TITLE: Baby Proof
AUTHOR: AShiningstar
SUMMARY: Begins six months after Sleight of Hand, Danny and Lindsey are together...please read and review!
PAIRING: DL (of course!)
RATING: T
DISCLAIMER: I do not claim to own anything associated with CSI: NY.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Big Thanks to Dingbat142001 for beta reading this story. Thanks to everyone who left a comment or a review, and to those of you who added me to your author alert list. It means so much to know people are reading. I hope everyone enjoys the story! Please leave a review. :)

Moment of Truth

At ten till 5, Lindsay unlocked the door to her apartment. She smelled something delicious coming from the kitchen. "Danny?"

"In here!" He yelled from the kitchen.

Lindsay made her way into the apartment and could see Danny had been pretty busy. I vase of roses sat on the counter and candles, were on the tiny dining table. "What is all this?" She asked surprised.

"Dinner," he replied as if it was obvious. He handed her a wine glass. "Its grape juice," he explained.

She nodded, and took a sip. "Thanks." She gave him a peck on the cheek. "So what are you making?"

"Spaghetti and Meat Balls, my mama's recipe, at least for the most part," He explained how he didn't have time to cook the spaghetti as slowly has his mother would, and he had to buy the frozen meat balls. "Oh, I got you something." He added.

She looked at him confused.

Then he pointed to a small brown paper bag on the counter, "Open it." he ordered.

She opened the bag, not quite sure what to expect, she never would have guessed what she found. "You bought pregnancy tests!" She laughed nervously, as she pulled out 2 different boxes.

He shrugged and stirred the sauce on the stove, "Well, I figured you might want to take one...or two."

She rolled her eyes, and admitted, "I bought 3."

He laughed.

"Danny, are you ok with this? I mean, if the test is positive?" She asked serious all of a sudden.

He looked her directly in the eyes, "Marry me." He said. He hadn't meant for it to come out like that, in that moment. It just did.

Of all the possible things for him to say, that was certainly not one that had crossed her mind. She was speechless. She was completely stunned. He must have led her to a dining chair, because she was sitting down when she came out of her state of shock. He had her hands in his, and he was kneeling.

"All I know is, when I saw you today in the lab, wearing my lab coat; I knew I wanted to marry you. I don't have a ring yet. I didn't even realize I was going to ask today. I love you though, Montana. I want to spend the rest of my life loving you."

He was waiting for her to speak, she realized. "This isn't because..." she said gesturing to the pregnancy test, although she was pretty sure it wasn't.

"No! But hey, if that is the case," he paused and a huge grin spread across his face. A tear escaped and ran down her cheek; he gently brushed it away with his thumb. "Are you going to leave me hanging here?"

"Yes." She managed, through her happy tears, "I'll marry you."

He engulfed her in a hug, kissing her hair, her forehead, her nose, her cheeks, and finally her lips. Suddenly the smoke detector went off interrupting their bliss and they had to break from each other.

Danny fanned the detector with an oven mitt to get it to stop. She giggled, and then asked "So how long till dinner?"

"15 minutes."

"Ok, well I'm going to go pee on some sticks." She told him nonchalantly, taking the boxes, and heading to the bathroom.

Five minutes later she sat at the tiny dining table staring at the kitchen timer, while Danny finished preparing dinner. "So, any other symptoms'," He asked.

She glared at him. "Maybe." She said remembering the list she had looked at earlier in the day. Then she admitted, "I'm nervous, Danny. I don't know if I'm ready to be a mother. Our schedules are so odd sometimes. How could we care for a baby?"

He sat some garlic bread on the table. "If you can take care of me, you can take care of a baby." He joked.

She smiled, and changed the subject. "I think I'd like to be a June bride. You know, we'll have to have the wedding in Montana. There's no way my parents will come here."

"Why's that?" He asked, and took a bite out of a piece of bread.

"I think they are afraid." She explained, "They don't even like to fly."

"You know, I'm not sure you give them enough credit, Monroe." He pointed out.

The timer dinged. Their eyes locked. She wanted to know but at that same moment she was absolutely terrified of the results. "Are you going to go look at the results, or shall I?" he asked. Obviously he was just as anxious as she was.

She stood up, "Moment of truth," she stated, as she walked to the bathroom. Just before she disappeared through the door, she glanced back at Danny.

"So?" he called a few seconds later.

She came into the dining area nodding, her eyes slightly teary. She showed him a test, with 2 pink lines, one with a plus sign, another one that had lines, and then one that read "pregnant." It was that last test, which gave him the affirmative answer. There were no words that were spoken, but the sentiment that filled the small apartment was one of joy, as he adored her with his soft kisses.

This is all I have written. I am slightly undecided if I should continue. I haven't written anything past this part so far, so if I do continue, it will probably be awhile before it is updated. The only reason the updates have came as fast as they have, has been because it was all written up to this point. Please, let me know what you think. Your feedback means so much. Thanks for reading. :)