It had been 3 days since Lindsay took off to Montana, and deep down, he knew he shouldn't have expected to hear from her. It wasn't as if he deserved it…

Slowly, it seemed that people around the lab had caught onto what had happened. He did work with detectives after all.

He put his head in his hands, and rubbed his eyes. He couldn't remember the last time he had slept. Taking refuge in his and Lindsay's office, he had only been home twice to grab a shirt and take a quick shower. This had only reduced him to tears when he'd seen her shampoo bottle gone.

Mac had begged him to go home, Stella had called his mother, and Flack had tried to entice him out of the lab with the offer of free drinks, but he was having none of it. He didn't want to go home. His Mom couldn't fix this mess. And there was no way he was ever drinking again he was never, ever stepping foot into a bar ever again. He put his glasses on, and looked towards trace. His eyes were defying him. No, surely he couldn't be seeing what he was seeing. Could he?

He took his glasses off, rubbed his eyes, and replaced his glasses. He could still see her. She was there, sat in trace.

He got up, and headed straight for trace, making a detour into Flack.

"Whoa there buddy, where's the fire?"

"Piss off Flack get outta my way, I'm busy"

"Yeah, yeah…whatever man. Sorry."

Danny briskly walked past Flack. He knew that he shouldn't be such an ass to him. He was his best friend after all. But right now he needed to make sure he was seeing straight.

He rounded the corner of trace.

"Lindsay?! Lindsay?"

"Danny, what the hell are you doing?"

"Adam, where's Lindsay?!"

"Danny, she's in Montana"

"No, I've just seen her. Where is she?"

"Look, Danny, I really think it would be better if you went home. Get some sleep. Your seeing things, go on, I'll cover your shift. Kendall's staying on tonight anyway. It's no problem"

Danny nodded, making a mental note to buy him a coffee later. He turned and headed for the locker room. He was sure he'd seen her. He shook his head. No, He only wanted to see her. She was in Montana. He knew that.

Adam watched him as he headed towards the locker room…

"You can come out now Lindsay"

"Yeah, thanks Adam"

"Yeah, well, you're – a – you're my friend too. And Messer was an ass to you."

"I know, I was being sarcastic; I wondered what the hell you were doing shoving me into a supply closet. I hadn't seen him coming; you scared the daylights out of me…"

"Yeah, I gathered that you hadn't seen him, hence why I shoved you in the closet."

"I owe you Adam."

"Yeah ya do, I've already done a double today"

"I'll go and make sure the coffee machine's on for ya buddy"

He watched her take the short cut to the break room. He hated this. Lying, especially to Danny. Danny had always been there for him, and it almost killed him lying to him. Danny had his back in that warehouse, and now, when Danny was hurting most, Adam had turned his back on him… He knew what he needed to do…

"One sugar or two Adam?"

"Linds, come here a minute."

"What Adam?"

"What's gonna happen between you and Danny?"

Lindsay pulled up a stool and sat down next to Adam and sighed.

"I don't know Adam. I just don't know. You have no idea how much I miss him. I thought I was okay about it all. But I'm not. Hearing his voice today, just made me realise how much I need him. But I don't think I can forgive him for what he did"

"Course you can"

"What?"

"Look that came out wrong. What I was trying to say was that you will forgive him, because you love him. It'll just take time. You'll make it through this, I know you will. You and Messer and the definition of soul mates Lindsay. And you saw how badly he's beating himself up about this."

"Adam?"

"Yeah?"

"When the hell did you start talking sense"

"I dunno, maybe, I'm in this parallel universe where-"he caught onto Lindsay's look of amusement "never mind, I thought it wouldn't last"

Lindsay shook her head. He didn't know it, but Adam Ross had just made the world seem a little bit clearer for her…