Disclaimer: dont own "hey there delilah" by the plain white tees or CSI:NY

When Danny hit the red light on Fifth, he made a quick decision to turn left away from his apartment instead of right and go to the nearest bar he could find. At that point, nothing would make him feel better than drinking himself into oblivion. It was 9:00 anyway. He'd work it out in the morning. After all, it was Saturday, and Sunday was his day off.

He was lucky enough to find what he was looking for in nearly five minutes. It was a small bar, and he could hear some music playing as he parked in front and began to walk in. It wasn't the hip-hop that usually was heard in clubs, but something softer.

Hey there Delilah
what's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
but girl tonight you look so pretty
yes you do
Time Square cant shine as bright as you,
I swear its true

Aiden tied her hair up in a loose ponytail and turned the radio on. A slow melody began after the commercials. She had heard the song somewhere before, and right when she was about to change the station, she remembered who had introduced her to this song. Danny had, one particularly drunk New Years at the office party in Stella's apartment. He said that if Mac got transferred, he would send the song to Stella. They watched Stella make eyes at Mac the whole night, but what Danny didn't know was that Aiden was watching him, too.

She wiped away a tear and sighed, beginning to walk toward the back of the bar, bringing the case of beer that the machine had to be refilled with.

Oh its what you do to me,
oh its what you do to me

Danny walked into the bar, the song and all its attached memories snaking their way back into his head. He walked up to the blonde male bartender and asked for some straight vodka. It was too difficult to remember these things right now; it was always better to forget.

But as he started the vodka, he found it wasn't going to be possible to forget someone he loved that much. Her curly dark hair, her full red lips, and the way she walked. It just wouldn't leave his mind.

As the song neared his favorite part, he started mumbling along.

Delilah I can promise you
that by the time that we get through
the world will never ever be the same,
and you're to blame

Aiden walked out to be behind the counter when she heard a familiar voice coming from the outside that sounded tipsy and depressed. She was positive that she knew that voice, and it sent chills up her spine.

It was on the tip of her tongue, and when she finally reached the counter and saw the dirty blonde hair and the clear blue eyes behind the glasses, the name came out longingly, almost seductively. "Danny?" She asked unsurely.

His head turned at the sound of his name and saw the very person who he was currently in the process of trying to drink away. "Aiden?" he said hopefully, taking her in. Even in his insecurity, he knew he had never seen anything as beautiful as her in the tight black shirt and short skirt that she was wearing tonight, her hair up in a messy ponytail. He breathed in her scent, convincing himself it was really her, and not some sort of drunken mirage.

He stood up and walked toward her. When he was standing mere inches away from her, she started to talk, wondering why his breath was hitched. She began to explain why she hadn't called him but was interrupted by Danny's words.

"Oh God, Aid, you're beautiful" he whispered in her ear before cupping her face in his hands and leaning down toward her painted lips.

He sobered up the second their lips touched. The almost electric sense of finally being able to have the person you knew you wanted more than anything would've sobered even the toughest alcoholic.

Aiden, still dealing with the shock of seeing Danny after a month, took a second to register that he was kissing her, his hands at the bottom of her shirt, touching her bare skin. Even though she could smell the alcohol on his breath, she started to respond, her lips moving in sync with his.

It had been a long time coming, and they only stopped when they had run out of air. She looked up into his eyes, which had turned a sort of deep ocean blue as opposed their usual crystalline light color.

"I miss you, more than you can ever know," he whispered huskily before recapturing her lips with his. His hands were slowly making their way up her shirt, and she brought him to the back of the bar with her. When they broke apart again, she smiled.

"You kept me there, but I had to leave. It's so hard without you. I miss you. And Danny?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you too."

You know it's all because of you
we can do whatever we want to.
Hey there Delilah here's to you
this ones for you

a/n: Finished! Just Review, and i'll calm down haha. special thankies to kate!