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Confusion and Resolution
Danny knew that as long as he lived he would never understand women especially one Lindsay Monroe. She had thrown him for a loop when she had stood him up. She had confused him at the crime scene when she said they were okay even though she couldn't even look at him. She had exasperated him when she had turned him down for lunch and she had absolutely broke his heart when she said she didn't want to be in a relationship with him and they should just work together.
Maybe if he had been better at expressing his feelings for her she wouldn't have felt the need to use the old cliché of it's me, not you. His comments about not wanting to be in a relationship but just wanting to have some fun were totally inane and so far from the truth. Truth be told he had panicked when she had said she didn't want to be in a relationship with him. What was there left for her to say after he had made comments like that. Man, Messer, you really screwed this one up.
His only hope was the sincerity in her eyes and the emotion in her voice when she said she liked him… a lot. That had to count for something because after the last two nights with her, he couldn't believe that she could just turn off like that. Something intense must have happened in between when he last spoke with her about the change in the dinner plans and the actual dinner date. He remembered the cloud coming over her face when he had made that comment about her secret past and how she had needed time after that before she became Montana again
The only thing he could do at this point was to be there for her like he said he would and hope that he could regain her trust. Because the Montana he had a glimpse of the past two days was well worth it and he vowed to himself he would do whatever it took to get that Montana back.