Danny Castellano was about three seconds away from a deep sleep, when his wife pounced.

"Oh my God! Danny? Are you up?" Mindy whisper-shrieked into his ear.

"Gah! Ungh…m'up," Danny jumped and grunted, yawning as he ruffled a hand through his hair.

"Good! So remember how we were talking about taking the kids somewhere for February break?" Mindy was leaning all over Danny, and on a normal day he'd love it, but right now he was tired and his leg was going numb.

"Min, up, please. My leg's about to fall asleep. And no. I don't remember saying that," Danny mumbled, as Mindy rolled off his leg.

"Hmm, " She tapped her chin, "Maybe I was telling Morgan and Jeremy that we were taking the kids on vacation. Or was it Gwen? Betsy? Nah, I wouldn't tell Betsy that. She'd just end up following us, well really me, there. On that point, why would I tell Morgan then? He's probably all packed to come on a Castellano family vacation."

Danny was getting a headache from Mindy's incessant babbling.

"Min, seriously, I'm beat. Can we talk about this in the morning?" Danny yawned again, Mindy's words finally sinking in. Well some of them. "Wait, what? You invited MORGAN to come on a trip with us?"

Mindy sighed, "No Danny, I didn't invite Morgan anywhere. You never listen to me and then you complain that I don't tell you anything. Like that time I told you that Delilah had been messing around with her, you know, diaper and then you ignored me and got poop all over you. I mean, that so could have been prevented."

Danny rubbed his temples with his thumb and forefinger, "Mindy, focus. What are you talking about?"

"Ugh Danny, you really need to keep up," Mindy shook her head playfully. "I was trying to tell you that I know where we're taking the kids for February break."

"Okay, enlighten me. Where are we taking the kids?" Danny was, unfortunately, wide-awake now. He stretched out, trying to get comfortable.

Mindy caused the bed to bounce as she shifted so she was sitting cross-legged in front of Danny.

"Okay, so I was watching Sleepless in Seattle at the hospital cause I was waiting for Mrs. Pearson to get to 10 centimeters. And I usually don't watch commercials, well I used to. But ever since you yelled at me for buying too much stuff, I stopped."

"I never said anything like that, Mindy." Danny interrupted, but Mindy kept right on talking.

"So for some reason, I was watching the commercials and this commercial came on and it was for, like, a perfect family vacation. And I got really excited and made a mental note to tell you about it. So here I am, telling you about it."

Danny shook his head, "Mindy, you didn't tell me anything. Where do you want to go?"

A grin spread across Mindy's face, "The kids are going to love this one...Disney World!"

"Disney World? Really Min?" Danny frowned in thought. "Disney World is expensive,"

"For two OB/GYNs? Try again Castellano," Mindy raised an eyebrow, challenging her husband.

"It's loud and crazy and what if we lose them?"

"Seriously? Those are the best arguments you can come up with? You're slipping Castellano. If you're so worried about losing them, I'll have Morgan pick up a couple of kid leashes for us." Mindy waved her hand in the air, knowing she had already won the fight. It was just a matter of time before Danny agreed.

"Aren't they a little young for Disney? I mean we don't want to take them and then not remember it."

Mindy rolled her eyes, he was trying really hard to get out of this.

"Danny, Andie is seven and Dee's five. They'll so remember this. Besides we'll take so many pictures and video that they'll see what happened even if they do forget."

Danny wrinkled his brow, clearly in thought. And to the common outsider it would look like he was about the say no. But Mindy knew Danny Castellano inside and out, this particular brow wrinkle meant he would say yes.

Mindy bounced lightly on the bed, but stopped when Danny looked over at her.

"Well...I guess it would be fun," Danny said slowly, "Why not? Okay, we'll go to Disney World."

"Whoo!" Mindy bounced up and pumped her fist in the air. She crawled under the covers and tucked herself next to Danny. "You're the best, Danny. You deserve a reward!"

Danny smiled, "Can I take a rain check? I'm really ready for bed now, Delilah'll be up early tomorrow since she's got a field trip. Night Min," He leaned over and kissed her before rolling over and falling asleep.


The next day Mindy and Danny locked themselves in Danny's office so they could book the trip.

"No, wait! Don't use American Airlines. They didn't give me a bag of pretzels once." Mindy knocked Danny's hand away from the mouse.

"Are you kidding me?" Danny stared, open mouthed, at his wife. "We can't use a particular airline because they skimped you on pretzels? Jeez Mindy."

"And what if they forget to give Delilah pretzels this time? You'd be angry then,"

"I'd just give her mine. It's not a big deal,"

"Wouldn't you get hungry?"

"Mindy, it's a two hour flight. I'm a grown man, I think I'd make it." Danny shook his head, but clicked away from American Airlines' website. "What airline can I use?"

Mindy tapped her finger against her lip, "Oooh, JetBlue is good. They have a whole channel dedicated to Meg Ryan movies."

Danny rolled his eyes, but typed JetBlue into the Google search bar. The things he did for this woman.

Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door. Morgan's voice came through a second later.

"Dr. C? Dr. L? Are you in there? Cause Dr. R told me to get you out if you're having sex,"

Danny dropped his head to the desk as Mindy ran to the door and unlocked it.

"Morgan! When Danny and I need a minute we are allowed to take it! I don't care what Jeremy says."

"So were you guys having sex? Cause if you were I can go out and lie to Dr. R for you," Morgan looked around the room.

"Ugh, no Morgan! Danny and I were planning a surprise." Mindy groaned.

"Ooh, a surprise? For who? Wait, did you guys remember it's my birthday in a week? That's so nice!" Morgan lifted Mindy up into a hug. As Morgan spun them around, Mindy shot Danny a 'fix this' look.

"Ah, Morgan? Hey, buddy..." Danny tried to get his attention, but Morgan took it the wrong way. He let Mindy go and ran over to hug Danny.

"Don't worry Dr. C. I'm coming to hug you too!" Morgan grinned as he lifted Danny into the air.

"Morgan! Put me down! Now!" Danny shouted. Mindy giggled at the sight of Danny flailing around.

"Sorry Dr. C," Morgan apologized, setting Danny back his feet. "So what's my surprise?"

Mindy and Danny shared a look. Neither one wanted to upset Morgan, and they had made an effort to include him in family things in the several years since they got him back from the Deslauriers.

"Umm, well, the thing is..." Danny began. Morgan was looking at him, an earnest expression on his face.

"We're going to Disney World!" Mindy blurted before dropping her face into her hands. Danny groaned.

"WHAT?! Oh my god! This is amazing! Are you serious?" Morgan went crazy with excitement. "Drs. C this is so unbelievable. When I was in Otisville all we did was talk about going to Disney World. Sometimes we would play act the shows. I was always Cinderella."

Danny leaned his mouth next to Mindy's ear, "What kind of insane prison is Otisville?"

Mindy clamped her lips shut to stifle a burst of laughter. Danny smiled at her expression.

Morgan, meanwhile, was still talking excitedly. "So when are we going? How long are we going? Do the girls know? Can I bring Bones?"

Danny gestured to Mindy, "Do you want to handle this? I've got to take care of patients."

He leaned over to kiss Mindy and then ran out of the office. Mindy glared after him. She turned back to Morgan.

"First of all, under no circumstances will you be bringing any animals. Live or dead. Got it?"

Morgan nodded, "Got it Dr. L."

Mindy nodded, "Good. Danny and I haven't decided on the actual date we're leaving yet and the girls don't know. So don't say anything."

Morgan saluted, causing Mindy to roll her eyes.

"Can you just get back to work now? Thanks Morgan." Mindy said.

As soon as Morgan left the office, Danny poked his head back in.

"Did you tell him?"

Mindy glared, "Yes! That was a dirty trick Castellano. I can't believe we're bringing Morgan on our vacation." She fell into Danny's desk chair.

"You were the one who told him." Danny pointed out.

Mindy gaped at him, "Seriously? You're pinning this on me? No way!"

"Why didn't you just tell him we were planning a surprise party?" Danny asked.

"I don't know! I panicked! He looked so happy and I couldn't just upset him. It's weird. I got this, like, feeling in my chest that Morgan should come with us." Mindy explained, kicking the bottom drawer of Danny's desk.

"Well, I guess we're stuck now. We'll just have to make the best of it." Danny sighed.

"If he has nightmares, he's staying with you." Mindy said before leaving the office to see her patients.


A/N: So here it is! My very first foray into the world of The Mindy Project. This one will definitely be continued with the actual trip into the Disney parks, so stay tuned for that.

I have to thank quisinart4 for her amazing support and prodding to write this. Without her, this wouldn't have gotten written, so thank you friend! =)

I'd love any and all feedback, I'd love to hear what you guys think about my characterization of Mindy, Danny and Morgan. =)