It had been one year since the shooting and finally things were back to normal. Lindsay no longer had to go to physical therapy, with the understanding that she continue to exercise on her own and she was now back to work full time. She was not permitted in the field but she able to everything else in the lab.

Mac had finally found a replacement for Lindsay. Her name was Sarah Scott. She was from Lexington, Kentucky and was hand picked by Mac. Lindsay immediately took a liking to the new girl. She took it upon herself to help her out. Lindsay remembered very vividly what it felt like to be the new girl so far from home.

"Hey Montana, how is it going?" Danny asked sitting down beside her in the break room. He noticed that she seemed a little depressed.

"Okay, I guess. I was just thinking about everything that has happened this year." Danny could see a tear roll down her cheek.

"I know." Danny said as he wiped the tear away with his thumb. "But we still have each other, that has to count for something right?" He said giving her his best Messer smile.

"I love you Danny."

"I love you too. Now come here." Danny leaned over until their lips met in a slow gentle kiss. The kiss quickly grew more passionate until they were interrupted by Stella and Flack.

"Get a room you two." Flack said with a laugh.

"Everything okay?" Stella asked, noticing the tears in Lindsay's eyes.

"Yeah, everything is okay. It's just that today it has been exactly one year since..." Lindsay got lost in her thoughts, unable to finish what she was saying. Danny reached over and grabbed her hand, giving her a comforting squeeze.

"I know kiddo." Stella said with a smile. "That is why we thought that we should all go out tonight for some drinks. You know kind of a celebration. What do you say?"

"I don't know. I am not really in the mood to celebrate."

"Come on Lindsay it will be fun. Not to mention it's all on Mac. He said that it was time that the lab had some fun." Just as Stella finished Mac walked in.
"Are you serious?" Danny asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yeah, don't look so surprised Danny." Mac said with a laugh. "I know how tough the last year has been on everybody. You two in particular but also on the rest of the team. There were a lot of double and triple shifts pulled and I think that it time that we had night out as a team. So come on Lindsay what do you say? Sheldon and Adam are in. We are just waiting on you and Danny?"

"Okay, I guess I don't want to be the only one not taking advantage of weak moment from the great Mac Taylor." Lindsay said with a laugh.

"Great, we all meet across the street at Ralph's, say 8pm?"
Everyone agreed and went back to work. Once back in their office, something lying on Lindsay's desk caught Danny's eye.

"Montana what's that?" Danny asked pointing to the magazine on her desk.

"Oh that's nothing." She quickly grabbed it and shoved it into the top drawer.

"It was not nothing. Was that what I thought it was?" Danny smiled. "Are you looking at bridal magazines?"

"So what if I was? We are engaged aren't we?" Lindsay smile back. They had been engaged just over a year now and until recently Lindsay had not given the wedding much thought. However, two weeks ago while at the store she spotted a bridal magazine and felt compelled to buy it. Now it was all she could think about. She was ready to start planning the wedding.

"Last time I checked you were still wearing my ring." Danny laughed.

"Well, I thought that maybe it was time to start thinking about the wedding."

"Are you serious?" Danny almost fell out of his chair.

"Yeah, I have been thinking about it a lot lately and I think that it is time."
"Is tomorrow too soon?"
"Ha, ha very funny." Lindsay smirked. "I was thinking next summer. Maybe sometime in June?"

"Sounds perfect." Danny leaned over and was just about to kiss her when Flack walked in carrying a file.

"Seriously, do you two ever stop?" Flack dropped the file off on Lindsay's desk and walked out shaking his head.

"He's just jealous." Danny said, leaning in to finish the kiss, only to be interrupted again.

"Oh I am sorry. I just..." Sarah blushed red with embarrassment.

"That's okay. Did you need something?" Lindsay asked.

"Yeah, I ran into Detective Flack in the hall and he said that he dropped off the Brightmann file with you."

"You can just call him Flack, we all know that he is a detective." Danny replied, to which Lindsay slapped his arm.

"Be nice." Lindsay said as she handed Sarah the file.

"Thanks." and with that Sarah turned and walked out.

"Do you think that we should invite Sarah out for drinks with us?" Lindsay asked after she left. "I know that she does not have many friends here yet."

"Yeah if you want. I am sure that others won't mind hanging with the newbie."

"Newbie? That is the best you could come up with?" Lindsay laughed as she left the office.

"What, Kentucky just didn't sound right." He hollered down the hall.

Lindsay found Sarah in the trace lab. It amazed Lindsay how much Sarah reminder her of herself. Both were from small towns and both dreamed of making a name for themselves in the big city. Although she had only been here a couple weeks, she had already proven herself valuable asset to the team.

"Got a second Sarah?"
"Yeah, what's going on?"
"The whole team is going out for drinks over at Ralph's tonight, would you like to join us? It's Mac treat, so I highly recommend it. Who knows when he will do it again"

"That sounds great. What is the occasion?"

"Well it is kind of a celebration." Lindsay paused. "It was exactly one year ago today that I was shot and well..."

"We are celebrating the day you got shot?" Sarah interrupted, with shock in her voice.

"Well not exactly. It has been a long year for everyone and Mac thought we could use a night of fun."

"Oh I see. Are you sure that I will not be intruding?"

"Not at all." Lindsay was already heading for the door. "See you at 8."