Danny, Lindsay, and Their Baby

Surprise

LINDSAY'S ROOM:

Danny walked in first, and what he saw broke his heart. Lindsay was sitting up in the hospital bed shaking. The doctor was right, she was completely terrified. She looked at Danny and he saw tears running down her face. They walked over to her and Danny sat down next to her on the bed. She immediately collapsed into his arms, crying. He held her tightly and told her over and over again that it was going to be alright. He kissed the top of her head and she looked at the others, still holding Danny, too afraid to let him go.

"I'm sorry," she said.

"Sorry?" Stella said confused by what her friend was saying, "What are you sorry for?"

"This wouldn't have happened if I’d stayed with one of you."

"Lindsay, it was a matter of time before this guy could have found a way to get to you, this is not your fault," Stella told her.

"Stella's right Lindsay, no matter how much we don't want to admit it, there's no way we could have been with you 24/7," Mac said. She just nodded her head, not looking at any of them.

"I felt so helpless; I couldn't do anything to get him away from me." Lindsay said as tears started running down her face again. She looked at them and they could see the look of helpless look in her eyes.

"Lindsay, I know it's the last thing you probably wanna talk about right now, but did you see the guy that did this to you?" Flack asked her. She nodded her head slowly.

"Do you remember what he looked like?" he asked her, looking at her sadly.

"I dunno, I sort of do, I've seen him before. He was in lockup two weeks ago. I remember seeing him in one of the cells when we went down there to interrogate one of the prisoners."

"That'll make it easier to find the guy, we just get the records of the men that got out of there in the past two weeks," Angell said and they all nodded their heads in agreement.

"I'm sorry to have to interrupt," a nurse said, walking into the room, “But we have some news for you. Now, if you're seeing someone this might not be so bad, but we got the results from the rape kit and one of the tests came back positive."

Lindsay's face paled and she asked "What test?"

"The pregnancy test," the nurse replied, "Now like I said, if you're seeing someone and you've been trying for a baby then this might not be so bad. The baby could be your boyfriend’s; after it's born you can do a paternity test if you want to." The nurse looked at her for a moment then turned and left the room. Everyone in the room was quiet, and then Mac said, "We'll leave you two alone for a bit. We'll be back later Lindsay."

Lindsay nodded as she sat there, still holding onto Danny. They all left the room and walked down the hall toward the elevator. Lindsay turned her head and looked at Danny for a moment before she broke down. She hated crying, especially in front of other people. But now she didn't care who saw her. She was going to have a baby and she had no idea if it was her boyfriend’s or the man that raped her. She buried her head in Danny’s shoulder and he sat there, rocking her as she cried.

"Danny – Danny – I can't – I can't get rid of the baby… I'm sorry but I could never do that." She managed to get out between her sobs.

"Shhh, I know, I know you could never do that Montana. I would never ask you to." She looked up at him and gave him a small smile.

"If you want me to, I'll be there for you and the baby; if you want to get a paternity test then we can do that. But even if a test says that the baby isn't mine, I'll still be there. I'll take care of this little guy or girl, like he or she is mine because if you want it to be, this baby is mine." He finished saying this and she nodded her head.