Silly Love Songs

Part 3

By: ioanhoratio

Special thanks to: afrozenheart412, Sweet LIL loz, kcatlin, Meredith and Derek, laurzz, lastlovesangel, court99274, Lindsay1234. You guys are awesome!


Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs.

"So Danny, you and Lindsay doing anything special for Valentine's Day?" Doctor Sheldon Hawkes asked his friend.

Danny looked up from the bowl of noodles he was devouring for lunch. He slurped up a particularly long noodle, chewed then answered, "Nah, not really." He immediately turned back to last night's leftovers. He was starving because thanks to an early call, he had been out in the field since 6:00 a.m. and it was now past noon. The bagel Lindsay had sleepily handed him before he had walked out the door that morning had long since stopped curbing his hunger.

Hawkes, who had been searching the refrigerator for his own lunch, popped his head up and gave Danny a perplexed look.

"Seriously?" he asked as he held the fridge door open. He waited as Danny again tried to swallow a mouthful.

"Yeah," Danny mumbled and after taking a drink asked, "Why?"

Hawkes had located his sandwich and made his way over to the table Danny was sitting at. As he unwrapped his sandwich he pointed out, "I don't know man, I just thought that since this was your first Valentine's as a married couple you would want to do something special."

Danny just shrugged, "Ya don't know Linds like I do. She's not into all that lovey dovey stuff."

Hawkes took a bite of his sandwich as he considered Danny's answer. Lindsay was a bit of a tom boy; she loved sports, cars, weaponry, hunting, and the list went on. But, she also had a softer side; maternal, kind, loving. However, Hawkes figured Danny would definitely know Lindsay better than any of them so he just nodded his head.

"So you guys just going to dinner or something?" Hawkes inquired.

Danny narrowed his eyes slightly as he put down his fork. He wasn't sure why Hawkes questions were bothering him so much but they were.

"What's with all the questions Doc?" he asked defensively.

"Nothing's with the questions brother. You're lookin' at a guy who currently has no valentine so I was hoping to live vicariously through you," Hawkes defended easily. He wasn't sure what was Danny's problem but he enjoyed seeing his feathers ruffled so he asked again, "Dinner?"

Danny took a deep breath, "I don't know, maybe."

"Dude, Valentine's Day is a few days away. Aren't you cutting it a bit close? I mean this city goes crazy and it gets difficult to get into anywhere that night," Hawkes declared.

Danny shoved his bowl of food back, "I know, but I'm not really worried about it. Us goin' out ain't just us goin' out anymore."

At Hawkes confused look Danny explained, "Before, if we wanted to go somewhere we just went. Now, everything has to be planned; if we go out then we gotta get a sitter and we gotta pay a sitter so anytime the two of us go anywhere—even if it's just to take a walk in the park it costs money. It's Lucy's first Valentine's Day too so I'm not sure we want to leave her at home. That means if we take her with us we gotta eat and be home by her bedtime. That's something we can do anytime of the week, so why deal with all the crowds and traffic on a busy holiday? It just doesn't really seem worth all the hassle, especially over a holiday that neither Lindsay nor I have ever really cared about."

Hawkes chewed another bite. What Danny was saying made sense but there was a nagging feeling in his mind which prompted him to say, "I hear ya brother, but are you sure not having a backup plan is the best idea?"

"Linds just isn't that kinda girl Doc. We do a lot for each other everyday, and we don't need some consumer driven holiday to help with dat," Danny insisted.

"Well, if you change your mind I'd be happy to watch Lucy, and it wouldn't cost you a penny. She's the cutest girl I could think of to spend Valentine's with anyway," Hawkes offered.

Danny grinned at his friend and added, "She sure is. Thanks man, I'll let you know, but I really don't think were goin' to do anything."

With that Danny stood, threw away his trash, and headed over to the lab to finish running a few tests on the blood they had recovered from the crime scene.

Hawkes watched him go and sincerely hoped his friend wasn't making a relationship blunder.


Poor Danny…so smart and yet…Can anyone talk sense to the boy? We'll see.