Hope you enjoy. Parts of this chapter are RATED M.
Dani woke up in bed next a warm body wrapped around her. His eyes were open and he was just laying there watching her. She gave him a grin. Dani was exhausted. The past couple of days had been spent on nothing but therapy. She was finally walking again. It was tough, but Nico, TK, and India had been there through it all. They were back at Nico's house. She was thankful that she had another two weeks off because she still hadn't fully recovered.
"What's going on in that brain of yours," Nico asked curiously as he kissed her forehead.
Dani grinned and layed her head on Nico's chest. "Just thinking about how much I love being here with you and waking up to you every morning, but I think I'm ready to face my house and get everything cleaned up and fixed."
Nico grinned at this. "Already done," he said.
Dani gave him a look and asked, "what do you mean, already done? "I had it taking care if and cleaned up. We can go see it now if you want too. I know you really hadn't gotten to do a whole lot since you were hurt. So, whatever you want to do today, let's do it." Nico said sweetly.
"Does that include shopping?" Dani asked curiously.
"Anything, you want to do, sweetheart." Nico said with a twinkle in his eyes. Dani noticed the twinkle fade away as he took her hands in hers, "do u think you are ready to face where you were attacked? Dani, you will probably have flashbacks. I will be with you every step of the way."
Dani hugged Nico. She didn't know how she would feel about going back home and she knew their would be flashbacks, but she could do it. Nico was glad they were going to get away for a little bit because he had Jeanette and Lindsey coming over to decorate his house for a very romantic and hopefully intimate evening that he had planned for him and Dani. Jeanette had stopped by on her way in this morning and picked up Nico's credit card and list of everything he wanted and how he wanted it decorated. He also told Jeanette that her and Lindsey could pick them out some shoes or whatever they wanted and purchase it with his credit card because of their help and for always being there for Dani, his Dani.
The ride to Dani's house was rather quiet. Nico held Dani's hand the whole way and watched her out of the corner of his eye. He knew she was a little nervous about finally facing her house where she was attacked at.
Dani finally looked at Nico and said, "I'm so glad you are here with me. You are my rock."
Nico just squeezed her hand, kept his eyes on the road, and told her, "babe, you can do this. Yes, it will probably a little scary, but we will get through this. Anytime you want to leave just let me know okay."
Dani just nodded as they pulled in her driveway. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as Nico opened her car door for her and helped her out. She still had a little ways to go before she got her full walking strength back, but she was walking and recovering really well.
Dani did really well and stayed strong while she remembered everything that happened upstairs, but when they got upstairs, things were a little different. She sat down on the bed. Nico had everything fixed, even the bathroom door. Dani could see the flashes of how things went down in her bedroom. She put her head in her hands and tried to stay calm, but the flashes were a little too much at the moment.
Nico saw the panic, sat down beside her, and took her in his arms. He knew this was painful for her, but hopefully, this would be what she needed to start the healing process. "Shhh, baby, it's okay. I'm here with you and you are safe. The flashbacks will get better, I promise. Just let it all out. Take as long as you need." Nico told her as he rubbed her back and ran his fingers through her hair.
After about twenty minutes or so, Dani said, "it just makes everything real. You know it was kindof like I was living in a bubble or something the past three months. Now it's all coming back like it was yesterday."
"This is what you need to start your healing process. Hopefully, this will help the dreams get better at night, now that your are facing what actually happened to you." Nico told Dani about some of his flashbacks from the Navy hoping it would help her. He also explained that certain things that go on or happen can bring back the flashbacks. He explained how things can trigger the brain and cause it to go into flashback mode. Dani found what Nico was saying really helpful and it made her feel better. She decided to go in the bathroom, freshen up, and get ready for her first time out since the attack.
Nico decided to change as well. He went with dark jeans and a button down polo. He knew Dani would be a little bit so he checked his messages. There was a message from Jeanette saying they were at his house and should be done in about two and a half hours with the decorating. Nico smiled to himself. He knew that two hours would be all Dani would want to do today since she still was recovering. That would putting them getting back to his house around six. He had arranged for the food to be delivered at 5:30 and Jeanette would set that up from them as well. Jeanette and Lindsey were staying the night at Dani's and were planning a suprise party for Dani. They invited Paloma and Connor, several family members, and friends. Ray J was suppose to be coming in as well. Nico had arranged it. It kindof hurt him that Juilette wasn't going to come. She said it was because one of them needed to stay there and run the business, but he knew the real reason.
Nico was sitting in Dani's bed checking his phone when Dani walked out of the bathroom. She was all decked out in a pair of jeans that should off all of her curves and a very low cut shirt. He walked up to Dani and kissed her long and hard. When he pulled back, he said, "babe, you look absolutely breathtaking. I could just lay you down right now on this bed and..." Nico stopped his next statement. He couldn't think straight with Dani that close to him. They would hopefully make time for that later tonight.
Dani just grinned and told Nico in a low husky voice, " you have no idea how wet you just made me." With that she headed downstairs. Nico just stood there for a minute to get a hold of himself.
Once downstairs, Nico found Dani grabbing her purse and putting on her shoes. He had yet to see her in heels yet since she started walking again, but knew that the dress he bought her for tomorrow night's suprise party, she would and that's why he bought her a pair to match her dress.
"You ready to go," he asked with a grin.
Dani walked up to him and kissed him lightly on the lips. "Yes, babe, I'm ready if you are."
They headed out on the town. Both were enjoying themselves, holding hands and walking through the boardwalk. It was something that Nico had never experienced before, but he loved it. Dani had purchased several things and Nico had payed for most of them. He told her it was his responsibility to take care of her for the rest of her life.
Around 5:30, he got a text from Jeanette saying everything was ready and that were leaving his house now. She also said in the text that Lindsey was about to call Dani in about ten minutes to ask you and her out to dinner tomorrow night, but for y'all to meet her at Dani's. Nico just grinned. He hoped they could all pull this off and suprise Dani because she deserved it. He was very thankful that Dani had such a good friend in Jeanette because good friends are hard to come by. He was also thankful that Lindsey was caring and thoughtful like her mom.
Dani had noticed all these expressions flash across Nico's face. She wondered what he was thinking about. She would ask him later, but right now her legs were starting to hurt and she was ready to go.
"You getting tired, sweetheart? Are you ready to head back to my place?" Dani just nodded and they headed to the car.
Once inside the car, Dani looked over at Nico and asked him what was going on in that head of his. She was worried that he was having a bad time. Just when Nico was about to respond, Dani's phone rang and she said to Nico, "you're not off the hook yet." Nico just grinned.
"Hello."
"Hey mom."
"Hey, baby. What you doing, Lindsey?"
"I'm just sitting here watching a little TV."
"What are you doing, mom? How are you feeling?"
"Nico took me shopping. I'm doing great. I'm a little tired though. It's the first time I've been out in a while."
"Nico's so good for you, mom. I'm so glad you have someone to finally take care of you."
"Yes, honey me too. Nico is amazing."
"I just wanted to see if you and Nico wanted to go out to eat with me, tomorrow night? I was wanting you both to meet my new boyfriend. His parents own this fancy restaurant, so you both dress nice. I mean like suit and tie, dress and heels."
Dani laughed. "Okay, I'm sure we can do that honey. I will talk it over with Nico."
"GGREAT! I CAN'T WAIT," Lindsey squealed. "Oh, and mom, meet me at your house around 7:00."
"Ok honey."
"See you then! Love you mom. Tell Nico I said hi."
"Love you too. Bye sweetie."
"Bye Mom."
"Wow," Dani said as she told Nico about going to eat and meeting Lindsey's new boyfriend. He agreed to it. Nico could tell Dani was excited. "Nico, I'm starving." Dani told him as they pulled into his driveway. He smiled at this. He was so happy to see Dani back to her normal self.
"We will take care of that in just a minute, but right now I want to tell you something first." Nico got out of the car and went and opened Dani's door. He squatted down, took a deep breath, and took Dani's hands in his. "Dani, don't ever doubt that when I'm with you, if I'm having fun or not. You asked me earlier what I was thinking. I got the impression you were a little worried about what I was thinking. What we did today was so much fun. I have never had that experience before in my life. I love being with you. I love waking up with you every morning. I love your touch, your smile, your laugh, your big brown eyes, our back and forth banter/flirting that we have always had. Dani, I just love everything about you. These past several months have been rough, sad, emotional, frustrating, and the list goes on. I want to spend the rest of my days loving you, protecting you, taking you shopping, taking care of Lindsey, protecting her as well." Nico saw the tears running down Dani's face. He knew that no man had ever said those kind of things to her. He wiped her tears away and kissed her on her forehead. "I was going to wait till later to do this, but I think now is the right time." Dani watched as Nico pulled out a beautiful ring and saw how big Dani's eyes got. He took Dani's hand and said, "Dani, will you marry me and let me take care you, love you, be your rock, and protect you for the rest of our lives?"
The look on Dani's face was priceless, Nico thought. He loved that look.
Dani smiled while tears ran down her face and said, "YES, Dominic, I would love to marry you. Nico slid the ring on Dani's finger and kissed her long and hard.
Nico helped Dani out of the car and as they went into the house, Dani gasped at all the candles and rose petals everywhere. There was a nice romantic candlelit dinner set up. Nico pulled out Danis chair and took a seat right next to her. "You said you were starving, so let's eat." Nico told her.
"Nico, OH MY GOD. I really don't know what to say. This ring is so beautiful. Everything is beautiful. This is so romantic. You must really have some people that like you to set all this up while we were gone. And yummmm! This food is so good." Dani moaned. Nico swallowed. If she kept that up, dinner wouldn't be lasting much longer.
"Yea, I have a few people." He said with a laugh. They finished eating and Nico told Dani several stories about his family, his past, childhood stories, and much more. Dani was eating it up. She seeing Nico so open with her. It made her feel special because she knew he didn't share those kind of things with anyone.
As Nico took Dani's hand in his, he turned on some music. He said, "Dani, do you remember when we were up on my roof and this song was playing? I told you when could walk again, I wanted to dance to this song with you. So, the future, Mrs. Careles, may I have this dance?"
"Yes, you may, Mr. Careles," Dani said.
Nico sang to Dani while they danced. It was so sweet.
Look into my eyes – you will see What you mean to me.
Search your heart, search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more.
Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for.
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for.
You know it's true: Everything I do, I do it for you.
Look into your heart – you will find There's nothin' there to hide.
Take me as I am, take my life.
I would give it all, I would sacrifice.
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true: Everything I do, I do it for you, oh, yeah.
There's no love like your love
And no other could give more love.
There's nowhere unless you're there All the time, all the way, yeah.
Look into your heart, baby...
Oh, you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for.
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more.
Yeah, I would fight for you, I'd lie for you, Walk the wire for you, yeah, I'd die for you.
You know it's true: Everything I do, oh, I do it for you.
Everything I do, darling. You will see it's true. You will see it's true. Yeah!
Search your heart and your soul
You can't tell it's not worth dying for I'll be there I'd walk the fire for you I'd die for you Oh, yeah.
I'm going all the time, all the way.
Nico pulled Dani close and as the song ended and another started, his lips were on hers in a very heated, slow, passionate way. He backed Dani up against the wall and she wrapped her legs around his waist. Nico grinded his hard length against her and he almost took her right there when she moaned his name in such a way, he thought he would come undone.
Dani's mouth went to Nico's neck and it was his turn to moan. Nico's mouth went to Dani's neck and he carried her to his bedroom. He layed her down on his bed and started kissing down her neck. His hand slid under her shirt and went straight to her breast. Nico loved her hard her nibbles were.
"God, Nico, that feels so good" Dani moaned. She sat up for a minute and began unbuttoning Nico's shirt. She ran her nails down his bare chest and began kissing him on his abs and pecks. She loved how hard he was and his moaning was driving her insane.
"Dani, Jesus." Nico said as he pulled her shirt off. She took his breath away. "You are so damn sexy." Nico undid her bra and his mouth went straight to her breast. Dani arched her back and whispered Nico's name like it was a sweet prayer. She took her hands and unbuttoned Nico's pants. Her hand went straight to his length. She ran her hand up and down in a motion that caused Nico to tremble.
"I can't wait to have that inside of me," Dani moaned in Nico's ear. She pulled his pants off the rest of the way and took him in her mouth. Nico was getting close and he didn't want to go like this. The first time when he came with Dani, he wanted to be inside her.
Nico pushed Dani back on the bed and devoured her breast with his mouth. He put his hand inside her pants and felt how wet she was. "So wet for me baby," Nico said as he pulled her pants and panties off. He spread Dani wide and teased her.
"Nico," Dani said breathlessly.
"Touch yourself for me Dani," Nico told her as he pulled his pants off the rest of the way, sat next to Dani, and began to stroke himself.
Dani was mesmerized and so turned on, but she had never done that in front of a man before and wasn't sure about it.
"Nico, I've never done that in front if anyone before." Dani said as she took a deep breath.
Nico leaned up and kissed her hard. "Trust me Dani."
Dani took her hand and touched herself. Nico watched as her breathing became irregular and he knew she was getting close. He replaced her fingers with his tongue and went deep inside with his fingers while his tongue licked her clicke. Dani came hard. Nico entered Dani and thrust inside of her. He knew he wouldn't last long, especially this being his first time with Dani. He kept up his pace and knew Dani was getting close. Once Dani started coming, he released inside of her and they let go at the same time.
"THAT IS THE BEST SEX I HAVE EVER HAD, DANI," Nico said as he pulled out and pulled Dani close so he could hold her.
"ME TOO, BABE. I have never felt like that during sex before in my life. This has been the best night of life," Dani said as she looked at her ring that Nico had given her just a few hours ago.
"When you find your soulmate, sex tends to be better than you could have ever imagined," Nico said as he winked at Dani.
Nico and Dani took a very intimate candlelit shower together.
After Nico got out, Dani washed her hair. As she was rinsing her hair out, she started feeling really weak and her legs began to hurt and were very wobbly. She knew she was probably about to pass out.
"NICO HELP," Dani yelled. Nico was laying in the bed when he heard Dani yell and flew out if bed and rushed into the bathroom.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?"
"I think I'm about to pass out. My legs are hurting and I'm really weak," Dani scared. Nico grabbed a towel and got Dani out. He wrapped up in a towel and carried her to her bed. He got a cold towel and put it on her forehead, ran down stairs, got her a drink, and some crackers, ran back upstairs, and began rubbing her legs. Dani cooled down and wasn't shaking as bad.
"You okay, sweetheart. I think you got to hot."
"Yea, I'm better." Dani said still shaken.
"Thanks, babe. I think I overdid it today." Dani said.
Nico noticed her yawning and could tell she was sleepy, but he needed to make sure her leg was okay. "Dani, standup. I want to make sure that your leg is okay." She hesitated for just a minute and stood up and walked around the room.
"How's it feel?" Nico asked concerned.
"It's sore, but the feeling is back, thankfully," Dani said relieved as she got back in bed and curled up next to Nico.
The next day they spent in bed with some more love making and eating in bed.
"This feels so good. I love spending the day in bed with you, but I need to find me a dress for tonight.
Nico kissed her on the lips and said, "hold that thought." He got out of bed and walked over to Dani's closet and pulled out a sexy red dress with a pair of silver heels.
Dani's mouth dropped wide open. "Nico, it's beautiful. U bought this for me?" "
Yes, I did. I called Lindsey and told her I was going to propose and she wanted us all to go out and celebrate." Nico said as he pulled Dani close.
"Oh, so there really is no boyfriend," Dani asked curiously.
"Yes, there is definitely a boyfriend and his parents do own the fanciest restaurant around here." Nico said with a smirk that Dani caught onto to.
"Let me guess, you sever with the boys father." Dani said as she rolled her eyes.
"Actually, the boy is Marshall Pittmans nephew." Dani thought she was going to choke when she heard that. "It's not what you think. Marshall and his bother didn't get along because he didn't agree with Marshall's life choices. The kid is good for Lindsey, trust me."
"Nico, I do trust you." Dani kissed him on the cheek and went to get ready. Music was playing while Dani was getting ready.
Nico was downstairs waiting. He had a black suit with a red tie to match Dani's dress. He couldn't wait to see what she looked like. Nico got the message saying everyone was there and waiting as he heard Dani coming down the stairs. When Nico laid his eyes on Dani, he felt like the wind had been knocked out of him.
"Babe, you look beautiful."
Dani knew she blushed. "Thank you and thanks for the dress and shoes. You have great taste."
"I know I have great taste. I've got you and you taste unbelievable," Nico said as he kissed down Dani's neck. The dress was low and so looked so HOTT. Nico couldn't keep his eyes off of her.
As they were heading towards Dani's house, she was going on and on about meeting Lindsey's new boyfriend. When they pulled up to Dani's, she noticed how dark it was. Dani opened the door and once her and Nico were inside, the lights flipped on and everyone yelled, "SUPRISE!"
Dani was indeed suprised as she noticed Jeanette, Paloma, Connor, Lindsey, and her boyfriend, TK, her mom, and several other people. They all ran up and hugged Dani. She had tears.
"Mom," a voice said behind her.
"RAY J," Dani squealed and hugged Ray J so tight.
Dani, Lindsey, Paloma, and Jeanette talked about everything and Dani showed off her engagement ring.
Meanwhile, Nico, Ray J, TK, and Lindsey's boyfriend caught up as well.
The woman heard a lot of commotion and the music was up loud. They went over to see what had everyone cheering. All the guys were dancing to Justin Timberlakes, Suit and Tie. Dani couldn't believe her eyes. Nico looked so HOTT out there dancing and all the other guys were following his lead. It was so cool. Lindsey was recording the while thing.
When the song ended, Nico came over to Dani. "That was amazing."
"Babe, you are amazing. Thank you for completing my life." Nico said as he kissed Dani The party had bend a success and Dani felt like she was finally having the time of her life and couldn't wait for more, especially with Nico.
The END
hoping to start a new story soon! Let me know what u think if this one and SORRY IF THERE ARE MISTAKES...