," Stella said smiling as she stood up.

"Any time," Mike said, smiling.

"Glad I could help," Tyson said.

That was the first time Stella noticed the NYFD on the front on of both men's shirts. They grinned at her as Don led her back to their table.

"There you are. Are you ok?" Mac asked, standing when he saw Stella and Don walking up to the table.

"I'm fine it just has been a weird day," Stella said, sitting down to eat her food.

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Four weeks later

Stella sighed as she sat her desk and finished up some paper work. It had been a hard four weeks with Shane Casey escaping and many other things just wore her down and now Mac had her on desk duty for at least a week. Which was driving her crazy not that she minded she was getting tired, it was all the looks and everyone asking her if she was ok. She almost bit poor Adam's head off that morning. Stella looked up when she heard a knock on the door and she motioned for the person to come in.

"Hey Jenn," she greeted.

"Hey Stell, I saw Adam in the hall and he asked me to give this to you," Angell said, handing Stella a folder.

"Yeah I'm sure Adam wants to stay away after I snapped at him this morning," Stella said with a chuckle.

Angell raised her eyebrows.

"What happened?" she asked.

"It really wasn't his fault I had Hawkes and Danny give me the whole we're here if you need anything speech and all Adam did was come by and say good morning and snapped at him," Stella explained.

"You know they are just worried about you," Angell said.

"I know but I can only take so much before I lose it. It's not like I'm due any day even though I feel huge," Stella said sighing.

Angell gave her a sympathetic smile.

"Thanks for inviting me to the baby shower on Tuesday," Angell said, changing the subject.

"No problem. Are you coming?" Stella asked.

"Yeah but I'm no good at picking out presents for these kinds of things so you have to tell me what to get," Angell said.

"Can never have enough diapers," Stella said, shrugging.

"Just act surprised," Angell said.

"Ok which one sent you in here Mac or Don?" Stella asked, suspiciously.

"What do you mean?" Angell asked.

"I know one of them sent you in here to see how I was doing," Stella said, accusingly.

"I just came to drop off the folder for Adam. I'll see you later," Angell said shrugging. "Oh by the way my partner really cares for you," Angell added as she walked out the door.

Leaving a stunned Stella behind the glass door.

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Stella went outside to get some fresh air and a cup of tea. She sat down on a bench and began to think about what Angell had said before she left. She really cared for Don too but what did that mean. Here she was pregnant with a baby from a man she thought she really loved and that turned out all wrong. So how was she suppose to be able to trust a guy again, not that she didn't trust Don because she did with her life. Now she felt like someone was following her lately. She let out a sigh.

"Long day," came a voice from behind her

She turned to see Mike standing holding a cup of coffee.

"Hey," Stella greeted

"Hey, How ya doing? Fall on anymore dinner patrons," He asked chuckling.

"No but thanks for bringing it up," Stella said, with a smile.

"Mind if I sit down?" he asked.

"No not at all," she said.

He sat down beside a brown stocking cap on his head making his large brown eyes stand out more. He watched as she flinched a little and her hand rubbing her belly gently.

"When are you due?" he asked.

"About six weeks," she said.

"You don't look that far along," he said, taking a sip of coffee.

"Aren't you flattering," she said, playfully.

"No just truthful," he said, shrugging.

"Can I ask you a question?" She asked.

"Sure," he said.

"Have you been following me?" she asked, seriously.

"What! No, I just saw you and thought I would come and say hi," he exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, just for the past week I have felt like someone following me," she said.

"Have you contacted the police?" he asked, concerned.

"No, but I think I'm going to tell my friend Mac," she said.

"Ok well you be careful," he said.

"I will. Thanks," she said and then stood up to go back in to the lab.