"Why if it ain't Danny Messer?" A familiar New York accent said as it approached Danny at a scene.
"Al Rigliati. What are you doing back in town?" Danny shook his hand and patted him on the back. "Last I heard you were in Florida."
"Got divorced and decided to put as much distance between me and my ex-wife as possible. Besides it was time to come home, first day back on the job."
"Homicide?" Danny questioned.
"Yes. So how have you been buddy?"
"I'm good. I got married."
"The playboy of the NYPD got married?" Al questioned.
"Two years in December." Danny confirmed.
"Let me guess tall leggy blonde."
"Close, short brunette from Montana." Danny smiled.
"A country girl and where did you meet one of those?"
"Tiger cage at the Bronx Zoo." Danny smiled.
"And what were you doing at the Zoo?"
"Case, it was her first day she's CSI too." Danny explained. "We've got a kid too. Olivia." He pulled out his wallet and a picture to show Al.
"She doesn't look anything like you. How old?"
"Three weeks."
"So when am I going to get to meet the woman who convinced Danny Messer marriage was a good idea?"
"One, it was my idea, I bought the ring and carried it around for a couple months before I proposed and I convinced her that getting married less than twenty-four hours later was a good idea."
"Didn't want to give her time to change her mind." Al joked. "And two?" He prompted.
"If living in Florida didn't change your eating habits and you don't mind take out, you can come over for dinner tonight."
"Dinner sounds good." Al agreed. "So what exactly have we got here?"
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"This is a lot nicer than the last place I remember you living." Al commented as they took the stairs up to the first floor of the building when Lindsay and Danny lived.
"It wasn't that bad, but I did move in Lindsay even if it was unofficial for a while. We moved here after we found out she was pregnant, we needed more room." Danny unlocked the door. "Hey Montana I'm home." He called.
"Try not to wake the baby." Lindsay came to greet him.
"Al this is my wife Lindsay. Montana, this is Alberto Rigliati, we went to the police academy together, he's just moved back to New York."
"Nice to meet you." Lindsay told him.
"You too, and Al's fine. Danny's been telling me all about you."
"Don't believe a word his said." Lindsay told him.
"So you're not from Montana and your brother doesn't coach the Colts?"
"Okay, so only believe half of what he told you."
"I got pizza for dinner." Danny told her.
"Smells good. Al, one thing just don't let Danny convince you that I'm going to let him spend Olivia's trust fund on Giant's season tickets."
"What trust fund?" Danny questioned.
"The ten grand one that my parents set up for her when she was born, just like they did all the other kids. The one you signed the paperwork for two weeks ago." Olivia woke up. "Excuse me; she seems to have inherited Danny's way of getting people's attention."
"I like her." Al said. "She's feisty."
"She certainly keeps me on my toes." Danny agreed. He set the pizza box on the counter and went in grabbed to bottles of beer from the refrigerator and handed one to Al.
The phone rang.
"Messer." Danny answered it. "Oh, hey Matt, how's things?... What did you say this time?... Trust me she doesn't hate you it's the hormones talking... Lindsay's just grabbing Liv, hang on..." He put his hand over the receiver.
"Who's on the phone?" Lindsay asked as she walked out the bedroom with Olivia in her arms.
"Trade you." Danny said. "Matt needs your help talking Becky out the bathroom."
Danny took Olivia and Lindsay took the phone.
"Hey Matt, what did you say this time?..." Lindsay walked away into the bedroom.
"Lindsay's sister found she was pregnant a couple days after Liv was born. Her husband may be a genius but he's lousy with women." Danny explained. "They're both math professors at Harvard."
"I see."
"And this is Olivia." He said introducing the baby who was happily sucking her pacifier. "If you can hold her for a minute I can grab some plates."
"Why don't you just tell me where to look?" Al suggested.
TBC