A/N: Thanks for all the reviews - wow, I've never gotten so many reactions this fast, makes me really happy :)
Again, thanks to Kkristabell for all the help!

Now it was only Danny and Lindsay. Danny wasn't quite sure what to say. Lindsay felt the level of awkwardness rising, so she decided to finally let their game begin.

"What's the score?" She picked up the ball and started dribbling.

"7-7, it was Flack's turn, so you can start now… we usually play until one of us hits 20."

"I only need 13 points? That's gonna be a short game."

"You think? Then show me what you got…"

Only a second after Danny said this, Lindsay took off and scored her first two points. Startled by her fast movement and reaction he stood there in awe, but then remembered that her win would also be a win for Flack, and he couldn't let that happen, not after his series of 19 wins in a row.

"Where'd you learn that?"

"What?" Lindsay threw the ball over to Danny.

"That, I mean, playing basketball like that…"

"I played a little bit at high school. We even had our own team, but since there weren't many other girl teams to compete with we only played for fun. So, you wanna chat or play ball?"

Danny was good at long distance shots, but he also enjoyed trying to break through Lindsay's defense, which was surprisingly difficult considering Lindsay's height. This time he was really glad that this sport involved a lot of contact, it forced him to be close to Lindsay, exactly where he wanted to be, and he didn't have to fear to be rejected as this was part of the game.

It was a tough game. After each score for one of them, the other always scored as well, so that when they reached 40 points each, they decided to declare it a tie and abort the match, as they were both completely out of breath and sweating as if they were running a marathon in the desert. They sat down next to each other at the benches and Danny drank half of the water in his bottle. Seeing that Lindsay had already emptied hers but was still looking thirsty, he offered her the rest of his water. She took his bottle and drank without even swiping off Danny's spit, which didn't go unnoticed. Exhausted from the match Lindsay leaned against Danny, handing him back his empty bottle.

"You're really good," she said.

"You're not that bad either."

"Flack's gonna be disappointed when he hears that he didn't win."

"You know, we could continue the match tomorrow, if you want…"

Lindsay sighed and got up.

"It's late, I should get going." She pointed at the clock at the opposite wall.

"Yeah, me too."

Lindsay was alone in the women's locker room, as Danny and her were the last ones in the gym. She felt comfortable having all the space and privacy she needed to change, and was, once again, really happy about the contract the NYPD had with this gym, which allowed the police officers to use it after its official opening times.

She took off her clothes and headed to the showers with her towel, when she heard the door being opened.

"DANNY!!!"

She quickly covered her most precious parts with her hands and arms, but not quick enough to not be seen by the ever observing eyes of Danny Messer.

He stood in the doorframe, only wearing a towel around his waist.

"The showers in the men's locker room aren't working, I thought maybe I could use yours…"