It was early in the morning and Mac was packing for his and Stella's trip to the cabin. Stella on the other hand was just waking up, she already packed, so she immediately got dress and went to work. She ran into Danny on the way to her and Mac's office.

"Where is the hell is Mac?"

"Probably packing, why?"

"Someone wants to apply for a job at the lab, and I've been looking for Mac."

"Mac can't determine who can be hired. I'm the boss in this lab."

"Oh, I'm sorry I forgot."

"It's not important… where is he?"

"In your office, where else?"

Danny with his joking around, and I just walk away.

Stella comes to a stop and sees a young looking guy in her office. She enters and the man turns around.

"You don't look like a Mac Taylor to me," he smiles.

"Oh no, the guy you talked to you told you the wrong thing."

"Oh, well people call me McDonald."

"Let's start the interview," she said sitting in Mac's chair. "How old are you?"

"45."

"You don't look 45, are you sure?"

"Positive, I'm actually transferring here from the Wisconsin Police Crime Lab."

"Oh, how long have you had a degree, and why would you like to work here?"

"I had my degree since 1994, and they thought my work ethics would work better for the New York Crime Lab."

"Well, I guess that's it."

"So, now what?"

"You can talk to my superior Mac Taylor once he comes to work."

Stella notices Mac walking down the hallway, so she gets up from her desk as he comes in the door.

"Good morning Bonasera," he smiled and kissed her on the cheek.

"Mac, this is McDonald."

"Stella, are you cheating on me?" he smiled.

"He wants to work in the lab, Chief."

"Oh, well if you like him, I can't say no."

Stella smiles and turns to McDonald. "I guess your hired, you can start tomorrow."

"Okay, thanks."

Stella smiles and walks away. Mac put on a serious look.

"Here's how it is McDonald, you lay one hand on my wif… girlfriend then you will be the one in the morgue."

"Yes sir," he said nervously, got up and went away. Mac while smiling sits down at his desk.

Stella soon comes back with coffee, she gives Mac's his and sits on the edge of the desk.

"So Chief, you ready for this weekend?"

"Why wouldn't I be, I'm going away with you… alone."

Stella's pager went off, she looks at it and it was from Flack.

"Yeah, and we get no silly distractions… I have to go find Flack. See you later then, I guess," she frowned.

"Can't I go with you?"

"No, it's not really any of your business," she laughs and then leaves.

She found Flack sitting on the bench.

"It's about time, we have a crime to attend to," Flack gleamed. He gets up and they drove to the Manhattan River. The tow truck pulled up a car from the river.

Meanwhile Mac was making plans for the weekend up ahead. He got distracted since Stella has been gone for twenty minutes. What happened to her, I hope everything is all right. He stopped worrying when he saw Stella walking down the hallway.

"Flack is annoying sometimes," she said angrily as she slammed the office door.

"What happened?"

"Everything was fine until Angell came to the scene. Once we cleaned the scene up and put the body in the ME truck, Flack totally forgot I was there and left me all alone. So I had to take a cab back, and had no money. The driver was like, 'the crime lab is lowering payments too.' So we were almost back at the lab when he kicked me out of his cab."

"Well, that sucks," he said.

"That's all you're going to say, fuck you too Mac."

"Wait, hold on a second, I offered going with you," he said angrily and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Just calm down Stell," he said and kissed her.

"I'm sorry I got mad at you."

"I completely understand," he smiled and put his hands in her hair. "Only a few more hours and we'll be all alone for the next three days."

"Yeah, you're right. Now I have to go see who this body belongs to. I'll try not to be too long though," she smiled, but Mac didn't let go.

"Stella, let them handle it. I can't stand being away from you long."

"Mac, we'll have three days together… alone."

Stella put down Mac's hands from her waist and goes.

MAN, I can't wait until two o'clock!!

Chapter is of my shortest, but it's all good. Introduced you to McDonald, because he's going to be important to the story shortly. The next chapter they will be on their way to the cabin. Enjoy… and review!!