A few weeks had passed since the date night, nothing had been said about that and both Danny and Alice planned to keep it that way! Why mess with something that worked? And Alice was pretty sure that Danny wanted Vanessa. Well he could have her!

She and Danny were meanwhile heaving sacks into the surgery. Christ some of these were like twice the weight of her.

"You ok Alice?" Danny said and lifted a sack easily.

"Yeah." she breathed as she lifted a particularly heavy one.

"I can do it you know Alice." he told her.

She shook her head. All her oxygen was needed to enable her to breathe. She dropped the sack and inhaled sharply.

"That's it Alice as head vet here I'm telling you to back off. I'll carry the rest." Danny said stubbornly.

Alice straightened her spine. "Head vet?" she squeaked.

Danny paled. "Well like I have more experience then you. I see you as a whole partner and stuff but like….." he trailed off.

"I'm still waiting Daniel." she told him pointedly.

"I surrender." he told her.

She made a face. Walked over to the sacks.

"I wouldn't Alice that is the heaviest." Danny warned.

She glared at him and grabbed it. Pulled. It refused to budge. She yanked again. No movement. "C'mon!" she hissed at it. No go. She stalked over to another bag and picked it up petulantly.

She watched as Danny walked over and picked up the sack she tried. He put it on his shoulder easily. "Smart ass!" she muttered.

He grinned.

They heaved sacks then sat in the surgery. Her shoulders were tight.

"Look Alice about before. I didn't men what I said about being head vet. I just…..well the sacks were heavy and I really could handle it by myself."

"I know Danny." she winced.

"Alice." he asked concerned.

"It's just my shoulders. They're sore. I pulled it lifting one of the sacks."

"C'mere." he murmured.

"Why? She asked frowning.

"I'm just gonna ease some of the tension. Nothing else." he assured.

"Is it gonna hurt?"

He smiled. "I guarantee that it will be painless."

"Why do I feel like I'm putting my life in your hands?" she wondered

"I think it's me putting my life in your hands. See if I hurt you I get the feeling that you'll kill me!" Danny said seriously.

"Don't you forget it!" she laughed and sat on the operating table. He stood behind her and gently started kneading her tense muscles. Alice meanwhile melted.

(X)

Dupe stalked down to the surgery. Right this time the woman had gone too far! He was getting rid of her if he had to hog tie her and toss her over the state line. Or at least in a river or something. He was at the surgery door and heard moaning. His hand froze.

"Danny." Alice whispered.

Dupe pulled his hand away like he'd been burned. What were they doing in there?"

"Danny this is so good."

Dupe's jaw dropped.

Well well well he didn't think Trevanion had it in him!

"Did you ever do this to your wives?" she whispered.

Dupe looked at the door wearily. This was beginning to sound weird. What was Trevanion doing to her?

"Next time Dupe complains he's hard I'll tell him to try you out!"

Dupe backed away from the door in horror. Whatever they were doing he wanted no part of it! God who did they think he was?

Gerogina approached. He backed into her.

"Watch where your going Anders." she hissed.

She walked towards the surgery.

"Don't open that door!" he yelped.

She frowned.

"You don't wanna see what's happening in there!" he warned.

"What?"

"Danny and Alice." he told her pointedly.

Danny and Alice?" she asked confused.

"Do you need me to draw you a picture? Danny and Alice!"

"Danny and Alice? Ooooooo Don't be ridiculous." she scoffed.

"She's in there and being rather vocal! If you know what I mean." he told her.

"Vocal? Anders you have…"

"Thanks Danny that was so good. I feel so relaxed." Georgina heard Alice say happily.

Georgina looked at the door and frowned.

"It was my pleasure." Danny replied. "Any time you feel like that I'm happy to oblige."

"Are they a couple now?" Georgina whispered shocked.

Dupe shrugged.

"Play along." she told him then shouted. "Danny!"

The door was open and she jumped.

"Georgina you ok? You look flushed." Danny asked.

"Um yeah Nomsa asked me to talk to you about the linen in your room. Does it need changed?"

"No it was only changed a few days ago." he murmured.

"It might be dirty though." she looked at him. "You know hot nights..."

Alice walked towards then rolling her shoulders.

"You're the best ever Danny."

Georgina's eyebrows raised.

"You should try him." Alice told her.

Georgina's mouth dropped. "He's…"

"Once you try Danny you never go back!" he said with a grin.

"O my god!" Georgina whispered. And shared a look with Dupe.

"Would you Danny?" Dupe asked. "Like Georgina?"

Danny looked at Georgina and shrugged. "Of course. Why not?"

"You need your head checked man!" Dupe said disgusted as Georgina looked faint.

"You know where I am!" Danny told her.

"Danny you were married to my neice this is competely inappropriate." georgina told him sternly.

"It's fine. I wouldn't do it hard! I was nice and gentle wasn't I Alice."

Alice nodded. "Lovely soft hands. He made me….."

"Alice don't even go there!" Dupe warned.

"I was just gonna….."

"I'm not listening!" Dupe covered his ears.

"Right what's going on?" Danny asked Dupe was being really weird and Georgina looked at him wearily. Like he was gonna murder her or something!

"You propositioning Georgina!" Dupe said in disgust.

"Me what?" Danny gasped and looked at her.

"Alice said she should 'try' you out!"

"Yeah he's good." Alice told them.

"Quiet! I don't wanna know about your sex life!" Georgina hissed them blushed.

"My what?" Alice yelped.

"We heard you in there!" Dupe said. "With all the oh Danny!" Dupe told them. "Next time be discreet."

"I'm confused." Danny said.

"We heard you and Alice having…...relations in there." Georgina told them.

Danny and Alice paled. Then burst into gales of laughter. "They thought we…" Laughed even harder.

Georgina and Dupe looked at each other then at the laughing people.

"They find this amusing. I need therapy and they find it funny!" Dupe said simply.

"Dupe we weren't…" Danny chuckled. "I was giving her a massage. She hurt her shoulder."

"A likely story." Dupe said pointedly.

"No really!" Alice said. "He was surprisingly good."

Georgina glare at Dupe. "Why do I listen to you?"

"You thought they were too!" Dupe declared.

"Only after you put the ridiculous notion in my head!"

Danny and Alice continued laughing softly as they walked away. Dupe and Georgina's arguing fading into the distance.

"Can you believe what they thought we were doing?" Alice asked.

"I know. If I was gonna do something like that I would chose a lot better place than a animal surgery." he told her. "You a lot more special than that."

Alice quieted.

"Never happen though." he added.

Alice exhaled. "Yeah. Never happen." she whispered.

A/N i was checking this and thought it sounded so much better as i wrote it wasn't planned just wrote i the last 10 mins. urg. anyway didn't wanna update unexpected or undeterred coz i refuse to update angst today :) v short update off out :) thanks 4 reading