CHAPTER FOUR

I'm sorry it took forever to write the next chapter. I hope you'll still like it!

The next morning Danny woke up with the most painful headache, he ever experienced. Slowly he tried to move but he felt someone resting on his chest which made him ever more uncomfortable since he couldn't remember what he did the night before. It took him a few minutes to realize Aiden's presence. He managed to get out of bed and get a shower without waking her up. Now it was his turn to leave her a note saying where she could find everything in order to have a good breakfast. Then he left for the lab but not before giving her a kiss on her forehead which awoken her just long enough to smile at him and fall back to sleep.

On his way to work Danny noticed someone entering a building, looking very familiar to Stephanie's ex- boyfriend. He pulled over a bit further down the street just to be safe, he opened his door doubting whether he should call for back- up or not. He decided not to call directly but to leave a message at Mac's answering machine at work saying: he was following up on a lead namely her ex- boyfriend. But he failed to leave any kind of direction or address.

Using a false name Danny entered the building and searched for the concierge, hoping he could provide him with the necessary information.

"You're late." Aiden heard Stella say. She took a deep breath and turned around. "I know, I'm sorry. I just went.."

"Looking for Danny" Stella finished her sentence. All Aiden could do was nodding her head. "And from the look on your face you still haven't found him."

"No. It's just I'm worried about him. Last night he got so drunk, he couldn't walk on his own anymore, that's just not like him!. I've never seen him so down. And I really want to help him but I can't see how."

"Just being there is enough, believe me. And I'm sure he's really grateful, at least he should be! You're a big support to him. It will be okay"

Stella gave her younger colleague a big supporting hug.

"I got a lead on Steven Vaughn" They heard Mac say, who felt like a big burden had just fallen from his shoulders. "Flack and I are going over there right now."

Without saying a word both Stella and Aiden were following him to his car. Mac didn't want either of them to go but he had no time to argue and having Aiden there could come in handy since he suspected to find Danny there.

Knock, knock

"What" Steven yelled while sipping from his 3rd beer. His place was full of empty beer bottles, his clothes were filthy and all over the place. It seemed like it hadn't been cleaned in 5 years or even more.

Now, Danny kept on knocking. "What? Gd damnt, just hold on, I'm coming" He kept cursing all the way to his door. Paranoid as he is, he looked through the hole in the door first, but when he saw no one, he decided to open the door, a big mistake.

Danny pushed the door against Steven's head, which knocked him down and made him spill his beer all over his filthy carpet.

"Remember me" Danny yelled, "huh. Remember me? I'm the guy whose life you ruined!." "You" Steven responded. They looked at each other for a moment before Steven punched Danny. Danny could taste the blood in his mouth which made him even more furious.

In the meantime Mac and Flack arrived at the apartment at the same time. But it was Aiden who noticed Danny's car as first. "He's here." She said to Mac, who could read the concern in her eyes. He always knew there was chemistry between them, but this was bigger, this wasn't just chemistry but also love. He recognized himself when Stella was in an accident once, not so long ago. That was the first time he realized he was in love with her and he was sure that was how Aiden felt right now. He wanted to say sometime to reassure her but a gunshot fell.

All four ran up the stairs as fast as they could with their gun drawn.

Few minutes earlier

After being knocked down for the second time, Danny stayed down just long enough to give Steven the time to grab his gun. "Okay, take it easy, just easy" He said trying to calm a hot headed Steven down. In a moment where the ex- boyfriend wasn't paying attention, Danny managed to grab the gun. Both were fighting for it and couldn't prevent the thing from going off.

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