Even though Stella was close to Mac she couldn't sleep. Mac had a long day so he pretty much instantly fell asleep. Tears still fell down Stella's cheek, she thought that since Mac was with her she would be happier, but it wasn't working out so well.

The morning finally came for Stella, but Mac was still sleeping. She got up and made them breakfast. Mac smelled the smell of bacon and got up and went to his kitchen.

"Καλημέρα Στέλλα."

Stella turns around, "Morning to you too, there's nothing good about it though," she frowned.

"Stella, everything will be okay," he said hugging her.

"No it won't Mac, we lost a good worker and friend."

"Η δύναμη είναι πώς θα περάσουμε αυτό," *strength is how we'll get through this*

"I guess, I didn't know you could say that in Greek?"

"There's a lot you don't know," he smiles.

Mac sits down and waits for his breakfast. Stella put a plate of bacon, eggs, sausage in front of him.

"Thanks Stella."

"Κανένα πρόβλημα," *No problem*

Mac didn't know what she said but it made him smile. He finishes eating his breakfast, while Stella was putting on her pants from yesterday and put on a New York Yankees jersey along with her jacket.

"Come on Mac we need to get to work in twenty minutes."

"Okay, okay," Mac said going in his bedroom to change, and Stella cleaned up. Mac got done changing in five minutes and they left for the lab.

Once they got there they ran into Flack.

"Hey Don, how you holding up?" Stella asked upset.

"Not good Stella, I never fell asleep…"

"I know how you feel," Mac jumped into the conversation. "Remember how I was after Claire had died."

"Yeah, but now you have Stella, and I'm left alone forever."

"Don't be so hard on yourself, okay Don?"

"Okay Stella," he smiles and walks off.

"Okay, how did you do that?"

"I didn't do anything, let's go get some coffee," she grabs his hand and they go to the coffee room. Danny was there with Adam.

"What's up with you two?" Danny asked and Adam turned around.

"Nothing," Mac said frustrated.

"Okay last night Stella came with boxers and a shirt, and now she wearing your Yankees t-shirt."

"Are you trying to hide the fact that your pregnant?" Adam asked in shock.

"No, how could you ever get such a thing?"

"Lindsay was a little excited yesterday after seeing you two."

Mac looks at Stella, "That was for a completely different reason."

"Oh, well then never mind," Adam said and Danny shrugged.

"We should get back to work," Danny said nervously, and took Adam with him.

"What was that all about?"

"Just Danny and Adam being their selves…" she laughed…

Two weeks later, after they had the funeral the week before, it was Stella and Mac's one month anniversary.

Mac insisted that they take the day off, but Stella wanted to see everybody. They head to work, holding hands and they see Lindsay. Lindsay sees them and walks over.

"Happy one month you guys," Lindsay smiled and hugged Stella.

"Thanks, where is everybody else?"

"Busy I guess," she said a little distracted.

"Lindsay, are you sure everything's fine?"

"Positive," she said looking at her feet.

"Well me and Mac should be getting to our office."

"No, you can't it's being disinfected… it will take a while to…"

"Linds, we can tell you're lying," Mac said feeling awkward calling her Linds.

"Okay I am, but don't go in that direction… just yet," she smiles as her cell starts vibrating. She takes it out of her pocket. "You're done… okay I'm coming with them right now," she hung up. She grabs Stella's arm, "Well let's go," Mac follows them.

"Close your eyes guys," Lindsay smiles. They didn't argue and closed their eyes and then they approached the office. "Now you guys can open them?"

They both looked at the same time.

"Happy one month," they all congratulated.

"Thanks," they said and gave everybody a hug.

"You guys didn't have to do this," Mac smiled.

"But we wanted to," Danny stated. "It was actually all Lindsay's idea."

They both turn to Lindsay and smile. "I invited Michelle and McDonald, but they didn't feel like coming, plus they both have off."

"That's okay, you guys are closer to us anyway," Stella stated.

"You guys didn't have to get us a cake," Mac smiled, "But I do love chocolate cake," he grabbed him and Stella a piece.

"I would like to make a speech," Lindsay spoke up. "The love that these guys share is so amazingly awesome. Just being part of their life makes me extremely happy. Stella is more than my boss, she is practically my greatest friend, so here's to Mac and Stella."

"Here, here," they all exclaimed. They all go around and have their own little speech, Flack was last.

"You guys have a wonderful relationship going, and it's upsetting because I can't share this moment with the women I love. Seeing you guys together makes me feel like me and Jess could have had more," he said with his eyes filling with tears.

Stella goes over to him and hugs him, "It'll be okay Flack, maybe you should take the day off," she said with her eyes filling with tears.

"I'll be back," Flack stated and went off to the bathroom.

"That sucks for Flack, Mac you should really talk to him… you've had a hard time in this category before."

"Maybe a little later," he frowns while eating the last of the cake.

A little while later everyone started cleaning up…

Flack comes back after everyone leaves. Stella kisses Mac, and then leaves so Mac and Flack can have a man to man talk.

"Flack, I know exactly how you feel about losing Jess, I never understood how it was to lose someone you love dearly… that was until I lost Claire."

"Was it easy?"

"It's never easy Don, trust me, but you can't lock yourself away forever. You may not want to be in relationships, but that's okay. But I knew that Claire would want me to be happy."

"Oh, Mac… thanks for the talk."

"No problem," he smiles and gave Flack a hug. Flack smiles and left the office… and Mac sits down at his desk. Seconds later Stella comes in.

"So, how did it go?"

"It was easier than I thought it would be, but it was sad, too."

Stella goes over and hugs him, "Everything will be fine, trust me."

"Don't worry I do."