Disclaimer: Carmine is MINE i tell ya! lol well i wish he was hehe -blah de blah i own no characters in this story lol xx

CHAPTER 3:

It was mid - December, raining outside, and as Lindsey stepped out of the hot steamy shower, she felt comforted by the sound of rain drops pelting on the window. She looked at the time; its was 6:45pm.
After she and Danny had their little 'talk in the locker room, it was somehow taken by Danny as a yes that she would go out with him tonight.
Every few minutes she would panic and wonder " am I doing the right thing? Maybe I should call and cancel… Danny would understand.. wouldn't he?".
By the time Lindsey had applied her make up, and had got into her tight black jeans, and a pink baby doll top, it was 7:30pm. Danny would be picking her up any minute now.

She grabbed her bag, and looked out the window just in time to see Danny's SUV parked across the road. Her cell phone rang.

"Monroe?" she flipped her phone open.

"Hey its me, I'm at ya door. You gonna let me in or what?" Danny replied.

"I'll be down in a sec." she replied with a hint of excitement in her voice. She shut her phone, slipped her shoes on and glanced in the mirror, checking to see how good she looked.
Lindsey opened the door, walked down the stairs to the bottom of her apartment building and was greeted by Danny, who was standing in the rain holding an umbrella.

WOW! Lindsey thought to herself. Messer can sure get dolled up when he needs to! Danny was dressed in black pin stripe trousers, a half - buttoned up dark blue shirt, and a white wifebeater underneath with just a few chest hairs spilling out over the top.
"And here I was thinking gentlemen only lived in the country!" she exclaimed, as she huddled underneath the umbrella with Danny.
"Hey, I'm as much of a gentleman as any of them country guys!" he replied back. He opened the passenger door to his SUV and let her climb in, still making sure she didn't catch the rain.

"So where we off to? I hope I'm not too dressed up." Lindsey inquired looking out at the dark New York sky.
"Don't you worry about a thing Linds, you look just great." he replied. He stole a quick glance at her as they stopped at a red light.

Damn what I wouldn't do just to get a hold of her right now… Danny was thinking to himself.
Suddenly Lindsey turned to him and caught his stare.
"What's up Messer?" She asked, looking into his beautiful sea blue eyes.

"Oh, er, … I was jus looking at the Hudson - " he replied looking away.

Lindsey laughed. " Danny, the Hudson is too far away to see!"

You dumbass Messer! She caught you looking! "Its there somewhere." he shrugged.

"Well Danny Messer, as long as it wasn't me you were looking at!" she replied. She bit down on her bottom lip and gave him a cheeky grin.
Oh god, what am I doing? she thought to herself, suddenly turning away. I don't want to give him false hopes!
"So, where are we going?" Lindsey asked, quickly changing the subject.
"Well, actually, we're not going anywhere."
"What do you mean?" she asked, puzzled.

" Well we are, but we not going out to eat. I'm gonna cook."

Lindsey burst out laughing "You? Cook? Oh Danny, please! Really, where are we going?"

"Honestly! I'm gonna cook! Trust me, I got my mom's secret recipe for her chicken lasagne! Old Italian family secret." he replied as he pulled up at his apartment. The rain had long stopped by now, and all Lindsey could hear was the city traffic.
Danny turned his key in the door and let Lindsey walk through first. He took her jacket and hung it up.
"Nice little place you got here Danny, " she said sitting down on his soft leather couch. " Quite clean too for a bachelor pad!"
He jus smirked at her and walked to the kitchen. She could already smell the lasagne cooking away, the sweet aroma filling the apartment.
"What you want to drink? Dinner gonna be about 45 minutes yet so…" Danny called from the kitchen. "Wine ok?"
He emerged back into the front room with two glasses in one hand, and a bottle in the other.
Lindsey hadn't heard Danny come back in to the room. She was too busy looking at his family picture on the mantle piece to notice that he had come up behind her. Suddenly Lindsey felt 2 strong, warm arms surround her waist. She gasped with excitement and turned to face him.

" Danny, listen. We really need to talk…" she said softly, her voice trailing off.

"I was wondering when we were gonna get to this." he replied. "You wanna sit down or-"

"No, no I jus need to say what's on my mind, otherwise I'm gonna go crazy!" Lindsey exclaimed, without letting Danny finish.

"Whoa, ok… spit it out then…" Danny replied, looking worried.

"Danny, since I first saw you at the zoo, when we worked our first case, I have just had his irritating, niggling feeling that I cant' shake off and -"

"Could be worms?" Danny interrupted, shrugging his shoulders.
"This is serious Danny!" she exclaimed, gently punching his arm. " I feel as though I shouldn't be allowed to feel the way I feel.. I don't know if its because of work or …. Whatever. I just cant stop thinking about you 24/7 Danny. You are in my mind constantly, and most nights I cant sleep!" she cried, almost sounding as if she was just rambling away.

"You too huh?" he replied, with a smirk on his face as he brushed her hair back from her eyes. She loved it when he did that, it made her feel so close to him.

"What do you mean?" she replied looking lost.

"I been having the exact same thing.. This morning when I got your page? I dreamt that we were standing here like this, and we kissed, and then, well it didn't go any further cause you woke me up!" he explained softly, with a smile.

"It feels so wrong and I think… I'm falling in love you Danny…." Lindsey whispered staring into his eyes.

Danny took his glasses off, and placed them down on the fireplace.

" You don't know how good it is for me to hear you say that to me Montana!" Danny exclaimed as he kissed her gently.

"You back to calling me Montana now huh? Sid was right!" she said when they broke apart.

" Well, I didn't know how you felt about me calling - Sid? What he say?" Danny asked changing the subject mid sentence.

"He told me that you called me Montana because you have a crush on me." she replied, biting down on her lip again.

Danny smiled at her and she felt like she had melted.

"How about we skip dinner.. And go straight to the dessert…..?" Lindsey suggested with a twinkle in her eye.
"And I thought you were a nice quiet country girl…!" Danny cried as she led him to the bedroom, slowly unbuttoning his shirt.
"Well, every country girl needs her cowboy.. And it looks like I finally found mine!" she grinned as she shut the door behind them.

Disclaimer: i can only wish that i owned the characters.. but i dont lol so please r&r! thank u! xx

CHAPTER 4:

Danny looked up at his alarm clock. 6.14am. Might as well get up, he thought to himself. He turned his head to the side and watched Lindsey still sleeping. I can't believe she is here… with me, in my bed! He thought to himself. He could feel butterflies in his stomach, fluttering around as if they were in a jar trying to escape. Gently, he pushed her hair away from her eyes - she looked like an angel without a care in the world.

He slowly got up from the bed, and went into the kitchen to make breakfast.

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"Danny, thank you so much for last night," Lindsey said, as he pulled in his parking space out side the lab. " I had a really great time." She looked beyond his glasses and in to those deep blue eyes of his. Her hand reached up to his face and she ran it through his soft hair.
"I'm just glad that we got this sorted out Montana!" Danny replied leaning his head on her hand. " I don't know how much longer I could have gone on with out coming clean!"

Lindsey leant forward, and pulled him closer until their lips met.

"Danny, I don't want anyone to find out about us in the lab, at least, not yet." she said as they pulled apart.

"Hey, don't worry about it babe," he replied. He gave her a half - smile, and her heart could have just melted there and then. " You wanna go in first? I'll follow on in a sec."

Lindsey got out of his SUV and Danny winked at her. He gave it 5 minutes and then followed her in, heading straight to the locker rooms.
As soon as Lindsey walked into the locker room, she was greeted by Stella.

"Good morning!" Stella said,giving her a wink. " I'm guessing someone had a good night out last night!"

"Well if you call eating a whole pint of cookie dough ice cream and watching re-runs of friends a good night... yeah" Lindsey replied shoving her bag into the locker.
"Hmmmm..." Stella replied, giving her a wary look. " Well ya know how about tonight, we all go out for a drink.. Say Cavaletes around 8?"
"Er,... yeah sure, I think im free. I'll let you know for definate later on." Lindsey replied.

"Great! Make sure you ask Danny to come and Flack... I'll ask the others." Stella shouted as she turned and left the locker room.

Now I'm really gonna have to make sure that Danny is on his best behaviour tonight! Lindsey thought to herself, sighing.

"Yo Montana!" Danny yelled, "you alright?" He gave her a cheeky smile as he walked to his locker.
"Hey, look Stella wants us all to go out tonight to Cavaletes..." Lindsey said, quietly.

"Oh thats great.. not been there for a while. Should be fun." Danny replied clipping his cell phone on to his belt.
" But Danny, we have to act normal, ok? I am really serious about anyone finding out about us right now, OK?" She replied, walking closer to him, and grabbing the lapels on his jacket.

"Hey, Linds, i don't know why you are worrying. Seriously!" He excalimed, he put his hands on top of hers, and rested his forhead on hers. " I wont do anything that you don't want me to, OK? No one will find out about us from me."
Lindsey looked up into his eyes and smiled. When ever she looked into those sea blue eyes of his, she felt safe as if he could hide her away from everything. What is it about him? She often thought to herself. She had no idea what had been driving her crazy about him. Maybe it was his smile, maybe it was his smell... Heck maybe he was just her Mr Right! She rubbed her nose against his and gave him a light kiss.
"Too late." Someone called.

Danny turned around to face the doorway and saw a familiar shadow standing there, watching them.