This has been the worst day of my life, Dani thought. Getting fired from the Hawks was a hard thing to bear.
Dani pulled in the driveway and into her carport. She rested her head against the back of the seat and just let the tears fall. They weren't falling just because of today's events, but because it had been six months since she had seen him. She hadn't received any texts or calls from him. OH how I miss him, she thought to herself. Dani slammed her hand against the steering wheel. It frustrated her. He frustrated her. She couldn't grasp how he could just leave and stay gone without a word. She was so angry at him and angrier with herself because she let him go. She regretted kissing Matt that night after the game.
As Dani was sitting there, her phone rang. When she looked down at it, she saw it was Ray J. She just let it ring because she wasn't in the mood to argue with him for the hundredth time since he left with Juilette. She finally got out of her vehicle and walked inside her house. It was getting late, so she headed straight for her bed. It took her no time to fall asleep.
Her phone ringing woke her the next morning. She was bound and determined not to set an alarm because she had planned to stay in bed all day. The number calling her, she didn't recognize, but she answered anyways. It was a company called V3 wanting her to come in for an interview sometime today. Dani set up an afternoon interview so she could sleep longer and take her time getting ready. Just as Dani was almost back asleep, she heard someone banging on her office door. "WHAT NOW," she almost yelled. She wrapped herself in her robe and went down to answer the door. It was a very pissed off Terrence.
"Dr. D, please tell me it's not true that you were fired today, he said pretty upset.
"Terrence, just calm down. Yes, I was fired, but that doesn't mean that I still can't see you here," she said with a hint of emotion. The look on TK'S face was almost unbearable. He was taking it pretty hard.
"Just when I start to get my life on track. What if I need you, Doc," he asked.
"Terrence, I will still be there for you. I'm just a phone call away, alright," she said trying to get him to calm down. Terrence finally calmed down and gave his doc a big hug. He thanked her for everything she has done for him.
As he was walking out the door, he looked backed and said, "if it wasn't for you and Nico, I don't know where I would be right now. You two make a great team. I sure was hoping you two would end up together, heck the whole team did."
As soon as Terrence left, Dani just sat down in her chair. Hearing him say that, only made her miss him more and regret not realizing her feelings for him sooner. "What took me so long," she whispered to herself. The thought of Nico being gone for six months only upset her more. She decided to send him a text.
Dani headed up to take a nice relaxing bath and to get ready for her interview. She had to admit she was extremely nervous and she wondered how they had heard about her.
Meanwhile, Nico sat in his car down the road from Dr. Santino's house. He couldn't risk her seeing him yet, but he wanted to keep an eye an her like he had off and on for the past six months. He wasn't going to let anything happen to Dani. He loved her like he had never loved anyone before in his life. Nico knows that when she sees him at the same place her interview is at, that she is probably going to be upset with him and he knows he will have lots and lots of explaining to do. He leaned back in his seat and thought about how much he has missed her and how hard these past six months have been without getting to see her, be close to her, show up in the middle of the night at her house, or pop up in her car. Everyday he wanted to text or call her, but he wanted her to contact him first because then, maybe just maybe, it meant she cared about him too. What's taking her so long to see it, he thought.
Nico closed his eyes and his phone buzzing, made him sit back up. When he looked at his phone and saw the text, his heart almost stopped. "HOW COULD YOU JUST LEAVE AND STAY GONE FOR SIX WHOLE MONTHS WITHOUT EVEN SOME KIND OF TEXT THAT YOU ARE OKAY~D." Nico couldn't believe what he just read. He knew she would be upset with him. How can I ever get her to forgive me, but then he thought that the text was maybe a good sign as to how much she missed him. "Fingers crossed," he said to himself before realizing the time and having to head back for the big interview. He was so nervous about seeing her, but he was hoping afterwards they could go out and catch up. Nico decided to send her a short text back.
"What took you so long?~N" When Dani read this text it infuriated her, but at the same time she was wondering what exactly he meant by that. She didn't text back because she had to get going, but hopefully she would get time later to text him back. In the back of her mind she had been wondering for these past six months if he really even left town.
Dani pulled into the driveway and headed inside. This place is amazing, Dani thought to herself as she was called back by the owner himself. He seemed like a jerk. She didn't like his attitude and wasn't so sure if she would want to work for him. After a long conversation, the head guy said, "my head of security will show you around and fill you in a little bit more because I have a meeting out of town. Let me know your answer by tomorrow"and as he staring to walk out, he added, "my head of security is the one who highly recommended you for this job, so I think you two will get along fine. You will be doing a lot of working together," and he walked off.
It was then that she spotted him. A part of her wanted to run up and slap him, but the other part wanted to run up and hug him.
Nico gave Dani a double take, which didn't go unnoticed by her, but he could see the hurt in her eyes and he knew it was because of him.
Dani was the first to break and finally speak, "so you have worked here for six months?"
"A little over five months," Nico said back. He was surprised that she even said anything to him. They both walked a little closer to each other, but Dani suddenly stopped and said, "Nico, I can't do this," and she starting walking towards the door.
"No, Dani, WAIT," he said as he ran to catch up to her. "Just let me show you around. We don't have to talk if you don't want to, but I would like to talk and catch up." Nico reached and pulled her face up so he could look into those beautiful eyes of hers, "please," he added. He was desperate to talk to her. He had missed her so much and he wasn't going to hold anything back.
Nico pulled Dani down to his office. Dani had tears rolling down her face and that's when he realized he should have seen her at home because he knew she wouldn't just break down in front of anyone.
"I've missed you so much," Dani said emotionally. She said without even realizing it, but right now she didn't care. All she knew was she wanted Nico in her life and as more than a friend or co-worker.
Two weeks until the season premier. I've kind of based this story off of an interview I've seen and previews that I have seen. Hope you enjoy. To be continued soon.