She had a huge smile on her, "That was awesome!" Danny had gotten them tickets to the premiere of Speed Racer.
"Knew you'd like it," he smiled at the child like nature of her voice and face.
"Tell me the Mach 5 wasn't awesome?" she challenged him.
Pretending to contemplate for a minute, "Eh, it was okay," he shrugged his shoulders.
She moved to slap his arm, when a weird sensation stopped her. Her hand immediately went to her rounded belly.
Danny nearly stumbled over his own feet to get next to her, his fingers and hands aching to touch her, to help in anyway, "Baby what's wrong? Is it the baby?" he tried keeping the panic out of his voice.
She stayed quiet for a minute, not quite sure what it was. But then she felt it again, and a smile crossed her face. She took Danny's hand and placed it on her belly. She watched his eyes fill with tears, the miracle of their child moving overwhelming him.
"Is that…?" he trailed off, his throat tightening up. His hand roaming over her belly, trying to feel anymore movement. He looks at her a huge smile on his face, "I love you, Montana."
She had so many emotions going through her, she felt like she might explode. His crystal blue eyes, twinkling with tears of joy, hope and love. She couldn't deny anymore that she loved him. She had for a long time. Happily she closed her eyes and smiled, wanting to store this memory away, "I love you too," she said in a bare whisper.
His breath caught at her admission, without thinking about, he leaned forward and kissed her forehead. As he pulled back, she caught him behind the neck and pulled him down to her mouth. He was taken aback, but easily melted into the kiss. He felt as if ever dream he had had in the 4 months was coming true. When he needed to breathe, he pulled back and laid his forehead against hers.
Looking down at her, he saw her eyes were still closed, "You okay, Montana?" he asked softly, afraid she had thought this a mistake.
Her eyes popped open, and she smiled, "I think it's time we go feed your kid."
Laughing, he pulled away from her, "Your hip okay to walk or you wanna take a cab?"
She began walking, he easily caught up with her falling in step with her, and unconsciously her hand found his and twined her free hand with his. He thought he was going to die and go to
heaven right there. He didn't say anything, he just twined his fingers with hers, giving her hand a little squeeze, she looked up at him and smiled.
They walked like that in silence for the three blocks it took them to get to the restaurant he knew she had wanted to try. He held the door for her; they walked up to the hostess and waited for her to turn around.
"Welcome to La Casa's…." the hostess said as she turned around.
Danny heard the voice before he saw the face, and he froze. He wanted to grab a hold of Lindsay and never let her go, tell her over and over he loved her and couldn't lose her, they had come too far, for this moment to ruin everything.
Lindsay realized this was put up or shut up time. Time to let Danny know she was tired of all the drama between them, let him know that she understood how screwed up he was at the time, that he was doing what he was supposed to be doing. He was there when she needed him to be, even when she didn't want him to be anywhere near her.
"Hey, Danny," Rikki greeted softly. She turned to Lindsay and offered the pregnant woman a small smile, one that was returned with some obvious effort.
"Hey Rikki," Danny replied awkwardly. A sudden pressure in his hand made him look down to his and Lindsay's entwined hands and he smiled at her before turning back to Rikki. "Err...table for two."
"Sure," replied Rikki as she grabbed two menus and walked them to their table. Danny helped Lindsay into her seat before taking his own opposite her. "It's...it's nice to see you again, Danny," said Rikki softly before she turned around and left.
Danny closed his eyes and sighed, bracing himself against another onslaught from Lindsay. He opened his eyes - but all he saw was a smile. Leaning over the table, "You sure you're okay with this, baby?"
Laying her hand over his on the table, she intertwined her hand with his, and simply smiled at him, her free hand smoothing over their baby, "We're okay," she assured him.