Chapter 1

It was another busy day at leopard's Den,Danny was treating a Lion cub who was suffering with a broken leg after being run over by a gang of teenagers who were drink driving. Luckily, he and Du Plessis had managed to find the cub a few minutes after the incident.

"You will be able to fix his leg Danny?" Alice's ten year old Daughter Charlotte asked looking worried.

"yeah, course I will" Danny replied "why don't you go back to the house and wait." Charlotte nodded and headed back up to the house as Danny set to work on the cub. A few hours later, Danny arrived back to the house and announced that the cub was just fine and an extremely happy Charlotte jumped up from her seat and flung her arms round Danny's waist.

"Alright Charlotte" Alice said "it's time you went to bed." Charlotte nodded and walked off to her bedroom as Alice walked up to Danny and planted a kiss on his cheek and hugged him.

"You really are a miracle worker" she told him.

"Well I've fixed plenty of broken legs before" Danny replied blushing slightly. Alice chuckled and kissed danny again.

"I'm going to turn in, you coming?" she asked.

"I'll be there a bit later, I need to talk to Du plessis about something" Danny replied.

"Ok" Alice replied "buisness stuff?"

"Yeah" Danny replied. Alice nodded and went to the bedroom while Danny when to find Du Plessis who was on the porch drinking whisky.

"Ah, you want to join me for a Drink Danny?" he asked, offering Danny a bottle.

"No thanks" Danny replied "I need to talk to you about something."

"And what do you want to talk to old Du Plessis about?" Du plessis asked. Danny reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring.

"I got this for Alice" Danny said.

"Why, is it her birthday?" Du Plessis asked slightly drunk.

"No, it was her birthday a month ago" Danny replied.

"Ah, so what's the occasion then?" Du Plessis asked.

"Well, I'm thinking about asking Alice to marry me" Danny admitted "we've grown really close and I'm ready for a full on relationship with her."

"So when do you plan on asking her then eh?" Du Plessis asked.

"Tomorrow" Danny replied "I want to get it out of the way as soon as possible."

"Good for you man" Du Plessis replied, patting Danny on the back. Danny nodded in response and went back inside.

The next morning, Danny was really nervous. He had to think of a way to ask Alice the big question and he had to do it fast.

"Mum can I go and see the Lion?" Charlotte asked "I want to see if he's feeling any better."

"If it's ok with Danny" Alice replied.

"Oh yeah" Danny replied before turning to Nomsa "Nomsa, will you mind going with Charlotte to see the Lion, I need to talk with Alice in private."

"Of course" Nomsa politely replied and went with Charlotte to see the Lion. After they had left, Danny got a chair and asked Alice to sit down.

"Am I in trouble?" Alice Joked.

"No" Danny replied chuckling "this is something good."

"Ok" Alice replied sitting down. Danny looked at floor, took a deep breath and looked back at Alice.

"You know i've grown very fond of you" He told her.

"I know" Alice replied "I've grown very fond of you too."

"Well I'm glad to hear that because there's something I've been wanting to ask you" Danny replied.

"Well you do know that you're free to ask me anything" Alice replied.

"I know that" said Danny "but this is something pretty big and to be honest, I'm kind of nervous."

"Oh you don't have to be nervous you silly man" Alice replied with a chuckle "what do you want to ask me."

"Well" Danny replied "I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I wonder if you will do me the......" before he could continue, they were interuppted by Du Plessis.

"I'm sorry to interupt but you've got a visitor Danny" he announced.

"Well can you please tell them to wait, I'm kind of in the middle of something here" Danny ordered.

"Tell her yourself" Du Plessis replied stepping aside. Stood behind him was a teenage girl, no older than fourteen, maybe fifteen years old, blonde hair in a tight pony tail, she was dressed in a black T-shirt and a pair of denim three quarters and flat shoes. She was also holding a small suitcase, a hand bag and she sported a pair of sunglasse on the top of her head.

"Hello Danny" the girl said. Danny looked at the girl in silence for a few minutes until he found his voice.

"Olivia" he said quite surprised "you've come back."