"Hey!" Flack yelled out to Danny, jogging up to him at the coffee shop.

Danny had stopped to get some coffee on his way into the lab. He desperately needed something to kick-start his morning and get him ready for work.

"Flack. What's up?" Danny said, nodding his head in Flack's direction.

"Just in need of some caffeine, like you." Flack said with a chuckle. He placed his order with the girl behind the counter and turned to Danny who was waiting next to him. "Oh, hey… how was the big date last night?"

"Dude. Tracie with an "i" is all yours. I did my deed. I went out with her. Just wait 7 hours and I'll give you her number." Danny said. The way that Danny shook his head and rolled his eyes as he talked, Flack wasn't sure if he still wanted Tracie's phone number.

"If the date was that bad, then thanks but no thanks. No sloppy seconds for me." Flack said as he handed over some cash for his coffee. He and Danny headed out of the coffee shop and began walking the two short blocks to the lab.

"Naw, it wasn't like that. Tracie's a great girl. She's smart, beautiful, interesting… god everything a guy could want. She even watches Sports Center every night! She's just not Lindsay." Danny said.

"Okay, I take it back. I want her number." Flack demanded.

"I thought so." Danny said, laughing.

"So, did you lead her on all night? How did you handle it?"

"I told her straight up what was going on. In fact I told her all about how Lindsay's gone mental and Tracie seemed to understand. Then we spent some time talking about you…" Danny's voice trailed off to see if Flack really was listening. When Flack stopped walking, Danny knew he had his attention.

"You spent time doing what?" Flack asked skeptically.

"Talking about you, you idiot." Danny said sarcastically. "I told her that the least I could do was set her up with a descent guy. So be happy for me."

"Huh?" Flack questioned, catching back up with Danny. "But, you're not happy."

"Oh, but I am." Danny corrected. "Today is the day that I get Montana to forget she's crazy and go out with me."

"Sticking with the jealousy plan?" Flack asked. When Danny nodded, Flack cut him off with his warning. "Danny, man, this is going to end badly for you."

"No it's not." Danny said assuredly. "So, be happy for me."

"I am happy for you." Flack said, with an insincere smile on his face.

"Are you faking it?" Danny asked, opening the door to the lab and walking in towards the elevators. Flack followed Danny onto the elevator and punched in the number of the lab.

"Doesn't really matter, does it?" Flack countered.

"Nope." Danny said. "Because I'm going to win."

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"Morning Montana!" Danny said cheerfully as he walked into his shared office. Lindsay was already sitting at her computer finishing up some paperwork.

"Hi, Danny." Lindsay didn't sound quite as chipper as Danny did. Danny thought she sounded a little tired, and if he knew that Lindsay had tossed and turned all night thinking about Danny and his "date", then he would know that he was right. "How was your night?"

Danny looked at Lindsay suspiciously and cocked his head to one side.

"Is that part of your six month plan, too? That I have to come back and report to you on my dates?" Danny asked.

"No. I was just making conversation." Lindsay said quietly, looking away from Danny.

"Whoa, don't get defensive." Danny said with a dramatic air of concern. "For your information it was great. We had dinner and then went to a club for drinks and a little live music."

"I'm glad you had a good time." Lindsay said. She quietly got up and excused herself to go to the break room. Secretly, Lindsay was fighting a feeling that she had made a mistake by initiating her plan. Lindsay slunk into the break room and poured herself a cup of coffee. She took a sip, exhaled and collected herself.

As Lindsay began walking back to her office, she couldn't help but notice a stunning, brunette walking down the hall. The strange woman was looking around as if she were lost.

"Hi. Can I help you?" Lindsay asked nicely.

"Oh, yes please. I'm looking for Danny Messer. Do you know where I might find him?" The woman asked with a smile. Lindsay took in the woman and her appearance. Lindsay felt that she knew this woman from somewhere, or at least she had seen her before. It was when Lindsay realized that the woman was holding Danny's jacket in her arms, that Lindsay knew this was Tracie.

"Is Detective Messer expecting you?" Lindsay asked, suddenly becoming very formal.

"Oh, uh, no. I'm Danny's girlfriend…" Tracie began to explain.

"No you're not." Lindsay stated a bit more harshly than she had anticipated.

"Uh, yes. I am." Tracie said. Lindsay was amazed. At no point during the conversation did Tracie's sweet smile fade from her face, although Lindsay desperately wanted to wipe it off somehow. "Anyway, I just wanted to return his jacket. I thought he might need it today."

Tracie innocently handed Danny's jacket to Lindsay and turned around to leave. Tracie hadn't gone more than a few steps away from Lindsay, when Lindsay called out to her.

"Um, excuse me…" Lindsay called. Tracie turned around to look questioningly at Lindsay. "Do you mind me asking what you had for breakfast this morning?"

Lindsay realized at that moment, that she deeply cared about the answer to this question. Tracie was looking at Lindsay as if she were crazy, but shrugged her shoulders slightly and answered.

"I've haven't eaten breakfast yet today, why?" Tracie asked.

"No reason." Lindsay said. She turned around and walked away from Tracie and found herself feeling a wave of relief wash over her.

Tracie turned to walk back to the elevator and glanced over her shoulder. Out of the corner of her eye, she spied Danny standing in the same unoccupied doorway where he had observed the entire encounter between Tracie and Lindsay. Tracie smiled mischievously at Danny, and Danny smiled back, nodding his head to Tracie in thanks.