Genius
"Messer, my office," Mac said. Mac had just witnessed a sure sign that Danny wasn't fit to work today: he had just snapped at Lindsay.
"What?" Danny said, walking in behind Mac.
"Are you okay? You've been short with everyone lately." Mac said, sitting down. "Is there something you want to talk about?" Danny sat down in the other chair.
"No, I'm fine. I just haven't slept lately." Mac looked intently at him. "Really, I'm fine." He stood up, but fell back down, his knees giving out beneath him.
"Danny?" Mac stood up and walked over.
"What?" Danny successfully stood up, and started out the door.
"Have you been taking care of yourself? Eating, sleeping?" Mac turned him around and held him there.
"Yes." He said. Just then, Lindsay came up.
"Danny? Are you okay?" she asked. Danny spun around to see her standing in the door way.
"Yeah. Hey, I'm sorry about earlier. I was out of line." He said. Mac shook his head as Danny walked away.
"Is he really okay? He's seemed really tired lately." Lindsay asked.
"I don't know. If I have to confront him one more time, he's going home. Mac said.
"I'll keep an eye on him." She said, leaving the room.
Flack walked into the break room and found Danny out cold on the couch. If Mac caught him asleep while he was clocked in, he wouldn't be very pleased. He put some coffee on, and sad at the table, looking at Danny, deciding how he would go about waking him up. He had an opportunity to have some fun with this.
"Flack?" Danny had woken up. Flack sighed, because he'd missed his chance.
"Hey. Want some coffee?" he offered. He walked over to the counter and poured him self some.
"No thanks. I'm still waiting for my three other cups to kick in." he stood up, but fell again, the blood rushing to his head. This time he fell forward though. Flack ran forward and managed to catch him before he hit the table.
"What was that?" he asked, pushing Danny back onto his feet.
"I'm fine." Danny grabbed his stuff and walked past Flack and out the door. Flack had the same sort of reaction as Danny was walking away as Mac had had earlier.
As Danny was walking down the hall, he realized just how tired he was. He stopped and leaned back against the wall to think. It would be great if he could go home and sleep, but what were the chances of that?
"Danny, What's up? I've seen people fall asleep while they were already sitting down, but never while they were walking down the hall." Mac walked up, smiling.
"Im not asleep, I was just thinking that I might want to go home and sleep." He said, hoping that his boss would agree.
"I was just coming to give you the rest of the day off. You're no good to me like this." He said. Danny nodded in thanks and went to punch out.
Sorry about the short chapter, but I just remembered that I have to study for a Geometry test. The rest is already written out, so that means fast updates! All reviews are appreciated if you feel so inclined.
