Hi everyone! It all comes down to this... The last chapter! Hope you like! Well.. I haven't written much of this either haha xD

Stella´s POV

Offe greeted me happily as I entered the house which had been mine and Offe´s home for the last few weeks.
Well, mine, Offe´s and Mac´s home.

I bit my bottom lip. Mac... He'd barely looked at me after he saved me from Henric...

Agitated Offe jumped up and down my leg to get my attention, her tail wagging like crazy. I couldn´t help but smile at her, before I bent down to her and lifted her up in my arms. With her licking my face, I went upstairs; chuckling slightly because her wet tongue in my face tickled.

I let Offe down and entered the bedroom, she followed me, her tail still wagging briefly then starting to fast up again as she saw Mac standing in front our closet.

I frowned. Mac was obviously packing his stuff...

Was he in such a hurry to get away from me?

I couldn´t even stand the thought of waking up without him by my side from now on... to be honest I suppressed every thought of a life after our fake-marriage until I saw him standing there, packing his stuff in this stupid bag.

I know, I know... Silly me... But after Mac saved me I had been too busy, well better say I kept myself busy, so I didn´t had the time to think over... Mac.

Quietly I cleared my throat, trying to swallow the huge chunk of... of what exactly?

Sadness? Offense? Desperation?

I snorted at my own sense for drama and cleared my throat again.
"Hey Mac." I said, trying to sound all peachy. He uttered something I couldn´t understand before he turned around, some of his shirts in his hands, and faced me.
His face lacked of any emotions, controlled as always.

Damn him, how could he be so unaffected by all what just happened?
By all what was going to happen now?

He didn´t seem the slightest bothered by the thought of parting from me, our life we shared together for the last weeks, while I was rather upset even by the thought of not seeing him every morning from now on...

"You´re packing?" I asked stupidly just to get him to talk to me. I wanted to hear his voice. I wanted him to speak to me.
Most of the times his voice gave away his emotional state even if his face wasn´t. After the years I had known him, I had learned how to read in the sentences he used, the way he empathized some words, the way the tune of his voice changed subtly... I hoped to find the sadness I was missing in his face

"What were you thinking?" he answered my question with another.

"Excuse me?" I was startled. His voice sounded weird... It was full of emotion, as I had hoped for but I couldn´t classify them... There were too many.
"Even a greenhorn knows not to enter a dangerous house without even alarming the back up." He growled and now the anger in his voice was clear.

"What?" I arched a brow.

"How could you be so stupid, Stella?" The shirts he had been holding till now fell on the bed without further notice as he shot me a glare.

"Stupid?" I repeated slowly, my voice dangerously low.

"Yes, stupid." he explained. "Going there without telling anyone where you went was stupid, Stella. He could´ve killed you!"

Anger blossomed in my insides. How dared he to speak to me like that, treating me like a child.
"I would´ve never let it come to-" I tried to defend my actions.

"He had you helplessly tied to that damn chair, there was nothing you could´ve done to save yourself." he cut me down rudely, his voice now shaking with emotion. "If it wasn´t for me, you would be dead by now, Stella."

While talking to me he stepped closer till we stood face to face.

The expression in his voice changed from anger to something quieter.

Also did his face, which had kept his cool till this very moment. Now he looked almost vulnerable, maybe even wounded.

"You would be dead." he empathized, placing both his hands on my shoulders.

My rage died as I stared into his blue eyes and my own features softened.

First now it occurred to me how frightened he must´ve been as he found me tied to that chair and bleeding from my nose.
I remembered how pale he got as he spotted me in the basement...

"You would be dead..." Mac repeated again, this time barely audible.

Slowly I brought my right hand up to his face, cupping his cheek tenderly.

"But I´m here, Mac." I said gently. "I´m alright. I´m alive."

Something inside him must´ve cracked beneath my quiet words. Or maybe he was suddenly inherited by aliens... Because there is no other good explanation for what happened next.

I barely ended my sentence, as his grip on my shoulders got stronger, pulling me towards him while he himself bent down to press his lips against mine.

My heart nearly stopped beating under the feeling of Mac´s strong soft demanding lips on mine.

God, I imagined our first kiss quite often. A million times to be true, but i never would´ve guessed that it would be anything like this.

I never expected this urgency inside his kiss. I wasn´t prepared for the desperation, when his mouth sought mine...

Somehow I always assumed that it would be me who would make the first move.

That I would lose it somehow during one of our more tender moments... That I wouldn´t be able to hold on to me much longer and would kiss him right on the lips instead of a hasted peck on his cheek as I settle for normally...

Not that I´m complaining, no, don´t get me wrong.

I loved it. I loved the whole way he kissed me right now. His strong arms wrapped around my back so tidily. His gorgeous lips on mine kissing me with such desire.
Kissing me like he would never get enough of me. I kissed him back in equal passion. My hands clenched to fists, grabbing his shirt to hold him close to me.

We only broke apart as the need for air grew too strong.

Breathing hard, I leaned my forehand against his.

"Don´t ever do this do me again, Stell." he panted against my lips before he started to place tiny kisses everywhere on my face.

"Okay…" I murmured and snuggled into his embrace, letting my hands wander from his broad chest to his shoulders around his neck, lifting my chin to seek his mouth for a second kiss.

Suallenparker´s note: Wow, a kiss-scene from me again, but this time it´s not a dream. HA! Thank you for reading, I hope you liked it. I wanna write some own Smacked-stories soon (now, that Maja showed me how to do it right ;-P) I hope, I see ya there too. Till then, lot´s of greetings, thanks for all your reviews and see ya latest in Maja´s sequel she already planned for this piece of gold.

MrAprilfoolsWatanuki'snote: LOL I don't think Sarah has learned anything from me, nothing useful however HAHA xD
I want to thank you all for reading this story!
Anyway.. I'm thinking about doing a sequel to this... BUT I would love to write something else also, so if you have any ideas about something, you can send them to me.. and see what I can do..

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Thanks for everything! /Maja