Sorry for the wait! I kept changing this chapter! But at long last here is chapter 9!
Stella and Mac pulled into her driveway and went up to her apartment. They worked until 3 in the morning before they decided to call it quits.
They had packed all of her living room and dining room accessories into boxes. Her kitchen was empty for the most part and her bathroom was cleared of all her belongings. The bedroom, that had been covered in clothes, now only occupied her bed.
Mac and Stella climbed into her bed next to each other and Mac pulled Stella in close. His arms wrapped protectively around her waist.
"Thank you Mac." Whispered Stella.
"For what?" Mac murmured into her ear, his breath causing her shivers.
Stella turned around in his arms so that she was facing him. "For loving me. For caring for me and wanting to keep me safe. For letting me move in with you and wanting to have a kid in the future. Mac, I'm thanking you for everything and more." Stella smiled at him, caressing her fingers over his cheek.
"Stella, you don't need to thank me. I love doing all those things for you and it's not hard. Loving you is one of the most easy, natural things to do. Stella, you are my life now and if anything I should be thanking you." Mac kissed Stella lightly on the forehead.
"I love you Mac." said Stella crying.
"I love you too Stella." said Mac. He knew deep down in his heart that he loved her and that he wanted to spend the rest of is life with her… and that's what he planned to do.
"Are they here yet?" asked Danny in excitement. He couldn't wait to tease Stella and Mac. He had planned things out in his head all night long.
"Not yet, but any minute they should be." replied Lindsey equally excited.
Just then Mac and Stella walked in together.
"Hey Mac. Hey Stella." said Danny stepping in front of them.
"Hey Danny. Hey Lindsey." replied Mac and Stella, giving them both a good morning.
Danny and Lindsey both laughed and walked away.
"What was that about?" asked Mac.
"Who knows, it's Danny and Lindsey that should say it all." replied Stella laughing and shaking her head.
They both walked into his office and froze. Posted on his back wall was a picture and a sign.
Stella gasped and Mac ran over, behind his desk and ripped them both down. The picture was of Stella and Mac last night. Stella was straddling his lap and was shirtless and Mac and her were in a serious lip lock.
Stella went and stood next to Mac, reading the note over his shoulder.
"You know if your going to lie, you might as well make it realistic… there was no coffee stained shirt in your locker."
"What the heck does that mean?" asked Mac his temper rising.
"Shit. I told Lindsey, Danny, and Don that I was wearing your shirt yesterday because I spilled coffee on mine. Someone must have looked in my locker to see if I was telling the truth." Stella shook her head. She couldn't believe she had screwed up.
"I'm going to murder Danny and Lindsey." Stated Mac grabbing the note and picture and taking to storm out of his office.
"How do you know it was them though?" asked Stella. And then it hit her. That's why they were laughing at us. "They must have known something was up and then came back after we thought they were gone and taken a picture of us." concluded Stella out loud.
"Yep. And I'm going to kill them." said Mac furious.
"Oh let me help you with that." said Stella, both storming out of his office in search of Lindsey and Danny.
"DANNY! LINDSEY!" Mac and Stella shouted, their voices echoing throughout the lab.
Danny and Lindsey both looked at each other, grinning, when they heard. Step 1 was complete.
Quickly running to the locker room Danny through Lindsey one of his extra t-shirts. Lindsey took her other shirt off and put his on. Diligently Lindsey tucked the shirt in and fixed her jacket. Then they ran back upstairs to the lab. Stella and Mac were just walking in.
"DANNY AND LINDSEY IN MY OFFICE NOW!" shouted Mac, pointing them out of the lab to his office.
Danny and Lindsey quickly ran into his office and sat down on the couch. Stella and Mac followed behind and glared at them.
Suddenly Stella gasped. She saw that Lindsey had changed shirts and was now wearing Danny's. Stella looked at Mac and saw that he too and noticed.
"You think this is funny?" asked Mac in a weirdly, eerie, calm voice.
Danny and Lindsey looked at each other before replying at the same time. "Yep." They had huge smiled on their faces.
Mac through the picture and note at them. "You think it's funny to watch people having a romantic moment that wasn't meant for anyone except those two people?" Mac's voice was raising, but it was still staying way too calm. It was creeping Danny and Lindsey out.
"Umm, yes?" Gulped Danny replying for both of them.
"Who's shirt is that Lindsey?" asked Stella staring at her.
"D..Danny's."
"Why are you wearing his shirt?"
"I.. I.. umm…"
"So you also find it funny to mock people?" asked Stella her voice an eerie calm as well.
Danny and Lindsey looked at each other. "Look you guys we didn't mean to upset you we just…"
But Mac cut them off. "You didn't mean to upset us? Don't lie you guys. You knew what you were doing and wanted to get us mad." Mac's voice raised.
"Okay we did were sorry, but you didn't need to keep it a secret." Protested Lindsey.
"Oh so now your telling us how we should run our relationship?" asked Stella, cocking her head as if to look amused.
"No.. we just.." they stammered.
"If I remember correctly you guys kept your relationship a secret for a while." Snipped Stella. "We didn't want anybody to know because it's only just started."
"You guys have ruined that though.. Although I guess I have to thank you because now I can do this." Mac said as he grabbed Stella and pulled her in for a hard kiss on the lips. Stella played along and kissed Mac back, her arms coming to wrap around his neck to pull him closer. The kiss went deeper before Mac pulled away.
Danny and Lindsey looked very uncomfortable.
"What's the matter? You watched us last night without any problem. You find this funny remember?" snipped Mac before plunging his mouth back to Stella's. Stella's head was spinning, Mac always tasted so good. She kissed him back in fevered passion. She was so turned on and knowing that Danny and Lindsey were watching made her even more wet.
Mac pulled away again and glared at Danny and Lindsey. "If you EVER do something like that again I will have you suspended. What Stella and I do is none of your business." bellowed Mac.
"We're.. sss ..sorry… we didn't…. sorry." stammered Danny and Lindsey.
"Go back to work." Mac said turning away from them and pulling Stella with him. Danny and Lindsey practically ran out of Mac's office and went back to the lab, Lindsey stripping Danny's shirt off to put her own on. One thing was certain though… they were never going to do that again.
Back in Mac's office Mac and Stella were laughing.
"Did you see the looks on their faces?" laughed Stella in tears.
"It was priceless. We should have taken their pictures." laughed Mac with her.
"Oh my God. When we kissed me I thought their jaws were going to drop off and hit the floor." Stella was in hysterias laughing so hard.
Mac and Stella both double over and fell to the floor laughing their asses off. Don happened to walk by and asked them what the hell was going on.
Stella and Mac looked at his face which was full of confusion and started laughing all over again. Leaning against each other they laughed until they cried. Don giving them another strange look shook his head and walked away. "Obviously an inside joke." thought Don.
Once Mac and Stella had collected themselves Mac called a meeting.
Don, Sheldon, and Adam sat on one side of the long table. Danny and Lindsey sat on the other side keeping their gazes away from Mac and Stella. Stella went and sat at the head of the table and Mac stood behind her.
"First off. Good Morning." greeted Mac to Don, Sheldon, and Adam. Mac looked at Danny and Lindsey who still looked scared out of their minds and grinned down at Stella who was grinning up and him.
"I just wanted to let you guys all know something since it will probably become obvious and because some people had to go and spy and figure it out on their own." added Mac looking directly at Danny and Lindsey. They both blushed and looked at their laps.
Don, Sheldon, and Adam looked at them confused and them back and Stella and Mac.
Mac looked down at Stella, she nodded her head yes. "Just say it Mac."
Mac smiled and looked back up at the team. "Stella and I are now dating."
Adam, Sheldon, and Don's jaws dropped. Stella laughed.
"What you guys there's more." She laughed and watched as Danny and Lindsey's heads shot up with confused looks on their faces.
"Stell, you can tell them." said Mac giving her shoulders a squeeze.
"I'm moving in with Mac. We packed most of the things last night and I'll be moving the stuff in tonight." beamed Stella she stood up next to Mac. He wrapped his arm around her waist and bent down to give her a soft kiss on the lips.
The entire team, including Danny and Lindsey awed and told them congratulations.
After the rest had left Danny and Lindsey apologized once more and then went back to work.
"Just you and me again." smirked Mac leading her back to his office.
"Mmm I know." purred Stella.
They both sat down on his couch close to each other.
"You know." started Mac. "I think that maybe you should move your office in with mine too."
"What?" asked Stella looking up at him. "Sinclair is already going to have a fit once he finds out we're dating. I think if I moved my office in with yours he would shit his pants." laughed Stella.
"Oh who cares about him. I don't like not seeing you at work." pouted Mac.
"Mac, we always are on the same case together and I'm right down the hallway." Stella laughed pressing her finger against his pouted lip. She smirked and bent down kissing his lip.
Mac smiled. "I guess your right, but that means that at home your mine."
"I'm always yours Mac. No matter where we are." She said looking into his eyes.
"I love you Stell."
"I love you my marine."
Later on in the day Stella snuck back into Mac's office. Placing a picture of herself on his desk she wrote him a note.
My Marine,
I'm sorry I can't move into your office, but this way you can look at me all day long.
Love,
Your Greek Goddess.
Stella smiled and kissed the paper, leaving her lipstick mark on the page. Sneaking back out of his office she went into her own.
Mac walked into his office and saw something on his desk. Walking over to it he saw her picture and a note. After reading the note he picked up the frame and smiled. He loved her so much. Chuckling he set the picture back on his desk and grabbed some tape. He hung her note on the wall behind him.
Glancing at the clock he noticed it was time to go. Clocking himself and Stella out he walked down to her office. He came into her office and stride over to her.
Bending down he kissed her lips. "Thank you Stell."
"Your welcome. You like it then?"
"Love it." and with that he scooped Stella up into his arms, holding her bridal style.
"Mac… what are you doing?!" laughed Stella as he carried her out of her office and down the hall.
"Bringing you home." stated Mac.
"I didn't clock out yet."
"I did for you." Mac carried her down the main part of the building. People stopped and stared. Don, Sheldon, Adam, Danny, and Lindsey all looked and smiled. Stella was laughing her head off and beamed at them.
"She looks so happy." they all thought. "They both do."
Mac carried Stella to the elevator and then pushed the button. Waiting there he held her in his arms.
"Love you." he whispered.
"Love you too." she whispered back her arms wrapped around his neck.
The elevator opened and Mac stepped into it. Pressing the button to go down the doors closed and Mac kissed Stella's lips briefly. The elevator stopped and the doors open. Mac stepped out with Stella still in his arms.
"MAC TAYLOR WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?!" hollered Sinclair.
Ooo cliff hanger! Haha. I hope you guys like it! Reviews please!!!! =]
