A/N: Sorry about the delay but I have been very busy and this chapter took me awhile to right. One more chapter after this one guys, but again there will be a sequel. Hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own CSI: NY or any of the characters (I only own the ones I made up). I also don't own Brad Paisley or "The World".


Chapter 6: First Date and Fireworks

Danny opened the door to the guest house and plopped down on the couch. Never had he imagined that tow four year olds had that much energy. He should have expected as much. Leaning his head back on the couch, Danny closed his eyes for a moment. He opened then to find a newly showered and glowing Lindsay, who stood in the doorway of the living room and hallway. He looked her up and down. She was wearing a pair of denim shorts and a light pink halter top Lindsay looked better than she had in days and Danny wondered what brought it on.

"Hey Montana." Danny greeted her enthusiastically. Lindsay gave him a bright smile and walked over to the couch.

"Hey to you too." Lindsay mocked and kissed his deeply. When the need for air was too great she pulled back. She took a seat on the coffee table across from the couch. Danny had a shocked expression on his face. Lindsay just laughed, "What?" She asked playfully.

"What has gotten into you?" He questioned. "Just last night you were falling to pieces and now…" Danny paused, trying to find the right words to describe the transition.

"Back to my old self." Lindsay finished for him.

Danny nodded, "How?" He was nothing but glad, he was just a bit confused.

Lindsay thought for a moment before she answered. She had expected this reaction from him. "Let's just say that my brother knocked some sense into me. Maybe I'll tell you how someday but not right now. It's my little secret."

Danny smiled and grabbed both her hands in his and brought then to his lips. "I can deal with that." Lindsay leaned in and kissed him again, this time more passionately.

This time it was Danny who pulled away first. "As much as I would like to spend the day making out with you, I only have a day and a half to see the rest on Montana. So what do you want to do?" He asked.

Lindsay, again, thought for a moment and then she remembered something. "Do you know we've never been on an actual date?"

Danny nodded acknowledging the fact, "So what did you have in mind, Montana?"

Lindsay smirked. "Do you know what today is?" She smiled and tried to hold back her laughter as she watched Danny think. She always loved to stump him.

Danny shook his head, "Nothing comes to mind. What do you know that I don't?" Danny asked once again confused.

"And you call yourself a detective. What good detective forgets Independence Day, Danny?" Lindsay informed him with a triumphant smile.

"Kill me now." Danny pleaded playfully while he buried his face in his hands. When he looked up he was met by Lindsay's sparkling brown eyes and smile. He knew she always love to be right especially when it proved him wrong. "Just don't let this get around the lab." He returned he smile and allowed he to continue with her plan.

"Well, I though we could go to dinner at my favorite restaurant of all time and then go watch the best fireworks in all of Montana." Lindsay fully explained her idea to Danny. It would give them some much needed alone time and Lindsay could share some of her most precious secrets with Danny.

Danny nodded in agreement. "Just give me an hour to get a shower and get dressed."

"Okay." Lindsay said kissing him once more before Danny got up and headed towards the hallway. He turned around and looked at Lindsay one more time. "Do you realize that those kids never run out of energy? They're like the energizer bunnies." With that Danny turned and vanished out of sight down the hall leaving Lindsay laughing on the couch.

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Danny walked out of the master bathroom dressed in a pair of medium blue denim shorts and a blue pole, to find Lindsay brushing her hair and doing her make-up while singing along with the radio. For a moment Danny just leaned against the door frame taking in the scene before him.

"To the waiter at the restaurantYou're just another tipTo the guy at the ice cream shopYou're just another dipWhen you can't get reservations'Cause you don't have the cloutOr you didn't get an invitation'Cause somebody left you outThat's alright, that's okWhen you don't feel important honeyAll I've got to say is"

Her voice was soft and angelic. He could have stood there all day and listen to her sing. She was singing along to "The World" by Brad Paisley, which was one of the many country songs that reminded Danny of Lindsay every time he heard it. Lindsay was in a position that didn't allow her to see Danny come up from behind her and wrap his arms around her waist. To her surprise he started to sing the words out loud.

"You think you're one of millions but you're one in a million to meWhen you wonder if you matter, baby look into my eyesAnd tell me, can't you see you're everything to meThat's alright, that's okWhen you don't feel important honeyAll I've gotta say is

To the worldYou may be just another girlBut to meBaby, you are the world".

As the song faded out Lindsay turned her head and was met by Danny's lips and she willingly accepted. "So when did you start listening to country music?" She asked teasingly when they pulled away from the kiss. Lindsay knew very well that country music wasn't Danny's style.

"Since you can to New York." Danny answered and kissed her again. This surprised Lindsay but she wasn't going to argue. "I think we should get going because I'm hungry." He said giving a pout, which he knew Lindsay couldn't resist.

Lindsay nodded and kissed the pout right off hi face. "Daddy said we can use the truck. I packed a blanket and a cooler full of soda and stuff like that."

"Okay." Danny grabbed her hand and they made their way to the dinner.

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"Reeses is that you?" A women's voice filled the almost empty dinner when Danny and Lindsay entered. A gray haired woman, probably in her sixties, came up to the couple and enveloped Lindsay in a hug.

"Yeah it's me." Lindsay replied returning the hug with equal warmth. Lindsay received a questioning look from Danny who was standing by her side. She smiled, taking hold of his hand. "Reese is my middle name." Danny smiled at the nickname and thought back to the first time he had called her Montana. From that moment on he will think of her as his Montana.

"So this is the Danny Messer your sister keeps going on about." Maggie says winking at Lindsay. "I'm Maggie Brooks. I've known Lindsay or Reeses as we like to call her around here, since she was born. I'm her godmother." She introduced herself offering Danny a hand.

Danny willingly accepted. "Yeah, I'm Danny Messer. I work with Lindsay back in New York. And Brad was right; news does travel fast around here." The two women shared a laugh.

"I guess you're going to want to sit at your usual table?" Lindsay nodded and Maggie led the two to a table in the back corner of the diner.

"Usual?" Danny asked, still smiling.

Maggie's expression changed as though she was reminiscing. "Reeses here used to hang out here all the time. I'm just glad I'm her mom's best friend." She winked at Lindsay who returned the gesture.

"Oh so this is where you brought all the guys." Danny joked playfully.

Maggie shook her head and smiled warmly at Danny. "You would think, but actually you're the only guys she has ever brought in her."

Danny looked at Lindsay who was smiling shyly. "Well I'm honored." He reached over and intertwined their fingers.

Maggie took their orders and not long after, brought their food out. Danny and Lindsay discussed different things over dinner including Lindsay's childhood and how the guys back in New York were getting by without them. When they finished eating they headed up to the register where Maggie was finishing with another customer.

When Maggie looked up from counting the money she had just receives and saw the two standing there she shook her head. "It's on the house Reeses." Lindsay was about to argue but Maggie cut her off, "Don't worry about it. You've been through a lot recently. Just promise you'll stop by before you leave."

Lindsay gave in. "I promise." She gave Maggie and hug. "Where's Sam?" Lindsay asked. Sam was Maggie's husband, co-owner of the diner and her godfather.

"Exactly where he was when you left for New York." Maggie answered pointing towards the back of the diner. Lindsay nodded and they said their final good-byes.

Lindsay led Danny out the front of the diner and around the back. They were met by the sight of a man in his sixties behind the hood of a red '69 Ford Mustang. The man's back was to then so he wasn't aware of the two who had just joined him.

"You're still working on the old thing?" Lindsay commented with a large smile plastered to her face.

The man just shook his head but kept his back to them, "Always will. You know very well I'll never give up on this baby. And when I'm gone I'm leaving it to you; fixed or not Reeses." Afterwards he turned around at the sound of Lindsay's laughing.

"Welcome home Darlin'." He walked up and gave her a hug. When they pulled away Lindsay made the introductions.

"Sam this is Danny." Lindsay smiled as the two shook hands.

Sam looked Danny over from head to toe before speaking. "So you're the one Becky Lynn keeps going on about. You must be special; Reeses never brings boys to the dinner."

Danny smiled and put an arm around Lindsay's waist pulling her closer to him. "So I've heard."

Lindsay leaned her head on Danny's shoulder, "We've got to get going if we're going to catch the fireworks." Lindsay laughed at Sam's frown. "Don't worry. Maggie already made me promise to stop by before I leave." Once again Lindsay and Danny exchanged good-byes and promised to be back.

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With the help of Lindsay's directions Danny drove the two to the park within twenty minutes. They parked the car in the exceptionally crowded parking lot and unloaded the cooler and blankets. Lindsay took Danny's hand and led him to a quiet spot away from all the other viewers.

"This is my secret viewing place." Lindsay whispered into the night, "It's the best place to watch them and only I know about it. After years of living here I've been to every spot and this is the best." Danny could see her smile in the moonlight. They laid the blankets out on the grass and settled in. Danny reached into the cooler and pulled out two sodas, handing one to Lindsay. She was positioned in between Danny's open legs and was resting her head against his chest.

After a few moments Danny broke the comfortable silence, "So Montana, why all this, why me?"

This caught Lindsay's attention and she positioned herself so she was looking in Danny's eyes. "I love you Danny, and I wanted to share all this with you…" Danny was about to interrupt and she knew exactly why. She had just said she loved him and they hadn't reached that level in their relationship, but she silenced him with a finger to his lips. "I've never shared any of this with anyone because I have been waiting for that special person. Throughout the past year I have realized that that person is you. I want you to love me for who I am country girl and all…"

Before she could continue she felt Danny's lips on hers. This kiss was unlike any of the others. It was filled with so much love that Lindsay felt as though she could burst. Meanwhile in the background the first fireworks had been sent off. It sent explosions of colors into the dark night sky that just perfected the moment.

Danny was the first to pull away. His hand came up and caresses Lindsay's face as he pushed a strand of hair out of her eyes. "I don't care that you're a country girl and I'm a city boy. I think that just adds to the spark between us. You're smart, funny, a little crazy and can put up with my crap. Those are just a few of the things I have come to love since you came into my life a year ago. Linds, I love you more than anything in the world, you're everything to me." He whispered. Tears were forming in her eyes and they were illuminated by the fireworks display. Danny wiped them away and kissed her again.


A/N: I hope it was worth the wait!. The last chapter should be up soon. Please review and tell me if you liked it! Ash