Dawn never felt more stressed in her entire life than she was at that moment in time. Ever since Anders' trip to Norway for reasons that were still unclear to her, JPR had been struggling to stay afloat. Honestly Dawn was surprised that Anders had kept them afloat for as long as he had. But today they had a serious possible client and today of all days, Anders was running late. Of all days to choose to be late, he had to choose today.

As time continued to tick by her anxiety continued to grow. Who would be the first to come walking through that door? She prayed it would be Anders and that their potential clients were running late so she could brief him. And hopefully he came in sober.

When she heard the door opened she spun quickly, releasing a sigh of relief when she saw Anders. "There you are. Where the hell have you been?"

It was then that she noticed the young boy that was holding onto Anders' one free hand. "Uh…Anders, who is this?"

"Long story," he replied before turning to the child. "You, go sit over in the corner and amuse yourself."

"How?"

"I'm sure there is something in your bag."

Before Anders could turn to walk away the boy grabbed his sleeve. "I'm hungry."

With a groan he knelt in front of the boy and asked, "Why didn't you say something when we were at the coffee shop?"

"Because they didn't have what I wanted."

"And that is?"

"Pancakes."

Dawn wasn't sure if she should be laughing or confused by the boy. After all she had no idea why this child was even here. After running his hand through his hair, Anders said, "Alright, you go sit over in that corner and then Dawn here will go get you something after she briefs me on important stuff."

"But…"

"Go!"

The boy sighed as he sulked to the corner. Once he was gone Dawn followed Anders to his desk, asking, "Who is the kid?"

"A story that I'm sure you don't want to know."

Dawn stopped, watching Anders as he rounded behind his desk and began to remove his jacket. "You didn't kidnap him, did you?"

"What? No. Why on Earth would I want to kidnap a kid? No I'm quite content with not taking care of children."

"So then why is he here?"

Anders sighed as he put his hands on his hips. "He is under the impression that I am his…well, his…dad."

At first Dawn looked at him in confusion, letting the words sink in. When it finally made sense to her, she asked, "You, a dad?"

"Now, that point hasn't been proven and I'm very sure this is some horrible practical joke."

"Well it wouldn't surprise me if it was true. You have slept with a lot of women in Auckland."

"Yes but I do tend to keep it sheathed. But enough about him and tell me about this meeting that is going to happen."

But instead of filling him in on the details, Dawn's attention was more focused on the little boy who was sitting in the corner, rummaging through his backpack for something to do. Anders noticed where her attention was and said, "He'll be fine. I'm more worried about this meeting that I know absolutely nothing about."

Dawn turned back to Anders and slid the folder sitting on his desk across the surface towards Anders. "I did this up for you while I was waiting."

Once the folder was in front of Anders she turned away and began to walk towards the boy. Anders first looked down at the folder and then to Dawn. "Wait, where are you going?" he asked, jumping around his desk to catch her.

"I'm going to take him out to get breakfast while you do your meeting."

"But what if I need you?"

"You're a grown boy, Anders, I'm sure you can figure out how to make this work."

Anders stood flabbergasted and watched as Dawn knelt down in front of the kid. "Hi there, my name's Dawn. What's your name?" she asked with a friendly tone.

"Danny."

"Well, Danny, how about you and me leave Anders to his work and we can go find some pancakes? I know a really good place that's just around the block."

"Can I have chocolate chip pancakes with whip cream on top?"

"You can have whatever you like. Come on, then."

Dawn held out her hand and helped Danny to his feet, keeping his hand in hers as he led him out of the office. As the door slammed closed behind them Anders stood frozen to the spot. In just a matter of hours the world was going bonkers around him and he had no idea what was going on. "What the fuck?" he asked aloud as he continued to stare at the door that Dawn and Danny had disappeared through.

TBC…

Up next: Dawn finds out Danny's story over a delicious plate of pancakes and decides to find out if Danny really is related to Anders. Please read and review to let me know what you think and anything you think would be cute to see in this story.