Chapter 9
Danny scolded at his older sister, not able to believe what she had just asked of him. They have just spoken about their father's business and of what it was they needed to be approved before attacking him with a question than a demand. Of all the dogs to annoy him, Danny was angry that he will be thinking this while being with Ivy and meeting the Pirates. Maybe he can convince Ivy to hang out with them after the ordeal so he wouldn't be short-tempered with the Pirates and hating him for being with Ivy.
"Don't give me that look, Danny. As soon as they heard about Ivy from Kathy's party they've been drilling everyone before contacting us." Monica tells her brother.
Danny growled, standing up quickly and pacing. "Ivy's the other best thing to have happened to me in my life, Monica; I'm not going to introduce her to them so that I can lose her in a matter of seconds." he told her angrily, shoving a hand through his hair.
Monica frowned at her brother, not able to believe what she was hearing. "You've fallen for this girl, didn't you?"
Danny stopped pacing, looking towards his sister. "Her name is Ivy, and I love her."
Monica's mouth fell open in disbelief. Never has she heard her brother say the 'L' word with a woman he was dating. Seeing the look, Danny sighed, sitting back down and looking at his sister.
"I love her, Monica, and she loves me. When they get in the same room as Ivy, I'm going to lose her."
"Do you really think–?"
"It's why I never had a serious relationship." Danny confessed, "They're too obsessed with names and appearances."
Monica sighed, leaning forward and taking hold of Danny's hands. "I will do all I can to stop the meeting, but Danny sooner or later our parents are going to want to meet Ivy and criticize all the fault she might have. Warn her, prepare her, that's all you can do."
Danny closed his eyes in pain of what might come to pass.
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Ivy packed a small bag with some clothes so she can take to Danny's home–or at least leave it in his car until she spends the night at his home again. At the doorbell, Ivy closed the packed bag and quickly walked to the door.
"Hey, how did the meeting go?" Ivy questioned.
Danny merely strode inside (slyly dropping a black bag by the door) and took Ivy into his arms and kissed her long and hard. "I love you, you know this, right? I love you with all my heart." he whispered before kissing her once again.
Ivy kissed him back until she pushed him away. "I love you too, Danny, but what's happened? You're scaring me a bit." Danny shakes his head again, holding her hands in his as Ivy frowned at him. "Danny, what's wrong?"
Danny sighed in irritation, dropping her hands and beginning to pace. "I just don't want to lose you," he started, pausing to gather his thoughts.
"Honey, if it's because of Nathan, you don't have to worry." Ivy told him, wrapping her arms around his waist.
Danny frowned down at Ivy, wrapping his arms around her once more. "No, not Nathan! I'm not too worried about that prick," he lied, Ivy frowning with concern. "It's my parents, they want to meet you, but I know how they are, they're going to criticizes everything and little about you. They're the biggest snobs, Ivy, I know they will push you to your limits and you're going to want to break it off with me. I don't want that to happen!" he whispered fearfully. "I don't want to lose the other best thing to happen to me."
Ivy inhaled and exhaled slowly, staring at Danny's chest as the information processed. "Your parents want to meet me?"
"Yeah, people from Kathy's party started talking and eventually went to my parents." Danny rolled his eyes, "I don't know how they found out we were dating, but I can certainly guess who." he added darkly, thinking of Nathan.
Ivy bit her lower lip and looked up at Danny through her eyelashes. "I'll meet them,"
Danny frowned, "What?"
Ivy smiled kindly, "Set up a time so I can meet them. Danny, sooner or later they will be knocking at my door. Let's just meet them head long right now."
Danny sighed, bringing his girlfriend closer. "Fine, but I'm going to be right by your side all the way, no matter what they say I won't leave you."
Ivy sighed, "That's a relief, thank you."
"Alright, let's go get this hangout over with, no doubt the Pirates are waiting anxiously to rip me apart."
Ivy laughed, pulling away to get her phone, keys, and bag. "I promise not to get them too close to you, but I can't vouch for the Santiago Twins."
Danny groaned, remembering some pieces about the twins, as well as heard about them. "Oh, I brought a bag of my clothes; you can leave it by the door for now." he told her as they walked out of the apartment.
Ivy nodded, locking her door. "And I have my bag; you can leave it in your car until I spend the night again."
Danny nods, dipping his head to kiss her as they walked over to the elevators. "Hmm, are you wearing perfume?"
"Its scented body lotion," Ivy corrected.
Danny hums again, wrapping his arms around Ivy and dragging her inside the elevators as soon as the doors opened. "You should put it on more often," he muttered against her skin as he inhaled deeply.
Ivy could only laugh, swatting at his chest before wrapping her arms around his neck. "Maybe I well, maybe I won't, it all depends if you're good or not."
"Maybe this will help," he whispered, kissing her hard and long.
This time it was Ivy's turn to hum, "That defiantly helps." she whispers against his lips before kissing him back, Danny smiling in triumphant.
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Ivy was trying her hardest to calm her nerves for both her and Danny's sake. They were on the lift holding hands, Danny grinning down at his nervous girlfriend.
"Babe, I will need my hand, so could you loosen your grip a bit?"
Ivy muttered a sorry, loosening her grip just as the doors opened, and before them stood the Santiago Twins. Ivy groaned, closing her eyes briefly at the reality of this meeting becoming true.
"You guys couldn't wait until I introduced him to everyone else first before you guys?" she complained, almost scared to get off the lift.
"Mamita, mamita! Do you really think we were going to wait for everyone else to meet him first?" they asked in unison with mock-disbelief.
Ivy's grip tightened once more, not wanting to let Danny go into the twin's clutches for she may never see her dear boyfriend for the rest of the night, if ever. The twins rolled their eyes and moved forward, taking hold of Danny–with a bit of difficulty, mind you–and walked into the Vault, moving towards the back.
"Okay, so listen, listen, this is how it's going to work, pretty boy." one of them started.
The other just nodded his head, quickly speaking in Spanish. Ivy went to go after them and stop harassing her boyfriend when Moose and Camille walked right in front of her, smiling. Knowing it was no use in stopping the twins, Ivy prayed that Danny still wanted to be with her after this event. Moose smirked knowingly and wrapped his arm around his sister, leading her towards the big kitchen, where the rest of the crew was waiting for them; along with Jamie and Alex.
"Thank you for coming, you guys, and keeping these guys in line with Danny." Ivy said with relief.
Alex started laughing, "Actually I came to see him sweat as the Pirates grilled him!"
Jamie rolled her eyes, bumping hips with Alex though she was smiling. Ivy merely glared at Alex before sighing, knowing it was pointless to change her best friend's mind. She should have known that Alex would do anything just to watch Danny sweat. Jamie walked over to Ivy and hugged her, Moose and Camille moving away.
"Oh, don't worry about Alex I'll make sure she doesn't make Danny's life even more horrible." Jamie tells her.
"Do you really think we're going to be terrible to the man who had made your brother's life a living hell?" Jacob asked sarcastically.
Ivy raised an eyebrow, "Yes, and not to mention that he's from your guy's worst enemy!"
"I don't understand what you guys are saying!" Danny cried out before the group could say anything.
Everyone turned to see Danny walking away from the Santiago Twins, who were quickly walking after him, speaking furiously in Spanish. Seeing the opportunity, Ivy rushed forward and moved around Danny, looking at the twins with a glare.
"Look, I know you guys care about me, but stop harassing my boyfriend! I actually want him to still be with me after this."
The twins looked at each other before looking at the younger woman. "Ivy, Ivy, Ivy! We're only giving him a few pointers so that he doesn't hurt you, in which case we will have to go after him and kill him." the twins said unison, going between the two languages.
Danny smiled and walked behind Ivy, wrapping his arms around her waist as he looked at the twins. "I'm not going to hurt Ivy; I love her too much to let anything happen to her. Besides," he moved Ivy and himself to look from the twins to the rest of the group. "I'm here to meet you all not as your enemy, Kid Darkness, from the House of Samuria's, but as Danny Cambridge."
All the girls awed (Alex rolling her eyes) as the others nodded in appreciation. It had seemed that despite their differences and being from two different Houses, Danny was making a big effort of meeting them; and because of that, the Pirates knew that they had to look pass that differences and see their enemy as one of them. It was than a person the group hadn't expected to hear from in a long time in person, speak up.
"Well," everyone turned towards the lift to see Luke Katcher and Natalie Clark stopping a few feet away from them, smiling. "Welcome Danny Cambridge, it's very nice to meet you." they drop their bags to the floor, looking at everyone.
"Luke! Natalie!"
Everyone yelled at once, rushing towards the laughing couple, who hug as many of people that tried to hug them at once. Questions were thrown at them, Ivy ignoring them as she turned around in Danny's arms, a wide smile as she looked up at him. Danny continued to watch the chaos a bit more before looking down at his girlfriend, smiling in the process.
"I guess that means that they like you." Ivy teased, going on her tip-toes.
Danny brought up a hand to cup her face. "I guess they do," he whispered before kissing her.
"Hey, hey! What do you think you're doing?" one of the twins cried out.
The other twin continued the complaining. "There's no kissing in the Vault! Now, get away from Ivy and don't touch her in front any of us or we will have to kill you."
Ivy couldn't help but laugh, leaning against Danny as she hugged him as close to her as she possibly can, smiling at her friends. "Oh shut up and let us be! Worry about why Luke and Natalie are back!" she told them before going back on her toes and kissing her boyfriend senseless.
The group groaned as Moose complained about watching his sister making out with a guy, as did Alex. Jamie tried to give reason with Alex, letting her know that she had seen them kiss before, but the older Australian didn't want to hear it. Now, that Danny was on good graces with the Pirates (for now, at least), they had to worry about why Luke and Natalie were home when they should have been in LA for the film school instead.
A/N: I know, not much of a reaction from the Pirates, but it's not the end of the get-together, so no worries! ;D Please review and let me know what you think or what you would like to see! Thank you!