"Havin' a good time?"
Lindsay smiled at Danny, who was smiling at her from his spot by the eggnog bowl. "Yeah, except a certain gentleman hasn't asked me to dance."
"Hmm.. Who is it? I gotta be sure and whip his ass.." Danny laughed.
"You."
Danny blinked for a second, thankfully managing to keep his eggnog down, careful not to spew it all over Lindsay. "Me."
"You." She smiled, glad she finally got to put him in the corner. She would have felt mean had she not loved it so much.
"Well then.. I suppose you'd say yes if I asked you to dance then?"
Lindsay smiled again. "I might be willing."
Danny laughed, suddenly catching sight of the mistletoe above them. "But first.. I've got something else to take care of." He pulled her to him, giving her a melting kiss.
CSI NY
Don emerged into the party, straightening his tie and looking around. He only had one thing on his mind tonight, and that was catching Lilly under the mistletoe. Seriously. His date had been ruined, although he hadn't planned on kissing her then. Nope, he wanted that special Christmas kiss under the mistletoe that he would remember for the rest of his life. But as he looked around..
No Lilly.
Damn it. Why did he have a bad feeling about this? But as he headed over to the eggnog and cookies, he noticed Lilly talking to Mac. Mac.. Hmm.. Must have been work related. But the conversation dragged on forever, and when she finally moved away she started talking to some other stupid guy.. Not that Mac was stupid. All of a sudden, Don was very glad Mac couldn't read minds.
"Hey, Lilly!" He called, but she didn't hear him over the noise of the music.
To say the least, it was a very annoying night. By the second hour, he was convinced Lilly was ignoring him so he merely followed her around from a distance. She either didn't notice or just didn't pay any attention, because she never even glanced at him which made him even angrier. What had happened? Last night things had been fine.. Damn it, if Messer had done anything…
"Yo, Don--"
"Daniel Messer, what the hell did you say to Lilly?" Don turned around to glare at the shorter man, and Danny burst out laughing. "Danny, I swear to god.."
"Why would I say anything to Lilly? I figured you two had a good time last night.."
"Well we didn't. She got called to a scene and now she's ignoring me!" Don felt like curling into a ball and crying. The one hot girl in a long time who had finally taken an interest in him, had dumped it and he hadn't even realized it. That must've been why she got called away.. There was no crime scene.
Danny sighed, placing a hand on Don's shoulder. "Donnie, listen to me. If it's one thing you should know, it's not to let the girl get the upper hand.."
He trailed off as Lindsay walked up giving him a narrowed eyed glare, arms crossed. "Excuse you? Let me give the advice." She pushed Danny out the way and stared up at Flack. "Try being nice to her. Be honest, and ask her if she really likes you. Women like honesty."
Danny pushed her out the way again. "Honesty? Pffft.. You gotta lie, tell her she looks beautiful and--"
"Oh, so telling her she looks beautiful would be a lie? Wait a second.. Were you lying to me?" Lindsay smacked him and Danny gave a yelp.
"Of course I wasn't lying to you? Do I have stupid written across my forehead?!"
"You will when I get through with you!!"
Don gave a heavy sigh, shaking his head and walking away from the now arguing couple. Yep, he could expect to attend the wedding in the not so far future. He finally decided to go outside and get some fresh air.. Maybe clear his head and decide how he was going to ignore Lilly.. How embarrassing. He'd put his butt out just to make her happy, make things perfect and make her like him but obviously, there was just nothing he could do. She was a grown woman, and if she didn't like him, she didn't have to act.
But she had been so perfect, so beautiful and everything he wanted. He wished he had gotten to know her better, maybe that would have gotten him somewhere. She probably had a more interesting past than him, the son of a cop who was the son of a cop who was the son of a cop who was the son of a .. yeah, you get the picture.
"Merry Christmas."
Don jumped, turning around and staring. "Lilly?"
Lilly smiled and wiggled her fingers at him. "I was trying to find you."
"Really." he said dryly, turning around putting his face into his hands. He heard Lilly sigh and a second later, she was sitting beside him on the curb.
"Sorry I haven't talked to you tonight, Don. Mac's been introducing all these people to me and all they have so many questions.." She trailed off, inhaling a deep breath of air and turning to him. "Are you okay?"
"Fine." he looked at her. "Look, I owe you an apology, Lilly."
She blinked. "Really? Why?"
He sighed, deciding to take Lindsay's advice over Danny's. "Well.. I thought you were ignoring me. And I thought maybe last night you just faked a crime scene so you could cancel, because you thought I was creepy and determined…"
She giggled. "You're sweet and determined. And it just so happens, I like that in a guy. And I didn't fake the crime scene, believe me. Ask Mac. Because the only thing I wanted to do was go to the play with you."
He chuckled. "It bombed anyway. Poor Eric got nervous and threw up."
"Huh?"
"Another thing I didn't tell you.. It was an elementary school play. Eric, my neighbor's son, was in it.. He threw up. We're really close."
Lilly moaned. "I missed it?! I love elementary school plays! Especially the Christmas ones, they're so cute!" She gave a heavy sigh. "Oh well, there's always next year.."
Don blinked. Wow. "And.. I was kinda wanting to catch you under the mistletoe tonight. Kind of like a special, special first kiss." He said quietly.
Lilly grinned at him, suddenly pulling mistletoe from behind her back. "Well, what are the odds.." She trailed off, leaning forward and kissing him. "How was that?"
A slow grin spread across Don's face. "I dunno.. Try it again."
She kissed him again. "And?"
"Mm.. I need another."
She laughed, humoring him by kissing him a few more times. "Now what's the verdict?
"I think.. I think I like. You and your kissing."
Lilly laughed. "Alright, now that we've got that out of the way," She teased, poking him. "Tell me about yourself."
"Well… I'm the son of a cop, who was the son of a cop, who was also the son of a cop, who also happened to be a cop.."
Author's Note: I did it!!!! Sorry if it seems shorter than you expected.. I'm running a little low on time. But here it is, the final chapter with Don finally getting what he wanted for Christmas! I'd just like to thank all of you who have given me such great reviews and faithfully read every chapter.. So have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!! And remember.. turn off the fireplace for Santa tonight!!
Jade
