"So you think Danny's okay?" Lindsay asked Hawkes, as they watched him take off away from Stella as Mac took his place.
"Yeah, I'm sure he's fine," Hawkes replied, as he looked over at her. "He's a tough kid."
"I heard that," a voice called out from behind them, and they turned to see Danny. He shot them both a smile "So how ya guys been?"
"We've been good, Danny," Hawkes said, as he turned so that he could face him. "I'm going go talk to a certain sulking detective that we all known and give you guys some time to talk." Then he was gone.
"That was nice of him," Lindsay said, as she turned to look at Danny and slipped. He quickly caught her arm and they both ended up on the ice. "Graceful, Messer, very graceful."
"Yeah, I know," Danny said, as he sat up and looked over at her. "You all right?"
"I'll be fine."
"You guys okay?" Mac asked, as he and Stella skated up to them.
"Yeah, Dad, we're fine," Danny replied, as he looked up at him. "Just had a little mishap. Seem neither of us can remember how to skate."
"Here let us help you up," Mac said, as he grabbed onto Danny's arm, while Stella helped Lindsay up. "You guys sure fall a lot."
"Thanks Dad." Danny wiped the snow off his pants and watched out of the corner of his eye as Lindsay did the same. "We're probably just getting tired. It's has been a few hours doing this. Most people don't skate for hours at a time. Can't we call it a day."
"No, we can't."
"So now what?" Danny and Lindsay looked over at them.
"You guys want to grab something to eat and go to a movie?" Stella asked, as she looked over at them. "Cause we're not letting you guys off that easy. We need you guys to be a team, and not want to kill each other. Flack still wants to kill you guys."
"He started it," Hawkes said, as he came up next to them. "It's all his fault."
"See, what I tell ya, they would always blame me," Flack said, as he put his arm around Hawkes' shoulder. "Blame me for what?"
The CSIs then brought out into laughter as they looked over at him. "Well that proves our theory, he always comes in at the wrong time in a conversation," Lindsay said to Danny, as she moved over to his side. "Do we really have to Stella?"
"Yes, you do," Stella said, as she looked over at Mac. "No group decision, only on where to eat and what movie."
"The what and what?" both Hawkes and Flack asked, as they turned to look at Mac and Stella.
"Our day isn't over yet," Danny replied, as he looked over at them. "We're going to dinner and a movie."
"Oh, good thing I don't have plans," Flack said, as he looked over at Mac. "And that crime doesn't happen in the city."
"We'll be contacted if that happens," Mac answered, as he looked over at them. "Plus we need this. We can't have us at each others throats."
"We're not at each others throats." Flack shifted his feet and looked around. "Well not anymore." He remember his outburst a few days before in the lab at Lindsay and Danny that had gotten both CSI very upset and Lindsay almost on the verge of tears.
"Well we still think we need a few more hours together for group bonding before you guys can go home."
"Oh, great," Flack said, as he looked around at the others. "Not that I don't like you guys and I, but I did have plans for the evening."
"Didn't we all," Hawkes muttered, causing Flack and Danny to smile. "But we're here now. We can't change the past, Flack, we can only change the future."
"Right, I'll remember that." Flack shifted on his skates and almost fell, if Danny and Hawkes didn't catch him. "Okay, can we have this conversation not on the ice."
"Sounds like a really good idea," Danny said, as he almost slipped again, under Flack's extra weight. "Cause I've already fallen enough times today."
"Okay, let's go," Mac said, as they took off to get off the ice.
"Thank god," Lindsay whispered, as they sat down to take off their skates. "Land." That got Danny to chuckle as he sat down next to her. "What?"
"You still haven't told me why you don't like to skate," he whispered, as they watched the others switch from their skates to their other shoes. Hawkes and Flack were chatting about a game of some sort and Mac and Stella were talking about something.
"I know," Lindsay replied, as she ducked her head to put on her shoes.
"Will you tell me?" Lindsay let out a soft sigh as she sat back up and looked over at him. "Okay, I don't want to know."
"I'll tell you, Messer, and but only you," she whispered, as she looked over at the others. "Just not here."
"Gotcha, I understand." Danny got to his feet and offered her his hand. "Come on, we got to go see what's the plan for the evening."
"Oh, joy, this shall be fun." Danny shot her a smirk and they returned their skates, before joining Mac and Stella's sides.
"Well, nice of you guys to join us," Mac said, as he shot them a smile. "How are your feet?"
"Sore," Lindsay said, as she looked over to see Hawkes and Flack still talking. "What are they talking about?"
"What's more important? A movie or a hockey game," Stella said, as she slid her hands into her pockets.
"Do you really have to ask?" Danny teased, only to get a glare from Stella. "Okay, not going to say another word."
"Good, you a smart boy," Stella said, as she shot a glance over at Hawkes and Flack. "You done yet?" They shot her a smile and held up a hand indicating that they needed another few minutes. "Boys. What can you do?"
"Not much," Lindsay said with a smile. "So what's the plan?"
"Don't know yet, but there will be a plan."
TBC
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