"Flowers. Should I be jealous?" Mac teased as Stella entered the apartment with a large bouquet.
"Very funny," she replied, dropping them into a vase before placing them on the dining table. "My third years bought me them."
"The same third years you were complaining about two weeks ago, saying that you couldn't believe they were adults because they were far too immature?"
"They have their moments. Where's Kenzie?"
"Danny and Lindsay's. She's having a sleepover with Lucy."
"Ah, so we've got the place to ourselves," she said. Since the subway collapse, she and Mac hadn't spent a night apart, at either her or his apartment. Stella had to admit, it was nice having each other to come home to. She would be quite happy to make the arrangement more permanent. "Which means..." she continued.
"No Disney movies and no restrictions on what we can eat," Mac finished.
"You read my mind," she grinned.
XOXOXOX
"It's too quiet, isn't it?" Stella said as they sat at the table after finishing dinner. Mac nodded. As always, Stella knew exactly what he was thinking. It was far too quiet without Kenzie around. Just like when he'd been recovering from injury the year before, spending the past few days living with Stella had Kenzie had been wonderful. He doubted he'd felt this happy since Claire died.
"Do you think we could call Danny and Lindsay and convince them to let Kenzie come home?" he asked. "We could take Lucy too. I'm sure they wouldn't mind."
Stella laughed, leaning forward and kissing his cheek.
"I'll put these away," she said, picking up the dirty plates.
When she sat down again, her eyes were immediately drawn to something on the table. A pale blue box that came from the building she could identify from the moon sat open, and in it a white gold ring with a single perfect diamond.
XOXOXOX
Thanks to everyone for reading. I'm not entirely happy with this one, but it's the best I could make it. Special thank you to lilymoonlight for reading this and giving me feedback before I posted it.
Look out for the final story in the series, which will be appearing but not for a while. I have too many stories in my head at the moment and I'm stuck on it, so it's going to wait for a while.
Thanks again to all followers and reviewers!