Hey guys. So those who haven't, please read my other fanfic too. That one's a high school version of Dantana's relationship. It may take a while to update each cause I'm updating alternately. Happy reading though. Now, enough of me promoting the stories, on with the chapter.
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Chapter 10
She could feel it. Lindsay could feel the tension between them building. It felt the same as when she first went to New York.
He was stirring up the feelings and memories from New York that Lindsay was trying to forget. No matter how hard she tried though, she couldn't.
His smile, his eyes, the way he pushed up his glasses with the knuckle of his index finger and the way he placed his glasses on his forehead when looking into the microscope, made her stomach flutter.
Lindsay could feel the feelings she had for him swim up. But she'd be damned if she let that happen. She tried her best to ignore them, push them away.
She caught herself staring at him a couple of times. She was glad that she realised it before Danny saw. She knew that he would tease her to no end, that's what he did the last time.
She could feel the longing for him. Each time those feelings tried to pry their way out, Lindsay would bury them deep again. "For goodness sakes Lindsay, you're with Mason, snap out of it," she would chide herself.
She thought that after these two years, she wouldn't be able to work properly with him. However, she was way off. The two of them still worked as amazingly together as they did before.
They were able to bounce excellent ideas off each other. Theories that had been suggested by Lindsay and turned down by Mason were supported by Danny. They tried each and everything they could think of.
Through everything though, there was still the same bickering between them. That part hadn't faded.
It surprised Lindsay how he remembered just the right buttons to push to annoy her. It surprised her even more that she remembered the buttons to push to annoy him.
They were bickering as if nothing had ever happened between them. He had forgotten nothing about her - that much Lindsay could tell. She didn't know whether to feel happy that he remembered or angry that he acted as if nothing happened.
One thing that Lindsay was certainly happy about was that her and Danny had been given the task to find out how the murder happened while Mason had to sort through the evidence. Russel gave the two of them the strict instructions to go and help Mason once they were done.
They were actually having a tremendous amount of fun trying to reconstruct the scene. To Lindsay, reconstructing was still her favourite part of the job.
The two marvelled at how much they had progressed in those two hours that they were working on it. They had gone from nothing to something in a mere few hours. It was unhiemlich, how they managed to do that.
The sight of their fun, however, was angering the person who was watching them.
Mason had never seen Lindsay that happy with anyone other than Aidan. He had tried everything he knew to try and get her to enjoy herself.
All it took though was for this city prick to arrive and she lit up like a bulb. Sure, maybe she hadn't gotten over her feelings for him but there was no way in hell that Mason was letting Danny steal Lindsay away from him.
Mason had a clear view of the two from the DNA lab. "Thank God for glass walls," he thought. He gritted his teeth, eyes narrowing. He needed to keep an eye on them to make sure that Danny didn't pull any fast ones on his girlfriend.
His anger and jealousy fueled each time they closed the gap between them. He wanted to go over there and give Danny a piece of his mind. What could Danny possibly do anyway, hit him with a test tube? Mason had been to enough gyms in his life to be able to protect himself from that.
He looked down for a second to gather the apparatus that he'd need for his upcoming experiment. Looking up again, however, he saw something that caused his blood pressure to skyrocket.
Lindsay was in Danny's arms, both gazing into each other's eyes. The thing that pissed him off the most was Danny's face that was inching closer to Lindsay's, ready to close the gap between their lips.
All he saw was a hazy red. He honestly had no idea what he would do if Danny kissed her. That was his bloody girlfriend. He had worked way too hard to get her. There was no way that he was going to let Danny waltz in there and steal her away from him with his detestable charms.
A smile lit up his face as he saw Lindsay pulling away from Danny. He saw her mumble something to Danny before heading for the door and to the lab that he was in.
He didn't want her to know that he was watching her. He didn't want her to feel as if she was under surveillance. That would be bad on so many levels. Looking down, he masked his smile and continued on with the experiment.
He was definitely going to have to teach Danny a lesson soon.
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Danny could feel the tension in the room rising and he knew that Lindsay felt it too. Danny was really enjoying himself while doing the reconstruction.
He knew that after she had left, he had missed her. But only one did he know how much he missed her. Seeing her sweet smile, her beautiful eyes, her silky soft hair, hearing her melodic voice.
He longed to hold her like he did before. He tried to ignore the fact that Lindsay was dating someone else. He knew her too well.
Whenever she looked at Mason, he didn't see that usual sparkle in her eyes. When she looked at him, he could still recognise the way she used to look at him. Her eyes full of love and happiness. But now, they were mixed with sadness. Sadness at what he'd done to her.
He wished that there was a way for him to explain to her what actually happened that day. He wanted to tell Lindsay so bad.
Even if she didn't come back to him, he wanted her to know the truth. And that was that he would never betray her trust.
He needed her to know how much he still loved her. Watching her during their reconstruction made Danny smile. She was still the same as before. He couldn't believe that he actually got the chance to see her again.
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The pair were having a complete ball coming up with different ideas and trying them out. Most of the ideas weren't really that good but they tried it out anyway.
Lindsay was surprised that they had managed to do much more than her and Mason.
Sure they had been goofing off a little but they still managed to get a lot done. They had managed to establish the fact that their vics were standing in front of the perp before he pulled the trigger.
Upon finding this out, all their ideas were centred around that. After a while of goofing off, Danny had a light bulb moment.
He stood still all of a sudden with a serious look on his face, startling Lindsay slightly and causing her to burst out laughing.
"Stop laughing. I got an idea," he scolded her lightly. Quickly he explained his idea to her.
"It's possible but it would suggest that the vics knew the perp intimately judging from the proximity that you explained," she stated.
"Well then Montana, care to try it out?" he said, his hand outstretched, ready for her to take it.
Lindsay knew that she shouldn't. She could already feel the fire between them reigniting. But she couldn't help herself.
Her brain told her not to, that maybe trying it out with Mason would be a better idea. Her heart, however, told her to try it out with Danny.
"Well?" he asked, trying to get an answer out of her.
"Yeah sure, no problem," she replied him before taking his hand. Danny walked them over to one side of the room and they began trying Danny's idea out.
Lindsay stood in front of Danny, fingers poised in a gun, pointing directly at Danny.
He lunged forward and held her arm, the one with the gun, trying to push it away from him.
After much struggling, Danny ended up with Lindsay in his arms and the gun pressed to her stomach.
Holding her like that just reminded him of the old times, the love that he still had for her. She had captured and stolen his heart, not anyone else and there would never be anyone else.
Looking down into her eyes, he could see the love in her eyes too.
Seeing the passion that was being emitted from both of them, Danny couldn't resist. At that moment he didn't care that she had a boyfriend. He just wanted to taste her.
Ever so slowly, he lowered his head, wanting to capture her lips in his. Just as they were about to touch, however, Lindsay pulled away.
"Yeah so we found out how it happened, let's go tell Mason," she said before scampering out of the room, leaving a dejected Danny behind.
He knew he shouldn't have expected much. She did think that he had cheated on her after all. Sighing, he followed her out to meet Mason.
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Lindsay knew exactly what he was doing. He was trying to get her feelings to resurface. She was still way too hurt to do that.
When he had held her, she finally realised how much she had missed the comfort and safety of his arms. She couldn't help but let out her feelings just a little.
She desperately wanted his lips to touch hers. Seeing him at such close proximity made her long for him. There was no denying that she still had feelings for him. That was a given.
Over the last two years she had not gotten over his feelings for him. Sure she had been mad at him for what he did but she still couldn't forget him. Her feelings for him were too strong.
When she saw him leaning down, she didn't move, wanting him to kiss her. That was until she realised what was happening and where they were.
"Snap out of it, you're with Mason remember," she reminded herself. Just as they were centimetres apart, Lindsay pulled away from him.
"Yeah so we found out how it happened,let's go tell Mason," she told him before brisk walking out of the room to where Mason was.
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"Hey Mason what have you got?" she queried as she entered the lab that he was in, Danny following behind.
"Well I found some trace on the vic's clothes and some DNA. Nothing much yet. But I was thinking, why don't we run the evidence that we got against their database and run what they have against ours," he relayed his idea to them.
"Yeah sure we could do that. Hopefully we get something," Danny agreed, trying to stare him down. Lindsay could feel the testosterone level in the room rise as both men tried to stare each other down.
"Alright guys, let's try it then. Danny and I managed to find out how it happened and it would suggest that the vics knew the perp intimately. I think we should go through everything we have about them and see if we can find anything in common," she said trying to diffuse the situation.
Seeing the both of the men nod, Danny and Lindsay both left to start off with the vics phone records, leaving Mason alone to run the evidence against the respective databases.
After a half an hour of preparing the evidence and starting to run them through the database, Mason walked to his office to help Danny and Lindsay.
Entering the office, his jealousy fueled. Danny and Lindsay were sitting beside each other, laughing and going through the phone records.
She had never been like that with him before. He hoped that him returning would make Lindsay realise that she should just forget about him but instead, it seemed like she was starting to forgive him.
"Hey Mason," Lindsay said once she noticed him standing at the doorway.
"Hey," he greeted her back before sitting down opposite them in the spare chair at the end of the room.
For the next three hours, the three of them persevered on, going through the phone records of both their vics trying to find any similarities.
In the end, they had found one number in common with both the vics. Looking at the time, they realised that it was about time they call it a day. Deciding that they would find out more about the number the next day, they got up to leave.
Lindsay walked into the locker room to get her bag with Mason hot on her heels. "What is your deal with Danny, Linds?" he asked, beyond pissed. Over the time, Danny and Lindsay talking, laughing and having fun had just angered him more. He needed to confront her about it.
"We're just friends Mason, why?" she questioned him back, noting his tone.
"Oh please Lindsay, I've seen the way you look, smile and tease him. Not to even mention how he is to you. I'm not stupid alright," he outright yelled at her. Arms folded, he looked at her expectantly for an answer.
Hearing his voice rise caused Lindsay's own fiery temper to rise. "We are just friends alright. Just because we smile, look and tease each other, doesn't mean that I'm gonna elope with him, you know. I'm with you Mason. Why the hell are you worrying so much?" she questioned him.
Taking a deep breath, Mason tried to calm down before talking to her again. "Look Linds, I think you need to figure everything out first alright. You haven't fully forgotten about him yet, that much is evident. For both our sakes, let's take a temporary break from each other, just so you can sort your feelings out without any hindrance. I'll be right here when you make your decision," he said, looking at her.
"I'm really sorry Mason. I thought that I had gotten over him, I really did. I think that your idea's good. I just need a little time. I'm really really sorry," she apologised, all the while her eyes never meeting his.
"Don't worry about it Linds, alright. I'm right here for you. If you need me, all you need to do is call. And when you're ready to come back to me, I'll be here," he told her before pulling her into a hug.
He knew for a fact that she wasn't going to go back to that low-life. After what he'd done to her, there was no way that she was going to forgive him.
He wanted to see the look on his face. The look on Danny's face when she rejects him and came running to him.
He could tell that Danny was trying to get Lindsay back. From the look that he was always giving her to all the time he spent talking to her and trying to make her remember the past. It was quite evident what he was trying to do.
Mason couldn't wait for his ego to be deflated by Lindsay. Boy was he going to enjoy watching that. And he couldn't wait.
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Hey guys please rate and review. Oh and Mason insulting Danny is not my view of Danny at all. Danny is like bae. I wouldn't do that to him. Anyway love you guys.