You don't know what you have until you lose it

In My Mind

It had been two weeks since Riley's death and she still couldn't process it. Every time he thought of her, he couldn't help crying or feeling that horrible pain in his chest.

Matty has not let him go on any missions since she told him that he was not fit to be on a mission.

His loneliness at home only made him more miserable with each passing day, Jack and Bozer spending as much time as they could with him despite Mac telling them he was fine, which was a lie.

It was night and he was trying to sleep. I try not to cry like I have done every night since Riley died.

When he was finally about to fall asleep, he heard footsteps coming from outside his room, decided to ignore them and thought it was just something that had fallen.

Again I heard a noise, but this time they were accompanied by footsteps heading towards the terrace. He got out of bed and when he opened the door, he saw her.

It was a black silhouette that thanks to the lights out, he couldn't make out who it was, but he knew it was a woman.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?" Mac asked seriously.

Mac felt his heart in his throat when the woman flew to see him, he could see her face perfectly, the tears began to fall, and he felt as if someone was squeezing his heart with force.

"Riles?" Mac said quietly.

It was her, she was wearing her ordinary clothes and her hair was beautifully spread, she had a little smile on her face, the smile that Mac loves so much, being honest, he loved everything about her.

She said nothing and simply turned to continue on her way to the terrace. Mac ran after her, but when he got to the terrace, she wasn't there.

"Riley" Mac yelled through tears.

"Where are you? I miss you" Mac fell to his knees and cried like a little child.

"Why are you doing this to me? God, why are you making me see him even though he's not there?" Scream mac

She spent a few minutes on the floor on her knees while crying bitterly, because the world had to be so cruel, Mac thought.

Suddenly he heard a noise coming from the kitchen and thought it was probably another hallucination, but then he heard someone open the refrigerator door.

She ran into the kitchen hoping to see Riley again, her hopes dashed at the sale when she saw Jack with his head stuck in the fridge.

"What are you doing here, Jack?" Mac asked with a little disdain in his voice.

Jack stuck his head out of the refrigerator and looked at Mac with a small smile, but that quickly faded when he saw the tears on his cheeks.

"I had something to tell you, and I thought I'd spend the night here," said Jack.

"Yeah, no problem, you can sleep in the other room," Mac said as he wiped away his tears.

"You're good?" asked Jack softly

"Absolutely not," Mac said.

He and Jack entered the living room and sat on the sofa, Jack looked at his friend with a serious expression.

"What's wrong, Jack?" Mac asked him

"Mac, I'll be leaving tomorrow" said Jack.

"Really?" Jack could hear the sadness in her voice.

"Yes, but I promise to be back as soon as possible" said Jack

"You said that before, and Riley had to die for you to come back" said Mac a little annoyed.