"Hey." Danny whispered in Lindsay's ear as she closed her locker the next morning. Lindsay had known he was there from the minute he had entered the room.
"Hey yourself."
"I missed you." Danny told her.
"I saw you less than twelve hours ago." Lindsay turned around to face him.
"I'm used to you sleeping this far away from me." He had his thumb and forefinger pressed tightly together.
"I know me too."
"And with out my morning kiss I get grumpy."
"Danny this is the locker room and anyone could walk in." Lindsay pointed out.
"So." He put a hand either side of her head and kissed her.
"I'll come back later." Hawkes said walking in.
"Not on my account." Lindsay said breaking the kiss and ducking under Danny's arm. "We'll see how things go for lunch."
"You couldn't have been two minutes later?" Danny asked.
"Sorry." Hawkes apologised. "Her mother cramping your style?"
"You have no idea." Danny replied.
"So how did your dinner go?"
"Okay, I don't think she hates me yet and Lindsay ended up confessing about breaking her foot and Becky visiting."
"Her mother didn't know?"
"No." Danny replied. "Although she look at me like I was corrupting her daughter."
"I doubt Lindsay is that corruptible, although she does have that tattoo doesn't she?"
"How do you know about that?" Danny closed his locker door.
"She told me. A heart on her hip which she got with a bunch of other people after she graduated high school, it covers the scar she got from falling off her bike when she was a kid."
"She told you?"
"I doubt she meant to but she started a conversation Stella was there; it was a few months ago." Hawkes closed his locker door.
"Hey Danny." Mac stuck his head in the door. "We've got a lead."
"I'm coming."
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"How did dinner with your Mom go?" Stella inquired as she and Lindsay processed a scene.
"She could give any cop I know a run for their money with her interrogation skills, but she likes him."
"That's always a good start." Stella stated.
"I spoke to my Dad he'll be here on Thursday." Lindsay explained. "I'm hoping I can convince them both to go to Boston to see Becky for the weekend before they go home."
"You don't want your father to meet Danny?"
"Dad will be fine once he gets over the fact that I never mentioned Danny in that context to him and get them talking about sport and they'll be fine, but I realised something yesterday."
"What's that?" Stella asked.
"I like my independence. As much as I love my family it's nice not to have them watching over my shoulder all the time. I like the freedom of them not knowing everything that happens."
"Like having your boyfriend sleep over?" Stella guessed.
"That too."
"What's your mother doing today anyway?"
"She's going to Bloomingdales. I think she said something about looking in Saks window as well. I told her I'd take her to Central Park later if things go okay, I'm on call tonight."
"Come to New York and shop is a good idea."
"She'll probably end up at Macy's as well."
"Hitting all the big stores is a good idea, especially after pay day." Stella smiled.
"She has the shoppers guide to New York." Lindsay admitted. "I'm hoping we won't have to ship everything she buys back home."
"Let her have fun." Stella stated. "If this is her annual vacation."
"I know."
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"So how did dinner with Lindsay's mom go?" Marty asked Danny later that day when he'd gone down to the morgue for something.
"How did you know about that?" Danny inquired.
"We hear all sorts down here."
"Just fine." Danny replied.
TBC