Deciphering me

Summery: [Post All in the Family Don and Angell meet up for the drink he offered her earlier that day. During which, he tells her about his troubles, especially about how Danny's been acting up and how he's worried about him and as friend.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything I write down. That includes the characters of CSI: NY and the song by Brooke Fraser.

A/N: Bit of a one-shot/drabble, but I took advantage of the wonderful little moment between them. And I'll tell you now, I bet [and hope like hell that something might come up between them! Cuz I think what's interesting about them as a couple is they would always be competitive and always try to out do each other. Anyways, onwards with the story.

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text alert

'1 new message'

From: Jessica Angell

To: Don Flack

Message: How bout that coffee? O' Brian's Cafe at 6 - see you there.

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Friend, it's getting late
We should be going
We've been sat here beneath these flickering neons for hours

'Wow, you're here quick,' she walked over to Don's table and sat opposite him. In his hands was a nice cup of warm coffee and in the plate next to him was a half eaten muffin.

'Came straight from work,' he took a sip of his coffee before looking up at her.

After ordering her coffee, she watched Don. 'What's wrong? What happened with Danny and Mrs. Sandoval?' She picked a crumb off of Don's half eaten muffin. She noticed he looked distressed, like he was worried about something.

'It's Danny. I think he's taking the whole thing with Ruben Sandoval too seriously.'

'He lost someone he was meant to be looking after, Don. I think anyone in his position would blame them selves for something like that.' Her coffee arrived and the strong smell of the brew rose up to their nose. It was refreshing for both of them since Don's had since lost it aromatic smell.

'I know, but I cannot help thinking that he's been through so much and now this. No one should need to go through this.'

'Don, you are in the wrong industry to think that. We're here to tell people that their love ones have die because of someone else's foolish act,' she wanted so bad to tell Don to act as if Danny was just some random person on the street who lose their love one and tell Danny what he'd tell that other person but she couldn't bring her self to something like that.

Placing her hands around her warm cup of coffee the feeling sparked through her and she could hardly feel the air-conditioning that blew in her direction. Taking a slip she realised that Don wasn't looking at her nor the table but was watching the cold stone floor beneath them.

'Don, don't worry. He's got Lindsay, she'll help him out. They'll stick together for this,' taking her hand off her coffee cup she took Don's cold hand into hers and held on tightly. Don finally looked up and she smiled back to try and reassure him nothing was wrong.

While I am cracking their code, you are deciphering me
for I am a mystery; I am a locked room in a tall tower

It had been at least an hour and there they were still sitting together in the Irish coffee bar. A smile had merged onto Don's face and she noticed that there was a lighter air around him that made him happier. She'd gotten him to stop thinking about Danny and now it was just them, together. Her hand was still in his and the half eaten muffin on his plate had since been finished, their coffees had been drained and the night's sky was starting to show over the top of the New York skyline.

Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home?
Oh, did you see the stars colliding, shining just to show we belong?
We belong.

They walked out of the Irish Coffee Bar and the above they could see storm clouds approaching. The night was cool and they held their jackets close towards themselves. The streets were busy for a weekday evening but it was New York it would be strange if they weren't full of people at whatever time.

With Don's hands in his pocket Jess link her arm around his. Looking down at her Don was confronted her with brown wavy hair, which he noted to have smelt a lot like lemons. Smiling he turned his head back up and carried on walking. They hadn't gotten further than the corner of the street when hey started to feel the cool droplets of water form above them.

Your telescope eyes see everything clearly
My vision is blurred but I know what I heard echoing all around
while I am tuning you in, you are deciphering me
not such a mystery, not such a faint in a far away sound

Dashing for cover under a bus stop they watched at the rain poured down in front of them. The air around them started to build up heat as people gathered around them to get out of the rain.

'So much for walking me home,' Jess looked up at Don who started to look upset.

'Why not you come to my place?'

'Is it closer?' she asked getting sandwiched by the people around them. From a sudden push behind her she took a step forward crashing into Don who caught her in his arms.

'Well if we take the underground it's only a couple of stops and we wont get wet,' having no other choice they dashed to the closest underground staircase. There weren't as many people down there as there were at the bus stop but the moment they went through the barriers their train arrived.

Jumping on before the doors closed they tried to conceal their laughter from everyone else on board. Leaning against Don Jess brought her arm up and putting her fingers through her hair cleared it off water. Once she'd rested her hand on his shoulder he brought his hand and whipped away droplets of water yet to evaporate off her cheeks. Biting her lips she watched the floor of the train for the rest of their journey.

Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home?
Oh, did you see the stars colliding, shining just to show we belong?
We belong.

Getting off at Don's stop they walked up the stairs together. Expecting rain to hit them when they exited they saw that the night's sky had cleared and the moon was visible in the distance.

Smiling at each other Don asked, 'Still want to come over?'

Pushing hair that had fallen into her eyes out of the way she nodded keenly, 'Why not!'

Together they walked down the street until reaching Don's flat where they went up together.

Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home?
Oh, did you see the stars colliding, shining goes to show we belong?
We belong.

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A/N: OMG, it wasn't till I started writing this piece did I realize that Angell's 1st name was Jessica. I ALWAYS thought it was Jennifer! It's strange because says in the credits that it is Jennifer and Wiki used to have it down as Jennifer so I wonder why they change it this episode. And to be fairly honest I do think that Jennifer suits her better than Jessica.

Anyways, course work is not going well for me. ARGH driving me around the bend! Watching TV reminds me that I am still sane! Then writing fanfics just remind me I have Eng work to do ( Oh, well, I do it to satisfy me and my readers D