Alice was sleeping soundly, far too content to awake. This was the first decent sleep she'd had in months and she was deeply asleep. She started to come awake slowly. Couldn't restrain the smile when she felt her husbands arm draped over her waist her back to his chest. She felt his head move, and he pressed his lips to back of her neck. The feel of his breath against her skin made the air catch in her throat. She could feel his smile when he heard her breath hitching. Last night had been a night for comfort and tenderness. This morning it seemed was for something else. His pressed another kiss to her neck. His teeth grazed the sensitive skin.
"Mmmm." she shivered.
He moved his head closer to her ear. "You like?"
She moved her eyes so she could look at him. "You'd know."
His hand snaked under her pyjama top and he was tracing soft circles on her stomach. He pressed another kiss to the same spot. Tingles ran down her spine.
"Danny." she groaned. Tried to turn. His hand held her solidly in place. He smiled evilly.
"What?"
He laughed. Moved her head with his until her whole neck was exposed. Pressed his lips to the place where her pulse throbbed. His tongue swirled. Alice thought she was literally gonna die - and he was barely touching her.
He kept going and Alice felt her whole body go completely boneless. "Release me or I will hurt you Daniel." she warned.
His laughter rumbled. "Promises promises." he murmured and loosened his hold. Alice turned in a second, pushed him rather roughly onto his back and was above him kissing him deeply. He laughed until the kiss wiped his mind of all raional thought.
Without thinking Alice wiggled her hips getting comfortable. Alice saw him freeze for a moment. She grinned. Payback time! She grinned, wiggled her hips again. Slightly harder this time. He grabbed her side with his free hand. She leaned in closer looking at him.
"Keep that up and this will be over before it starts!" he practically growled. His eyes hungry.
Alice smiled widely, was just about to wiggle again when without warning he flipped her, he was above her and in control.
"Lets see who gives in first." he whispered seductively.
(X)
They lay together, the passion inside them had been cooled. At least for now. Alice's head was rested on Danny's chest her hand on his stomach. His uninjured arm was around her shoulders. He turned every so often and kissed her head.
"I knew you'd give in first." she laughed.
"You don't fight fair!"
"Neither did you."
"Not as bad as you - see I gave in."
She raised her eyebrows.
"I don't think I've said this today but I love you." he murmured. Pressed a kiss to her head.
" I love you too." she replied without hesitation. Drawing hearts on his chest with the tip of her finger. "How'd we lose us?" she murmured out loud in disbelief. "Even temporarily?"
"No idea." he agreed. This closeness was - well better than anything he had ever felt before. "Never again though!"
"Never!"
"It's us against the world." he told her.
"Always."
They lay in silence. Alice snuggled closer to him. She felt her eyes begin to close.
"Alice…" he began softly.
"Mmm hmm."
"Do you think we should, well discuss my dream?"
She frowned slightly. She didn't really wanna hear about it. "Depends on how bad it was." she admitted.
"Ok." he said.
They lay in silence. Alice didn't want anything coming between them ever again. So they had to sort this! "What happened?" she whispered. She could deal with this - she knew she could.
"It doesn't matter." he knew she didn't want to.
"Go on Danny. We need to sort out everything."
"But I don't want to hurt you." he told her.
"Will it hurt me?"
He exhaled. "It might."
"Go on." she said after a long pause.
"Well I woke up, thinking I was in bed with you - but I wasn't. Shocked the life out of me."
"Bad choice of words there Danny."
He winced. "Sorry."
"Carry on." she whispered. Not realising she was hugging him tighter than before.
"Well Sarah was there when I woke up." he told her.
"And?" he was withholding!
He couldn't tell her.
"I know your holding back Danny. C'mon no secrets huh?"
"She….we….."
"Just spit it out Danny."
"She had a child. 6 months." He immediately felt Alice stiffen by his side. Felt her retreating from him mentally.
"Alice this isn't why I didn't want to tell you. We just got each other back." hurt in the depths of his voice.
He heard her exhale. "Continue."
He shook his head. "If it's…"
"Danny!"
"Ok, I was with Sarah. The fire hadn't happened. But the storm had and Dupe had went out instead. He was killed."
"What?"
He nodded. "At first I remembered you and I searched I wanted my life with you back. The more time I spent there the more and more I forgot. Until nothing, you were gone, like you never existed."
"Ouch." Alice whispered.
"One day though you turned up. It had been weird, I'd been seeing Dupe in scenarios that had happened in real life. Then I got really ill I heard a voice with a Scottish accent talking to me. I began pushing Sarah away and felt the feeling about someone I didn't know, I didn't even know what the feeling was - I was just confused about everything. Wanting you when I didn't even know you. Then you visited I passed out at my first look at you. Then you left and I followed you and when I saw you at the copy with Hamley I remembered everything - including the baby and the lion. After that I woke up."
She nodded.
"Alice?"
She was silent.
"C'mon don't push me away."
"A baby Danny?" she squeaked.
"It's not something I could control honey. I can't even say the dream was everything I ever wanted. The only person I want is you. The only person I want to have a child with is you."
She was quiet. Staying absolutely still in his arms.
"I think I dreamed it because it was - well easier."
"What?"
"Well we lost out baby, and were having so many problems. I never had things like that with Sarah - so to allow my body to recover it just made up this scenario. Then when I was ready to wake up you came for me. YOU brought me home. YOU are my home!"
When he put it like that….. She rubbed her chin with her hand.
"I love you Alice. No one else. I'm not gonna lie and say I didn't love sarah - or never did coz I loved her so much. I loved her - past tense. I'm not even gonna tell you I love you more than her. I just - we have bonds that I never shared with Sarah. We have a connection deeper than that. Her turned on his side to face her. "You are who I want. The only one I will ever want. You are my final. My one and only. My soul mate, I swear on everything that nothing and no-one will ever surpass you and what we have."
Alice felt her heart begin to beat erratically. For a man who sometimes struggled with words he had spelled it out clearly there. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "Same to you, times 500 million."
He chuckled above her head. "Think of your own."
She reached up and pulled his lips down to hers for a scorching kiss. Then pulled away and came to rest her head on his chest once again.
"I guess we have a decision to make." she said hesitantly.
"What?"
"A baby." she said softly. "Do we? Are we?"
He frowned. "It's not that I don't want to….."
"I know." she whispered. "I just….the longer we leave it the harder it will be me."
"Me too." he agreed.
"I don't want to feel like we are like…." she paused. "Do you just wanna go with it like before? Not stopping but not trying?"
"Probably the best way. We weren't careful before and I know we don't have anything. I can go….."
She shook her head.
"I don't want you hurt again." he murmured against her hair.
"The only thing that could hurt me is losing my family. All of you are safe. Here with me."
He nodded and kissed her lips gently.
"We better get up." her voice full of disappointment.
Danny shook his head smiling. "Rosie rang us a locum, they are staying away til 2."
Alice grinned.
"I told them we needed more time to talk." he whispered against her lips.
"And do we?" she asked.
He pulled back and grinned at her. "Talking won't be needed."
(X)
They finally rose from bed. Showered and went down to the surgery to fix the pen together.
"I need to talk to Charlie." Danny told her as she tightened the final screw.
She nodded wiping her fingers on a oily rag. Danny's face was smeared with oil too - don't ask!
He pulled and pushed the pen and saw that it opened and closed with ease.
"Fantabulous." Alice whispered. "God I just copied Rosie."
"She's my daughter - you have good taste."
She raised her eyebrows. "If I have good taste than why am I with you?"
"Ahem my lady a man could get offended - if he knew that you weren't joking. I know your utterly completely devoted to yours truly."
"Always." she was on her tip toes and kissed him gently. Added more oil to his cheek and laughed.
"We make a good team." he said as he finally closed the pen. Walked over to the sink to wash.
Alice shrugged. "We always have - even way back in the beginning."
They stood side by side at the sink. Smiling at each other put of the corner of their eyes. Alice dried her eyes then put her wedding ring back on.
"Where it belongs!" he said sternly. "If I see you without it missy I shall have to punish you."
She went to take it off.
"Mrs Trevanion." he warned.
She rolled her eyes, shook her head and smiled. The realised she hadn't told him about Thabo. She approached the subject cautiously.
"Danny, since you been back no one had actually spoke to you about Thabo have they?"
"Caroline filled me in on it while I was in hospital. She was deeply outraged."
"And you?" Alice asked.
"I can't say I'm over the moon. I don't trust the boy." he growled.
"He's a good boy Danny. I've seen a different side to him. He's so sweet and sensitive. Quiet. Give him a break."
Danny raised his eyebrows.
"AND he'd been a settling influence on Liv!"
Danny snorted.
Alice grinned at him. "Did you just snort? At Moi?"
He flicked water at her. "Oui oui." he dried his hands as she wiped the water from her face. "How about French kiss madam?" he asked in a flawless French accent.
Since they made up it felt like they were making up for lost time. They spent most of their time touching or kissing. They leaned in and he pressed his lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She felt him wince.
"Sorry." she murmured.
He shook his head. "It's just a little ache." he said as she rubbed it.
They heard a rumbling and looked in the direction of the house. Saw people climbing out and looking in their direction.
Danny grinned. "Wanna play a trick?"
She smiled widely in reply. "What do you have in mind?"
"Scaring them. Just a little." he explained his plan to her.
"O your evil." she laughed. "I love it!"
A/N some danice lightness and fluffiness as promised. the story will be kicking bk in soon - mre fluffiness to cum tho x
