Sorry for not updating in like forever, I was on holiday at first then been major busy once I got home. Also I've had writer's block so not sure how good this chapter will be but I'll try my best. I won't be updating again from Wednesday till the following Thursday as I'm visiting family in Manchester, so won't be updating. I'll still be able to read your fics on my I pod hopefully Anyway, thanks for all the reviews
Chapter 10 – Leopard's Den.
Alice's POV
Leopard's Den is everything and so much more than what Danny had told me. Dupe was amazing, he looked kind of scary but on the inside he was soft, sweet and loving. Rosie and her husband Max were just fantastic, I can't get over how mature they both are and how much love Rosie has for her dad. Evan, is amazing, even though Danny's only his step-father he shows him the love that you would your own father, more than I showed my dad, not that that's saying much! Olivia, seems like a lovely girl, I think she feels like I'm trying to replace her mum but that's not my intention at all. She'll understand soon, she's still struggling to come to terms with her mums death, every time Sarah's mentioned she always excuses herself from the room. She'll never forget her mum but soon she'll be able to come to terms with it and move on, she won't forget her she'll just learn to live with it and live the life her mum has given her.
When we returned yesterday they held a massive party for us once we had our reunion, by the end of the evening I'd felt like I had known the whole of Leopard's Den for my whole life not just a few hours. I guess it must be because of how welcoming everyone is here. Charlotte's settled in straight away, I'm surprised she normally takes a few weeks to feel at home in strange places. I've only been here for a night and it feels more like home than anywhere I've lived before.
Me and Danny had to sleep in separate rooms last night because we we're keeping our relationship a secret but that didn't stop me sneaking into his room in the early hours, we used to do this with Charlotte in England so she wouldn't realise except it was so much easier then as she went to bed a lot earlier than a drunken Dupe. I opened the door as quietly as I could but it still creaked, I've never been able to be sneaky… I was pleased to see Danny laid in bed eyes wide open.
"Hello, handsome" I whispered, last thing I wanted was the whole of Leopard's knowing about us on the first night!
"Ahh, Miss Collins, come here" I crept over to him and crawled in bed next to him. Where I cuddled into the side of him before we knew it we had both fallen asleep. We were both awoken by the knock of a door.
"Get under the bed" Danny whispered. I climbed as carefully as a could and laid under the bed trying to contain my laughter.
"Come in" Danny said, trying to keep his voice casual and failing. "Hello Nomsa, it's good to see you, I've missed you."
"So have we Danny, it hasn't been the same, since you went, Leopard's Den was quiet and you of all people know that's not normal!" She laughed, Danny along with her.
"You haven't seen Alice have you, Charlotte's looking for her?" Nomsa asked.
"No, I haven't she might have gone down to the animal hospital, I'm not sure, sorry" Danny lied, he was a terrible liar, did she suspect something already? Why would you ask someone that was asleep if they'd seen anyone?
"Oh, okay well if you see her tell her Charlotte's looking for her please"
"I will, Thanks Nomsa" Danny finished. "You can come out Alice" Danny laughed
"She must know, but how?" I asked worried
"I know I thought that, I just think Nomsa is really good at reading people, I've noticed it before, don't worry she won't say anything to anyone, trust me"
"I do Mr Travanion, I do" I said leaning forward to give him a passionate kiss.
Dupe's POV
I heard Travanion and Alice in the room next door giggling; Danny was always rubbish at keeping secrets! Let's just hope that they tell the kids about them before they find out through another way. When I went down to get my usual fry-up. Alice was sat next to Danny with Charlotte on the other side. Danny and Alice kept glancing at each other when they thought no one was looking, the look in their eyes said it all they were completely in love with each other, it was the way I looked at Caroline. My heart felt like it tore as I thought of her, I missed her so much. If only you could change the past, Sarah would still be alive, Caroline would still be her but would Danny have met Alice? However much Danny loved Sarah, she didn't complete him like Alice does, they are soul mates. Ach man, Leopard's Den's always been complicated and that's the way everyone likes it. Nobody can say that Leopard's Den hasn't got character.
"Right, I'm off to the animal hospital to tidy up a bit, it must be a right mess, coming Alice?" Danny asked.
"Yeah, of course" They moved together like magnets they seemed to have a very close bond. I smiled at seeing the man like a son to me so happy. I decided to have a walk down to the hospital to catch up with them both.
I looked through the open door to see Alice sat on Danny both caught in a passionate embrace. I smiled, I was about to disturb them and see them jump apart but I couldn't do that, it was beautiful to see, so I left them to it and returned to the house. I can see that the secret isn't going to stay secret for very long, let's just hope everyone deals with it okay. Evan and Rosie will be fine with it they will be so happy to see their father happy again. Olivia will be happy that Danny's with Alice but it will take her a while to accept it, she struggled the most after Sarah's death. There all good kids and will understand in the end but how much pain will it cause and for how long? I suppose we will just have to wait and see, you can't avoid fate…
Sorry a really short, rubbish pointless chapter, but I've had major writers block. I don't know whether to finish this story quite soon and do a sequel or put all my ideas for the sequel into this story what do you think? Please review, thank you.