Danny and Lindsay together at last
( Danny sees Lindsay walking across the lab. They haven't spoken since Lindsay told Danny she
loved him and things have been awkward. Danny runs over to her just as she reaches the lifts.)
"Yo Montana, wait up" he called, running after her.
"Hey Danny... um, what's up?"
Her obvious discomfort and the awkward atmosphere saddened Danny, reminding him of a time
when they could talk for hours about anything. " I was just wondering if you wanted to get a drink,
and...y'know...talk."
Lindsay looked at Danny, trying to suppress the feeling she got in her stomach whenever he spoke
to her. "Danny, I just don't think that's a good idea. I'm sorry. Everything is so messed up, and it's
all my fault." She turned away, tearful, and walked into the lift that had just opened. Leaving Danny
looking hurt and confused. As the doors closed, Danny registered what she had said and banged on
the lift door, before sprinting downstairs. He flew out the front door and caught up with Lindsay as
she was trying, unsuccessfully, to flag down a cab.
"Lindsay, wait!" he grabbed her arm and spun her around so she was facing him.
"What the! Danny?"
"What did you mean, its all your fault?" he demanded. Lindsay looked away desperately trying to
locate a cab to get her away from the horribly awkward situation in which she was stuck.
"Danny, don't. Not here, not now."
"Then when huh? You tell me when you wanna talks Linds and I'm there cos I really cant take this
awkward feeling between us anymore. So, tell me, what did you mean?" Danny practically yelled at
Lindsay, throwing his hands up in distress.
"OK you want to know what I meant Messer? I meant that this is my fault! It's my fault that I didn't
stop things from going to far that night" she yelled, tears beginning to stream down her face, "It's
my fault that I couldn't see that you were pushing me away. It's my fault that I just fooled myself
into thinking things were OK." She paused to wipe her days away. Just then a cab pulled over. She
went to go in then turned back to Danny. "But mostly, I'm sorry for being stupid and naïve enough
that I thought that that night meant something, that it meant that we were finally going to be
something, that it was about more then just sex." she looked at him sadly. "stupid of me, uh" with
that she got in the cab and drove away, leaving Danny standing outside, shocked and alone.
(Later that night, Lindsay is sitting alone in her flat crying and wondering how to avoid Danny at
work, when there is a knock at the door. Startled she ignores it, but the person outside keeps on
knocking. Wearily she goes and opens the door to find Danny standing there looking pissed off.)
"Danny? What are you doing here?"
"No." he stated simply before walking past Lindsay into her apartment. "No."
"No what" she asked, visibly confused and embarrassed that she was just wearing an oversized sweatshirt and underwear.
He looked at her. "I said, no. you cannot just accuse me of not caring about you, of sleeping with
you then running off like some jerk in a bar, and then you go and hop in a cab and run off. Its not
on OK Montana! I care about you, you know that. In case you've forgotten, I was the one who asked
you out, and YOU stood me up. And I know why Linds and I respected that. I waited for you cos I
knew you were different, you were worth it. That night we spent together was amazing Montana
and I don't just mean the sex. I mean the fact that we were finally together, we were finally going
somewhere and I was so god-damn happy."
Then why didn't you say that" Lindsay yelled suddenly shocking Danny into silence. "why did you
act like nothing had happened, and we were just friends?"
"Cos I didn't have a clue what you were thinking. And funnily enough I was pretty messed up from
the Irish drugs siege. I was in and out of conciousness for a while, you know, from the drugs, and
when I was finally concious enough to think clearly, I didn't know if you were regretting it, or
thought it was just a casual fling. You never mentioned it either remember, and well, I didn't want to
push you" he said pacing around the apartment. " You're the first woman I've ever really cared
about Montana, and I didn't know how to talk to you, what to say", Danny mumbled avoiding
Lindsay's gaze."Truth is, I think about that night all the time, and I hate myself for pushing you away, for hurting you, for making you think you weren't the most important thing in the world to
me"
Lindsay walked over to him and held his face in her hands forcing him to look at her.
"You are so annoying, you know that Danny" she smiled then kissed him gently on the lips. Danny
looked at her shocked, then grinned weakly "It's all part of my irresistible charm" Lindsay laughed
and kissed him again, harder this time. Danny responded eagerly then pulled back. "Montana,
wait...I mean, are you sure? I know I hurt you, and I just don't wanna do that again" "Danny trust
me, I'm sure. I just need to know that you want this too" she looked at him hopefully and a little
fearfully. "Montana" he growled with his trademark cocky smile "I've wanted this for a very long
time". He picked her up and carried into her bedroom...
(I think everyone can guess what happened next lol)
(Later that night)
Danny rolled over smiling, his hand searching for the warm body that he had fallen asleep with but
instead finding an empty bed. Panicked, he shot up and scrambled for his glasses. He looked around
for Lindsay but couldn't see her. Then he paused and heard faint noises coming from the living
room. He quietly walked out and saw her sitting on her couch wrapped in a blanket watching a
black and white film. He stepped forward.
"Hey Montana, you trying to give me a heart attack or somethin'?"
She turned round startled, but her face softened when she saw Danny smiling at her, wearing just
his boxers.
"Sorry, I couldn't sleep, and I didn't want to disturb you."
"So...what's up? I thought things were good between us?...Oh god you're not regretting this are
you?"
Lindsay couldn't help but laugh at the anxious expression on his face. "No, no nothing like that. It's
just, I was lying there with you and I couldn't help but get this sense of deja-vu. I mean, we've been
here before and that didn't exactly turn out well did it. I mean, I know you had stuff you had to deal
with...with Ruben...but things got so messed up, it was screwing with my mind, and more
importantly with my work."
Danny walked over and sat next to her "Lindsay, this is not like last time OK, last time, I didn't
know how to act around you, what you wanted, then with the siege and...and Rueben...things got
messed up for me and I didn't want to dump all that stuff on you...I guess I was worried that you
wouldn't be able to handle it."
"Danny, its not as if I haven't dealt with stuff like that before, but I do understand feeling like if you
don't deal with it, don't talk about it, it didn't really happen." Lindsay said. She shifted so she was
lying against Danny, his arm wrapped tightly round her. "I just need to know what this is."
Danny looked at her and brushed the hair out of her face "this is..." he took a deep breath and spoke
very quickly "the thing is Montana whenever I see you I can barely breathe or stand or even think,
and I miss you every second that we are apart, and when I saw how much I hurt you it actually
physically me too to think that I was the one that made you look like that and well, Lindsay, I love
you OK, I'm freaking in love with you." He stopped and paused avoiding Lindsay's gaze.
She paused for a second then stood up and walked towards the bedroom. Then she called out "You
coming or what Messer?" He turned round shocked, then realised that under the blanket she had
been wearing a very familiar looking shirt. "Hey Montana, that my shirt?" "Yeah...you don't mind
do you?" she called from the bedroom cheekily. "No...not at all" Danny murmured. "Oh, and
Danny?" she called at she leaned back into the hallway. "yeah?" "I love you too". Danny stopped
and smiled to himself. "God bless the wheat fields" he said before jumping over the couch and
running to the bedroom.
(A few days later in the lab)
"Hey Danny, Lindsay what's up? Got any leads on the case?" Flack asked the two CSI's.
"Yeah, Montana here found a fibre on the vic's watch that matches the daughter's purse"
"Whoa Lindsay wake up!" laughed Flack "Danny just called you Montana. Where's the comeback
and the slap to the head!?"
Lindsay smiled "You know, its actually growing on me."She and Danny smiled at each other.
Flack nodded and walked out the room bumping into Stella "Hey Stell, you owe me 50"
"What, why" she asked. Flack nodded towards the lab where Danny and Lindsay where trying to hide their smiles.
"Messer and Monroe finally got it on! Be sure to act surprised when they tell you."