A/N: A second post to celebrate that England won their first game of the World Cup. (Even if it was an own goal by the otherside)

"Are you okay Montana?" Danny was quickly at her side.

"Apart from wounded pride, my foot hurts."

"Which one?" Danny asked.

"Left."

Danny carefully slipped off her sandal.

"Does this hurt?" He gently prodded it.

"Yes. Where did you learn your bedside manner Dr Messer?"

"Hawkes." Danny replied.

"Ow."

"Okay, I'm taking you to the emergency room."

"Danny, I just need to go home and put some ice on it and I'll be fine."

"You need to see a doctor."

"Ice will do just fine." Lindsay insisted.

"Okay, let me put the blanket away and I'll take you home and get you some ice."

"Thank you." Lindsay shuffled off the blanket so he could fold it up and stuff it back in his rucksack. She put her sandal back on.

Danny helped her to her feet. Lindsay tried to walk with Danny's supposed.

"Ow, ow, ow."

"You really need to go to the emergency room."

"I'm not going to spend the rest of my birthday waiting around the emergency room only for the doctor to tell me to put ice on and take ibuprofen for the pain and swelling."

Lindsay pulled a face as it hurt to walk.

"This isn't working." Danny scooped her up in arms. "You should see a doctor."

"No hospitals." Lindsay insisted.

"You're stubborn as a mule."

"And proud of it."

Danny managed to hail a cab, rather than giving them Lindsay's address he gave the cab driver the labs address.

"Why are we going to work?" Lindsay inquired.

"Because I'm as stubborn as you are."

CSI NY CSI NY

When they got to the lab, Danny picked up her again.

"This is embarrassing." Lindsay stated.

"Them's the breaks."

Danny carried her through the lab until he located the person he was looking for. He kicked the bottom of the door since his hands were full to get the person's attention.

Hawkes turned and smirked at Danny carrying Lindsay.

"Hey." He opened the door. "I'm not going to even ask. Happy birthday Lindsay."

"Thank you." Lindsay replied.

"She hurt her foot, and is too stubborn to let me take to the hospital. You went to med school do you think you could take a look?" Danny requested.

"Sure. I need five minutes to finish this up, elevate her foot and find her some ice and I'll right there."

"Thank you." Danny replied.

"Let's take a look." Hawkes walked into the room snapping on some gloves a few minutes later.

Danny removed the icepack he'd been holding on her foot.

"That's going to be a nice bruise." Hawkes commented. "This may hurt." He prodded her foot and asked Lindsay a few questions.

"What's the verdict?"

"You need an x-ray." Hawkes stated.

"Spending the rest of the day at the hospital was exactly how I wanted to spend the rest of my birthday." Lindsay sighed.

"Bring the birthday girl." Hawkes told Danny.

Danny picked Lindsay up again, leaving his rucksack where it was.

"I'm not coming to work tomorrow." Lindsay pressed her face against Danny's shoulder.

"You need to keep off that foot for a few days anyway." Hawkes told her.

They took the elevator down.

Hawkes held open the doors as they walked into the morgue.

"Hey Sid, I need a favour?"

"Is this a case of buy two CSI's get another one for free because I'm not buying?" Sid Hammerback asked.

"Lindsay's hurt her foot, she needs an x-ray but she's refusing to spend the day at her hospital. I was wondering if you could help us out."

"I thought you were supposed to give people gifts on their birthday, not give them as gifts." Marty joked.

"She needs an x-ray of her foot." Sid told him. "Can you take care of it?"

"Sure. Right this way. You'll just have to remember to stay still, which is something we don't have to tell most of our subjects."

TBC