Hi guys! Here is a new story! Post-ep for episode 3x03, Love Run Cold. Contains spoilers for Silent Night onwards, and very small spoilers for Not What It Looks Like. I do not own CSI: NY or any of the characters. Trust me, if I did, Danny and Lindsay would already be together!! Anyway, here's the story!!
Oh, and sorry if the paragraphing is a bit dodgy, but I get a bit confused sometimes!
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"I can't… be in a relationship with you."
"Damn," muttered Lindsay. "Why'd I have to be so stupid?"
She had turned Danny down and she knew that it would turn out to be one of the worst mistakes of her life. She knew this, and yet she couldn't quite bring herself to go out with him. Why? Six words. "A few drinks. Dinner. Some laughs." Yeah right. With men things with always progress to something more, and then you have to tell them about yourself. Your past. And Lindsay wasn't ready for that. Whenever she tried to tell past boyfriends about her past, her emotional baggage, her murdered friends, boom! They had vanished, never to be seen again. Lindsay laughed humourlessly. They just couldn't cope with the image. But Lindsay had too. She lived through it.
"Hey Linds, you ready to go?"
Stella popped her head round the door to the DNA lab. Lindsay shook her head, confused.
"Huh? Where are we going?"
Stella frowned, worried. Lindsay hadn't been the same person since she went undercover. She looked at Lindsay, but the honest confusion, sadness and worry in her eyes was enough to persuade Stella not to interrogate Lindsay. Not yet, anyway. Sighing, she answered Lindsay's question.
"It's the annual karaoke night out of the lab, remember?"
Lindsay frowned for a moment, and then Stella swore she saw a light bulb appear over Lindsay's head. "Oh yeah!"
Together, Lindsay and Stella packed up and left to go to the bar.
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When they arrived at the bar, Stella and Lindsay immediately sought out the rest of their friends. As they made their way over to the booth, all the others shuffled round, making room for the two latecomers. However, they had sorted it so Danny and Lindsay had to sit together, and there wasn't much room.
The DJ stepped up to the microphone and said, "Now, who will be first up to sing tonight?"
The CSI gang looked around, seeing if anyone will volunteer. Mac sighed, and said evilly,
"Right, it is a rule that you all must sing tonight. Even me. Okay? Oh, and you will not consume any alcohol until you have finished your song. I have told the bar tender, and will only be taking drinks orders from me, but I'll only pay for my round. I want you up there sober, okay?"
Everyone groaned, but reluctantly agreed. After all, they were threatened with no alcohol!
Throughout the night, the majority of them had sung. This is what they sang:
Mac, Flack, and Hawkes decided to do a group piece and sung I'm Your Man.
Sid called them all chickens and sung Like A Surgeon on his own.
Stella sung I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
They stared at Danny and Lindsay, who were the only ones who hadn't sung yet. After being under their penetrable glare for about 30 seconds, Lindsay sighed and said, "Fine, I'll sing. I'll need a vodka after this anyway."
And with that she walked up to the stage, muttered something to the DJ, and then took the microphone, preparing to speak to the audience.
"Umm, hi. I'm Lindsay. When I was 14, I was in a café, and my best friends were murdered before my eyes. I have found it really hard to cope, but this song sums up everything. So here goes."
Lindsay nodded to the DJ, who pressed play, and Lindsay started to sing.
Sha-la-la-la-la,
sha-la-la-la-la I miss you You used to call me your
dreamer I miss
you I know you're in
a better place yeah I miss you
You used to call me your Angel
Said I was sent
straight down from Heaven
You'd hold me close in your arms
I
loved the way you felt so strong
I never wanted you to leave
I
wanted you to stay here holdin' me
I miss your
smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a while
And even
though it's different now
You're still here somehow
My heart
won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss
you
Sha-la-la-la-la
I miss you
And now I'm livin' out my dream
Oh, how I wish you
could see
Everything that's happenin' for me
I'm thinkin' back
on the past
It's true the time is flyin' by too fast
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a
while
And even though it's different now
You're still here
somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I
miss you
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
I miss you
But I wish that I could see your face, oh
I
know you're where you need to be
Even though it's not here with
me
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear
every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're
still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to
know
I miss you
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
I miss you
I miss
you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a
while
And even though it's different now
You're still here
somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I
miss you
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
I miss you
By the end of the song, there wasn't a dry eye anywhere, and Lindsay had tears running down her cheeks. Everyone went wild though as she stepped off the stage and made her way back to her team. Stella got up and hugged her tight, then Lindsay sat back down in the booth, threw herself into Danny's arms, and said,
"I'm so sorry Danny, I should have told you. I'm so sorry."
Danny just held her close, comforting her, then got up.
"Where are you going, Danny? I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm very sorry."
Danny lent down and pulled her close.
"It's okay kiddo, I just need to sing my karaoke song, then we can all drink ourselves into oblivion, okay?"
Lindsay smiled and nodded.
Danny made his way up to the stage.
"Hi, I'm Danny," he said. And this song is a promise to someone very special to me."
With that, he nodded for the DJ to start, and looked straight at Lindsay.
There's a place we used
to be I don't
know where to start If you ever turn away There's a voice shouting
inside my head I don't know where you are If you ever turn away If I close my
eyes Ooooooo
oooh Aaaaaah If there's something in your heart that
tells you to stop I'd Wait For Life
There's a face that I used to see
There's a picture with
you by my side
There's a moment that I wanna find.
Or how to begin
But I know I love you
still.
If you ever change your
mind
If the road ahead becomes too hard to climb
If there's
something in your heart that tells you to stop
Oh to hold you
close tonight
I'd wait for life.
There's a space on your side of the bed
There's
a hope everytime there's a sound
There's a silence that's playing
too loud
Or how you may be
But
I know I love you still.
If you ever
change your mind
If the road ahead becomes too hard to climb
If
there's something in your heart that tells you to stop
Oh to hold
you close tonight
I'd wait for life.
I'll dream a little deeper baby
'Cause you are always on
my mind
Yeah you are always on my mind
For life.
Oh to hold you close
Yeah
Oh to Hold you
Close,
Tonight
I'd Wait for Life
As Danny stepped away from the stage, once again the crowd went wild. He looked at Lindsay, and she got up and walked with him to the door, going outside.
They just looked at each other for a minute, then Danny saw a lone tear trickling down Lindsay's cheek. He wiped away the tear.
"Aww come on Montana, don't cry. What's wrong?"
Lindsay looked up, and smiled at the use of her nickname.
"It's just that… I have been so caught up in my life, I forgot to make sure that it didn't affect anyone else either. I've been so selfish."
Danny, shocked at her sudden outburst, pulled her close.
"Hey. It's alright. Remember what I sung? I'd Wait For Life. And I mean that Montana."
They looked at each other, and Lindsay said,
"I think I'm ready. But please don't push me, or I'll just retreat back into my shell again. Okay?"
Danny nodded sincerely, and they both started to lean in. Their lips met in an extremely gentle, but passionate kiss, and they could feel the electricity fizzling.
As they broke apart, Danny pulled Lindsay into his chest and said, "Your pace Montana, I promise."
And with that they headed back to the bar, now hand in hand.
A/N: Well, I've finished. This is my first one shot, and my first completed story. Yippee!! Anyway, the songs I used were 'I'm Your Man', by 'Wham!', 'Like A Surgeon', by 'Weird Al Yankovic', and 'I Wanna Dance Wth Somebody', by Whitney Houston. The song Lindsay sang was 'I Miss You', by Hanah Montana, and the song Danny sang was 'I'd Wait For Life', by 'Take That'. See ya then, and please review!!
