"So you don't know where you're going and you wanna talk
And you feel like you're going where you've been before
You tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored
Nothing's really making any sense at all, let's talk
Let's talk, let's talk, let's talk"
- Coldplay ("Talk")
Danny Messer furrows his brows as his call went to Lindsay's voicemail for the fourth time. It was highly unlike her to not pick up or return his phone calls. He wonders where she is. He hopes that she is safe. He wants her to talk to him again. She has to call him. He is going out of his mind without her. Sighing, he pads to his refrigerator and opens his fifth beer. A little liquid courage before every call never really hurt anyone, he reasons. Then again, perhaps his reasoning is flawed.
For instance, he had known that she was angry, but he had assumed it was still about lunch. He didn't realize what kind of hell and fury he would unleash when he confronted her about her anger. She was angry with herself, not him. She had fallen in love with him, and now she was going to figure out how to let that go. Danny shakes his head as her words roll inside his head. No, they are wrong. Devastatingly wrong. She has to know what she actually meant to him.
Danny jumps at the soft knock on his door. Bleary-eyed and drunk, he stumbles to the call. His heart sinks at the sight of Rikki Sandoval, smiling softly at him. He vaguely comprehends what the petite brunette standing in the hallway is saying. He is tired and the loneliness that weighs down him suddenly feels as though it will crush him. He impulsively invites her in to his apartment. She hesitantly accepts.
She sits stiffly on his couch as her eyes adjust to the dimness of the room. She inquires as to how he has been, only to receive a grunt in reply. She takes a deep breath and gently asks him about Lindsay. She knows that she is his partner at work and one of his closest friends. She thinks that she may have even seen her in the building before. She does not expect the floodgates to open at the mention of her name. She patiently and quietly listens as he begins to talk.