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AN: Hi guys I'm back... I hope you all had great holidays. I hope you all enjoy this chapter it's not as long as some of the others, so I hope you all enjoy. x

Wildatheartfan:~ Thanks for the review hun. And yea I'm still on the fence with the Fatani and Thabo thing... I was leaning towards Fatani as that seems to be the preferred from other stories I have read then I watched the finale episode and he was such a douche to Olivia. I hope you enjoy this chapter. x

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Chapter 10

Talks

Danny sighed as he placed the phone down and rubbed his eyes to try and stop the on coming head ache. Alice was being so unreasonable, how could she think that demanding that he get on a plane and come home to England was going to work, England wasn't his home any more. Africa was his home, it was in his veins. He just couldn't leave the place he loved and called home for seven years and he couldn't understand how Alice could. Danny shook his head as he stood up and walked on to the veranda and looked out over the land and sighed.

"Penny for those thoughts?"

Danny turned around and smiled as he looked at Max sitting on the bench also looking out at the land.

"What you doing out here on your own?" Danny asked walking over deflecting the question.

"Rosie went with Dupe and Ed to track a pride of lions or something" Max smiled shrugging his shoulder making Danny laugh.

"And she let you stay out here?" Danny asked laughing as Max shook his head.

"No. She thinks I'm in bed resting" Max grinned as Danny sat down next to him laughing as he patted Max's good arm.

"Your secrets safe" Danny smiled looking at Max before sighing and shaking his head. Max and Rosie had been back at Leopards Den for three days now and he hadn't had a chance to talk to Max as he was always with Rosie. "Hows your arm and side?" Danny asked turning to look at Max who frowned down at his arm and shrugged his shoulder.

"Its fine hurts every now and then, most of the time its bearable so I don't have to take the painkillers and my side hurts only if I put pressure on it" Max stated as he looked back out over the park.

"Why?" Danny asked making Max look at him again.

"Why what?" Max asked not getting what Danny was on about.

"Why was you drinking so much? You was never a drinker" Danny asked as Max put his head down.

"I didn't care about anything. When Rosie left it didn't hit me at first, we fight, yell then storm out but we always come back" Max sighed looking at Danny and watching as he nodded his head remembering some of the fights that Max and Rosie used to get into. "I thought she would come back... when she didn't it hurt and I couldn't take it so I would have a drink at work and I would forget just for a little while and then I would sober up and it would hit me ten times harder so I decided the best course of action was to stop sobering up" Max sighed looking down as Danny shook his head.

"Why didn't you just call her or come out here to see her?" Danny asked shaking his head at Max. "We wouldn't of stopped you, you know that" Danny stated looking at Max to see him nod sadly.

"I didn't want to talk to her" Max sighed before looking up. "I was scared that if we talked then it would really be over and I don't know how I would of dealt with that" Max sighed making Danny laugh as his eyes got glassy. "What's so funny?"

"What you just said. Sarah..." Danny sighed shaking his head before looking at Max. "Do you remember when we sold all the animals to fix the pump in town?" Danny asked watching as Max nodded smiling sadly. "Whilst we were all having a drink in your bar to celebrate its finishing, Rosie was out side in tears, she told Sarah all about you proposing to her and the ring and she told her you asked for the ring back" Danny sighed shaking his head. "She thought you were breaking up with her and she said the exact same thing to Sarah" Danny smiled looking at Max to watch him smile.

"Breaking up with her was never even in my head" Max sighed smiling as he shook his head. "I loved her more than anything, I would of done anything for her. I still do and would" Max smiled as Danny nodded his head.

"Good" Danny laughed. "That means me and you are going to be ok then" Danny laughed before sobering up and looking at Max again. "And if you ever put my daughter through what you did with your hospitalisation again, I will kill you" Danny smiled but Max could see how much he meant it.

"She wasn't meant to find out" Max sighed not looking at Danny.

"She loves you Max, even when she is angry at you she still loves you" Danny smiled shaking his head.

"Talking from experience?" Max asked looking at Danny as he sighed and put his head in his hands.

"I don't know what to do any more. Alice isn't backing down and I cant just leave here, I'm stuck" Danny sighed shaking his head.

"Why doesn't Alice want to return? Max asked as Danny shook his head.

"Rowan! He was in a car accident and his fine and everything but she doesn't want to leave him as his her only living family she has left" Danny stated shaking his head.

"What are you guys then?" Max asked looking at Danny to see him shake his head.

"I don't know what else I can do. Everything I do seems to be wrong" Danny sighed looking out over at the hospital. "I know I have a responsibility to Alice, Charlie and Robert but I also have one to the rest of my family" Danny sighed as Max smiled sadly at him.

"Have you told Alice that? As you just said to me talking is the only way to be on the same page" Max smiled as Danny just looked at him.

"You were not meant to through my advise back at me" Danny smiled as Max laughed at him.

"Why not it seemed to fit" Max smiled as Danny stood up shaking his head.

"It may of well fit but still" Danny laughed before sighing. "I better go get some work done and you should go have a lay down as I think Liv and Fatani are coming over for dinner tonight so you might want to get some relax time in plus Rosie should be back soon" Danny laughed as Max's eyes widened comically before standing up wincing slightly. "You ok?" Danny asked as Max nodded.

"Yeah its bearable" Max smiled before straightening his back as he had been hunched over. "I stood up to fast that's all" Max smiled as Danny frowned at him.

"Take some meds Max or you wont get better toughing out isn't brave its stupid as it will knock back your recovery" Danny stated as Max nodded mutely.

"Can you tell Rosie I'm in here when she gets back?" Max asked as Danny nodded his head smiling lightly as he watched Max walk into the house.

Danny smiled as he headed over to the pens to check on the animals with a smile on his face.

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Rosie walked into the hospital to see Danny loading up tranquilliser into darts.

"Hey dad" Rosie smiled as she leant against the side where he was working.

"Hey, did you guys track down the pride?" Danny asked looking up at Rosie to watch her nod.

"Yea and Ed thinks one of the lioness's is pregnant" Rosie smiled as Danny looked up at her quickly.

"Really?" Danny asked looking at Rosie in shock. "When me and Dup checked them last month there was no sign.

"Well according to Ed one of them is" Rosie stated shrugging her shoulders before pushing off the side. "I'm going to go check on Max" Rosie smiled as she walked to the door.

"Oh his in the main house as he was feeling lonely in the cabin" Danny smiled looking up at his daughter who frowned at him.

"I told him to rest" Rosie sighed shaking her head.

"He is... his just doing it in the house" Danny smiled as Rosie rolled her eyes at him before leaving making Danny laugh.

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Max smiled as he saw Rosie walk into the lounge.

"Hey"

"Hey yourself I thought I told you to rest?" Rosie sighed as she sat down on the space that was left on the couch that Max was laying on.

"I am" Max smiled making Rosie laugh before she leant forward and kissed him.

"How you feeling?" Rosie asked as she pulled away and looked at him.

"In slight pain" Max sighed giving in. "Can you get me a couple of pain meds?" Max asked as Rosie smiled at him before kissing him lightly.

"I will be right back" Rosie smiled as she stood up and ran over to the cabin and grabbed Max's pills before walking back into the house to grab a glass of water before going back into the lounge and handing them to him. "There" Rosie smiled as Max took the pills and downed the water with a grimace. "I promise you will be fine" Rosie whispered kissing him again lightly.

"Thanks" Max smiled as he brushed some hair out of Rosie's face with his good hand. "I love you, you know that?" Max stated making Rosie smile and nod her head.

"Come on lets go back to the cabin and get some rest" Rosie smiled standing up and holding her hand out.

"No" Max pouted grabbing her hand and tugging her back to the chair. "Too comfy, we can rest here there is enough room for the both us" Max smiled as Rosie rolled her eyes before settling next to him and curling into him with a content sigh. "See comfy" Max laughed as Rosie giggled before kissing him again and placing her head back on his shoulder and closing her eyes as Max rested his head on hers.

"Oh and I love you too" Rosie smiled as Max let out a breathy laugh before closing his eyes as well. And that was how Caroline found them an hour later sound asleep in each others arms making her smile.

"Sleep tight guys" Caroline smiled as she placed a blanket over them both before going into the kitchen to help Nomsa prepare dinner. Family dinners always were a hand full.

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