A/N: I rule a proportionate amount, cyko and Boleyn rule a huge amount.

February 28
New record: fourteen days since I talked to Montana.

I went online and found out that the trial's over. McDonald was found guilty; we're just waiting on a verdict.

She's coming back today. I can feel it. I just know that at some point today, Lindsay will walk through those doors.

The question is, does she want to see me? Things ended really badly between us. But we've had two weeks to cool down. So hopefully she will want to see me.

A guy can dream, right?

There's a small knock at the door of our office. I look up and see her, holding her suitcases, a bright smile on her face.

"Hey."

With that one word, I know she doesn't hate me. And that's good enough for now.

"Hey." She brings her stuff in and sits at her desk.

"I heard about the case," I say. "He was found guilty. That's great."

She smiles. "Yeah." We both fall into an uncomfortable silence.

I guess I'm bringing it up. "Lindsay, about Montana...It wasn't about sex. Maybe I was thinking that it'd make you see how sweet I am, and you'd fall madly in love with me, but it wasn't about sex. Even if you said, flat-out, that you never wanted to be with me, and you hate me, I would have stayed. I was there as a friend, not a guy interested in you."

"I know," she says. "I know. I'm sorry for yelling at you. You've been a great friend to me, really, and I didn't mean any of what I said."

Her eyes flick over to her suitcases, and she smiles. "And thank you for the presents. I loved them."

My truck-flattened heart seems to pop back up. "You understood them, right? The bugs and the jazz?"

"Of course!" Her mouth drops open, like she's shocked that I'd have the audacity to suggest she doesn't remember. "How could I forget? The bugs from that case of yours, and when we saw Mac at Cozy's."

There she is again - the old Lindsay. The one who isn't afraid to say something that might lead to an uncomfortable conversation.

"Yeah," I say. "I missed you, you know."

She catches my meaning. "Yeah. I did, too."