Chapter 4 - The Tears
"Come on Lindsay, I'll take you back to your apartment, you need to rest," said Danny, staring into her chocolate brown eyes, currently brimming with tears. Come on honey."
As Danny stood up and went to help her up too, he was immediately stopped by a soft hand on his arm, and a soft, trembling voice.
"No."
"What? C'mon Linds, you're in no state to be here. Now you are coming with me and you WILL rest. You need to take your mind off of this." Danny was now starting to get frustrated with Lindsay. Didn't she know that working herself to the bone was not going to help?
Lindsay on the other hand, had passed angry and was now plain furious. "WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE? SHE'S MY SISTER AND IT WON'T HELP TO STAY COOPED UP IN MY APARTMENT!" Her voice suddenly softened and became thick with emotion as she tried to recompose herself. "Besides," she continued, "I have photos there, it won't help, OK?"
Lindsay fled from the room, with Danny not far behind. However, he lost track of her after a while as she kept turning corners and ducking behind doors. Despite the situation, Danny just had to chuckle a bit. Only Lindsay could be this distraught and still figure out how to escape someone without a trace.
"Hey D," called Flack from the elevators, "I've found a drug dealer who admitted to selling Miss Lilydale the cocaine."
"Great," replied Danny. "Hey, listen, can you go through the formalities with him? You know, interview him and so on, cuz I have something I need to sort out with Lindsay."
"Ooh, lover's tiff?" Flack asked, with a devious glint in his eyes, but Danny wasn't in the mood for Flack's idea of 'humour'.
"Not now," Danny growled, and left to look for Lindsay, leaving a bemused Flack left standing in the middle of the corridor.
As Danny was patrolling the corridors, he walked straight past Stella, turned around and asked, "Hey Stell! You haven't seen Montana – I mean Lindsay recently have you?"
Stella gave him a sad smile. "Yeah, I saw her rushing towards the locker room. She was muttering something about her sister dying?"
Danny frowned and asked, "Don't you mean in a coma?"
Stella shook her head and replied, "No. She said something about the connection being lost forever and she'll never feel her again, and something about calling her mom to arrange the funeral."
Danny sighed. "Thanks Stell."
Danny set off towards the locker room, but what he saw broke his heart. She was sitting with her locker door wide open, pictures splayed across the inside, and she was singing so softly, Danny had to strain to hear what she was singing.
On the subject of you being gone forever
I still can't believe it, I can't see it
I should just stop counting days
As Hawkes wandered up to the door, Danny put an arm out to stop him from entering. When Hawkes shot him a questioning look, and Danny motioned with his head into the locker room, where Lindsay was holding a photo in her hands, tears cascading freely down her cheeks.
On the subject of the future
Wouldn't it be nice to leave it open ended
And pretend it could go either way
Mac and Stella walked over to the door, and stopped at the sight of Danny and Hawkes, and the depressing song coming from the locker room.
Chorus:
If I could have you back again
I'd think about it once or twice I guess
If I could have you back
I'd reconsider, maybe I'd say yes
On the other hand it would be
Better to have a life
Without the constant indecision over
If I could have you back
If I could have you back
On the topic of the time we spent together
I can't say I never wonder
If you ever think about those days
Lindsay curled up in a corner with her eyes squeezed shut.
For one reason or another, the entire lab had made their way to the locker room. All the women were crying, and all the men were trying desperately not too.
Someone sniffed. Lindsay looked up, and seeing all those faces staring at her just made her break down again.
Danny's heart broke all over again. He whispered something to Mac, who nooded, then Danny shooed everyone away and curled up next to Lindsay.
"Can I go home now?" she whispered, still looking at her hands.
"Sure," Danny replied, "I've already cleared it with Mac." When he saw that she was not calming down at all, he tilted her chin up, so he could look her in the eyes and said, "It'll all be OK, I promise. The team will help you through this, and I'll stan by you every step of the way."
And with that said, they stood up, Danny supporting Lindsay. Over the next few days especially, she'll need support from the whole team, but Danny, was going to lok after her, and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid.
A/N: Aww poor Lindsay! Please review and let me know what you think, as this is my longest chapter yet! I didn't write that song, and I don't own it. It's If I Could Have You Back by Aly and AJ.