"Messer." Danny answered his cell phone. "What did they say?... Ouch… Did you..?... I'll see if I can get Stella to bring you over some dinner…. I'll tell Mac… I'll see you later." He hung up.

"Tell Mac what?" Mac inquired.

"Lindsay's going to need to rest of the week off."

"Why?"

"She has a hairline fracture of two of the metatarsals in her left foot." Danny replied.

"How did she manage that?"

"I was trying to convince her to let me have some of the cupcake I'd bought her as birthday cake. She was walking backwards telling me you shouldn't ask a lady to share cupcake especially on her birthday and I tried to stop her but she fell over the bag I'd brought the picnic in."

"You took her on a picnic?" Stella asked from the doorway.

"I couldn't take her to dinner since I have to work." Danny pointed out.

"I think it's sweet."

"He was just telling me how Lindsay broke her foot." Mac explained.

"Lindsay broke her foot?" Stella questioned.

"When she fell over the bag." Danny confirmed.

"You did take her to the hospital right?" Stella asked.

"She refused to go. She just thought she bruised it and wanted to go home and put some ice on it. But since she couldn't walk, I kidnapped her and brought her here."

"Here?" Stella was intrigued.

"Hawkes went to med school." Danny shrugged. "You'll probably find the surveillance camera footage of me carrying her around."

"Hawkes is better than no doctor."

"He insisted she have an x-ray, so we went to the morgue and Sid and Marty took an x-ray."

"The morgue isn't for personal use." Mac pointed out.

"I know Mac." Danny replied. "Anyways since my shift was about to start I had Flack take her to the hospital with the x-rays and three doctors' notes. She has an air cast until the swelling goes down and she'll get a permanent one tomorrow, crutches and painkillers. Flack took her home and set her up on the couch."

"No the best way to spend your birthday." Stella stated.

"If I give you some cash and one of the spare keys to her apartment can you take her dinner?"

"One of the spare keys?" Mac questioned.

"Don't ask." Danny suggested.

"Sure." Stella agreed.

CSI NY CSI NY

"Lindsay?" Stella called when she let herself in.

"In here." Lindsay responded from where she was sat on the couch, her foot up on a cushion on the coffee table. She had packets of chips and bottles of water around her.

"Hey happy birthday."

"Thanks." Lindsay replied. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm okay, feeling a bit stupid but I'm fine."

"Good. Dinner." She held up one bag. "And this is from everyone at the lab." She handed Lindsay a big pink box.

"Thanks." Lindsay took the box and pulled off the ribbon and the lid then paused. "Sorry about the mess it was Flack's way of making sure I didn't have to get up unnecessarily." Lindsay moved some of the junk out of Stella's way. "Sit down."

"Thank you." Stella said down while Lindsay removed the lid of the box. Inside were two framed photographs.

"Wow." Lindsay smiled.

"Frankie has a friend of a friend who is a photographer from Montana."

"They're beautiful. Thank you." Lindsay gave her a hug.

"Everyone chipped in. There is a card in the bottom as well. We were going to get you a cake for tomorrow but since you won't be in."

"It's okay." Lindsay assured her. "Danny bought me a cupcake with a candle in it, which I broke my foot trying to stop him stealing."

"You he feels kind of guilty about it."

"I was my own stupid fault for walking backwards. I would have just come home and put ice on it if Danny hadn't pulled his little stunt."

"I have pictures of him carrying you through the halls." Stella admitted.

"That's what I was afraid of."

"And he took you on picnic."

"That was sweet. He gave me this." Lindsay showed Stella the necklace Danny had given her. It was a gold chain with a gold pendant which was in shape of the centre of the Montana state flag, with the word Montana engraved on the gold that encircled it.

"It's beautiful."

"And a book of reasons why people like New York City. He said it was the best of both worlds. Then he blindfolded me and took me to Central Park for a surprise picnic."

Lindsay and Stella continued to chat as they ate the food that Stella had brought.

"When Danny gave me the spare key he said it was one of the spare keys." Stella stated.

"He has two, one he keeps at the lab. I managed to lock myself out a few weeks ago and Danny had left his keys on the table, so we had to pick the lock. So I got a couple extra cut that we keep at the lab."

TBC