A knock at the door woke Dani up. Her mum answered the door and was greeted by Flynn. Shelly immediately let him in, knowing straight away what he was there for. Dani also knew but she was less enthusiastic. She sat up and left a space on the couch where she had fallen asleep earlier. Flynn sat down next to her and signalled for Shelly to leave them alone for a while. Shelly was protective but she was aware that Flynn knew what he was doing.

"Are you ok, Dani?"

"I've been better."

"You know, it really was a good first attempt."

"I didn't think there'd have to be more than one, Flynn."

"Everything takes time, it won't happen over night."

"It just wasn't real enough."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, like when it got tough, at the end, I could stop. I didn't have to think about it anymore, if you understand me."

"I think I do, yeah."

"I don't know but this is just much harder than I thought."

"Hmmm..."

"What's that meant to mean?"

"I'm just thinking of different methods of counselling."

"And..."

"There's one way that might work for you."

"Well..."

"How would you feel about a mediation?"

"Between me and Kane?"

"Yeah and with me as the mediator."

"Flynn, I..."

"Give yourself some time to think about it and get back to me."

At that, Flynn left the couch and the house, shouting goodbye to Shelly. Dani was stunned. Immediately, her first reaction was no way. How could she ever be in the same room as him again? It could never happen, she would never be able to do it. Then she thought more about it. Flynn thought it would work so maybe it would. He was experienced and normally knew what to do. Mind you, he had thought that the first method would work so who's to say that he wouldn't be wrong again? She so wanted to be over this, though. Her life was perfect, apart from Kane. He was there and she didn't want him to be. Would confronting him be the only way to make him go away? Dani knew that she would never ever forget about what Kane had done to her but would a mediation session make it easier? Whenever she thought about the man, she was scared. She didn't want to feel like that. She knew that Kane could no longer hurt her but in her head, everyday, he did hurt her. She had to make this go away. She knew that she couldn't go on living her life like this, it wouldn't work for much longer. Dani also felt that she could not continue to put the burden of Kane and his attack on Josh and her family. They had been superb but what more could she really expect from them? If they could just see her through this, then it would be gone.

That was it, she'd decided. She would do it. She was frightened but that was the point in the whole thing. To not be frightened. Before telling another soul, Dani picked up the phone and called Flynn.

"Flynn?"

"Yeah?"

"I'll do it."

"Dani, are you sure?"

"Yes, I'll do it."

"Ok, I'll get it touch with Kane."

"Let me know."

She hung up and went to tackle her family and Josh. How would they take it? Would they understand?

Whilst Dani was trying to warm her boyfriend and her family round to the idea, Flynn was trying to tackle Kane. He'd gone to his house immediately after Dani called. He wanted to get rid of the whole thing as much as Dani did. He couldn't see another way out. Flynn had been at Kane's door for fifteen minutes. Kane knew he was outside and Flynn knew that he knew.

"Mate, come on, open up. This is for you aswell as for Dani."

"Yeah right."

"It is, mate."

"No, it's not! This is just another opportunity for the Sutherlands to have a go at me."

"There's no chance of that, Kane. There will be me, you and Dani in the room and that is it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. The session is for you and for Dani, not for her family. You need this just as much as her. Don't even try to tell me that you don't think about it."

"Of course I do. It's not nice to think that you've destroyed someone's life, you know."

"Well, make yourself feel better then. If you come to this mediation session, you'll be restoring some peace and happiness to Dani's life."

"I don't know, man."

"Come on! It will work out for both of you, almost guaranteed. You just have to approach it in the right way."

"Ok, ok, fine."

"Seriously?"

"Yes, ok, I'll do it."

"Great. I'll come and get you tomorrow morning."

"Fine."

Flynn left the little house and called Dani on the way back. She was glad that Kane had agreed but also a wee bit afraid. What to expect now? Her family and Josh were totally against the idea but they'd agreed to be there for her. Could she really do this? Really?

The next morning...

Dani awoke early despite having a sleepless night. The same went for Kane. He didn't know what was going to be asked of him. Dani didn't know what she was going to ask. She'd tried to prepare some questions the night before but it was useless. She needed some comfort so she headed over to see Josh. He didn't understand why Dani was doing this but he was there for her, all the way. Kane had no one to turn to for some comfort. When he'd attacked Dani, he'd been confused and hurt. In his mind, he thought that Dani had wanted to have sex with him even though he'd heard her say no. Dani stayed at Josh's all morning. She didn't want to face Kane but she had to. Half an hour before the session, she said goodbye to Josh and prepared to confront her fears.

The Drop in Centre...

Dani sat with her mum, dad and boyfriend surrounding her. She was nervous, extremely anxious and she was shaking. She had dressed herself in a loose t-shirt and old jeans, she just didn't feel right in her normal clothes around Kane. As Dani sat waiting, Flynn was driving Kane to the Drop in Centre in his truck. No one spoke. Finally, they arrived. Before entering the building, Flynn warned Kane to calm himself. He knew of his fiery temper and it was the last thing that was needed today. As Kane and Flynn entered the Centre, Josh was leaving. He could tell by Dani's reaction that this was Kane Phillips. This was him. This was the scum who had raped his girlfriend then tormented and harrassed her. He had to leave quickly to stop himself from saying anything, Dani didn't need that.

"Ok, Dani, come with us."

"I'll see you later, mum, dad."

"Don't think that you have to do this, Dani. You can still back out."

"No, I do have to do this."

She left her mum and dad at that point and entered the room with Kane and Flynn. She sat on the empty bed. Kane couldn't look her in the eye. The silence was deafening. Flynn started things off.

"Ok, now we all know why we're here. Firstly, we need to make clear a few rules."

"No kicking, biting, scratching...we get it, dude."

"This isn't funny, Kane." Dani surprised herself.

"Exactly, Kane. This is no joke. If you're not going to take this seriously then just leave now."

"Ok, I'm sorry."

"You both will get your say where the other has to listen. No interrupting, you'll get your turn. Ok, Dani, you go first."

"I don't even know what to say...you ruined my life, Kane."

"I think that's taking it to the extreme."

"Kane, didn't you hear me, let her speak."

"No, Flynn, it's ok. I can't have a proper relationship with my boyfriend or my family. Without them I don't even have a life, so if that's not ruined then what is?"

Kane was silent, he had no answer.

"Do you have anything to say, Kane?"

"No."

"Come on..."

"Ok, fine. I think that you dress like you want guys, Dani. You totally led me on that day. What else was I meant to think?"

"I said no! Couldn't you hear me? I said no!"

"What is the point in this if you're just going to shout at me? As far as I can see, you brought this on yourself and you know it, that's why you're so cut up about it."

"You don't know anything about me. Do you think that just because I wear skirts instead of trousers that means I want to have sex with guys I barely know?"

"You were flirting with me!"

"I know and I shouldn't have been but at the end of the day, I said no and you know I did."

"No, Dani. You can't shift all the blame onto me. You were wearing clothes that said you wanted to."

"I can't do this anymore, Flynn. I just can't take this."

"Dani..."

But she was gone. She'd left the room in tears, extremely disappointed that nothing had come out of the session. Kane also felt a bit disappointed. He'd done the wrong thing. Shouting at Dani when she was already hurting was not going to make things better. He was mad, though. No one seemed to think that Dani had done any wrong. She had clearly flirted with her. He left the room and slammed the door. It had been a bad day for all involved. Flynn was upset that no developments had been made. What now?