Disclaimer: I'm not the owner of Csi:Ny characters, Anthony and the Producer's are the owners, I'm just borrowing them..
A/N: This chapter got
longer than I thought, that what happens when I write when Im a bit
sleepy:P
Thanks to Chrysalis escapist for betaing it:) and
the black bold text is a part from the song 'The Rose' by Westlife:)
Here's the new chapter, hope you like it:)
Chapter 5:
Today is Valentine's Day,
a day I'm not so fond of..
When I get to work, I bump into Mac
in the elevator, ''Morning, Mac.'' I say with a smile, getting a
'Good morning' with a smile back, then I notice something,
something's different about him today, can't say what, but it is
something. Looking at him, well, maybe staring but I can't help it; I
wonder what's up with him? He must have noticed that I was
''looking'' at him because he says ''Everything alright?'' I
can feel a blush creeping up in my cheeks ''Yeah, everything's
alright, I just, nah … nothing.'' I try to brush it off.
He
looks at me, a look that feels like he can read my mind, ''What?'' he
asks. Giving him a look back which makes him get a grin on his
handsome face, ''It's nothing, really.'' still trying to brush
it away, but it looks like Mac Taylor is in a bit of a curious mood
today.
He looks at me some more, then the elevator doors open and
he steps out, so do I. Walking next to him down the hallway, toward
his office, he walks up to his desk, takes off his jacket and sits
down in his chair behind his desk, while I sit down in one of the
visitor chairs.
''I heard you're getting roses.'' he says. I look
at him, ''Yeah.'' I say simply, he's looking back at me, we're
looking into each other's eyes, then he turns his attention to
something on his desk; Wait, what was that in his eyes?
''Have
you found out who this person is?'' he asks, and he's not looking at
me. Looking at him, trying to read his body language, why does it
look like he's a little nervous?
''No, it's starting to annoy
me a little; this guy doesn't leave a note, nothing to give me a
hint, just the roses.'' I say, why does it look like he got a
little more relaxed??
He finally looks up and
back at me; it is something in his eyes, but what??
I smile
at him, ''Thought you would have done everything to figure out who
this guy is.'' he says with something in his voice, ''So thought I,
but Lindsay told me that I should just relax and see where this will
lead.'' I tell him with a little hint of scepticism in my voice, he
gives me a smile.
I stand up and look at him, ''Well, think I have
to go and start to work, my boss can be really cranky in the
morning.'' I say with a grin, waiting for his response, he looks up
from the file he was looking at with an eyebrow raised ''Ahh, then
you wouldn't want your cranky boss to find you hanging around doing
nothing then, would you?'' he also has a grin on his face, I laugh at
him and tell him 'I'll see you later', then I'm off to my own
office.
Something I think of on my
way to my office; are there going to be any roses on my desk
today? My question will soon get its answer.
Stepping into my
office, I walk over to my desk, and no roses. Somehow, I don't know
how to react, happy that the guy has stopped sending roses, or sad
that the guy has stopped sending them? Or curious about who this guy
that sent them was or is?
I get pulled out of my thoughts by
my phone, taking the phone and answering it, ''Bonasera.''
''Hi,
Stella, it's Flack, we got a crime scene.''
It's not long
before I'm on my way to the crime scene.
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live
After a few hours at the
crime scene I'm back in the elevator on my way up to the lab. Danny
is in the elevator when I step into it. ''Hi, Stella.'' I hear from
Danny.
''Hi Danny, you starting now?'' getting a nod as a
response. ''So you got any new roses?'' he asks me with curiosity in
his voice. Turning my head towards him, ''Weren't any roses there
when I was in my office earlier.''
''Well, maybe the person got
held up today, after all it is Valentine's Day.'' he says with a
grin. Shaking my head at him I say to him ''Or maybe this guy has
stopped sending them.''
The elevator doors open and both Danny
and I walk out of the elevator, ''You know it's a guy?'' he ask kinda
surprised, ''Yeah, Sid gave me a small hint yesterday.'' I tell him.
I'm walking towards my
office, Danny walks next to me. ''I'm guessing this guy just got
held up.'' Danny is pretty sure about that, too sure for that
matter.
Reaching my office I walk in and stop the minute I
step in, ''What did I say? This guy probably got a little held up.''
Turning around to him, '' You know who this guy is that is sending me
these roses, don't you?'' I ask him suspiciously. He grins and
shrug his shoulders, turning back to look at the roses or rose on my
desk, it's a single red rose.
I decide that can wait,
turning back to Danny, to get him to talk, but he's not there.
Shouldn't have turned around. I think to myself.
Slowly
walking up to the rose, looking at the rose, I notice something white
under it, carefully I lift it up and take the white thing up from its
place, putting the rose back down, I cautiously open the white thing
that looks like a small envelope, and inside lies a small note,
taking that out, I read it..
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I can't live without
you by my side
I can talk to you all day long
It's in you that
I confide
You're the reason for my happy song.
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It's something about the hand writing, it looks familiar, but yet not so familiar.. Looking at the handwriting closer, I sit down in one of the chairs in my office, looking at the handwriting, I take note that it isn't Danny's, Hawkes', Flack's, Adam's or Sid's handwriting. It actually reminds me a little of Mac's handwriting, but at the same time, it doesn't look like Mac's handwriting.
Well I should be
happy, got a note from the guy, but I still don't know who it is..
Oh
well, at least he left a note for me, though it didn't help too
much..
Later the
same day:
I'm on my way
to the locker room, to get my things, then I'm off. On my way to
the locker room I walk past Mac's office, he's not there, it looks
kinda deserted, which is kinda weird because Mac usually works later
than till 4 p.m., his coat isn't there, maybe he's out on a crime
scene? I don't know..
I have this feeling that Mac has been
avoiding me today. The only time I've seen him today was this
morning.
Maybe I'll call him later
and hear if he's alright.
When I
walk inside the locker room, I notice Lindsay is there, ''Hi,
Lindsay.''
She turns her head towards me and gives me a smile
''Hi, Stella.''
Walking towards my
locker I ask her, ''You got any plans today with Danny?''
She
smiles and nods, ''Yeah, he told me he's taking me out for dinner and
giving me a surprise.''
I was just about to say something more to
Lindsay, but I forgot what when I saw a red rose taped to my locker
room door. Walking closer to it, I take the rose away from my locker
door, at the same time something falls to the ground, kneeling down
to see what it is. A small white envelope. I stand up, taking the
small envelope with me.
Hearing Lindsay talk to me, I look at her
''From the secret guy?'' she asks me.
''Yeah, looks like it, the
guy leaves a note now.'' I say while inspecting the envelope in my
hand.
''You got more notes from him?'' she asks with curiosity in
her voice..
Smiling at her, I pull out the note I got from the guy
earlier and hand it over to her.
Lindsay starts to read it, she
gives a small smile. Then when she is done reading it, she looks at
me with a big smile ''Aww! This'' lifting the note ''was so sweet!''
I smile at her ''Would have been sweeter if I knew who he was.''
That makes Lindsay give a little laugh, ''Don't worry about it,
he's a sweet guy.''
Aww, come on! Does everybody else except
me know who this guy is?
''Let me guess, you know who he is,
don't you?'' I say with a little hint of annoyance in my voice.
She
gives me a simple smile, ''You bet I do!'' she says, now with a grin
on her face.
I give her a look that makes her giggle. Shaking my
head at her, then I look at the small white envelope in my hand,
''You gonna open it soon?'' I hear from Lindsay, apparently she's
curious about what's inside too..
I lay the rose I was holding in
my right hand on the bench next to me, then I open the
envelope.
Lindsay walks over to me and stops next to me and gives
me a sweet smile, which makes me laugh a little.
''You're curious,
aren't you?'' I ask with hints of amusement in my voice.
''Oh
yeah.'' she tells me, laughing..
After a few moments I've turned
my attention to the envelope in my hands. Taking out what's inside
it, a note that says:
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My days are
never grey
With your voice ringing in my ear
Because you wipe
my every tear
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Hearing an ''Aww.'' from
Lindsay, ''That was also sweet.'' she tells me..
Giving her a
smile, I can't stop wondering what it means..
''Well, I should
get going, I need to get ready, Danny said he'd pick me up around 7
p.m.'' she says while she walks over to her locker and gets her
coat.
''See you tomorrow, Lindsay, bye.'' getting a 'bye' back
from her.
Just before she walks out of the locker room, I call out
to her ''One more thing, Lindsay.'' She stops and turns around to
look at me. ''Have fun tonight.'' I say with a smile.
She smiles
at me ''You too.'' she says with a wink. Then she's off.
I read
the new note one more time, then I put it into my purse.
Taking my
things I go home.
Stella's Apartment:
I get to my apartment
around 5 p.m., I let myself in and put my keys on the small table
where I have other small things.
Shrugging off my coat, and
hanging it up, then I walk to my bedroom to change into cosy pants
and a tank top.
Walking into the kitchen to get something to drink, a few minutes later I'm sitting on the couch watching TV.
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
I'm sitting and
watching some TV-show when a noise from outside, in the hall manages
to get my attention. Seeing shadows through the gap under the door,
not caring about it so much I keep watching TV.
Ten minutes later
I hear a knock on my door and footsteps walking away from the door.
Getting up from the couch I walk over to the door, looking
through the peep hole to see no one out there, I open my door a
crack, just enough to look out, still seeing no one, and then I
notice something on my door, opening my door wide now, to have a
closer look at what it could be.
What I find taped to my door
makes me poke my head out into the hallway to see if I can see
anyone, but it's deserted. Turning my attention back to the thing
that is taped to my door, a red rose with a white envelope behind it.
I get a small smile on my face and take the rose and the envelope
from the door, closing the door, I open the envelope and take out the
note and read it:
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It's with you that I
know
I can go on another day
You take me high when I am low
I'm
sure you are here to stay.
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After reading it, I notice
that there's more in the envelope, looking inside it I find another
note, raising an eyebrow at that I take the second note out of the
envelope and look inside it again to see if there's anything more
inside, nope, nothing more inside now.
Turning my attention
to the note again.
On the note there's written a time and the address of a restaurant or a place. There's a question on the note too, a question if I'm going to meet up there or not..
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Well I hope you liked it:) this was the
first part of Valentine's Day (it's two parts), in the next part
Stella are gonna meet the secret guy and who know what's gonna
happend then..
Don't know how long it's gonna take before I
update, Im having troubles with what Im gonna write..
But I'll
update as soon as the next chapter have been written and betaed:)
If any of you guys have any tips about a great, romantic restaurant or place in New York, would you be a sweetheart and help me out?:D Im having a bit troubles with finding one:P
#Bonasera..