"Danny," Lindsay moaned as his lips moved to her neck. "Danny, we can't." She lightly pushed him away; far enough to detach his mouth, but close enough to suit her need to touch him.

"Why not?" he asked as he leaned in again. "They can't see us."

"No, but they can hear us," she insisted as she (reluctantly) pushed him away again. "And they will be able to tell what we've been doing if you keep – oh – doing that."

He still didn't stop. "What if I want them to?" She moaned again, and he nearly died. The sooner they could get out of there – and back to his place – the better. Hell, he'd take the broom closet if he had to.


She was about to protest again when the sound of voices could be heard coming down the hall.

"—finish the experiment."

"I think we have enough, Mac." Stella's voice was drawing closer and the couple quickly pulled apart. "They're exhausted. I'm exhausted. Hell, I bet even you're exhausted."

"I'm tired," Flack's voice cut in followed by a badly suppressed chuckle that had to have come from Hawkes.

"You see? They're going to start laughing at test tubes if we keep them up any longer."

"Hey!"

"All I'm saying," she continued as they entered the room, "is that I think we have enough from them. At least for now."

There was a silence, which Danny took to mean that Mac was thinking about what Stella had said. He grinned at Lindsay and mentally crossed his fingers.

C'mon Mac…

"Alright," he finally conceded. "You guys can go home."


"Uh, Stella?"

"Yeah?" She turned to face Lindsay as the younger woman approached her. Danny had taken off as soon as the "elevator" doors had opened and was standing outside talking to Flack and Hawkes while Mac began taking apart the video set up.

"This . . . outfit took a really long time to get on, and I have a feeling it'll take just as—"

"Say no more," Stella cut her off. "Just give it to me in the morning. Now go home and get some sleep." She shooed her out the door and into the hallway, leaving Lindsay with a feeling that if Stella's hadn't been as tired as they all were she would have caught on to her true motives. With a smile she turned to find Danny talking to the "two bozos" – who just happened to have their backs to her.


"You're one lucky man, Messer," Flack said, not yet noticing Lindsay behind him. "Who knew country girls could be so . . . hot."

Danny was about to reply with a smart-ass remark about the Simpson sisters when he caught the look on Lindsay's face. He decided to let her handle it, a move that later proved to be very . . . amusing.

"And who knew city boys could be so . . . dorky," she countered with a smirk.

They turned around to face her. "I happen to like being a dork, thank you very much," he replied and crossed his arms.

Hawkes and Danny started laughing. "Flack, do you know what a dork is?" He shook his head and the former M.E. leaned over and whispered something in his ear, eliciting a very shocked expression from the detective.

He recovered quickly, though, and said cockily, "No wonder I can't keep my eyes off Lindsay. If only I had a camera . . . ow!" Flack turned back around to Danny. "You hit me man!" Danny only shrugged, so he turned to Hawkes to complain when he found his friend wide-eyed and seemingly staring off into space.

"What the hell is wr…" He trailed off, having spun around to find what he was staring at, or rather who.

Lindsay was leaning over fixing something on one of her boots, outwardly oblivious to the men's attention she had so undeniably grabbed. "Can't . . . get it . . . to . . ." she muttered in between tiny tugs at her shoe. Looking up, she asked sweetly, "Can one of you go grab my jacket out of the locker room for me?"

Flack and Hawkes nearly knocked Danny over trying to be first to the rescue of her cold shoulders.


Danny slowly moved closer to Lindsay and wrapped an arm around her waist. "Nicely played, Montana. I think you almost made them have an accident right then and there."

She just grinned. "Remind me to thank Stella in the morning."

"She letting you return your getup in the morning'?" At her nod, his own smile grew wider and his voice took on a dangerous tone. "Remind me to thank her as well. C'mon, let's get out of here already."

TBC