Never in her life had Lindsay liked being off work this much. Spending her time between her beautiful daughter and Danny, she had never been so happy in her life. The mid afternoon light was criscrossing the floor in hers and Danny's apartment as she sat quietly on the couch with Rebecca asleep across her chest. Taking in the silence she looked at the wall next to the window, covered in photos of family and friends. Catching her attention was a photo of Danny from a year ago; his smile was wide and his eyes bright. The black and white photo stood out against the other, his hair was blond and shined in the sunlight, his face was fuller, his eyes had a sparkle about them and his smile seemed genuine, he seemed happy.

Snapping out of her daze by the vibration of her cell phone on the table beside her, she grabbed it before she missed it.

"Hello?" She said in quick voice.

"Hey Linds." It was Danny, he sounded down.

"Hey, babe. You alright?" She talked softly so she wouldn't wake Rebecca.

"Yeah, I'm... I'm missing you, actually." He said, she could tell he was feeling down. "I just wanted to hear the sound of your voice. How's the baby?" He cleared his throat.

"I miss you too. She's asleep in my arms." Looking down at her baby, she smiled.

"Good. That's... good." He was quiet, something seemed off.

"What's wrong?" Looking up at the photo of him, she imagined the frown on his face now.

"Nothing... I'm just not used to being here. Don't worry; no nosebleeds, no seizures, I'm fine. I promise." He cleared his throat again to mask the sadness in his voice.

"I'm not worried. Besides if anything happens again, I'll know before you do." She laughed a little and continued. "How are you eyes? Any headaches?"

"Lindsay..." He said with an audible sigh.

"Danny?" She said in an authoritative tone.

"Yes, the light is bugging me. Yes, I have a slight headache, but I'm fine. I've had worse." He rolled his eyes, resting his forehead against his hand as he looked at his desk.

"If it gets to be too much-" She began before Danny cut her off.

"I know, I'll take a break." He smiled, he had to admit he loved when she worried about him.

"Good. Actually, it's funny you called, I was just thinking about you." Readjusting herself on the couch so she was sitting up straighter.

"Oh yeah, which part of me?" He joked, Lindsay could hear the excitement in his voice.

"Ha ha, very funny Messer. I was thinking I'd come down there to see you, and the team." She said as Rebecca's little eyes opened. "Have a good nap, Angel?" She cooed softly to her child.

"I'd like that. Is Becca awake?"

"Yes, she's opening her beautiful blue eyes right now." She smiled as she let out a small yawn. "I'll drop her off at your Mom's. Besides, we don't get a lot of quiet time together any more." She explained standing up from the couch and resting Rebecca in her chair.

"Sounds good to me, Mac has me milling through old cases anyways. I'll be needing a break soon."

"Good, then I'll see you in a couple hours." She said as they bid their goodbyes and hung up. Taking Rebecca's bottle from the fridge she placed it in the microwave as she pulled her hair back and placed it in a pony tail on the top of her head.

"Hey little girl." She said softly, kissing her daughter's nose. "I think we're going to be alright." She smiled as Rebecca bounced her arms up and down.

Without realizing it, Danny had fallen asleep on top of his paper work. With his arms folded in front of him and his forehead resting comfortably on his wrists, he couldn't believe how comfortable it was before he slept. His dreams were vivid as he slept, thoughts of bodies and tumors clouded his mind as a hand rested on his shoulder, startling him awake.

"Whoa, sorry Danny!" Stella said with a smile.

"Stella? Oh, man... I must have dozed off. What time is it?" He said scratching his wrist, trying to wake up faster.

"Don't worry about it. How are the case files coming?" She said leaning on the desk beside him.

"Good question. Ah, about half way through looks like." He said shuffling papers around.

"Good. You feel like helping me out with some trace?" She asked, hoping he'd say yes.

"That's up to Mac, actually."

"Since when do you play nicely by the rules?" She laughed, and Danny gave a chuckle.

"I think they took the rebel out during surgery." He smiled, folding his hands over his chest.

"Well if you change your mind, that's where I'll be." She said standing straight and leaving the room.

"Hey, aren't you going to ask me if I'm alright twenty times?" He said with a smile.

"No." She smiled, "I think you're heard it enough, you're doing good Danny." She said before leaving the office.

Watching Stella as she left, he smiled. She was right, considering everything, he was doing great. He had a beautiful daughter, a woman who loved him, and a body that worked. Looking back at the work before him, he changed his mind. Moving from his chair he stood up, and reached for his lab coat on the hook on the wall, only to be caught by a wave of dizziness.

"Whoa." He said softly, holding the wall with his eyes closed to stable himself.

"Hey babe." He heard from behind him. Turning back to the door he saw Lindsay smiling at him.

"Hi..." He turned, still holding the wall. "You're early?"

"Your mom met me downtown, apparently she wants to take Becca to show off to her friends." She smiled, walking closer and giving him a light kiss.

"Yeah, she does that." He was still dizzy.

"Everything alright?" She was beginning to notice he seemed off.

"Yeah I think I just got up too fast."

"Here sit down." She pulled his chair closer.

"No, I'm good. You hungry?" He said, shaking his head.

"Starving!" She smiled, resting her hand on his upper arm. "You sure that's all it is?" She was scared.

"Let's go eat." He smiled, following her from the office. Putting his lab coat back on the hook, he picked up his jacket and pulled it over his shoulders. "That's weird." He said rubbing his arms.

"What?" Lindsay asked nonchalantly.

"My arm..."

"What's wrong with it?" Her alarms went off.

"It's numb. I can't feel my.... arm... mum....nah..." His words slurred into one. Lindsay watched in horror as his eyes slid backwards into his head and his body collapsed to the floor.

"Danny!" She screamed running to his side and falling to her knees. "Someone help me!" She screamed as tears came to her eyes. Shaking him he wasn't waking up, his eyes remained open staring straight ahead with no reaction to the world. "No, Danny don't do this to me! Wake up!" She screamed. "Someone HELP ME!" She screamed as loud as she could as Sheldon heard and entered the office.

"Lindsay? What happened?" He said running to her side.

"He collapsed, he won't wake up!" She said as tears ran down her cheek.

"Call an ambulance." Sheldon said grabbing her hand. "Lindsay, look at me. Get help, now!"

"OK." Lindsay said jumping to her feet and grabbing the phone and called for help.

"Danny, can you hear me?" He said feeling for a pulse. "Danny look at me buddy." He repeated, as he rested his ear down to listen for a heart beat. When he didn't feel one right away he began CPR.

Mac entered the room after hearing the chaos from down the hall, his sights falling on Danny and Sheldon, who was now breathing for his friend.

"Hawkes? What happened?" He said in a tone that didn't cover his fear.

"I think he has another blood clot, he isn't breathing." Sheldon said as he pounded on his friends chest.

"Oh god." Mac said as he began to help with the CPR. "Breath for him." He said as he took over chest compressions.

"Danny, no!" Lindsay said watching the sight before her. "Please wake up. Please!"

"Come on Danny, don't do this!" Mac said, as the worked doing what they could to save his life.

"Danny?" Lindsay said as tears fell. "Danny? Danny are you with me?" She said a lot softer this time. "Earth to Danny?" Lindsay said with a laugh. "Hey? You in there?" He heard as she smacked his shoulder.

"What?" Danny said snapping out of it. Realizing his dream got the best of him.

"Where'd you go?" Lindsay said with a smile.

"Sorry, day dreaming I guess." He said as he finished putting his coat on his shoulders.

"Alright, where'd you wanna go for lunch?"

"Actually, I wouldn't mind making a stop."

"Hum?" Picking up her purse she turned back to Danny who pulled her tight for a hug. "Whoa, what's gotten into you?" She laughed, and hugged back.

"Sorry, I'm just scared to loose you all of a sudden." He whispered, closing his eyes and burying his face in her shoulder.

"Danny, what's wrong?" Letting go he looked at her, Lindsay realized that he was crying. Taking his face in his hands, she wiped his tears with her thumbs.

"I'm sorry, I'm not myself." He shook his head looking down.

"I know, you haven't been yourself for awhile." She said softly as Danny looked at her again.

"I want to go back to that person, I don't know how to get there." He admitted, unable to look her in the eye any longer.

"It'll take some time." She put her hands on his arms, before continuing. "You've been through hell, and you survived. Let's just look forward to tomorrow, one day at a time."

"I love you, you know that right? I don't want you to ever have to go through that again. I'm going to take better care of myself and our family, I promise I'll make everyday count." He smiled, and kissed her. A kiss which surprised her at first, but then reacted to by accepting completely. Letting herself get lost in the kiss as her toes tingled, and his hands twisted in her hair.

"Wow." She finally said nearly forgetting how to speak. Standing in his grasp, she breathed onto his face letting the moment last. "That was definitely a Danny Messer Pre-Cancer kiss." She smiled closing her eyes and feeling the moment.

Danny rested his forehead against hers breathing in her scent. "Thanks, I've been hiding that one in my back pocket for the right time." He smiled before kissing her again.