Well here it is.
RedRangerBelt: All in good time.
Thanks everyone for R&R'ing. I know that this chapter isn't as good as the others but I need a little bit more time to try and get to where I want it to be. I might rewrite it and repost it a little later. Let me know what you think.


Chapter 11

The next two days passed by quickly. School was school. Same classes every day. Dasey kept busy with papers, reports, tests and practice.
"Dani!" She turned hearing Beth call her name. She slowed down to let Beth catch up to her in the hallway.
"Hey. What's up?" Dasey asked her as she got closer.
"Nothing much. Haven't seen you since the game. Wanted to see how you were doing."
"I'm good. Remember how I told you my birth mom was dead?" Bethany nodded. "Well, it got thinking about finding my dad. And I did. After the game on Wednesday. He's a CSI in the city. I found his info and when to his work. Apparently he had been looking for me too."
"That's great, Dani! So now what?"
"I'm not sure. I mean I want to get to know him. He and his wife, Lindsay, are both CSI's. They also have a daughter named Lucy. She's 2."
"Wow, Dani. Seems like you have a lot on your plate. Make sure that you keep up with your schoolwork and softball."
"Ok, MOM." Dasey said to Beth. "You know I've worked too hard to let this mess with my plans. Besides, I'm not going to get my hopes up in case something happens."
Beth just looked at her. "You already have your hopes up. Just be careful." She gave Dasey a side hug before going into her classroom. "See you at practice."
Dasey nodded before heading down the hallway toward the cafeteria. She had first period lunch and was starving. Just as she was about to grab a lunch tray, one of the lunch ladies handed her a note saying she was wanted in the office. "Um, thanks." She said putting down the lunch tray. Hopefully not all the good stuff was gone before she got back.

At the lab, Danny was sitting at his desk going over some old case files. He had been called to give testimony from a case that he worked a few years ago.
Lindsay walked in. "How's the review coming?"
"Ok, I guess." Danny told her.
"You're having a hard time focusing, aren't you?"
"Yeah."
"Why?" She asked.
Danny sighed. "I just keeping thinking about Dasey. She's such a good kid. I'm proud that she's my kid and I barely even know her. She needs us right now and all we can do is wait. I hate waiting."
Lindsay could feel the worry emanating off Danny. She could see that this was really bothering him. "Why don't take some time to go see her?"
"Now?"
"Yes, now. I'm positive any high school student would love any excuse to get out of class. And if she's anything like you, which I'm positive she is, she would love the excuse, and the visit."
Danny looked stunned. "But what about the case?"
"Danny, you know this case inside and backwards. You will be great on the stand. You always are." Lindsay gave him a kiss. "Here's the address of Dasey's school. If you leave now, you should be able to catch the subway and make it there by lunch."
Danny just stared at her. "What?" She asked.
"Nothing. It's just every day you amaze me more and more. And I love you even more for it."
"Go. I love you too. Tell Dasey hi for me. And I can't wait to see her tomorrow." Lindsay told him as she gave him a kiss. He grabbed his coat, wallet, phone, and gun and walked out of the office with a smile on his face.
Lindsay went back to work. She met Mac around the corner.
"Where's Danny off to so happy?"
"Hey Mac. Danny is going to go visit Dasey at school. He was worrying about her and I told him that I would take over for him so that he could go say hi."
Mac smiled. "He's really taken to her hasn't he?"
"Yeah, he has. He's so good with Lucy. Dasey isn't all that much different. I barely know her and I can already tell that she is exactly like him. I'm wondering if Lucy is going to be the same way."
"You never know, but I have a feeling that Lucy will be more like you. She has the same temperament as you and she's only 2. Granted she's still a Messer so don't be surprised if as she gets older more of Danny comes out in her."
Lindsay smiled at Mac. "I better get back to work. I told Danny that I would work on some of his tests for him while he was gone."
Mac nodded and Lindsay started walking away. "Lindsay," Lindsay turned around, "You are an amazing mother. Dasey is lucky." Mac smiled and walked away. Lindsay got tears in her eyes. She had grown attached to Dasey really quickly. Dasey just had that type of personality that you just wanted to keep around. Danny was the same way. It was one of the things that drew her to him in the first place.
Lindsay walked into one of the computer labs and started working on some of the AFIS cases that needed processing. Adam walked in and sat down across from her.
"Hey Linds."
"Hey Adam. What's up?"
"Oh, you know. The usual. Mac's having me hack into all sorts of things. One of my specialties. What are you up to?"
"I'm working on some stuff for Danny."
"Where is Danny? I need him to go over a case that I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do."
"He went to go surprise Dasey at school?"
"How is she, by the way?" Adam asked.
"She's really good. She's going to come over tomorrow so that we can get to know each other better."
"That's great. She seemed like a super chill kid when she was here. You should bring her back. Maybe I can show her some of the other cool stuff that we do."
Lindsay laughed. "I'm sure she would really like that. I'll ask her."
"Sweet." Adam said.

Danny was sitting on the subway waiting for the Staten Island stop. He grew up in Staten Island and his mom still lived there. He didn't have many reasons to go home. He and Lindsay would try and take Lucy out as often as possible to visit her Nana. It wasn't as often as he or his mom would like but that's one of the draw backs of his and Lindsay's career. While he was waiting her was wondering what Dasey was going to be doing when he got the high school. He was also wondering how much it had changed since he went there.
Pulling up to the stop, Danny jumped out and ran up the stairs. He grabbed a cab and off to the high school they went. When the cab stopped at the entrance, Danny got out and paid the cabby. Walking up the steps to the front doors, Danny was hit with memories from when he went here. Going into the building, not much had changed. It still smelled the same. Walking down the hallway to the office, Danny went past the trophy cases. In it were the trophies he had helped win when he went to school. He noticed that the halls were empty. He must have gotten to the school in between classes. He checked his watch. If they still had the same schedule that they did when he was a student, first lunch should be in 7 minutes. He started making his was down the hallway, looking at the trophy cases. In 4 minutes he made it to the office. Opening the door, he walked in and up to the secretary.
"Excuse me. I'm looking for Danielle Messer."
"Yes, sir. And you are?"
"Detective Danny Messer. I'm her father."