Heart Attack
Chapter 4: Wear High Heels Part 1
The following morning, Jo woke up early. Despite the fact that she was lying on her side, there was something poking her in the back. Looking around, a smile graced her face. The events of the day before came flooding back to her and she remembered that she had spent the night at Danny's. Slowly turning over, Jo realized what had been hitting her in the back. Burying her face in the pillow, Jo tried to hide the blush that had graced her cheeks, but Danny was already awake and had caught it before she had been successful in hiding.
"Good morning beautiful." Danny said with a smirk.
"Please tell me that's a normal thing for you, and not just because you got me in bed with you last night." Jo commented from the pillow.
"It does usually happen, but I think you being here last night might have had something to do with this." Danny replied.
"That happening does not leave this room, got Desai?" Jo asked.
"I got it Masterson, but I will have to do something to get rid of it. And not all of us are fortunate enough to have a bathroom attached to their bedroom, so it will have to leave the room for it to go away." Danny replied.
"I meant…" Jo started.
"I know what you meant Jo. I'm just giving you a hard time. Besides, it's Saturday. We have all day to figure out a way for this to go away." Danny said.
"Just go take a shower. I need to get home." Jo said as she pushed him out of the bed.
"Care to join me?" Danny asked.
"No. As much as the thought of seeing my boyfriend naked is appealing, I'm going to have to pass. That is not something that I am comfortable doing the second day that we're together." Jo said with a shake of her head.
"I didn't think you would go for it, but it was worth a shot. Be back shortly." Danny said as he leaned over and gave Jo a quick kiss before he grabbed some clothes and headed out into the hallway.
"Danny, is Jo still here?" Karen asked as her son passed her room.
"Yes Mother, Jo is still here. We just woke up." Danny said.
"Next time you want to bring a girl home with you and have her spend the night, make sure that it's okay with me first." Karen said.
"Don't worry Mother, the only girl that I will be bringing over and offering to have her stay here over night is Jo. And I heard you tell her last night that she's always welcome." Danny said before he walked into the bathroom and shut the door.
Once Karen heard the water running, she headed over to Danny's room and walked in without bothering to knock. In the couple minutes that it had taken Danny to walk out of the room, Jo had fallen back sleep, but that didn't stop Karen from what she did next.
"Jo, I need you to leave. There are things that I need to talk to my son about and I need him to have a clear head while we talk about them. Having you here would hinder that." Karen said, startling Jo awake before she turned and walked out.
Jo was stunned. She didn't know what to say or do. She had wanted to just spend the day with Danny, but that seemed to be out of the question now. Slowly getting out of bed, Jo walked over and closed the door. While she was quite comfortable in Danny's clothes, there was no way that she was going to head home wearing them. Walking over to Danny's desk, Jo grabbed her clothes and quickly changed back into them. Once she had folded his clothes neatly and placed them on the bed, Jo searched for a scrap piece of paper. There was no way that she was leaving without letting Danny know where she had gone. After she found the paper and a pen, Jo wrote a quick note to Danny and left it on top of his clothes.
As Jo was leaving, she didn't see Karen again. If she was to be honest with herself, she wasn't sure she even wanted to see Karen again. She just wanted to get home and change. She had an idea for later in the day, and she hoped that Danny would call her or text her or do something once he saw her note, but she wasn't going to sit around and wait for him to contact her, she had things to do during the day before she could put her plan into action. Once she got home however, Jo was immediately bombarded by her parents.
"Where have you been young lady?" Kyle started as soon as the front door was closed.
"I spent the night at Danny's house." Jo replied.
"Jo, honey, if you aren't going to be home at night, we need to know where you're going to be. We don't want you to get hurt, but if we don't know where you are, we start to worry. And that worry doubles when there is no one in custody for Regina's murder. And while Danny does seem to have changed, I don't like the thought of you staying at his house over night." Tess said. She was much calmer about the situation than her husband, but she was just as worried about her daughter as Kyle was.
"Got it Mom. I'll let you know from now on where I'm going to be if I'm not going to be here." Jo said before turning to her dad. "Dad, do you have an answer for me? Does Danny get to stay in my life, or do I have to go?" Jo asked.
"I'm not happy about him being around here, and I'm not thrilled that you went over to his house, but as long as he respects the rules of this family, he can stay in your life. But there will definitely be no more sleep over's, do you understand?" Kyle asked.
"I understand perfectly dad. Now, if you two don't mind, I need to go take a shower." Jo said before she headed upstairs.
Back at the Desai House
When Danny got back to his room, he had expected to find Jo still there. But when he saw the pile of his clothes folded on the bed with a note on top, he knew something was wrong. Walking over to the bed, Danny picked the note up.
Danny,
I'm sorry I left without actually saying goodbye. You're mom kind of kicked me out saying that she had to talk to you about something and that she needed your head to be clear while you two were talking, and if I was here that I would hinder that conversation. I want to spend the day with you, but I have things that I have to do first. There's this thing at the park tonight. I am hoping that we could meet up or something around 6:30 tonight and hang out there. Call or text me when you read this.
Jo
Danny was furious with his mother. She had no right to kick Jo out without letting her say goodbye to him first. Clutching the note in his hand, Danny headed downstairs to confront his mother. He had to look through a couple rooms to find her, but once he did, he blew up.
"Why the hell would you kick Jo out without letting her say goodbye? I was going to walk her home after I got out of the shower. You had no right to tell her to leave. And just what do you need to talk to me about? You had 5 years of me being in juvie where you could have come to talk to me, but you never did. You never once talked to me. You always sent dad to come talk. Did you even care? Or were you just preoccupied with your image that you couldn't have been bothered?" Danny yelled.
"Danny, there are things involving the current investigation that I need to talk to you about, and I couldn't talk about those things with Jo around. Kyle is being completely unprofessional and I didn't want to cause a riff between you and Jo by saying that." Karen replied.
"Jo knows that her dad is being unprofessional. She was probably the first one to think that with that fact that he walked into a school assembly and pulled me out in front of everyone without cause. That's not something that would cause a riff between us." Danny said with a shake of his head.
"I'm trying to protect you." Karen replied.
"I don't need your protection." Danny commented before he stormed out of the house.
"DANNY! Get back here! We still need to talk." Karen called after her son.
"I'm sorry Mother, but there is nothing more that we need to discuss." Danny said before he completely left.
Feeling around in his pockets for his phone, Danny cursed under his breath when he realized that in his rage induced argument with his mom that he had left his phone in his room. Turning around, Danny headed back into the house, but when his mom tried to talk to him, he ignored her. Taking the stairs 2 at a time, Danny headed up to his room, grabbed his phone off of his nightstand and walked back outside.
Tonight at 6:30 works just fine for me. See you at the park. – Danny
After sending the text to Jo, Danny decided to walk around town for the next couple hours. If he wasn't able to hang out with Jo since she was at home, then he would have to find another way to occupy his time. As he continued to walk around, he ended up heading to the fort that he, Jo and Lacey had built when they were younger. When he got there, he half expected it to have parts caved in, or pieces missing, but it was, surprisingly, still intact. What he didn't expect to find was Lacey sitting inside.
Back at the Masterson House
After taking a quick shower, Jo went back downstairs to get something to eat for breakfast. She avoided talking to her dad because she could tell that he was still upset about her staying the night at Danny's, but her mom seemed to just be worried because she hadn't known where Jo was, not because she had been with Danny. After putting some bread in the toaster, Jo turned to her mom.
"Hey Mom, can you come to the store with me? I would like to get a new outfit." Jo asked.
"What's the new outfit for?" Kyle asked his daughter; Jo ignored him.
"Sure sweetheart. We can go once you're done eating breakfast." Tess said with a small smile after eyeing her husband.
"Thanks Mom." Jo said with a smile.
After she was done eating, Jo headed upstairs to get her wallet and her phone. Seeing a text from Danny, Jo smiled. He was going to meet her at the park at 6:30. That gave her all afternoon to find an outfit to wear. Heading down to the garage, Jo was about to get into the car with her mom when her dad stopped her.
"Is this all for you or for Danny?" Kyle asked.
"What is wrong with a girl wanting to look nice for her boyfriend?" Jo countered.
"He did not ask if it was okay to date you." Kyle replied.
"He didn't have to ask you. He had to ask me, and he did. I said yes." Jo said as she got into her mom's car and closed the door.
As they pulled away from the house, Tess glanced at her daughter. She knew that Jo was doing this to impress Danny, but she knew that Danny had already liked her daughter before all of this.
"Jo, sweetheart, you know that this isn't necessary, right? Danny liked you the way you are. You don't need to do your hair differently or wear dresses to impress him." Tess said slowly.
"I know that Mom, I know that I don't have to look nice for him, I want to look nice for him." Jo said with a sigh.
"Just as long as you are sure that you want to do this, I will pay for the outfit." Tess said.
"You don't have to do that Mom. I have money, I can pay." Jo said quickly.
"At least let me pay for something; a pair of heels to go with it." Tess offered.
"You can pay for one accessory. I'm just not sure what exactly I'm looking for." Jo admitted.
"We can figure that out together." Tess said with a smile.
"Deal." Jo agreed before she stared out of the window.
End Chapter 4: Wear High Heels Part 1
A/N: I know that it's longer than the first couple chapters, and the next chapter will be the second part of this chapter, but I hope you liked it. There will be some obstacles coming Danny and Jo's way, so prepare yourselves for some teen angst. – Emma
