The Lady Loves Me - Part One - Tricked

"Right Danny I'm calling in favours!" Dupe said seriously approaching him on the veranda.

Danny looked at Dupe puzzled. He owed no one nothing, well except Alice for covering for him with that girl who had a crush on him last week. Whew! That had been close. He dreaded to think what the girl might have tried to do if Alice hadn't been there! He couldn't stop thinking about the kiss that had accompanied their little act. Well make that kisses. What had possessed him to kiss her? I mean hers had been part of the act, his had just been stupidity especially since now she was keeping her distance…..the thoughts of Alice avoiding him were depressing so he pushed them out of him mind. "What so called favours do I owe you?" Danny finally asked.

"Where shall I start?" Dupe muttered.

"Well?" Danny said pointedly refusing to rise to the bait

"Well in the beginning I convinced you to stay!" Dupe told him.

"No, Sarah did."

"I convinced you to keep Alice on!" Dupe tried.

"No, Rosie did."

Dupe frowned. "I feed you!" he said scraping the barrel.

Danny smirked. "No Nomsa does!"

"Do I do anything for anyone around here?" Dupe growled.

Danny grinned. "No."

"Ach!" Dupe grumbled. "AH I have one! I got you out of that spot with Georgina last week!" Dupe said smugly.

Danny raised his eyebrows. "You were the one who got me in it."

Dupe frowned. "O yeah. Anyway you do owe me something."

"What do you want?" Danny asked dryly. Looked at the clipboard in his hands.

"Well Georgina wants to go to an Elvis night."

"Georgina? Elvis?" Danny questioned. He just couldn't see it!

"Me either." Dupe declared reading his mind.

"Apparently it's Elvis songs. Elvis impersonators. Elvis karaoke. Maybe even Elvis quiffs!"

"What about the camp suits?" Danny asked.

Dupe shrugged in wonder.

"So favour?" Danny had a feeling he wasn't going to like this!

"Well I need you to come. She asked me to escort her and I do owe her coz she was the one who convinced Caroline to visit me last week. And seeing as you owe me…."

"I don't owe you anything Dupe - so no way!"

"Danny c'mon- you'll enjoy yourself." Dupe countered.

"Erm - no I won't. I'd rather gouge my eyes out then go through something like that!"

"I'll ply you with alcohol."

"You do that anyway." Danny told him.

"Not anymore!" Dupe retorted moodily, crossing his arms.

"Dupe why can't you just ask Nomsa?"

"I tried she has plans. Please Danny I can't go to this thing alone - with Georgina!" Dupe stressed.

"So you want me to go? I'll be a third wheel. She's your family."

"Cut out the insults thank you! Anyway you could take someone." Dupe hinted.

Danny raised his eyebrows. "You already said Nomsa is busy."

Dupe shook his head, "There's always Alice."

"No way would I put Alice through this."

"I have it on good authority that Alice likes Elvis." Dupe told him.

Danny looked shocked. "Does she?"

Dupe nodded seriously. "I hear her singing along sometimes when it plays on the radio."

"A date though." Danny said uneasily.

"What a novel idea." Dupe said with surprise. "It's how normal people show they like each other, plus I know you like Elvis too."

"Just coz I like a few songs doesn't mean I wanna go to this concert thingy!"

Dupe exhaled. "Danny mate what's it gonna be?"

Danny thought and looked at Dupe's face. He relented. "I'll go."

Dupe's weathered face creased with smiles. "Don't forget to ask Alice!" Dupe said eagerly walking away.

(X)

Georgina sat in the kitchen. Her face the picture of depression. Alice walked in and smiled at her. When Georgina still stared down into her coffee cup Alice was immediately concerned.

"Georgina?"

Georgina exhaled deeply. Her shoulders lifted but her eyes didn't.

"You ok?" Alice asked sitting opposite her.

Georgina finally looked up and projected a bleak look into her eyes.

"Anders and Danny have blackmailed me into going to an Elvis concert tonight!" she wailed put her face in her hands.

"What?" Alice asked in disbelief.

"Well I blamed Danny last week for something Anders was responsible for. They said as penance I could do this for them. I couldn't say no!" came out muffled.

That didn't sound like them! "Georgina?"

"Apparently Danny loves Elvis. He coerced Dupe who in turn blackmailed me!"

That sounded like them! Alice mused.

"Alice I need you to do something for me!"

"Oh no no no, I can't go for you. Seriously. I can't."

"Well I can't go with them by myself. People might think I'm some sort of prostitute or something! 2 men to one woman!"

"O Georgina." Alice breathed at her dramatic statement.

"Please Alice."

She made a face. "What is it exactly? A tribute?"

"Just a night - with singing and there will be a bar."

After what happened with Danny after Fatani's - NO WAY! Alice exhaled she shouldn't but... "Just coz you asked so nicely."

Georgina beamed at her.

"One more thing. Apparently Danny will tell you that Dupe told him I wanted to go to this Elvis freak show. We both know that isn't true. Just agree with whatever Danny says. You know how proud he is, him being an Elvis fanatic might embarrass him!"

Alice nodded. At that moment Danny walked into the house.

"Alice can I speak to you?"

Georgina's back was to Danny and she winked at Alice.

Alice nodded, to both Danny and Georgina. Rose from her chair and walked to Danny. Dupe walked into the kitchen as Danny and Alice left. He wiggled his eyebrows. Georgina rolled her eyes.

"Did she fall for it?" he whispered.

"Yes. What about Danny?"

"Completely!"

Georgina frowned. "This isn't gonna work Anders. They don't see each other like that."

"They just need a little nudge." he said motioning his hands together like people. Clasped his fingers together tightly.

"An Elvis concert though?" she drawled.

"Hey what could be more romantic than that? All that soppy music." he said softly, aware they might be listening.

Georgina shook her head. "Why did I let you talk me into this? It's gonna blow up in our faces!"

"No it's not I have this in hand!"

"That's what scares me." she replied. "Just promise me no one will get hurt - or arrested."

Dupe simply wiggled his eyebrows and smiled widely.

(X)

Alice can I ask you a favour?" Danny said nervously.

"Yeah." she said cordially with a smile.

"Well see there's this Elvis night and Georgina roped Dupe in who blackmailed me and …." he exhaled wrung his hands together.

Alice had never seen Danny so nervous before, it was sorta cute. "Yes?" she prompted.

"Well I don't wanna go without someone my own age." he fudged.

"I see." Alice murmured.

"You don't have to." he began. "It was a stupid id….."

"It's ok Danny." Alice assured.

"It is?" he questioned suspiciously.

"Yeah." Alice nodded. "Can't wait to see Dupe dancing along to jailhouse rock." she laughed.

Danny laughed too. "Yeah, that should make it worth it. I'll pick you up at 6, at the front door?"

Alice nodded.

"Thanks Alice." he told her seriously.

"No problem Danny." Alice promised.

(X)

Danny stood at his wardrobe staring at his clothes. "What do you wear to something like this anyway?" he muttered. What was really bothering him was he didn't want to embarrass Alice by being half dressed. Were his good jeans too casual or was his suit too formal. God the decision was doing his head in! You know what? The jeans would have to do - this wasn't a special occasion. If he really had to he could change at the last minute.

"Danny you ready?" Dupe called.

"No."

"I'm gonna take Georgina down now. Get good seats. You bring Alice yeah."

Danny smelled a rat. "Dupe?"

"We'll be there Danny I promise."

"Ok." Danny replied dryly.

An hour later Danny was checking his watch waiting in the living room. She walked from her room as he walked from the living room. She was wearing skin tight jeans that showed off her fantastic bum and a red halter neck jumper that made his pulse quicken. Thankfully she didn't dress like this in the surgery or they'd have a lot of dead animals!

"Dupe and Georgina have already left." he told he r in a slightly strangled voice.

She nodded. "You look nice." she motioned to his charcoal shirt and black jeans.

"You look gorgeous." he breathed.

"Thanks." she told him with a smile.

They walked from the house side by side and climbed into the truck. If they weren't there Danny was turning around and coming straight home. He was having a hard time keeping his hands off Alice as it was never mind being alone in a dark concert room. He wouldn't last the night! He liked the music but that was too much!

"So what's your favourite song?" Alice asked smiling.

Danny shrugged. He had listened to a few on you tube. "His less known songs are better then his big ones."

"So you don't like blue suede shoes or heartbreak hotel?"

"It's not that I don't like them, it's just their not as good."

"Very diplomatically put Danny."

"I thought so too!" he said smiling. "So what about you?" he glanced at her.

She frowned. "I dunno, I like his famous stuff and the lesser known stuff."

"Look Alice don't take this the way it sounds but your young-ish. How'd you discover Elvis?"

"You'd have to be dead to at least not to have heard of Elvis." she drawled.

"You know what I mean."

Alice shrugged. "My dad collected his records. Had a few rare ones too. I grew up listening to them, not by choice. They sorta grew on me. This was the day before CD's, tapes too."

"So your dad was big on oldies?"

"Well they weren't really oldies when he was young. They were newies." she laughed. "But yeah, Elvis, Buddy Holly. He had hundreds of records. Remind me to tell you of the time I played Frisbee with them. Dad was NOT amused trust me. Took him and mum hours to put them away. Damaged a really valuable collection too." Alice remembered smiling softly.

"So you were a little toe rag growing up?"

Alice bristled playfully. "No!" she said shocked then grinned evilly. "I had my moments though."

"I bet." he replied laughing.

"So favourite song?" he asked, hoping to hold onto this relaxed atmosphere.

"Haven't listened to the stuff in years properly but off the top of my head….it hurts me."

Danny had listened to that one earlier. It was good.

"It's just piano, some harmonising and Elvis's voice. Beautiful, 'It hurts me to see him treat you the way that he does. It hurts me to see you sit and cry.'" Alice sang softly.

The truck came to a stop and Danny looked at her smiling.

"If there's a half decent impersonator there I'll probably request it." Alice admitted.

Danny jumped from his seat. "I'm good - 'A hu huh." he did the Elvis trademark and wiggled his hips.

Alice laughed heartily and shook her head. Took his hand as he helped her from the truck. Both felt the electric bolt and sizzle. Smiled. Fell more in love.

"Your fave?" she asked shakily. He released her hand and she felt the loss deep inside.

"I like 'Forget me never.' and 'In my way.'"

"I can't listen to 'In My way.' I love it but dad listened to it a lot when my aunt was dying of cancer. I was 12. It holds bad memories.

Danny put his arm around her and pulled her closer. "You ok?"

She perked herself up. Nodded. "Yeah."

A/N i cut it here because it was getting long - part 2 sud b up tonight. the elvis stuff Alice did is true cept it was an my bros who played frisbee wi my dad's records and damaged a valuable collection :/ my poor dad lol
The next part is in the concert hall - is dupe and georgina gonna be in there? What is gonna happen? keep reading to find out :D x