How to get along

How to getalong

Lindsay Monroe was sitting in her apartment, still thinking about what had happened in the last few weeks. Three weeks ago, she and Danny were boyfriend and girlfriend. They met nearly every evening and spent every free minute together. But then this thing with Ruben happened and everything changed. He shut her out, was always in a bad mood and the worst he slept with Rikki. Again and again she imagined how he kisses her and how she hugs him. She tries to remember if she had done anything wrong, but like Stella had told her, it wasn't her fault. Stella was also the one who told her about Danny's betrayal.

"I should have known better. Everybody in the lab warned me of him, but I silly country cow, I had to think, that I could change him. If Stella hadn't told me, I maybe would have married this guy. Lord, I should be happy that I'll never have to care about this again! I'll work with him, but nothing more!" Lindsay said to herself.

On the next day Lindsay was sitting in her office, doing her paperwork, when Mac entered.

"Lindsay, I've got a case for you. Unidentified woman, 20 years old, was found near Brooklyn Bridge. You are going to work with Flack and Danny, alright?"

"With Messer, couldn't be worse.", Lindsay thought but she just nodded.

At the crime scene Danny and Flack were already waiting for her.

"Hey, Linds!", Flack greeted her with a bright smile.

"Good morning, Montana!", Danny said with a grin.

"Like nothing had happened, typical of him!", she thought.

Lindsay smiled at Flack und just looked at Danny.

"Do we still don't know who she is?", Lindsay asked.

"Yep", Flack responded.

"Who found her?" she asked

"Peter Simons, 23, when he put the dustbins out, he saw her lying next to the container." Flack answered.

"Danny, would you talk with Mr. Simons while I'm processing the body?" Lindsay said.

"Sure thing." he answered.

"I'm done with the body, let's go back to the lab.", Lindsay suggested some time later.

Lindsay was standing in the hallway, talking with Hawkes, when Adam interrupted their chat.

"Sid told me that she the shots hadn't caused her death. She was suffocated a long time before. There were fingerprints on her neck, but they don't match to Simons'."

"Thank you Adam", Lindsay said.

After her shift Lindsay was in the locker room, and put her coat on. She was unsatisfied because they neither knew who the victim, nor her murderer was. Suddenly she heard a deep voice behind her.

"Oh, Linds?"

"Yeah? Oh hey Flack!"

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure"

"They are repairing the water pipes in my apartment house and so I can't live there anymore…….."

"I see. Where is your problem?"

"You know, hotels are very expensive…."

"Why don't you ask a friend of yours?"

"That's what I'm doing right now!"

"Oh….. What about other friends?"

"I asked Mac, he said no. I asked Stella, she said that her apartment is still a mess. I asked Hawkes, he said that he has a new girlfriend and he don't want to scare her. I even asked Sid, but he said that I'm too crazy for him."

"Somebody who is crazier than Sid? And I thought this was impossible! Why don't you ask Det. Angel? I thought you like her?"

"I did like her. But she is you know she slept with Steve, Marc, Sam, Tom, Tim and Luke. She is the whore of the department!"

"Wow. She seemed so nice. Well what is with Danny?"

"He said that he had to sort out some personal stuff. You're my last chance Lindsay Monroe!"

"Okay. But my apartment is a mess."

"Well, then I'm gonna feel like home."

They laughed and left together.