Thanks everyone :). I wanted to get another chapter in real quick.
Danny scrolled through his contacts, his heart going crazy in his chest thinking about what he was about to do. The buzz from the tequila and the beat from the song was giving him more courage than he had had over the past few months. His head started spinning at the sound of the phone ringing and he laid on his back and stared at the ceiling waiting for her to answer. Maybe he would just come out and say it. Mindy I'm in love with you. Okay, okay no that was too much. Mindy we need to talk.. that was always a good way to start, right? That seemed really serious though. Hey babe.. no and where did that come from?
The phone kept ringing and he was pulled out of his thoughts by the creeping realization that she had been kissing Cliff earlier. She was probably with him. The phone finally went to voicemail and Danny hung up and threw the phone out of the closet. Did he really think she would be at home waiting for him to call? She was with Cliff having a great time and he was laying in his closet drunk, why would she answer her phone?
He stood up slowly and looked around his room for his phone. After about five minutes he gave up and decided to just go to bed. He could find it in the morning. He didn't have any patients so he was able to sleep in and even if someone really needed him he wouldn't be much use to them now. He flopped down on his bed, not bothering to change or move any of the blankets. He just wanted to go to sleep and get the whole night behind him.
Tequila always gave Danny the most vivid dreams, and maybe he thought of that before he started drinking. They were in a room filled with lit candles and that song her heard on the radio was playing. Mindy was standing in front of the window looking out over the city. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, breathing in her perfume. She slowly turned around in his arms and lifted her left arm to run her fingers through his hair. She was smiling, that beautiful smile she had given him in the office after the dance. He leaned in closer to kiss her. "Doctor C," he heard a whisper in his ear. It sounded like.. Morgan? He looked around his shoulder but there was nobody there, and when he looked back to Mindy she was gone.
"Danny."
"Daniel."
"Danny!"
He opened his eyes. During his dream he had shifted so that his feet were up by the pillows and he was laying on his back. He looked up at the ceiling, immediately aware of the headache. What a dream. Wait, what the hell, why was Morgan in his dream? He heard someone clear their throat to his left and he jumped up and saw Morgan and Jeremy standing in his bedroom. Morgan was smiling like an idiot and Jeremy had a very apologetic look on his face.
"Good morning, Dr. C!" Morgan yelled. "That's funny that we both sleep in the same position!"
Danny got off the bed and wiped drool from his face. He was really confused and on the verge of angry.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he asked, surprised at how loud he was speaking.
Jeremy put up his hand. "I'm sorry Danny I didn't mean to break into your apartment but Morgan here⦠we have been calling you for hours Danny we were worried and we knocked but you didn't answer so Shawshank over here broke in."
"That would be me," Morgan said raising his hand. "Are you okay Doctor C? You look terrible. For a minute I thought you were dead."
Danny started looking around for his phone without responding and found it under his bed. 23 missed calls- all of them from either Jeremy or Morgan. It was 4pm. Shit.
"Did something happen?" he asked. Now that he was more awake he fully realized what was going on and was starting to get worried. "Is Mindy okay?"
Jeremy and Morgan looked at each other.
"No?" Jeremy said confused. "Why would you say that?"
"Because you called me a thousand times! You broke into my apartment! Is she okay? Is she in the hospital again? I told her not to drink all that bra wine I'm sure there were chemicals in it or something!" He was starting to get panicked and ran over to his closet to grab a coat.
"Doctor C! Calm down!" Morgan yelled. "Doctor L. is fine."
Danny stopped and took a breath. "So then why. the hell. did you break into my apartment?"
"I felt really bad about eating your gingerbread house. It was delicious, Danny. But I felt bad. So I brought you another one. We were worried when you wouldn't answer your phone and your door so. We apologize. I left it next to the old one. Let's go, Morgan," Jeremy explained. He could tell that something was off with Danny but he didn't want to force him to talk about it right then. It probably wasn't the best time.
Morgan nodded at what Jeremy said and walked over to Danny and gave him a massive hug. "You're crazy, Dr. C. But we love you." With that he left the room. Jeremy took a step closer and lowered his voice. "Danny, are you okay?"
"Yea I'm. I'm fine, thanks. Sorry for scaring you. Thank you for the house. I guess I just drank too much last night."
Jeremy gave him a half-smile and walked out of the room to leave him alone.
"Hey Jeremy," Danny called, following him out of the room. "Could you do me a favor and not tell Mindy about this? I already made an ass of myself last night I don't need her to think I'm any more pathetic."
"OOOOOohhh!" came a shout from the front door. "Doctor C loves Doctor L! Oh my god!"
"Morgan no, no Morgan go outside," yelled Jeremy, but Morgan ignored him and came running towards Danny with that stupid smile on his face.
"This is so exciting! Does Doctor L know?" he was still yelling and Danny could feel himself getting more angry by the minute.
"Morgan seriously we need to go now," Jeremy tried.
"She doesn't know, Morgan," Danny muttered, giving up on the anger. They were there and they obviously weren't leaving so he might as well just tell somebody.
"But you have to tell her!" Morgan said, quieter this time but still loud. Suddenly he gasped really dramatically and put his hands on Danny's shoulders. "Doctor C I am so sorry! I've been setting her up with Cliff this whole time! Agh I'm the worst!"
"It's okay Morgan, don't worry about it. Just please, please don't tell her," Danny pleaded. Okay maybe Morgan wasn't the best person to tell about this. He looked at Jeremy but he was just standing there with a sympathetic look on his face. He and Mindy had fooled around a few times but it was never serious and he definitely never had feelings for her.
"I won't Doctor C! But I will help you get her back! I saw her leaving the party with Cliff last night but I can kidnap him or something if you want him out of the way. I'm sure Peter would be willing to he-"
"Woah Morgan!" Jeremy and Danny yelled at the same time.
"I went too far," Morgan said, nodding.
This was definitely going to be a lot harder now, Danny thought.
