„I... I… You couldn't have knocked before you came in?!" Lindsay was shocked, she couldn't believe how bold Danny was behaving.
"I did, but you didn't answer so I thought I should better come in and make sure you didn't faint or anything." He shrugged. It seemed to be absolutely normal for him to be naked in a room with his co-worker, even though his mind went back to the scene he had seen at his entry, and he was glad she hadn't reacted to his knocking.
Lindsay realized she probably hadn't heard him because she had been lost in thoughts… actually about exactly this, an almost naked Danny, sweat glistening from his perfectly trained body, wanting to be with her.
"You know that these are community showers, right?" She was still sceptical, he just seemed to be too comfortable and confident in this situation to be meaning what she hoped he was meaning.
"Yeah, we do have them over there, too, you know."
" I thought so… are you saying, you want to take a shower with me?"
"If you want me to." He smirked at her. "But I might as well wait till you're finished, and then take my shower."
"That sounds like a better plan. Wait here, I'll be done in a few minutes."
Danny sat down on the bench in front of Lindsay's locker while she disappeared behind another row of lockers.
When he heard the water being turned on, he carefully stood up and looked around the corner, hoping to catch another glance at the beauty that had greeted him at his entry a couple of moments ago. His view was blocked by the milk glass that sorrounded the showers though.
"Dammit!" We don't have that in our locker room.
"What was that?" Lindsay asked from behind the glass.
"Uh, nothing… I just… remembered I forgot… to call my grandma this evening to tell her I love her."
Nice try, Messer. I know exactly what that was about, Lindsay thought smiling to herself as she took some shower gel.
Through the milk glass Danny could still see the shade of Lindsay, so he silently watched her washing off the sweat he had caused, not all of it during their game.
When she was finished he hurried back to his place and tried to look busy with counting the butterflies printed on the wallpaper.
"You done, Montana?" Danny asked as he heard Lindsay coming.
"Yeh, it's all yours now," she replied friendly, now standing next to him, wrapped in her peach towel which was way too long for Danny's taste. Her bare leg brushed against his when she passed him to get the clothes lying on the bench. This unintended touch triggered something in the both of them, making them realize that this could be the moment they had been waiting for, the moment they could confess their feelings for each other. Danny swiftly stood up, leaving Lindsay no other choice than to lean against the locker behind her.
"Lindsay…" Danny wasn't sure how to put it. He slowly moved closer, looking deep into her eyes. Lindsay blushed as his chest pushed against her hands, which she had initially held up in defense, but now let wander down Danny's stomach, one of the things she had been wanting to do ever since she had fallen for him.
From her reaction, her gentle touch, he concluded that she already knew what he wanted to say, and that she was feeling the same about him. He leaned down and, holding her chin up, placed a soft kiss on her lips. Then he went on to her neck while leading his hand over her shoulders to her back. His other hand slid up her thigh, underneath her towel, causing her to shiver because of both, the sudden cold below her waist and the knowledge of where Danny's hand was going to end up.
Her hands had already worked their way down to the lower part of his back and were menacingly near his towel, but all of a sudden a thought crossed her mind. Lindsay remembered his boldness from when he had entered the room, and that hadn't even apologized for his behaviour. If she played along now, she would never get herself to pay back the humiliation she had felt. She wanted to give Danny what he deserved: a moment of total embarrassment and exposure, like the one she had experienced. She knew that removing his towel wouldn't do, since that probably was what he was aiming for right now anyways, so she decided to keep him in suspense a little longer.
"Danny, we can't do this. Not here, not now," she said pulling him away and taking a few steps to the side.
"What? I thought you wanted…"
"It's too early. I need to know a man better before I can do such things with him. Besides, this really isn't the perfect place for our first time, don't you think?"
A bit surprised, Danny nodded. The first time a woman resisted his charm, a woman rejected him - him, Danny Messer! - had come. Then again, he wasn't interested in her body, not only in her body, so he thought it would probably be for the better if they spent more time together outside work before taking such an important step. At least she didn't say no to him, she just wanted to wait. He figured he could live with that, but in order to appear all calm and okay with her decision, he definitely needed a cold shower immediately.
"Alright, I think… I'll have my shower now," he said and hurried around the lockers.
A/N: Sorry it took so long to upload this chapter, hope you enjoyed it... I know, you'd rather had something M-rated, but if you're nice and review this, I might write a version of this chap that deserves to be rated M at least ;)