Chapter 6
The next few days after the rather cold and awkward dinner were quiet. Lindsay hadn't heard much from Billy, just a text here and there. She figured what ever Danny had said to him really stuck with him. She didn't question what Danny said for two reasons. One- she most likely wouldn't have liked what he said and two- it was his job as her husband to look at for her even if she felt it was ridiculous, she'd want to do the same if the roles were reversed. She was now with Jo Danville stopping for coffee at her favorite coffee place
"I'm telling you, you haven't had good coffee until you try this" Lindsay smirked opening the door for her boss
"I'll take you're word for it, you are the only other none-New Yorker CSI" Jo smirked
"Difference is I didn't have me to point all these places out" Lindsay teased
"Well I'm sure you and Danny were close right away" Jo said to her as they waited on the long line
"No Danny and I didn't really get along too well in the beginning he teased me, made me look stupid-" Lindsay started then stopped "Then it all changed"
"I bet he loved you the first time he saw you" Jo smirked "He was like a little kid on the playground"
"Yea well he did ask me out a lot" Lindsay informed Jo who smirked
"And I bet you turned him down flat each and every time, am I right?" Jo asked
"How do you know that?" Lindsay asked amazed at her new bosses intuition not just with criminals but also with her colleagues
"Because you're a lot like me" Jo teased
"I did say yes once" Lindsay told her "But I stood him up"
"Well clearly it all worked out the way it should" Jo smiled
"Lindsay" both Lindsay and Jo turned to see Billy standing next to Lindsay
"Hey Billy" Lindsay smiled kind of awkwardly "Billy this is my boss Detective Danville" she informed Billy who shook Jo's hand
"Please call me Jo" Jo smiled politely
"I didn't know you came here" Billy said to her
"Every morning" Lindsay told him
"That's so weird" Billy smiled "Well one morning come a little earlier and we can chat before work"
"That'd be nice" Lindsay smiled
"I've got to get to work nice meeting you Jo" Billy said with a quick wave then left
"Friend from back home?" Jo asked nodding towards Billy as he walked out of the coffee shop
"Yea" Lindsay told her "He just got a job out here"
"Small world" Jo smirked
After they retrieved their coffee Jo and Lindsay headed back to the lab
"Here you go" Lindsay said placing a hot cup of coffee in front of her husband who was at his laptop searching for a trace match
"You are the best" Danny smiled up at his wife taking a sip of his coffee
"Guess who I bumped into at the coffee shop" Lindsay started
"No idea" Danny said still keeping his eyes on his laptop
"Billy" She stated simply and Danny looked up at her
"Small world" Danny commented
"You just quoted Jo" Lindsay told him and he smirked
"I've quoted worse" Danny teased "So did he try to make out with you?" Danny asked still looking at the computer
"Danny" Lindsay warned
"Sorry" Danny said quickly
"He didn't even hug me, whatever you said to him must have scared him" Lindsay told him
"What makes you think I said anything?" Danny questioned innocently
"When I got to the apartment there was a lot of tension in the room" Lindsay noted and Danny just smiled
"Just looking out for what's mine" Danny smirked and Lindsay rolled her eyes
"Would you like it better if I had your name tattooed across my forehead?" Lindsay questioned
"Yes" Danny replied quickly
"You're impossible" Lindsay smirked
Billy's Apartment
Billy was in a very small, dark dingy apartment at first glance rats probably wouldn't even want to stay there. He walked over to his small half broken desk and pulled out a scrapbook. The book was filled with news articles from the diner murders. He skimmed threw the articles and stopped when he saw a picture of his sister Jill. A small tear escaped his eye as he gently touched the picture
"I miss you more then you will ever know" Billy spoke to the picture then carefully closed the book and pulled out his other scrap book this book was filled with pictures of the Monroe family. It was group shots of Lindsay and her three brothers and her parents but the more pages he turned the more pictures of just Lindsay appeared. There was a picture of her and Jill on there first day of high school then time jumped and the next picture to appear took place years later and it was a picture of Lindsay walking to school by herself first day of senior year. A picture of her working at the video store she worked in. All the recent pictures of Lindsay were candid. Then there was an article printed off the computer "CSI goes undercover to save young girls life" which detailed Lindsay's heroic efforts in saving when of the Holly's. The next was just a picture of Lindsay, Mac, Danny and other officers from when they spoke of Jessica Angell's death. The next article was titled "Drive-bye at local bar lands one of New York's finest in hospital". As he turned the page he came across the article about Shane Casey "Hero cop saves husband and child from crazy killer" and the last article he had was "Lindsay Monroe-Messer receives Medal" and there was a small picture of Mac placing the medal around Lindsay's neck.
Then Billy flashed back to his conversation with Ryan all those years ago
"I think I'm going to offer to take Lindsay to prom" Billy told Ryan who was at his desk looking over a paper he had just written
"No you're not" Ryan said with a laugh
"Why not? She wants to go she just doesn't feel right about not going" Billy informed Ryan
"I know why she doesn't want to go" Ryan said to his friend "I am her brother"
"So what's the problem?" Billy questioned
"You really have to ask? I don't want my friend taking my sister out" Ryan said to him casually hoping Billy would drop it
"Who said it was date?" Billy asked in annoyed voice
"I know you Billy" Ryan said to him "You have a reputation"
"Had" Billy corrected
"Whatever, I just don't want you hanging around my little sister" Ryan said to him
"Am I not good enough for her?" Billy asked out of no where catching Ryan off guard
"No" Ryan told him honestly "I know you're into drugs, you sleep around- you're defiantly not good enough for her"
"I thought we were friends" Billy told him hurt
"We are" Ryan assured him "And I'd like to be friends for a long time and if you date my sister I don't see how that could happen"
"I think I love her" Billy spat out quickly
"Excuse me?" Ryan asked standing up "She's three years younger then you"
"She's apart of me" Billy told him "We share a connection-"
"-no you share Jill" Ryan clarified "And that's it"
"no we shared Jill and she's dead now" Billy said to him "Lindsay is all I have left of her and I'm all Lindsay has"
"Lindsay has a big family that loves her and supports her"
"I can love and support her too" Billy said to him coldly "I can't help how I feel"
"Help it" Ryan warned "Lindsay is off limits to you and I don't want to see you around until you can promise me you wont try to get with her"
"I need her" Billy told him simply
"Get out of my house" Ryan told him in a low voice "Get out now!" he yelled and then Billy left
Almost a week later Billy returned to the Monroe home and apologized to Ryan. He had told him he was messed up and didn't really think of Lindsay that way. Billy didn't have a choice but to lie, Ryan was his only friend and the Monroe's were like family to him. Ryan eventually forgave and moved past it but Billy never did. And now Billy was having the same fight this time against Danny Messer.
"They don't get us" Billy whispered to himself clutching his scrapbook falling slowly onto his bed