Alices POV

I wasn't entirely certain letting Danny take me somewhere else tonight was actually safe. We were now banned from a restaurant for wanting duck, and I was now brave enough to allow Danny to take me somewhere else.

He was driving along the main roads quite calmly; he was heading towards the end of town where all the stores were. I wondered why he was coming in this direction, there were no restaurants around here, just shops. Danny pulled up outside the 24hour corner shop. I looked at him in confusion ,what was he up to?

"Gimme five!" He said kissing me gently. I sighed, Danny was so cute in his own way, as he ran in the shop I couldn't help but smile.

I waited for around six minutes, finally Danny emerged with a small bag. As he jumped back in the car, I reached to grab the bag off him.

"Now Now Miss Collins!" he teased as I tried to grab the bag from his tall reach.

"Just cos' you have a lanky arm!" I mocked, as he started the Jeep.

"Least I'm not a short arse!" he said sticking his tongue out before giving me the bag.

"Danny! I'm not talking to you!" I grinned, pretending to be angry, but struggling. I looked inside the bag, it had 2 bottles of wine, 2 wine glasses, and some snacks. I put it down, and decided listening to Danny's pleas were more amusing.

"Alice, I'm sorry, you're not really short."

I looked at him, but he dug his own hole, causing me to turn round in pretence.

"Well actually you are, but you're not really, only in height, because in the ways of personality and beauty, you are the best, and if it comes to me loving you, well that's pretty darn fat!"

I turned round to face him. He'd stopped the car at the traffic lights.

"I love you Danny." I said, putting my hand on his. He was looking straight ahead.

"I love you too." He said gently, before pulling off back towards Leopards Den.

Now, I was worried, where were we going? Was I right to trust Danny? Well I'd never been wrong before to trust him. I loved Danny, and if he decided we were going somewhere, I wasn't going to argue.

Suddenly Danny turned off, and we ended up going off the road – the African sunset was beginning to settle. We went along the same road for a few miles, before Danny stopped the car.

"This, is it." He grinned offering me his hand out of the car.

It was the most beautiful setting, we were upon a hill on town land. From here, we could see the sun setting down below the hills, but also Leopards Den, and all our animals. I smiled, this was perfect.

"This is perfect." I grinned throwing my arms around Danny's neck.

He didn't say a word, but put his arms around me, pulling me into his body. Our lips touched, and my heart skipped a beat. This was to me, the best night out. I didn't need a fancy restaurant, or even a nice place to sit. I didn't need to be in this dress, I would stand here in nothing but a sheet, because standing here, kissing me, was Danny, the man who I could not live without, and we were there, free to do what we liked, we were alone.

When we finally pulled away out of breath, Danny began to pour the wine into glasses. I looked at the bottle, he'd bought my favourite wine, the deep red colour shone through. I grinned as he handed me the glass. We sat down slowly, and I huddled close to Danny. His arm reached round my waist, his hand gently stroked my arm. I softened into his chest, and rested my head against his. He kissed the top of my head affectionately. I turned and looked into his deep green eyes, he looked back into my own. I felt the most magical feeling, as we leant in to share yet another embrace of love.

I didn't know how long we sat there huddled in each other's arms. Danny's powerful arms kept me close to him, whilst my own draped happily around Danny's waist. We spoke about the animals, we spoke about our past, we spoke about each other, we spoke about anything. I didn't care what we spoke about really, as long as Danny was there with me, I couldn't care less.

"Alice?" Danny whispered quietly.

"Yeh?" I said looking ahead at the horizon, it was now dark and we could only just see the outline of the hills.

"I love you, you don't mind us not going to the restruant do you?"

I turned to face him.

"I love you too, no, In fact Danny, it's ten times better than any meal. You could take me anywhere, and I wouldn't care as long as I was with you."

He smiled and we kissed yet again. As we finished the magical moment, I took Danny's hand. He squeezed my own, as I took another glass of wine.

"Steady on!" Danny laughed as I downed it in one mouthful.

"Come on Danny! Where's your wild side?!" I teased.

"You'll find out." He promised, grabbing another glass of wine and joining me in downing it. "That's your lot for me downing glasses of wine! Someone has to get us home!"

We both laughed, home. We should probably have started getting going but I think we were both too happy, too happy sat there, with no-one interfering. If I wanted a hug, I could have one freely, if Danny wanted a kiss, we could kiss, as passionate as we wished. There was no one watching, no one moaning, it was just me and Danny, against the world.

The night went on, and as we got more and more tipsy, the dafter the conversation got. But the more romantic our embraces were. Our shrieks of laughter ripped through the silent night air like a million daggers tearing through a piece of cloth.

"It's getting cold, and late. We'll have to get going." Danny smiled, standing up, taking my hand, and helping me up at the same time.

"Yeh. This had been great Danny. Thank you." I said, kissing him for one final time with enthusiasm. He kissed me back, strongly, and as we finished to catch our breaths, he hugged me tightly.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it" He gently whispered, before taking my hand and helping me into the Jeep.

As we finally set off back, I could not be happier. We'd shared a memorable night, we were banned from a fancy pancy place, but, it had been the best night of my life (well nearly, but if children are involved, then it is!) I had shared it with Danny, enough said. But it had been perfect, we didn't need any sort of seating, or anything posh. All we needed were each other.