A/N: OK so all of you can feel free to throw things at me for the horribly long delay I provided you with. To be honest life got in the way, I won't go into details but let me just say that I am happy to be writing again, and with that I give you the conclusion.

Summary/Disclaimer: See Chapter 1

5 Months Later:

Dani woke up to a quiet house a rare treat it seemed any more. Over the past few weeks her case load had decreased in a good way, many of the players stopped seeking her out and several of her regular patients were reducing their number of weekly appointments. All good things in Dani's eyes. Matt had given up his position at the Hawks and moved to California to raise his family. It was no surprise when his girlfriend now wife became pregnant, Dani had always known how much Matt wanted a family and was not the least bit surprised. Laying in bed she looked around the room and realized that something was off. Her relationship with Nico had solidified over the past few weeks with him spending more time at her house and around her kids than his own place. In the end it had been a good change for both of them.

This morning however something was off, it was Sunday and since the team was no longer working being the off-season they had no where to be and had both been quite adamant about spending the day in bed together; so when Dani rolled over and found his half of the bed empty she was confused. Sitting up she picked up the remote for the television and started listening to the morning news. She could hear his footsteps coming up the stairs and was happy to see that Nico was still relaxed in just house pants and a t-shirt that clung to his chest, in his hands was breakfast.

"I was hoping to wake you up Dr."

"Well the quiet woke me up, it's a rare occasion when the house is quiet."

"Ah, well I come bearing breakfast."

"Smells delicious." She said as he placed the tray on the bed beside her and leaned over to take in the full aroma of what he had made. Fresh fruit, eggs, juice, coffee and toast filled the plate, enough for two.

As she started eating, Dani couldn't help but notice how quiet Nico was and the shy smile that was across his face as he watched her eat her breakfast. Watching as he picked up the remote and turned off the television, she couldn't help but wonder what it was that he had up his sleeve. As she took another bite of her eggs, he started to speak.

"Danielle, you know that you are the most amazing woman that I have ever met. Ah, don't speak" He paused and as he did her mind started racing with all sorts of questions as to what was going on. "I have seen you stand up to players much taller than you, silence coach with your auto-biography and well leave me speechless with your actions. I see how much you love your children and how you would do anything for them. I see that you honestly want to help people no matter the cost to your personal safety. You know me better than anyone else around me, and I probably know you better than you think I do. Which is why I have a question for you."

She watched as he reached in his pocket of his pants and pulled out a small squared shaped teal Tiffany's box with its signature white ribbon. Bringing her hand to her mouth she was speechless, she had a good guess as to what was in the box, but didn't want to fully get her hopes up until she heard those words.

"Danielle Santino, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife and marrying me?"

"Yes." She said as he took the lid off the box and opened the case holding a beautiful wedding set. It was a 18 karat white gold band that had channel set, princess cut diamonds, with a matching second band that had the same setting on the sides encompassing a 4 karat princess cut diamond. She couldn't have chosen a better one if she had picked it herself.

As he took the ring from its case and started sliding it on-to her finger, Dani knew that Nico would never hurt her, he would never leave her and he would protect both her and her children from anything that threatened to hurt them. Once her ring was secure, she reached up and gave him a long kiss that was full of passion and desire as well as love, because she truly did love Nico with her whole heart.

"I love you Nico."

"I love you too Dani." He started to laugh a bit as he pulled back. "I'm glad you said yes, because I already got permission from Ray Jay and Lindsay to ask you."

"You asked my kids permission?"

"Of course, if I'm going to be a part of their lives they should know it."

"Nico Careless you truly are one of a kind. I'm really glad you came back that night I told you leave."

"I will never leave you Dani, that's a promise."

They leaned in and kissed again, and as the day continued they kept to their main promise which was not to leave the bedroom for the rest of the day.

A/N: OK kinda corny, but I wanted it finished for all of you. Target now has Season 2 on DVD, go get it! Follow the link to see a picture of the engagment portion of the ring. Considering another fic based on the finale, not sure yet. Please enjoy this and review!

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