Chapter 15
It was after midnight and Danny quietly unlocked his apartment door and slid into the apartment. He didn't want to chance waking Lindsay or Lucy. He slowly closed the door then turned around and jumped back
"Hey" Lindsay smiled wide
"You scared the crap out of me" Danny told her "What are you doing up?"
"Waiting for you" Lindsay informed him with a grin
"Everything alright?" Danny questioned removing his jacket
"Yea why wouldn't it be? I can't just wait up to see you?" Lindsay asked him with a smile
"Are you up to something?" Danny asked her again
"No" Lindsay shot back
"You should be resting" Danny informed her walking over to her and giving her a soft kiss
"The baby is fine" Lindsay promised placing one hand on her growing baby bump
"Good" Danny smiled "Seriously are you alright?"
"Yes Danny I made you dinner" Lindsay told him taking his hand and leading him into the kitchen where the table was set with two candles lit
"Wow" Danny smiled "What did I do right?"
"Everything" Lindsay told him with a smirk leading him to a chair and pulling it out for him and he slowly sat down. He smirked a little to himself
"What?" Lindsay asked
"You think you're fooling me?" Danny questioned as Lindsay placed a plate in front of him
"No" Lindsay said casually "I'm just cooking my husband dinner" she shrugged taking a plate and sitting across from him
"Alright" Danny smirked taking a bit of his food and noticed Lindsay was eating at all "What?"
"Nothing" Lindsay shrugged "Are you enjoying your meal?"
"Yes" Danny told her still eating "You really went out of your way for this dinner"
"I did" Lindsay agreed casually folding her arms
"Yea I like it, just a random day having a nice candle lit dinner with my wife" Danny said looking at his food
"Random day?" Lindsay questioned raising an eyebrow
"You thought I forgot" Danny said putting his fork down
"Forgot what?" Lindsay questioned innocently, then Danny stood up and walked over to his jacket and pulled a box out and sat back down "What is that?"
"Before I give it to you" Danny said holding the box "Did you honestly think I forgot today was our wedding anniversary?"
"Honestly?" Lindsay questioned and he nodded "Yes"
"How could you think that?" Danny asked laughing
"Um you forgot my birthday-" Lindsay started
"Years ago" Danny added quickly
"You hadn't mentioned it" Lindsay told him honestly "And I wouldn't have blamed you we've had a lot going on"
"I wouldn't forget the day that I got married" Danny told her seriously
"How could you all the women of New York cried that day" Lindsay remarked sarcastically causing Danny to laugh
"You've been hanging out with Flack to much" Danny warned pointing at her and then put the box on the table and slid it across to her. She picked it up and opened it slowly
"Wow" Lindsay smiled her eyes widening pulling the locket out of box "It's beautiful" she beamed causing him to smile
"Open it" Danny encouraged and Lindsay slowly opened the locket and there was a picture of Lucy "When the baby comes will put a picture of him in it"
"Or her" Lindsay corrected
"Or her" he mocked and Lindsay stood up and took a seat on Danny's lap giving him a deep kiss "So you like it?"
"I love it" Lindsay smiled pulling him into another kiss "Thank you for making me go out with you and marrying you" she smirked causing him to smile
"Well you were a challenge, I like a challenge" Danny smiled at her
"You're an amazing father and husband you know that right?" Lindsay questioned him seriously
"I'm a work in progress" Danny smiled up at her "But I'll tell you this if you were to tell me a few years ago I'd be married with a child and another on the way I'd say you were crazy. But I can't imagine my life with you Linds I love you more then you know"
"I love you too" she smiled leaning in to kiss him again
Next Morning
Lindsay walked into the lab and was greeted by Jo
"Hey Lindsay" Jo smiled at her "How are you feeling today?"
"I'm feeling huge" Lindsay smirked
"I know how you feel" Jo smiled "Listen Mac wants to see you before you start anything for the day"
"Oh ok" Lindsay nodded and headed into Mac's office, he was on the phone but waved her in
"…I'll be in touch" Mac said then hung up "Take a seat Lindsay" he told her and she did so
"Everything ok Mac?" Lindsay questioned
"Yea" Mac nodded "The media frenzy around you and Billy Myers isn't going away"
"Yea I noticed" Lindsay mumbled "I thought if I ignored it all it would go away, no such luck"
"Nothing is that simple" Mac added "There's going to be a press conference"
"If that's what you think is best" Lindsay told him coolly "I don't know if I can go up and there face all those reporters though"
"I'll hold the conference" Mac informed her "I don't want you up there not because I don't think you can handle it but because you shouldn't have to"
"Thanks Mac" Lindsay smiled gratefully
"I wanted to give you heads up though" Mac told her and she nodded "I really appreciate it Mac. What is going on with Billy?"
"They don't think he's stable enough to stand trial" Mac told her and she bit her lip "What?"
"That's ridiculous" Lindsay told her boss "He was stable enough to arrange my abduction and attempted murder but not stable enough to sit in a chair and defend himself?"
"I don't like it anymore then you do" Mac agreed "But it's out of our hands now"
"Yea" Lindsay said standing up
"And Lindsay" he stopped her as she placed her hand on the door "Happy Anniversary"
"Thanks Mac" She smiled then left
Danny and Lindsay's apartment
"Dad-ee" Lucy shouted jumping on the bed waking her father up
"Lucy-lue" Danny smirked sitting up catching his daughter from jumping "You know if you jump high enough on the bed you can land in outer space?"
"No way!" Lucy yelled surprise, outer space was always Danny's threat to his daughter and she bought into it. He was regretting the day she was old enough to not believe him anymore
"Yes way" Danny informed her "What can I do for you?"
"I'm hungwy" Lucy told her father
"Me too" Danny said getting out of the bed and picking Lucy up they walked into the kitchen "Nothing good here"
"No pan-kakes?" Lucy frowned
"Doesn't look like it" Danny frowned along with his daughter
"Oh no" Lucy replied sadly
"How about we go out for breakfast huh?" Danny questioned and Lucy's eyes lit up
"Really?" Lucy asked
"Sure" Danny nodded then there was a knock at the door and Danny looked threw the peephole and placed his head against the door, reluctant to open it
"I know you're in there" he heard the voice say at the other end, with that Danny slowly opened the door to reveal Christopher Monroe
"Danny" Chris replied courtly
"Christopher" Danny almost mocked stepping aside to let the middle Monroe boy inside, he was dressed in a dark suit and sun glasses
"Where's Lindsay?" Chris asked Danny who was rubbing the back of his neck
"She's at work" Danny informed him and he nodded "What are you doing here?"
"Here in New York?" Chris asked
"No here in my apartment" Danny corrected causing Chris to smirk
"I'm here on a case, thought I'd check to see how my sister was doing" Chris told him
"Well you can try the lab" Danny told him then Lucy ran out
"Alreadee Dad-ee!" Lucy shouted running out "Uncle Chris!" Lucy beamed, Lucy new her Uncle Chris from the pictures he had sent her from all over the country and gifts
"Hey there Lucy" Chris smiled kneeling to by eye level with the little girl and gave her a hug "You got very big"
"Yes I did" Lucy agreed causing Chris to smirk "Do you want to have breakfast with me and Daddy?" as Lucy said that Danny couldn't help but roll his eyes
"That's very nice of you kiddo but I've got work to do" Chris smiled "But I'm sure I'll see you later"
"Okay" Lucy said with a shrug
"What case?" Danny questioned "I didn't hear anything about a big case out here"
"There is a big case out here" Chris informed him
"You talking about Billy Myers?" Danny asked him and Chris nodded "Isn't that a conflict of interest for you?"
"It is but my team is working on it, thought I'd take the flight down and make sure my baby sister is ok" Chris told him coldly
"Your sister isn't a baby and she's ok, she's in good hands" Danny informed him and Chris just nodded
"Sure" Chris told him then walked to the door and left
Crime Lab
Lindsay was in her office on her computer when she heard a soft knock Lindsay was stunned to see her brother standing in front of her
"Chris!" Lindsay beamed throwing her arms around him
"Hey kiddo" Chris smiled "How are you doing?"
"I'm good, really good" Lindsay promised pulling away
"Another baby" Chris smiled shaking his head "You trying to beat Jason with kids or something?"
"I didn't realize it was competition" Lindsay smiled "What are you doing here?"
"I heard about Billy Myers, naturally it's all over the place" Chris told her and she nodded "My team is down here doing an evaluation of there own"
"No rest for the FBI huh?" Lindsay smirked
"No rest for the CSI's I should be saying" Chris said to her "Shouldn't you be at home resting?"
"I'm pregnant not hurt" Lindsay told him "It's good to see you, it's a shame you couldn't have came to Montana when I was down there"
"I know but you know work" Chris offered with a smile "I saw Lucy" he told her "She got big" he smiled at her "She looks like him though"
"Danny, she looks like Danny" Lindsay corrected
"Right" Chris nodded
"So you saw him too?" Lindsay questioned
"Yea I did don't worry we were civil" Chris offered quickly
"That's all I ask for" Lindsay told him
"So how are you dealing with this media frenzy?" Chris asked her
"I'm ignoring it" Lindsay told him "There's going to a press conference today, Mac is going to give it"
"That's good" Chris nodded
"Have you seen Billy?" Lindsay questioned
"No" Chris told her quickly "I haven't seen him since I left for Virginia. I wish I could have picked up on the signs though"
"Where you a criminal profiler when we were kids?" Lindsay teased "I should have known, I should have listened to Danny"
"Danny thought something was off?" Chris asked
"Yea" Lindsay nodded "He didn't want me around him alone and I didn't listen"
"Well you can't take back what's already happened you can only move on" Chris told her
"It's amazing you're the middle boy and most mature" Lindsay smirked
"I'm sorry I couldn't get here sooner" Chris told her and she shrugged
"You're busy" Lindsay told him "I get that. How long are you here for?"
"Not long, just came with the team while they speak to Billy" Chris told her "I'm actually here to look at some of the evidence your team has collected"
"Oh" Lindsay nodded "Isn't that a conflict?"
"I'm just curious" Chris said to her noting her discomfort "What?"
"It's just embarrassing" Lindsay confessed "He's had personal stuff of mine for years and it's bad enough the people I work with have seen it and tested it now you"
"You have nothing to be embarrassed about" Chris told her sternly "I'm your brother"
"Agent Monroe" Mac said walking into the office shaking his hand "I heard you were"
"Detective Taylor" Chris replied respectfully then Lindsay's phone went off
"I have to take this" Lindsay said excusing herself from the office
"I understand you want to over look some evidence" Mac said and Chris nodded
"If that's alright" Chris said and Mac nodded
"I don't see why not" Mac said to him
"But I also want your opinion on Billy Myers" Chris started "Do you believe that if he's let out of this mess he could still pose a danger to my sister?"
"Absolutely" Mac told him "I try not to keep up with inner-office gossip especially when it's about Danny and Lindsay. But before Billy Myers was a physical threat he was still problem"
"What do you mean by that?" Chris asked Mac raising an eyebrow
"Flirting with her, making a pass at her in Montana knowing she was married" Mac told him "He seems like a determined man. He wanted Lindsay for years it wasn't something new that just hit him. He had heard about her getting her medal it opened up more feelings and he made his move. A couple of therapy sessions aren't going to erase his feelings towards her"
"So you agree she's still in danger" Chris commented and Mac nodded as Lindsay listened by the door, but out of eyesight
"You're the expert" Mac told him "But yes as long as Billy Myers isn't behind bars he's a constant threat to your sister"
"I read a lot about you Detective Taylor when Lindsay told me she was moving here. And I like what I read and I respect your opinions on this matter" Chris told him and Lindsay turned quickly and raced down the hall passing Flack and Jo on the way into the locker room as they watched her run off.
After a few minutes Lindsay was sitting on the bench in front of her lockers when Flack walked in
"You alright?" Flack asked and Lindsay just nodded "You don't look alright, you almost ran me and Jo over before"
"Sorry" Lindsay let out quickly. Flack walked over and took a seat next to her
"Something happen?" Flack asked and Lindsay shook her head no "Did someone say something to you?" again shook her head "Do you want me to call Danny?" and again shook her head no
"It's a pregnancy thing" Lindsay told him "I'm hormonal"
"You weren't this hormonal when you were pregnant with Lucy" Flack noted
"How would you know?" Lindsay questioned
"Fair it was a trick question" Flack smirked "Seriously Linds what's going on?"
"I heard Mac and m brother talking about Billy" Lindsay told him and he nodded "He's still a big threat they think"
"You knew that though" Flack said to her
"I knew it but hearing other people talk about it makes it real" Lindsay said to him "I had never been more scared in my life Flack. It wasn't like I was fifteen and locked in a bathroom or Shane Casey was in my apartment. I was completely defenseless. I couldn't fight back, I couldn't protect this new baby"
"But you didn't die and neither did your baby" Flack pointed out "There's no point going back when you can't change anything. Billy would have probably killed your brother and Lucy if not for your fast thinking"
"He's just always going to be with me you know?" Lindsay said to him and he nodded "Can you promise me something?"
"Sure" Flack said to her
"If something happens to me you have to make sure Danny and the kids are alright"
"Don't talk like that Lindsay" Flack said to her "It sounds like you're giving up"
"Seriously Flack" Lindsay told him "If anything happens to me you need to make sure Danny's ok"
"I'm Danny's friend Linds that wont change" Flack told her "But I don't think you have anything to worry about"
"Sounds like she does" Danny said walking into the locker room
"Hey Danno" Flack said standing up
"Can you give us a minute?" Danny asked Flack who nodded and then left "What are you doing?"
"What do you mean?" Lindsay asked
"Sounds like you're writing your will or something" Danny said to her
"How much did you hear?" she asked him
"Enough" He said standing over her "You're not going anywhere"
"Well maybe we need to start thinking a little realistically here Danny" Lindsay told him "Billy is in a mental institution he could get out of there whenever he wants he can come and finish what he started any day or time"
"I wont let it get that far" Danny told her seriously
"Danny" Lindsay cried out threw tears
"Come on now" Danny said taking a seat next to her "You're not going anywhere and I know that for a fact"
"But if I do" Lindsay started "I need to know you and Lucy are going to be ok"
"Lindsay nothing is going to happen" Danny repeated "But if you feel this strongly then let's go"
"Go where?" Lindsay asked wiping away her tears
"Wherever you feel safe" Danny told her seriously "We can go to Florida or Texas. Hell I'll even take you to Italy or Ireland if that will get these thoughts out of your head"
"He'll find me Danny" Lindsay told him which scared Danny because he had no idea she had this much fear still inside of her.
"Lindsay Billy Myers is either spending life in prison or a hospital he's not getting out and he's not getting to you" Danny told her forcing her to look him in the eye "Believe me when I say that"
"I just feel like it wont ever go away" Lindsay confided and Danny wrapped his arms around her
"It's going to be ok" he soothed
"I'm sorry it's just this pregnancy is making me cry all the time" Lindsay said pulling away
"Don't apologize for feeling the way you do" Danny told her "You and I have been threw a lot and this is going to over soon"
"How can you be so sure?" Lindsay questioned
"Because I know everything" Danny teased "You have a huge support group here Montana. You've got me, the team, your brothers who just love stopping by and chatting and with me"
"It's not just about me though, that I could deal with. It affects you and Lucy and our new baby" Lindsay told him "I'd rather be going threw this alone"
"Well that's not going to happen ever" Danny told her sternly "We're a family now"
A/N: Thanks for the reviews everybody :) Also expect to see Billy back in the next few chapters...creepier then ever. Let me know what you thought :)