Before Series 3 Episode 8
"Good morning" Danny spoke as he approached the anomaly detector making Connor jump.
Sarah's head shot up and looked over from her seat by the artefact.
"Jeez Danny. What ya doin' creeping up on me like that? I nearly wiped half hours work of the system."
Danny glanced up at Sarah and winked as he grinned at Connor who was too interested in the giant computer to notice.
Danny placed a hand on Connor's shoulder "You're a dinosaur hunter. You're supposed to be alert" He said quietly. He patted his
shoulder and walked away.
Abby passed him on her way to see Connor. "Abby, just snog him before he blows us all up" he smiled not breaking his stride as
he went to follow Sarah into the corridor, leaving Abby looking extremely startled.
"Quinn!"
Danny turned round knowing who had called him "Becker" He grinned.
"What are you up to?" Becker asked suspiciously.
"Why would I be up to something, Becker my boy" Danny smiled.
"Because you're far too cheerful this morning and definitely not yourself" Becker explained tilting his head inquisitively
"Well, there's no anomaly for a start. And no sign of Helen Cutter or Christine Johnson. So today has started quite well, I'd say"
Becker looked up towards the detector as if he were expecting something.
"What?" Danny queried.
"I was just waiting for you to bloody jinx it, that's all" Becker replied.
"Enjoy the peace while it lasts" Danny smiled and left.
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"Morning" He said walking into the lab and closing the door behind him.
"Morning yourself" Sarah smiled up at him before looking back at the work spread out in front of her.
"You avoiding me?" Danny asked moving to stand next to her.
"Now why would I do that?" Sarah teased looking up at him.
"I dunno, frightened my animal magnetism would overwhelm you" He grinned cheekily as spoke quietly into her ear.
"Hate to disappoint you and your animal magnetism but I am kind of busy, if you hadn't noticed"
"What is all this?" He asked gently squeezing her shoulder as she showed him the papers.
"Information on different artefacts from different periods in history and different geological locations. I'm trying to see if there is
anything that matches to our artefact."
"And is there?"
"No nothing yet, but I have to go over to the museum and check a few things and pick up some more information. So I'll
probably be out all morning."
"That sounds exciting" Danny said sarcastically.
"I thought a 'classically educated' boy like you would love the British Museum" She teased.
"Went as kid and the most exciting bit was the dead people. But that looses it's appeal when you get older" He stated sadly.
"Especially in this job"
Sarah reached out to touch his arm sensing his sadness " So you don't fancy helping me then?"
Danny's smile returned "Well when you put it like that"
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A couple of hours later, they emerged from the Reading room into the crowded court
"Well that was a waste of time" Sarah complained
"It was worth a try" Danny reassured her.
"But I must be missing something" Sarah continued frustratedly.
Danny grabbed her hand and pulled her to face him
"And you will figure it out. You are brilliant and between you and Conner you will find a way to crack the artefact. You opened it
once and you will open it again.
You just have to think things through logically. OK?"
Sarah nodded.
"OK" Danny repeated. "Now seeing as we're here why don't you show me the best bits"
Sarah looked down at his hand still holding hers and Danny followed her gaze.
"Sorry...but you know, there's no-one here from the ARC.." He smiled hesitantly.
Sarah smiled back and interlaced her fingers with his. "So where do you want to start?"
"I'll let you be my personal tour guide" He grinned and kissed her fingers "What is your favourite thing?"
"The most important things are often the little things." She began to explain as they walked "Take something like this for instance"
She pulled the coin given to her by Sir William from her pocket. "You can learn a lot about a civilisation from the information
printed on here, where it was found, what it is made of, how it was made."
"You still have that with you?" Danny asked
"It's my good luck charm" Sarah replied staring at him
"What?" He asked puzzled by her look.
"I was waiting for you to laugh at me"
"Why would I laugh? In this job we need all the luck we can get." He replied seriously.
Sarah tucked the coin back into her pocket "My favourite piece has to be this" She stopped him in front of an exhibit.
"The Rosetta Stone" Danny nodded as if in realisation. "The key to unlocking Ancient Egypt"
"Pretty much. Without this we would still be struggling to read hieroglyphs and great areas of the Ancient Egyptians would still be a
mystery."
After discussing it further, they wandered around a few other exhibits then went for a coffee
"This is nice" Danny sighed
"What is?" Sarah asked
"Being here like this. It feels normal and we don't get much of that."
"It feels like we're playing truant" Sarah pointed out.
"Yeah, but just a few more minutes." With that his mobile rang. "It's Lester." Danny pressed the button to answer "Lester What can
I do for you"
"Would you like to explain what you and Dr Page are doing and have been all morning?"
Sarah could get the gist of the conversation without hearing all of it
"I could but then I'd have to get Becker to shoot you"
"Very droll Quinn. May I remind you that you do not get paid for school trips on company time"
"Really Sir. Now I thought that was all we did."
"If you are not back here in half an hour, you are both fired" The line went dead
"We'd better get going" Sarah said gathering her things together.
"No rush we've got half hour" Danny grinned.
Sarah rolled her eyes. "Maybe for once you could do things by the book"
"That's no fun" He grinned standing up next to her and kissing her cheek. He held out his hand to her.
Sarah shook her head at his antics before taking his hand.
Danny unlocked the truck as they reached it and was about to open the door for her when he turned and leant back on it. He
took hold of her free hand and looked into her eyes.
"Can I see you tonight, Sar.?"
Sarah raised an eyebrow "Tonight!" Then the words escaped her lips before she could stop them "You're keen aren't you?"
"I'm being serious here. I like being with you"
Sarah took a step closer "I'm really glad about that...because I like being with you too"
Danny moved his free hand to the side of her face and stroked her cheek with his thumb "Is that a yes then?" He said quietly
"That's a yes" she replied in little more than a whisper.
Danny leant forward and kissed her slowly before standing up and opening the door for her.