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CHAPTER 7

It was 6:15am. Lindsey got up, put one of Danny's shirts on and made her way into the kitchen. She figured that Danny must have a turkey in the refridgerator, seeing as he was planning for them to spend christmas at his apartment. Searching through the refridgerator, she pulled a fat turkey from the back, and started preparing it.

Back in the bedroom, Danny rolled over stretching out his arm to cuddle Lindsey, only to find a cold empty space. He opened one eye to look, and realising Lindsey wasn't there, he sat up.

"Lindsey?" he called, gettin up and stretching. He walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen wearing nothing but his boxer shorts.

"Well good morning, cowboy!" Lindsey exclaimed, as she looked at him over her shoulder. She wiped her hands on a towel, and turned to face him, leaning back against the counter.

"Mmmmmm... something smells good." Danny replied, as he nuzzled her neck.
"That would be the turkey!" she replied putting her arms up on his shoulders. "Now you had better go get ready... the other guys are going to be here soon." She kissed the tip of his nose.

"Let me give you one of your presents first though..." he whispered softly as he kissed her neck, one hand running through her tousled curls.

"And what would that be..?" she replied, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Follow me Montana!"

Danny took her hand, and walked into the living room. He motioned for her to sit down on the couch as a huge excited look crept across her face.

Danny leant down to the tree, and picked up 2 of the presents that were on the floor.

Lindsey carefully accepted the larger of the two gifts and started to unwrap it. Once opened, she prised the lid off, and sat there open mouthed.

"Danny.. oh my... its -"
"Beautiful?" He replied finishing off her sentence. He smiled as she gazed into his eyes. Inside the box was a white gold necklace, with a diamond and pink sapphire heart.

"How did you know i loved pink sapphires!" she exclaimed, as she took it out of the box to make sure it was real.

"Call it a guys intuition." he said sotly, winking at her. " Now.. its time for the next one!"
He handed her the smaller, more square box and slowly she began to take off the holographic foiled wrapping paper.

Once the paper was off, she was left with a small suede box engraved with her favorite word - "TIFFANYS".
Oh My God! she cried to herself. I never knew Danny was soo sweet.. he only told me last night that we should take it slow and here he is proposing to me! Her heart was doing back flips and her breathing got faster. Was it what she wanted?

"Open it Montana!" Danny said, a big grin on his face.

"Danny, i thought you wanted us to take it slow and -"

"Lindsey, jus open it ok!" he said with a gentle laugh.

Lindsey prised open the lid, and inside was a gorgeous princess cut diamond on a white gold band. Lindseys mouth dropped open again.
"Danny is this .. i mean, i thought... is this for real?" she looked confused, as she stared at the ring shining in the mild sunlight.

"What do you think it is...?" he replied. He suddenly had a serious look upon his rough, yet handsome face.

"I think, Danny, that if you are trying to turn me into a Messer..." she said, placing the box on the coffee table.

Danny looked at the floor and rubed his eyes from beneath his glasses. Lindsey touched his face and he looked up at her.

"I first need to know that this is a good thing we got going on here Messer..." her voice trailing off.

"Linds, i'm sorry." He stood up and turned to face the New York skyline from his 'ceiling to floor' window. "I'm a total ass for thinking that you would wanna... after i told you that we should be takin it slow and-"

Lindsey picked up the box, closed the lid and walked over to Danny.

"Do it properly!" She smiled at him and handed him the box. Danny's eyes widened and cautiously took the box from her hand. "Now, on one knee, cowboy!" She loved teasing him, and she knew that he loved it when she called him cowboy. And if she had her way it wouldnt be much longer before he was hers to keep!
Danny reluctantly got down on one knee. He held open the box and faced it towards her.
"Ms Monroe, " he started, taking off his glasses. " In these last few weeks, i have never felt so complete than i have since i have been with you. I know in the past i may have hurt you, but it was all unintentional." Danny swallowed hard, Could he really expose all of his feelings for her? "When you first came here to new york, i was so hell bent on making your life a misery so we could have Aidan back... and then without noticing it, i fell in love with those gorgeous dark eyes of yours. And every piece of hatred i thought i felt... jus dissapeared."
Danny stood up, and could see that Lindsey had tears in her eyes.
"Oh Danny - "

"Wait let me finish, " he said putting a finger to her lips. "I can not imagine my life with out you now. You are my life. And i want you to accept this ring as a token of everything we have ever been, what we are now, and what we will be in the future..."

Lindsey stood still, she could see the desire in Dannys eyes.
"Danny, I would love to do the honour of accepting this!" she replied. A tear rolled down her cheek and Danny wiped it away with his thumb.

He took the ring out of the box and slipped it on to the finger of her outstretched hand.
"I love you Montana." Danny whispered kissing her.

"I love you too baby..."

Lindsey pulled him in closer to her, and as she looked over his shoulder she could see the snow clouds that had been hiding the sun, had finally opened up...