a/n : aren't i good with keeping promises? so here is Heart U and Happy anniversary's sequel. i've already written 14 chapters, but they still need to be typed as always with me ;). there will be daily updates until next tuesday when uni starts again, i don't know how often i'll update then probably 2 maybe 3 times a week. that's means you'll have at least 5 chapters until then. on with the story, enjoy!

It all began with Christmas shopping

Chapter 1

"Come on, Danny, you promised," Lindsay said pleading.

"Yes, but what you forgot to tell me is that we'd be doing that on a Saturday." His tone was rather harsh, at least harsher than it usually was.

"Well, we agreed on our next day off together which happens to be today," Lindsay tried to get out of being accused of being a tiny bit manipulative, even though she had known full well that that Saturday would be their next day off.

"I don't care, I'm not going." To emphasize his point, he went over to the couch, sat down, put his feet up on the coffee table and turned on the TV. "It's suicide."

Lindsay was fuming, angrier than she should really be. She knew Christmas shopping on any Saturday in December resulted only in either killing someone or yourself. But she couldn't help getting mad at him, so mad she was on the verge of crying. So she went to the bathroom, slammed the door and locked it. Tears soon came down her cheeks followed by uncontrollable sobs. Man, what was wrong with her? she thought.

Danny was already feeling a bit guilty when he heard the door slam but he felt like a jerk when he heard her cry. He turned the TV off and stood up going to the bathroom. He gently tapped on the door.

"Linds', baby? You okay?" he asked, genuinely concerned. It's not like it was their first fight but it had never gone down that road, crying that way for her was very unusual. Lindsay didn't respond, she still couldn't speak.

"I'm sorry, baby, open the door, you can yell at me some more or do whatever you want but please open the door." He was really worried and needed to see her, to hold her.

Lindsay, who had somewhat regained some of her breathing and ability to speak, stood up and unlocked the door. Danny opened it and her sight tore his heart -her eyes were all puffy and red and silent tears were still coming out of them. As soon as she saw him, how worried he looked, Lindsay jumped into his arms and started sobbing again.

"Ssh, baby, it's okay," Danny whispered trying to soothe her by rubbing her back. He lifted her and carried her to the bedroom where he sat them both on the bed. He held her tighter still whispering soothing and loving words to calm her down. After a while, Lindsay's breathing became more even and her sobs stopped. Danny looked down to find her asleep. He gently laid her down on her pillow and put the covers on her. Then he went to the living room, grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and wrote her a note. Taking his wallet and keys, he left the apartment.

Lindsay woke up a couple of hours later. The apartment was so quiet, she started to panic. Oh God where was Danny? She got out of bed and went through the apartment looking for any signs of her boyfriend. Finally sitting down on the couch, sighing and on the brink of crying, she noticed the piece of paper that Danny left.

"Montana, sweetheart, don't get all worked up again. You look like you needed some sleep. I went out to run some errands. I'll be back later, just relax, love you. D."

Lindsay let out the breath she was holding -he was coming back. She hadn't screwed it up by scaring him off. Now if she could get her mind to tell her why she had freaked out like that, she could relax like Danny said to.

Okay, let's review the fact : Danny promised to go shopping but backed out, they both got angry and out of the blue tears and sobs made their appearance. Was she stressed out? Not more so than usual. Sad? Well, a bit, because she wouldn't be going back to Montana for the holidays but she wasn't that upset about it. Frustrated? Living with Danny, you get frustrated a lot no doubt but it wasn't like he was totally out of line today, she had kinda tricked him. PMS maybe? She had never been subject to strong PMS but it was the only plausible explanation and there was a first time… Wait a minute she thought, her eyes widening at the same time.

All of the sudden, she jumped from the couch and ran towards the bathroom. She opened the medicine cabinet, grabbed what she needed and looked at it with astonishment.

"Oh my god, I can't believe it! This can't be happening," she mumbled to herself.

She needed Danny right now, if she was gonna freak out about this overwhelming news, he should too, because it was all his fault. He said he'd be back later but he must have written the note when she fell asleep which was over two hours ago. Should she call him? Wait for him?

Suddenly, like he had sensed he needed to come back to her -or so she thought, she heard the door open. She got out of the bathroom and jumped into his arms just as he put down his bags.

"I missed you too, Montana," he whispered kissing her hair. "You feelin' better baby?"

"Sorta," she replied cryptically.

"What do you mean? You alright?" He was really worried now.

Lindsay smiled at him, took his hand and led him to the couch. She looked very nervous.

"Montana, you're freaking me out, here."

"Good" she said. "Cause I'm kinda freaking out too."

"Okay, that's better," Danny was very confused.

Just then, Danny noticed what Lindsay was still holding in her hands fidgeting it nervously.

"Lindsay," he tucked his hand under her chin willing her to look at him. "What's that in your hands?" Of course he already knew what the answer was but he needed her to say it to make it real.

a/n : next update tomorrow, hope you liked it.