Author Note: Any mistakes are mine! Critique me please! Tell me where my mistakes are and how I can fix them. I haven't had an English class in over a year and am only used to writing research papers not fan fiction. Plus I don't expect my stories to be perfect so we are going to run into English mistakes, grammar mess-ups and OOC ness but that's why we have fan fiction to improve our writing and to create AU situations for these characters.

A/N 2: Since we've only seen Rachel from Danny's side I wasn't sure how to get her so she's probably going to be OOC when she finally appears in the show, but hey its fan fiction. Thanks for all the alerts and reviews! I really do appreciate them!

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The drive to Rachel's had been quite short due to Danny's erratic driving behavior on his way to pick up Grace. Pulling up to the gated house Danny watched as the gates pulled open all the way to allow him to pull his car up to the front steps. Driving through the gates he found it weird that his ex-wife and her husband were starting this now, but shrugged it off as he pulled up to the house and got out of the car. It was only seconds later that he was knocking on the door and being greeted by his daughter.

"Danno!" Grace shouted in excitement as she caught sight of her father.

"Grace! How are you sweet heart?" Danny asked as he picked her up and hugged her close. "I see all of your stuff is packed! Were you that excited to see me?"

"I'm doing good daddy! I can't wait to get home and be with you! And of course I'm excited to see you!"

Grinning at her in excitement he looked up as he heard his ex-wife's heels click against the floor, and his smile disappeared. "Rachel," Danny said as he nodded his head in greeting.

Rachel only nodded her head back to him and bent down and gave her daughter a kiss. "Be good for daddy now, okay darling? I love you, don't forget that."

"I won't mommy! I'll see you in two weeks!" Grace said grinning as she took off for the Camaro parked right in front of the steps.

Turning to her ex-husband Rachel began her lecture, "Her bed time during the week is nine o'clock, since Stan and I have to leave the country, tonight is the only exception. I expect her to be on time to school and not be late. She is to do her homework right when she gets home, and is to do attend her tennis lessons on Friday afternoons from three thirty to five-thirty. You will have to stay there with her, also make sure she is packed a healthy lunch and lay off of the junk food."

"Rachel I get it you don't need to lecture me on how to take care of our daughter. Mind you remember it was I who stayed home with Gracie while you decided you wanted to start your career. I do believe I can take care of our daughter quite well thank you."

"Yes, well with you, I'll never know since you're always getting in trouble and dangerous situations."

"Rachel I'm not getting into this with you right now. Our daughter is sitting out in the car waiting for me; call me when you return to the state."

Rolling her eyes she made a shooing motion with her hand and followed him out the door and to the car. "Bye baby, I'll see you soon!" Rachel said as she leaned on the car door to say one more goodbye.

"Bye mom! I'll see you soon too! Love you!" Grace said as she carefully opened the door and gave her mother one more kiss and hug. "Bring me back a surprise okay?"

"Sure will darling, now get in the car, your fathers waiting," Rachel said as she buckled her daughter into the car and stood back. Nodding goodbye to each other Danny got back into the car and pulled away from the house while Grace and Rachel waved until the two couldn't see each other anymore. "So monkey, we need to talk about something before we get home."

Confused as to why her father was bring this up she wastes no time in pestering him, "Danno what do you mean?"

"Monkey, Danno's not living at home for a little bit. For how long I'm not sure, but it's a very nice place and you remember Uncle Steve right? Well we're going to be staying with him for a while. Uncle Steve and I have decided because of our current case at work that living together for a while will be good and less of a hassle. Also guess what! While you're there you'll be able to have your own bed room! Do you have any questions?"

Shaking her head in excitement and bouncing in her seat excitedly she started off on her questions, "Where is it? Is the house on the beach? Are there any kids in the neighborhood? Are there any animals in the house? If it's on the beach can we go swimming? Can I learn to surf? What about learning to hula dance? Some of my friends at school know how to hula dance and it's so pretty!"

Laughing at his energetic daughter he answers her questions one by one. "Whoa slow down there energy ball! Yes the house is on the beach, maybe we can go swimming this weekend, sound good? I'm not sure about other kids in the neighborhood; we only moved in today, we'll talk about the hula dancing and the surfing later okay? And the only animal in the house will be you, little monkey!"

Giggling at her father's reply, she switches the radio station to something pop like and settled into the Camaros bucket seats and closes her eyes. "Danno, I love you lots okay?"

Smiling softly at his daughter he replies, "Yeah I know Grace. Go to sleep baby I'll wake you up when we get there."