Danny, Lindsay, and Their Baby

Bringing Josh Home

LINDSAY’S HOSPITAL ROOM:

“Yes,” she said, looking him straight in the eye, “Yes, I will marry you.” Danny’s face broke into a huge smile and he stood up. He sat on the edge of her bed and took Lindsay’s hand in his own as he placed the ring gently on her finger.

“I love you Danny,” she said.

“I love you too Ms. Monroe soon to be Mrs. Messer.” They both laughed and then Danny told Lindsay that she needed rest and to get some sleep. She lied down and closed her eyes, knowing that everything was good now. The two of them were engaged and had Josh, Flack and Angell were having a baby soon, Mac and Stella were expecting, and Adam was adopting a little boy. Yes, everything was perfect. The next day, Lindsay awoke to see Danny holding Josh and talking to Flack. When he noticed she was awake he smiled at her.

“Hey Linds, I understand more congratulations are in order.” He was smiling at her and looked back at Danny. Lindsay smiled too.

“Thanks Don,” she said and then turned to Danny, “Any idea of when we can go home?”

“Yeah, the doctor said we can take this little guy home today.” Lindsay’s smile grew wider at the thought that they were getting to bring their son home. Don said goodbye to them and left saying he had to get back to work. There was just one thing they had to do before taking him home. The DNA test, to see if Josh really was a little Messer. It didn’t matter to Danny or Lindsay, either way he was Danny’s son, but for medical purposes they had to find out. The nurse came in and took a little bit of Josh’s blood. The new parents waited anxiously for the test results and when a nurse finally came in holding papers they both held their breath. The nurse looked at them first and then spoke.

“Congratulations, Josh is your son, both of you.” They both let their breath out and looked at the nurse. She gave them the release papers and congratulated them again and then they were on their way home. Danny secured Josh in the carrying seat and then helped Lindsay in the back of the car so she could sit with him and make sure everything was alright. As they were driving Lindsay thought of something.

“Danny, what about the nursery, we’re not ready at all for him to come home.”

“Relax, it’s dealt with.” She still wasn’t sure but decided to see what Danny meant so she kept quiet. They arrived home and Lindsay got out of the car and grabbed her bag from the truck. Danny got Josh’s seat out of the car and carried him up to their apartment. Lindsay went down the hall and saw that the door to the nursery was closed; she put her bag down on their bed and went into the living room. Danny was getting Josh out of the seat and holding him close, he looked up when she entered the room.

“I was gonna give him the tour and thought we could all start in his room.” Lindsay nodded her head, eager to see it. They walked down the hall and Lindsay opened the door, she gasped and stepped into the room. It was exactly how she’d imagined it; it was painted green and had a crib in the corner with a wooden sign above it that said Josh. There was a changing table against the wall and a rocking chair in the corner. A dresser was across from the crib on the other wall and there was a mobile hanging above the crib. Lindsay’s eyes filled with tears as she looked at it.

“This is why you ran out of the room yesterday isn’t it?” she asked him. Danny smiled and nodded, swaying back and forth slightly to keep Josh from crying.

“I knew I wouldn’t have time to come home and do it, not that I would’ve left anyway. So I asked Flack if he could help out. So, yesterday, Flack, Adam, Hawkes, Sid, and Mac came over and painted it while Stella and Angell went out and got a crib and everything else.” Lindsay walked over to the crib and ran her hand along it; she turned to see Danny following her into the room.

“They’re gonna come over later, that way we can all talk and find out more about the little Flack and Taylor on the way.”

“Don’t forget the little Ross,” Lindsay said and Danny laughed.

“Wow, we’re all really moving on aren’t we? Even Adam’s growing up.” Lindsay laughed as Danny placed Josh gently into the crib. They both stood there for a few moments watching him sleep before they decided to go and get ready for their company later. Flack, Angell, and the others all arrived a few hours later and they found out that Flack and Angell were also having a little boy.

“Wow, well Mac, Stella, if you guys have a boy too, it is going to be very busy,” Hawkes said to them. They all laughed and thought about it. Josh Messer, baby Flack, Jackson Ross, and baby Taylor. There were definitely three boys, possibly four. They also found out that Jackson was three months; Adam didn’t know anything about his family as they hadn’t wanted to be a part of it. None of them stayed long because they figured Danny and Lindsay would want to get settled with Josh being home.

FIVE MONTHS LATER:

It had been five months since Josh had been brought home and he now had a routine. Angell was now eight months along, Stella was five months, and Adam had been Jackson’s adoptive dad for four months now. The paper work had taken a long time but when he finally got to go and live with Adam it had been worth it. Adam was happier, that was obvious, and Jackson was now eight months old. He had started sitting up on his own and was crawling around a lot more.

Adam’s sister helped out a lot and would babysit Jackson for him when he had to work, but Mac had decided that unless he really needed Adam there he could come in around lunch time. The whole team knew that Don and Jess were having a boy but they still didn’t know about Mac and Stella.

“So, do you know?” Danny asked when Stella and Mac walked into the conference room of the lab smiling.

“It’s a girl,” Stella said and everyone got up and hugged her and Mac.

“Congratulations you guys,” Angell said to them.

“Well, you should all go home and get some sleep, this has been a tough case and we could use a rest,” Mac told them all and they all got up to head home.