Here's an another new fic!! This is set during the beginning of the series but Danny has already fallen for Jordan. Please review and let me know what you think!
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Taking The Controls
Matt was worried... No, worried wasn't a strong enough word. He was scared. He was worried when he couldn't get the ending right for a sketch... or when Harriet and him had a fight... But when it came down to Danny... He was scared. Every time something went wrong, Matt would always watch Danny carefully, making sure he could handle it okay. This time it was Jordan. Danny had fallen for her, but she didn't think it would be professional and turned him down. It had hit him harder then Matt expected it to. Matt hope that after a week of him feeling sorry for himself, he'd pull it together and get on with his life but it hadn't. Things were getting worse. He turned up late for work, he hardly did anything whilst he was there and he was always in a bad mood. Matt couldn't help but wonder whether Danny had turned back to cocaine for help.
Matt had tried to talk to him about it all but all he got was a mouthful of abuse before Danny stormed off. He knew he had try again but the way he was acting was really scaring Matt. He still didn't know how he managed to help Danny through the addiction 11 years ago, how was he meant to do it again?
Matt decided to head down to see what everyone was up to, but as he got closer to the stage he could hear shouting. He quickened his pace and pushed through the doors, seeing Danny stood shouting on the stage at the cast and crew about how untidy the studio is.
"Danny!" Matt cut in, walking over to him, noticing that Jordan was stood over by the other door, watching silently.
"What?"
"Stop it." He told him, talking hold of his arm gently and started to pull him away. "Come on, lets go talk..."
"Get off." Danny hit out, catching Matt on the side of his face, causing everyone to gasp in surprise. "I don't want to talk."
Luckily, this wasn't the first time this had happened, Matt knew what to expect. When he saw Danny's fist coming towards him for a second him, he managed to block it. He grabbed Danny's wrist and twisted his arm up behind his back, pushing him forwards into the wall.
"Try that again and I'll break your arm." Matt told him, holding him against the wall not caring that everyone was watching.
"Let me go." Danny tried to struggle free.
"No, not until you've calmed down." Matt held him harder. Matt didn't need to ask questions... he knew Danny had taken something. This is how it always affected him. One minute, he was fine but the next he was coming down off his high and would start getting angry, defensive and sometimes violent. It would never last long and Matt had been through it with him so many times, that he knew what to do.
"Matt..." Danny sighed and stopped shrugging.
Matt waited for a few seconds until he knew that Danny wasn't going to try anything else before spinning him around, pressing him against the wall again, but this time his back was to it. Matt stared at him as he used one hand to hold him still and the other to search his jacket pocket.
Danny watched him silently, he knew what Matt was looking for and he knew he'd find it. He just didn't have the energy left to fight him.
Matt slowly pulled out a small plastic bag; he looked down at it, his eyes closing when he saw the white powder. Even though he had guessed what was going on, it still made his heart jump when it was confirmed.
"Matt..." Danny started.
"Don't..." He cut in, shaking his head slightly as he re-opened his eyes. "Not here, my office."
"But..."
"No, Danny! Don't argue with me!" Matt glared at him.
"I'm sorry..." He whispered, lowering his head.
Matt swallowed, his anger fading slightly. "I know."
Everyone was still watching them in total shock as they headed for the stairs that led up to Matt's office.
"Danny..." Jordan called out, walking quickly towards them.
"Jordan, don't..." Matt looked back at her, shaking his head.
"I just wanted too."
"I'll be back down in minute." Matt interrupted. "Just let me deal with this."
Jordan looked at him for a moment waiting for Danny to turn to look at her but he never did.
"Okay." She replied, slowly nodding.
"I can't believe that just happened." Tom whispered, watching as Matt continued to push Danny towards his office.
"I know." Harriet added. It was strange to see Danny like that... He was normally the one in control, the one that kept his cool and dealt with all the problems.
"It's a good thing Matt was here." Simon claimed.
"Yeah, at least he knows how to handle this." Cal agreed.
Jordan wasn't listening to them, her eyes were on Matt's now closed, office door where they had just disappeared. Guilt washed over her, this was all her fault.
Matt made Danny lie down on his couch, knowing from experience that it was no use in trying to talk to Danny about it all right now. It only took Danny 5 minutes before he was sleep. Matt sat down in his chair and ran his hands over his face. He sat there thinking about what he was going to do for another 10 minutes before getting up and heading back downstairs. He wasn't surprised to see that everyone was still there, waiting for news.
"How is he?" Jordan asked when she saw Matt.
"Sleeping it off." Matt answered.
"What did he say?"
"Nothing, there's no point in trying to talk to him now." Matt replied. "I'll let him sleep and then talk to him about it all."
"Then what?"
"There's a place where I'll take him." He told them. "Somewhere, where he can get help."
"What about the show?" Simon asked.
Matt looked at him. "We carry on."
"But Danny is the director." He replied. "Who will do his job?"
"I will."
"What?"
"We're both Executive producers... I can do everything he does, but I just didn't need to before because Danny was always there."
"So, you're going to write, produce and direct the show?" Jordan asked. "Matt, no one can handle doing all of that."
"Well, I'll just take a step back from the writing then." He sighed. "I'll over see it, but I'll get Ricky and Ron and the staff writers to do more."
They all looked at him in surprise. "Really?"
"Yeah, it'll be fine." He nodded. "Tom, Simon and Harriet can help them too."
"Uh, sure if that's what you want." Tom agreed.
"Matt are you sure you can do this?" Jordan questioned.
"Yes, it'll be fine." He insisted.
"What do we tell people?"
"The truth."
Jordan looked at him. "You want to tell people Danny's gone back into rehab?"
"Yes, it would come out anyway."
"Shouldn't we wait and see what Danny wants to do?" Harriet asked.
"No."
"Matthew, it's his choice."
"No, for the next 30 days, I make his choices." He told her.
"You can't just..."
"Yes, I can..." he insisted, turning and started to walk off. "I'll be in my office writing until Danny wakes up."
"This isn't going to be as easy as he thinks it is." Harriet commented once he was gone.
"What else can we do?" Tom shrugged.
"I better go and tell Jack." Jordan sighed. "That's going to be a fun conversation."
"Will he fire Danny?" Simon asked her.
"No, he's not going to be happy about it all, but he isn't stupid either. He knows how much Danny and Matt have done for the show since coming back." She replied. "Plus, if Danny goes, Matt will follow. We can't lose both of them."
"But I get the feeling Jack's going to make things difficult for them." Cal commented.
"You know him too well." Jordan replied dryly. "Look, I better go. Tell Matt to call me later."
"Yeah, okay... Good luck." Harriet said as Jordan walked off.
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Danny groaned as he started to wake up, he looked up when someone placed a glass of water on the table in front of him. He was confused for a moment, to why he was in Matt's office but then it all came back to him.
"I got a car waiting downstairs." Matt told him, when he looked up at him.
Danny didn't need to ask where they were going. He could just tell from Matt's eyes. They were filled with anger, sadness, disappointment and fear.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled.
"Let's just get you sorted out and then we can talk about it." Matt replied, walking across the room grabbing their jackets, throwing Danny's towards him. "Come on."
Danny just about managed to catch the jacket, looking down at it for a moment before standing up.
Matt held the door open for him, gesturing for him to leave the office first, before following him out. At the moment Danny was confused, upset, scared, hurt... he wasn't thinking straight but Matt needed to get him into rehab now, because he was scared if he left it any longer then he wouldn't be able to help him. Matt silently followed behind Danny, he saw this all coming. Why didn't he do anything to help him?
TBC
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