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Chapter 14
It had been a week since Lindsay was almost killed and now she was back at work.
"I've never seen someone so excited to be working" Hawkes remarked walking into the AV lab to find Lindsay there
"Well some people don't love their jobs like I do" Lindsay smiled proudly
"How are you feeling? Any dizziness? Nausea?" Hawkes asked her
"Nausea yes but that's because it's the morning and carrying another Messer child will do that to you" Lindsay smirked
"Of course" Hawkes smiled back when Mac walked in
"Good to have you back Lindsay" Mac noted
"Thanks Mac" Lindsay said to him
"I spoke to your doctors were going to restrict you to the lab for the time being" Mac told her and she frowned
"Doctors or Danny?" Lindsay questioned causing Mac to raise his eyebrow
"Both but your doctor overrides Danny" Mac told her "In a few weeks will see about you working scenes alright?"
"Sure thanks Mac" Lindsay replied
"So how is the case against Billy going?" Hawkes asked her
"Well he's still in the hospital but he should be getting released into police custody within the next few days" Lindsay told him casually "Then eventually his trial will start"
"You'll do fine" Hawkes encouraged
"Well I thought he would have just pled guilty but his parents found him this great defense attorney so he's pleading not guilty due to being mentally unstable" Lindsay sighed
"His parents? I thought they were out of the country" Hawkes commented remembering when they tried to locate them when they were searching for Billy
"They are or where I don't really know" Lindsay told him "I guess they heard about Billy and decided to help. He's all they have left"
"Lucky them" Hawkes mumbled "Any luck finding a new place?" he asked wanting to change the subject for Lindsay's sake
"No not yet" Lindsay said to him "Were back in our old place for now but we still have some time"
"So you're really thinking about living the city huh?" Hawkes teased
"Not the city just Manhattan" Lindsay defended "At least in Brooklyn we can maybe get a yard for the kids, they can play with neighbors"
"Sounds nice" Hawkes smirked
"What?" Lindsay asked
"If you would have told me when you first started that you and Danny would be house hunting to accommodate you're growing family I would have said you were crazy" Hawkes couldn't help but chuckle "You've tamed him"
"No he tamed himself" Lindsay told him "He was always a great guy to me"
"Really Montana?" Hawkes mocked stretching out Montana
"Yea he was a jerk" Lindsay smirked "But now he's a great father"
"Where is father of the year?" Hawkes mocked
"He's off today so he's on Lucy duty. I believe the park was on the agenda" Lindsay smirked
The Park
Danny was in the park with Lucy pushing her on the swings
"You don't have to keep pushing-en me Daddee" Lucy instructed her father
"Sure I do" Danny said pushing the swing lightly, she was on what he liked to call "the big kids swing"
"Why?" Lucy questioned still looking forward as she kicked her legs
"Because if you swing to high then you'll go all the way to outer-space and I wouldn't see you again and that would make me sad" Danny lied to his daughter convincingly
"Really?" Lucy asked with her eyes wide opened
"Really" Danny confirmed "And with Daddy here watching you I can catch you before you go to high"
"You'll catch-ed me Dadd-ee?" Lucy asked him
"Always" Danny smirked
"Danny?" he heard a voice from behind him. And there she was the person he least expected to see ever again
"Rikki" he mustered out barley and she smiled
"What are you uh- doing here?" Danny questioned
"I came to see some friend" Rikki smiled politely "I heard you moved"
"Yea I did" Danny nodded
"And you're a father" Rikki noted nodding towards Lucy
"Yea I am" Danny stated proudly
"Good for you I bet you're great" Rikki told him sincerely "I guess things worked out with Lindsay?"
"Yea they did" Danny confirmed "We've got another baby on the way"
"Wow" Rikki smiled again at him again "You deserve it"
"How have you been?" Danny questioned
"I got married" Rikki told him and Danny smiled, after everything he felt she deserved happiness "And a couple of months ago I had a baby boy"
"Really?" Danny asked surprised "That's fantastic"
"He was a gift" Rikki told him "A gift from Reuben" she smiled as tears threatened her eyes
"Dadd-ee you stopped-ed pushing" Lucy told her dad getting off the swing "What if I went to outer-space!" she explained
"I wouldn't let that happen" Danny smirked picking his daughter up "Lucy this a friend of Daddy's, Rikki"
"Lucy" Rikki said gently shaking her hand "What a pretty name"
"My dad-ee named-ed me" Lucy smiled and Rikki laughed
"She looks just like you" Rikki smiled
"Well we should get going" Danny told her and Rikki nodded "Good seeing you"
"You too" Rikki smiled "Nice meeting you Lucy"
"Byee!" Lucy waved as Danny walked away with her in his arms
Danny and Lindsay's apartment
Lindsay got home later then usual it was after midnight and she carefully opened the front door. She smiled slightly when she saw Danny sleeping on the couch and Lucy on top of him and the TV on with Hannah Montana playing. Lindsay walked over to Lucy and carefully picked her up waking up Danny in the process who woke up at the feeling of his daughter being lifted
"It's ok I got her" Lindsay assured him in a whisper and he just nodded as Lindsay put Lucy into bed
"You're home late" Danny noted looking at his watch
"Yea sorry I didn't want to leave Hawkes with everything" Lindsay shrugged "How was your day?" she asked as Danny gave her a quick kiss and they went into the bedroom
"Strange" Danny told her and Lindsay raised an eyebrow "I saw Rikki at the park today"
"Oh" Lindsay said nodding "How is she?" she asked, she was not happy with what Rikki and Danny did but she never hated Rikki simply because Rikki had just lost her son and didn't know Lindsay at all.
"Married and had a little boy" Danny told her and Lindsay smiled she was genuinely happy for her
"That's good, good for her" Lindsay said removing her shoes
"It got me thinking about the last time I saw Rikki-" Danny started
"Danny please you don't owe me any explanations" Lindsay said cutting him off "I know what went on and it's in the past and I'm over it" Danny just stared at her for a moment
"Doesn't make me feel any better" Danny muttered
"Well that's something you're going to have work threw" Lindsay told him "But it's done. Were married and have a beautiful daughter and another on the way what was in the past is going to stay there. You learned from your mistakes and that's it"
"You're amazing you know that?" Danny asked and Lindsay sighed playfully
"I've been told once or twice" she smirked as Danny wrapped his arms around her "How's my baby?"
"Hey she is not your baby, not while I'm carrying her around and throwing up for her. Until she exits she's mine" Lindsay teased "If she's anything like Lucy she'll pop out and be daddy's girl instantly just like she was"
"That's not true" Danny smirked
"Please" Lindsay replied dramatically rolling her eyes "I just do all the work like the hours of labor, months of being sick and discomfort and you get to sit there hold my hand and once she's out you stick your arms out like you did any of the work and since you're the first face she sees your favorite by default" she told him dramatically causing him laugh
"You think it's easy to hold your hand? I thought you broke my hand with Lucy" Danny smirked "And I did do some work, you wouldn't be pregnant right now if it weren't for me"
"Yea that must have been tiring" Lindsay retorted
"If it's the night I think it was then yea it really is" Danny said with a wink
"Perv" Lindsay mumbled "I have a doctors appointment on Thursday-"
"I'll be there" Danny smirked as Lindsay got into bed and laid next to him "I don't want to miss a minute of this pregnancy"
"You didn't miss much the first one" Lindsay reminded him
"I missed enough" Danny said closing his eyes "I would have never approved of you going to that clinic where they were selling children"
"It was one time and I'm going there again" Lindsay told him and he sighed "It's a good facility"
"Can't we look into a different place?" Danny questioned fighting back the urge to sleep "You know a place where I haven't arrested a doctor that practices there?"
"No" Lindsay laughed "They have all my records there"
"Fine" Danny mumbled "Will talk about it tomorrow"
"No we wont" Lindsay said with a yawn as Danny placed his hand over Lindsay's belly
"Will get you a good doctor" Danny mumbled and Lindsay couldn't help but laugh
The days came and went early in the week. And Danny and Lindsay were enjoying the quiet days. Their biggest problems hadn't been about a serial killer or lunatic but about finding Lucy a good pre-school or what to have for dinner. Then Thursday came along.
"Hey Mac" Danny said knocking on his boss's door "Lindsay and are taking an hour to go to the doctors"
"Sure" Mac said then looked up at Danny "Oh Danny how's the house hunting coming?"
"It's not" Danny smirked walking further into his office "We've been real busy trying to replace our stuff from the whole Billy thing and I'm trying to convince Lindsay to find a new doctor"
"Something wrong with her doctor?" Mac asked him
"No it's just she goes to the same clinic-" Danny started
"Where the doctor was arrested for arranging the sale of a baby" Mac finished "I'm sure she'll be fine"
"For my own sanity" Danny smirked
"Good luck at the doctors" Mac offered
"Thanks boss" Danny said then left
Danny and Lindsay were waiting for the doctor to come back into the office and Lindsay couldn't help but stare at Danny
"You're very fidgety" Lindsay noted "What do you have to be nervous about? It's not you that's going to be the size of a baby elephant in a few months"
"Doctors' offices make me nervous" Danny mumbled "How did you do this by yourself?"
"I didn't do it for long" Lindsay smirked
"Mr. and Mrs. Messer" The doctor smiled looking over the charts "Everything seems to be going great"
"Great" Danny smiled standing up quickly
"And here is a sonogram picture" the doctor said handing Danny the picture
"You even get the picture first" Lindsay mumbled and Danny smirked handing her the picture
"It's to soon to know the sex but is that something you two would like to know when we are able to get a clear picture?" the doctor asked
"Yes" They both responded at the same time causing the doctor to smile
"Are we hoping for a brother or a sister for Lucy?" the doctor questioned
"A healthy sibling" Lindsay responded first
"But if it happens to be a boy" Danny added quickly "Why not?"
"I think it's a girl" Lindsay to the doctor
"Two little girls that's fun" the doctor said to Danny who sighed
"Yep" Danny mumbled
"I'll see you guys in a few weeks" The doctor said then Danny and Lindsay left the office
"You hungry?" Danny questioned
"I'm pregnant with your child, I'm always hungry" Lindsay teased
"Should have known" Danny smirked putting his arm over her shoulder "What do you want"
"I'm really craving pineapple pizza" Lindsay mumbled causing Danny to make a face "What?"
"You hate pineapples and now you want it on your pizza?" Danny asked her raising an eyebrow
"I can't control what I want anymore Danny" Lindsay informed him sadly "The baby wants it what it wants"
"Ok" Danny smirked as they walked to the nearest place and Danny opened the door for Lindsay to enter first as they walked in they looked up at the TV and were stunned by what they saw
"Our son has been very sick for years" said an older women "He lost his sister to a violent crime and was never the same after it"
"Billy and Jilly were each others best friends" said the older man standing next to her "He's back on his medication and feels awful for his actions"
"There's no excusing what he did" the women said "But hopefully Ms. Monroe and the New York State's courts will take there time and understand our sons struggles. He's a good boy and always has been. This was a horrible mistake and has tried to apologize to those he hurt"
"Give me a break" Danny mumbled "They're gone all threw this entire ordeal and show up now to paint him as a poor misunderstood kid. The man is over forty"
"Don't let it get to you Danny" Lindsay said to him "He's going to jail"
"Not if his parents buy him a get out of jail free card" he groaned
"Let's not think about that" Lindsay said to him "Lets focus on getting me that pizza" she teased
"Sure" Danny smirked as Danny walked up to order Lindsay focused her attention back on the TV as she took a seat
"Now the incident Mrs. Myers is referring to is a shooting at a local pizzeria in Bozeman Montana that took place years ago. Her daughter Jill was one of four women killed. The only survivor was now NYPD's own Lindsay Monroe Messer who was able identify the killer at his trial a few years back. Lindsay Monroe Messer was also in the news a few months ago after heroically shooting and killing Shane Casey who was in her home" the reporter stated
"How did Detective Monroe survive that shooting in Montana?" a news caster asked a reporter who was at the scene of the press conference Billy's parents had just given
"She was in the bathroom when she heard the gun shots and stayed hidden until Daniel Cadence left" the reporter told him "She gave a very compelling testimony of that night when she was called to testify and I believe if you go to our website we have the transcripts"
"Do you think Billy Myers will just walk away from this?" the news caster asked the reporter
"I doubt it Sam, he might receive some leniency due to the fact he was off his medication but he is currently undergoing a psych evaluation as we speak" the reporter told him
"Hey" Danny said placing the pizza in front of Lindsay pulling her thoughts away from the TV "I thought we weren't going to worry about this"
"I'm not worried just annoyed that my testimony is available for viewing on the internet now" she mumbled "This Billy stuff I can deal with but the stuff about my friends that's different"
"We'll get threw it" Danny promised "We did it before and will do it again"
"I just feel like complete strangers are intruding into my life" Lindsay told him honestly "I didn't even tell you or the rest of the team about Montana until I had to go back"
"Well you told us and you now have a great support system. We're going to protect you Linds" Danny told her
"I'm tired of being protected Danny" Lindsay confided "I'm tired of everyone running around and trying to save me from past"
"Hey we would do it for anyone else on the team too" Danny told her firmly "We're a family that's what family does"
She just nodded and pushed the plate of pizza away
"Eat" Danny ordered
"I'm not hungry anymore" Lindsay sighed
"You may not be but I'm sure the baby is" Danny said pushing the plate back
"What's the point I'm just going to throw it up later" Lindsay mumbled
"Well will never know unless you eat" Danny teased going as far as picking up the slice and handing it to her
Crime Lab
Flack walked into Mac's office and heard him on the phone
"We have no comment!" Mac yelled angrily into the phone and slammed it down
"I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that call" Flack snorted
"Reporters are going crazy over this Billy and Lindsay story" Mac confirmed
"Yea I caught part of his parents press conference on the news" Flack said taking a seat "There have been crazier cases that don't attract this much press"
"Well surviving a massacre years ago and then having that come back to haunt you tends to cause a circus" Mac mumbled "His parents are causing a lot of this. Hoping to get some sympathy"
"What do you think?" Flack asked
"They're getting sympathy alright" Mac told him "But I hope not enough to get him a free pass"
"I doubt it what that guy did was certifiably insane" Flack told him "No way"
"A lot of public pity he lost his sister at a young age to a violent crime, he idolized Lindsay because she survived it. They want her to have a sit down with him" Mac told him
"What?" Flack asked stunned "Who?"
"The media" Mac snorted "Lindsay is a fairly private person I doubt she's pleased with her business being aired everywhere"
"They're not even talking about just the shooting and abduction they started talking about Shane Casey as well" Flack said
"I don't want the media hounding one of my CSI's it puts them at risk" Mac sighed "And I don't think this is going to die down until this case is over with"