Episode 1 (My Happy Ending)
Summary: Danny and Lindsay divorced one year ago (reason's why will be told in later chapters) and they both share custody of Lucy who is now four. They both still work together at the crime lab. As they both try to move on with there lives will they be pulled back together?
Crime Lab
Lindsay walked off the elevator and into her shared office with Danny
"How was Lucy?" Danny asked her casually
"She was fine, she loves spending time with your mom" Lindsay told him with a smirk "She spoils her"
"Everyone does" Danny smirked as he over looked a file he was previously reading
"You're going to pick her up tonight, right?" Lindsay questioned
"Yep" Danny said still skimming the file
"I left her overnight bag at your moms" Lindsay informed him as she took a seat at the desk and he just nodded
"Let's hope I remember it this time" Danny said with a smile then his phone went off "Hey" Danny said answering
"Hey stranger" the women said into the phone and Danny stood up and subtly walked out of the office, which didn't go unnoticed by Lindsay. She knew Danny was seeing someone for the last few months but he still tried to be respectful of Lindsay's feelings and never mentioned her and never introduced Lucy to her.
"When am I ever going to see you again?" the women asked teasing him
"Not tonight unfortunately" Danny told her "I have Lucy tonight"
"Oh, ok" the women said to him "Am I ever going to meet Lucy?"
"You will, you will" Danny assured her "I just want to be careful about all this because Lucy still is getting used to the fact her parents don't live together anymore and I don't want to introduce her to someone new just yet. I'm not sure she'd be ok with her dad dating someone else"
"I don't think she understands that yet" the women laughed "She's only four, but I understand Danny. You're a dad first and that's why I love you"
"I love you too" Danny said as Lindsay walked out of the office hearing the end of the conversation but didn't stop
"Call me tonight?" the women asked
"Yea I will" Danny said "Bye" then hung up
"Who was that?" Flack asked coming up behind him startling him
"What are you doing? Trying to kill me?" Danny asked annoyed walking into his office with Flack following
"Yea that was my plan" Flack told him seriously
"That was Julia" Danny told him and Flack smiled
"Things still going strong for you two huh?" Flack asked him and Danny nodded "So why do you look so upset by that?"
"I'm not upset" Danny defended
"You're not happy" Flack pointed out
"Of course I'm happy" Danny told him
"So what's the problem?" Flack asked him
"My problem is that she's throwing the "L" word around" Danny told him
"And you said it too" Flack said to him and Danny nodded "Well do you love her?"
"How am I supposed to know?" Danny asked him annoyed "I've only been dating her for a few months, there are loving feelings but love- I don't know. And she keeps asking when she can meet Lucy"
"Really" Flack said nodding "That's tough"
"Yea I mean I don't want Lucy to think that I replaced Lindsay. Lucy would hate me" Danny told him
"Lucy is a smart girl, smartest four year I know" Flack started "And I'm not just saying that because I'm biased because I'm her uncle but I don't think she could ever hate you. I mean you're going to move on at some point and so is Lindsay" he said and Danny sighed "What?" Flack asked
"That's just the thing, I don't know how I'm going to feel when Lindsay start's seeing some new guy and him being around my daughter. She'll start to think he's her daddy" Danny told him and Flack laughed
"You're crazy" Flack informed his friend "Lucy knows you're her dad and I am sure Lindsay would never let whatever guy she was dating let him think he was her father"
"I don't know Flack" Danny said shaking his head "I wouldn't even know if she was seeing someone"
"I thought you and Lindsay are friends" Flack said, he had never really seen them argue. They seemed to have gotten along very well for the sake of Lucy but Flack wasn't really aware of what happened between the two of them to cause the rift, which ended in divorce. All Flack new was that Danny was crashing on his couch for a few days, then they divorced and they did it all amicably. No one never really knew what had happened exactly, everyone had suspicions but Flack nor the rest of the team never pried on the subject. Flack even thought the way they worked together now was exactly how they were when Lindsay first started so he always had hopes they would reconcile.
"We are" Danny said to him "But we really don't get involved in each other's dating lives, you know what I mean?"
"Yea I get it, I wouldn't want to know" Flack said lying, of course he wanted to know and he didn't buy that Danny didn't want to know.
"Hey we've got a case" Lindsay said interrupting "Hi Flack" Lindsay smiled
"Hey Linds how's my niece?" Flack asked
"Still on a sugar high from the last time you watched her" Lindsay teased
"You're lying, that was two weeks ago and I didn't know" Flack said with a laugh
"You didn't know to not give her ice cream for dinner? Or chocolate cake for dessert?" Danny questioned seriously standing up to follow Lindsay
"Hey she asked" Flack said seriously "I can't say no to her"
"Clearly" Danny mumbled "Practice"
"See you later" Lindsay said with a laugh as she and Danny left
Crime Scene
"What do we have?" Danny asked as he and Lindsay walked under the tape
"One vic" Detective Jake Spencer announced as he lead Lindsay and Danny over to the body "One GSW to the back of the head, no sign of struggle"
"Look's like an execution" Lindsay said to both Danny and Jake "Like a mob hit"
"We have an ID?" Danny asked
"Brian Summers" Jake told him "You might be right on the mob hit, this guy was in gambling debt to his ears"
"Borrowed money from the wrong people" Lindsay said sadly as she photographed
"Sad this guy seemed like a good guy" Jake told them " No priors, wife and two kids"
"Shame" Lindsay said as she continued to photograph and Danny examined the body
"You find the murder weapon?" Danny asked turning towards Jake
"No, nothing" Jake said shaking his head "We're checking everywhere though garbage cans, sewage pipes. But if this was a professional he took the gun with him" and Danny nodded
"I'm going to go interview a friend of his see if he knows anyone who would want this guy dead" Jake said "You wanna come?"
"Yea" Danny said nodding "You good Montana?"
"Yea I got it" Lindsay said nodding and then Danny left with Jake
Victims friends house
Danny and Jake knocked on the door of this man's apartment waiting for him to answer
"This guy's name is David Jenkins" Jake told Danny "He's a high school football coach"
"Alright" Danny said as the door opened "Mr. Jenkins?" Danny asked
"Yes, can I help you?" David asked politely
"I'm Detective Spencer and this is Detective Messer with the NYPD we have to ask you a few questions" Jake told him and David moved aside
"Please come in, is this about that ticket I got? I'm going to pay it but I feel a little behind-" David started and Danny caught him off
"No Mr. Jenkins this is about your friend Brian Summers" Danny told him
"Is he in trouble?" David asked with wide eyes
"No he's dead" Jake told him
"No" David said looking down "What happened?"
"He was murdered" Jake informed him "Now I know he was in debt, do you know anyone he may have borrowed money from, he couldn't pay back?"
"I didn't even know that Brian was in debt" David said sadly taking a seat on his couch "I was always the one having money trouble, he always helped me out"
"So you didn't know that he was a gambler?" Danny questioned
"Brian? No, that's not possible" David said shaking his head "Brian wouldn't even come to card night at my place"
"If you think of anything else, give me a call" Jake said handing him his card and he nodded
"Good luck officers" David said "Did you inform his wife yet?"
"Yea a few officers went over to speak to her" Jake told him "Have a good day" then he and Danny left
"You buy that?" Danny asked as he and Jake walked to the elevator
"For now I have no reason not to" Jake said to him
Crime Lab
"You got anything off the vic?" Danny asked Lindsay as he walked into the AV lab
"Nothing" Lindsay said shaking her head "Just GSR on the side of his head, which is a giving since that's where he was shot, nothing off his clothes but I did find this" she said handing Danny a piece of paper
"An address?" Danny asked looking at it
"To a motel in Brooklyn" Lindsay informed him
"Could our gambling guy with a heart of gold been a cheater?" Danny questioned
"Well the only prints I got off of that was his" Lindsay told him "And I called the hotel and no one with his last name was registered there, so I'm going to go down there and show them a picture of him, maybe they'll recognize him"
"Good idea" Danny said nodding "You need me with you?"
"No" Lindsay said to him "You're off the clock and you need to get Lucy" she reminded him
"Wow it's already six?" Danny asked looking at his watch
"Uh-huh" Lindsay said "Give her a kiss from me, tell her I'll call her to say good night"
"Will do" Danny said "Night" he said leaving
Danny's parent's house
Danny walked right into his parent's house startling his mother
"My god Daniel" Maria Messer said placing her hand over her heart "Don't you knock?"
"I grew up here, I've never knocked on the door" Danny informed her "Sorry for scaring you"
"Just like when you were a kid" Maria mumbled,
"Where's my daughter?" Danny asked looking around
"She has a hot date with the Valceni's son next door, she promised to be back before bedtime" Maria teased
"That supposed to be funny? Because it aint" Danny said seriously
"Daddy!" Lucy smiled running down the steps and from the fourth step up jumped into her dad's arms
"Hey Luce" Danny smiled, thrilled to see his daughter
"I missed you" Lucy smiled giving Danny a kiss on the cheek
"Not as much as I missed you" Danny said seriously "Were you a good girl for grandma today?"
"An angel" Lucy smiled and Danny smirked
"Why don't I believe you?" Danny questioned raising an eyebrow
"She was an angel" Maria replied with a smile
"I would never lie to you Daddy" Lucy told him seriously "Liars are bad"
"I've raised you well" Danny smiled putting her down "Go grab your bag ok"
"Alright, I'll be right back" Lucy said running up the stairs
"How's Lindsay?" Maria questioned
"Didn't you see her earlier?" Danny asked knowing where this conversation was going
"Yes" Maria said
"And how was she then?" Danny asked mother
"Don't be a wiseass" Maria warned her son "That little girl needs both of her parents"
"She has both parents" Danny told her
"She's been shuffled back and forth every other weekend you call that normal?" Maria asked her son seriously
"Why do you do this every time I come here?" Danny asked his mother "You ask the same questions, I give you the same answers"
"Because I'm hoping that one day you'll wake up and realize you both made huge mistakes" Maria said to him "Lindsay's a great girl Daniel"
"I know that Ma" Danny said
"Don't you love her anymore?" Maria asked her son sadly and Danny rolled his eyes
"I had this same conversation with Lucy when I moved out Ma" Danny told her "Of course I love Lindsay, she's the mother to my child, she was a very important person in my life for a long time. I'll always love her"
"So if you love her why don't you just be with her?" Maria asked
"Because it's complicated" Danny said to her
"How?" Maria asked "What happened?"
"I told you Ma it's between me and Lindsay" Danny told her "I wont have this discussion with you again"
"I am not a child Daniel don't talk to me like one" Maria said to him and Danny was about to respond when Lucy came down with her bag
"Here you go Daddy" Lucy said handing Danny her bag
"Something wrong with your arms their Luce?" Danny questioned reluctantly taking the hot pink knapsack from his daughter
"A gentleman always holds the ladies bag" Lucy said seriously to Danny "And you are a gentleman right?"
"Yea daddy?" Maria mocked
"Give grandma a kiss good-bye" Danny instructed his daughter who happily obliged and gave her grandmother a kiss
"Love you grandma thanks!" Lucy smiled then ran to the door
"Thanks Ma" Danny said as his mother gave him a kiss good-bye "I'll see you tomorrow"
"Alright, be careful" Maria said to him and he nodded and followed Lucy out
Danny unlocked the SUV and Lucy jumped in the back and buckled herself in her safety seat
"Dad I'm not a little kid you don't have to check" Lucy said annoyed as her checked her seat
"I'm your dad it's my job to check" Danny said to her then jumped in the front seat "So what did you do at Grandma's?"
"We baked cookies, went to the zoo, colored, ate dinner" Lucy said and as she said each activity she was counting off on her fingers "We did a lot" she smiled
"Good" Danny smiled
"Do you hate mommy?" Lucy asked Danny out of the blue
"What?" Danny asked caught off guard "Of course not, why would you ask that?"
"Well I'm asking because we don't do anything together anymore" Lucy told him casually "We don't go for ice cream or the park or the beach- nothing"
"Well we went over it Luce" Danny said to her
"I know but if you two like each other then why can't we do something's together anymore?" Lucy questioned
"Will talk to your mom ok" Danny said looking at Lucy threw the mirror
"Ok" Lucy smiled, she was proud of herself because she did exactly what her grandmother told her to do only an hour or so earlier
A/N- I don't own any of the characters they all belong to CSI NY except for the few OC's in there.
I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter, let me know what you think :)