Chapter 3

Danny had fallen asleep too. He had woken up and Lindsay was still sleeping on his chest. She began to stir. He just laid there and was looking at her. He thought she was so beautiful. He couldn't phathom the pain that she has endured for the last few years. After about 10 minutes she finally woke up. She sat up when she realized that she had been laying on Danny's chest and just looked at him with quizzical eyes.

He smiled at her.

"Hey! Where you going?" Danny asked.

"Danny, I am so sorry. I can't believe that you stayed here all night."

"Lay back down. I sort of liked having you in my arms all night." "How are you feeling?" He asked. She looked at him and smiled.

"Ummmmmm, I have a tremendous headache." She said.

"I told you to take it easy last night. But you insisted on one more drink. Regretting it now aren't you? He said.

She put her hand on her head and said "Yeah! Why didn't you stop me?"

"Linds, I told you that I thought that you had had enough to drink and you insisted on one more and then Flack or Hawkes sent us one more round and that was it." "Let me get you something for that hangover. Where do you keep your aspirin?" He asked. He got up and got her the aspirin and gave her a glass of water. "Here take this." He said.

Lindsay: "Danny; what happened last night?

Danny: "You mean you don't remember?"

Lindsay: "I do. I just want to make sure that I didn't do or say anything stupid."

Danny: "I don't think that you telling me about Patrick is stupid. I am glad that you told me. Why have you been keeping that in for so long ? He asked.

Lindsay: "I don't know – I just try not to think about him. And then this case came up and all the memories came flooding back to me. I have just been trying to rebuild my life." "Thank you for listening. You don't know how much it means to me that you were here for me."

Danny: "Well what if I told you that I always want to be here for you." Lindsay looked at him. She didn't know what to say.

Lindsay: "Danny. What are you saying?"

Danny: "I'm saying let me save you! I'm saying that I have feelings for you. I wanna help you get thru this. I wanna be there for you always. I, I love you Lindsay."

Lindsay started to cry. She started to walk away. Danny grabbed her by her waist and pulled her close to him.

Danny: "Linds, I think that you might feel the same way. And if you do I think that we should give this a shot. Look I know that you're scared. I am scared too. But you can't put your life on hold because you are so afraid that something is going to happen to me or you." "Didn't you say that Patrick wanted you to be happy?"

Lindsay: "I can't!"

Danny: "Yes you can!"

Lindsay: "I'm scared. I'm scared to fall in love again. I can't go thru loosing someone again. I don't think that I could survive."

Danny just hugged her and kissed her on the forehead and she cried.

Danny: "Lindsay"

He put his finger under her chin and lifted up her face and made her look deep in his eyes.

Danny: "I can't promise you that in this job that either of us will be safe. But I can tell you that I have never, ever felt like this about anyone. You have stirred feelings up in me that I didn't even know existed. I can promise that I will always love you and will try to stay safe. I will always try to keep you safe. I don't think that I can go on without you."

Lindsay smiled and looked Danny right in the eyes and said

Lindsay: "I know that I love you! I've known it since the day we met. I was just too scared to admit it. I thought to myself that if I didn't have you then I could never get hurt. But I do hurt. I hurt when I look at you and know that you aren't mine. I hurt when I look at you and think that if you are mine if anything would happen to you ….."

Danny: "That's just it Lindsay. I am yours if you'll have me? We just have to take it one day at a time."

Lindsay: "One day at a time?"

Danny: "One day at a time!"

Lindsay: "I feel guilty."

Danny: "Linds. Patrick would want you to get on with your life."

Lindsay: "I know.

Danny: "Well then – I suggest that today you start to get on with your life. Our life"

He grabbed her and began to kiss her passionately. Then he looked at the clock and knew that they better stop because it was time to go get ready for work.

TBC…………………………………………..