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Alice Collins pulled the covers tighter around her body as she shuffled around to face the other way. The bright morning sun and the loud, shill tweeting of the birds had woken her up a little earlier than she would have liked, but kept screwed her eyes shut nevertheless. It didn't take long to realise Danny was not there, and as usual, had probably gotten up extraordinarily early, just to make sure all the animals were fine, but found himself too awake to allow himself to fall back to sleep again. He had been like this ever since the younger vet at Mara had started a week or so ago, but, thankfully was neither interested in being in competition with Danny, or the infamous 'Green Hunting.' Personally, Alice had never met the new vet, but she had heard a lot about him, both from Danny, and many of the younger women of the town, who seemed quite content with the 'handsome' and 'fetching' man. Alice supposed that the reason for Danny's new erratic behaviour could be down to Harry, the vet, as he always somehow felt jealous of anybody that could possibly steal both Danny's job and girlfriend. That was probably why Alice never had the pleasure of meeting him, as Danny always decided at the last minute that there was something that needed to be done, and urgently. In a way, Alice was glad to know that someone felt so protective over her, but she was always keen to remind Danny that she was never going to run off with some newer, younger vet, just because she could. Alice pushed the thought of Harry to the back of her mind, as it would be a miracle if they were ever to meet, and curled up in a ball, hoping to get a least another twenty minutes in bed, before somebody rushed in and demanded she get up.

Just as expected, Danny burst through the door soon after, and sat on the bed, and gently shuck her awake. She sat up, perching herself on her elbows, and looked up at Danny who seemed surprisingly happy and was grinning stupidly.

"What?" She asked, frowning in confusion

"You know you're always moaning you want a day off?" He asked, hinting casually

"Yes..." She followed

"Well...I made a deal with Harry...you know, that new vet at Mara" Danny began

"I know OF him, but considering I've not yet met him..." She sighed

"Whatever" He continued "Because I helped him settle in, and his boss is your brother, he says he's going to sort out all our animals for the whole of this week"

"When you say sort out, you mean what exactly?" She wondered

"Well, Dup and Caroline said we needed some time off, so they're going to feed and clean the animals for us, and I've left notes on all the cages, so Harry can come around and give them their medication, and any animal emergencies, will all be his problem" He told her, smiling as her face lit up

"So we have a full week to ourselves?" She clarified

"Yep" He nodded

"As in seven nights, and seven days?" She asked again

"Yes!" He laughed "One whole week to do anything we like"

"Anything?" She repeated, she suddenly smiled, and sank back down into her bed and pulled the covers over her head.

"Alice!" Danny mock scolded, "We have a week...and all you want to do, is sleep?"

"Pretty much, yeah" She admitted. She looked at up his face again, which suddenly turned from happiness to disappointment. "Fine! I'll go in the shower and we go out somewhere" She flung the quilt from over her, and kicked her legs free, placing them carefully on the floor. She made her way into the bathroom, stripped off, and went into the newly fitted walk-in shower, letting the water spill over her. She reached over for the shampoo bottle, but chucked it disapprovingly onto the side when she found it was empty. "DANNY!"

"What?" He called trough the door

"Will you go get the other bottle of shampoo? It's on the side in our room" She requested

"Yeah, one sec" He answered. He returned quite quickly, and opened the door to the bathroom, being met with a cloud of steam.

"Thanks" She said, holding out her arm from behind the curtain. Danny stepped forward and placed the bottle into her dripping hand. They stayed like that for a few moments, while Alice contemplated her next action, and Danny stood there confused, she took the bottle in her outstretched arm, but pulled on Danny's arm with the other. She quickly placed the bottle on the small shelf inside the shower and turned around to face the water.

"What the...?" Danny asked, as his clothes were becoming darker as they were splashed with water.

"You said I could do anything I wanted!" Alice told him, looking over one shoulder, as she pulled her hair across the other.

"I meant within reason, Alice!" He snapped, looking down at his clothes

"Fine!" She mumbled "Whatever! Get lost!" Danny sighed as he got out of the shower, and Alice heard him angrily pulling off his wet clothes, his belt clinking as he placed them all on the radiator. She stared upwards towards the shower head, frowning. She suddenly felt a cold pair of arms around her middle, and kisses being placed delicately across her shoulder and up her neck. She span round to face him, as he pulled her closer for a hug.

"I'm sorry" He whispered, "I shouldn't have..." He was cut short by Alice crashing her lips against his, and flinging her arms around his neck. They stood there, under the stream of warm water, for what felt like forever, but they eventually broke apart, and grinned approvingly at one another.

"Hmm...What should I wear?" She asked aloud, but to no one in particular. Her hair was wrapped up with one towel, and another covering her body. She opened up the wardrobe, and moved all of Danny's clothes out of the way, flicking through each of her tops in turn.

"Why don't you wear...this?" Danny suggested, pushing past her and pulling out one of her newer chequered blue and purple shirts, with pearly buttons and the occasional strip of sparkly silver lines. He pressed it into her arms, in such a way she couldn't not accept it, and continued rooting through the wardrobe for his own outfit. Alice rummaged in her drawer that was filled with all her trousers, and pulled out a pair of grey combats, and flung both the trousers and the shirt onto the bed. Danny stood back and watched her, raising an eyebrow and snorting in disgust.

"What now?" She sighed

"Don't wear your work trousers, Alice" Danny told her, "Put your denim shorts on"

"But..." she protested

"Honestly. I think you'll look amazing" He grinned, before proceeding to dress himself in dark, baggy jeans and a white shirt.

They closed the door behind them, and went out into the corridor, Danny pulling Alice in for another kiss.

"Bloody hell man!" Dup grumbled, as he dragged himself into the kitchen for breakfast, and passing them quickly "Get a room!"

Danny and Alice just laughed, and took hold of each other's hand, before also entering the kitchen.

"So!" Danny said cheerily, opening the fridge, and pouring two cups of orange juice "What do you want to do today?"

"I don't know" Alice shrugged, placing a few slices of toast under the grill "We could go shopping, or to the cinema, or out for a meal, or for a day trip, or..."

"Shopping it is, then" He laughed

"There's a party up at Mara tomorrow night" Caroline told them, looking up from her plate "It's a fund raiser for some charity, and they've got quite a lot of their guests are wealthy business people"

"I wish our guests were wealthy business people" Danny said gloomily, sipping on his drink

"Anyway, Vanessa kindly invited us, but she said it was a formal event so we'll all need to dress for the occasion" Caroline said, looking at Dup, Alice and Danny.

"We hardly get the chance to go to posh parties!" Alice defended herself "Why would we have clothes that we wouldn't wear? It's not like you can go running around the bush or cutting lions open wearing a pretty frock"

"All I'm saying is" Caroline sighed "That if you're going shopping, I'd go looking for a dress, or in Danny's case a shirt and tie"

"What about Charlie?" Alice asked, checking on the toast.

"Nomsa and I will sort out the children" She smiled "Just go have a nice day"

Alice pulled the tray out from under the grill, and quickly dropped the toast onto two plates.

"Isn't Evan coming back tomorrow as well?" Alice questioned

"I think so" Danny answered, with a mouthful of toast

"Ew. Gross" She frowned, looking away, "What about Rosie and Max?"

"I phoned them yesterday" Danny replied, washing down his breakfast with his remaining orange juice, "They were on about coming down a bit later, but I'll ring them again later and tell to meet us at the party"

"Right. Ok!" Alice nodded, "C'mon, let's go out!"

"Hold on a sec, Alice" Danny said, slowly coming to a halt outside a rather large, but quiet, shop. He spotted a tall man amongst the busy streets, wearing a thin grey t shirt and plain blue trousers "I need to go speak to Mr. Cale about his vulture problem"

"No!" Alice complained, as he tried to let go of her hand and pull away "This is our week off!"

"I won't be long I promise" He smiled apologetically, walking towards Mr. Cale

"Danny!" Alice shouted, angrily "You said it was Harry's problem, not ours!"

She sighed as she watched Danny disappear into the madness, stepping back and leaning on the shop window. Something sparkling from inside caught her eye, and when she turned around, she realised she was stood outside the formal clothing shop, well known for its expensive prices. Huge dresses were modelled by plastic mannequins, material drowning them. She hovered in one spot for a little while, realising this was the type of shop that Caroline had meant earlier. She looked across at Danny, hoping to catch his attention, but he was too involved in his conversation to notice her, so she went inside quickly before she could change her mind.

"If you are seriously worried, take him over to Mara, the new vet, Harry will sort him out" Danny told him

"I don't know, Danny" Cale sighed, rubbing the back of his neck "I'd prefer it if someone I knew had a look at him, you know, someone I trust"

"Honestly, Harry is fine" Danny reassured him "Me and Alice are having a week off, and he's looking after the animals for us"

"Well, when are you back?" Cale asked

"Not till next week, I'm afraid" Danny said "I know it must be serious, otherwise you wouldn't have rung me. So please, take the vulture up to Mara, before he gets any worse"

"Can't you just..." Cale began

"I haven't had a day off in months!" Danny sighed "And if I did, Alice will probably kill me"

"Alright, Alright" Cale nodded "How are you and Alice? I heard you two are planning on tying the knot"

"Yeah, you heard right" Danny grinned "It's not really much of a secret anymore"

"Was it supposed to be?" Cale asked

"Well, not exactly, but we...well, I wanted it fairly quiet" He admitted

"Why? Alice hasn't been married before has she?" Cale frowned

"No, she hasn't" Danny shook his head

"Well then?" He asked "You should have a big wedding. Or at least, bigger than a quick wedding on your own at Leopard's Den. Have the after party at Fatani's. He's a family friend of yours isn't he?"

"Yeah" He replied, "But, do think people would come? If we made it bigger, I mean"

"Danny" Cale sighed "Just stop worrying, talk to Alice, and get back to your week off"

"Alright!" Danny laughed "See you later"

"Oh by the way!" Cale shouted, and Danny walked off "I think she went into that dress shop over there"

Alice walked through the prom section, and headed upstairs, towards the evening wear section on the second floor. She took a short cut through the summer dresses, and was about to continue, when she stopped suddenly, and saw the enormous collection of wedding dresses. She sighed to herself as she wandered through, most were white with too many frills, but the occasional shorter and more modern dress made her begin to wonder if she would ever get to wear one. Danny was insisting on a quick wedding at Leopard's Den, with a few beers afterwards, and as much as just generally getting married to him made her heart do somersaults, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. She wasn't a particularly girlie girl, but she thought that deserved one special day to share with people she loved and if that meant a big white wedding, though not necessarily in a church, then so be it.

Danny walked in to building, feeling like an utter idiot for being inside a women's dress shop, and to make it worse, he was alone. He looked at the floor map, and went onto the second floor, towards the evening wear section, where he thought Alice might be. He walked as quickly as he could, hoping no one would found him odd, and spotted the evening dresses at the far end of the shop. He slowed down as her walked past the wedding section, grinning from ear to ear, thinking of what it was going to be like being finally married to Alice. He smiled as he saw a mixture of young women browsing through huge wedding accessories and little girls looking at bridesmaid's clothes and Alice holding up a wedding dress against her body and...

"Alice?"

Alice pulled a dress out, and held it against her body, just to see its length. It was the traditional white colour, with no straps, and was embroidered with silver sequins and small, pearly beads, from the top of the dress to the waist. From the waist, it flowed down to the floor elegantly, but without it puffing out too much.

"Alice?" Danny made her jump, dropping the dress in surprise

"Jesus, Danny!" She said, breathing out heavily, "You scared me to death!"

"What are you doing?" He questioned, as she picked up the dress, and placed it back on the rack

"What do you think I'm doing?" She asked rhetorically, stepping out from amongst the dresses, and into the main walkway, where Danny was stood "I don't know if anybody told you...BUT...where getting married..."

"Funny" He raised an eyebrow, "It's weird, I was thinking about the wedding too, you know. Would you like it, if instead of having it at Leopard's Den, we did it properly, at a registry office, and then invite everyone to a party at Fatani's?"

"Registry Office?" She repeated, confused

"I know it's not as spectacular as having it in a church, but, you could still get a proper wedding dress" He told her

"I'm sorry, Mr Trevanion" Alice laughed "but have you had a bang to the head?"

"I don' think so..." Danny smiled, pulling her closer for a hug, "But, if we're going to do this, let's pull out all the stops and have our big day unforgettable"

"Like we would forget it anyway" Alice pointed out, "But, I think it's going to be amazing...and not just because I can wear a proper dress without worrying it'll get all dirty"

"C'mon!" Danny said, pulling away, "I have to a buy you a dress for tomorrow, yet!"

"Danny, you are NOT buying my dre..." Alice began

"Yes I am!" Danny interrupted "You're almost my wife, and I'm buying you a dress!"

Alice looked at herself in the mirror. This was the fifth dress she'd tried on, and was finally happy she had found the right one. The others didn't even make it to be shown off to Danny outside the cubical, but this one was the best one yet. It was sea green in colour, and the top of which was covered in slightly darker sequins, arranged in a random pattern. The bottom was paler in colour than the top, and the waist was pulled in and fastened with a diamond shaped broach. It reached to just above her knees, and she had paired it with some black stiletto heels she had picked up on her way past.

She drew open the curtain and stepped outside, where Danny was waiting patiently for her. The changing rooms were empty, which was just as well as Danny turned into a speechless idiot

"Oh my...erm...wow...Alice! You look...wow" He mumbled, trying to find the right words "Wow"

"Do you think it looks alright then?" she giggled, looking in the massive mirror that hung in the corridor, and turning around and peering at her back, just to make sure it fit.

"Oh god yes!" He said, a little too enthusiastically.

"Alright alright! Keep your voice down!" she laughed "I'll get this one"

"No! Danny! Get off! Let Go!" She hissed, as they fought in the queue, people turning around to stare at them. Most of them looked fairly well dressed, and probably didn't approve to what she (or Danny) had chosen to wear, let alone the fact they were fighting. "Get off!"

"No!" He laughed, holding the dress and shoes up in the air

"That's not fair! I'm too short!" She jumped up to reach them, but failed miserably as Danny pulled them further out of her reach "Give them back! They are really expensive, Danny, I'm not letting you pay!"

"Tough!" He grinned, as the next till became vacant

"NEXT!"

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