Chapter Five
"I don't know Danny." Lindsay said softly as she glanced at a picture of Avery on her desk.
"What do you mean you don't know? He's mine too." Danny growled.
"Danny, Avery's four. He's only a little boy, he's sensitive." Lindsay explained. "He knows you don't remember him, but I think it would crush him to see you and you not be the man he knew. He's hurting as is, I don't want to make it worse."
"What if I see him and I remember something?" Danny questioned.
"Just let me talk to him first." Lindsay said as she picked up a post it note and wrote down her address. "Come by around like 7 or so."
"Okay." Danny said as he took the note and put it in his pocket. "Where's my wedding ring?"
"Why?" Lindsay asked curiously.
"I want it." Danny said stubbornly.
"Why?" Lindsay asked again.
"I'm married aren't I?" Danny said aggravated.
"Technically." Lindsay said as her hands went to her neck and undid her necklace and pulled it from under her shirt, slipping the simple white gold band off and placing it on his desk. "There."
"Thanks." Danny mumbled as he picked it up and slipped it onto his finger. Lindsay looked at him shocked. "What?"
"You're going to wear it?" Lindsay questioned.
"Yeah, I want to remember, the doctor said simple things might help trigger something." Danny said softly, a soft blush creeping into his cheeks. "Maybe we could talk?"
"Talk?" Lindsay asked confused as she gazed at his wedding band.
"I don't know, maybe you could tell me stories, like what our wedding was like." Danny said shyly as he shrugged his shoulders.
"We went to city hall." Lindsay laughed. "Mac and Stella were our witnesses, it was very simple. I was pretty far along in my pregnancy too."
"I got you pregnant before I married you?" Danny said shocked.
"Yeah, that's a long story." Lindsay said with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"I did something bad." Danny stated as he watched her closely.
"Lindsay?" Stella said as she knocked then entered the office. "We got a scene."
"Okay." Lindsay said as she stood. "I'll see you tonight?"
"Defiantly." Danny said as he watched her leave and waited for a little before he left the office in search of Flack. Finding him in the break room, sitting at the table drinking his coffee, Danny sat down and joined him. "Hey."
"Hey." Flack said, looking at Danny's wedding ring, then back at him curiously. "Um."
"Yeah, um." Danny said. "Louie told me everything."
"Oh." Flack said and looked down at his coffee. "Listen Danny."
"I'm gonna talk to Lindsay about it tonight, at her place." Danny said.
"What?" Flack asked surprised, his eyes darting to Danny's.
"I want to meet my son, and Lindsay agreed to talking." Danny said as he played with his wedding band.
"Danny, I don't know." Flack said shaking his head.
"What don't you know?" Danny asked aggravated.
"If you should be doing this, this fast." Flack said.
"Why? It's not like I was a totally different guy." Danny barked.
"Not totally, but you changed a lot. You weren't as hotheaded, you thought twice about a lot of things." Flack said. "You didn't get as emotional as quickly, you defiantly weren't as wild."
"Wild?" Danny questioned. "I was never wild."
"You were too, going to the bars, hooking up with girls. When Linds came, everything changed, you fought really hard for her." Flack explained.
"Why are you telling me it's too soon to fight for her now, huh? I mean if I loved her once, I'm sure it won't be that hard to love her again." Danny said, glancing up at the passing people in the hallway.
"It's different, there's Avery." Flack added, finishing his coffee.
"I love kids." Danny said. "Flack there's nothing you can say that's gonna change my mind."
"Fine, just listen okay?"
"Think twice with some of the things you're gonna talk to Avery about, think ahead of time what you want to know. I know you, so if you're gonna try anything on Lindsay, think about it." Flack said and Danny looked away guilty.
"She's beautiful." Danny agreed.
"Don't go there Danny." Flack warned.
"I'm sure she misses having me around." Danny said with a smirk.
"Yes, having you around, to help her with the dishes or bathe Avery, whether she misses having your dick around I don't know." Flack laughed.
"So are you telling me I'm not allowed to flirt or anything?"
"It's impossible for you not to flirt with her. I'm just saying think before you act or speak."