Lindsay was sitting on a bench in the locker room, looking at her locker, trying digest what had happen before. Danny was

in love with her, he said it, it took him 2 months, but he finally said it. And now she wasn't sure anymore who she loved. When

somebody entered the room she wiped her tears and try to look casual.

"Lindsay ? you still here ? i thought your shift ended 2 hours ago ?" Stella said as she opened her locker.
"yeah, I know, it just..."
"what's wrong Lindsay ?" she said worried
"I don't know, I ... i don't know what to do"
"about what ?"
"It's not important Stel"

She began to get up but Stella put her hand on her arm.

"Tell me"
"Flack and I are in a relationship since more than two weeks now"
"really that's great Linds, isn't it ?"
"yeah, he's great and i love him so much but... there's always..."
"Danny"

Lindsay looked at her confused.

"how do you know ?"
"I'm a CSI, I'm paid to notice"
"yeah ... Well Danny and I ... we've been sleeping together for 2 months"

Stella didn't say anything for a moment.

"Well i didn't see that one coming"
"yeah, me neither"
"So you cheated on Danny with Flack ?"
"No, I ... i don't do that, I don't cheat"
"I don't understand"
"Danny didn't want to have a relationship with me, but one night we had sex, and ..."
"and you became Friends with benefits"
"yeah, so i thought if we continued to sleep together he would tell me he ..."
"..loved you.."
"Yeah" she was crying by now. "and you want to know something funny, It turns out he did, he told me that i loved me 2 hours ago"
"that's great Lindsay... wait ... what's flack doing in the middle of all that ?"
"One day i got tired of waiting for Danny so i was flirting with Flack and that's when Flack begun to send me flowers, then he asked me out, and... now... i don't know what i feel anymore"
"Oh Lindsay"
"Do you wanna know the worst part?" the younger CSI didn't give Stella a chance to answer "he asked me to choose"
"who?"
"Don, i told him everything, and part of me was hoping that would drive him away, but he just told me that he loved me, that he can make me happy and that i had a choice to make... but i can't do it. I can't chose"
"Of course you can't. If it was that easy to choose then it wouldn't be so painful right now. Lindsay, you need to give yourself some time. You cant choose right now, you need to think, this decision could affect the rest of your life. If they both love you they will understand and give you all the time you need"

"thanks Stel"

Lindsay had eased up with the tears but she was still slightly crying. Stella sat next to her and pulled her into a hug. The couple were sat on the bench, the only sound was Lindsay crying, Lindsay pulled away from the hug and determination came into her eyes, but it was soon masked with confusion and fear

"how am I gonna do this Stel?"

"do what hun?"

"choose. They both give me different things and i love them both"

"what do you mean different things?"

"well, take Don – he is sweet, charming and treats me like a princess. But then theres Danny – he is that bad boy next door who you have wanted for ages and when they finally say they love you, you can't let them go"

"well i know who I'd chose but this isn't my decision. You'll know who you want when the time is right. You will just realise that you want to spend your time with that person" Lindsay merely nodded "Listen Linds, go home, have a bath, relax and sleep on it. If you need to talk to me tomorrow you know where i am"

Stella got up and walked out the locker room, leaving Lindsay to gather her things alone.

Meanwhile, just after their fight, Danny left the Crime lab and went straight to the police station. He saw Flack sitting at his desk and entered the office before closing the door. Flack looked at him a little surprised.

"What do you want ?" he asked a little angry.
"I want ... I want you to back off, leave Montana alone"
"Montana ? you're kidding right, you want me to leave the woman i love and you don't even use her name ?"
"She likes it when i call her that"
"whatever man, I'm not braking up with her, find another blond bimbo that you like so much, and let her be happy with me"
"We were happy before you started to flirt with her"
"Can you be more wrong ? she wasn't happy, you used her like a sex toy, and she loved you so much that she didn't say anything, you treated her like a whore, so don't come whining now that she realised she deserved better than you"

Danny slam his hands on the desk.

"I swear if you talk about Lindsay like that again ..."
"you'll what ? sleep with my girlfriend ? oh wait you already did that"
"I love her"
"yeah right, like that can happen anytime soon"
"what's that suppose to mean ?"
"you don't do love Messer, you're a player, you have a new girlfriend every week, sometimes every night, you are scared to be with someone, because loving someone is losing control of your life, and you can't stand that"

Danny looked at him for a second, he was right, Lindsay was the first woman that last more than a week in his love life, even if at the begining it wasn't about love. He wasn't that kind of guy, he never lose control, never a girl made him lose control, except for Lindsay.

"you're right, I should be telling her to let go… to let go of me and find the happiness and security she wants and deserves with someone else. But I can't. I can't because I don't want her to let go off me and I don't wanna let go either. I'm so fucking in love with her and damn if that isn't the scariest thing, but I've never wanted anything as much as I want a life with her"

Flack didn't say anything. Actually it was hard to believe that his best friend just said that, he really loved her.

"I don't want to hurt her Flack"
"but you already did, each time you slept with her, you hurt her"
"Damn it Flack, stop saying that"
"I don't know why we have this conversation, it's not our decision to make, it's hers.
"What do you mean ? "
"I asked her to choose"
"what ?"
"I asked her to choose between us, when you yelled and her that you loved her, after you left, she called me, she was crying and confused.
"What did you say to her ?"
"I .. I told her to take her time, that i will give her the time she needs to make the right decision and that hopefully you will to"

Danny nodded, he rubbed his face with his hand. A moment later his pager went off.

"Mac needs me"

Before that Danny has close the door, Flack got up and follow him.

"I guess the expression, you never know what you have until you lose it, never been so true hum ? "

Without saying anything in return Danny left.