Alices POV
I didn't see what I'd done that was so amazing, anyone would of done that in my position wouldn't they? Well, actually no-one else does think that. Danny has not commented, he's just said he's proud of me, and that's enough for me, it shows he's not angry or upset.
I had apologized to Liv, I realised that me doing that must have reminded her of her mum's death. I didn't want to say it, but well, I'm sure she'll understand.
Danny tightened my dress up tightly. In the mirror I could see his face was full of concentration, his eyes set on tying my dress up nicely, his tongue was sticking out the corner of his mouth slightly. I began to pull faces in the mirror, but he didn't notice, his eyes were to firmly set on me.
"Done." He said softly, he ran his fingers along my back, and kissed my neck. I turned round as he pulled away, wrapping the back of my hand around his neck, pulling him to me to share another magic moment.
Danny finally pulled away, he patted my shoulder gently as I put my shoes on. Danny looked very smart, and handsome in his suit, he looked so much younger than his 45 years. His pink shirt and purple tie matched my dress, and his black pinstriped trousers and jacket made him look very professional.
"Are we ready?" He asked, nodding at the clock, 5.25pm, we were pushing it. I smiled and linked my arm through his. As we opened the door, and walked into the kitchen we were met by an array of gasps.
"Wow! Alice you look stunning." Caroline exclaimed!
"Mum you look great!" Charlotte smiled.
I thanked them both, Danny was also being complimented in a way.
"Bloody hell Trevanion, you look 35 not 45!" Dupe laughed, patting his friend on the back.
We stood in the kitchen for a couple of minutes, the clock ticked on, 5.27pm. We needed to get going.
Evan was the next to come, he looked very smart, and complimented everyone on their appearance. His calm eyes radiated excitement.
5.29pm, we needed to get a move on. Just as Danny was about to shout, Olivia came clattering down the hall. She grinned, but we were taken away.
She looked beautiful. The red dress suited her perfectly, the shoes added attitude. She was, in one word, spectacular.
"You look amazing!" I grinned, she thanked me and returned the compliment.
"Right let's get going, you lot in the bigger taxi, we'll go in the smaller one!" Danny grinned. Yeh, I bet we would!
They get on the road, the rest of the family arrive before Danny and Alice and claim their seats.
6.35... I squeezed Danny's hand. Come on you stupid taxi driver, get us there for 6.40!
The clock ticked on by. Danny was fidgety. Very fidgety. He'd never been this fidgety before, except for when he proposed... I sighed, I regretted turning him down, but It was the right thing to do.
6.42, we finally arrived at the car park to the "Grand Hotel" as Danny paid the driver, he took my hand, and we walked confidently up to front.
"Danny Trevanion and Alice Collins." Danny smiled as he reached the door.
"Sorry you're late." Replied the small man standing at the door. He resembled one of snow white's seven dwarfs, maybe he was the eighth, Snooty, but never got on the show because he was a bad role model.
"By 2 minutes!" I exclaimed, he was never going to refuse us entry!
"Yeh, well late isn't great is it?" He replied turning his back. Danny sensed my fury at 'Snooty' and tried to hold me back but there was no way I was allowing this fool to get away with what he was.
"No it's not! But he's a hero, he's late because he was coming to save me, and the rest of the people! He's a hero... he's not late because he's an arrogant stuck up *(censored – i wont say what I said, its not nice!)* like you! So you either let us in, or we sneak in."
Danny put his arm around me, and continued our debate.
"And she's my hero. Do you know why else we're late? Do you? Well, she was the woman who saved that little girl in the fire! She was being a true hero! My hero stands here, and even if you don't let us in, that'll never change. But there's one thing for sure big man, you're never, ever in a million years going to be hero, you're never going to be as amazing as this woman who stands beside me."
I looked at Danny, his words were beautiful. They brought a tear to my eye. My eyes went back to Snooty the rejected dwarf. He suddenly changed his tone, and let us walk in.
"Idiot." Danny snarled, as we walked in, and got to our seats.
"What took you so long?" Evan asked.
"Nothing much, just a rejected dwarf." I laughed.
They all stared at us in confusion.
"We're not drunk before you all start, we'll tell you later okay? It's starting!!" Danny whispered loudly.
The lights dimmed, and on stage came the presenters, Dan and Kate. They were famous apparently, though I'd never seen either of them.
They ran through all the other rewards, our rewards weren't until the last two – how blagging! Danny kept my hand in his throughout, I didn't mention to him that his palms were sweaty. I believed Danny Trevanion was nervous!
"Now Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a pair's award, for the local pair of hero's. Now this was an overwhelming vote, the winners won by well, what we can only call an phenomenal amount of votes. The winner's are, Danny Trevanion and Alice Collins, for their outstanding commitment to veterinary services and the protection of animals. But also for their work within the community. Congratulations!"
Danny looked at me, I looked at him. We'd got the pairs award. Our table cheered, Vanessa and Rowan had joined us, and I swear my brother had a tear in his harsh and rather evil eye! Vanessa was clapping wildly with Olivia, Caroline and Evan, as Dupe wolf-whistled! We were elated!
As we reached the front, the applause grew louder and louder. We had the hugest smiles on our faces, we were both overwhelmed by the support we had. But now we had to speak to these supporters.
As we took the award, the whistles increased, but died down as we stood to the microphone.
"We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone, it's a great honour to have been given this award, and well it's um...." Danny got stuck for words... I continued.
"Amazing! We'd like to thank you all, especially everyone at Leopards Den for their continued support, we're honoured, thank you."
We held hands as we walked off stage, Danny clutched the award and my hand tightly, when we were out of view backstage he swung me round excitedly!
"We did it Miss Collins!" He yelled!
"We did, but you have another award, so we need to run back!" I laughed, as we ran back to the table.
No sooner had Danny sat down that he was back up again. He stood on stage, he looked nervous. I smiled at him throughout, winking at him to reassure him. I mouthed the words I love you, as they called his name to say why he was nominated for overall hero.
"Now without further ado... we will now announce the winner of the 2010 Overall Hero Award. And the winner is.........."
I sat on the edge of my seat. Under my breath I muttered Danny, every crossable thing in my body was crossed. Come on, Come on!