Chapter One - Secret Admissions

Lindsay was sitting at her desk, she had her head leaned against one hand and tapping a pen on the desk with another. She had been reviewing evidence for a case that she and Hawkes had been working on. Hawkes had been called to another scene and this left Lindsay to close the case on her own, that peed her off slightly.

Lindsay had been staring at the crime scene photos on her desk for the past 30 minutes, nothing was cropping up that hadn't before. She reached to the cup on her desk, she picked it up and went to take a drink when she realised that it was empty. Lindsay smiled to herself. Just typical she thought. She stood up from her desk and headed towards the break room, she needed another caffeine fix.

Lindsay arrived in the break room, she had hoped that it would have been empty but alas, Don and Danny were chatting away while munching on some chips.

Lindsay smiled and walked over to the coffee machine.

"Hey Montana, how's your case goin'?"

Lindsay grabbed the milk from the fridge and carried on with making her coffee.

"Fine considering Hawkes abandoned me to work on another case. Did you guys want a coffee?"

"Aw thanks Linds, I would love one."

Don nodded his head in anticipation. Danny shook his head.

"I've seen what a cup of coffee you make does to people, I would like to keep my taste buds."

Don just glared at Danny. Danny just shrugged it off.

"Ah well, I've seen what your idea of a cup of coffee, I'm sorry but that's how a typical guy takes his coffee."

Don just flicked his eyes between Lindsay and Danny, Lindsay still had her back turned towards them as she prepared the coffee's for her and Don.

"And Don isn't a typical guy?"

"No, he is much more."

Lindsay turned and walked over to the table and handed Don his coffee smiled.

"It was nice talking to you, good luck with your case!"

Lindsay walked out of the room as Danny stared as she walked away, he wanted her bad. Don just stared at his friend, he smiled to himself smugly and took a sip of his coffee. Damn she made nice coffee.

"You know, I was thinking of asking Lindsay to the next Yankee's game, something about her makes me think she knows about Baseball."

Danny turned his attention back to Don, had he just said he was going to ask Lindsay out?

"What? You like Lindsay?"

Don just took another sip of his coffee.

"Who wouldn't, she's smart, sexy, she's got it all."

Danny just looked down the corridor towards their office.

"She is amazing."

Don slammed his cup down, making Danny jump.

"Whoa man calm down."

"I KNEW IT!"

Danny looked at Don confused.

"Knew what?"

Don grabbed the files on the table and walked towards the door. He stopped in the doorway and winked at Danny.

"Figure it out mate, but I'll give you a clue, you share an office with her."

Don walked away leaving Danny even more confused. What was Don trying to say.

Danny sat in the break room for a few minutes and sighed inwardly, he grabbed the paperwork from his case and headed towards his and Lindsay's office.

Lindsay arrived back at her office with a smile on her face, she loved winding Danny up, she couldn't help it. She sat back down in her chair and took a sip of her coffee and carried on where she left off. Lindsay was so quick to focus back onto her work that she dint notice Danny walk into their office.

Danny sat down quietly and looked at Lindsay, he had never really thought of him and Lindsay as anything else and when Don said he was considering asking her out, all Danny could feel was intense jealously, even though he wouldn't admit it. Danny snapped out of his daze and made sure Lindsay knew he was there.

"So Montana, what type of guy am I then?"

That was a conversation starter.

Lindsay looked up finally realising Danny was in the room, she looked him up and down and made a thinking face.

"Ah see I don't know, you're a cross between normal and abnormal!"

Danny feined a hurt expression.

"Abnormal, that hurt Montana."

"It was supposed to."

Danny smiled, while Lindsay laughed to herself. She went back to her work. Danny decided to stop teasing her and start on the mountain of paperwork that awaited him. He and Lindsay sat in comfortable silence for a good 30 minutes. In that 30 minutes Danny hadn't barely made a dent in his paperwork and Lindsay was growing more and more frustrated. Danny was focused on the screen of his computer when the sound of Lindsay banging her hand on her desk in anger gained his attention. Danny looked over at Lindsay's desk, she had her head in her hands and looked very frazzled.

"Anything I can help with Montana?"

Lindsay looked up.

"You could start by calling me Lindsay, seeing as that's my name Messer."

Danny sat back in his chair.

"O..kay, I take it your case isn't going to well Lindsay."

Lindsay just glared at Danny intensely.

"What ever gave you that idea Danny?"

Danny leaned forward and rested his arms on his desk.

"Well, the banging on the desk and the death stares kind of give it away."

Lindsay rolled her eyes and sat back in her chair. She hated it when he was right. She said nothing.

"So, can I help? I don't like seeing you all stressed even though you do look awfully cute."

That caught Lindsay's attention, he thought she was cute? She decided to let it slide.

"Are you sure you want to help? You don't have to, its not your case."

Danny got up from his chair and walked over to Lindsay's desk, he leaned over her shoulder resting his hand against the back of her chair. Lindsay feels herself stiffen at his presence, he was so close she could hear the faintness of his breathing. She couldn't believe she was falling for him, Danny Messer of all people!

Danny didn't know why he felt himself become slightly more aware of the closeness between them, he had done this loads of times before never had he been drawn into the smell of her hair, or just her general smell. This was insane.

Neither of them made a sound, they were silent for what seemed an eternity until Danny spoke.

"Umm, I think this is what you missed."

Danny pointed towards an object in one of the photographs, Lindsay leaned across the desk to grab the photo in doing do her shirt rose up her back giving Danny a nice view of the small of her back, something he was taking mental photos of. Lindsay didn't even realise she had done it, and Danny wasn't about to make her feel uncomfortable about it.

He remained next to Lindsay's side as she studied the photograph closer with a magnifying glass, all of a sudden she jumped up from her chair and squealed. Danny jumped up himself she had nearly sent him flying, she turned to Danny.

"Danny, you are a life saver, you are far far from abnormal, in fact I think I love you!"

Lindsay without thinking kissed Danny on the cheek and rushed out of the office down towards the labs, leaving a very dumbstruck and confused Danny. Danny was silent replaying the past 2 minutes, the interactions between them, and the feel of her soft lips against his cheek. Alone in the office Danny turned to look down the corridor to see Lindsay still practically running towards the labs, he smiled and spoke softly to himself.

"I think I love you too."

TBC

A/N - Please review on this one, I am not sure where this is heading, it was just a random idea that popped in my head during my writers block stint. Next chappie soon.

Sammy

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