A/N: Thank you soswimmer13 for pointing out a mistake in my previous chapter (about the dust) my fingers started going and I didn't stop to see if it made sense. I have made the changes in the previous chapter. Thanks again.
Don opened the door and took a step back to let Danny in. The first thing he noticed was how dark the room was. After his eyes adjusted he saw someone a person, male, sitting in a chair and no Lindsay. It was Sheldon Hawkes.
"Hawkes?" Danny asked.
Sheldon Hawkes opened his eyes and turned to see Danny standing there. "Danny." Sheldon jumped up and gave Danny a manly hug.
"Where is Lindsay?" Danny asked
"They just took her to run some more test on her brain to see if there is any activity." Sheldon told him gently. Danny's face went pale.
"How long till they get back from the test?" Sara asked.
Sheldon looked at her for a minute then back to Danny with a raised eyebrow. Sara caught this. "I'm sorry I'm Sara Sidle, my boyfriend and I work with Danny in Vegas, Nick is back at the apartment unpacking."
Sheldon released the breath he had been holding and holds his hand out to shake Sara's. "Sorry, I'm Sheldon Hawkes, but everyone just calls me Hawkes"
Danny wasn't listening to what was going on around him he just stared at the spot Lindsay had been.
"Danny, why don't we go and get something to eat and by the time we are done they should be back." Sara said looking at Don and Sheldon.
"Yeah, Danny if you haven't eaten and you aren't going to do Lindsay much good if you pass out." Sheldon said getting the point.
Danny looked at the three faces of his friends and knew they were right. "Okay, but I can't promise much."
One hour later found everyone back at Lindsay's room. A nurse walked up to them. "Mr. Hawkes, they just brought her back. The doctor will be in shortly to talk to you about the results."
"Thanks Cassie." He turned and looked at Danny. "I'm sure Don has already talked to you that what you are about to see will be rough." Sheldon noticed that Danny wasn't listening to him just looking at the door. "Danny" Danny turned and looked at Sheldon "I really need you to listen to me right now." After a nod from Danny, Sheldon continued, "There is a tube in her nose to feed her, she is on a respirator, and hooked up to many wires that monitor her heart, and brain waves. She is very pale and looks to be in a peaceful sleep. I'm not going to lie to you and tell you that it is not as bad as it seems because it is." Danny once again nodded his head.
"Can I go in now?"
"One more thing Danny, there will be wires hooked up to her stomach that monitor the baby. One of the beats you will hear will be your baby's."
At this Danny rushed to the door and opened it before anyone could say anything.
Don, Sara, and Sheldon all stood at the door and watch as Danny got his first look at Lindsay in little more than a month.
Danny rushed into the room and stopped dead in this tracks. There was his Montana, just like Sheldon had described. He heard two beeps in the room and looked at Sheldon. Sheldon answered his unspoken question. "The fast beep is your kid's" Danny just nodded. "We'll be outside if you need anything." Sheldon said as he closed the door.
After Sheldon had closed the door Danny walked to the bed and looked at Lindsay. He couldn't stop the tears that started to flow down his cheeks or the sob that escaped his throat. He held her hand and then gently put his other hand and on her stomach and noticed the slight bump there. Time seemed to stop for Danny there in that room, but there was a knock at the door and Sheldon, Sara, Don and a doctor came in.
"Mr. Messer, I'm Doctor Armstrong, I've been looking after Lindsay." The doctor was an older gentleman with black hair that was graying around the side, but the thing that Danny really noticed was his gently blue/green eyes.
"Its, Danny, how is she really Dr. Armstrong? I know my friend sugar coat it." Danny said with puffy red eyes.
"I'm not going to lie to you Danny, it's not good. The surgery fixed most of the damage and time will heal the rest, but the longer she is in the coma the smaller the chances are she will ever wake up. I know you are the father of her baby, so I'm going to go ahead and tell you that you may have some decisions to make later if she doesn't wake up. If it comes down to pulling the plug then you will have a decision, due to the fact that she is in a coma the decisions in regard to the child are yours."
"What do you mean pull the plug and what decision?" Danny asked not liking this conversation.
"I know you don't like to hear this Danny and I pray to God we won't have it again, but if there is no sign that Lindsay will wake up, then you can choose to pull the plug or keep her on it till the baby is at a stage where it is safe to be born." Dr. Armstrong said as gently as he could. "But remember that they say people in comas can hear you when you talk to them so talk to her and tell her everything that is going on and how much she means to you. The good news is there seems to still be brain activity so that is a good sign and it seems she is in there just being stubborn."
Danny smiled at this and nodded his head yes. Sheldon and Don walked out with the doctor. Sara walked up to Danny "I know you want to stay here but lets get you home so you can take a shower and some sleep." Danny noticed she didn't say a good night's sleep. Just then the door opened and Mac and Stella walked in.
"Danny" Stella said as she walked over and gave him a big motherly hug.
"Hey Stella. Mac." Danny said looking at the man.
"Danny it's good to see you I just wish it weren't under these conditions." Mac said as he surprised Danny and Stella when he hugged the young man.
Sara just stood off to the side. It didn't take Stella long to see her. When she did her eyes narrowed. "And who are you?" Stella asked.
Danny saw the look in her eyes and rolled his. "Stella, Mac, this is Sara Sidle. Her and her boyfriend came here with me. They both work at the Las Vegas crime lab."
Stella was immediately sorry for the way she acted. "I'm sorry Sara, I'm Stella, and this is Mac"
Sara smiled and shook both their hands. "It's nice to finally meet you; Nick and I have heard so much about you"
"Nick?" Mac asked.
Sara blushed "My boyfriend. He is at the apartment unpacking and speaking of him I should probably call him. I'll leave ya'll alone."
Danny laughed a little at that "Ya'll, you are so hanging out with Nick too much."
Sara smiled. "Yeah, well it is your fault."
Stella raised an eyebrow "Your fault? Did you play matchmaker?"
"Yeah, I did the same thing to Nick that Don done to me to ask Lindsay out." Danny said with a smile.
"And what was that?" Mac asked.
"He told me that if I didn't he would."
About an hour later Sara came in and told Danny they really needed to head back to the apartment as Nick was going crazy. Danny turned to Lindsay "I'll be back tomorrow" he kissed her forehead and then her stomach and left.
The next morning found Nick in the kitchen making pancakes and Sara making coffee.
"If this doesn't get him out of bed…" Nick didn't get a chance to finish is thought when Danny walked into the kitchen fully dressed.
"Both of ya'll coming to the hospital with me?" Danny asked as he made his plate.
"Ya'll and what was that last night about me hanging out with Nick for to long?" Sara said as she sat down with her plate with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, well…" Danny really didn't have a come back for that one. "What do you have planned for today?" Danny said changing the subject.
"Well, I talked to Mac last night and he is really short handed so I talked to Gris and we are going to work with Mac for a while. Gris has some people from days covering for us. And Danny he wants to talk to you" Sara said.
"We will go to the hospital with you, but we have a deal for you." Nick said as he too sat down with his plate. "Since we have no idea where we are Don is going to pick us up from there and take us to the lab. While we are working you get to stay with Lindsay, but when we get off Don is going to bring us back to the hospital and all three of us are coming home."
"Who all is in on this?" Danny wanted to know before he started to argue.
"Everyone, so don't even try to get out of it. We talked to the hospital staff and they even said we could use a tranquilizer gun on you if we have too." Sara said. She could see the gears turning in his head. Danny knew he had no choice. "And you have to promise to eat while you are there. The nurses said they will bring you lunch if you want." Sara finished.
"Wow you thought of everything." Danny said.
"Yeah, well I have good experience about waiting in the hospital with someone." Sara said looking at Nick.
"Oh, yeah, sorry about that" Danny said. After a week Nick had told Danny about being buried alive and Danny in turn told Nick all about the Tanglewood boys.
"So let's get going." Nick said as he put all the plates in the sink.
"Yes, let's get out of here." Sara said and they were out the door.
The last few days were like going though a very slow hell for Danny. All he did was sleep, eat, and sit with Lindsay. Danny had called Grissom back and wasn't surprise when he said he would find someone else to fill the position and that he was looking at Greg. Danny told him that was great and that he didn't see himself leaving New York again. Grissom wished him luck and told him to stay in touch. Everyone came by to see Lindsay and everyone had talked to her like she was in the room. Danny still had yet to really say anything to her. Finally it got too much.
Danny reached over and took her hand. "Montana, I don't know if you can hear me, but I have something I want to say. The main thing is I'm so sorry. I should have never left you and I love you so much. I thought I was becoming the man you needed, but instead I became a man you didn't even know. I'm not going back to Vegas. My home is here with you and the baby." Danny choked back a sob. "There is nothing in the world that could make me leave you that I can help. Back in Vegas, I helped a couple co-workers out, it made me think of you and how much I missed your smile and the roll of your eyes when I said something stupid. The way for face lights up when I walk in the room and how sometimes I just sit there for hours and watch you work. I want us to be a family Linds, but you have to wake up for me." Danny couldn't take in anymore. He laid his head on her chest and let the tears fall.
Danny didn't know how long he sat there like that, but the next thing he knows is a hand on his head. He looked at Lindsay to see her eyes open looking down at him.
"LINDSAY!!!" before she could do anything Danny ran out of the room. "SHE'S AWAKE!! LINDSAY'S AWAKE!!!" He yelled from the door. Three nurses came running into the room.
"Welcome back, Miss Monroe." Said Cassie "I'm going to go get Dr. Armstrong and see if we can get this tube out. Blink twice if you understand."
Lindsay blinked twice. "Good, now I'll be right back."
Danny came back to the bedside and looked down at his Montana. "I love you and I'm not going anywhere." Lindsay blinked twice and a few tears started to fall.
"Miss Monroe, it is nice to see you wake. How about we take this tube out?" Dr. Armstrong said. Lindsay blinked twice. "Okay when I say push all the air out of your lungs." Lindsay blinked twice again. "Okay, one, two, three, breath out" Lindsay did just that and started to cough. "Good, now Danny I know you are happy, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave for a few minutes. I'm sure there are some people you need to call." Dr. Armstrong said with a wink. "We won't be long."
"Okay" Danny said. He lends over and gave Lindsay a kiss on the forehead and then on the stomach like he had done every time he left. "I'll be right back" then he walked out the door and cried.
A/N: Okay guys, here you go! Just as promised and it is LOONNGG six pages in word. Please review and let me know what you think. I'm thinking maybe two or three more chapter.