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Chapter 7: Visitors and the Pick Up
After the surgery
"So, Aunt Piper, who was that guy earlier?" Danielle asked, as she awoke to find her aunts and cousin in the room
"He just helped me bring the drinks back that's all; I'll probably never see him again, so don't get any ideas, Phoebe" Piper said looking towards Phoebe
"How come you always look at me first?" Phoebe asked "Prue can get an idea"
"Yeah, but you always try to play matchmaker" Piper explained
Danielle began to get out of bed, but was halted by Prue's hand
"Where do you think you're going?" Prue asked
"I was going to put some clothes on, so we can get outta here, I have a lot to do today" Danielle exasperated
"You just got out of surgery Dani, you need to take it easy, besides the doctor said you have to stay here for at least 2 more days" Prue explained knowing exactly where Dani was trying to go.
"Aunt Prue, you know I have to get out of here, I can't be here today; please, let me leave" Dani pleaded
"Phoebe, can you find and ask Dr. Williamson if it is okay for Dani to leave just for today?" Pure asked
"Sure" Phoebe answered and left the room
"Piper, can I talk to Dani alone, please?" Prue asked
"Sure" Piper replied and walked out with a sleeping Mel in her arms
"I know how much you want to go, I've been there; think about this though, would she want you to be there, with her, while you're suppose to be recovering from surgery, or be there healthy?" Prue asked Dani
"Do you promise to take me when I'm outta here?" Dani asked
"Yeah" Prue said hugging Danielle, then letting Piper and Phoebe into the room
"Hey, doesn't school start tomorrow?" Dani said thinking aloud. "I can't believe I'm gonna miss my first day of high school" she said disappointed
"It's not that great" Phoebe said trying to cheer her up
"I can't believe Mel's going to Kindergarten" Piper said
"Speaking of Mel," Phoebe started, "what's up, she's been asleep almost all day"
"I don't know, but I'm sure she'll be fine though" Piper answered
"I think we should go, it's pretty late" Phoebe said after glancing at the clock
They all hugged and kissed Dani goodbye and left the hospital. Danielle watched TV for a while before she drifted off to sleep dreaming about what her life would be like it her mother were still alive
Danielle awoke to see the back of her father, who was staring out the window, looking at the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance.
"What are you doing here?" Danielle asked with disgust in her voice
"I came to see how you were doing" Kyle answered "I was at the house when Nicole called" he added as he took a seat beside the bed
"I'm fine; you can go now since that's what you're good at" Dani said with enough venom to kill a person in less than a second
"I'm not leaving until we talk about…"
"Talk about what how you abandoned mom and me, how you never stopped by to see how we were, how you didn't even call to say 'happy birthday', and when I could've used you most you weren't there so…" Danielle yelled but couldn't finish as her body racked with uncontrollable sobs. Kyle pulled her into an embrace and was shocked she didn't pull away.
"I'm so sorry, Danielle, I really wanted to be there for both of you, but I just couldn't" Kyle said trying to comfort his distraught daughter. "I wasn't ready to have a kid; I needed to get myself together first, and I'm really sorry that I wasn't there for you, but I'm gonna make it up to you; I promise." "I gotta go, but I'll be back" Kyle said as his cell phone rang and he left the room
Danielle took a 2 hour nap, then woke up and started channel surfing
"Ugh" Danielle exasperated and slammed the remote on the side table
"Hey, what do you have against remotes?" Jason asked jokingly as he entered the hospital room
"Oh nothing, there's just nothing on TV" Danielle replied as Jason sat down beside the bed
"I found out something pretty interesting, yesterday after I left" Jason said
"Really, what?" Danielle asked fully sitting up in the bed
"I was bored out of my mind, so I went to the attic and started going through my dad's things and I found his high school year book; I was flipping through it and I found a picture of your mom" Jason explained
"Are you serious, my mom and your dad went to the same high school?" Danielle asked shocked
"Yeah, but that's not all; I asked my dad if he knew her and he said they were best friends since they were in Kindergarten"
"Now that I think about it, I did see him at the funeral" Danielle said thinking aloud
"I guess we were meant to meet each other" Jason said looking into Danielle's eyes intently
"I guess so" Danielle simply said, searching his soul, too
The two were so entranced in each other, they didn't notice when Jay entered the room.
"Uh, hey guys, am I interrupting something?" Jay asked, pulling the two out of their daze
"No, Jase was just telling me that his dad and my mom had been friends since Kindergarten" Danielle replied
"Are you serious, wow, that's cool" Jay said stunned
"We thought so" Jason said
"Hey D, I brought you a sketch book" Jay said revealing the book and some pencils from behind his back
"Thanks Jay, so how's Devan?" Danielle asked
"Why don't you ask her yourself?" A voice said from the door. They all looked as the light-skinned girl with long, dark, silky hair made her way into the room.
"Hey, baby" Jay said as he stood up and kissed his girlfriend and gave her his seat, while he sat at the foot of the bed
"I leave for 1 summer and I come back to find you in the hospital on the first day of school" Devan said in feigned annoyance
"I'm sorry, I just couldn't function properly without you" Danielle replied sarcastically before they both broke out in fits of giggles
"Oh, Devan this is Jason, Jason meet Devan" Danielle introduced
"Hey" they said in unison. Devan looked conspicuously between Jason and Dani
"Hey, I'm gonna go to the vending machine, Jay can you come with me?" Devan asked
"Sure" Jay answered as he walked toward the door and held it open for her
"So, is there something goin' on with those two?" Devan asked as soon as they were in the hallway
"There's definitely a spark, but I don't think they're gonna get together; Jason found out that his dad and Dani's mom were best friends" Jay explained
"I guess that means that their probable meant to be" Devan said retrieving her Pepsi from the vending machine and walking back to the room alongside Jay
"No, Dr. Williamson said she'd release her tomorrow, just to be safe" Piper said talking to Prue on her cell phone. "I'm going to pick Mel up from school; Prue I'm here, I gotta go" Piper said as she pulled up in front of the school and stepped out her car.
"Hey Piper" someone called startling her
"Oh, sorry if I scared you" Leo said as he opened the door for her
"Leo, what are you doing here?" Piper asked as she walked down the hallway to Mel's classroom, while Leo followed
"I'm picking up my…" before Leo could finish 2 little kids tackled his legs, "niece and nephew" he finished
"Uncle Leo, we made a new friend, her name's Melinda" the girl said. Hearing her name Melinda looked up from her drawing to see Piper standing in the doorway
"Mommy" Mel squealed as she ran into Piper's open arms. "I made new friends, that's Tyler and that's Sam" Mel added pointing towards the 2 kids standing by Leo
"That's great, baby" Piper said. "Are you ready to go?" Piper asked
"No, I don't wanna go, Mommy; I want to stay and play with Tyler and Sam" Mel whined
"Uncle Leo, we wanna stay and play with Mel, too" Tyler said
"Baby, we have to go see Dani at the hospital" Piper explained
"See guys, they have to go to the hospital" Leo stepped in
"We could just stay at the hospital with Mel for a little while" Sam said looking up at her uncle with puppy dog eyes
"Guys, why don't you go finish you drawings while we talk" Piper said addressing all the kids
"Ok, what are we going to do?" Piper asked facing Leo
"I got it; how about we take them to the park tomorrow, like a play date or something" Leo proposed. "You can invite your sisters, too" Leo added
"Okay, sounds like a plan to me" Piper responded
Everyone went their separate ways, knowing that they would meet up with each other tomorrow.
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