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"So who's Kendall gone to see in Miami?" Stella asked as she joined Adam and Mac sat in the break room with a coffee in her hand.
Adam shrugged, "She never said, just an old mate who she wants to be a bridesmaid" he answered with a grin.
"You let her go away for two weeks and you don't know who she's gone to see?" Danny questioned from behind him as he joined the trio for a break from their latest case.
Adam nodded "What's she gonna do?" he asked, annoyed at what Danny was implying "She's just visiting a friend, she'll be back next week, her friend is helping her with the rest of the arrangements"
"She having a hen do?" Stella asked excited at the chance of a girl's night out.
"I think she's just having a couple of people over for a drink" he answered, not really knowing what his fiancée's plans were for the night before their wedding.
Dropping their bags in the large spacious hotel room, Lindsay yawned as she retrieved a tired baby from her car seat, the drive from Miami to New York had taken them nearly three days and they were all tired.
"I'm just go pop up and see Adam" Kendall told her as the last of her things made their way into her room "Wanna come with?" she questioned with a grin, hoping that Lindsay would relent and follow.
"Yeah, sure, let me change her first and give her a bottle and then we can hit the road" she smiled and laid her daughter down on the bed and began removing the crumpled clothes she was wearing.
Pulling the pale pink cotton trousers up her small legs her daughter cooed and tried to reach her bare toes with a smile.
Fastening the zip of the matching pink jacket, Lindsay lifted Ellie into her arms and began feeding her the bottle of white liquid "I'm ready" she smiled to Kendall who was sprawled across the bed exhausted. "We'll have to go shopping tomorrow and get you two bridesmaid's dresses, you'll have to get one that will fit her in three months time" Kendall told her, knowing how fast babies grew.
The half an hour taxi ride to the crime lab lulled Ellie off to sleep "I've called Mac, he's put you both on the visitor's log" Kendall told her, her voice barely above a whisper.
Lindsay nodded laughing softly "She can sleep through a hurricane, you don't have to whisper" Lindsay reminded her with a smile.
"Right" Kendall remembered and then laughed softly, "You nervous?" she asked as they grew closer to her former place of work.
Sighing she laughed "I can't hide forever can I?" she asked not expecting an answer in return "Besides I promised Mac he could see her when she was first born"
"You mean Mac knew?" Kendall asked in feigned hurt
Lindsay nodded shyly "My boss let it slip in a conversation he had with Mac, when he asked how I was" she frowned slightly as the cab came to a stop outside of their destination.
"You'll be OK Lindsay" Kendall assured her once the cab driver was paid and they both stepped free of the yellow car.
Taking a deep breath Lindsay stepped into the former lobby of the New York crime lab.
"So you're saying when Lindsay left she was pregnant?" Stella repeated as she quizzed Mac on his recent phone call with Kendall Novak. "And now she's back?"
Mac shook his head "She's not back, she's here to buy dresses for Kendall's wedding, then she's going back home, returning in three months for the wedding, and yes but she didn't know until she had left" Mac reiterated calmly.
"When does she get here? Does Danny know?" she questioned as she glanced across the hall at Danny who was currently sat draped over his paperwork, with Rikki Sandoval perched on the end of his desk trying to get his attention and failing. Watching in dismay as she ran her fingers through his short hair.
The sound of the elevator pulled her attention to the other side of the hall "Lindsay's here" she announced and jumped up from her chair with a grin and headed for the two women and the baby girl.
"Lindsay Monroe" Stella called out loudly from the doorway of Mac's office and then cursed herself when she noticed the baby sleeping in her arms. "Sorry" she whispered.
"Ellie can sleep through a hurricane" Kendall filled in before Lindsay could repeat her own words for the third time in the same day.
Stella edged forwards and greeted them in the hallway "She's beautiful" Stella gushed as she took in the baby's snoozing features, "How old is she?"
"Three months old" she announced proudly as she handed Ellie over into Stella's expectant arms gently so as not to wake her, "You got her?" she asked nervously before she removed her arms from beneath her daughter.
"Yeah" Stella assured her softly before they made their way inside Mac's office.
Danny watched open mouthed as Stella announced Lindsay's return to the lab, watched as she headed into his bosses' office while Stella cradled the small infant she had taken from his ex.
"Looks like she's moved on" Rikki informed him harshly disturbing the silence in the room between them, "You know Danny I'll always be here for you" she told him and stroked his cheek.
Pulling away from her touch he stood up abruptly, causing the chair to slam back into the only solid wall of his office with a bang "Look Rikki" he frowned "What we did was a mistake alright, why cant you see that?" he asked exasperated his hands waving beside him in annoyance "I hurt the best thing that ever happened to me because I felt bad" he told her, his tone laced with bitterness and hurt "regardless of whether Lindsay has moved on or not, it doesn't stop me from loving her" he announced and then stalked from the room in the direction of the men's locker room. Rikki followed, she wasn't about to loose Danny to no country girl.
"I guess it was a bad idea me showing up here?" she muttered aloud to no one in particular as she took Ellie back from Stella "I should get going, we both really need to sleep" she told them "I'll catch up with you all before I head home" she assured them and then slowly left the office, telling Kendall, she'd catch her back at the hotel.
Flack headed to the men's locker room, a copy of the visitor's log in his hand for back up "You out" he ordered Rikki harshly "I don't want to see you around here again, if I do, I'll have you charged for harassment" he warned her, closing the door on her retreating figure.
"What do you want Flack?" Danny asked with a relieved sigh.
Handing the sheet off paper over to his friend he sat down on the bench next to him "Now that Monroe's back don't you think you should get rid of Rikki for good?" he questioned
"I've tried Flack, why have you given me this?" he asked gesturing to the sheet of paper in his hands.
"Look at the last name on the list" Flack ordered him "Monroe's kid is yours, she hasn't moved on" Flack smiled with a grin as Danny fingered Ellie's full name in Lindsay's handwriting "You're gonna have to get a move on, she was leaving as I was coming up"
Jumping up from his seat in the locker room he sprinted back up to Mac's office with a renowned strength.
Laying down on the hotel bed, she stroked Ellie's damp hair and held the bottle to her mouth while the small infant drank the milk happily.
Having agreed to talk to Danny for the sake of Ellie, she forced herself to stay awake until he arrived.
Answering the door to Kendall she laid back down on the bed next to Ellie and stifled a yawn "Danny's running late, some DNA results came in" Kendall informed her.
"I'm gonna get a quick sleep in" she answered through another yawn "I can't stay awake any longer"
"Sure, I'll stay here until he get's here" Kendall assured her with a smile as she took out the book she had brought with her and began reading as Lindsay spooned her body around Ellie's and fell victim to the power of sleep.
It was an hour later before Kendall heard Danny knocking softly on the hotel door, jumping up in order to answer the door as quickly as possible and to avoid waking Lindsay and Ellie from their much needed sleep.
"Their sleeping" Kendall informed him as she held the door open with her foot "it's up to you if you wait or come back later" she told him quietly, her arms crossed over her chest.
He didn't need to think about his answer, he had waited long enough for her and she was worth every second of it "I'll wait" he answered shyly and stepped into the room when Kendall moved to the side to let him in.
"Do me a favor Dan and be honest with her" she told him as she gathered her book and her jacket from the back of the chair where she had been sitting "I'm going home, tell her to call me tomorrow" she told him and left the dimly lit room.