"Thanks,"Lindsay smiled as she took the food from the delivery guy and gave him the money . She could feel her stomach rumbling as her brain recognized the smell as food. She turned and shut the door with her foot as she made her way over to the coffee table. She set down the bag of takeout on the table and made her way into the kitchen to grab a glass, and a cold bottle of rose wine from the fridge. Just as she sat down to start eating, the doorbell rang once again.
"Geez, am I ever gonna get to eat?!" She huffed as she got up again to see to the door. She pulled open the door and stood shocked to see Danny standing on the other side. "Danny?" Lindsay exclaimed looking shocked. "What are you doing here?"
"Hey...erm... I was just passing, so I thought I'd stop by." Danny replied, shrugging as he put his hands in his pockets.
"Ok... So do you wanna come in?" She smiled, stepping to the side.
"Yeah sure." Danny grinned back at her and stepped inside her apartment. As soon as he brushed past her he was hit by the smell of her Vanilla and blueberry shampoo.
"So.. what can I do you for?" Lindsay casually asked as she shut the door and walked back towards Danny.
"Well ya know.. I was just passin' by in the neighbourhood and I-"
"Danny, don't give me that! Your apartment is 12 blocks away from here - And you are never just passing by!"
Danny licked his lips and puched his glasses back up his nose with his knuckle. "Well, looks like you know me too well, Montana." He replied with a grin.
Lindsay moved closer to him, slightly brushing past him as she moved to the sofa. She could smell that new leather smell from his jacket mixed together with the soft spicy cinnamon scent from his cologne. "So, you wanna eat?" She asked, "I have more than enough for two?" She motioned for him to take a seat on the sofa and smiled at him.
"Woah, Montana - you actually asking me to eat with you?" He asked sarcastically. "How can I refuse? As long as there are no bugs involved."
"Don't get too smart with me Messer!" Lindsay called out from the kitchen. She grabbed some plates, forks and a bottle of bud from the fridge.
When she came back into her living room, Danny had already made himself comfy - his leather jacket was strewn across the arm chair to the left, and he was sitting back with his arm acrossthe back of the sofa.
"Make yourself at home Messer!"
"Why thank you Montana, I will." Danny replied as he accepted the beer from her hand. She felt goosebumps shiver down her arm as their fingers grazed lightly against each other. Danny cleared his throat, and Lindsay half smiled as she moved to pile up her plate with food.
"So, come on - there has to be a good reason as to why you would just casually stop by like this." Lindsay asked taking a sip of her cold wine. She sat back on the sofa with her back to the arm so she was facing Danny.
"Ok, Ok" Danny sighed, after swallowing a mouthful of noodles, "I just thought after the shift we had last night, you could use some down time - and I took a chance on you being home..."
Lindsay smiled and looked at him with those deep chocolate eyes of hers, raising an eyebrow. "And lucky for you, I was in."
Lindsay and Danny sat for the next 2 hours enjoying each others company and talking about their pasts - the good, the bad, and the things they regretted doing or never doing. Danny had some how managed to finish off 5 beers while Lindsay had finished almost 2 bottles of Rose. Danny looked at his watch and was shocked to see how quick the time had passed by.
"Well, I guess I better start heading back...It's getting late and -"
"Danny, you cant drive back! You are so over the limit." Lindsay cut in.
"You're right..It's not far - the fresh air will do me some good." He smiled and got up to get his jacket but Lindsay stopped him.
"Stay here." She said soflty, her hand gently resting on his forearm.
'Dam - is she really asking me to stay?' Danny thought to himself, 'First dinner...Now staying over?'
"Hey Montana, are ya sure? I don't wanna put you out. Honestly, it's no trouble for me to get a cab or something." He shrugged his shoulders and licked his lips giving an awkward smile.
"Danny, come on! it's not like I'm gonna bite!" Lindsay replied giggling as she got up. "Its no trouble at all, honest. We both have tomorrow off, so it's not like you have to rush around and get ready for work. Let me go grab you some pillows and a duvet, 'k?"
Danny grinned at her as she took her hand from his arm as she got further away. Minutes later she emerged from her bedroom bundled up with said pillows and duvet. She could barely see where she was walking and ended up knocking into the sofa.
"Thanks, Montana." Danny smiled as he started to unbutton his shirt.
"No problem." She replied. She watched his fingers skillfully undo each button as if they had a life of their own. "Anything else you need..bathroom is down the hallway, first door on the left.. erm.."
"I think I can manage Montana." Danny grinned as he slipped his arms out from his shirt and placed it neatly on the arm of the armchair.
Lindsay's eyes automatically reverted to Danny's defined abs showing through his white tank top.
"Montana? You never seen one of these before?" he smirked, resting his hands on his belt.
"Huh?" She replied, her cheeks feeling flushed, "Erm.. Goodnight Danny." She smiled at him - Innocent and childlike as she turned back towards her bedroom. Once she got inside the comfort of her own bed, she couldn't believe that she - Lindsay Monroe - had Danny Messer in her apartment. She drifted off to sleep with a pure smile of happiness painted across her face.
Danny waited for the click of her bedroom door closing before he undressed any further. He turned off the lamp by the sofa and layed down covering himself up with the duvet. He took a deep breath and breathed in the scent from the duvet and closed his eyes. He was in Lindsay's apartment - he was sleeping in Lindsay's apartment. Wow - he was gonna have a hard time sleeping tonight.
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