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CHAPTER 1:

His hand ran down the back of her neck, intwining his fingers with her loose curls.

"Danny.. I really.. don't…" Lindsey started to say, trying not to be drawn into the lust she could see in his eyes. As he stepped closer to her, she could feel her heart beating faster with the excitement of what was going to happen.

"Lindsey, I don't think that I can hold back any more. I have tried so damn hard to fight this feeling inside me, and I don't think I can do it any longer!" Danny whispered. He cupped her face with his hands, and tilted her head towards his. Finally succumbing to the fact that she couldn't avoid his loving blue eyes, she looked up at him. Danny's lips gently brushed across hers, and almost instantly she felt her heart flutter. She pulled away, looked at him and kissed him back.

"Danny, I have something to - "

Beep. Beep.

Danny woke with a start at the sound of his pager beeping. Picking it up he read it bleary eyed. It was Lindsey.

"Damn Montana.. You sure know how to wake a guy up!" Danny muttered to himself as he rubbed his eyes. A smile crept on to his face at the thought of what had been going through his mind.

He dragged himself up from the bed, looking at his watch. 4.37am. Getting dressed, he grabbed his keys and left his apartment to join Lindsey at the lab.

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"So Montana, what we got?" Danny called, pulling on his white coat, and joining her at the computer. Mac had assigned Danny and Lindsey to a high profile case in which the chief commissioner for the NYPD had been murdered in suspicious circumstances. His wife was nowhere to be seen. The case had been going on for months now, and every time they thought they had a lead, something got in the way. Maybe this was the chance they had been looking for.

"I ran a hit on these fingerprints through AFIS. They match to a Mrs Halliday." Lindsey replied, a look of delight on her face.

"Well, lets see if Flack can track down this Mrs Halliday."

Stella walked in to the lab, shocked to see Danny in the lab this early, peering over Lindsey's shoulder.

"Am I interrupting something here!" she exclaimed, stopping in her tracks.
"If only eh Montana!" Danny got up, winked at her and let his arm brush past her shoulder, making her breathe deep.

Why oh why does he always do that to me? Lindsey thought, feeling her cheeks getting hotter. Think of cold things, think of ice… she told herself.

Danny walked out of the lab to the break room. As he grabbed a mug of strong, black coffee, he watched Lindsey and Stella through the window, making sure he could not be seen.

"So what's going on with you 2!" Stella exclaimed, pulling up a chair next to Lindsey. "And don't tell me its nothing! I can see by the look on your face that there's something there!"

"I .. I .. don't know what your talking about, Stella." Lindsey stuttered, staring at the screen. "Me and Danny, we - "

"Oh come on Lindsey, you can't pull the wool over my eyes! You and Danny have been flirting ever since you arrived here. Its been going on for months! Don't you think its about time you put the poor guy out of his misery?" Stella raised an eyebrow at Lindsey. Lindsey was gob smacked - how did Stella know? It wasn't that obvious was it? No, she must be fooling around… mustn't she? Stella got up from her chair and walked back to her office across the corridor.

Danny watched as Stella left Lindsey on her own, and made his way back, loaded with 2 cups of coffee. "Here ya go Montana.. Flack's gonna be here soon." He handed her a cup of coffee, black with 1 sugar, just the way she liked it.

"Thanks…" Lindsey said, still thinking about what Stella had just said.

"Hey, I was thinking.. hows'about we hang out tonight?"

"Danny, I'm not sure if that's a good idea. We - " Lindsey started to say.

" Hey no worries, Montana.." Danny interrupted her, "I just thought that, ah, ya know we could take a break that's all. Forget I asked." His face fell. He placed his mug down on the side, hung his lab coat up and left.

Lindsey knew she had hurt his feelings by the sound of his voice. She didn't know why she was turning down every opportunity to get with Danny, but something was making it hard for her to say yes.

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"Mrs Halliday, we matched your fingerprints to the ones we pulled off the broken glass. Care to explain how they got there?" Flack asked, observing her face.

" I have no idea, Detective - Flack, " she replied with her lips pursed tightly. "I have never been to the chief's house!"
"We know you are lying, Mrs Halliday," Danny replied, pointing his finger and getting angry. " Prints don't just pick their selves up and wander to where they feel like it! So unless you are willing to co-operate, I suggest you call your lawyer and tell him to meet us downtown."
"Alright, alright!" she shouted, holding her hands in defence. " I'll explain everything….just please, no handcuffs."
He looks hot when he gets mad… Lindsey thought, smiling as they got to the car.

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Back at the lab, Mac had called Danny and Lindsey in to his office.

Lindsey, like always, felt worried when ever they had to be summoned to the office, feeling like she was a little girl and her dad was gonna tell her off.

Danny sat next to Lindsey and they waited in silence for Mac to arrive.

"Hey Danny, about earlier," she said, turning in her chair to face him. " I didn't mean for what I said to come out the way it did."
A puzzled look swept across his face in an attempt to distract her. He didn't want her to know the truth about how he felt. Maybe it was jus something he had to keep to himself, or at least until she let him in to how she was feeling.

"Like I said Lindsey, don't worry about it. Its forgotten with, really."

"You jus called me Lindsey…" her voice trailed off, shocked at how weird it was to have heard her own name.

"Well I figured that maybe, ya know the whole Montana thing was getting a bit old for you now. Thought you would want me to call you by ya real name…"

Disclaimer: As usual, i have no ownership of danny, lindsey, .. or anyother csi featured LOL although i have to say.. carmine is all mine! hehehe enjoy! xx

CHAPTER 2:

Lindsey's face fell. She didn't want Danny to call her Lindsey. She loved the way Montana sounded in his thick New York accent.
Maybe his flirting IS just a game for him if he's calling me Lindsey…. she thought to herself.

She was about to open her mouth and say disagree when Mac walked in.

"Good Morning Danny, Lindsey." Mac said, walking round to sit at his desk. He flopped the case file on his desk and leant forward.

"So what's up Mac? We finally cracked this one on the head huh!" Danny replied.

A huge grin swept across Mac's face. He felt good to know that Danny was so passionate about closing this case.

I wish Mac would hurry up and get this over with, Lindsey thought to herself. She could feel herself tapping her foot against the chair leg, and knew that it was gonna annoy someone any second.

"Lindsey, I hope that you and Danny are proud of what you have achieved with this case." She stopped tapping her foot as soon as she heard her name. "You have both worked so hard, day and night, and for that you can both take the rest of the day off." Mac said looking directly at her. She could tell he was up to something but couldn't quite place her finger on it.
He's spoken to Stella! She thought. Suddenly her head started filling up with everything that Stella had said to her early that morning.
"Oh, erm, Mac that's great, but really I -" Mac held his hands up.

"I won't hear any of it! You two just go home, relax, do what ever it is you normally do and-"

"No worries Mac.." Danny interrupted "I'm sure we could really do with letting our hair down." He smiled at Mac, and saw the mischievous grin on his face.

Danny got up, followed by Lindsey and they made their way to the locker room to collect their coats.

"You still not gonna take me up on my offer?" Danny asked, as he pulled his jacket out of his locker.

"Danny, look we need to talk…" Lindsey replied, turning to him. He moved closer to her and she could smell how good his cologne was. She could fell herself start to blush.
"So is that a yes then?" he raised his eyebrow at her and looked straight into her deep brown eyes, giving her a smile she couldn't refuse.

"I.. Danny - " Why was it so hard for her to just say yes? Three little letters, one word. But still, where Danny was concerned it just didn't want to come out.

Danny leant closer to her, and she could feel his warm breath on her cheek. She could feel herself start to breathe faster. He brought his hand up to push a strand of hair away from her cheek and pulled her closer.

Just let it happen, Lindsey, let it happen…. She wanted this to happen so much! She looked into his eyes, and before she knew it, she was breaking away from Danny, feeling breathless.

She wanted this to happen so much! She looked into his eyes, and before she knew it, she was breaking away from Danny, feeling breathless.