A/N: Thanks for all reviewers and SallyJetson for beta'ing. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter as well.

Chapter 3:

On his way to the locker room, Danny ran into Keira. She smiled. "Hi!"

Danny felt a bit uncomfortable, since Lindsay had told him about Keira having a crush on him. "Hey," he responded.

"Umm, I wanted to ask," Keira started, "you got any suspects on your case so far?"

"Not yet, but we do have some traces of DNA on a fake nail, but we haven't sent it to DNA yet. We also have-" Danny shut his mouth. "Why are you interested? It's not your case."

Keira blushed. "Just curious."

Danny shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever. I gotta go, bye!" He walked on.

"Wait!" Keira shouted.

Damn, Danny thought, why won't she just leave me alone? He turned around. "What's up?" he asked, somewhat impatiently.

"Wanna grab a beer after shift?" Keira smiled.

Danny shook his head. "I'm sorry, I can't."

"Why not?"

Damn again. "Umm… Lindsay and I were already going for pizza." I hope Montana doesn't mind that I made that up.

"Can I come, too?"

Danny sighed. "Well, okay," he said, as he couldn't think of anymore excuses.

"Great!" Keira jumped.

Great, Danny thought, I hope Montana wants to come.

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Meanwhile, Lindsay was going to take the DNA of the fake nail. She opened the drawer which contained all the evidence and searched for the fake nail. Once she ran through all the evidence in the drawer, she did it again. And again. But she couldn't find it. Of course, Danny could have already sent it to DNA, but she had the feeling something was wrong.

"Mac?" Lindsay knocked on the open door.

Mac turned around in his chair. "Yes?"

"Did you, ehm, work on our case?"

"How do you mean?"

"Well, umm, I was wondering, did you send the fake nail to DNA?"

"Of course not, it's not my case. Why are you asking?"

Lindsay blushed. "Well, umm, nothing, I think Danny sent it."

Mac raised his eyebrows. "You lost it?"

Lindsay became even redder. "No, no, of course not!"

"Lindsay…?"

"Well, umm, maybe I just didn't look well. I'll check again." She walked away quickly. She was sure the nail wasn't in the drawer. Danny could have it. Yes, Danny must have it, it was the only explanation. She tried to stay calm.

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"Lindsay!"

Lindsay turned around as she heard a familiar voice. It was Keira, who approached with a big smile on her face. "Yes?"

"Guess what I'm doing tonight?"

"Danny decided to take you out?" she said, jokingly, as she knew Danny wouldn't.

"Yes!" Keira smiled. Lindsay was shocked. How could he do that? He…He just told me he wasn't…

"What's wrong?" Keira asked, as she saw the shocked expression on her friend's face. "You're not interested in pizza?"

Lindsay's expression went from shocked to surprised. "Me? What do I have to do with it?"

Now Keira was the one being surprised. "Well, I asked Danny if he wanted to grab a beer after shift, and he told me he couldn't, because he was taking you for pizza. I asked if I could come too, and Danny said it was okay."

Lindsay chuckled. Cute, Messer, she thought, using me as an excuse. I'll help you out this time, but I'll get ya for this.

"Yes, I knew that. I just forgot." Lindsay chuckled again, as she knew the perfect way to get Danny back.

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While Lindsay and Keira were talking about girl stuff in the break room, Danny was also looking for the fake nail. After he went to Mac, who told him to search for Lindsay, he found her in the break room. Keira had just left.

"Hey Montana," Danny said.

"Hi," Lindsay turned around.

"You got that fake nail?" Danny asked.

Lindsay almost choked in her coffee. "I thought you had…" she said. She told him about her search and her conversation with Mac.

"Shit," Danny said.

"Yeah. How are we gonna tell Mac?"

"We're not!"

"Danny, he has to know."

"It's not possible we lost evidence! We're both so careful, it's just not possible!" Danny smashed his head to the wall. Lindsay got up and turned Danny around, so he could look at her. She placed her hands on his shoulders.

"We are both good investigators, and Mac knows that. Mac will also know that this isn't our fault. It can't be. When did you see the nail for the last time?" Lindsay asked.

"I saw it this morning, I left it in the drawer," Danny said.

Lindsay nodded. "Well, I just saw it yesterday, so someone must have taken it after you put it back in the drawer." She removed her hands from Danny's shoulders, and walked to the table to finish her coffee. Danny took the chair next to her.

"Who has access to the drawer?" Danny asked.

Lindsay sighed. "So many people. You, me, Mac, Stella, Adam… But I don't think anyone of them would mess with evidence."

"What about Keira?" Danny asked.

"Nah. Why would she?" Lindsay stood up. "Why would anyone mess with our evidence?"

"That's the big question we need to solve," Danny said. Lindsay nodded.

"Well, let's get back to the other pieces of evidence then," Lindsay said.