Last Day of my Life

Chapter 1: Asking Out

"I just left Bobby's house

The service was today

Got me thinkin' about how fragile life is

As I drove away

You know Amy was his only love

In a moment she was gone, long gone

It could have been me or you

Oh, baby, there's no time to lose"

"Stel, can I talk to you a second?" Mac asks as she runs right into him when turning the corner.

She blushes and closes the file she had been reading. "Sorry, Mac. I should've been paying attention to where I was going."

"No harm done," he leads her to his office and, as always, opens the door for her. "Look, I know it's kind of short notice, but I have this dinner party thing Saturday night. The chief personally came to deliver my invitation and told me my presence is mandatory. Also, he said I should probably bring a date. I don't know who else to ask; I've only been with three women since… well, you know. None of them felt right. Since I don't have… a girlfriend, I figure a best friend would work. Can you come with me?"

She smiles at his rambling. "I -"

"It's okay if you have plans or don't feel comfortable with the idea. I know it's hard for you to trust after Frankie, and you always say you trust me but… if you don't -" he continues until he fells her hand on his shoulder.

"I'll go with you, Mac, as long as you shut up."

"Thank you, Stel."

"Why aren't you taking Peyton? Danny told me about you two."

"We broke up a few weeks ago; it just wasn't working out right," he avoids looking at her, wondering what she must think of him since this conversation was turning to things he didn't tell her.

"I'm sorry," Stella places a hand on his cheek. Then, realizing what she had done, she quickly removes it.

"Maybe people are only supposed to find true love once in a lifetime."

"You know that's not true."

"I'm beginning to believe that it is."

"Mac, I'm beginning to wonder how we became friends; we're so different. Should I be afraid to admit my first and only best friend is a man who's ten years older than me?" she teases.

"There's nothing wrong with that," he watches her, not seeing the point.

"There's nothing wrong with the two of us being friends, no. But you being my first and only best friend, yes, something's definitely wrong there."

"Stella, there's nothing wrong with being antisocial. You've obviously grown out of it."

She doesn't find that funny. "Better watch it, Mac, or you might have to find yourself a new date."

Danny, who was looking for Stella, walks in. "You two are going on a date? Remind me to collect my money from Don later."

"It's not a date," Mac defends them. "The chief told me I should bring a date with me to this dinner party. I don't exactly have a girlfriend so I thought Stella wouldn't mind going with me."

"Sure, it's not a date if you say so," he winks.

"What did you want, Danny?" Stella asks.

"Adam said he gave you the results."

"Here, now please go," she practically throws the folder at him.

Still smiling, Danny leaves the pair alone. "Have fun on your date."

Mac turns back to her. "I'll pick you up at seven on Saturday. Here," he hands a couple hundred dollars from his wallet to her. "I know you women hate to wear the same dress twice. Go get yourself a dress and whatever else you need."

"I can't accept this. You don't have to pay for me," she tries to give the money back to him.

"Don't worry about it. I can live with two hundred dollars less in my bank account."

"If you're sure?" He nods. "Thanks, Mac. I've got to go keep an eye on Danny and see how this information has helped us." Before leaving, Stella gives him a quick hug.

A/N: I don't know when this will be updated. I've only got the next chapter typed and there's five more after that. It's been so long since I posted. I decided to take a break since I spent two weeks posting everyday to get three stories up before the May 2 episode, and they really needed to be finished the week before when we found out about her HIV test. I'll start with last week's episode: it defintely wasn't what I thought it would be. Also, it seemed kind of far fetched. They should've waited to do Stella's story until after the whole trial thing with Mac because right now the whole show is completely focused on that. And wouldn't Stella's blood be in CODIS anyway? I figured since they take their prints when they become officers, they would take DNA now too. What else has happened since then... everyone in bio thought the dissection test was really hard, but I thought it was kind of easy, after I fingured halfway through the test that the first questions I had were about the brain and not the heart. We have dress rehearsal for dance tonight, and my mom is making me go to karate before that in my makeup. The hair I don't mind because I always wore my hair to school in a bun before pictures or rehearsal. Tomorrow my friend and I are going to this CSI thing at the library; I think it has something to do with the CSI Effect and how that's effected juries. Then Wednesday we have our band banquet thing so I'll miss Providence and Bones. I might have to wait until Thursday to watch NY. It doesn't look all that interesting anyway. Oh, on the finale, Danny and Adam are held hostage in some warehouse by druggies while Mac, Stella, and Hawkes are held hostage in the lab by more druggies. Someone gets shot; I'm hoping for Peyton and that she'll die so Mac can be with Stella. Or maybe if either Stella or Mac is shot, they'll realize they love each other. I gotta go get dressed. Please review.