A/N: so... what should I say about... hm... nothing xD

Chapter 1: Surprise

Stella sighed hard as the elevator stopped. The doors opened and she walked out. It's been five years since she was here in the New York Crime Lab and five years since she saw some of her old friends.

Now that she was back again to visit them, she was afraid of meeting them. What would they say? Would they be disappointed that she had left so quickly? She didn't know. She didn't even WANTED to know.

Stella headed toward the glass door she knew like it was yesterday she passed it the last time. When she opened it, the tall man who was standing in front of a huge desk looked up. He had dark brown, short cut hair and blue eyes.

"Stella?" he asked in surprise.

"Yeah, Mac. It's me. Who'd you expected?" Stella answered with a smile.

He grinned and pulled her into a hug. He didn't say anything but she felt that he missed her. It had been hard for him to let her go. Really hard. And she missed him. Missed the way he move, the way he raised his eyebrows.

"Why're you here?" he finally asked.

"Planned to visit you guys and see how you come along without me."

"Oh, well then… It's pretty good. But not as well as it was when you were here. Believe me. It will never be."

"Ok, ok. Would you mind bringing me to Danny and Linds?"

"No, if you don't mind that it will take a bit longer? They're in the garage."

Stella shook her head. She knew he teased her and she loved it. She walked behind Mac, the man she had loved as they worked together and would always love, even if they were apart from each other.

And she knew he felt the same way.

When they reached the elevator again, a not-so-tall-as-he-wishes man entered to. When he turned, his eyes popped out of his head as he noticed who was standing with his boss.

"Stel-la? I mean… STELLA BONASERA?" he asked.

Stella noticed that Mac was smiling at her and glancing at Adam, who was now nearly crying. She chuckled and nodded.

"Wow! I mean… I never thought I would see you again! I thought you were in New Orleans with your new CSI!"

"Yeah, I was with them a few hours before I reached here. And it's nice to meet you again, Adam. I missed you pretty much."

"Er… thank you! So… how are you doing, Stel? How's the… landscape down there?"

"Beautiful."

"Adam? Shouldn't you get back to work already? What if you take Stella out late that day so you can talk to her in private?" Mac interrupted, grinning.

Adam nodded quickly and went out when the elevator opened next time. As the elevator went down again, it was quiet in there. But it was nice, just standing there with Mac. As it used to be when they worked together.

When they reached the garage, a loud scream went through the big room as Lindsay ran to Stella to hug her.

"O my God! I can't believe you're here!" she screamed.

Her husband Danny came to the group of three CSIs and grinned the typical Danny-grin. He didn't say anything, because there wasn't something to say. He was glad that Stella was back.

Stella laughed and smiled at her former co-worker Lindsay.

"Thank you, Linds. I missed you, too."

A voice from behind let them look up. A tall woman, in her mid thirties came over to them. Long, strong legs, chocolate brown eyes, black curly hair falling to her waist, great body… The perfect woman, Stella thought.

"Hey Mac. Thought I'd find you here. I have to ask you something about the flowers. Should they be pink or red?"

Stella raised her eyebrows in surprise, but said nothing. When Mac went to talk to the woman, she turned to Lindsay and Danny.

"Who's that?" she asked.

Noone wanted to answer, but finally Lindsay looked on the ground and gave a nod in the direction of the woman.

"That's Mac's fiancé."

A/N: surprise, surprise xD feel free to review to tell me if I should write a new chapter for it and tell me your ideas