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"I'm sorry, you're what now?" Danny was alarmed at the severity of her statement.
His voice was nearly shouting at her, and she was almost crying. Not something you'd see everyday while trying to enjoy your breakfast in the cafe.
"you heard me, I'm pregnant Danny" She quietly shrieked at him, her eyes welling up even more.
Danny moved round to her side of the booth and sat next to her, she was now crying, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her in to a hug. He was not exactly sure what to say to something like that, he had definitely never gone through that before, but what he didn't know was that Annie had been through all this before.
"Sweetheart, I didn't mean to yell, I'm sorry. This news just caught me off guard"
She nodded, still buried deeply in his arms. Danny could feel her tears easing up, and she had relaxed a little, considering she was extremely tense when he moved round to her.
"Annie, honey, if you don't mind me asking, how long have you known?" he whispered soothingly.
Annie raised her head up and released herself from his grip, still staying in quite close proximity to him, his arm still wrapped around her shoulder.
"I found out this morning, when I went back to the doctors , I've been letting it sink in 'til now. I haven't stopped crying all morning either, I never thought this would happen to me" Her last statement was mystifying, surely Annie knew there was a possibility she could get pregnant whenever she slept with someone,she wasn't on the pill or any other form of birth control, unless she was holding something back.
"Annie, what do ya mean?" He sat back from her to study her for a moment.
"Can we go someplace else to talk about this, I don't want people to see me crying again, heaven knows this will make me cry" She asked, not trying to buy herself time to concoct a story, but to give her time to collate her thoughts and decide how she is going to tell Danny.
"Sure, we can goto my office if you want, since I was meant to be at work ten minutes ago. We can talk in my office, I'm sure Montana won't mind"
She was looking intently at her coffee when she gave the smallest of nods, and whispered "ok"
Danny slid himself out from the table, and held out a hand for Annie, which she took gracefully. Within a few minutes of leaving the cafe, the couple were at the CSI office, and Danny was signing Annie into the visitor book, and taking her to his office.
She was sat in Danny's chair, Lindsay was in fact sat opposite her, but she didn't talk to her, it didn't look like she'd get a response anyway. Danny had gone to Mac's office for some reason unbeknownst to Annie.
He was standing before his boss,with his hands shoved in his pocket.
"Mac, before you start saying about me being late, please hear me out first, I have a reason for this"
Mac did not look as though he had the patience for this, but he gave Danny a look which told him to start explaining.
"Well Annie, you know Annie, my girlfriend, well she called me up this afternoon and asked me to meet her at the cafe on the way to work, and that she had something to tell me which shouldn't take long, but it was urgent,anyways, I got there and she had been crying"
"-Danny, the point please" Mac said sternly, ever so not amused.
"Right, she tells me she's" Danny paused, he wasn't sure if Annie wanted people to know yet, "I can't tell you whats wrong with her, but when she told me, I upset her with what I said, so I had to calm her down again, and thats pretty much it"
"Ok Danny, you can have this one as authorised, but next time let me know you may be late, Ok?" Mac was more understanding than anyone thought he was going to be.
Danny thanked his boss, and slinked out of the office, not wanting to make anymore of a nuisance of himself. He practically ran back to his office to find his waiting girlfriend staring out the window, and a co-worker just giving him a questionable look. He silently told Lindsay he's explain later, then walked over to Annie, spinning her round to face him.
"You Ok?" Danny asked, lowering himself to her level
She gave him a small nod then glanced over at Lindsay.
"Linds,do you mind giving us a few minutes" Annie and Lindsay had never liked each other, since she was the one Danny originally wanted, and Lindsay didn't like Annie because she is the one Danny is now with, and she wants him more than ever now.
Nonetheless, she still got up from her desk and made her way towards the door, "no problem"
Danny moved to Lindsay's side of the room and pulled her chair round so he was sitting face to face with Annie.
"So, you wanna tell me whats going on" He was straight to the point with her, something he usually wasn't, this time he just wanted to know what she happening.
"Well" She began quietly "A while ago, about ten years, I fell pregnant. At the time I was too young to even consider keeping it, and my boyfriend had bolted when I told him, I was at university studying media, which was a long enough course, so having a kid would have put undue strain on my studies, so that was adoption out the window, my last option was abortion, and after discussing it with my best friend at the time, I decided it was the right thing to do. So I went ahead, had the baby terminated, but there was a complication, and I was told that I would not be able to have children, thats why I don't use another form of birth control, just condoms, I always thought that I couldn't have kids anyway. I didn't want this to be one of those heart wrenching stories, because to be honest, I have never really wanted kids, so it didn't affect me too much in my life, I used it to an advantage" Surprisingly, Annie was not crying, in fact she wasn't even upset, she had a smile attached to her lips, even though it was only a dainty smile though.
"Wow, I was not expecting that. I guess the only question really now is, what are we going to do?"
"Danny, I don't want to have another abortion, I can tell you that much. This may be my only chance to have a kid and I don't wanna give this chance up"
"Fine, do you want to keep it then?" he asked, not really sure how he was feeling, so best to get the answers from Annie first.
"I don't know, I really don't. I mean a baby is a huge responsibility Danny, you're a career man, and I may be going on book tours and things like that. We're both fast moving adults. Wait, you aren't going to leave me are you?"
"God no, this is both mine and yours, I'm gonna be here supporting whatever you chose to do. Annabella Lulu-Heather Johnson, I love you with all my heart, even though I have only known you for a month. I can't see me leaving you for anything, I'm here for you every step of the way"
"Thank God for that. The last thing I need is to be a single mum"
There was an awkward pause between them once again, Annie's last sentence hadn't been one Danny was expecting to hear, and the thought of possibly being a father now scared him to death, but he knew not to show it. After a few minutes of silence, and Annie expecting Danny to say something, anything, he did.
"So you really want to have this baby?" He was still having immense trouble getting his head around the idea, if it were anyone else, he may have been up for them having the baby terminated, but since it was a girl who he not only really liked, but this could be her only chance for a baby, he was up for it.
"Well yeah, like I said, this is probably the only chance I'm gonna get, and I know that I am not the maternal type at all, and to be honest I have never wanted kids before, but what if, in the future, I want one and I can't have one. Please just imagine how you would feel if that were you. You would be devastated, I can tell you that much for sure"
"Ok, I know your situation, and I can't imagine how many emotions you must be feeling right now. I don't even know my own emotions to be honest" he took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his noise for a while, deciding what would be the best thing to say to Annie, "Would you be Ok if I had some time to think about this Annie? Thats not a definite answer, not by a long shot, but I just need some time to let it all sink in, right now I'm still in shock" He explained, not wanting to shatter any hopes that she had of him.
"Of course I would be Ok Danny, I need some time to think too" She paused for a while "Danny, I'm going to spend some time with my sister, its only going to be for a few days, but I really need her at a time like this, she got me through the last one too. You don't mind, do you?"
"When are you leaving?"
"Sometime tomorrow, probably about lunchtime, I want to see you before that though, giving that you're Ok with it all, of course"
"thats fine with me, take all the time you need there, make sure you let me know if you change your mind, about anything, Ok?"
Annie lifted herself off the chair and went closer to Danny, she placed a tender hand on his cheek and kissed the other cheek
"I will" she said softly "I'm gonna go back my my apartment now, and pack or something, I need to do something, I can't just stick around here all day"
"Ok" Danny got up, and took hold of Annie's hand "Let me walk you out then"
They proceeded down towards the lobby, passing several people along the way, some of them asking Danny to take evidence from them, or asking him to sign for something, but he didn't notice them, he was more focused on his girlfriend, and making sure that she wasn't crying again.
When they finally reached the doors to the crime lab, he returned Annie's badge to the woman on the reception desk, and gave her a hug before she left. The hug went on for an eternity, and it really didn't matter to either parties, they needed each other more than anything right now.
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