A/N: Thanks to everyone who read and/or reviewed last chapter. I'm sorry it's been so long. I had been working a lot and then I went away and I didn't have a chance to post this before I left. So here it is now!

Disclaimer: I only own the OCs.

Some pretty minor spoilers for 3x10, Sweet Sixteen

Dos Caminos
Manhattan, New York
November 22, 2006
9:48 PM

"I can't believe his parents took you here for dinner!" Ellie said.

"I can't believe this place has over a hundred selections of tequila and we haven't been here before!" Dallas exclaimed. She shook her head. "How have we never been here before?" Her tone was one of clear disbelief.

Currently, she, Ellie, and Liv were sitting in the restaurant Hawkes' parents had taken Liv to for dinner. They were meeting up, to have some together time, because they had not all sat down together, just them, in a while. However, as they were about to enter the building, Lindsay's phone had gone off and she had been called away to work. But the three others decided to go in anyway.

"How did dinner go anyway?" Ellie asked, as she picked up her own menu.

"Good." Liv said. "His parents are really nice. His dad's very funny; he acts a lot like Sheldon. His mom's the sweetest person ever."

"Did they like you?" Ellie asked.

"I think so," Liv said. "They didn't give any indication that they didn't." Her eyes widened. "Oh my god, what if they really didn't like me and they're just really good actors?" She looked legitimately worried.

"Oh relax." Dallas said. She leaned over to the table next to them, a table full of guys that were about their age. The three girls had overheard one of them say that it was a "college reunion" when they walked in. "Do you mind if I borrow this?" She asked, picking up a bottle of tequila from their table.

"Not at all." The dark haired man nearest to her shot her a dazzling smile.

"Great, thanks." Dallas took the bottle and a shot glass and turned toward her worrying friend. "Here, have a shot. Nothing seems quite so bad after tequila."

"Dallas!" Ellie scolded. "Not helping!" She looked over at Liv. "Don't be silly, they loved you. Hawkes hasn't looked worried about it, neither should you."

Dallas expertly poured a shot of tequila and slid it across the table to Liv. "Tequila." She sing-songed.

"God, what is your obsession?" Ellie turned to her friend.

Dallas pouted. "You know I love tequila." She said. "And did you not hear me. 100 different types. A hundred!" She shook her head, looking down at her menu in fascination. "We are so coming back here." She turned to Liv. "Come on, take the shot." She encouraged.

"Don't drown your worries in alcohol." Ellie warned.

Liv looked between the two of them. "Screw it." She knocked back her shot.

"Yes!" Dallas grinned triumphantly. She looked at Ellie.

Ellie laughed. "Ok, ok. Gimme one."

"'Atta girl." Dallas said. She leaned over to their neighbor's table, took two more shot glasses, and shot the boys next to them a thank you smile as she took poured the borrowed tequila into all three glasses. "Bottom's up."

"Bottom's up." Ellie and Liv echoed as all three girls took their shots.

"Ohh, it's Linds!" Dallas exclaimed as her phone rang. She flipped it open and stuck it to her ear. "You're missing everything! There's this table of hot guys that I would totally hook up with if I wasn't with Don and there's a hundred types of tequila here and it's aweso…" Dallas trailed off. "YOU WHAT?"

Snake Bite Center
Queens, New York
November 22, 2006
11:05 PM

"Doing alright Monroe?" Flack asked, as he and Danny entered the room at the Snake Bite Center.

"I was bitten by a snake at a sixteen year old's birthday." Lindsay said dryly. "I've had better nights, especially considering where I was supposed to be tonight."

"Where were you supposed to be tonight?" Danny asked, but his question was answered by the arrival of a giggly blonde and brunette.

"With them." Lindsay pointed.

Ellie giggled and looked behind her. "I don't see anybody back there!" She said, eyes widening innocently.

Dallas laughed harder. "She means us dummy."

"Ohhh," Ellie said, comprehension drawing across her face.

"Oh yeah," Danny said. "Ya know what, Montana? You might have gotten the better end of the deal."He snickered.

"Donnie!" Dallas exclaimed, noticing for the first time that her boyfriend was there. She ran (as well as a drunk girl in high heels could run) across the room and stumbled, almost falling. Automatically, Don reached out and caught her.

"Hi," He greeted her, laughing as he did so.

"I'm drunk." Dallas informed him.

"I can tell." He teased. "Dinner went well, I guess?"

From the seat by the door she had just sat in, Ellie nodded enthusiastically. "Fantastic!"

"There were a hundred selections of tequila there."Dallas said. "A hundred!"

"And how many of those hundred did you try?" Danny muttered. Lindsay snickered. Don, having heard what he said, smiled amusedly and put his arm around his girlfriend's waist, pulling her close.

Dallas sighed contentedly. "I love tequila."

"Where's Liv?" Lindsay asked. "Wasn't she with you?"

Ellie nodded. "She was. Hawkes picked us up and dropped us off here…"

"Well that's one worry relieved." Don said, looking between the two girls. He had been a bit worried as to how the two girls got there, when they first showed up drunk and alone.

"And she stayed with him. She said to tell you hi, hopes you're doing all right, and says she'll see you tomorrow." Dallas finished.

"Even when they're drunk, girls can still finish each other's sentences." Danny shook his head in disbelief. Everyone laughed.

After about half an hour, Flack looked at his watch, said it was getting late, and offered to take Dallas and Ellie home on his way to the precinct. "You coming, Danno?"

Danny nodded. "Yeah, ok, give me a minute." Flack nodded, and ushered Dallas out of the room, who was complaining about how she wanted to hear what Danny was saying.

"She's really somethin'" Danny commented.

Lindsay snorted. "You have no idea."

"So how ya doing?" Danny asked. "Really, how are you? No sarcasm."

"I'm sorry, did you just tell me no sarcasm?" Lindsay teased, but she realized he was being serious. "I'm good, Danny, really I am. It barely even hurts anymore."

"You really had me worried Montana." Danny told her, taking her hand in his. "Undercover ops, snake bites, you gotta stop doing this."

Lindsay laughed. "I'll try."

Danny nodded. "That's all I ask." He looked at his watch and groaned. "I gotta go, Flack'll leave without me if I'm not in the car soon." He stood up and hesitated. Then, he bent down, kissed her cheek, and walked over to the door. "See you later Montana."

"Hey, Danny?" Lindsay called. He stopped at the door and turned around. "Thank you."

Her thank you could have meant a lot of things. In fact, it did mean a lot of things. She was expressing so many emotions into two small, little words and he knew exactly what she was trying to say. So he smiled his beautiful smile at her and left with a wave.

She knew he knew what she was trying to say.

Adam's Apartment
Manhattan, New York
November 23, 2006
3:49 PM

"Finally!" Adam pulled his sister into his apartment. "The one time I need you, you aren't even here!"

"Hi Ally, how are you? Was Arizona fun? Are mom and dad ok?" Ally teased. "Chill out. It's Thanksgiving. A day to be mellow."

"I don't have time to be mellow." Adam said. "I did a stupid thing."

"A stupid thing?" Ally asked. "Ok, well I'm gonna need a beer for this one. Then we can talk about all the stupid things you've done."

Adam complied with his sister's request and met her in his living room, two beers in hand. He handed Ally one of them and settled himself on the couch.

"Ok, I'm ready." Ally said. "What did you do?"

"A couple weeks ago, we had this rough case and there ended up being a dirty cop and man, it was just tough. Everybody was like freaking out and…"

"Rambling." Ally interrupted.

"Right, sorry." Adam said. "Anyway, Ellie and I went to the bar that night and I was drinking a lot and then…" He trailed off.

"And then…" Ally prompted.

"And then I kissed her."

"Oh my god, are guys together now? Where is she? Is she here?" Ally looked thrilled at this possibility.

"No, Al, we're not together and no, she's not here." Adam took a sip of his beer. "I told her the morning after that I was really drunk the night before and that I didn't remember anything."

Ally was silent for a minute. "Well you were right."

"About what?" Adam asked, clearly confused.

"About doing something stupid." Ally shot back. "Why? Why would you do something like that?"

"Because she doesn't like me like that." Adam said. "And I didn't want to screw up our friendship."

Ally sighed patiently. "You have a lot to learn about girls, favorite brother of mine." She shook her head. "She does like you. A lot."

"Yeah?" Adam said. "And you can tell this from the 20 minutes you spent talking to her."

Ally nodded. "Mmhhmm. I'm a girl, we can tell these things."

Adam rolled his eyes. "Just tell me what I can do about it."

"Well," Ally said thoughtfully. "The way I see it, you have two options. Option one, you tell her the truth and see how she takes it."

"Not going to happen." Adam interjected.

"Or option two," Ally glared at her brother for interrupting. "you go on pretending like nothing ever happened and the sexual tension between the two of you just keeps getting thicker until you both snap."

Outside Lindsay's Apartment
Manhattan, New York
November 23, 2006
5:37 PM

"How about that new Chinese place?" Lindsay suggested, wrapping her coat around her tighter, as the wind blew a bit more fiercely.

Danny raised his eyebrows. "Is that gonna be open? I mean, it is Thanksgiving."

Lindsay shrugged. "I don't know. They don't celebrate Thanksgiving in China, but I guess the owners might want to celebrate it anyway." She shrugged again. "It's worth a shot. We're not doing anything else." She teased, with a smile on her face.

Danny shook his head. "Seriously, I mean, where is everybody?"

"Let's see," Lindsay said, holding out her gloved hands to count on her fingers. "Hawkes and Liv are at his parents. Dal and Flack are at her grandparent's. Ellie's in Texas with the rest of her family. Adam's with his sister. Mac and Stell are still at work. Marty's shift starts now. Sid's with his family." She took a breath and looked down at her fingers. "Did I forget anybody?"

Danny shook his head. "Nope. That's everybody." He paused. "Man, we have got to find ourselves more friends Montana."

Lindsay burst into laughter. "I think we do ok Danny."

Danny shrugged. "I don't know, Montana. We could do better, I think. I mean, think of how weird all of our friends are."

Lindsay's eyes sparkled. "Imagine what they must say about us."

Danny ignored her. "And the absolute weirdest of them all?" He paused. "Adam."

"Dallas." Lindsay said, at the same time he said "Adam".

"No way!" They said at the same time, and exchanged smiles.

"Alright." Danny rubbed his hands together. "Why do you say Dallas?"

"Why do you say Adam?" She countered.

"Hey, I asked you first." He protested.

"And I asked you second." She shrugged.

He grinned. "Alright then. I'll go. Adam because…because…because the guy spends all of his time playing video games."

"So do lots of guys." Lindsay said.

"Yeah but…" Danny trailed off. "Ok I'm out. You go."

"Ok," Lindsay said, looking up to the challenge. "I say Dallas because…because…wow, this is a lot harder than it looks." Danny laughed. "Because she models lingerie for a living."

"I got news for you Montana," Danny said. "That doesn't make her weird. That makes her every guy's fantasy."

"What's that make Flack?" Lindsay asked, curious.

"The guy every other guy hates." The two laughed.

It was times like this that Lindsay liked. When the two of them could be completely comfortable around each other, joking back and forth, talking about anything and everything, from work to nonsense.

She knew that when they finally did get together, that it would be perfect. Which is probably why she did what she did.

A/N: So, anybody like to guess what exactly is was that Lindsay did? I know! But you won't find out until the next chapter. So read and review, let me know what you think.