ok sorry for not posting enough like i said i would. been busy, but with all the threats helene has given me. i needed to post so this chapter is for you helene.
Chapter 5- Silent Partner/ Snatch Back
Another week has past and still Martin wasn't awake. The doctors say he's not getting any worse but, not any better either.
Samantha was about to walk into Martin's room when she noticed Danny was already there talking to him about how they didn't get along when they first met.
Flashback- Walking on the beach
DANNY: How'd she take it?
MARTIN: She had no idea. How's he doing?
DANNY: He's waiting for that loser to come back. It's not right, Martin. Show up one week in a month let a kid like that fall in love with you and then
abandon him.
MARTIN: We don't know he abandoned anyone.
DANNY: He knew he could never come through for them.
MARTIN: There's a lot of fathers who are around all the time that don't pay any
attention to their kids.
DANNY: You know what the worst part is? He's going to figure out that Patrick
was a fraud. What do you think that's going to do to him?
Later- On bridge where Patrick Kent's car went in the water
MARTIN: Think she told him the truth?
DANNY: I don't know.
MARTIN: Think she should?
DANNY: I'm thinking the kid doesn't need to know.
says looking back over the bridge
End Flashback-
"Ya, know Martin. Up until then. I really didn't like you." Danny said laughing adding, "of course you knew. I mean, I wasn't exactly hanging out with you, but, you really changed my opinion of you on that case."
"Hey Danny." Sam said walking in the room.
"Hey hot stuff!" Danny says grinning, but Sam just shakes her head smiling and sits next to him.
"I'm trying to make Marty here jealous. So he wakes up and beats me up, kisses you deeply and says...."
"Don't even finish that sentence Daniel." Sam interrupts.
"He doesn't like me that way. Why would he just wake up and kiss me?" Sam states and asks.
"Well Sammy baby. I can say this with 95% certainty. Marty here,(points to Martin), has the hots for you. Has for a while. It's not just a physical thing either. I know you were going to comment." Danny states to Sam who just nods. She was going to.
"So if it's not a physical attraction, then what is it. What does he find attractive about me?" Sam asks Danny confused.
"Well, can't you see it? He's always looking at you and smiling. I've seen it and so has Viv." Danny tells her.
"No, Danny. I haven't seen any of those looks. Well he does smile at me, but I smile at him too and not in the way you're thinking. It's a nice to see you kind of smile." Sam tells Danny
Moments later Danny remembers what Sam said to him and martin when they arrived back at the office after that case.
"Hey Sam. Do you remember what you said to me and Martin when we got back from San Diego after the Patrick Kent case?" Danny inquires.
"No, but you seem too. So why don't you tell me." Sam says really knowing what was said but didn't want Danny to know that.
Flash back- Martin and Danny return from San Diego
DANNY: ... A plane is not supposed to be in the sky. It's not natural ...
MARTIN: Neither was that flight attendant and you weren't afraid of her.
(SAMANTHA, on the phone, sees them. She puts a hand over the speaker and can't
help but comment on the two men.)
SAMANTHA: Well, if it isn't the "Bronze Boys".
(MARTIN points a finger at her.)
MARTIN: (smiling) Don't start.
(DANNY puts his things down at his desk.)
DANNY: Where's Jack?
SAMANTHA: In his office.
(DANNY looks up. SAMANTHA returns to her phone call.)
End Flash back-
"You so had a flirty smile to wards Marty." Danny says smirking and laughing at Sam.
"I was smiling at the both of you, not just Martin." Sam said trying to convince Danny.
"Yeah, whatever." Danny said saying his goodbyes and leaving for the night.
Sam sat there waiting to make sure Danny was really gone and not waiting for something to happen and pop out and scare her or something before talking to Martin.
"You know Martin. I did remember what I said that day. You just had such a nice and cute smile. How could i resist smiling back at you." Sam tells Martin.
About an hours later of just talking to him about the latest case, Sam decided to change subjects.
"I remember the Abby Buckman case. We worked so many angles on it and ended up being way off. It had nothing to do with her mom..." Sam sighs and then looks down, "I don't know if you noticed that when we were talking about the T.V. coverage and how no one saw anything at the park. That I stood right next to you. I could have easily stayed seated or not stood that close but I didn't..."
Flash back- At table going ever how no one saw anything.
(MARTIN leans against the conference table. His head is turned as he watches
the press conference on television. In the back at the opposite end of the
table, SAMANTHA also watches.)
REPORTER (over tv): Ms. Buckman, a veteran prosecutor, appeared drained of
emotion as she concluded a brief press conference just a few moments ago. A
spokesman ...
(SAMANTHA turns the television off.)
SAMANTHA: I hate that we have to do that.
MARTIN: Abby's face is plastered across every Trinitron in the city. That kind
of publicity can't hurt.
SAMANTHA: It's a tough bargain, 'cause either way their personal tragedy
becomes "film at 11:00."
MARTIN: Ah, they're just doing their job.
SAMANTHA: Yeah, well after some ambitious reporter goes behind your back with
an exclusive that blows your case, you might feel a little differently.
MARTIN: We'll see.
SAMANTHA: (smiling) Yes, you will.
(MARTIN sighs. He stands and moves to look at the panoramic photo display of
the playground. He leans against the table. SAMANTHA stands up next to him.
She also looks at the photo.)
MARTIN: You know what I can't get my head around? This little girl gets
snatched from a crowded playground, and nobody sees it.
SAMANTHA: Well, we've still got Jessie Stevens, Abby's playmate from the
sandbox.
MARTIN: I thought she wasn't giving us anything.
SAMANTHA: Child psychologist is coming in to take a run at her. Maybe we get
lucky.
MARTIN: Ah, I hope so.
SAMANTHA: So do I.
(MARTIN walks away.)
End Flash back-
"I guess I was drawn to you. You gave off this vibe that said you were concerned about her and I liked it."
"Later during the case when you, Jack, and I were discussing if Mathews mistress could have taken Abby. The comment you made, shocked me..."
Flash back- Jack, Martin, and Sam
MARTIN: A K-9 unit found Abby's shoe up here on 116th right near the tennis
courts. You were right. They had to have cut through the park heading uptown.
JACK: If they keep walking they're within a half a mile of Columbia Law school.
MARTIN: Think it's the father?
SAMANTHA: Or the mistress. Vivian said he was having an affair with a student.
She may have the motive.
(JACK'S phone rings. He reaches to answer it.)
JACK: Just because a woman's having an affair with a married man doesn't make
her a criminal.
MARTIN: Except when it does.
(Not noticing the look Sam gives him)
End Flash back
"I had no idea what to think of that." Sam said wondering if she should bring up her affair with Jack.
"I really hope you don't think less of people if they made a huge mistake in their lives."
Looking at the time Sam decided it was time to go.
Getting up she leaned over Martin to give him a kiss, but as she kissed him, she made sure it lasted longer then the other one. She told him she would be back when she could.
Looking back at Martin as she was at the door, she just hoped that he would wake up so she could kiss him and have him kiss her in return.
Im almost done with the next chapter. Hope to have it up soon ;D