Danny, Lindsay and Hawkes were in one of the many evidence rooms and the New York Crime Lab. Danny and Lindsay were going over their victims clothing and Hawkes was examining the suspicious knife they found beside the body.
"Danny, look at this," Lindsay handed him the sweater she was looking at and at that very moment sneezed violently.
"You're sick," Danny pointed out, as Hawkes chuckled.
"No, I'm not. I'm fine." Lindsay stated. But sneezed again, just as Mac walked in.
"Lindsay, are you sick?"
"It's just a cold… I'll be fine." Lindsay mumbled while holding her hand at her mouth, ready to sneeze again.
Mac raised an eyebrow, "It's not you I'm worried about – you could contaminate evidence. Maybe you should go home."
"I'll be careful" Lindsay said hopefully, "I'll wear a mask?"
"Lindsay, go home. Call me tomorrow and we'll see how you're feeling." Mac said and started walking out.
Lindsay started to object again, but felt Danny's hand on her shoulder.
"Montana. Go Home. I'll come by after shift and bring food. I promise."
Lindsay grinned. She and Danny were good friends; they had dinner together nearly every night; they watched TV, and fought for the remote. He had already come over after work 3 times that week. "What kinda food, Messer?"
"Pizza, Chinese, anything you want."
"I'm taking you up on that offer – "
Danny interrupted, "As I said: I bring the food… If you go home and get some rest."
"Fine. I'll go. But I'll be fine by tomorrow," she said angrily, and started to take off her gloves. Then turned to her partners on the case, "Bye."
They waved back.
"She is one grumpy sick woman." Hawkes laughed after Lindsay left.
"Nah, she's just doesn't like looking weak in front her colleagues," Danny defended her.
Hawkes turned to him with a raised eyebrow, "You seem to know a lot about her."
"We're good friends. When you spend a lot of time together, you learn stuff about each other." Danny shrugged.
"Like whether she hogs the covers?" Hawkes joked, putting the knife into an evidence bag.
"She does."
Hawkes felt his jaw drop, "Danny, there's a line with friendship, and I think you guys have crossed it."
"No we haven't - "
"Who crossed the friendship line?" asked Stella as she walked in.
"Danny and Lindsay."
"That's old news." Stella grinned knowingly at Danny. Who opened his mouth to object.
"Yeah, yeah, we know: you're just friends," Stella stole his words.
"We are."
"Whatever," Hawkes smirked, "I gotta go see Sid about our knife wound. Later."
When he left them lab, Stella turned to Danny, "So, you wanna cheer her up?"
"Yeah," he replied. He got the feeling Stella knew he wanted more than to just cheer her up.
"My advice? Do something she wouldn't expect of you. Surprise her. Whatever she says, girls love to be surprised. It means you thought about it."
"Thanks Stella. I think I know what I want to do," Danny packed up the clothing he and Lindsay were working on. He placed them in their separate bags and left to find Hawkes in the morgue.
Not my best...but I just did a whole day's worth of maths homework and my brain hurts...it sounded good in my head. Hope you like it! please R&R , you know i love it!