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A Different Kind Of Love

Danny was sat in Matt's office, just waiting. Once Matt had walked out of the studio, no one spoke, all of them stunned by his outburst. Danny had left Gracie with Harriet, whilst he got his head around everything. He needed to work out what to do next. He decided to try and talk to Matt again, hope he could get through to him and then after that he was out of ideas. So here he was, waiting. He had been waiting for almost 2 hours and Matt still hadn't come back. He hadn't even called.

"Hey." Jordan said quietly.

"Hi." Danny sat up properly. "Where's Nicky?"

"Downstairs with the girls." She sat down on the couch next to him. "They told me what happened with Matt."

"He was just letting off steam... he didn't mean it."

"How do you know that?" Jordan asked. "I mean, it would explain the way he's been acting."

"Because I saw how much he was looking forwards to this." Danny claimed. "I was the first person he told and even though he was scared... he was excited about it too...Even you must have noticed a difference in him after he found out she was pregnant."

"Yeah, I guess." She agreed. "But what are you going to do next?"

"I don't know." He whispered, resting his head on his hands, looking downwards.

"Maybe he should see a doctor or something." She suggested. "They might be able to give him something to help him cope."

He looked up at her and the first time, since she had known him she saw tears lining his eyes.

"How did I let it get this far?" He asked.

"You did all you could." She assured him. "But you can't handle this on your own... no one can."

"What am I going to do?" He questioned. "I don't even know where he is... and Gracie is downstairs. She hasn't got a clue what's going on around her. She doesn't know that her Mom is dead… She doesn't even know her father is losing it..."

"It'll be okay..." She squeezed his hand gently.

"He hasn't even held her, did you know that?" He continued. "Whenever we went down to the hospital, he'd sit as far away as he could get and not say or do anything. For all she knows, I'm her father."

"Things have gotten a little bad but Matt's lost someone he loved and he needs time to get over that." Jordan stated. "We just need to give him time."

"And what's going to happen to Gracie whilst we're giving him that time?" Danny asked. "How can he be so selfish?"

"Danny..."

"No, I've done everything I can for him and he won't listen..." He cut her off standing up. "Why won't he let me help?"

"Hey, calm down..." She said softly, getting up too and standing in front of him. "He'll come to you when he's ready... he always does."

"What about Gracie?" He asked. "She needs him now."

"I know but she's got us." She claimed.

"Yeah, I guess..."

"Okay, we're going home..." She told him.

"I can't..."

"Yes you can... you can't wait around here all night hoping Matt will turn up." She replied. "We're going home and you're going to rest. You've been doing too much lately."

"What if he does something stupid?" Danny asked quietly.

"He won't." Jordan claimed. "Why don't you call him on his cell?"

"I tried it goes straight to answer phone."

"Well, leave a message... telling him that we're taking Gracie home with us and we'll look after her... tell him that we're here for him when he needs us."

"You think that will work?" He asked.

"I don't know but there's not a lot else we can do."

Danny sighed and got his phone out, dialling Matt's number.

XxXxX

Matt's head was pounding and felt like he was going to throw up any minute but he still went into work. At least if he was working, he wasn't thinking about what was going on.

He was surprised when he walked into his office to see Andy stood there.

"What you doing in here?" He asked, walking past him towards his desk.

"I was waiting for you." Andy told him.

"You got a sketch?"

"No."

"Okay, then what?"

"I think I'm going to have to quit."

"What?" Matt turned to look at him. "You can't!"

"Yes I can." Andy told him.

"Why do you want to quit?"

"When I agreed to stay it was because I was working for you and I had a lot of respect for you."

"Had?" Matt questioned.

"How can you not love that little baby?"

"Y'know what? If you want to leave then go ahead but I'm not talking about this with you." Matt claimed, sitting down.

"We all understand that your grieving but that doesn't mean you can act like a jackass!"

"Excuse me?"

"You're acting as if you're the only one who's ever lost someone." Andy claimed. "But if you look around, everyone is missing someone."

"I don't think that any of this..."

"Look at me... when my wife and daughter died... I didn't think I'd ever be able to get through it but I'm back here doing a job I love." Andy continued. "And I know that they both would be proud of me."

Matt just looked at him, listening to what he had to say.

"You have a daughter, Matt... Someone who is always going to love you...someone you'll always love... Mine were taken away from me... and there are so many people out in the world that can't have kids... we all have no say in the matter... but you do... you have a choice."

There was silence in the room; Matt didn't know what to say until Andy turned to walk towards the door.

"Andy?"

He stopped and looked back at him.

"I don't want you to quit." He stated. "We need you here."

Andy looked at him for a moment before nodding slightly. "Okay."

"And Andy?" Matt said again before he had a chance to leave. "Thank you."

"No problem."

XxXxX

"Can we talk?" Matt asked, stopping in the doorway to Danny's office.

"Yeah, of course...come in." Danny told him. He watched as his friend walked in, closing the door before sitting down. "Where were you last night?"

"At my house... I just needed to clear my head." He told him.

"And did you?"

"Sort of." Matt nodded. "I want my life back."

"And how does Gracie fit into that?"

"She doesn't...not really." He shrugged slightly.

"How the hell can you say that?" Danny asked, raising his voice slightly.

"Because its the truth..." Matt claimed. "It's better for us both if I give her away."

Danny's mouth fell open slightly; even after everything he wasn't expecting that. "Give her away?"

"Yeah, to a proper family."

"How did you come up with this solution?"

"I was talking to Andy... he made me realise that there are so many people out there that would love a child..."

"Andy suggested you should do this?"

"No but it makes sense." Matt replied.

"Get out."

"What?"

"I said get out!"

"Danny?!"

"I don't want to look at you right, now." He stated. "You're not the same guy I've been best friends with for years!"

"What are you talking about?"

"How can you give her away? You haven't even held her...you haven't even looked at her properly." Danny shouted. "If you had, you'd see that she has your eyes...you would be able to see yourself in her... and you'd see how beautiful she is."

"I knew you wouldn't understand..." Matt stood up.

"No, I don't understand! I don't understand any of this! I don't understand you!"

"Whatever! I'll be in my office, writing."

"She has a hospital appointment at 12."

"What?"

"Gracie has an appointment at 12... She's still your responsibility so you need to take her."

"Fine...where is she?" He asked.

"Downstairs with Harriet."

"Fine."

"I'm coming with you." Danny told him.

"Don't you trust me or something?" Matt looked back at him.

"No, not really, not any more" Danny replied. "But I'm going because I want to know if she's okay."

Matt paused slightly. "Why wouldn't she be okay?"

"In case you've forgotten, she was born 12 weeks early."

Matt shook his head and opened the door. "I'll see you later."

Once Matt had left the office, Danny threw his cell phone cross the room in anger.

TBC

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