"Hey! Stella!" Lindsay called after her friend in the hallway of the lab.

Stella stopped and waited for Lindsay to catch up with her. "Yeah?"

"You want to have lunch?" she asked.

"Sure, just give me a sec to give this to Adam," she held up an evidence bag. "A hair from my scene," she explained.

Lindsay went along with Stella to find Adam. They found him, gave him the hair and left to go to lunch. "Did you have anywhere in mind?" Stella asked as they walked down the street.

"No," Lindsay said rather distractedly, "you choose."

Stella decided on a quaint little outdoor café. The two sat down and ordered drinks and salads. "How's it going with Dr. Montgomery?" Stella asked.

"Better," Lindsay admitted, "It's not as bad as I thought.

"I'm glad," Stella said, "We all just want you to be able to put this whole thing behind you."

"Thanks."

"Are you ok?" Stella asked her, "You look like there's something bothering you."

Lindsay waited for the waiter to giver them their drinks and walk away before blurting, "I think I might be pregnant!"

"Lindsay, that's wonderful!" Stella squealed, "Have you told Danny?"

"No, I want to be sure before I tell him."

"You don't seem too excited," Stella pointed out gently.

"I'm scared," Lindsay confided.

"About what?"

"Well, besides the fact that I'm personally responsible for the welfare of a developing human being for nine months…" she trailed off and Stella laughed. Lindsay shifted uncomfortably before continuing. "What if it's not Danny's baby?" she asked quietly.

Stella looked confused. "Who else could the baby belong to, Lindsay," she asked slowly, cautiously.

"Trent," Lindsay reminded her.

"Oh. Yeah. I forgot." Stella wasn't quite sure what she was supposed to say to her friend. "Why don't you just wait and see if you really are pregnant before worrying about that," she finally decided to say.

"I'm pretty sure I am. I haven't gotten a test or anything, but my period's over a month late."

"A month?" Stella suddenly realized something. "When were you supposed to get it?"

"Around the 15th, I think."

"And Trent took you on the 12th, right?"

"Yeah," Lindsay's eyes grew wide as she realized what Stella was getting at. "Trent didn't even rape me until the 17th! There's no way he can be the father!" She sighed in relief, "I'd never thought of that. Thank you, Stella!"

She smiled, "Any time."

"I've got something for you," Danny informed Lindsay the next day as they were snuggled up together on the couch watching TV.

"Oh, do you now? My birthday isn't for 3 months." She smiled.

"Well, I didn't want to wait that long to give this to you," he opened the drawer to in the coffee table (he'd obviously planned ahead) and pulled out a small white box tied with a pink bow. He handed it to her.

She slowly untied the ribbon and opened the box. Inside was a black jewelry box. She smiled up at him before opening the second box. Inside was her engagement ring. "Danny!" she gasped, "It's beautiful!" It was a simple gold band with a classic diamond ring. Surrounding it was six small alternating blue and red gemstones.

Danny pointed to a blue stone, "This is sapphire, the state gemstone of Montana," then he pointed to a red one, "and this is garnet, the state gemstone of New York."

"Oh, Danny! That's so sweet! I love it!"

"Really?" Danny asked, an eager little kid on Christmas smile spreading over his face.

"Really." She confirmed.

"There's an engraving inside the ring," he told her.

She tipped the ring so that she could read the elegant script on the inside. My Montana it read. Tears pricked her eyes. "Oh, Danny…"

"Sorry it took so long. I actually went looking for a ring that first day we talked about it, but none of them seemed good enough for you. So, I decided to get one custom made so that it'd be perfect, just like you are."

Lindsay put and end to his babbling with a kiss. "Do I have to put it on myself?" she asked.

Danny shook his head and took the ring from her. She held out her left hand and he slid it onto her finger. "I love you," he said.

"I love you, too," Lindsay climbed up onto his lap and pushed him back so that he was lying down. She leaned over him and captured his mouth in a searing kiss.

A/N And I'll just leave the rest to your imagination….it got kinda sappy there in the middle, so I'm sorry, but I like showing the softer side of Danny. Reviews make me happy!

xoxo

Lia