Thanks to falling into heaven, blueeyedauthor, and ilumytv-ugottaproblem for the comments. I always appreciate them. Thanks.
Six hours. That's how much sleep Kane got before her cell phone went off with Don on the other end. In her head she was deciding whether this was going to be good or bad. Then she started weighing whether she should answer or not. In the end, the thought of just talking to him made her answer the phone.
"Hey babe I'm sorry to wake you." His voice sweet.
"This can't be good." She grumbled in response.
"Sorry. Mac told me you were next up. It's you, me, and Danny. He's gonna be at your place in ten minutes." Kane could hear the sadness in his voice. He felt bad for waking her. It made her smile at how sweet he was.
"It's okay as long as I get to see you. But do you think you could wait another hour. Please." She almost sounded like a child.
"Kandice it's a dead body. Found in an alley way. Possible hit and run. So will I see you soon?"
"Of course, sweetie. I'll be waiting for Danny."
"Okay." He paused. "I love you."
She smiled to herself. "I love you too." it felt amazing to say it again. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach at the anticipation of seeing him. Kane allowed herself several moments of happy thoughts before she started running around the apartment like a mad woman. Luckily, it was nine in the morning and both her brothers were gone. Kane brushed her hair and teeth, then threw on nice jeans and a long sleeve brown shirt. She threw her wallet in her back pocket then headed out and waited on the stoop of her apartment for Danny.
The wait for Danny was only five minutes. He pulled up looking just as disheveled as she. Kane hopped inside and gratefully accepted a cup of coffee from Danny.
"I figured you'd need one too."
"I love you Danny. You know that. Thanks." She smiled appreciatively as she gulped down the smooth coffee. "So I take it you didn't get much sleep either."
"Yea. I just had one of those nights where I had a hard time falling asleep."
"Thinking about Lindsay?"
Danny's head spun so quickly to glare at Kane that she let out a laugh. "What? Did you think Don and I were the only ones that had people gossiping?"
"Kane." He began in an exacerbated voice. "I don't know."
"Danny what do you consider our relationship?"
"You are practically my best friend."
"I see you the same. You can tell me the truth if you want and I promise I won't go around saying anything."
"I like her alright. And I'm pretty sure she feels the same about me. But something is holding her back."
"She'll come around Danny. Trust me. Lindsay likes you too. Just give her time."
"Thanks Kane."
"Hey I had to repay you for the coffee."
Ten minutes later Danny parked his car and then the two CSI's got their kits and joined Don down an alleyway. He greeted them then began telling them about the case.
"He's twenty two. Name's Thomas Channing. That bike over there is his. The ME just left. He said death may have been caused by trauma."
"The bike's pretty banged up." Kane said as she investigated it. "It appears it was hit by something with a lot of force."
"The body looks the same way." Danny bent down beside the young man. His limbs were broken and crooked."
"They estimate his TOD was between one a.m. and two a.m."
"Why was he found seven hours later?" Danny asked.
"I asked around nobody saw or heard anything. A homeless man found his body this morning. I sent him to get a meal then see you all alter at the precinct for questioning."
"Alright. I highly doubt no one has any idea what happened. Do you think you could ask again?" Kane asked carefully. She didn't want to step on Don's toes. Questioning was more his department.
"Yea. I was just waiting for Detective Angell to come and help. There are two buildings with over fifty apartments."
"Thanks Don. Let's get to work Danny. What do you want to take?"
"I think it's your turn to pick."
"Go ahead you got me coffee."
Danny choose collecting evidence, leaving Kane with taking photographing the scene. It wasn't her favorite thing to do but it had to be done. The entire scene took two hours to process. When they were done, the two CSI's went in search of Don to let him know all evidence collecting was done. They found him on the third floor of the second apartment complex they had been looking into. In total Danny and Kane had walked up eighteen flights if stairs, since all elevators were either broken or being worked on. Apparently, vandals thought it would be fun to break the elevators.
On their final flight it was obvious Danny did not take the exercise well. Danny was out of breath and perspiration showed on his brow. Kane on the other hand was fine.
"How do you do that?" He asked.
"What?"
"Hike up these stairs like it's nothing."
"As a child I was involved in soccer. Almost five years. In high school I ran varsity track all four years. And since leaving school, I have gone to the gym two times a week. All through college up till now. You know I could get you a membership." She ended sarcastically.
"Shut up." he heaved as they came to the third floor and saw Don walking down the halls. He appeared just as worn as Danny.
"Hey." He said. "What's wrong?"
"Don't hey me." Danny said shortly. Don looked taken aback.
"Don't worry about him Don. He's just upset we had to walk up and down the entire other building to find you since your phone isn't on." Kane answered.
"Oh. Yea well it's not exactly going great here. So far no one has helped. But I still have two more floors. Angell's got the last three."
"Well we just wanted to let you know that we're done here and we are going to move back to the lab. But if you want I'll stay and help out." Kane said.
"It's okay. We got it. You two go. Get Danny some air."
"Shut up." he grumbled causing Don and Kane to laugh.
"Oh Don." Kane said before they left, "We need to talk. Danny says we aren't hiding our relationship well."
Don smiled one of Kane's favorite. "Dinner later?"
"Yes." She smiled in return. Danny only grumbled more.
