Tyger was working in the bakery today. She loved to bake it relaxed her. She pulled some croissants out of the oven and placed them on a cooling rack. "Hey Tyger." Jenny called. Jenny worked the counter out front. "Yea." She called. "You got a visitor. Want me to send him back?" jenny said. "Yea." She said figuring it was Mark. Tyger looked up as the door opened and was surprised to see Danny. "You with Scott and your mom?" Tyger asked. Danny looked up at her and burst into tears. Tyger went over and picked him up and took him to her office. She sat him on her desk. "Hey now what's wrong?" she asked. He slowly stopped crying. "How about I get us some hot chocolate and some cookies and we can talk." She said. Danny nodded. Tyger went and got a tray and loaded it with cookies and hot chocolate and came back. Danny picked up a cookie and started eating. "Now first of all why are you by yourself?" Tyger asked. Danny told her how he had got her address and called a cab. Tyger smiled. "You one slick little guy. But why did you do that?" Tyger asked. "Mommy and Scott had a fight and they don't like each other no more and it's my fault." Danny said in rush of words. "Okay slow down and tell me what happened." Tyger said.
Jade was beginning to panic. She had checked every corner of her shop and apartment and couldn't find Danny. She picked up the phone in tears and called Scott. "Hello." Scott said. "Scott, Danny's missing I cant find him." Jade said sobbing. "Calm down are you sure he aint hiding somewhere?" Scott asked. "I'm sure I looked everywhere." She said crying. "I'll be there in a minute. Set tight." Scott said and hung up. He went over and told Kevin what was going on. "Wait a minute, Danny called me this morning wanting Tygers work address." Kevin said. He told Scott how Danny had said he needed it so he and Jade could find the café tonight and how upset Danny had been. Scott grabbed his keys and headed to Jade's.
"Danny it was just a disagreement. Everything will be fine." Tyger said. "I want Scott to be my daddy. Now he don't like me or my mom." Danny said. "Yes he does he was just mad. He loves both of you. If you talk to them and tell them how you feel I bet they forget all about that stupid fight." She said. Danny leaned over and hugged Tyger. "Thanks Tyger." Danny said. "Your welcome" Tyger said. "Now lets call your mom, I'm sure she's worried." Tyger said.
Scott had picked Jade up and told her what Kevin had said. They headed over to the café. "Why would Danny go over there and how would he get there?" Jade said. "Who knows? But I'm betting that's where he's at. Just then Scott's cell phone rang. "Hello." Scott said. "Hey daddy. Danny's here with me. She told him Danny was upset about the fight him and Jade had. "How did he get there?" Scott asked. Tyger laughed. "He called a cab. You two need to keep an eye on him. He's to smart for his own good." Tyger said. "Don't let him go no where, were on our way." Scott said. "He's not going no where. He's in my office stuffing him self on cookies and hot chocolate." Tyger said. "Okay see ya in a few." Scott said and hung up. Scott told Jade he was fine and what happened. Jade started crying. "Hey he's fine, don't cry baby." He said taking her hand. "I was just so scared." She said. "I know." He said.
Jade and Scott went in the café and went straight back to Tyger's office. Danny and Tyger were sitting on the couch eating cookies. "Danny!" Jade said and ran and hugged him. Danny hugged her back. "Don't you ever take off like that again you scared me to death." She said. "I was sad cause I made you and Scott fight." Danny said. Scott came over. "You didn't make us fight it was just a disagreement. I still love you and your mom." He said hugging Danny. "I'll leave you guys alone." Tyger said. "Tyger you don't have to go. I'm so grateful to you for taking care of him." Jade said. "Your welcome. He's a great kid. But I think you guys need to talk." She said. She winked at Danny. "Take care little Bro, I think your in big trouble." She said. Danny grinned at her. "Little bro?" Jade asked Danny. Tyger says you two are going to get married and I will be her little brother." He said grinning. "She's right. She's also right you're in big trouble." Scott said. "I'm sorry I ran away." Danny said. "Well I know you were upset about me and your mom fighting but what you did was dangerous. I don't want to scare you but lots of things can happen to a little kid wondering the streets by there self." Scott said. Danny looked at his mom. "He's right I was so scared honey." Jade said. "I'm going to drop you two at home and I got to get back to work." Scott said. Jade looked at him was he still mad about this morning. "I'll call you after while we need to talk about this morning." He said to Jade. They got up and left the office. Danny ran over to Tyger. "Bye I'll see ya tonight." He said hugging her. "Okay. So you guys work things out?" Tyger said. "Were working on it." Scott said. Scott hugged Tyger. "Thanks baby." He said. "No problem daddy." She said. "Thank you Tyger for taking care of Danny." Jade said. "It's okay. He's cool. I like him." She said winking at Danny. She went over and whispered something in Danny's ear. His eyes widened and he smiled. "Thanks Tyger. That's a good idea." Danny said. "What?" Scott and Jade said at the same time. "Nothing just a secret between two brats." Tyger said grinning. Scott raised his brow at Tyger but she just smiled. "See you guys tonight." She said.
Scott walked in with Jade and Danny. "Danny I want you to go to your room." Jade said. Danny shuffled out of the room. "Scott we need to talk now. I know I have been to overprotective with Danny. But for the longest time he is all I had. I want us to be a family. I have let him get away with too much. I know that. I want you to be a father to him. Let's just agree to back each other up on discipline and discuss it not fight about it." Jade said. "It's a deal baby." Scott said kissing her. "Now I got to go deal with Danny." she said. "What are you going to do.?" He asked. "Well this is serious; he could have been hurt or worse running off like that. I'm going to spank him." She said. "Are you sure?" Scott asked. "Yea I want him to know not to do this again." Jade said. "Can you wait I think we should both talk to him afterwards." Jade said. "Sure Baby." Scott said. Jade headed towards Danny's room.
Scott sat at the table and waited for Jade. Jade was gone about ten minutes and came back down. She looked perplexed. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Well I spanked him but he didn't cry or nothing. I didn't want to hit him to hard. But I don't know if it did any good or not." She said. Scott went and called Danny down to the kitchen. Danny came in and sat on the chair in front of Scott. "Son your mom doesn't like spanking you but what you did was foolish and she wants to make sure you know not to do it again." Scott said. Danny nodded. "It hurt real bad. I know not to do that again." Danny said. Scott knew a con job when he saw one. "Real bad huh?" Scott said. "Yeah uhh huh." Danny said nodding. Scott decided to let it go, hopefully Danny knew they were serious. "Well I'll pick you two up at 5:00." Scott said he gave them both a kiss and left. "I hoped you learned a lesson today Danny." Jade said. "I did mommy." Danny said. Tyger was right Danny thought that was a good idea.
Mark showed up at the café about 4:30 pm. He found Tyger helping the band set up. "Hey girl." He said. "Hey baby." She said giving him a kiss. They went and got some coffee and sat down. Tyger told him what had happened with Danny. Mark laughed. "There going to have there hands full with him." He said. "Yea, but he's a cool little kid." Tyger said laughing. "Do I detect some softening up on your part?" Mark asked. "It's getting easier." She said. Mark took her hand and kissed it. "It will baby just give it time." He said. Just then Kev and Dana came in. "hey love birds." Tyger called to them. "Hey short stuff." Kevin said coming over. "Dana let me see your ring. You were so excited yesterday you didn't show it to me." Tyger said. Dana smiled and held out her hand. "Oh jeez now that's a rock." Tyger said. "It's beautiful." Tyger said. "Not as beautiful as Dana." Kevin said. Dana giggled and kissed Kevin. "Okay you two, sweetness overload." Tyger said laughing. Scott, Jade and Danny came in. "Hey Tyger." Danny said running over and hugging her. "Hey Danny." Tyger said. Tyger stood up and hugged Scott. "Hey baby girl." He said. "Mark guess what? Tyger is going to be my sister." Danny said grinning. "Really? That's great. Guess that will make me sort of your big brother." Mark said smiling. Danny looked confused. "Tyger and me will probably get married sometime if she stays in line and acts right." He said grinning. "Hey I heard that. You knew I was a brat when you met me." She said. Mark grinned and pulled her onto his lap. "I know. I just love you my little brat." He said kissing her. Everybody laughed. It was obvious these two loved each other. "Come on Danny; let's get you something to eat." Tyger said getting up. They went over to the table set up with food. Danny picked out cake and cookies and soda. Scott and Jade were behind them but Tyger didn't see them. "Well Danny, how did it go?" Tyger asked. "Well mommy spanked me." Danny said. "Yea, I figured. That's pretty much a spanking offence running off like that. You scare them when you do stuff like that. They feel like it's a obligation to whip ya so you know how serious it is." She said. "Yea, that's what they said. "Well did it work?" she asked. "Yea I didn't feel a thing." Danny said grinning. "Sweat pants under your jeans. You're so smart Tyger." Danny said. "Yea well you get your ass beat as much as I did growing up you learn tricks." Tyger said. Danny looked up at Tyger she sounded sad. He took her hand. "I'm going to be your brother, if anybody hits you anymore I'll beat them up." He said fiercely. Tyger smiled down at him. "You're a real sweetie." She said squeezing his hand. Scott and Jade were both touched by the display of affection between Danny and Tyger. Scott cleared his throat. Tyger and Danny turned around. "Damn we busted." She told Danny. Danny looked up at his mom and Scott trying to see how mad they was. "Young Lady, you should be ashamed of yourself." Scott said. "Ah daddy us kids got to stick together." She said grinning. "Don't give me that ah daddy mess." Scott said "I'm sorry I was just trying to help the kid out." She said. "And you Danny, you didn't know what you did was dishonest?" Scott asked. "UUmm, I'm not sure." Danny said. "Its not his fault. It's mine." Tyger said. Jade was trying her best not to laugh. It all seemed so normal like a family. Scott sighed. "Danny next time you get a spanking that won't work. You understand?" Scott asked. "Yes sir." He said. Tyger grinned and kissed her dad. "I got a few things to do. We'll talk later." She said. "You bet we will." He said. Tyger grinned and went up to the stage. Scott just shook his head she was something else.