Danny heard laughter when let himself into Lindsay's apartment. He found Flack and Lindsay sat on the couch watching 'I Love Lucy' reruns; both had their feet up and a large bowl of popcorn between them.
"Having fun?" Danny asked.
"I forgot how much I liked this show." Flack stated.
"You can't beat 'I Love Lucy'." Lindsay agreed stuffing popcorn into her mouth. "How are things at work?"
"Well they fixed the Mass Spec and that was pretty much the highlight of the day." Danny replied. "What have you been up to?"
"I got my new cast." Lindsay raised her foot so Danny could see the black fibreglass cast on her foot.
"Black? Now I have to find a metallic pen to write on it."
"You're not writing on it. I have to go to court in a couple weeks and I'm not walking in there with a cast that is written all over. Why do you think I got black?"
"Don't look at me." Flack said. "I tried to convince her to get a different colour."
"Black is just fine." Lindsay insisted. "And it won't show the dirt so much."
"Practical." Danny joked. "What else have you been up to?"
"Since I didn't have anything else to do we hung out." Flack replied.
"He hung my pictures for me." Lindsay pointed to the wall where the photographs she had been given for her birthday were now hung. "So I took him to lunch. Then we played poker."
"Which was a bad idea since she's a card shark." Flack stated.
"It's not my fault you're the only cop in New York who doesn't know how to bluff convincingly." Lindsay protested.
"I thought you'd both know that gambling in New York is illegal."
"It's good we were only playing with M & M's." Lindsay winked at him. "Now we're watching 'I Love Lucy' reruns."
"Don't forget Judge Judy." Flack pointed.
"Who my mother loves." Lindsay stated.
"I know a few people who went through her court room when she was a family court judge here. Come to that I know a few people she prosecuted." Danny pointed out.
"The six degrees of Judge Judy." Flack joked. "I should head home. Today's been interesting Lindsay."
"Thanks for keeping me company."
"I'll see tomorrow Danny." Flack told him.
"Yeah."
Flack saw himself out.
"Want to watch 'I Love Lucy' with me?" Lindsay inquired.
"Sure." Danny sat down in the seat Flack had vacated. He grabbed a handful of popcorn and kicked his feet up on the coffee table.
Lindsay stole glances at him as they watched.
"What?" Danny finally asked.
"Nothing."
"Which means it's something."
"You know you spend more time here than you do at your place." Lindsay stated.
"Is that a hint you want me to leave?" Danny inquired.
"No. Just an observation."
"Is it a problem?"
"No." Lindsay replied. "I like having you here."
"I like being here." Danny agreed. "You have better water pressure than I do."
"So you're using me for my water pressure." Lindsay eyed.
"It doesn't hurt that you're cute, and willing to try most things."
She hit him with a cushion.
That turned into a pillow and popcorn fight.
They both laughed as they caught their breath.
"You're cleaning this up." Danny told her.
"Hey I'm injured." Lindsay protested.
"You started the fight you clean up the mess."
"That's crazy logic and why I wish I had a dog."
"Why?"
"Because it would eat the popcorn so I didn't have to get the vacuum out and I'm not exactly sure how you manage that on one foot and…"
"Fine I'll vacuum." Danny gave in. "By the way what's for dinner?"
"Anything but Italian. I had that for lunch."
"Barbecue?" Danny suggested.
"Sounds good." Lindsay agreed.
TBC