Title: Living Life

Summary: Ed hires on a new person to work in Security. Will Danny keep his relationship with her professional, or will the boundaries between co-worker and lover get blurred?

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Las Vegas Characters. I do own Julian 'Julie or Jules' McCarthy.

A/N: I know that Las Vegas is not the way I'm portraying it in this story, so I'm making it up for the purpose of my writing. That, my friends, is what they call a Creative License.

A/N: First off, I would like to thank all of you that have reviewed my story, even though it has taken me so long to update it. As most writers come to learn, the inspiration for the next chapter is not always there. You just have to sit it out and see when it comes back. Thanks for sticking with me. Second, this is the last chapter in my Danny/Julie story. I don't know if I will be writing a second part or not, but I would really like to continue this someday.

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"It doesn't matter who the girl is Jack! Just let her go!"

Delinda and Sam had run behind the security personnel, while Danny, Mike, and Ed all tried to bargain me out of the situation. Most people in my position would've just given up and broke down, and while that idea was very appealing to me at the moment, I knew I couldn't give up. I had a daughter to get home to, and I was not going to let Emma down. Seeing that their current method of negotiation wasn't working, Danny let Ed and Mike worry about Jack, while he turned his focus to me.

"Look at me, Julie. Are you listening?"

I nod my head to the best of my current ability, while looking into Danny's eyes.

"I'm going to get you out of this, and when it's all over and done with, you, and me, and Emma, we're all going to go somewhere together. We'll go on a real vacation, and do all of the things that families should do."

I soon realize that he was trying to calm me down, take my mind off of the situation at hand, and his efforts were actually working.

"Oh look at that! How sweet are you two? Mr. McCoy and our mystery woman are together! And from the sounds of it, they even have a daughter. You are the all American family."

Danny chooses to ignore Jack's comments, and continues to focus on me.

"You don't know how sorry I am that I left you and Emma alone back then, but I'm going to make it all up to you two, I promise. Jack?"

"Yes Mr. McCoy?"

"Take me instead."

You could hear everyone's head snap towards Danny in an attempt to figure out what he was doing. In a way, I was glad that I was going to get out of the situation, but I was now extremely worried that Danny was going to do something stupid and end up getting himself killed. We were slowly working on repairing our lives and here he was, risking it all.

"Danny, what the hell are you doing?"

Ed says, gritting his teeth from where he's standing beside Danny.

"Look, Jack, Julie has a young daughter who would be devastated if her mother died. So, please, let her go and take me instead."

"Well, Daniel McCoy, how very noble of you. Isn't that so noble of your dear Danny, Julie?"

Even though I cringe every time the guy says my name, I nod my head and whisper out a 'yes'.

"Mr. Deline thanks for your warmth and hospitality while I've been at the Montecito, but I do think it's my time to go."

He pushes my body aside. As I go tumbling to the ground, multiple gunshots ring through out the air.

"Sweetie, are you alright? Julie?"

When I open my eyes, I see Del and Sam kneeling down beside me, worried looks evident in their faces.

"What happened?"

"Jack pushed you out of the way, you went flying. Danny and him got into a gunfight."

My heart instantly speeds up as I remember everything, including Danny giving himself up for me. I move up into a sitting position, my eyes scanning the casino floor, which is currently busy with activity. A few feet away from me, Jack Keaton is lying in a pool of his own blood.

"Is he…."

"Yeah, sweetie. He's gone. Danny shot him twice, Mike shot him once, and daddy shot him twice."

I look towards the exit of the casino, where Danny is being worked on by a couple of paramedics. I stand up a little too quickly, and almost fall back over again. My worry for Danny over-rides my issues, as I walk over to the stretcher that he is laying down on.

"Hey you."

"That was incredibly stupid of you, Daniel McCoy! You very well could've gotten yourself killed. What would I have told Emma then? She just got her dad back, and she almost lost him again!"

He moves his hand over, placing it on top of mine, as if Danny is trying to calm MY nerves.

"But it was also incredibly brave of you. Seriously Danny, thanks."

"It was nothing."

"I don't know how I'll ever repay you."

"Well, how about it? You, me, Emma, all going somewhere together. We can be a real family again, Jules. I really wasn't kidding about that part."

"Sure. Let's do it, Danny."

This was it for me. Life would never be any better and sweeter than it was at this very moment. My life had reached the moment that everyone is always talking about; the moment that changes the rest of your life, and I sure wasn't going to let that moment pass me by. I was going to be living life, and living it the way it should've been done before.